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The Poll for the Knights of the Shire, to Represent the Western Division of the County of Kent in Parliament, including the Registered Electors who did not vote, also, a General Index, and an Abstract of the Number of Votes for each Parish. Candidates: Thomas Law Hodges, Esq.; Thomas Rider, Esq.; Sir William R.P. Geary, Bart.
Maidstone: J. Smith, 1835. [Kent Voting Register] RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] 192 [2]. In the original publisher's brown quarter leather grain-effect cloth with brown paper over boards and gilt titles to the original navy blue label on spine. Wear to board edges and head and tail..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1865. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition, with notes etc. In four volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 25-468 [2]; pp.[2] 479 [3]; pp.[2] 452 [6]; pp.[2] 452 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and II. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
Sunstruck.
Knotting: The Sceptre Press, 1977. [Poetry]. LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto pamphlet (16 x 15cm), pp.[8]. Number 121 of just 300 copies printed by Christopher Skelton in 'Monotype' Baskerville on Glastonbury Laid paper. Publisher's tan card covers with red titles, stapled to spine. A fine copy. More
Park's Book of Jests.
London: A. Park, n.d. [c.1840]. [Humour]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Duodecimo (18 x 11cm), pp.12. In publisher's yellow paper covers with a wood engraved illustration, sewn. Black ink ownership inscription to title page date 1904. Very light wear to edges. A rare survival, near-fine. A collection of humorous anecdotes, one-liners and puns..... More
Guy Faux [Fawkes]: Or, the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Melo-Drama, in Three Acts, Printed from the Acting Copy with Remarks, Biographical and Critical, by D-G. To Which are Added, a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Entrances and Exits, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the Whole of the Stage Business, as now Performed in the Metropolitan Minor Theatres.
London: John Cumberland, n.d. [c.1830]. [Theatre]. EARLY PRINTING. Small pamphlet in sixes (15 x 10), pp.50. With a wood engraved frontispiece and cover illustration after R. Cruikshank by Mr. Bonner. Publisher's grey paper covers with titles, illustration and a price of 6d, sewn. Cumberland's No. 36 Minor Theatre, being a...... More
Licence Renewed [James Bond series]. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original printed price (£6.50) to the front flap. With author's presentation note to title page; "To Eugene Spiers..... More
The Play's the Thing.
New York, NY: Brentano's, 1927. [Hungarian Drama] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 139 [1]. Publisher's brown cloth with titles blocked with designs in blue and green to spine and upper board. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the green dust-jacket titled in a darker green. Lightly browned throughout. Dust-jacket..... More
An African Millionaire [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 12 and 13, numbers 66 to 77.
London: George Newnes, June 1896 to May 1897. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 parts in their original light blue paper covers. Octavo (25 x 17cm). Presented in a navy blue quarter morocco clamshell box, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands and a fleece lining. Some spines badly abraded; some..... More
The Wind from the Plain.
London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1963. [Modern fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.286; [2], blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial and photographic dust-jacket designed by Brian Russell with a printed price of 21s to flap. Occasional internal spotting; spotting to endpapers and edges..... More
The Call-Girls. A tragi-comedy with Prologue and Epilogue.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1972. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[I]; 191; [I], blank. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gold to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews with printed price £2.25 to flap. Internally clean and bright, minor spotting to edges of textblock, dust-jacket a...... More
Adolf in Blunderland. A Political Parody of Lewis Carroll's Famous Story.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1940. [Satire] REVISED EDITION. Slim Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.60. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, matching pictorial dust-jacket. Illustrated throughout by Mansbridge. Some offsetting to endpapers, discreet contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf. Boards slightly rubbed to spine ends. Price clipped dust-jacket shows very well, rubbed to..... More
The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott. Edited, with the Author's Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk.
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., no date [circa 1890s]. [History] FINELY BOUND. Twelve volumes, octavo (23 x 16 x 45cm). Beautifully bound by Bayntun for Lauriat Booksellers in tan half calf over marbled boards, gilt titles on contrasting morocco squares and extra gilt to spines, top edges gilt, marbled..... More
[Contribute to] Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume VI. - Part I.
Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1804. [Americana] IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.xx; [4] contents; 190. Original grey paper covered boards, cream paper spine, with title label, edges untrimmed and some leaves unopened. Four engraved plates and numerous tables throughout. Small circle clipped from title page, perhaps removing an ownership..... More
The Works and Life of Laurence Sterne. [Tristram Shandy; A Sentimental Journey, etc.]
New York, NY: J.F. Taylor and Co., 1904. [Literature] FINELY BOUND COMPLETE WORKS, the Stonegate Edition. 12 volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 40cm). With 60 engraved plates, each duplicated on different paper, each with a tissue guard. Number 18 of just 150 sets in this edition. Very fine contemporary..... More
Kingsblood Royal.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Satirical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.334; [ii], blank. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in red to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Nichols with printed price of 9s. 6d. Spotting to textblock edges and to endpapers, blue ink ownership inscription on free..... More
Hatchet Man.
London: T.V. Boardman and Company Ltd., 1964. [Modern fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 174; [I], blank. Publisher's orange cloth in pictorial dust-jacket, title in black on spine, dust-jacket designed by Denis McLoughlin with printed price of 12s. 6d net. Internally clean, minor wrinkling to spine ends..... More
[Review of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex in] The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: (No 273), July, 1871.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, and London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871. [Evolution] CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.36 of advertisements; 16 of advertisements; ii; 302; [20 of advertisements]. Publisher blue printed wraps, yellow paper spine with cream paper title label. Partially unopened, some sporadic light spotting and..... More
Three Essays on Religion. Nature, The Utility of Religion, and Theism.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1874. [Theism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xi; [3]; 258; [2] list of author's works. Publisher's binding of green pebble-grained cloth, gilt titles and rules to spine, black rules to spine and boards, brown coated endpapers. Contemporary ownership to flyleaf, later ownership inscription..... More
The Mimic Men.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.301; [3], blank. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. Edges dusty/spotted; jacket near fine. A presentable copy of this challenging novel. Set on the fictional tropical island of Isabella, the author's sixth book was his first to explicitly address issues..... More
Far, Far the Mountain Peak.
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 415 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and purple dust-jacket titled in red and white, designed by Donald Green and priced at 15s. Purple stamp of the Harris Book Company, Hong..... More
Ian Botham: My Illustrated Life.
London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. More
The Fires of Alchemy: A Transpersonal Viewpoint.
Morton, Lincolnshire: Archive Publishing, 2004. [Transpersonal Psychology] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 232; xxiii-xl. With many illustrations, some in colour. Number 126 of 350 copies SIGNED by the author and editor in black ink to half-title. With original flyer, order form, and publisher's compliments slip loose to..... More
Akhnaton.
London: Collins, 1973. [Play] PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.157; [1]. Publisher's mottled red paper wraps, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Andrew Vargo priced at £1.80 net. A scarce proof copy sent out in advance of the first edition. Dust-jacket very slightly creased and rubbed to top and bottom edges..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Spine ends slightly pushed. Dust-jacket a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine and to the corners. Very..... More
Our Mutual Friend.
New York, NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1866. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND by M. Jackel and Co, NY. In four volumes. Crown octavo (18 x 12 x 11cm), pp.[4] 311 [3]; pp.[4] 306 [4]; pp.[4] 305 [3]; pp.[4] 284 [4]. With a steel engraved frontispiece to each volume. In an elegant..... More