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Elizabeth Magill. [Ikon Gallery; Milton Keynes Gallery; Baltic Gallery].
Manchester: Cornerhouse Publications, 2004. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 29cm), pp.64. With full colour illustrations. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine, as-new copy. 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
Black Victorians: Black People in British Art, 1800-1900.
Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2006. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 22cm), pp.208. Illustrated throughout in colour and in black and white. Publisher's white cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. A fine, as-new copy. More
The Haunted Major. Author of 'His Excellency the Governor' etc.
Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1951. First Illustrated Edition, small 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in pale green pictorial dust jacket. Including 10 comical illustrations throughout the text by John McKay. Slightly bumped to head of spine, some foxing to top edge. In bright dust jacket..... More
Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War.
Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2014. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.160. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the author and curator in black ink to title page: 'For Edward | with all good | wishes, | Simon Martin.' Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers..... More
Every Man is His Own Gardener; The Complete Gardener; Being a Gardener's Calendar and General Directory.
London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1826. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED EDITION. Octavo, pp. 658, 10 of index. Frontispiece engraving. Brown cloth with paper label to spine, edges untrimmed. A revised edition edited by R. Forsyth. Some toning and spotting to the textblock, dustiness to edges. Bookplate to front pastedown, neat ownership..... More
The Street Photographs of Roger Mayne.
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Softcover, slim quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.88. Publisher's printed softcover wraps, illustrated throughout with reproduction of black and white photographs. Some slight toning to the covers, slightly rubbed to spine ends. Fine. Published to accompany a major retrospective of photographs taken..... More
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. Illustrated with Maps and Plans. Second Edition, greatly enlarged.
London: Printed For William Tait, Edinburgh, and others 1830. Second edition "Corrected and Greatly Enlarged", in the original cloth, untrimmed (a tall copy with generous margins). 8vo. pp. xii, 563. complete with half-title. Bound in original dark green pebble-grain cloth with paper title label to spine (mostly chipped). Joints are..... More
A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1845. [Economics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xv; 504; [32 of publisher's catalogue dated October 1 1884]. Publisher's dark green embossed cloth, gilt titles to spine. Hand coloured bookplate of Charles de Fischer to flyleaf. Armorial stamp to title page. Textblock marginally toned..... More
Preliminary Studies for H. M. Factory, Gretna, and, Study for an Installation of Phosgene Manufacture.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, no date [1920]. [Munitions Factory Plans] SIGNED BY KENNETH BINGHAM QUINAN, one of just 1000 copies. Large octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.xvi; 145 [1]. With 24 large folding plans and diagrams. SIGNED and dated 3rd November 1920 by Quinan in black ink to front pastedown..... More
Middle East Diary 1917 to 1956.
London: The Cresset Press, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with red title label to spine. Dust wrapper shows menorah and title to front cover, titles to spine, and review of "The Seat of Pilate" by John Marlowe to rear cover; unprice-clipped, originally priced 35 s. Binding..... More
Reglement De La Confrerie De L'Adoration Perpetuelle Du S. Sacrament, Et La Bonne Mort. Erigee dans L'Eglise Paroissiale de Ville-Marie, en L'Isle de Montreal, en Canada.
Montreal, 1776. SECOND EDITION. Sextodecimo, (11½ x 8½ cm). Contemporary grey paper covered boards. Extremities generally worn, boards creased. Clean, but for a touch of marginal foxing and browning to end papers. Small school stamp. Very Good. Rare. Second Edition (First published in Philadelphia). One of the first books to..... More
Adventures of Michailow, a Russian Captive, among the Kalmucs, Kirghiz, and Kiwenses. Written by Himself.
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822. Small 4to.; pp. 46. Recently bound in dark brown half oasis morocco with gilt titles to spine, marbled boards. Some 25 leaves have been added at the end to give the book a more appealing thickness. A couple of brown spots..... More
On Liberty.
London: John Parker and Son, 1859. SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp.207; [1]; [8] publisher's advertisements. Bound in publisher's purple cloth, blind stamped panelling to boards, Greek key design in blind and titles in gilt to spine, brown endpapers. Neat ink ownership to title-page, and some marginal annotation in purple in early..... More
Principles Of Political Economy, With some of their applications to social philosophy.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865. People's Edition. Octavo. Bound in contemporary full red morocco, with blind ruling to boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With bookplate. Binding is rubbed, corners bumped, joints worn, one gouge to front board. Internally clean..... More
Get in the Q Annual.
London, Micheal Joseph. 1980. SIGNED FIRST EDITION: 4to pp. 95. Publisher's pictorial boards. Prominent signature in black ink to title page. An excellent copy. More
An Epitome Of The Elementary Principles Of Mechanical Philosophy, Divested of mathematical demonstrations, comprehending the general properties of matter, mechanics, accoustics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, meteorology, hydraulics, and a copious account of the invention, progress, and present state of the steam engine, with many practical remarks on the construction of machinery.
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1830. Second Edition, Prize Binding. Octavo. Bound in full brown calf, with ruled gilt panelling and gilt crest of the University of Glasgow to boards, raised bands, gilt decoration and title label to spine; all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, board edges decorated with blind..... More
Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1981. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. In three volumes. Quarto, pp. xi, 273; x, 282; x, 372. With numerous illustrated plates, some in colour. As new in publisher's navy cloth with white titles to spine and upper boards. A scholarly historical analysis of the export of..... More
The Palm Tree.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1864. [Palm Trees] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.448. With six colour plates by the author, including a frontispiece. Publisher's dark pink cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. All edges gilt; brown endpapers. Blue ink price to verso of..... More
Moore's Irish Melodies. With New Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Pianoforte by M. W. Balfe.
London: Novello and Company, n.d. [c.1926]. Imperial Octavo, unpaginated. With the original introduction of 1859. Musical notation with accompanying words. In publisher's green embossed cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Black endpapers. Purple stamp of J. Mallinson and Son, Pianoforte manufacturers, to title page. Some external wear..... More
A History of British Birds.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1870. [Ornithology] HAND COLOURED PLATES. Second edition, six volumes, quarto (27 x 19 x 27cm). Illustrated with 365 fine hand coloured plates. Publisher's embossed green cloth with gilt pictorial titles to spines, gilt stamped birds to centre of upper, black coated endpapers. The preferred second..... More
Television. To-Day and To-morrow
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1934. Demy octavo, pp.xxxii; 208; 24, advertisements. With 70 photographic plates and 56 illustrations. With a new preface to this [fourth] edition, and a foreword by John Logie Baird. Publisher's gilt-titles cloth in striking colour pictorial dust-wrapper. Book is near fine (slightly dusty); jacket..... More
L'Envers Du Theatre. Machines et Decorations.
Paris: Hachette. 1888. [Theatrical props, devices and mechanics] Third edition. Octavo. Bound in contemporary half brown morocco gilt over marbled boards. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine, gilt rules to boards. Illustrated with 60 wood engravings of theatrical machinery. Marbled endpapers. Slight scuffing and rubbing to extremities, some shelfwear..... More
The Life of James Watt, With Selections from His Correspondence.
London: John Murray, 1859. FINELY BOUND. Octavo, pp.xvi; 572. Bound in full dark brown diced calf, gilt arrow motif taken from the Harrow school crest adorning the corners of the front and rear boards, and three panels on the spine. Direct lettering to spine with extra gilt decoration, two-line gilt..... More