Gift Books & Fine Bindings
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press. November 1952. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. No.75 of 950 copies, with publisher's compliments slip inserted, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Large Octavo. pp. 37; [5], printed on cream wove paper. Type set in Eric Gill's Pilgrim and..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press, New York: the British Book Centre, December 1953. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. 1000 copies (this being un-numbered/out-of-series). Large Octavo. pp. 37; [5]. Original red cloth with gilt titles,illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine, in near fine price-clipped jacket, slightly..... More
The Holy Places.
London: The Queen Anne Press. November 1952. [Travel] LIMITED EDITION, designed by Robert Harling, with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. No.263 of 950 copies. Large Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.37; [5], printed on cream wove paper. Original red Buckram with gilt titles, and gilt 'QA' monogram to upper board, top..... More
The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen. Copyright Edition.
London: William Heinemann, 1906-1910. [Literature] FINELY BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF. Eleven volumes, octavo (19 x 14 x 37cm). Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary deep blue half morocco over marbled boards, gilt and leather onlays to spines. Top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Internally fine. Binding lightly handled. A sumptuous presentation of..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842-1847. [Strange Tales and Humour] FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS, volume I a third edition, volumes II and III first editions. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 339 [1]; pp.x; 288; pp.viii; 364. With a total of 18 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume..... More
A Child's Book of Hours.
London: Humphrey Milford, n.d. [1921]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (37 x 25cm), unpaginated, printed on 16 thick card leaves with 12 fine chromolithographic plates. In publisher's quarter tan cloth with tan paper-covered boards. Titles and clock illustration printed in colour to upper board. With rare original dust-jacket, mirroring upper board. Very..... More
Life of George Washington. [The Works of Washington Irving volumes XI to XIV].
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. [American Biography] FINELY BOUND. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 12cm), pp.[6] xlviii; 436 [2]; pp.[4] 437-908 [2]; pp.[6] 909-1304 [2]; pp.[4] 1305-1752 [2]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and IV. Contemporary tan half calf, with gilt titles to contrasting..... More
The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James.
London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1931. [Horror and Ghost Stories] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST THUS, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 647 [5]. Recently re-bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge gilt, others lightly trimmed, with the original cloth..... More
A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Origin and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed A History of the Language, and an English Grammar. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed for G. and J. Offor, W. Allason [et al.], 1822. [Dictionary] OFFOR'S EDITION, third impression thus. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 24cm). pp.[4] 60; 1029 [3]; pp.[4] 1084. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, and a leaf with spare paper spine labels bound in..... More
Chrysal; or, the Adventures of a Guinea: Wherein are exhibited Views of Several Striking Scenes; with Interesting Anecdotes of the Most Noted Personsin Every Rank of Life, through whose hands it has passed. By an Adept.
London: Printed for Samuel Richards and Co., 1822. [Object Narrative] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.[2] 319 [1]; pp.[2] 326; pp.viii; 326. With 12 aquatint engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume. Heavily trimmed for a recent binding in period style..... More
The Poetical Works of John Keats.
London: Oxford University Press, 1973. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxix; [1];477; [1]. Bound by Bayntun in mid-blue full calf, gilt titles on red leather square and gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Internally fine, some quite heavy rubbing to the bottom corners. Very good..... More
History of the French Revolution, and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event; From the commencement of Hostilities in 1792, to the Second Restoration of Louis XVIII. and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena, including a complete account of the War between Great Britain and America; and the Memorable Battle of Waterloo, to which are appended Biographical Sketches of the Heroes of Waterloo, and other distinguished public characters. The whole compiled from official state-papers and other authentic sources; and embellished with a series of Equestrian Portraits, Historical Engravings, and coloured Maps.
London: printed for Thomas Kelly, 1817. [European History] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (27 x 22cm), pp.[4] 732; pp.[2] 733-1441 [1]. With 61 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume I and eight coloured maps, some folding. Bound in highly attractive contemporary marbled calf, with gilt..... More
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2013. [Children's Illustrated] AUTHOR'S NINETIETH BIRTHDAY EDITION, first thus. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.[32] With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and yellow endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £14.99, and the blue and orange illustrated paper-covered slipcase..... More
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] 'CELEBRATION' EDITION, first thus. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[32] With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's orange quarter cloth, with colour-illustrated paper over boards, and orange endpapers, priced at £12.99 (no jacket issued). A fine, as-new copy. The classic and..... 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.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. [Adventure Novel] FINE PRIZE BINDING, an new edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 591 [3]. With a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary blue full calf for King Edward's Grammar School, Stourbridge, with raised bands, gilt titles to red label and further gilt decoration..... More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. [Fantasy tales] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] x; 306 [2]. With 20 engraved plates by Millar, including a frontispiece. Contemporary green half calf by BUMPUS with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and green cloth over boards. Top edge gilt; marbled..... More
Puck of Pook's Hill.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. [Fantasy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] x; 306 [12]. With 20 black and white illustrations by H.R. Millar, including a frontispiece. Advertisements dated 15.8.06. Elegantly hand-bound in red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original cloth with..... More
Liverpool Days [and] Golden Dreams.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1994 and 1996. [Rock photo-documentaries] LIMITED EDITION SET. Two volumes in an exclusive box set. Quarto (29 x 26cm), pp.122; pp.122. Both volumes profusely illustrated on 200gsm matt art paper, and SIGNED by Kirchherr and Scheler, both being number 1026 of 2500 copies of each title. Both..... More
When We Was Fab.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2003. [Rock and Pop] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio. Number 102 of 750 copies, SIGNED by photographer Astrid Kirchherr, with a foreword by Olivia Harrison. Bound in full blind-stamped black morocco, in a presentation solander box, with a silver gelatin print of George Harrison, signed by Kichherr on..... More
Tales From Shakespeare. Arranged and Illustrated by May Mulliner.
London: Robert Scott, 1915. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST MULLINER ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small quarto (23 x 19cm), pp.[4] 242 [2]. With 16 mounted colour plates, including a frontispiece, by Mulliner, each with a captioned tissue guard. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
Tales From Shakespeare. With Twelve Illustrations in Permanent Photography from the Boydell Gallery.
London: Bickers and Son, 1888. [Shakespeare] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10]; 386; [2]. With twelve photogravure illustrations including a frontispiece. Red full calf to boards, double-ruled in gilt. Green label with gilt titles, gilt tooling, and raised bands to spine. Gilt dentelle to board edges and turn..... More
La Mythologie, Racontée aux Enfants.
Paris: Librairie Dufart, 1840. [Children's Mythology] FINELY BOUND THIRD EDITION. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.viii; 324. All text in French. With 15 engraved plates at rear. Contemporary blue half calf, with gilt titles and ruling to spine, and blue marbled cloth over boards. All edges speckled red, with green-coated endpapers..... More
Espagne, depuis L'Expulsion des Maures jusqu'a L'Annee 1847 [Spain, from the expulsion of the Moors until the year 1847]; Iles Baleares et Pithyuses; Sardaigne; Corse: L'Univers, ou Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples, de Leurs Religions, Moeurs, Costumes, etc.
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1850. EARLY EDITION. Octavo, pp.413; 27; 49; 144. With 55 engraved plates to rear. Text in French. In contemporary quarter tan calf with gilt titles to black labels on spine. Marbled boards and end-papers. Black ink ownership inscription to title page. Gilt nearly all worn from..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel / History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Recently bound in mid brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to red..... 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