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Chicago. Geo. K. Hazlitt and co. 1894. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.354, 14 of adverts. Illustrated with 288 in text engravings. Publisher's pale blue cloth. Some marking to cloth, inner hinges starting, lower inner hinge split. Good. More
London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 20cm), pp.xii; 475 [33]. With black and white illustrations throughout, and a suite of colour images at rear. Publisher's plain soft covers, with the grey dust-jacket. Quite heavy rubbing to jacket edges and joints, otherwise..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1910. [Hunting] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 188. With eight half-tone plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, priced at 7/6. Light spotting and browning to endpapers. Upper board and spine bowed with some rubbing and a...... More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1941. [Aviation] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.3-80. Publisher's blue card boards with black titles to spine and upper. With the blue dust-jacket, priced at 2s. Heavy pencil notes to pp.37-42, and cadet's service number in black ink to half-title. Some rubbing and..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. [Sword and Staff Combat] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 X 12cm), pp.[4] 116. With occasional in-text diagrams and illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine and upper. Advertisements to endpapers. Light browning to endpapers, with a small black ink inscription to flyleaf..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 143. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustjacket. Some occasional spotting to the textblock and marking to the edges, slight wear to the cloth. A couple of closed tears to the front panel of the dustwrapper, small loss at..... More
London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Private Press. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Pps. xi, 84, (1). Publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt, printed paper boards, top edge tinted green, original illustrated dust-jacket and card slip-case with numbered label to spine. Text printed on hand made paper with wood..... More
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1840. [Botany]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.v; [1]; 179; [1]; [one of publisher's advertisements]; [1]. Publisher's green textured cloth with paper labels to spine and upper board. Hand-coloured folding plate of Dentaria Bulbifera facing title page. Bookplate of W. H. Hills to pastedown, some..... More
Mainz: Verlag von D Kapp, and Mainz: Joseph Halenza, n.d. [c.1880]. Leporello, or concertina map, in tall octavo boards (30 x 17.5cm; map extends to 242cm). In stiff paperboards with recent red cloth spine, decorative foliate border with titles in black to front board, reproduced to rear board with alternative..... More
Los Angeles: Michael White Productions, n.d. [1974]. EPHEMERA FROM ROCKY HORROR SHOW U.S. OPENING. Card cut out mask of Columbia, approximately 26cm x 19cm with removable eyes and mouth, printed with production notes printed on the rear. Produced as a promotional item for the U.S. opening at the Roxy Theatre..... More
Ruhleben, 1915. FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet, pp. 32. Blue pictorial wraps. Some toning to paper, wraps have detached along the spine and have some nicks along the edges. Very good, a fascinating survival. Campaign book for the election of an M.P. representing Ruhleben internment camp, just west of Berlin, which..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914. [Artillery Manual] ORIGINAL HANDBOOK. Sextodecimo (14 x 11cm), pp.[16] xviii; 436 [9]. With 11 illustrated plates, as well as tables and charts. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Gently toned throughout; more-so to edges and margins. Quite heavy rubbing to spine. Fairly..... More
[Facsimile Edition]. no date. [Motorcycle Manual] FACSIMILE COPY. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 58. Photocopied from an original copy, in blue card covers with titles, stapled twice. All text in Italian. Some rubbing to covers, especially spine. Very good. First published in 1975. More
Birmingham: James Archdale and Co., 1948. [Industrial History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 100. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Publisher's cream cloth, decorated in blue and brown. With the matching dust-jacket. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries. Chipping and closed tears to jacket edges, with a larger..... More
London: Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1919. [Children's Welfare] EARLY ARTICLE. Octavo pamphlet (24 x 18cm), pp.12. No covers as issued, stapled twice. Folded both horizontally and vertically. Fairly lightly handled, with just a few marks out outer leaves. Very good. A short article on the life and work of philanthropist and..... More
Buffalo, NY: Larkin Co. Inc., 1923. [Cookery] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.140. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles to front cover. Neat inscription to flyleaf, textblock toned and a little shaken. Some marks and wear to boards, heavily rubbed and worn to spine. Very..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [1898]. [True Adventure and Hunting] EARLY EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 312. With a colour frontispiece and decorated title page, and numerous engravings through the text. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper board. Cracked-earth..... More
[Private Compilation]. n.d. [c.1830's]. ORIGINAL ENGRAVED DESIGNS. 157x217mm. 16 thick card leaves featuring 104 individual engraved designs for snuff boxes printed on india paper and pasted to leaves. In contemporary dark brown mottled calf boards, re-backed in later tan calf. Held together by two strong brass clasps. Title neatly added..... More
Birmingham: Veloce, May 1953. [Motorcycling] ORIGINAL PARTS LIST. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.40. Publisher's green textured paper covers with titles to front cover, stapled twice. Browned throughout. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Very good. More
Coventry: Triumph Engineering Co., no date [1969]. [Motorcycle Manual] ORIGINAL MANUAL. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.3-178. Stapled twice, in a secondary plain paper cover with titles written by hand in black ink to front cover. Central bi-fold loose. Staples rusted, with significant grease stains and thumb prints throughout. A...... More
London: Longman, Brown, and Longmans, 1855. FIRST EDITION, with rare original covers. Crown octavo, pp.[6], 122. In publisher's original cream paper wraps with black titles printed to spine and covers. Covers lightly browned; more heavily to spine. Some loss to tail of spine. Very good indeed, especially considering the rarity..... More
London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1922. [Chemistry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Ownership stamp to pastedown and neat inscription to title page of Danish engineer and physicist P.O. Pedersen. Occasional discreet pencil annotation else internally fine. Cloth very slightly..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1873. [Russian and Scandinavian Museum Tour] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 455 [3]. Contemporary dark brown half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and blind decoration to spine, and lighter brown cloth over boards, with a gilt institutional device to upper..... More
New York, NY: The Ecco Press, 1981. [Philosophy, Politics, Aphorisms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.93 [19]. Publisher's cream cloth with black titles to spine and black monogram to upper. With the grey dust-jacket titled in red and black, priced at $9.95. Jacket sunned to spine. Near fine. Originally..... More
London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1808. [Calendars] CONTEMPORARY BINDING, the Third Edition. Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.151; [7]. Contemporary brown full calf with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Light browning and spotting to preliminaries. Contemporary black ink ownership to flyleaf. Joints rubbed and starting, but holding well. Corners bumped..... More