"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
The Arts & Sciences
The Works of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman.
London: William Pickering, 1986-1989. [Science / Evolution] THE COMPLETE WORKS, Pickering Masters Series. Octavo, 29 volumes. Handsomely bound in dark green half morocco over green cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edges gilt. The complete works in 29 volumes edited by Paul H. Barrett and R...... More
What Darwin Saw In His Voyage Around The World In The Ship 'Beagle'.
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1879. [Natural history]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.228; [8], maps alternating with blanks. Illustrated with one hundred black and white illustrations, and twelve maps. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles, decorative illustration of profusion of wildlife to front board in black, green floral..... More
The Botanic Garden, A Poem. In Two Parts. Part I containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II The Loves of Plants. With Philosophical Notes.
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1799. [Botany]. FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, the fourth edition. In two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] xiv; xvii-xx; 492 [2]; pp.[4] xii; xv-xvi; 282 [6]. With 21 etchings and copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary navy full diced calf with gilt..... More
Solution Du Probleme De La Navigation Dans L'Air. Par La Direction Des Aerostats. Expose D'un Nouveau Systeme De Direction.
Librairie De Frederic Henry, Paris, 1864. 6mo., pp. 83 + 5 wood engraved plates. Publisher's paper covers, uncut. Extremities lightly frayed; general age toning. An early study on "... not only the possibility, but also the ease in piloting a balloon in flight." More
The Collected Works of Davy. Edited by his brother, John Davy.
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1839. First Collected Edition of the works of this important chemist / scientist. 9 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound in recent half speckled calf with gilt decorated raised bands, red title label and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards. With illustrations throughout. Some light foxing and..... More
Electric Railways and Tramways, their Construction and Operation. A Practical Handbook, setting forth at length the modern application of Electricity as a Motive Power for Railways and Tramways; containing Complete Financial and Engineering Data as to Design, Construction, Equipment and Working; fully Illustrating all modern and accepted types of Machinery and Apparatus; and describing in detail the principal Installations of Europe and America.
London: Offices of "Engineering," 1897. [Engineering] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a revised and enlarged edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[20]; xxviii; 678; [22]. With frequent in-text engraved illustrations and tables. Contemporary burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and red cloth over boards with a UCL stamp in..... More
Letters from a Traveller.
London: Collins, 1962. First English Edition. Octavo. pp. 380. With 4 photographic illustrations including frontispiece, and a map. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original blue dust jacket. Occasional blue ink marginalia to introduction. Wear and some small closed tears to jacket edges. Some very light..... More
J.-H. Fragonard. 1732-1806. (Text in French)
Paris: Goupil and Cie, 1906. 4to. Publisher's full brown morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spine, upper board with gilt rule and garland-style frame to an oval colour-printed illustration of one of Fragonard's painting; top edge gilt; marbled end papers. Occasional foxing to a few text pages. Numerous full..... More
The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells and Neighbourhood.
Tunbridge Wells: Stidolph and Bellamy, 1871. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 371. Professionally recased dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, black decoration to boards. Hand coloured frontispiece showing Butomus Umbellatus. Numerous black and white illustrations. Publisher's presentation copy inscribed "to Mr. T. Jones with the..... More
Mountaineering. With contruibutions by W.M. Conway, D.W. Freshfield, etc., and an Introduction by Mr. Justice Wills. With Illustrations by H.G. Willink and orthers.
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1892. SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp.439; [2], advertisements. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's original pictorial brown cloth blocked in gilt and colours, 'swan' pattern endpapers. internally clean, some minor rubbing to cloth; very good indeed. More
Rock Faces. The World's Top Rock 'n' Roll Photographers and Their Greatest Images.
Hove: RotoVision 2004. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Pp.160, illustrated throughout. A specially bound limited edition of 500 numbered copies and a further 52 for private distribution, signed by Craske and further signed by Aidan Walker of RotoVision publishers. Complete with accompanying 10 x 8 photograph of Aerosmith frontman Stephen Tyler..... More
Encyclopedia of Needlework. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
Mulhouse, n.d. Small 8vo., 106 x 140 mm, with 13 colour plates plus numerous black and white plates and illustrations in text, pp. [8], 813, 59 of advertisements for DMC library, [8] contents. Publisher's pale green cloth with title and decoration to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, decorative..... More
London Photographs.
