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The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant: Being a Comprehensive Treatise on the Selection, Preparation, and Strength of Materials, and the Mechanical Principles of Framing, with their Application in Carpentry, Joinery, and Hand-Railing; also a Complete Treatise on Lines; and an Illustrated Glossary of Terms Used in Architecture and Building.
London: Blackie and Son, 1880. Carpentry] BEST EDITION, fifth overall. Quarto (35 x 27cm), pp.xiv; 254. With one hundred steel engraved plates following the text. Contemporary black half calf with gilt titles to red label on spine, black cloth boards. Light spotting throughout, mostly to preliminaries. Toned to edges. Leather..... More
Clockwork, or All Wound Up.
London, Doubleday. 1996. First Edition, 8vo. Publisher's brightly coloured boards and grey pictorial endpapers. Several black and white illustrations throughout the text by Peter Bailey. A little handled; near fine. More
Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe.
London: Henry G. Bohn. 1846. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in light brown half calf over marbled boards, titled in gilt to spines. Minor edgewear, slight scuffing and rubbing to extremities, a little bumped here and there but solid, strong and durable. Edges speckled red, top edges dusty. Internally..... More
The Sensitive Plant. Introduction by Edmund Gosse.
London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1911]. First Charles Robinson Illustrated Edition, DELUXE ISSUE. Quarto. Publisher's vellum binding heavily decorated in gilt to spine and upper board, black and white illustrated end papers, top edge gilt. Profusely decorated with line drawings throughout, coloured cartouches and 18 tipped-in coloured illustrations. In the present..... More
The State Policy of Modern Europe, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Octavo, pp.xvi, 334; x, 392. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front free end-paper, dedicated to Sir Edward Shepherd CREASY, author of 'Fifteen Decisive Battle of the World' (1851). In publisher's light tan embossed..... More
The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from his Correspondence.
London: John Murray, 1844. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes, octavo With engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, 1 engraved plate and 3 lithographic plates. Contemporary half tan calf with red and green title labels, extra gilt to spines, gilt rule to boards, cloth sides, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of..... More
General View of the Government and Administration of Siam, 1926.
Bangkok: Times Press, 1926. SCARCE ITEM. Small quarto. Organised in 14 individually paginated segments, including: Government, Guide book to chief monuments (with an introduction to Siamese history and religion), Public health/philanthropic institutions, Education, Resources, Natural features, Forests, Rice industry, Irrigation, Lac cultivation and trade, Mining, Aquatic resources and fisheries, Aviation..... More
Westward Ho! Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough, in the County of Devon. In the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Pictures by N.C. Wyeth.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First N.C. Wyeth Edition. Quarto, pp. 413. Recent full dark blue morocco, gilt titles and gilt tooling to spine, gilt rule to boards; marbled end papers. Original board and spine bound in at rear; original pictorial end papers to front. Age toning to edges..... More
The Autobiography of Francis Arago. The Traveller's Library 78.
London: Longman, Brown, and Longmans, 1855. FIRST EDITION, with rare original covers. Crown octavo, pp.[6], 122. In publisher's original cream paper wraps with black titles printed to spine and covers. Covers lightly browned; more heavily to spine. Some loss to tail of spine. Very good indeed, especially considering the rarity..... More
Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E.B. Browning. To which is prefaced a 'Little Journey' to the Home of the Author, written by E. Hubbard.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1898. Limited Edition to 480 copies of which this is No.217. SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Publisher's quarter white cloth with gilt titles to upper, grey paper boards and end papers; edges untrimmed. Hand coloured stylised capitals throughout the text; superb printing on thick pages..... More
The Spy in Black.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1917. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt to spine and upper. Faded spine, dusty edges, extremities lightly rubbed. A sound and tight copy of this scarce title. A Great War espionage tale from the author of 'Carrington's Cases', etc. More
Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; Containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. FINE COPPER ENGRAVED MAPS. Quarto, unpaginated. Containing 22 large coats of arms, facsimile letters and folding maps, being a supplement to the Octavo edition of the 'Memoirs'. Some maps with coloured battle positions. In original pink leather-effect cloth boards, recently re-backed in..... More
Our Mutual Friend.
