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Click here to subscribeCarroll, Lewis, Alice's Adventures Under Ground; being a facsimile of the original Ms Book afterwards developed into 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', London and New York, Macmillan and Co, 1886, 8vo (185 x 125mm.), half title, illustrations by the author, original red cloth gilt, g.e., occasional staining, spine a little faded and rubbed, First Edition
Page, John Lloyd Warden, An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset with notes on its archaeology, London, Seeley and Co, 1890, 8vo (200 x 130mm.), half title, frontispiece, folding map, and plates, map loose, original green cloth gilt, booksellers label of Sellick of Plymouth With ten other works including John Chudleigh's 'Devonshire Antiquities' (Exeter, 1893), Mrs Bray 'A Peep at the Pixies; or, Legends of the West' (London, 1854), H. S. Hawker's 'Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall' (London, 1870), and 'The Route Book of Devon: A Guide for the Stranger & Tourist' (Exeter, n.d.)
Prince, John, Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon. A Work wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the Most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and Other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most noble Province, from before the Norman, London, for Rees and Curtis (and others), 1810, large 4to (280 x 220mm.), frontispiece portrait, 5 plates of coats-of-arms, and a 9 page index, contemporary letter concerning the book pasted onto front free endpaper, ownership signature, some spotting, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece, t.e.g., front cover detached With a number of other works mainly concerning Devon and Plymouth, including C. W. Bracken's 'A History of Plymouth and her Neighbours' (Plymouth, 1931), R. N. Worth 'Histroy of Devonshire' (London, 1886), and J. Paton Watson & Patrick Abercrombe's 'A Plan for Plymouth The Report prepared for the City Council' (Plymouth, 1943)
Edwards, Lionel, My Scottish Sketch Book, London, Country Life Ltd, 1929, large 4to (305 x 245mm.), half title, colour frontispiece, and 15 colour plates, original cloth, extremities rubbed, First Edition With five other works including P. R. Charles & V. R. Balfour-Browne 'Mine Eyes to the Hills' (London, 1931), and Augustus Grimble's 'The Salmon Rivers of Scotland' (London, 1913)
Caldecott, Randolph, The Panjandrum Picture Book, London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co, [n.d.], Oblong 4to (200 x 230mm.), illustrated title, illustrations, many colour and full-page, title browned, original illustrated cloth boards, extremities rubbed With a number of other similar works including Caldecott's number one and two 'Picture Book', J. H. Goring & E. Bent Walker (illustrator) 'The Ballad of Lake Laloo' (London, 1909), Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' (London, 1886), Michael Bond's 'Paddington at Work' (London, 1966), and Kenneth Grahame & R. J. E. Moony (illustrator) 'The Golden Age' (London, 1915)
Original Leaves from Famous English Books, London, The Folio Society, [n.d.], folio (510 x 380mm.), twelve leaves, tipped in at margin, large card frames, green cloth case Leaves are as follows: Pynson's 'Froissart', 1523; Foxe's Book of Martys, 1575; The King James Bible, 1611; The Second Folio Shakespeare, 1632; Clarendon's 'History', Oxford 1701-4; Dr Johnson's Dictionary,1756; The Baskerville 'Virgil', 1757; The Foulis Press 'Pope', 1785; Bulmer's 'History of the River Thames', 1794-6; Chiswick Press: Book of Common Prayer, 1844; Kelmscott Press: The Well at the World's End, 1896; and The Doves Press 'Milton', 1902-5
Morison, Douglas, Views of Haddon Hall, London, Henry Craves & Co, 1842, folio (540 x 375mm.), lithographed title and 25 plates, partially disbound, contemporary calf backed boards, front cover lettered in gilt Together with Volume II only of Gotch 'Architecture of the Renaissance in England' (London, 1894), and a facsimile copy of George Richardson's 'A Book of Ceilings' (Farnborough, 1968)
Talbert, B. J., Examples of Ancient & Modern Furniture Metal Work, Tapestries, Decorations, London, B. T. Batsford, 1876, folio (430 x 310mm.), illustrated lithographed title, and 21 plates by James Ackerman, original decorative cloth gilt A supplement to Talbert's book of 1868, reprinting Talbert's introduction of that date with some supplementary notes (with comments on the revival of 'the so-called Queen Anne style'), & providing further furniture designs numbered to follow on from the earlier work. Some copies of the book are found with the Rickatson imprint, others with the Batsford, with date 1876