London: The Museum of London, 1999. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.131 [1]. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Publisher's black soft covers with white titles. Light rubbing to covers. Near fine. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver... More
The Doyle Diary: The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle.
London: Paddington Press, 1978. FIRST EDITION. Double-width Crown Octavo (19 x 26cm), pp.xxx, 91. In publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. End-papers with burgundy marbling effect. With original burgundy dust jacket. Jacket worn and lightly chipped to edges. Light even browning to text-block, as expected..... More
Traite Complet de l'Art de la Distillation. Contenant, dans un ordre methodique, Les instructions theoriques et pratiques les plus exactes et les plus nouvelles dur la preparation des liqueurs alcoholiques avec les raisins, les grains, les pommes de terre, les fecules et tous les vegetaux sucres ou farineux.
Paris: Bachelier, 1824. 2 volumes; 8vo. Finely bound in period looking full calf with raised bands, twin (red and black) title labels and extra gilt to spines; original marbled end papers. With 8 folding plates of diagrams. Some browning throughout. Text in French. A very good copy. More
Memoirs of a Physician.
London: Simms and M'Intyre 1847. First complete edition in English. Three volumes in one. 12mo. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled boards, gilt bands and title to spine. Some scuffing to borads, slight fading to spine. Text clean, with some pages turned down. Munro, pp.125-126... More
The Economic Cottage Builder: or, Cottages for Men of Small Means. Adapted to every locality, with instructions for choosing the most economical materials afforded by the neighborhood. To which are added many valuable hints and most useful observations.
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim and Co., 1856. 8vo. Publisher's original embossed brown cloth with gilt titles and devices to spine and upper. Illustrated with tinted designs on stone. Head of spine and corners frayed; light marking to edges; some light foxing. A very good copy. More
Economic Problems of the Next War.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1939. FIRST EDITION. Demy Octavo. pp. x, 146 [2]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Lacking jacket. Slight sunning to spine, otherwise very good. More
Economic Warfare.
London: Macmillan and co., 1940. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine; plain endpapers. Dust wrapper with titles to spine and front cover in red, publisher's advertisements for further titles by Einzig in red to rear cover; unprice-clipped, originally priced at 7s 6d. Dust..... More
Finance and Politics. Being a Sequel to "Behind the Scenes on International Finance".
London: Macmillan, 1932. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.x, 139. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Small bookseller's sticker from the Hague to front paste-down. One or two page corners folded over (and since folded back). Small black ink inscription reading 'April 1932' to upper board. Very light pencil..... More
Narrative Of A Tour Through Hawaii or Owhyhee; with observations on the natural history of the Sandwich Islands, and remarks on the manners, customs, traditions, history, and language of their inhabitants.
London: H Fisher, Son, and P Jackson, 1828. Fourth Edition. Octavo. Bound in calf, with extensive gilt and blind panelling to boards, and decorative gilt to spine with red label and gilt titles. Includes frontispiece portrait of Ellis, two maps and eight plates, and bookplate. Maps in fine condition, bright..... More
The Mathematical Principles of Geography. Together with: Dialling, or the Art of drawing Dials on all sorts of Planes whatsoever.
London: Printed by J. Nourse, 1770. First Edition. 2 titles bound in 1 in contempoprary full calf with gilt underlined raised bands and red title label to spine, speckled edges. Complete with 22 folding plates, 4 to the first work and 18 to the second. Rubbed to extremities, joints starting..... More
Wrecked Among Cannibals In The Fijis. A Narrative of Shipwreck and Adventure in The South Seas.
Salem: Marine Research Society. 1923. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine titled in gilt. In dustwrapper with very light soiling. Essentially a fine copy. Pages unopened. Internally clean and fresh. A splendid copy. An account of the wrecking of the ship "Glide" out of..... More
Colloquia, cum notis selectis Variorum, Addito Indice novo, Accurante Corn. Schrevelio.
Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Blaviana, 1693. FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Octavo, pp.[12], 784 [20]. With a wood engraved decorated title page, an unpaginated index and footnotes. All text in Latin. In contemporary brown full calf with raised bands, gilt titles to dark red label on spine, and further gilt decoration to spine..... More
The Pattern Under the Plough. Aspects of the Folk-Life of East Anglia.
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. [Country life]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.269; [3]. Publisher's yellow cloth, gilt titles on a black background to spine, top edge tinted green, pictorial dust-jacket. Numerous in-text illustrations. Some tape residue to endpapers, some offsetting to final two blank pages from a newspaper..... More