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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
Tara, A Mahratta Tale.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First Edition. Three volumes. Octavo. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, with decorative panelling to boards, black to front board and blind to back board, with gilt titles to spine. Corners slightly rubbed, some trivial bumping to spine ends, slightly faded to backstrip. Internally clean..... More
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M.S. [The French Retreat from Moscow]. Original M.S. of the article published in the Quarterly Review October 1867.
[c.1867]. BOUND MANUSCRIPT. Small Quarto, pp.305. Page numbers in light pencil; writing in black ink. In a contemporary binding of full calf with raised bands, burgundy calf label with gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Edward Stanhope to front pastedown. Large water or oil stain to top right..... More
Arms and the Covenant. Speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1938. FIRST EDITION, EARLIEST STATE. 8vo., pps 466. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in pale blue dustwrapper. This copy is a Colonial issue, sold by A.H.Spencer of Melbourne and with UK price clipped from jacket, Australian label applied to spine. A...... More
Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Natural Powers of Wind and Water to Turn Mills and Other Machines Depending on a Circular Motion. And an Experimental Examination of the Quantity and Proportion of Mechanic Power Necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of Velocity to Heavy Bodies from a State of Rest. Also New Fundamental Experiments upon the Collision of Bodies. With Five Plates of Machines.
London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1794. FIRST EDITION in book form. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 110 [2]. With five folding copper-engraved plates at rear, and two folding tables. In recent red half calf with two raised bands, gilt titles to spine and red cloth boards. Mark..... More
The Pothunters.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1902. FIRST EDITION, 1915 re-issue using the 1902 sheets and title page, cased in a new polychrome-pictorial binding. Illustrated with 10 plates. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth to spine and upper. Slight darkening to spine, very little bubbling to upper; light rubbing to extremities; browning to..... More
The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. A New Edition. With a Series of Plates, from the Illuminated Drawings contained in a valuable Ms. of the Original Romance.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane and Co., 1814. Limited Edition to 175 regular copies. Quarto; pp: half title page, frontispiece, title page, (12), (1), vi - xxvii, (1), iv, 544. Illustrated with black and white plates based on drawings from the original manuscript. Complete. This edition is edited by Edward..... More
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Alice I Underlandet. [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1966. FIRST JANSSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp.112. All text in Swedish. With frequent illustrations by Tove Jansson, some full page, including 11 in colour. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original colour-illustrated cream dust-jacket. Green endpapers. Jacket lightly browned; near-fine. The elegant..... More
Works of Shakespeare. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by C. H. Herford.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901-1912. FINELY BOUND. In ten volumes. Crown octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] xxii, 389 [2]; pp.[2] vi, 572 [2]; pp.[2] vi, 500 [2]; pp.[2] vi, 494 [2]; pp.[2] viii, 542 [2]; pp.[2] iv, 515 [3]; pp.[2] vi, 521 [3]; pp.[2] vi, 417 [3]; pp.[2] vi, 398..... More
The Gold Bat.
London: A and C Black, 1904. FIRST EDITION, earliest issue with two pages of terminal advertisements, but without the 8-page advertisement catalogue. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.277, with eight plates illustrated by Whitwell. Publisher's polychrome binding of dark red cloth with pictorial upper and spine, titled in gilt. Moderate spotting..... More
Post Card Album.
no place, no date [circa 1900-1930s]. [Sherlock Holmes] POSTCARD ALBUM. Quarto (29 x 25cm). Hardcover postcard album containing 80+ postcards relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. The postcards comprise portrait photos of actors from various Sherlock Holmes films, some stage shots from the non-Sherlockian films Rodney Stone ('The..... More
Britain's Air Peril: The Danger of Neglect, Together with Considerations on the Role of the Air Force.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1933. CLEMENT ATLEE'S COPY, First Edition with a letter from the Air League of the British Empire. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x, 132 [2], 28. With Atlee's distinctive Art-Deco monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a typed letter on headed note paper signed by..... More
Tonbridge Legends, Etc.