Aedes Walpolianae: or, A Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, The Seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford, London, John Hughes, 1753, 4to (270 x 210mm.), engraved frontispiece plate, 4 folding plates, and plans, vignettes, [bound with]: The Second Book of Virgil's Aeneid in Four Cantos, with Notes, [London], J. Hughes, [n.d.], 4to, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece plate, title vignette, 4 plates, illustrations, and historiated initials, contemporary calf backed spine, red morocco lettering piece
Ranjitsinhji, K. S., The Jubilee Book of Cricket, Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897, 8vo (225 x 150mm.), two volumes, frontispiece portrait of the author, title printed in red and black, plates, and illustrations, later blue morocco gilt, by H. Wood, original wrappers bound in, t.e.g., fascimile bookplate of William Morris Extra illustrated copy
Oliphant, Mrs, Queen Victoria A Personal Sketch, London, Cassell and Company, 1900, large 8vo (255 x 170mm.), title printed in red and black, frontispiece plates, illustrations, many full-page, contemporary blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g. With the Daily Telegraph published 'King Albert 's Book' (London, 1914) including plates by Dulac, Arthur Rackham and others, and another Daily Telegraph published work 'Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book' (London, 1908)
Harris, Frank, My Life and Loves, Paris & Nice, privately printed for the author, I Rue du Helder, 1922-1927, 4to (215 x 140mm.), four volumes, half titles, title vignette, plates, signed and dated presentation inscription from the author 'to American Express Co', original wrappers bound in, various bindings, First Edition With Poul Gerhard's 'The Pillow Book' (London, 1971), and another work by the same author 'Pornography or Art? (London, 1971), and Drs Phyllis and Eberhard Kronhausen's 'Erotic Art' (London, 1971)
Gibbings, Robert, Sweet Thames, Run Softly, London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1940, 8vo (230 x 140mm.), half title, frontispiece plate, title vignette, illustrations, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket Hart-Davis, Duff (introduction), & Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator), The Shooting Man's Bedside Book Compiled by 'BB', Cambridge, White Lion Books, 1984, 4to (235 x 155mm.), half title, frontispiece plate, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket With a number of related works including Robin Armstrong 'The Painted Stream A River Warden's Life' (London, 1985), and John Foyster & Keith Proud 'Gamekeeper' (London, 1986)
Thomas, Alan G., Great Books and Book Collectors, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 195, folio (315 x 235mm.), half title, title printed in red and black, plates, and illustrations, presentation inscription from the author to John E. Palfrey, original cloth, decorative dust-jacket Pollard, M., A Dictionary of Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800, London, Bibliographical Society, 2000, 4to (245 x 155mm.), half title, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt With a number of related works including, Alfred W. Pollard's 'Fine Books' (London, 1973), and David Hunter's 'Opera and Song Books published in England 1703-1726 a descriptive bibliography' (London, 1997)
Campbell, Reau, Campbell's Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago, Poole Bros. Press, 1895, square 12mo (187 x 140mm.), illustrations, original decorative cloth gilt With two other works, Robert P. Porter's (signed by the author) 'Industrial Cuba' (New York, 1899), and Frederick Palmer's 'Central America'and its Problems' (New York, 1910)
Huntington, Archer M., A Note-Book in Northern Spain, New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898, 4to (250 x 180mm.), title printed in red and black, frontispiece, plates, and illustrations, pages uncut, presentation inscription from the author to 'Edgar Speyer', original decorative cloth, rubbed, First Edition With a number of other works, including Maria Hornor Lansdale & Jules Guerin (illustrator) 'The Chateaux of Touraine' (New York, 1907), Amy Steedman & Katharine Cameron (illustrator) 'Legends and Stories from Italy' (London, n.d.), and Pierre de Nolhac & Rene Binet (illustrator) 'Versailles and the Trianons' (New York, 1906)
