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Click here to subscribeChurchill, Winston Spencer, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, London, New York, and Bombay, 1900, 8vo (190 xv 125mm.), half title, folding colour frontispiece map, 2 folding maps, maps and illustrations, 32-page catalogue at end, original black endpapers, original pictorial cloth, corners bumped, booksellers label of W. Whiteley of Westbourne Grove on verso of front cover, First Edition
Churchill, Winston Spencer, My African Journey, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908, 8vo (190 x 120mm.), half title, photographic frontispiece of Churchill and the Rhinoceros at Simba, plates, maps, and illustrations, original red cloth, with illustration on the front cover in blue, black, and grey, spine lettered in gilt, First Edition
Churchill, Winston Spencer, Savrola A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, London, New York, and Bombay, 1900, 8vo (180 x 120mm.), half title, original black endpapers, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, occasional spotting, original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, corners bumped, spine rubbed, First Edition, one of 1500 copies printed
Churchill, Winston, S., The Second World War, London, Cassell & Co, 1948-1954 12mo (210 x 130mm.), six volumes, half titles, plans, and maps, many folding, original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, dust-jackets, First Edition With a number of other works including John Masefield's 'South and East' (London, 1929), Peter Scott 'Morning Flight' (London, 1941), Joel Handler Harris & Rene Cloke (illustrator) 'Uncle Remus' (London, n.d), and a two volume set of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' (London, 1799)
The Risings on the North-West Frontier ... Compiled from the Special War Correspondence the ÒPioneerÓ, Allahabad, printed and published at the Pioneer Press, 1898, tall 8vo (225 x 135mm), 2 folding maps, annotations and ownership signatures on front free endpaper, original cloth, extremities rubbed, First Edition, one of only a thousand copies printed The front free end paper is inscribed by, amongst others, Lt Col Richard Bellew Adams VC, Madras 11-3-98. Adams was awarded his VC, along with two other officers, for his part in an action on the 17th August 1897 in Upper Swat India, during the Tirah campaign. He has also made a number of marginal notes in pencil, correcting the facts as published. Winston Churchill's assistance in the risings is praised in the appendix to the text.
Commines, Philippe de, Les Memoires de Messire Philippe de Commines, sieur d'Argenton, Leide, Chez les Elzeviers, 1648, 12mo (135 x 70mm.), illustrated title, head-piece, and initials, silk endpapers, contemporary black morocco gilt by Relie par Simier, spine gilt in six compartments, g.e., First Elzevier Edition
Collection of Fifty Etchings, after Raphael, Julio Romano, Guido, Parmigiano ... executed by Huck, Selcke, and Billinger, after the Original Drawings in the collection of The Elector Palatine, Duke of Bavaria at Dusseldorff, London, John and Josiah Boydell, 1787, folio (475 x 330mm.), plates, some spotting, contemporary half vellum, rubbed, First English Edition
Gosse, Edmund W., A Critical Essay on the life and works of George Tinworth. With a descriptive catalogue annexed, 1883 Oblong folio (250 x 400mm.), half title, 30 photogravure plates and wood-engraved initials and ornamanets, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, decorated endpapers, original vellum, front cover lettered in gilt, First Edition George Tinworth (1843-1913) studied at Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy in 1864 exhibiting there from 1866 onwards
Hazlitt, William, A View of The English Stage; or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms, London, for Robert Stodart (and others), 1818, 4to (225 x 130mm.), half title, single page advertisment for Hazlitts Lectures on English Poets on the verso of page 461 followed by three leaves of advertisments at end, folded facsimile of A Specimen of those Italian Dialects..., bound between the preface and first review (binding error?), contemporary half blue morocco gilt by Riviere, marbled endpapers, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., First Edition
Hazlitt, William, Lectures on the English Comic Writers Delivered at the Surrey Institution, London, Taylor and Hessey, 1819, 8vo (230 x 135mm.), four leaves of publisher's adverts at end, half blue morocco by Riviere, spine separated by five raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., First Edition
Johns, Captain W. E. [William Earle] 1893-1968, Biggles Delivers the Goods, London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1946, 8vo (185 x 120mm.), half title, illustrated title, plates, map endpapers, scarlet cloth, dust-jacket, top and tail of spine torn, extremities rubbed, First Edition With a number of other works by Johns, including 'Biggles of 266' (London, n.d.), 'Biggles Takes it Rough' (London, 1963), 'Biggles of the Special Air Police' (London, n.d.), 'Adventure Bound' (London, 1955), and 'Biggles Goes to War' (London, 1947)
Kingsley, Charles, & Jessie Willcox Smith (illustrator), The Water Babies, Nottingham, Boots the Chemists, ca. 1920, 4to (250 x 190mm.), half title, tipped in colour frontispiece, illustrated title, and 11 tipped in colour plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, corners bumped With a number of other works including a third edition of T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' (Lodnon, 1935) with a pamphlet on 'Lawrence of Arabia Memorial loosely inserted and the booksellers label of 'The Palestine Educational Co B. Y. & W. A. Said of Jerusalem, Jaffa', pasted onto the verso of the front cover, two volumes only (first and second series, of 4), of Walter Swaysland 'Familiar Wild Birds' (London, n.d.), and Therese de Dillmont 'Encyclopedia of Needlework' (Mulhouse, n.d.)