London: Kent and Co, Tonbridge: Richard Ware, n.d. [1866]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.232. With seven engraved plates. Green cloth with ornate gilt margins to boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Spine has at some point been professionally rebacked. Bookbinders label of Hanbury and..... More
Reports from the Commissioners, appointed by His Majesty to execute the measures recommended in an address of the House of Commons, respecting the Public Records of Ireland: with Supplements and Appendixes. 1810-1815.
London: [Hansard], ordered to be printed 13th July 1819. ORIGINAL REPORT. Large Folio (47 x 30cm), pp.[2]; 571; [5]. With 21 plates featuring facsimile reproductions of Irish charters, some coloured, as well as a number of large folding engraved illustrations of buildings in Dublin, all with tissue guards. In recent..... 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
The Ginger Man. With an Introduction by Arland Ussher.
Paris, The Olympia Press, 1955. FIRST EDITION. The Traveller's Companion Series, n° 7. Pp.353; [1], blank; [1], advertisement; [1], blank; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Publisher's green paper binding Trivial wear and toning, neat Belgian bookshop stamp to flyleaf. A lovely fine copy of this important book. The Irish American playwright's..... More
The Wolf-Leader. Newly translated by Afred Allinson.
London: Methuen, [1904]. Octavo, pp. 8 [advertisements]; 115. In publisher's decorated wraps, white card overprinted in red and black. Front of book features stylised titles and author's name bordered by a sword design, with central image of the 'wolf-leader' surrounded by a pack of ferocious wolves. Book is in extremely..... More
The Crime of the Crystal.
London: Digby, Long and Co. 1901. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 1 of adverts, 396, 16 of adverts. Yellow cloth with vivid design to spine and upper board. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, small close tear to front two pages, neat ownership inscription to the half title page, some occasional marking..... More
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co., 1903. LIMITED FIRST EDITION printed on Japanese paper. Crown octavo, pp.xv; 215; [1], blank. Elegantly bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt titles, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. A clean, fine copy with just a little expected bowing to the vellum covers. A rare book..... More
An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, from the Invasion of that Country under Henry II to its Union with Great Britain on the 1st of Janurary, 1801.
London: Printed by C. Roworth for T. Egerton, Military Library, 1803. FIRST EDITION. In two volumes, bound as three. Quarto, pp.[4] xxxii, 630, 373 [25]; pp.[4] xxiv, 686 [22]; pp.[4] xxii, 687-1076, 404, [14], 45 [5]. With a mezzotint fontispiece portrait of the author to vol. I. Both volumes with..... More
Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
New York: The Century Co., 1913. FIRST US EDITION, with larger plates and format than the UK edition. Contains 13 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Publisher's dark blue cloth, colour illustration pasted down to upper, gilt titles to spine. A fine copy, in chipped but bright dustwrapper..... More
[A Sample Book of Snuff Boxes 1820-1830].
[Private Compilation]. n.d. [c.1830's]. ORIGINAL ENGRAVED DESIGNS. 157x217mm. 16 thick card leaves featuring 104 individual engraved designs for snuff boxes printed on india paper and pasted to leaves. In contemporary dark brown mottled calf boards, re-backed in later tan calf. Held together by two strong brass clasps. Title neatly added..... More
Inscribed Photograph of actor Roger Moore as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007.
no date [circa 1977]. Black and white publicity still, 10 x 8'', classic three-quarters pose by Moore as Bond with shoulder holster pointing Walther to camera. Near fine. Still taken from (or publicity for) the film The Spy Who Loved Me', INSCRIBED to left hand side; "To Rodney (Pincott)| All..... More
The Member of the Wedding.
New York, NY: James Laughlin, 1951. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. [6] 118. With a black and white frontispiece illustration. Inscribed by the author in black ink to front free end-paper: 'For Monique and Valentin with enduring love always, Carson.' In publisher's orange cloth with orange titles to spine. With..... More
In Powder and Crinoline.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [1913]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.[2]; 164. With 24 mounted colour plates, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. In publisher's quarter grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and red titles to grey decorated paper-covered boards. Top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Some light..... More