"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
The Arts & Sciences
A Book of Ornamental Glazing Quarries, Collected and Arranged from Ancient Examples.
London: John Henry Parker, 1849. [Stained Glass] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.34. With 112 tinted lithographic plates, complete with tissue guards. Later red cloth with white titles to spine, top edge gilt. Some light spotting to preliminaries, toned to edges. Light rubbing to binding. Very good... More
November Girl.
New York, NY: Madison Square Press, 1967. [Cult photography book] FIRST EDITION. Folio (35 x 28cm), unpaginated. Publisher's cream coloured cloth in original dust-wrapper priced at $9.95. Photographed throughout in black and white. Some moderate handling, jacket frayed at crown, few small scratches to rear. Very good. More
Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Marasmus, and of those Disorders allied to it, which may be strictly denominated Bilious.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818. First Edition. Small 4to; pp. x, (2), 256. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, a little stained and rubbed; grey paper spine chipped and frayed; original paper title label chipped and rubbed; edges untrimmed. Internally sound and clean. A very good copy of..... More
An Introduction to Heraldry, Containing the Rudiments of the Science in General, and other Necessary Particulars Connected with the Subject.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, and White and Cochrane, 1810. FIRST EDITION, augmented with cuttings and a hand-painted illumination. Octavo, pp.[4]; 158; [2]. With 12 engraved plates, one chromolithographic plate, and one folding table of tinctures. Many heraldry-themed newspaper cuttings from the 1930s pasted and loose to all endpapers, and..... More
Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980.
London: The Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1980. First Edition. Quarto, pp. 20, 100 black and white plates. Black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in striking black and white dustjacket. Slight wear to the top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper and some bubbling along the left hand edge of..... More
Advice to Mothers, on the subject of their own Health; and on the means of promoting the Health, Strength, and Beauty, of their Offspring.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[4]; 419; [1]. Recently re-backed with a cream paper-covered spine using original blue/grey paper-covered boards. Hand-written black ink titles to white label on spine; all edges untrimmed. Large damp stain extending through the first 50 pages of text, with (inactive)..... 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
Lectures on Diet and Regimen: being a Systematic Inquiry into the most Rational means of preserving Health and prolonging Life. Together with Physiological and Chemical Explanations, calculated chiefly for the use of Families, in order to banish the prevailing Abuses and Prejudices in Medicine.
London: Printed by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Third Edition, revised and enlarged, of this early work on health consciousness, healthy lifestyle and general well-being through advices on personal cleanliness, exercises and rest, food, drink and spices, etc. 8vo.; pp. 674 including Index, (2) Printers' catalogue..... More
Winged Squadrons.
London: Hutchinson & Co., no date [1942]. [Wartime Photography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo magazine format (25 x 19cm), pp.47 [2]. With 16 double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's photographic soft covers, with the original matching dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Toning to wartime economy paper, with moderate wear and some chipping..... More
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. With and Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste; and Several Other Additions.
London: Printed for Vernor and Hood [etc.], 1798. [Aesthetics] CONTEMPORARY BINDING, a New Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 342. With a frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary full speckled calf, with gilt titles to red morocco label on spine. All edges light yellow. Ownership label of Hugh de Poix..... More
Thames and Tweed.
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, no date [1870]. [Fishing] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris William Le Fanu. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 141; [19]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt illustration to upper board, with further black decoration to borders. Advertisements to green coated endpapers. Armorial..... More
Wood Bending Handbook.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970. [Craft and Construction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (30 x 21cm), pp.[10] 110. With diagrams and black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's brown faux leather over boards, with lighter brown decoration to upper, and white titles to spine and upper. Priced at £1/15s or £1.75..... More
Useful Hints and Tips for Automobilists, from The Autocar.
London: Iliffe and Sons, 1905. [Early Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), unpaginated, with 478 hints, an index, and 25 pages of adverts at rear. Occasional in-text diagrams. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine, and black and white titles to upper. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith to..... More
The Compleat Angler.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, no date [circa 1920s]. [Fishing and Philosophy] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xciv; 454 [28]. With frequent illustrations by New, and a frontispiece portrait of the authors. Recent green half morocco with gilt titles to burgundy labels, further gilt tooling..... 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
A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. Hastings: G. Wool, 1833. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii, 94. Folding chart with four hand coloured geological sections bound in at the rear, plus in text illustrations. Original patterned cloth, with recent paper label to spine. Cancelled library stamp and neat inscription to..... More
A Flora of Tunbridge Wells. Being a List of Indigenous Plants Within A Radius of Fifteen Miles Around that Place.
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
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours. Illustrated by a series of twenty-six drawings and diagrams in colours, and numerous woodcuts.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1871. [Fine Art] FINE COLOUR PLATES, a new edition. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[8] 286 [2]. With 26 fine colour-printed plates, including a frontispiece, each with a tissue guard, as well as 69 in-text woodcuts. Publisher's green cloth with elaborate gilt titles and decoration..... More
Broad-Sword and Single-Stick. with chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and other Weapons of Self-Defence. The All-England Series.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. [Sword and Staff Combat] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 X 12cm), pp.[4] 116. With occasional in-text diagrams and illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine and upper. Advertisements to endpapers. Light browning to endpapers, with a small black ink inscription to flyleaf..... More
Paul Nash 1889-1946. The Master of the Image.
London: John Murray, 1973. [Art Biography and Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.xvi; 156. With a catalogue of 144 images, mainly black and white, as well as several black and white photographic plates. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt device to upper. Top edge..... More
Musical History, Biography, and Criticism: being a General Survey of Music, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
London: John W. Parker, 1835. [Music] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.viii; 432; [24]. Advertisements at rear dated November 1835. Contemporary dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed; light yellow endpapers. Black ink ownership to title page, dated March 1836. Light wear to cloth. Very..... More
Pre-Rapaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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
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
Memories of an Army Surgeon.
London: Stanley Paul and Co., 1939. [Military, Medicine and Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. With four black and white photographic plates, one being a frontispiece, and the others double-sided. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Light offsetting to endpapers, with some spotting and browning to..... More
Sketches of the Irish Bar.
New York, NY: Redfield, 1854. FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Crown octavo, pp.[2], 388 [2]; pp.[2], 380 [2]. With a facsimile letter from MacKenzie as a frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bookplates of H. Scofield to front pastedown of each vol. Light spotting throughout. Light..... More