The Arts & Sciences
British and European Butterflies and Moths (Macrolepidoptera).
London: Ernest Nister, no date [1895]. [Lepidopterology] FINE COLOUR PLATES. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.xvi; 273 [1]. Complete with 30 fine chromolithographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in white and gilt to spine and upper. All edges red. Gentle even toning to endpapers and margins, with a hint of light..... More
Music & Light: Ceol and Solas. Irish Traditional Music Photography.
Enniskerry: Silver Spear Press, 2008. [Irish Music Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 25cm), pp.[12], with 130 black and white photographs, each captioned at rear [16]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'To Susan | Forward in all | directions! | much love | Tony..... More
The Game of Draw Poker.
New York: White, Stokes and Allen, 1887. [Gaming] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 13cm), pp.iv; 84. Publisher's paper covered boards with blue linen spine. Slightly scuffed and rounded to corners, some light wear to front panel and some fairly inoffensive soiling, a very good copy of a fragile production..... More
A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, Kt., M.D.
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1924. [Bibliography] LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.xii; 255 [1]. With five black and white plates including a frontispiece, and 36 facsimile title pages. Number 264 of just 500 copies thus, hand-numbered to verso of title page. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt..... More
The End of Laissez-Faire.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1926. [Economics Lecture] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.54 [2]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with a printed paper title label to spine, and blue paper over boards. A long blue ink gift inscription to the front fly-leaf, dated 1976, including an expression of thanks in..... More
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1936. [Economics] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] xii; 403 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pencil ownership to fly-leaf stating 'J. Miller | Moscow | 8/36.' Occasional marginal notes in pencil. Some toning to edges and endpapers. Light wear..... More
An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture. With an Introduction and Notes by R. A. Walker and some Unpublished Letters and Drawings.
London: R. A. Walker. 1924. [Art criticism] LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.103; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, black leather title square with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others left untrimmed. Number 145 of 500 copies printed, of which 450 were for sale, signed by..... More
Miscellanies. Reprinted Chiefly from 'Fraser's Magazine' and the 'North British Review.'
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. [Essays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 407 [9]; pp.[4] 389 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and blind decoration to boards. Brown-coated endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Horace Noble Pym to front pastedown..... More
The Self and Others: Further Studies in Sanity and Madness.
London: Tavistock Publications, 1961. [Psychology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 186 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. Top edge green. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Bookseller's label to front pastedown, and a blue ink ownership to fly-leaf. Jacket toned to spine, with some..... More
The Essays of Elia.
London: Edward Moxon, 1853. Foolscap octavo, pp.viii, 436. Bound by Kerby and Son of Oxford Street in full tan calf with dark green title label to spine, five raised bands, extra gilt decoration, two-line gilt border adorning front and rear boards, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt detailing to board edges..... More
A Sketch of some Late Arrangements, and a View of the Rising Resources, in Bengal.
London: John Stockdale, 1792. First Edition; 8vo. Uncut in original grey boards with a recent cloth spine, paper title label and end papers; edges untrimmed. Markings to boards, corners bumped and frayed. Red stamp to verso of title page. A clean and sound copy. More
Cookery Up-To-Date: A practical handbook of what to eat and how to cook it.
London: Harrods, n.d. [c.1930]. RARE, Revised Edition. Crown Octavo. pp. 247. In publisher's paper-covered boards with black titles and orange decoration. Black ink ownership inscription to front paste-down dated 1931. Paper heavily browned. Upper joint starting towards head and tail; a good copy considering poor quality materials. More
British Pop.
Bilbao: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2005. [Pop Art] INSCRIBED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE. Quarto softcover (27 x 20cm), pp.474 [2]. SIGNED by the artist Peter Blake in black ink, and additionally INSCRIBED by Livingstone in blue ink: 'For Edward | Marco Livingstone | 16.IV.09.' Both to title page. Text in..... More
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. With the Notes and Illustrations of the Author, and an Analysis of his Doctrine of Ideas. Also, questions of Locke's Essay, by A.M., Gold Medalist and Ethical Moderator in Trinity College, Dublin.
