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Our Sentimental Garden.
London: William Heinemann, 1914. First Robinson Illustrated Edition. Quarto. Bound in recent half brown morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers, front board and spine of publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt titles bound in at rear. 8 full page colour illustrations..... More
Christmas Greetings card.
London and Tunbridge Wells: Printed by Photocrom, n.d. [circa 1945]. Card-backed cut-out photographic print of Winston Churchill, with "The Prime Minister Faces Facts and Gives Facts", printed on the front. Sent out as a greetings card by A. Cohen and Co. of Great Dover Street, London with the text reading..... More
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches; the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion; and their Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical: with Notes Explanatory, Practical, and Historical, from Approved Writers of the Church of England, Selected and Arranged by the Right Reverend Richard Mant, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and Late Domestick Chaplain to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
London: J. G. F. and J. Rivington, 1840. FINELY BOUND, fifth edition thus. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.[6] 2, lxxii, 966 [4]. In two columns with very extensive notes by Rev. Mant. In contemporary dark brown diced calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and further blind decoration to..... More
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1855. FINELY BOUND EDITION, with quite large print. Octavo (23 x 15cm), unpaginated. Contemporary deep burgundy full morocco by Hayday, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt embossed decoration to boards. All edges gilt. With a gilt embossed leather monogram roundel loose to prelims..... More
A Naturalist's Voyage Round The World.
London: John Murray, 1909. Octavo. Bound in green cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and dark green panelling and design to front board. Includes Christmas gift insert and review slip. Stain to front board, and some spotting to edges. Occassional spots in text, mostly to prelims, but largely clean, including..... More
'Heaven Can Wait- I'll settle for Hong Kong' contained within 'Weekend' magazine. No.3066, November 27th 1963
London; Associated Newspapers. 1963. pp.32, Price 6d.. Newspaper format, colour illustrated covers. Some creasing/edgewear. Very good indeed. Contains a rare appearance of this Ian Fleming article, being an alternate version of the 'Hong Kong' chapter published in 'Thrilling Cities' just days earlier. This printing features many differences, not least shown..... More
I, In The Membership of My Days. Poems.
New York, NY: Random House, 1973. [Irish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.135; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Dated and inscribed by Richard Harris to flyleaf. Bumped to foot of spine, wrapper a little sunned to spine. Near fine. A collection of poems by..... More
Half A Hero.
London: A. D. Innes and Co. 1893. FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, octavo, both with the half-titles and publisher's advertisements. Bound in original blue-grey cloth lettered in dark blue to upper with gilt titles to the spine. Light coloured cloth is darkened and dusty as expected, pictorial bookplate of Richard Chamberlain..... More
An Air Fighter's Scrapbook.
London: Nicholson and Watson, 1938. First Edition. Octavo. pp. 332. With 16 illustrated plates, including frontispiece. In publisher's black cloth blocked in red in pictorial dust jacket. Edges lightly spotted; bookplate of Robert Bradford Reid to paste-down. Minor crease to crown of jacket, slightly sunned at spine. A near fine..... More
Brazil and the Brazilians, Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches.
Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1857. FIRST EDITION. Recently bound in half brown morocco over brown boards, title, author's name, and date of publication in direct gilt lettering to spine. In near-perfect condition externally, extremely limited signs of wear, original spine and beautiful cloth board bound in at rear, text block..... More
Murder at Eight Bells.
London; Columbine Publishing Company. n.d. [1939]. First EDition. 8vo. Publisher's orange cloth faded to spine and extremities to an attractive poached salmon, possibly that's not a standard book colour.Tight, clean and sharp. Very good indeed (except for being sunned) in a very good, unclipped dustwrapper with corresponding fading to spine..... More
The Magic Bed-Knob.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1945. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Small octavo pp.112. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Recent half blue morocco leather, blue cloth boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, with plain endpapers. Original pictorial cloth board and spine bound in at..... More
The Tunbridge Wells Guide; or an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, to which is Added a Particular Description of the Towns and Villages, Remains of Antiquity, Gentlemens Seats, Founderies, etc. etc. within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Sprange, 1801 [1797]. SEVENTEENTH ISSUE. Octavo, pp.xi, 336. With 13 engraved plates including frontispiece, and a folding table of inter-town distances to rear. Not including the 'List of Rare Plants'. In recent quarter grey card with black titles to white paper label on spine. Marbled boards. All..... More
Television for the Home. The Wonders of "Seeing by Wireless".
