History & Biography
Portraits by Inference.
London: Methuen & Co., 1934. [Literary Vignettes] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.xii; 194 [2]. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue. With the plain typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A little spotting and toning to edges. Jacket toned to spine, with some rubbing..... More
Taken on Trust.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Hostage Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 370. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and cream endpapers. With the..... More
The Destroyer and A Cargo Of Nations.
London: Privately Printed by Messrs. Hatchard, 1909. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.[4] 43 [1]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper, gilt ruling, brown silk ribbon, top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Toning to endpapers, else internally clean. Slight rubbing to spine, bumping to corners, minor..... More
Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, Illustrated. From Original Drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering etc., with Descriptions by T. Rose.
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, 1832-1834. [Northern Topography] FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes bound as two. Folio (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] 116; pp.[6] 117-220. With 111 engraved plates, including a vignette title page to volume I and a frontispiece to volume II. Contemporary maroon half calf with raised..... More
Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. [War of the Spanish Succession] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), unpaginated. Containing 22 engraved maps, plans, facsimile letters, and armorial bearings. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Turquoise endpapers. Internally crisp..... More
À bientôt... With Gareth Owen.
London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2017. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.159; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ana Bjezancevic. Illustrations by Roger Moore. As new. An autobiography including moments from James Bond. More
Pocahontas. Or, The Nonparell of Virginia.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1933. [Romantic legend] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.viii: 349: [1], blank. Elegantly bound in deep red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Includes a portrait of Pocahontas as a frontispiece with an attractive folded map inserted..... More
Fabulous Histories. Designed for the Instruction of Children, Respecting their Treatment of Animals.
London: T. Longman, 1791. [Natural History] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[6] 215 [5]. Recently rebound in dark brown full calf, with gilt titles on red label to spine, gilt embossed bands to spine, and gilt ruling to turn-ins. Placard marbled endpapers. Bound by Alan Winstanley of Salisbury, with..... More
William of Wykeham. And His Colleges.
London: David Nutt, 1852. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xvi; 473; xv [11]. With five steel engravings and twenty-seven wood engravings. Contemporary full tan calf, with gilt titles on green label to spine, and further gilt decorations to spine, as well as raised bands and gilt and..... More
Little Essays of Love and Virtue.
London: A. and C. Black, 1922. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.187 [5]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, not priced. Untrimmed bottom edge. Rare in jacket. Minor spotting to preliminaries and textblock edges, else internally bright and clean. Light rubbing to..... More
The Second World War. The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-54. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine; top edges pink, with grey..... More
Rugby Tennessee. Being Some Account of the Settlement Founded on the Cumberland Plateau by The Board of Aid to Land Ownership.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 168 [32]. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, black ruling to spine, navy endpapers. Red stamp to first flyleaf, else internally clean. Upper hinge split. Textblock top edge heavily toned, with some light toning and wear..... More
Ludmila. A Story of Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein: QUICK, 1960. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FOURTH IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.53. Eleven illustrations including frontispiece by Franz Deak. INSCRIBED by Baron von Falz-Fein, father of Ludmila, in blue ink to dedication page. Publishers green cloth, gilt title upper front board. Photographic yellow dust-jacket, not priced. Ownership inscription to..... More
Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City'. The Historian and his Reputation 1776-1815.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002. [Enlightenment Thought] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 452. Publisher's navy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Occasional notes to text margins in light pencil. A bright, crisp copy, some minor pencil notes to text. Fine. More
Military Studies by Marshal Ney; Written for the use of his officers. Translated from the Marshal's Original Manuscripts, by G.H. Caunter, Esq., with an Introduction and Diagrams, by Major A. James.
London: Bull and Churton, 1833. [French Military Drill and Tactics] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.116. With occasional diagrams by James. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles and a price of 6/6 to upper. Fly-leaf pasted onto front pastedown, with heavy abrasion and remains of a printed..... More
A History of the Roman World from A.D. 138 to 337. Methuen's History of the Greek and Roman world.
London: Methuen and Co, 1935. [Roman History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 402 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and blind ruling and titles to upper. Includes four folding maps to rear. Toning and spotting to textblock edge, else internally clean. Green 'Foyles' sticker to..... More
Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth.
London: Methuen and Co., Ltd. 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.376. Folding map to rear. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Aldridge, priced at 8/6. Lightly handled only, with some minor toning to edges. Toned to jacket spine..... More
Royal Tunbridge Wells: The Official Guide issued under the Auspices of the Mayor and Corporation and the Tunbridge Wells Advertising Association.
Cheltenham: J. Burrow and Co., no date [circa 1920s]. [Town Guide] FINE COPY. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.120. With frequent in-text black and white photographic illustrations, including many advertisements. Publisher's colour-illustrated card covers, not priced. A lovely clean, barely handled copy. Almost as-new. A general description of the Spa town..... More
The Second World War. The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell and Co., 1950-1954. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine; top edges pink, with grey monogrammed..... More
Magdalen College Oxford: A History.
Oxford: Magdalen College, 2008. [English University History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xlviii; 1005 [3]. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and maroon endpapers. With the blue illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Carefully read once with a lean. Light handling, including..... More
History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner.
Des Moines, IA: Iowa Printing Co., 1885 [1891]. [Americana] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 316 [2]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown leather-effect cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper. All edges speckled red, with patterned endpapers. Neat ownership to..... More
[War Speeches 1938-1945]: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-6. [Speeches] FIRST EDITIONS, all first impressions ('Into Battle' is a first state). Seven volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. All in original colour dust-jackets, none of which are price-clipped. Wartime paper..... More
The Hand-Book of Swindling. By the late Captain Barabbas Whitefeather, late of the Body-Guard of His Majesty, King Carlos; Treasurer of the British Wine and Vinegar Company; Trustee for the Protection of the River Thames from Incendiaries; Principal Inventor of Poyais Stock; Ranger of St George's Fields; Original Patentee of the Parachute Conveyance Association; Knight of every Order of the Fleece; Scamp and Cur.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Crime and Con-Artistry] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (16 x 10cm), pp.viii; 87 [1]. With four engraved plates by "Phiz", including a frontispiece. Publisher's green limp cloth covers, with gilt titles and decoration to upper. All edges gilt, with yellow-coated endpapers. A highly attractive armorial bookplate..... More
Among the Sioux of Dakota. Eighteen Months Experience as an Indian Agent.
New York, NY: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 1881. [Native Americans] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.235 [3]. Recently re-backed in red calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and the original red calf boards with gilt and blind ruling to margins. Lightly trimmed to all edges..... More
India. Speeches and An Introduction.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1931. [History and Politics] FIRST EDITION, first and second impression in soft covers. Two volumes. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.141 [3]; pp.141 [3]. With advertisement for the Indian Empire Society at rear. Volumes are identical, except that the first impression is in orange soft covers, and..... More