The Arts & Sciences
A Revision of The Treaty. Being a sequel to: The Economic Consequences of The Peace.
London, Macmillan. 1922. First Edition. 8vo.; 223pp. + 6pp. (ads). Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt tiles to spine blind ruling to boards. Slight shelfwear to extremities, lightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Some spotting to fore-edge and offsetting to endpapers (as always). Internally clean, a tight and..... More
An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture. With an Introduction and Notes by R. A. Walker and some Unpublished Letters and Drawings.
London: R. A. Walker. 1924. [Art criticism] LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.103; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, black leather title square with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others left untrimmed. Number 145 of 500 copies printed, of which 450 were for sale, signed by..... More
Tunbridge Wells and Neighbourhood. A Chronicle of the Town from 1608 to 1915; and papers by various writers relating to the Geology, Plant and Animal Life, Archaeology, and other matters of the District.
Tunbridge Wells: Pelton, 1916. FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[2], 207 [3]. With occasional tables, engraved vignettes and a lithographic reproduction of a plate from Amsinck. In contemporary brown half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Brown cloth boards; all edges untrimmed. Black ink..... More
The Community of the Future.
London: Oxford University Press, 1950. [Law and Ethics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[4] 828 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author, and two double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the..... More
The Essays of Elia.
London: Edward Moxon, 1853. Foolscap octavo, pp.viii, 436. Bound by Kerby and Son of Oxford Street in full tan calf with dark green title label to spine, five raised bands, extra gilt decoration, two-line gilt border adorning front and rear boards, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt detailing to board edges..... More
A Sketch of some Late Arrangements, and a View of the Rising Resources, in Bengal.
London: John Stockdale, 1792. First Edition; 8vo. Uncut in original grey boards with a recent cloth spine, paper title label and end papers; edges untrimmed. Markings to boards, corners bumped and frayed. Red stamp to verso of title page. A clean and sound copy. More
Führer Für Fremde Durch Die Ruinen Des Heidelberg Schlosses. (A Visitor's Guide to the Castles of Heidelberg). Edited by Karl von Grainberg. Fourth Edition.
Heidelberg, 1849, 8vo., 210 x 132mm., pp. (xxxiv) + 93. Illustrated with frontispiece and a further 12 steel-engraved plates, mostly captioned in both French and German. Text in traditional Gothic typeface. Bound in original black half calf, with mottled boards and end-papers, panelled spine with raised bands outlined in gilt..... More
Addresses Delivered to the Students of The Royal Academy by the Late Lord Leighton.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1896. [Art] FINELY BOUND, first edition thus. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 310. With a photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author. Contemporary green half crushed morocco by BUMPUS with raised bands, green cloth over boards, and a gilt armorial device stamped to upper..... More
Avars and Ancient Hungarians.
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1983. First Edition. Large Octavo. pp. 208 [24]. With 24 unpaginated plates, Bibliography, Supplements and Index. In publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With original white dust jacket featuring skulls and green titles. Jacket browned to a cream colour, otherwise unblemished - very good overall..... More
Cookery Up-To-Date: A practical handbook of what to eat and how to cook it.
London: Harrods, n.d. [c.1930]. RARE, Revised Edition. Crown Octavo. pp. 247. In publisher's paper-covered boards with black titles and orange decoration. Black ink ownership inscription to front paste-down dated 1931. Paper heavily browned. Upper joint starting towards head and tail; a good copy considering poor quality materials. More
British Pop.
Bilbao: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2005. [Pop Art] INSCRIBED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE. Quarto softcover (27 x 20cm), pp.474 [2]. SIGNED by the artist Peter Blake in black ink, and additionally INSCRIBED by Livingstone in blue ink: 'For Edward | Marco Livingstone | 16.IV.09.' Both to title page. Text in..... More
Poisonous Plants on the Farm. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Miscellaneous Publications No. 57.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.58. With 51 illustrations to plate section at rear. In original leather-effect blue quarter cloth, with titles to plain paper-covered boards. Boards lightly browned, with a couple of small water stains to top edge (upper board only). Near fine overall... More
History of Art.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. [Art History]. FINELY BOUND second edition, Stanhope Forbes' copy. 2 volumes. Small quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.[2]; xvi; 466; [2]; pp.[2]; xii; 473; [3]. With 403 in-text wood engravings. In contemporary tan full calf prize binding for Dulwich College, with raised bands, gilt titles..... More
Frink: A Portrait.
