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"Smooth Log" kept for Actions at Sea between 1943 and 1945 for Convoy UGS-43.
May 1943 to February 1945. [Second World War at Sea] ORIGINAL SHIP'S LOG. Three volumes. Folio (36 x 21cm). Two oblong cloth-bound ledger volumes with alphabetic tabs to fore-edge. Along with a similarly outwardly unprepossessing calf spined volume with annotated tabs to fore-edge (Strategy, Gunnery, Seamanship etc.) which proves to..... More
The winter of the Birds.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. [Children's fiction]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anthony Maitland. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "For Caroline | with very best | wishes | Helen Cresswell | Old Church Farm | 1978"..... More
A Pageant of the Spice Islands.
London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, 1936. First Edition. Octavo, pp. i, 131. With 5 b/w plates including frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with yellow titles to spine. With original cream dust jacket, featuring black titles to spine and upper board. Corners slightly bumped, and some light wear to boards..... More
The Peerage of Ireland: or, an exact Catalogue of the present Nobility both Lords Spiritual and Temporal, with an Historical and Genealogical account of them, containing the Descents, Creations and most remarkable Actions of them, their Ancestors, and some of their Monuments; also the Titles of Honour they now enjoy, both here and in England, their Preferments, and the time of their Promotions, with their Marriages and Issues, continued to this Time; with their Paternal Coats of Arms, and of the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees, and the time of their Consecrations and Translations of each Family in Blazon, with their respective Arms, Crests, Supporters and Mottos; the whole collected from the most authentick Histories, Pedigrees, choice Manuscripts, Certificates, and other Records of this Kingdom. [Together with] The Signification of most Things that are born in Heraldry, with the Explanation of their Natural Qualities, and of those Persons that they ought properly to be born by.
Dublin: Printed by Thomas Hume, 1724 - 1725. FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes bound as one. Folio (32 x 21cm), pp.[16]; 260; [14]; 86; [10]. In recent brown speckled full panelled calf, with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Blue ink library stamp to title page and..... More
A Word to Gandhi.
London: William and Norgate 1931. FIRST EDITION, octavo, pp.142. Travel writer ROBERT BYRON'S REFERENCE COPY with his pencil signature and annotations; Byron published 'An Essay on India' the same year. Original yellow card covers printed in black. Some expected rubbing and toning to extremities but generally near fine. Byron has..... More
Mistura Curiosa.
Edinburgh. Maclachlan and Stewart. 1896. First edition. 4to. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth covered bevelled boards, titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Light edgewear, some slight frayiong to head of spine; bright, clean and handsome. All edges gilt. Internally clean. A bizarre and unusual collection..... More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.40.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1975. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price 80p inked out. Name within 'book belongs to' box, contents otherwise clean, minor shelfwear. An attractive copy. More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.41.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price 90p intact. Child's ownership to front, a few light marks within, contents otherwise clean, minor shelfwear. An attractive copy... More
Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Bear Annual], No.42.
London: Express Newspapers, Printed by Purnell, 1977. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.115. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Ink ownership/inscription to 'book belongs to' page, route discreetly completed in pencil p.61, contents otherwise clean, price-clipped, minor shelfwear, lower corner worn. An attractive copy..... More
Blake: General-at-Sea.
Taunton: Barnicott and Pearce, the Wessex Press, 1934. [Naval History] FIRST EDITION WITH JACKET. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 200. With 20 lithographic maps, plans and illustrations, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With rare original light blue dust-jacket featuring an engraving..... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's..... More
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite.
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 346. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Evans with printed price of £20. Signed (in our presence) by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were..... More
The Wrong Corpse [and] Let's Have Some Murder [in] Thrilling Detective Magazine. Vol. V, No. 2.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., October 1949. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only..... More
Wild Decembers: a Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1932. SIGNED PRODUCTION COPY. Octavo, pp.97. In publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Flyer for the Apollo Theatre production pasted to front paste-down. SIGNED by the author and nineteen members of the cast and crew from the May production of the following..... More
Rural Sports.