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d. [1927]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xx, 106. Publisher's light brown cloth with black titles to upper board and spine, gilt crest of Waid Academy Anstuther to upper as well. Eight black and white photographic plates. Waid Academy prize bookplate dated 1930 to front free endpaper, some..... More
Paris and its Environs, Displayed in a Series of Two Hundred Picturesque Views, from Original Drawings, Taken Under the Direction of A. Pugin, Esq. the Engravings Executed Under the Superintendence of Mr. C. Heath. With Topographical and Historical Descriptions.
London: Jennings and Chaplin, 1831. [French Topography] FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS. Two volumes bound as one. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[2] ii; 100; pp.[2] ii; 101-202. With 200 fine steel engravings after drawings by Pugin, and two steel engraved vignette title pages. Contemporary green half calf, green patterned cloth boards. Tidemark..... More
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[Hand-made]. [c.1930]. HAND-MADE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. Large Quarto, unpaginated. Twenty two thick leaves with b/w photographs pasted to both sides. Eight leaves blank to rear, with one loose photograph. Most images neatly labeled in black ink, from the late 1880's. Black ink inscription to verso of front free end-paper reads: 'Presented..... More
The High Adventure.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1926]. [Regency romance] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; [2]; 370; [4] advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in black, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "To: | A. Richardson Esq. | with all good wishes | from | Jeffery..... More
Peregrine's Progress.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1922]. [Regency romance] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 461; [3] advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in black, pictorial dust-jacket designed by C.E. Brock. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "To: | A. Richardson Esq. | with all good wishes |..... More
The Cinque Ports. A Historical and Descriptive Record.
William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. [Kent]. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.xiv; 403; [1]. Publisher's beige clath blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, red endpapers. Fourteen photogravure plates with tissue guards, nineteen in text and other illustrations. Small repaired marginal tear to page 43, discreet cancelled library stamp to flyleaf with..... More
A Panoramic View From Bunker Hill Monument.
Boston, MA: Luther Stevens, c.1848. LARGE FOLD-OUT. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp. 16; [1], panoramic fold-out. Bound in publisher's dark green card boards, cloth spine, Victorian lettering and presentation of publisher's details printed in black to front cover, matching decorative border to rear. Some discolouration to front board and noticeable..... More
Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Marasmus, and of those Disorders allied to it, which may be strictly denominated Bilious.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818. First Edition. Small 4to; pp. x, (2), 256. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, a little stained and rubbed; grey paper spine chipped and frayed; original paper title label chipped and rubbed; edges untrimmed. Internally sound and clean. A very good copy of..... More
An Introduction to Heraldry, Containing the Rudiments of the Science in General, and other Necessary Particulars Connected with the Subject.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, and White and Cochrane, 1810. FIRST EDITION, augmented with cuttings and a hand-painted illumination. Octavo, pp.[4]; 158; [2]. With 12 engraved plates, one chromolithographic plate, and one folding table of tinctures. Many heraldry-themed newspaper cuttings from the 1930s pasted and loose to all endpapers, and..... More
Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980.
London: The Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1980. First Edition. Quarto, pp. 20, 100 black and white plates. Black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in striking black and white dustjacket. Slight wear to the top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper and some bubbling along the left hand edge of..... More
Advice to Mothers, on the subject of their own Health; and on the means of promoting the Health, Strength, and Beauty, of their Offspring.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[4]; 419; [1]. Recently re-backed with a cream paper-covered spine using original blue/grey paper-covered boards. Hand-written black ink titles to white label on spine; all edges untrimmed. Large damp stain extending through the first 50 pages of text, with (inactive)..... More
The Literature of Roguery.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1907. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 14cm). Publisher's embossed green cloth, gilt titles to spines, top edges tinted green. Very light rubbing to extremities, signs of label removal to spines. Blind stamp to title page and first page of text of each volume..... More