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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
Antilogiae, seu Contradictiones Apparentes Evangelistarum [Antilogies, or Apparent Contradictions of the Evangelists], Secum ipsis, et cum aliis Sacrae Scripturae locis Conciliatae per Sanctos Patres, aliosque probatos Interpretes.
Douai: Derbaix, 1775. NEW EMENDED EDITION. Vigesimo-Quarto (130 x 90mm), pp.viii, 527. All text in Latin. In contemporary tan calf with gilt titles to green label on spine. All edges red. Bookplate of St Cuthbert's College Library, Ushaw, to front paste-down. Remains of library classmark label to base of spine..... 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
The Champington Mystery.
London: Digby, Long and Co., 1900. First edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.308; 16, publishers advertisements dated October 1900. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Inscribed boldly to Hugh Sartoris on the front pastedown by the author. Internally clean, with an unfortunate shallow..... 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
An Epitome Of The Elementary Principles Of Mechanical Philosophy, Divested of mathematical demonstrations, comprehending the general properties of matter, mechanics, accoustics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, meteorology, hydraulics, and a copious account of the invention, progress, and present state of the steam engine, with many practical remarks on the construction of machinery.
London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1830. Second Edition, Prize Binding. Octavo. Bound in full brown calf, with ruled gilt panelling and gilt crest of the University of Glasgow to boards, raised bands, gilt decoration and title label to spine; all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, board edges decorated with blind..... More
Tales of Mean Streets.
London, Methuen. 1894. First Edition, Second Issue. 8vo. 301pp + 32pp ads dated Jan. 1895. Publisher's olive green cloth titled in gilt to spine and front boards. Bumped to spine ends and with trifling wear and very slight sunning to spine. A fine bright, clean copy. Edges untrimmed, very light..... 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
The American Senator.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. First One-volume Edition. Bound in red cloth, with gilt titles and black-tooled decoration to spine, and decorative black-tooled panneling and titles to front board, edges untrimmed. Includes bookplate. A handsome copy. Binding in fine order, excepting slight bump to top of spine. Text is crisp..... More
The Fur Country. Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1875. Early edition in a fine contemporary brown diced calf with a black title label, intricate and delicate gilt tooling to compartments to spine, the top compartment with a gilt-stamped crouched monkey topped by a crown; gilt rule to boards, marbled end papers..... 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
The Prisoners of Mainz.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 1919. First Edition. Octavo. pp. ix, 274 [2]. With 12 illustrations including frontispiece by Capt. R.T. Roussel. In publisher's oatmeal cloth lightly bumped to extremities otherwise clean and bright, with red and white paper title label to spine. Lower edge untrimmed, some light inoffensive spotting..... 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
The Years Between.
London: Methuen and Co., 1919. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 159; [1], imprint; [32], advertisements dated 2/19. Original red cloth, gilt, in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. A lightly used copy; jacket a little frayed to spine ends, short tear to upper, minor creasing. Shows well. The..... More
The Economic Cottage Builder: or, Cottages for Men of Small Means. Adapted to every locality, with instructions for choosing the most economical materials afforded by the neighborhood. To which are added many valuable hints and most useful observations.
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim and Co., 1856. 8vo. Publisher's original embossed brown cloth with gilt titles and devices to spine and upper. Illustrated with tinted designs on stone. Head of spine and corners frayed; light marking to edges; some light foxing. A very good copy. More
Articulorum XXXIX Ecclesiae Anglicanae Defensio, una cum nova eorundem versione [In Defence of the Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England]. His Accedunt Articuli Lambethani, una cum Rev. and Doct. virorum in eos Censura etc.
Cambridge: Johann Hayes, 1694. SECOND EDITION. Vigesimo-Quarto (very small). In two parts, pp. [2] 143; 75. Text in Latin. With occasional blank pages for notes. In nineteenth century half brown mottled calf with raised bands and gilt titles to red morocco label. Marbled boards. Chip from edge of title page..... More
A Geological Sketch of the Vicinity of Hastings.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. Hastings: G. Wool, 1833. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii, 94. Folding chart with four hand coloured geological sections bound in at the rear, plus in text illustrations. Original patterned cloth, with recent paper label to spine. Cancelled library stamp and neat inscription to..... More
The Coming Race... With; Pausanius The Spartan, and The Haunted and The Haunters. Rienzi, What Will He Do With It [under the pseudonym Pisistratus Caxton].
London; Routledge and Sons. 1892. Author's Copyright Edition. Large 8vo. Bound in contemporary half burgundy morocco over maroon boards. Light sunning and edgewear to extremities, some rubbing. Bright, strong and sharp. very good indeed. All edges marbled. Internally clean, the occasional bit of light toning. A handsome bound collection of..... More
The Green Eye of Goona, Stories of a Case of Tokay.
London: Everleigh Nash. 1904. First Edition: Rare 'Times Book Club' binding. Octavo. pp. 310. U.S. Title 'The Green Diamond'. Tan buckram with black titles. Corners bumped; some age staining. Foxing, especially to prelims. Overall fair to good. Morrison is included in the Haycraft Queen Cornerstones list of essential crime fiction..... More
The Lady of the Shroud.
London: Rider, n.d. [1920]. [Strange tale] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Faded to spine, light wear to edges. Page block toned as ever with such Rider productions. A most respectable vintage reprint edition of a scarce book. More
Mr. Tootleoo One and Two.
London, The Nonesuch Press 1932. FIRST THUS: Quarto. Unpaginated. Publisher's pale blue boards with red fish device. Original scarlet end papers. Contains 40 delightfully comic monochrome illustrations. Exterior is still remarably bright. Some scattered foxing to first and last leaves, otherwise a very good copy indeed. This is a cheaper..... More
Mark Twain A Biography. The Personal and Literary Life of Sameul Langhorne Clemens.
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1912. [Biography]. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 13cm), pp.iii; [5]; 562; [2]. pp.vii; [5]; 563-1110. pp.vii; [5]; 1111-1719; [3]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt decoration to upper boards, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped to rear boards. Profusely illustrated with..... More