History & Biography
A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury; Accompanied by a History and Description, collected from the most authentic documents, and drawn up from repeated surveys of that Venerable Fabric. With descriptions of its monumental structures, and an account of its chapels, altars, shrines, and chantries. Also comprising biographical sketches of the lives of the Archbishops, and Deans of Canterbury; and historical notices of the celebrated Covent of Christchurch; with lists, and interesting particulars of its Deans, Priors, and distinguished monks.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Murray, 1816. [Ecclesiastical Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.[4] viii; 174 [4]. With 20 engraved plates by the author, after drawings by Hastings. Recently re-spined to-style with original full marbled calf boards with gilt decoration to margins. New spine with..... More
MacDiarmid: An Illustrated Biography of Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).
Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1977. [Literary Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, an association copy. Quarto (32 x 22cm), pp.176. Number 22 of just 50 copies SIGNED in blue ink by both MacDiarmid (to title page) and the author (to final leaf of preface). Also with five official photographic prints, and a...... More
Three Geishas.
London: Cassell, 1956. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo, pp. 187. With a colour frontispiece of 'The Geisha' by Moronobu, reproduced on the jacket. In publisher's cream cloth with red titles to spine. With original tan dust jacket. Slight reading lean; very minor chipping to head and tail of jacket spine. Very..... More
[ALPINE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM].
[Hand-made], [c.1930]. HAND-MADE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. Large Quarto (38 x 28cm), unpaginated. Twenty two thick leaves with official tourist black and white photographs pasted to both sides. Eight leaves blank to rear, with one loose photograph showing vendor's stamp to reverse. Most images neatly labelled in black ink, from the late..... More
Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality.
London: W.H. Allen, 2018. [Political Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 170. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf. With a suite of four double-sided colour photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth with white titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed..... More