London: William Tegg and Co., 1879. [Epistemology] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a New Edition, revised. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 664 [2]. With a frontispiece engraving of the author, and a large folding 'analysis' chart of Locke's ideas. Contemporary tan full calf by SETON & MACKENZIE, with raised bands, gilt titles..... More
Poisonous Plants on the Farm. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Miscellaneous Publications No. 57.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.58. With 51 illustrations to plate section at rear. In original leather-effect blue quarter cloth, with titles to plain paper-covered boards. Boards lightly browned, with a couple of small water stains to top edge (upper board only). Near fine overall... More
Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone. The New Naturalist Library 16.
London: Collins, 1950. [Science and Nature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 254. With 52 colour photographs, 29 black and white photographs, and 35 maps and diagrams. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, priced at 21s. Spotting to..... More
Contract of Copartnery of the Clydesdale Banking Company.
Glasgow: James Lumsden and Son, 1838. [Scottish Banking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.70 [2]. Publisher's watered-silk-effect cloth over boards, with titles and crest stamped in gilt to upper. All edges gilt. A rather exquisite pencil sketch of the Clyde with square-rigged ships moored either side to verso of..... More
Practical Drawing. A Book for the Student and the General Reader.
New York, NY: Charles S. Pratt [Scribners Sons], 1920. [Drawing] EARLY DUST-JACKET, Sixth Impression, a later issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 250. With frequent in-text illustrations and diagrams by the author. Publisher's brown quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, titled in brown to..... More
Early English Figure Pottery. A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1938. [English Pottery] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xviii; 122 [2]. With five fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and eleven further black and white photographic plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Number 15 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED and dated by the..... More
A Person From England. and other travellers to Turkestan.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. [Travel] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.384. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket and matching endpapers, top edge tinted blue. Illustrated with a map and eight double sided two tone photographic plates. With signed inscription to half title: "Momo /..... More
A History and Description of the Isle of Man Railway.
London: Greenlake Publications, January 1945. [Railways] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.100. With 10 double-sided black and white photographic plates, and one double-sided colour plate. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper. With the grey dust-jacket decorated in red, priced at 7/6. Some..... More
The White Negro.
San Francisco, CA: City Light Books, 1957. [Hipsterism] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.[32]. Including the essay, as well as a series of letters on the subject between the author and various correspondents. Publisher's photographic card covers, priced at 50c, and stapled twice. Some rubbing..... More
Short Whist: its rise, Progress, and Laws; with observations to make any one a Whist Player. By Major A. To which are added, Precepts for Tyros. By Mrs. B.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. [Card Games] VINTAGE EDITION, Fourteenth Edition. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.111 [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Publisher's blind-decorated green cloth over card covers, with gilt titles to upper. All edges gilt. Two very small bookseller's tickets to front pastedown. Browning to..... More
Malebranch's Search After Truth. Or, a Treatise of the Nature of the Mind, and of its Management for avoiding Error in the Sciences. To which is Added, The Author's Defence against the Accusations of Monsieur de la Ville. Also The Life of Father Malebranch, of the Oratory at Paris: With an Account of his Works, and several particulars of his Controversie with Monsieur Arnaud Dr. of Sorbonne, and Monsieur Regis, Professor in Philosophy at Paris. Written by Monsieur Le Vasseur, lately come over from Paris.
London: Printed for J. Dunton and S. Manship, 1694 and 1695. [Philosophy and Theology] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[32] 224; 229-244; 241-271 [1]; 95 [1]; 96 [2]; pp.[16] 104; 129-312; 353-488; 737-820; [2] 23 [5]. Complete continuous text, despite the wild pagination..... More
Anatomy for Artists.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. [Art and Anatomy] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (29 x 20cm), pp.[2] xiv; 436 [4]. Illustrated with 200 original in-text drawings by Cuthbert, engraved by J. and G. Nicholls. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and black horizontal ruling to boards. Top edge..... More