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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First Edition of the first title; Second Edition of the work on the Mimoses. 8vo; pp. (4, publisher's catalogue dated Sept. 1820), (8), 184. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, later respine in grey paper with title labels. Some acceptable marking..... More
New York, NY: Chalmers Publishing Co., 1916. [Early Film-Making] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.151; [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Simple typographic dust-jacket with titles and testimonials from well-wishing readers. Fore-edge untrimmed. Toned and a little dusty to edges. Light wear to..... More
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1987. [Nude Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.192. Illustrated mainly with black and white, and occasional colour, photographs. SIGNED by David Bailey in white marker to fly-leaf. Publisher's black leatherette with red and silver titles to spine and upper, and a photographic..... More
Pinner: the Private Libraries Association, 1980. [Private Press] LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.xvi; 266 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations, and occasional full page black and white photographic plates. One of 2500 copies thus. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, and a monogram blind-stamped to upper..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963. [Ancient philosophy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 328. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the plain dust-jacket priced at 32/6. Quite heavy spotting to edges and preliminaries. Some bruising and very light chipping to jacket edges, and some toning to spine..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1935. [Cookery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.126 [2]. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket priced at 2/6. Also with the front panel of another contemporary cookery book loosely inserted. Spine head pulled and chipped, with loss to both binding and jacket. Light..... More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1976. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Square Octavo, pp.204 [4]. With numerous b/w illustrations and a colour plate section. In publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to front free end-paper. A fine copy... More
Paris: Chez Decrouan, Imp. de Baudouin, et al., various dates, especially 1838. [Revolutionary Engravings] RARE CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVINGS, including part of the second edition of Helman's famous print collection. Large portfolio codex (39 x 65cm), featuring 10 engravings of the French Revolution by Helman, after drawings by Monnet, and 11 other..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. [Cryptozoology] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.558 [2]. With frequent in-text line drawings and numerous double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 35s. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
London: Ellliot Stock, 1882. [Chronograms] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.xx; 569 [3]. With a lithographic frontispiece reproduction of an engraving, and 12 illustrations placed throughout the text. Publisher's green quarter morocco with gilt titles to spine and green leather-grain-effect cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. [Porcelain] FIRST EDITION, deluxe issue, number 28 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author, containing a suite of five extra plates not found in the trade issue). Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.xxx; 165, with colour frontispiece and 29 plates of which 9 are folding, 50..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. [Modern Art] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.248. With 365 illustrations, most in colour. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow titles to spine and a yellow illustration to upper board. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. A little rubbing to cloth; jacket edges bruised. Near..... More
New York, NY: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1983. [Photography and Art] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.29 [3]. With three in-text illustrations. Publisher's gently marbled soft covers with orange titles to upper. Rare. Very light rubbing to edges. Near Fine. From the library of the writer, media and film executive..... More
London, George Routledge and Sons. 1892. FINE COPY, octavo, pp.124. Publisher's pale blue pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours, coated black endpapers. Colour-printed title page, text pages printed in red and black. Trivial shelfwear and rubbing to spine tips. A most attractive copy. More
Boston, MA: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858. [Essays] FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] viii; 373 [5]. With occasional illustrations. Publisher's blind-decorated brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine and yellow-coated endpapers. Printed ownership label and a separate black ink ownership to flyleaf. A loose gathering at..... More
London: Faber and Faber. 1962. First UK edition. Octavo, pp. 136. Red publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine, yellow endpapers. Striking dustwrapper. Slight lean to the book. A fine copy. More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First Edition. 8vo; pp. xvi,176. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, lightly stained, corners frayed; grey paper spine, chipped and cracked, paper title labels rubbed and chipped; edges untrimmed. 4 or 5 leaves in middle of book with small waterstaining to..... More
London: Hamlyn, 2018. [Cycling] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by Hoy in black marker to publisher's bookplate on flyleaf. Number 975 of an undisclosed number thus. Publisher's photographic paper-covered boards, priced at £20, with cyan endpapers. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
New York, Max Holden. 1934. Pamphlet, 36pp.Original, pictorial, paper cover. Owner's name stamp to cover, internally very clean. A very good copy. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. [Art] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxviii; 512; pp.[2]; xiv; 493; [3]. With forty photogravure plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and many more in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spines and gilt 'PRB' monogram to upper boards..... More
London; Sherwood, Neely and Jones. 1818. 'THE SECOND EDITION', with additions. Octavo, pp 569 + 5 (of 6) plates. Original half calf over marbled sides; some wear and rubbing to covers, discreetly rebacked, neat repair to lower portion of plate I (not affecting image). A serviceable copy of this landmark..... More
Tokyo: Keibundo, 1924. [Economics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 263; [3]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Heavily browned low-grade paper, with spotting to edges and preliminaries. Pencil annotations in Japanese to the first 20 pages or so. Very light rubbing to cloth. Very good..... More
Lausanne: Editions Clairefontaine, 1950. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. pp. 158. b/w photographic plates to every other page. In publisher's grey card with b/w photographic covers pasted to spine. Errata slip loose to p. 46. Black ink ownership inscription to front free end-paper; light wear to edges; some creasing to spine. Very..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1879. First Edition of Jefferies' second book. Octavo. pp. xii, 387. Green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt design to front board. Ring mark to front board and some wear to edges; corners bumped. Text block generally clean, with just a little..... More
Tunbridge Wells: J. Colbran, [1845]. [Botany]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.xx; [4]; 134; [two of sunscriber]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles and blind stamped decoration to spine and upper board. Two hand-coloured plates. Yellow endpapers. Small embossed label for the 'Colbran Library Tun. Wells' to pastedown. A very..... More