London: Bunny and Gold, no date [1801-1813]. [Hunting] FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, including the supplement. Quarto (27 x 22 x 17cm), pp.[10] 383 [5]; pp.[4] 520 [4]; pp.[16] 507 [25]. With 19 copper engravings and a lithographic frontispiece to volume I; 44 copper engravings and a lithographic frontispiece and decorated..... More
Dulwich: A Place in History.
London: William Darby, 1967. [Topography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.102 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'To | the Estates Office Staff | with the author's compliments | William Darby | August 1967'. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Publisher's..... More
Solution Du Probleme De La Navigation Dans L'Air. Par La Direction Des Aerostats. Expose D'un Nouveau Systeme De Direction.
Librairie De Frederic Henry, Paris, 1864. 6mo., pp. 83 + 5 wood engraved plates. Publisher's paper covers, uncut. Extremities lightly frayed; general age toning. An early study on "... not only the possibility, but also the ease in piloting a balloon in flight." More
The Guardsman and Cupid's Daughter. And Other Poems.
London: Humphrey Toulmin, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, this being number 289 of 500 copies SIGNED by the Author and Artist. Octavo. Frontispiece and further black and white illustrations by John Austen. Publisher's green cloth, gilt title to spine and pictorial title label laid to upper. Top edge gilt, all other edges..... More
A Memoir of the York Press, with notices of Authors, Printers, and Stationers, in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries.
London: Nichols and Sons, 1868. [Printing History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2] vi; 397; [3]. Publisher's blind stamped maroon cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Armorial bookplate of Henry Peckitt to front pastedown. A few splits to weak binding; some gatherings starting to come loose. Head and tail..... More
Ranson's Folly. With 16 Illustrations by Frederic Remington, Walter Appleton Clark, Howard Chandler Christy, E.M. Ashe, and F. Dorr Steele.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First Edition. Publisher's brick coloured cloth with gilt titles to upper with colour illustration to centre, gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt, others rough trimmed. Rubbed to extremities; internally clean and sound. Very good indeed. More
Soldiers of Fortune.
New York, Scribners. 1897. First US Edition. 8vo. Publisher's pale yellow decorated cloth titled in blue to spine and titled and decorated in blue and gilt to front board. Very good indeed with only very slight edgewear and light bumping to the spine ends. Slightly dusty top edge, internally bright..... More
Mysterious Air Ace.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1941. FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine and upper board, in pictorial dust-jacket. With an 'advance review copy' slip pasted to the centre of the front panel. Endpapers tones, spotting to edges, slight lean to the textblock..... More
Twisted Face Defends His Title.
London; Herbert Jenkins. 1940. First Edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's bright and sharp red cloth titled in black to spine and front board. In a bright, clean dustwrapper with some marginal wear and creascing and a closed tear with some very slight loss to the spine ends. Very good..... More
Waste lands.
London: Ward Lock and Co. 1935. Mystery novel. FIRST EDITION, later state. Octavo. In the secondary binding of green cloth, lettered in black, in original jacket repriced to 5/- and with publisher's book number overprinted to spine. The striking dust-wrapper depicts 'reaching' hands, with a leather glove motif to the..... More
Electric Railways and Tramways, their Construction and Operation. A Practical Handbook, setting forth at length the modern application of Electricity as a Motive Power for Railways and Tramways; containing Complete Financial and Engineering Data as to Design, Construction, Equipment and Working; fully Illustrating all modern and accepted types of Machinery and Apparatus; and describing in detail the principal Installations of Europe and America.
London: Offices of "Engineering," 1897. [Engineering] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a revised and enlarged edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[20]; xxviii; 678; [22]. With frequent in-text engraved illustrations and tables. Contemporary burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and red cloth over boards with a UCL stamp in..... More