London: Bloomsbury, 1994. [Sculpture] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (22 x 23cm), pp.vi; 138. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Photographic endpapers. Slight creasing and toning to wrapper. Near fine. More
General Nursing.
London: Kegan Paul, 1899. [Nursing and Medicine] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 356. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Dark navy endpapers. black ink gift inscription to title page dated 1900, relating to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Also to recto of rear free endpaper. Small..... More
Contract of Copartnery of the Clydesdale Banking Company.
Glasgow: James Lumsden and Son, 1838. [Scottish Banking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.70 [2]. Publisher's watered-silk-effect cloth over boards, with titles and crest stamped in gilt to upper. All edges gilt. A rather exquisite pencil sketch of the Clyde with square-rigged ships moored either side to verso of..... More
The Environs of London: Being An Historical Account of the Towns, Villages and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of That Capital; Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes. County of Surrey.
London: by A. Strahan for T. Cadell in The Strand, 1792. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.xii;593; [1], blank; [8], General Index. With engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page and engraved dedication. With twenty-four plates (one folding and three being hand-coloured) and two folding charts. Original marbled calf, neatly rapired to joints, later title..... More
Roloff Beny interprets in photographs Pleasure of Ruins.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1964. [Photography]. FIRST THUS. Large quarto (36 x 27cm), pp.286. With 160 photogravure images, 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, and 29 maps and plans. Publisher's black and white illustrated leatherette boards with silver titles to spine and upper board. Silver illustrated endpapers. Light browning to..... More
Jack B. Yeats, An Appreciation and Interpretation.
Dublin: Victor Waddington, 1945. LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo. pp. 39. Followed by 19 b/w plates of the artist's work. Limited to 250 copies. In publisher's quarter red cloth with tan paper-covered boards, red titles and red 'JB' monogram. Grey end-papers. With original light tan dust jacket featuring red title..... More
Peoples and Problems of the Pacific.
New York, H. J. Sears and Co., n.d. 2 volumes. Publisher's blue cloth, edges untrimmed. A little rubbed to extremities. Small paper labels to spine. With numerous photographic illustrations. Very good, fresh copies. More
A History of English Furniture. Comprising of: The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the author.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1938. 4 volumes, folio (37 x 28cm). Generously illustrated with chromolithographic and black and white plates. Bound in half burgundy oasis morocco with gilt titles, raised bands to spines, matching cloth boards, top edges tinted red. Internally clean, a few minor marks to covers. A...... More
Performing Under Diffilculties. A recent experience.
By the author. c.1924. Pamphlet,14pp. Original plain, green, paper board, with three staples. Owner's inscription to upper and title page, typography in typewriter style. A good copy. More
Short Whist: its rise, Progress, and Laws; with observations to make any one a Whist Player. By Major A. To which are added, Precepts for Tyros. By Mrs. B.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. [Card Games] VINTAGE EDITION, Fourteenth Edition. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.111 [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Publisher's blind-decorated green cloth over card covers, with gilt titles to upper. All edges gilt. Two very small bookseller's tickets to front pastedown. Browning to..... More
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, A View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with An Inquiry into our Prospects respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it occasions. Reprinted from the last Edition Revised by the author.
London: Ward Lock and Co. n.d (c.1880). With a Biography of Malthus. Quarto, pp614 +pp.16 (advertisemnets). A fine ninetenth century copy in publisher's leather-effect printed cloth, gitl-titled to spine. Binding is rubbed to joints and spine ends, worn to corners, with a significant splash mark to the front board. Rev..... More
The Garden Party, and Other Stories.
London; The Verona Press. [1939]. Limited Edition, Number 135 of 1200 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni after a design by Hans Mardersteig. 4to. Absolutely fine in publisher's paper covered boards in fine dustwrapper. Slipcase with some splitting to base of spine panel. An absolutely impeccable copy of a beautiful..... More