Gift Books & Fine Bindings
Les Soirées du Père de Famille, ou, Conversations Familières d'un Pere avec ses Enfans, sur Plusieurs Sujets de Morale et d'Instruction. Ouvrage destiné aux Enfans, et dont le principal objet est de les corriger de leurs défauts; dans lequel on trouve les leçons sur plusieurs points importans d'etude, tels que l'Astronomie, l'Histoire, etc. etc., et un grand nombre d'anecdotes et de traits historiques.
Paris: Chez Le Prieur, Libraire, rue des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques, hôtel de Cluny, 1822. [Morality and Pedagogy] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.333 [1]. All text in French. With six of the eight copper engraved plates, including the frontispiece and decorated title page. Contemporary half marbled calf, with gilt titles to..... More
The Riddle of the Sands.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1903. [Espionage novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 336 [8]. Illustrated with maps and charts, including a folding frontispiece. Bound in black full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt ruling to boards. Top edge gilt..... More
The Riddle of the Sands.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1903. [Espionage novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xii; 336 [8]. Illustrated with maps and charts, including a folding frontispiece. Bound in black full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and gilt ruling to raised bands and covers..... More
Dumb Witness [Hercule Poirot].
London: Special edition for the Book Club, no date [circa 1937]. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND BOOK CLUB EDITION, contemporary with the first. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 316 [2]. With four black and white photographic plates. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching..... More
The Mysterious Mr. Quin.
London: W.Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1930. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.287; [1], imprint. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1951. [Crime Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. All edges trimmed, with the original publisher's cloth spine bound in..... More
Towards Zero.
London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime Mystery] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 160 [2]. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Lightly trimmed for binding. Paper slightly toned as usual. A...... More
Heroes and Kings: Stories from the Greek.
London: Seeley and Co. Ltd., 1905. [Greek Myths] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Sexto-Decimo (14 x 10cm), pp.[2] xii; 242 [2]. With 11 engraved plates. Contemporary tan full calf by RELFE BROS., with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label and further gilt to spine, a large gilt crest of Hazelhurst..... More
Three Greek Children: A Story of Home in Old Time.
London: Seeley and Co., 1908. [Ancient History] FINELY BOUND, a new edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 193 [3]. With nine illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, and occasional in-text illustrations. Contemporary brown full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbling to all edges and endpapers..... More
Churchill 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
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. A light trim..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Internally crisp..... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958. [English History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 416; pp.[2] xii; 344 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 332 [6]; pp.[2] xii; 322. With occasional in-text maps and plans. Handsomely bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands..... More
The Second World War. The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in red half morocco, with gilt lion tooling..... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front].
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. A black ink ownership to..... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front].
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8] 536; pp.557 [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589 [1]; pp.474 [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. Crisp, clean copies showing some..... More
The World Crisis 1916-1918. Part I and Part II.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS, third impressions, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES, referencing to a key point in Churchill's political career. Octavo (24 x 16 x 7cm), pp.292, pp.x; 293-590. Illustrated with black and white plates, maps and other inserts, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to..... More
Six-String Stories. Eric Clapton. The Crossroads Guitars.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2012. [Rock photo-documentary] SIGNED COLLECTOR EDITION. Folio, pp.376. Number 1472 of 1650 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. Comprehensively illustrated with images taken by over eighty of the world's best photographers, including David Bailey, Terry O'Neill, Dominique Tarlé and Lord Snowdon. Printed on heavyweight GardaMatt and GardaPat..... More
The Tunbridge Wells Guide, or, an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, with a Particular Description of all the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient and Modern Seats, Founderies etc., within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles, with Accurate Views of the Principal Objects.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1829. [Town Guide] FIFTH EDITION. Small Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6] viii; 188. With 22 engravings, including four folding plates, a vignette title page, and a frontispiece folding map. Not including an engraving of the Royal Kent Hotel, but with two engravings of Mereworth House. Contemporary..... More
The Romance of the Echoing Wood.
Newport: R.H. Johns, the "Directory" Press, 1937. [Welsh Fairy Tale] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8] 43 [5]. Number 50 of just 220 copies, SIGNED by all the contributors, including the publisher, to the limitation page. With wide marginal illustrations and three full page plates all engraved..... More
A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis; containing a detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors By which Public and Private Property and Security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention.
London: Printed by H. Fry for C. Dilly, 1797. [London Policing] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION, revised and enlarged. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] xxxvi; 444; xxviii [6]. With the folding table of prisoners facing p.230. Recent full speckled and panelled calf, with raised bands and gilt titles to a red..... 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: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches: and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, and sold by S. Crowder, 1776. [Prayer Book] FINE BINDING WITH ROYAL ARMS. Folio (42 x 27cm), unpaginated. Collation: ; A-H2; A-4Q2; a-f2. Printed in two columns, ruled in red and black ink. Contemporary black full calf with raised bands, gilt decoration..... More
The Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches.
London: Printed by W. Burton, for the Company of Stationers, 1740. [Psalm Book] BURNED BOOK. Octavo in half-sheets (16 x 10cm), pp.138 [4]. Contemporary brown full speckled calf, with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. A black ink ownership to title page, dated 1758. Ink numbers also written in..... 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 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: 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.
Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter for J. Parker and C. and J. Rivington, 1825. FINELY BOUND, third edition thus. Quarto (31 x 25cm), pp.[6] lxxii, 966 [2]. In two columns with very extensive footnotes by Rev. Mant. Contemporary panelled and gilt-decorated brown calf, re-backed in the late nineteenth or early..... More