Butler, Elizabeth, From Sketch-Book and Diary, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909, 4to (220 x 155mm.), half title, colour frontispiece, colour plates, illustrations, signed and dated by the author on the half title, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g., First Edition With two other works, Rudyard Kipling & I. W. Taber (illustrator) 'Captain Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks' (London, 1897), and Lady Brassey's 'The Last Voyage, to India and Australia in the Sunbeam' (London, 1889)
Lionel Edwards (illustrator), Moorland Mouse by Golden Gorse, London, Country Life, 1909, 4to (250 x 185mm.), half title, frontispiece, and plates by Lionel Edwards, original green cloth backed spine, original pictorial orange dust-jacket, bookplate of Heather Johnson With 4 other equestrian works, another Lionel Edwards illustrated book 'Older Mousie by Golden Gorse' (London, 1932), Sarah Bowes-Lyon's 'Harum Scarum' (London, 1934), another work by the same author 'Horsemanship' (London, n.d.), and Richard Ball & G. D. Armour (illustrator) 'Broncho' (London, 1930)
Irving, Washington, & Arthur Rackham, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, London, George G. Harrap, 1928, 4to (250 x 190mm.), colour frontispiece plate, illustrated title, colour plates, illustrations, original decorative calf gilt, t.e.g., presentation case, torn With Harold Begbie's & F. Carruthers (illustrator) 'The Struwwelpeter Alphabet' (London, 1900), and Beverley Nichols & H. M. Brock (illustrator) 'A Book of Old Ballads' (London, 1934)
Edwards, Lionel, My Scottish Sketch Book, London, Country Life Ltd, 1929, small folio (305 x 245mm.), half title, colour frontispiece plate, and 15 colour plates, original cloth, title label inlaid on front cover.With four other works, a two volume set of Charles Mills 'The History of Knighthood and its times' (London, 1826), Charles Oman 'Castles' (London, 1926), E. D. Cuming's (editor), & Sir Theodore Cook (Introduction) 'Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography' (London & New York, 1926), and a eight volume set (lacking vol. III) of the J. Wortley Aex (editor) 'The Horse Its Treatment in Health and Disease' (London, 1906)
FISHING - Ronalds (Alfred): The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, eighth edition, hand-coloured plates, original cloth, gilt, 8vo, 1877; Francis (Francis) A Book of Angling, second edition, plates, original cloth, inner hinge broken, 8vo, 1867; Pain (Ernest) Fifty Years on the Test, plates, original cloth, 8vo, 1934; Skues (G.E.M.) Side-lines, Side-lights and Reflections, original cloth, joints rubbed and weak, 8vo, 1932 - and 4 others. (8)
Gilbey (Sir Walter): Animal Painters of England, 2 vols., original pictorial cloth, 4to, 1900; George Morland, His life and works, red half, morocco, gilt, 8vo, n.d. - and 14 others, including Cundall's Birket Foster and a collection of James Robertson Justice's books, mostly by John Prebble, including the typescript of his the Lion of the North, with Justice's book label on the wrappers. (16)
The Historic Three Vehicle Flags from Field Marshall B.L. Montgomery's staff car, Second World War period and handed to his driver William Hallam by F.M. Montgomery in 1946 as a memento of their many years together during the conflict. Two of twin pronged pennant form, the third of rectangular form, each with applied emblems. Together with the following archive: (1) Soldiers release book of W. Hallam for 13.3.46 with testimonial written and signed by F.M. Montgomery on 2.3.46. (2) Travel identity card for W. Hallam for 16.7.46 with typical stampings and complete with photograph. (3) Soldiers service and army book of W. Hallam with typical entries for 1940-1946 together with a period photograph of W. Hallam leaning against the historic staff car with vehicle flags. (4) War Department driving permit for W. Hallam issued from 1.6.45 - 31.5.46. (5) Br. A.S.C. Regimental Association membership card of W. Hallam from joining date of 1.1.42 and his sleeve flask from wartime uniform. (6) W. Hallam's personal photograph album of the 1939-1945 war and its immediate aftermath. This with many views of the famous staff car in use with "Bill" in attendance. (7) A quantity of loose period photographs from this album, again with many views of "Monty's car". (8) An extensive letter of provenance from the current vendor by direct family descent .
