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History & Biography
Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Philosophy History and Religion.
London: Rivingtons, 1880. [Classics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15 cm), pp.[1] x; 492; [2]. Contemporary dark brown full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt armorial stamp to upper board, impaling the arms of the Bishop of Winchester and New College Oxford. Marbled endpapers and all... More
The Holy War In Tripoli.
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. [Military History/Travel] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.333; [1], blank; [2], advertisements; 8, Catalogue. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth pictorially blocked in black and gilt, edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Edges slightly dusty, spine of jacket a touch sunned... More
Arctic Island Hunter.
London: George Ronald, 1961. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.136. With 12 black and white photographic plates and two maps. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'To Mary, / with the warmest Baha'; / greetings / Paul Adams'. In publisher's light blue cloth with red... More
The Free-Holder, or Political Essays.
London: Printed for D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, 23rd December 1715 - 29th June 1716. [Political Newspaper] COMPLETE RUN. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[14]; 311; [3]. Bound complete with the half-title. Contemporary speckled calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red label on spine and further gilt decoration to spine... More
Adomnan's Life of Columba.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp.xxiv; 590; [2]. A superior edition with a large introduction and duel Latin / English text on facing pages. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original green dust-jacket. Top edge green. Some very light rubbing to jacket... More
Memoirs of King Abdullah of Transjordan.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [Middle East Political Memoir] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.278; [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the cream dust-jacket titled in black and purple, priced 15s. Top edge pink. Some offsetting to endpapers. Apparently... More
Waters of Arun.
London: Methuen, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiv; [2]; 170; [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket. With 21 maps and 6 illustrations. Some offsetting to endpapers, some rubbing to spine ends. Dust-jacket has some loss at the top, rubbing to folds, and some tears. A.... More
Warlords of Oman.
London: Robert Hale, 1967. [Arabian Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.191; [1]. With four double-sided photographic plates and a map. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by C.W. Bacon, priced at 25s. Textblock unevenly toned. Jacket a little bruised to edges, some... More
Twenty Letters To A Friend.
London: Hutchinson and Co Ltd, 1967. [Memoir] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 256; [I], blank. Publisher's pale orange cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-wrapper designed by Jack Larkin, printed price 30s net. Internally clean, lightly handled, slight spotting to the upper textblock edge, minor crease to... More
Farthest East, and South and West. Notes of a Journey Home through Japan, Australia and America.
London: W. H. Allen, 1892. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. xii, 343. With 12 photographic plates including frontispiece. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, as well as black/white illustrations. Navy end-papers. Black ink prize inscription to verso of front free end-paper. Reading lean. Clean and... More
Pictures of Sweden.
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. [Scandinavian Travel] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.iv; 324. Publisher's green blind stamped cloth, gilt titles to spine, yellow coated endpapers. All edges untrimmed. Neatly rebacked with the original cloth laid on. Textblock lightly toned throughout, some marking and a small area of loss to... More
A Lady's Diary of The Siege of Lucknow. Written for The Perusal of Friends at Home.
London: John Murray. 1858. Second, "New" revised edition with additions. 8vo. Publisher's brown embossed cloth, some marking and mottling, light bumping and fraying to spine ends and extremities, minor shelfwear, very good indeed, strong, pretty and robust. Glazed yellow endpapers, with some unattractive glue seepage to the margins of the... More
Die grosse feuersbrunst zu New-York, am 19. juli 1845. Vollständigste schilderung nach den berichten von augenzeugen und amerikan. blättern. Mit einer getreuen abbildung der explosion in Broad-street und dem namensverzeichnisse sämmtlicher abgebrannten und ihrer geschäfte.
Hamburg: Berendsohn, 1845. [History] Pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.28, original printed yellow covers. Frontispiece plate of the explosion at Crocker and Warren. Text in German. Short tear to upper, neat archival support to fold. Near fine. A remarkable survival. More
The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: An Historical Romance.
London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in original publishers cloth, rebacked; boards decorated with blind panelling, with gilt titles, and gilt portrait of Whittington and cat to spine; all edges uncut. With 22 illustrations. Binding is rubbed, gilt to spine somewhat faded. Text is clean, but illustrations show... More
Royal Kalendar and Court and City for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies for the Year 1829.
