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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
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
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
The Martian, A Novel.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1898. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Quarto, pp.[4] x, 471 [5]. With 49 engraved plates, including a frontispiece of the author, and six facsimiles of original sketches by the author reproduced by P. Dujardin. Number 138 of just 250 copies printed on large paper. In publisher's quarter..... More
A Father's Legacy to his Daughters.
London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1774. [Social history] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (17 x 10cm), pp.[6]; xii; 132; [4]. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt titles to a recent black title label on spine. Marbled endpapers. Two ownership inscriptions to flyleaf, internally clean, toned to edges. Boards rubbed and worn, splits..... More
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[Golf scene]
[Golf] ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON COPPER. Original painting of a golfing scene, twentieth century, signed "Kingman" in the bottom right corner. Presented in a decorative gilt frame. Image size approximately 19 x 39cm, total frame size 30 x 50cm. Some slight wear to frame. Fine. More
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[Golf scene]
[Golf] ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON COPPER. Original painting of a golfing scene, twentieth century, signed "Kingman" in the bottom right corner. Presented in a decorative gilt frame. Image size approximately 19 x 39cm, total frame size 30 x 50cm. Some slight wear to frame. Fine. More
Allemagne. L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de leurs Religions, Moeurs, Coutumes, etc.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1838-39. [German history] EARLY EDITION. In two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 495; [1]; pp.[4]; 480. All text in French. With 100 steel engraved plates at the rear of each volume, and two folding maps to volume II. Contemporary tan quarter calf with gilt titles..... More
F.G. Tait. A Record. Being His Life, Letters, and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co., n.d. IN VARIANT GREEN CLOTH, WITH AUTHOR'S CALLING CARD TIPPED IN. Octavo, pp.304. Comprising John L. Low's classic biographical account of F.G. Tait, a golfer celebrated for his unparralleled power, and aptitude for long hitting. Bound in publisher's variant green cloth with illustration of golf..... More
Milligan's Ark.
Surrey: M. and J. Hobbs, 1971. SIGNED FIRST EDITION.Quarto. Publisher's illustrated laminated boards, in matching pictorial dust jacket. Signed boldly by Spike Milligan to title page. A bright copy, near fine, in similar wrapper. A collection of cartoons and funny verses about animals, all by famous people, to help the..... More
Between the Church and the Lighthouse. The History of Burnham and Berrow Golf Club.
Droitwich: Grant Books, 2002. SIGNED SUBSCRIBERS EDITION. Pott Quarto. pp. x, 182. With frequent b/w photographic illustrations. SIGNED by the author and Sir Michael Bonallack to title page. One of just 50 copies. In half green morocco with two raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt titles also to..... More
There Must Be a Better Way (Knebworth Festival 1974-1979)
Cambridge: Bath Books, 2001. SIGNED COMMEMORATIVE BOX SET, LIMITED to 1500 copies. A folio-sized pale blue box containing 188-page hardcover text volume; two packs of reproduction programmes, tickets, and flyers; a box of forty-three 9 x 7 photographs with index card; VHS recording titled 'The Spirit Of Knebworth' being a...... More
The Dragon's Brood.
London: John Long Limited, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.288; 31 [publisher's advertisements]. Simply bound in vivid yellow cloth, with stylistic titles in black to spine. In a striking dustjacket designed by Youngman Carter. Carter was well-known as an illustrator of classic crime fiction dustjackets. Image shows a woman with red..... More
Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm.
London: Gay and Bird, 1903. FIRST UK EDITION: Publisher's orange Buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and boards. Minimal fading and wear to spine. Some faint scattered foxing to first and last pages, neat ink ownership to front free end paper. A good tight copy. More
The Long Arm, and other Detective tales.
London, Chapman and Hall. 1895. First Edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt and delicately decorated with a floral design in light blue and grey. A most attractive book with slight wear to the extremties and bumping to the spine ends. A scarce collection of crime stories (mentioned in..... More
Lectures on Diet and Regimen: being a Systematic Inquiry into the most Rational means of preserving Health and prolonging Life. Together with Physiological and Chemical Explanations, calculated chiefly for the use of Families, in order to banish the prevailing Abuses and Prejudices in Medicine.
London: Printed by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Third Edition, revised and enlarged, of this early work on health consciousness, healthy lifestyle and general well-being through advices on personal cleanliness, exercises and rest, food, drink and spices, etc. 8vo.; pp. 674 including Index, (2) Printers' catalogue..... More
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[The Riding of Ninemileburn, in] Blackwood's Magazine No. MCLVIII [1158].
London: William Blackwood and Sons, April 1912. FIRST APPEARANCE. Large octavo, pp.[32], 445-496. In publisher's light brown paper wrappers with titles and contents to front cover. Some expected wear; small losses to spine; very good. The first appearance of a strange tale included in the published collection 'The Moon Endureth'..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half red oasis morocco leather over original cloth sides gilt with elephant medalion to upper, top edge gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A few light marks within; externally..... More
The Elements of Heraldry, Containing the Definition, Origin, and Historical Account of that Ancient, Useful, and Entertaining Science. The Divers Sorts of Coats-of-Arms in Use; with their Essential and Integral Parts Displayed Separately. The Several Marks by which Bearers of the Same Coat-of-Arms are Distinguished from Each Other. The Different Kinds of Tinctures, Lines, Figures, Charges, and Ornaments Used for Coats-of-Arms. The Laws of Heraldry; Practical Directions for Marshalling Coats-of-Arms; and the Order of Precedence. The Hatchments so Clearly Described, that the Branch and Title, the Deceased was of, may be Readily Known. Illustrated with Several Cuts, and Twenty-Four Copper-Plates, containing above Five Hundred Examples of Escutcheons, Arms, etc. and Interspersed with the Natural History and Allegorical Signification of the Several Species of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Vegetables, etc. Comprised in this Treatise. To which is Annexed, a Dictionary of the Technical Terms Made Use of in Heraldry, etc.
London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson [etc.], 1795. [Heraldry] FIFTH EDITION in original boards. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 278; with a large unpaginated Dictionary of Terms at rear, perhaps 50 pages long. With 24 copper engraved plates. Contemporary brown half morocco with gilt titles to red label on..... More
The Lipstick Boys.
London: Enitharmon Press, 1984. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.131; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket with a drawing by Keith Vaughan. Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. Corners and end caps slightly bumped, some chips and tears to..... More
Dive in the Sun.
London: Jarrolds, 1961. [Submarine novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 258; [2]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, titles in red and yellow to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ing. Foyles booksellers ticket to pastedown. Slight crease along the spine, dust-jacket shows well with some chipping and nicking to extremities..... More