London: Chapman and Hall [1896]. CROWN EDITION, in scarce original printed DUST-WRAPPER. Octavo, pp.x; 683; [1], blank. Publisher's russet-coloured buckram blocked in gilt and black, complete with rare paper jacket. With forty illustrations by Martin Stone. One of the author's most famous tales, issued as part of the 'Dickens Crown..... More
A Christmas Carol in Prose. A Ghost Story of Christmas.
London: Pan Books, 1945. FIRST PAN EDITION. Slim octavo, pp.117. With lithographic reproductions of the original illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt, illustrated dust-wrapper. Discreet gift note from 1945, rare jacket with a sizeable chip to front panel (not affecting lettering or artwork), torn to fold, chips to..... More
Specimens of the Early English Poets, to which is prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, in 3 volumes. Together with: Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, chiefly written during the early part of the Fourteenth Century; to which is prefixed an Historical Introduction, intended to Illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England.
London: Published for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. 6 volumes, 8vo., in a lovely contemporary full speckled calf with gilt raised bands, green and brown title labels and gilt tooling to spines, decorative gilt border to boards, grey end papers. Internally sound and clean. Binding a little rubbed..... More
The Drift of Buddhism From India to the Mongols and Thibet.
London: Robert Banks and son, 1905. Octavo. Bound in paper covers; originally priced at 6d. With a coloured folding map showing the distribution of world religions. The paper cover is somewhat worn, with some small tears to joints, also somewhat tanned. Largely free from spotting, though with some rust spots..... More
A Treatise on the Venereal Disease
London; Sherwood, Neely and Jones. 1818. 'THE SECOND EDITION', with additions. Octavo, pp 569 + 5 (of 6) plates. Original half calf over marbled sides; some wear and rubbing to covers, discreetly rebacked, neat repair to lower portion of plate I (not affecting image). A serviceable copy of this landmark..... More
Little Songs of Long Ago. More Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair.
London: Augener Ltd, c. 1912. Folio. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt titles and pasted down colour illustration to upper board. Corners slightly bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper, bright with small chips and tears to edges. 30 (+2) Beautiful full-page colour illustrations to accompany each song. A very good..... More
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Stephanorum Historia [History of the Estienne family], Vitas Ipsorum, ac Libros Complectens.
London: Christopher Bateman, 1709. RARE COMPLETE FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv, 564; 133; 7. All text in Latin. With a frontispiece engraving of Robert II Estienne and several examples of the Estienne colophon. Complete with the catalogue of printed works and the appendix, often missing. In contemporary brown calf with raised..... More
The Adventures of Judith Lee.
London, Methuen. 1916. First edition. 8vo. 314pp + 32pp ads. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in black to spine. Near fine copy with minor edgewear and bumping to spine ends. Internally clean, light offsetting to endpapers, very minor spotting to page edges.A remarkably handsome copy of a scarce collection of..... More
Of London.
London: Printed for Robert Faulder, 1790. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, with many contemporary engravings. Quarto, pp.viii, 439 [9]. With all 12 engravings called for in the binder's instructions, including a frontispiece of Sir Henry Lee. Also with 21 extra illustrations, including 19 listed by hand in black ink to a 'Memorandum', to prelims..... More
The Trail of The Dead.
London; Ward, Lock and Co. 1904. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's dark grey cloth boards titled in gilt and decorated in red with onlay paper illustration to front board. Minor edgewear, light scuffing to extremities, very good indeed. Light bumping and a little fraying to spine ends. Solid and handsome. Internally..... More
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Including: Gertrude McFuzz and The Big Brag.
New York: Random House. 1958. First Edition; slim Quarto. Publisher's green and blue illustrated boards, with matching dust jacket. Titles in black and white to upper board and spine. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author, including endpapers. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. Dust jacket showing light rubbing, frayed to..... More
The Keepsake for 1829.
London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1829. Octavo. Bound in green calf, with red and gilt label, raised bands and extensive gilt to spine, boards panelled with triple-ruled gilt and blind tooling, and central blind-tooled motif, all edges gilt and gilt board edge tooling, as well as blind-tolled dentelles. Includes bookplate..... More
The Ice House.
Macmillan, 1992. FIRST EDITION. A lovely fine copy in dustwrapper. Author's first full-length crime novel. Winner of the CWA John Creasey Award for Best First Crime Novel of the Year. More