History & Biography
The History of England. From the Accession of James the Second.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1877. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiv; 776 [2]; pp.xii; 820 [2]. Contemporary black full morocco for King's College London, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and a large gilt college crest to upper of each volume..... More
Army Diary 1899-1926.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1960. [Intelligence] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 301; [3], blank. With 39 black and white plates and 25 maps printed in colour. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial jacket. Minor spotting to top edge, jacket a little edge worn, with none of the heavy..... More
The Normans in the South [and] The Kingdom in the Sun. [The Normans in Sicily].
London: Longmans, Green, 1967-1970. [Mediaeval History] FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi, 355; pp.xv, 426. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spines. Yellow / orange end-papers. Both with original pictorial dust-jackets, the first clipped and re-priced to £3.50, and the second priced at £3.50. A small..... More
Clavis Calendaria; or, a Compendious Analysis of the Calendar: Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classical Anecdotes.
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [etc.], 1815. [Chronology]. FINELY BOUND, third edition. In two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4]; x; 404 [4]; pp.[6]; 406 [4]. With a frontispiece woodcut of an Anglo-Saxon 'Almonaght' and occasional in-text wood engravings and tables..... More
Etruscan Bologna: A Study.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1876. [Italian Travel and Archaeology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii, 275. Illustrated with folding frontispiece lithograph showing a Synoptical Table of the Paleo-Ethnological Remains of Central Italy. Also with occasional in-text wood engravings. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, decorative friezes..... More
Harris of Japan. The Story of Townsend Harris and his Amazing Adventures in Establishing Relations with the Far East.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. [Asian History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 310; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with green titles to spine, blind ruling to front and rear boards, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price 12s 6d to flap. Frontispiece of Townsend Harris. Illustration plates in black and white throughout..... More
Saturdays with Bricks. (and other days under shell-fire).
London: Hutchinson, 1961. [Literary Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.126; [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: "For | K. T. Williams | with best wishes | from | Dennis Wheatley". With five double-sided photographic plates of walls build by the author..... More
Visions of Gerard and Tristessa. Two Short Novels.
London: André Deutsch Limited, 1964. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by William Belcher with printed price 18s to flap. Light spotting to textblock edge, fading to board top edge, minor rolling. Wear and..... More
Hugh Wynne. Free Quaker.
New York, NY: The Century Co., 1897. [American Revolution novel] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Duodecimo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 306; pp.[12]; 261; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles and small gilt decoration to spine, red titles to front board, embossed grey decoration to boards. Newspaper review cutting to flyleaf..... More
Deutsche Gefangene in England [German Prisoners in England].
London: the London General News and Book Agency, no date [circa 1916]. [Wartime Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.62. A collection of photogravure images printed on clay paper showing German prisoners of war engaging in wholesome and enjoyable activities, including gardening, tailoring, amateur dramatics, sport, and model..... More
Historia Ecclesiastica Veteris Testamenti in Rem Theologiae Candidatorum [The Ecclesiastical History of the Old Testament, concerning matters of Pure Theology], Ubi res praecipuae, quae vel ad historiam sacram, et eius chronologiam, Legem, ac Disciplinam Hebraeorum spectant, vel quae ad Prophetarum Gesta, Vaticinia in Jesu Christo ad amussim impleta, et ad Divinam sacrorum Librorum, quibus continetur Historia Veteris Testamenti, Auctoritatem attinent, per breves interrogationes, et Responsiones perstringuntur, et in praeclaro ordine collocantur. Opus tribus tomis comprehensum, auctore Fr. Ignatio Hyacintho Amat de Graveson. Editio Novissima, Luculentissimis additionibus, ac perpetuis adnotationibus illustrata A.P. Joanne Dominico Mansi, congregationis matris dei Lugensi.
Bassani [Bassano]: Prostant Venetiis apud Remondini, 1791. [Church History] NEW EDITION, finely bound from a provincial press. Complete in three volumes, bound as one. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.xxiv; 112; 132; 164. All text in Latin. Contemporary half vellum, with gilt titles to black labels on spine, and decorated paste..... More
The Myths of Greece and Rome. Their Stories, Signification, and Origin.
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1909. [Greek and Roman Mythology] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] xiv; 395 [3]. With 64 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red full calf by BUMPUS, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, further..... More
The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II.
London: John Murray, 1842. [English History] FINELY BOUND, fourth edition. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 708 [2]; pp.viii; 601 [3]. Contemporary tan full calf by James HAYDAY for White of London, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. All edges speckled..... 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
Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated The Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1919-1948.
London: The Medici Society, 1951. [Regimental History, Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 512. With 21 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 20 maps, many folding. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt regimental crest stamped to upper. With..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt scimitars and motto motif to upper board, top edge..... More
The History of Little England Beyond Wales, the Non-Kymric Colony Settled in Pembrokeshire.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1888. [Welsh History] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.xvi; iv; 458 [2]. With frequent in-text wood engravings, and occasional full page plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. All edges untrimmed; brown endpapers. Armorial..... More
Venice and Hospitaller Malta 1530-1798: Aspects of a Relationship.
Malta: Publishers Enterprises Group, 1992. [Maltese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 366. With 14 illustrations, including occasional maps and four double-sided colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Mr Graham Archer | with compliments & all good | wishes |..... More
Ill Met By Moonlight. The Story of the Kidnapping of General Karl Kriepe, German Divisional Commander In Crete.
London: Harrap, 1950. [Intelligence / WWII Operation] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Illustrated with frontispiece and 14 plates, 2 maps within the text. Publisher's black cloth in illustrated jacket priced at 10/6. Contents clean, birthday inscription to f.e.p., jacket with some general wear, chips and tears, some rubbing..... More
Heroes of Discovery: Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook, Magellan.
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1886. [Travel and Exploration] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 349 [3]. With an engraved portrait of each explorer. Contemporary red full calf for Beaconsfield School by RELFE BROS of London, with gilt titles to black label and further gilt decoration..... More
Six Centuries of Work and Wages. The History of English Labour.
London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1901. [Economic History] FINELY BOUND, sixth edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 591 [3]. Contemporary brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and grey cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Ex libris Sir Malcolm McEacharn, with his armorial bookplate to..... More
A Short Account of the History and Antiquities of Evesham.
Evesham: Printed and sold by J. Agg, 1820. [English Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.vi; 145 [1]. With a folding plan of the town, and four aquatint plates. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. All edges speckled red. One central..... More
Pepita.
London: the Hogarth Press, 1937. [Biography] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.282 [6]. With 16 black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, illustrated with the sole of Pepita's shoe, priced at 10/6 to spine..... More
The Royal Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan.
Chatham: The Institution of Royal Engineers, 1937. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxxii; 571 [1]. With 52 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 35 maps, including two large folding maps at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt regimental badge..... More
Shelley at Oxford. The Early Correspondence of P.B. Shelley with his Friend T.J. Hogg together with Letters of Mary Shelley and T.L. Peacock and a hitherto Unpublished Prose Fragment by Shelley. Edited by W.S. Scott.
The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Limited Edition to 500 numbered copies of which this is No. 279. Publisher's quarter brown morocco with gilt titles to spine, green cloth boards, top edge gilt others untrimmed. Binding slightly rubbed. A clean and tight copy. The third book of a trilogy, edited by..... More