London: T.C. Hansard, 1829. Octavo. Bound in recent half brown calf over marbled paper boards, with raised bands and red label to spine. Binding is tight, and shows well. Internally clean, with ownership inscription written neatly on title page and repeated above the entry for the king. An invaluable assistant... More
Scenes and Recollections. By the author of "The Gaol Chaplain."
London; Dean and Son. n.d. [1850's]. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's elaborately decorated red moire cloth covered boards, decorated in gilt and black to spine and boards. Light wear to extremities, strong bright and solid, some dulling to the gilt, most notably to the spine. Fraying to head of spine..... More
Tonbridge Legends, Etc.
London: Kent and Co, Tonbridge: Richard Ware, n.d. [1866]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.232. With seven engraved plates. Green cloth with ornate gilt margins to boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Spine has at some point been professionally rebacked. Bookbinders label of Hanbury and... More
The Ceremonies in Honor of the Right Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1943. Presentation Copy. Octavo. Bound in red cloth, with gilt titles and arms of the university to front board. Includes a signed compliment card. Rare in hardback issue. The binding is pristine, with no marks of wear or signs of fading. Internally clean, with slight residual... More
Literary Amusements; or, Evening Entertainer, by a Female Hand.
Dublin: Printed by T. Henshall for S. Price [etc.], 1782. RARE FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Duodecimo, pp.[8], 234 [4]; pp.[8], 236 [4]. In later burgundy half morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Marbled boards and endpapers. Black ink annotations to p.74 of vol. I; black ink ownership... More
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Heraldic Album [Arms, Crests, and Monograms].
no date [circa 1890's]. [Crest and Monogram Album] CREST AND MONOGRAM COLLECTION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), title page and 35 unpaginated leaves, all completed with crests and monograms in various colours cut from envelopes and headed paper. Blue leather-grain-effect cloth over boards with blind decoration. All edges gilt. Clean... More
Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1792; Including a complete and correct List of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, summoned to meet for their first session in November, 1790. Upon a new and more extensive Plan than any hitherto offered to the Public. [with] A Companion to the Royal Kalendar. The Fifty-Seventh Edition, carefully corrected.
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792. [Almanac]. ORIGINAL BINDING. Duodecimo (16 x 10cm), pp.iv; 281; 144. In publisher's full tan sheep skin binding. Title page notes 'Price bound two shillings'. Internally clean; very heavy external wear. Skin torn away from boards in places; spine head and tail torn away. Joints... More
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Deutsche Gefangene in England [German Prisoners in England].
London: the London General News and Book Agency, no date [circa 1916]. [Wartime Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.62. A collection of photogravure images printed on clay paper showing German prisoners of war engaging in wholesome and enjoyable activities, including gardening, tailoring, amateur dramatics, sport, and model... More
Documents Diplomatiques 1914 La Guerre Européene. 1. Pièces Relatives aux Négotiations qui ont Précédé Les Déclarations de Guerre de L'Allemagne a La Russie (1er Août 1914) et a La France (3 Août 1914) Déclaration du 4 Septembre 1914.
Paris: Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1914. Foreign Office Government publication [Ministére Des Affairés Etrangéres]. Printed pamphlet, pp.xx; 194; [1], imprint. Quatriéme édition. Original price 0fr.50. Slightly browned, simple later paper spine and label. Near fine. More
Extracts from Regimental Orders, for the Use of the First Battalion Grenadier Guards.
[Private Compilation]. n.d. [c.1878]. ORIGINAL HANDBOOK, printed material interleaved with MS notes. Octavo, pp.36, xcv. With approximately half the booklet consisting of blank unpaginated leaves. Printed material interleaved with MS notes in black and red ink, paginated by hand in Roman numerals. Some annotations to printed leaves. Folding poster 'Arrangement..... More
Great Britain and the European Crisis. Correspondence, and Statements In Parliament, together with an Introductory Narrative of Events.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914. Government publication. Printed pamphlet, pp.xxvi; 102. Original price One Penny. Blue wrappers, slightly browned, simple later paper spine and label. Near fine. More