The Arts & Sciences
Forty-Three Graphic Tables or Diagrams for the Conversion of Measurements in Different Units, comprising conversions of length; area; volume; weight; stress; density; work; energy in mechanical, thermal, and electrical units; horse-power; and temperature.
London: Charles Griffin and Co., 1895. [Conversion Tables] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 30cm), pp.14, with 28 plates and one leaf of advertisements at end. Publisher's plain paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and titles to upper. Black ink ownership of A.J. Money to front cover, with stamps of the..... More
The Relations of the Sexes.
Christchurch: The Free Age Press, 1901. [Letters and Diaries] FIRST THUS. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.80. Publisher's green paper covers, priced at 4d. Rubbing and toning to spine, with a 1cm loss to head. Very good. A series of extracts from Tolstoy's letters, diaries and unpublished MSS. More
Memorable Moments in Motor Racing. Legends and Personalities Tell their Stories.
London: Cyan Books, 2005. [Motor Racing] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 278 [10]. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by David Coulthard in black marker to a bookplate on the title page. Publisher's back cloth, with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the..... More
Hector Servadac, Or the Career of a Comet.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Fantasy adventure. 'Uniform Edition'. Octavo, pp.370. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's pictorial red cloth, blocked in gilt and black. Nominal edgewear, spine ends chipped, some age-related toning to spine,gift note in ink to pastedown. Very good. More
The Complete Angler [Compleat Angler]. New edition, edited by "Ephemera".
London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1854. Second Cooke edition. Pp.309 with woodcut frontispiece, engraved general title and vignette title, facsimile title, and other illustrations within the text, followed by three numbered plates accompanied by explanatory text leaves. Original blind-stamped pale green cloth, with elaborate gilt tooling to spine, yellow coated..... More
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945.
New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 2007. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xxxii; 278. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at $60. Light markings to jacket. Near fine. From the..... More
Berkshire [Map].
London: James Wyld, no date [circa 1870]. [Map] POCKET SIZED FOLDING MAP OF BERKSHIRE. Small format (unfolded 37 x 49cm, folded 13 x 12cm). In original red cloth covered boards, publisher's printed label to upper board with box for a title to be added by hand. Fifteen segments laid onto..... More
Boating
Longmans Green and Co., London 1888. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Illustrated throughout. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue oasis morocco leather over marbled sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt. A little spotting to first and final leaves else a fine copy in attractive recent leather..... More
Banksy: Wall and Piece.
London: Century, 2006. [Graffiti Art] FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION, softcover. Octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.238 [2]. Illustrated in colour throughout, with occasional passages of text. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £12.99, with the 'Now with 10% more crap' sticker to front cover. A vertical crease to front cover with some..... 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
L'Envers Du Theatre. Machines et Decorations.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1888. [Backstage Production] Third edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 294 [2]. All text in French. Illustrated by the author with 60 wood engravings of theatrical machinery. Contemporary brown half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and papier tourniquet over boards..... More
A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and adapted to the Use of Private Families. With the Addition of Many New Receipts, and Embellished with Engravings.
Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1858. NEW EDITION, third issue. Vigesimo-Quarto (very small). pp. lii, 376. With 9 engraved plates depicting the various edible animals and their joints. All edges untrimmed. In repaired contemporary maroon cloth with gilt and blind stamping. Re-backed using original cloth over spine and boards. Browning and..... 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
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
Fashion Drawing and Dress Design. A Handbook dealing with Proportion, construction, pose and draping of the adult and child figure with numerous illustrations.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1928. [Fashion] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 164; [4] of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, titled in red and black to spine and upper. Illustrated throughout in red and black. Neat gift inscription to half title, occasional marks to the textblock but generally..... More
The Flying Wasp. A Laughing Look-Over of what has been said about the Things of the Theatre by the English Dramatic Critics, with many Merry and Amusing Comments thereon, with some shrewd remarks by the author on the Wise, Delicious, and Dignified tendencies in the Theatre of To-Day.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1937. [Theatre Criticism] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Alexander Knox. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 201 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to a silver backing square on spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Black ink ownership of..... More
The Nature and Evolution of the Political Relations between the Indian States and the British Imperial Government.
Joyce and Sone, Newport 1932. Historical essay on Britain's relationship with India. Publisher's softcovers, pp. 202, with loose errata slip present. A fine copy. This thesis was presented to the University of Geneva, and covers the rise of British Power in India up to the Post-Mutiny and Post-War era. The..... More
DR. T.J. Barnardo: A Brief Life and Sketch. Reprinted from "Night & Day," October, 1905.
London: Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1919. [Children's Welfare] EARLY ARTICLE. Octavo pamphlet (24 x 18cm), pp.12. No covers as issued, stapled twice. Folded both horizontally and vertically. Fairly lightly handled, with just a few marks out outer leaves. Very good. A short article on the life and work of philanthropist and..... More
Unmarried Love. Sexual Wisdom for the Single.
London: Jarrolds, 1965. [Sex advice] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with red and black titles, priced at 15s. Light spotting to edges and endpapers. Cloth a rubbed and marked, bumped to fore edge and top corners. Jacket lightly sunned..... More
Psychic Energy: Its Source and Goal.
Washington, D.C.: Published for Bollingen Foundation by Pantheon Books, 1947. [Psychology] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xvi; 497 [5]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates including a frontispiece, as well as occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and green..... More
How to Ride a Bike: from starting out to peak performance.
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
Psychological Reflections. An Anthology of the Writings of C.G. Jung.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953. [Psychology Quotations] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, UK issue. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xxviii; 342 [4]. A Routledge & Kegan Paul slip has been pasted over the title page, otherwise is identical to the US Pantheon Books issue. Publisher's black quarter buckram, with gilt..... 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
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest; Being an attempt to illustrate the first principles of natural philosophy by the aid of the popular toys and sports of youth. From the sixth and greatly improved London Edition.
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. 8vo., pp. 432 + 14. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles and "pea-shooter" motif to spine. Light wear, a little bumped and cloth fraying to top of spine. Occasional very light foxing, small discreet booksellers sticker. A nice clean tight copy. Very Good. John Ayrton Paris..... More
Regency Antiques.
London, Batsford 1953. 4to. With photographic illustrations and colour frontispiece. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dustjacket. Slightly frayed to spine ends, price-clipped. A very good copy indeed. FIRST EDITION. More