Wright (H. C. Seppings). With Togo. The Story of Seven Months' Active Service under his Command, 1905, num. illusts. from drawings and photos.by the author, some foxing, orig. blue cloth, pict. inlay on the upper cover, 8vo., together with Kennedy(Capt. M. D.), Some Aspects of Japan and her Defence Forces, 1928, one fldg. coloured pl.and two b&w plts., two fldg. maps, orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Adams (William), The Log-Book of William Adams 1614-19. With the Journal of Edward Saris. Ed., with Introd. and Notes, by C. J. Purnell, 1916, two plts., 1 full-page illust., re-bound in blue cloth, orig. wrappers preserved, med. 8vo, plus The First Japanese Embassy to the United States of America. Sent to Washington in 1860 as the First of the Series of Embassies Specially Sent Abroad by the Tokugawa Shogunate, pub. by The America-Japan Soc., Tokyo, 1920, one plt., some spotting, orig. blue cloth, damp-stained, 8vo and eight others. (12)
Phillips (John, Life Photographer). A collection of forty-nine gelatin silver photos, late 1950s, being a collection of images considered for his book 'Bled to the Gutter, A Photo-Reporter's Story', pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959, all with 'Life Photo by John Phillips' ink stamp to verso, and many with pencil captions, most approx. 9" x 7" or similar, together with a first edition of the book in d.j., 8vo. The book contains twelve photos of which eight are in the collection, including portraits of King Ibn Saud, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Ben Gurion and Kruschev. (50)
Domesday Book Studies. The Shropshire Domesday, 3 vols., pub. Alecto Historical Editions, 2 vols., 1987-90, large folding map, numerous col. and b & w illusts., facsimiles, etc., orig. qtr. cloth gilt in slipcase, folio, (limited edition 108/1000), together with Blakeway (Rev. John Brickdale), The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their Armorial Bearings; and Notices, Genealogical and Biographical, of Their Families, Shrewsbury, 1831,orig. cloth, spine faded, folio, with Hughes (William), The Sheriffs of Shropshire, 1831 to 1886, with their Armorial Bearings; and Notices, Genealogical and Biographical, of Their Families: being a Continuation of the Reverand John Brickdale Blakeway's Work, (2 copies), Shrewsbury, 1886, orig. qtr. cloth, slim folio (4)
Swindon. An autograph book containing the signatures of many entertainers who appeared at The Empire Theatre in Swindon and other local venues, c.1950s, including Diana Dors, Frankie Howard, Arthur Haynes, Kieron Moore, Ken Morris, Ramon Stclair, Orlnado Martini, Len Marten, Jimmy Hanley, Five Bennett Boys, and others, together with a copy of the Topical Times Football Book 1963-64, signed by the Swindon F.C. team of the day including Mike Summerbee, Ernie Hunt, Roger Smart, John Trollope, Bill Atkins, Will Shurgold, Bobby Woodruffe, Kieth Morgan, Jack Smith, Bill Atkins, Ken McPherson, Owen Dawson, Terry Wollen and Arnold Darcy (2)
Edwards (Amelia B., 1831-1892). Three autograph letters signed, n.d., 28th January 1866 & 23rd January 1888, all to George Routledge, the first regretting having missed him last Saturday and continuing 'I fear the Young Lady's book would be wholly out of my line, and I am too much occupied to undertake it', the second asking to bring a friend to visit as she is the friend's guest in London, both 2 pages on integral leaves with versos blank, the third written from Westbury-on-Trym, thanking him for his cordial note and continuing, 'now that you have leisure - well-earned indeed - I hope you will write your business biography. It would make a very useful and interesting volume', and saying that it may be some months before she comes to London again but will certainly inform him when she does as 'it will be a pleasure to talk with you about old times', thanking him for his invitation to stay but saying that she always stays in a hotel in order not to offend any of her friends by staying elsewhere, 3 pages, all 8vo (3)
Gladstone (William Ewart, 1809-1898). Autograph letter signed, 22 Carlton-House-Terrace, [London], 20th June 1868, to George Routledge, thanking him for his 'shilling' book gift which he looks forward to examining with great interest, 'It must indeed be a marvel of cheap production. And it is to cheap production of good books, in which you have laboured with so much energy, that we must look as a principal agent in promoting the real civilization of the people, 2 pages, 8vo, together with an autograph postcard signed to George Routledge, postmarked 30th August 1879, concerning Mr. Howard, Mr. Coral and a memorial (2)
Hardy (Thomas, 1840-1928). Autograph letter signed on letterhead, Max Gate, near Dorchester, 6th November 1886, to the publisher [Routledge] concerning the publication of "Men of the Time" and requesting that if the book has not gone to press he 'should be obliged by the omission of the sentence in the notice of myself which states that I reside near Dorchester and am a magistrate', 1 page, 8vo. The book referred to is 'Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices of Eminent Characters of Both Sexes', ed. Thomas Humphrey Ward, 12th ed., George Routledge & Sons, 1887. (1)
Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). Autograph letter signed, Cambridge [Massachusetts], 16th February 1874, [to the publisher George Routledge] concerning "The Hanging of the Crane" and indicating that he had originally had no intention of publishing it in any periodical but he has now had so large an offer made for its use 'that I do not feel at liberty to decline it', and continuing that he does no think 'that the previous publication will injure any illustrated edition of the poem in book form. Perhaps even it may help it, by sewing as an advertisement', with a pencilled note at head, possibly initialled by George Routledge, indicating that he would not object, 3 pages, 8vo (1)
*Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Autograph letter signed, 10, Adelphi Terrace, 30th March 1903, to St. John Hankin in a typically humorous tone, concerning the pros and cons of printing and publishing arrangements, 'On the whole, I think I should be a duffer not to try publishing on commission I have to do everything - plan the page, choose the type, binding, paper & everything, after which exertion the publisher mistakes all my instructions & gets the whole thing wrong; so that I have twice as much trouble as if I dealt straight with the printer. Finally he sells the book; keeps most of the profit; and clings to my royalty for about eighteen months What I really want is an American publisher. My present one gives me no trouble; but then he never pays, which is carrying unobtrusiveness to an extreme', with a concluding postscript 'I should follow that play up if I were you [presumably referring to "The Two Mr. Wetherbys", which was privately performed in London by the Stage Society in February 1903]. Write one specially for the S.S. & another for luck. Don't stop & wait for the managers on any a/c', 2 pages, quarto (1)
Aesop, Fables, with their Morals: In Prose and Verse ... together with the History of his Life and Death, 1741, eng. frontis., num. woodcut illusts., later cloth, together with Walton (Izaak and Cotton, Charles), The Complete Angler, pub. John Major, 1823, port. frontis., wood engs. to text, t.e.g. orig. red half morocco gilt, rubbed on spine, plus The Book of Family Crests: Comprising nearly every Bearing, with its Blazonry, 2 vols., 1859, num. engs., contents of vol. 1 somewhat loose and a few pages a little frayed at edges, t.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little frayed at head and foot of spines, and six others, small 8vo & 4to (10)
Baxter (George). The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings, for the year 1837, eleven plts. printed in oil colours by Baxter including title, some foxing to frontis. and title, and to plt. margins, inner hinges restrengthened, a.e.g., orig. straight-grained plum morocco, blocked in gilt, with green, red and blue onlays, rubbed and a little chipped to joints and extrems., 4to. McLean, Victorian Publishers' Book-Binding p. 17 (illustrated). (1)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New ..., printed by Charles Bell, and Thomas Newcomb, 1696, occn. minor marginal annotations, early 19th c. leaf of genealogical notes in manuscript bound in before New Testament, title and first few leaves of Book of Common Prayer at end of vol. archivally repaired, some fraying to outer corners towards rear of vol., modern antique-style blind-panelled full calf, gilt dec. spine with crimson morocco label, folio (1)
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Poems on Various Subjects, 1st ed., 1796, errata leaf and ad. leaf at rear, but lacks half title (as often), a.e.g., later navy morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo. Coleridge's first book of poetry, which also includes several contributions from Charles Lamb. Attractive copy. (1)
Dickens (Charles). The Postumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st book ed., 1837, addn. eng. title, frontis. and numerous eng. plts. by Phiz, slight browning and occ. spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, upper joint repaired, together with The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st book ed., 1844, addn. eng. title, frontis. and eng. plts. by Phiz, some minor staining, later half morocco retaining 19th c. gilt dec. spine, with Dombey and Son, 1st book ed., 1848, addn. eng. title, frontis. and eng. plts. by H.K. Browne, damp staining throughout, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, with Bleak House, 1st book ed., 1853, addn. eng. title, frontis. & eng. plts. by H.K. Browne, recent endpapers, contemp. half morocco, rebacked retaining worn gilt dec. spine, plus Our Mutual Friend, 1st book ed., 1865, eng. plts. by Marcus Stone, contemp. half morocco gilt, all 8vo (5)
Dickens (Charles). Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vols. in one, 1st ed. in book form, 1840, together with Bleak House, 1st ed. in book form, 1853, and Little Dorrit, 1st ed. in book form, 1857, plus Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. in 1, 1st ed. in book form, 1865, all with num. wood eng. illusts., scattered spotting, all contemp. half calf bindings with raised bands and gilt decoration, rubbed and marked, 8vo (4)
Gouffâ (Jules). The Royal Cookery Book (le Livre de Cuisine), new ed., 1869, wood engraved illusts., advert leaf to rear, owners name to half title, inner hinges stengthened, contemp. qtr. calf, rubbed, together with Francatelli (Charles Elmâ), The Modern Cook; a Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in all its Branches, 1886, eng. port frontis., new endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, sl. marked, plus other 19th/20th century cookery books, some French language, 8vo (13)
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