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Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 8vo. Publisher's embossed red cloth with decorative titles in gilt to spine and upper. Frayed to corners and spine tips with chips. Neat owner's name to first free end paper. A lovely copy of the author's collection of stories, written for young people, of..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. 8vo. Publisher's embossed red cloth with decorative titles in gilt to spine and upper. Frayed to corners and spine tips with chips. Another collection of stories for children from the author of History of my Pets. More
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
London: Printed by T. R. for Jacob Blome, 1660. [Heraldry] FOURTH EDITION, last before the Restoration. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[16] 444; 36 [6]. With in-text wood engravings throughout. In recent tan full calf with brown titles to spine. Marbled endpapers and all edges tinted red. In a matching slipcase..... More
London: Printed by William Richardson, 1777. COMPLETE ORIGINAL SESSIONS. Small quarto, pp.417 [7]. Complete with the index at rear. In recent mottled full calf with raised bands and gilt titles to red label on spine. Blind ruling and decoration to boards. Edges heavily trimmed. Top edge trimmed a little too..... More
London: Printed by William Clowes, 1832. [Military] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xxxii; 460; pp.45; [1]. With the 1834 preface bound in at rear with the second edition title page. With a frontispiece lithograph portrait of the Duke on india paper. Recently re-backed in tan calf with the original..... More
London: Edward Arnold. 1897. Octavo, pp. 255. With an etching by the author and twelve illustrations by T. Hope M'Lachlan. Blue cloth with blind stamped and silver decoration, edges left untrimmed. Some light wear to the covers, some mild dustiness to the top and fore edge. A fine copy. More
London: How and Parsons, 1841-43. FIRST EDITION. In three volumes. Small Quarto (26 x 18cm), pp.[4] xii, 435 [3]; pp.viii, 468 [2]; pp.[2] viii, 512 [2]. With 68 steel-engraved plates, including maps and a frontispiece to volumes I and III, as well as numerous in-text wood engravings. In recent green..... More
London: John Murray, 1818. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO A NATIONAL HERO. Quarto, pp.xvi; 222; cxxx, (Appendix); [70], Vocabulary and language comparison; [2], blank. Includes half-title, hand-colored aquatint frontispiece of 'Sulphur Island', 8 further plates by Havell (7 of which are hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (2 of which..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. [Continental Fairy Tales] FINELY BOUND, First Thus. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.vi; 562; [2]. With a frontispiece etching of Count Hamilton. In a fine later binding circa 1900 by WORSFOLD of red half crushed morocco with raised bands, elaborate gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: E. Lahr, 1931. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.27 [5]. Number 147 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear of the volume. In publisher's quarter blue cloth with cream paper-covered boards and black titles to cream paper label on spine. With..... More
London: Printed for Adam Scott, 1846. [Military biography] FINELY BOUND, the second edition. Duodecimo (15 x 10cm), pp.x; 638. With an engraved frontispiece of the Iron Duke, and a vignette title page depicting Waterloo. Contemporary green full morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and elaborate decoration stamped in..... More
Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-1799. [Kentish history]. FIRST EDITION. In four volumes. Folio (41 x 26cm), pp.[4]; xii; clii; 580; 42; [2]; pp.[4]; 817; [1]; 72; pp.[4]; ii; 765; [1]; 51; [3]; pp.vi; 788; 46; [2]. Complete with all 167 copper engraved illustrations, including county..... More
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, n.d. [1898]. ORIGINAL CREPE PAPER EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.18, [2]. With brilliant hand-coloured illustrations by Suzuki Kason to covers and every page. No box or hard covers. Some light creasing to covers and wear to spine, otherwise a near-fine survival of a delicate production. Having arrived in..... More
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1892. LIMITED LARGE PAPER EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi, 506. Illustrated throughout. Number 146 of 250 copies in this format. In publisher's blue half morocco with gilt titles to spine and orange cloth boards. Black endpapers; top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Bright blue ribbon marker. Some neat..... More
London: David Nutt, 1895. LIMITED EDITION ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Medium Octavo. pp.xxix; 290. No. 7 of just 18 copies printed on Japanese vellum. In publisher's white paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. Light browning internally. Marks and wear to edges; chipping to spine. Good overall. A...... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First Edition; 8vo. Publisher's light brown cloth titled and illustrated in gilt and dark brown to spine and upper, black end papers, all edges gilt. With 45 illustrations. Binding rubbed and a little soiled; 3 pages with chip to upper corner; occasional light foxing;..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1876. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6]; clxxix; [1]; 403; [3]. Frontispiece etching of the author. Contemporary red full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, gilt decoration to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Black ink ownership inscription to verso of..... More
London: Simpkin and Co., 1870. [Occult Astrology] RARE AND FINELY BOUND. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.9; pp.4. Filled with astrological diagrams and occasional illustrated plates, some folding. Contemporary tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to burgundy label, and Masonic gilt tooling to spine. Marbled paper over boards; all..... More
London, George Routledge and Sons. 1892. FINE COPY, octavo, pp.124. Publisher's pale blue pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours, coated black endpapers. Colour-printed title page, text pages printed in red and black. Trivial shelfwear and rubbing to spine tips. A most attractive copy. More
London: Macmillan and co., 1898. Prize Binding. Fifth Edition. Octavo. Bound in full blue calf, gilt ruled panelling to boards, with central gilt motif of the arms of Uppingham School to front board; raised bands, red title label and gilt decoraiton to spine; gilt dentelles, gilt decoration to board edges..... More
London: John Murray, 1904. [Children's fantasy tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 14cm), pp.210. Nine full-page plates. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in red and gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Some trivial dustiness, jacket very lightly worn. An unquestionably fine copy. Scarce thus. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Children's Literature] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiv; 308. With frequent in-text and full page wood engravings after Hughes and Hall by D. Cooper. Contemporary red full calf for Heddon Court School by BUMPUS, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
London: Lovell Reeve and Co., 1866, 1868. [Engraver's Catalogue] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes, uniformly bound. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 562; pp.xxxii; 353 [1]. With many in-text illustrations. Contemporary dark brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt;..... More
London: David Bogue, 1855. [Numismatics] PAPIER MACHÉ BINDING, the second edition. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.160. With 12 plates done in gold, silver and copper, including a frontispiece, and 11 supplemental plates at rear. Recently rebound in tough black buckram with gilt titles to spine, and the original black..... More