[Liger, Louis], Le menage des champs et de la ville; ou nouveau cuisinier Francois, accommode au gout du tems. Contenant tout ce qu'un parfait Chef de Cuisine doit scavoir pour servir toutes sortes de tables, depuis celles des plus grands seigneurs jusqu'a celles des bons bourgeois; avec une instruction pour faire toutes sortes de patisseries, confitures seches & liquides, & toutes les differentes liqueurs qui sont aujourd'hui en usage, Paris, Damien Biugnie, 1714-1715 8vo (160 x 90mm.), two volumes, frontispiece plate, folding plates, titles with contemporary marginal signatures, volume one lacking plate Ii8, contemporary calf, spine in seperate gilt compartments, rubbed, bookplate of Paul Moreau, First Edition
[Lloyd, David], The states-men and favourites of England since the Reformation their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls; during the reigns of King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth. King James King Charles I, London, printed by J. C. for Samuel Speed, 1665 8vo (165 x 110mm.), title printed in red and black, frontispiece with six portraits, modern calf, red morocco lettering piece, First Edition
Nathan, Isaac, Musurgia Vocalis, An Essay on the History and Theory of Music, and on the Qualities, Capabilities, and Management of the Human Voice, London, Fentum, 1836, 4to (290 x 215mm.), contemporary ownership inscription on title, pasted in letter from Charles Salaman, a friend of the author on front free endpaper, title and first leaf of preface loose, contemporary calf, front board loose, lacking spine strip, armorial bookplate of Charles Kensington Salaman, Second Edition
Relhan, Anthony, A Short History of Brighthelmston With remarks on its air and an analysis of its waters, particularly of an uncommon mineral one, though but lately used, London, for W. Johnston, 1761 4to (195 x 125mm.), initials, head-pieces, occasional short tear, contemporary paper wrappers, First Edition
Stephens, John L., Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1843 tall 8vo (225 x 130mm.), two volumes, 2 folding frontispiece, plates, plans, and illustrations by William Catherwood, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, some spotting, original cloth gilt, spines lettered in gilt, First Edition
Steward, Herbert Thomas, The Records of Henley Royal Regatta from its institution in 1839-1902 London, Grant Richards, 1903 8vo (250 x 185mm.), half title, signed by the author on half title, tipped in letter from the author on front free endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g., First Edition With a number of other works including A. A. Milne's & Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator) 'The House at Pooh Corner' (London, 1928), a volume covering the North by John Timbs & Alexander Gunn 'Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales' (London, n.d.), Kirkman & F. C. R. Jourdain's 'British Birds' (London, 1948), and Eric J. Hosking and Cyril W. Newberry 'Birds of the Day' (London, 1948)
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), and William Cave (1637-1713), Antiquitates Christianae: Or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles..., London, by R. Norton for R. Royston, 1675 folio (345 x 215mm.), additional illustrated title, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, historiated intials, illustrations, folding plate, contemporary calf, boards detached, First Edition With 'The Complete Young Man's Companion; or, Self Instructor' (London, n.d.)
[Wade, John 1788-1875], The Black Book; or, corruption unmasked! Being an account of places, pensions, and sinecures, the revenues of the clergy and landed aristocracy; the salaries and emoluments in courts of justice and the police department; the expenditure of the Civil List; ... the robbery of charitable foundations; the profits of the Bank of England, arising from the issue of its notes, balances of public money, management of the borough debt, and other sources of emolument; the debt, revenue, and influence of the East-India company; the state of the finances, debt, and sinking-fund ... To which is added, correct lists of both Houses of Parliament; showing their family connections, Parliamentary influence, the places and pensions held by themselves or relations; distinguishing also those who voted against Catholic emancipation, and for the Seditious Meeting and Press-Restriction Bills; the whole forming a complete exposition of the cost, influence, patronage, and corruption of the Borough Government, London, printed and published by John Fairburn, 1820, 4to (210 x 130mm.), new endpapers, obvious repair to upper title margin, later black cloth, t.e.g, red morocco lettering piece pasted onto spine, First Edition
The Book of St. Andrews Links, containing plan of Golf Courses... facsimile limited edition, green morocco, gilt lettering, slipcase, Ellesborough Press, London, 1984 No. 68 of 200 copies, signed by Captain J. Stewart Lawson; Salmond, .B., The Story of The R. & A., being the History of the first two hundred years of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews... 1st edition, frontispiece, illustrated, foreword by Bernard Darwin, blue cover, Macmillan & Co., London, 1956 Ex libris Dalton Grange Club; and St. Andrews Preservation Trust, St. Andrews Its Character and Tradition... 1st edition, illustrated with photographs and engravings on wood by Jozef Sekalski, blue cloth cover, dark blue writing and decoration to cover, Henderson & Son Ltd, St. Andrews, 1951 (3)
BARNES, WILLIAM. Poems of Rural Life. First Edition, 1844; Second Edition, 1848 (spines defective); Poems, Partly of Rural Life, (In national English). First Edition, 3 copies, variant bindings, one of them with cut signature of the author tipped in. With 11 other volumes, various editions of the poems. 8vo., orig. cloth. (16)
BARNES, WILLIAM. Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect. Second Edition, 1847; Third Edition, 1862; Fourth Edition, 1866; Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems..., First Edition, 1859; Second Edition, 1863; Third Collection, First Edition, 1862; Tiw; Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue. First Edition, 1862. With 9 other volumes of the poems, various editions, and 3 others on Barnes. 8vo., mostly orig. cloth. (19)
BARNES, WILLIAM. Se Gefylsta (The Helper): An Anglo-Saxon Delectus. Second Edition, 1866. Orig. cloth gilt; an Outline of English Speech-Craft. First Edition, 1878. Orig. cloth gilt (soiled); A Glossary of the Dorset Dialect With A Grammar of its Word Shapening and Wording. First Edition, Dorchester and London 1886. Orig. wraps. (some wear). All 8vo., (3)
BRAY, Mrs. Hartland Forest: A Legend of North Devon. First Edition, 1871; The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy..., New Edition, 2 vols., 1879. (covers soiled). Illustrations. - PHILLPOTTS, EDEN. My Devon Year. 1904. Limited Edition, one of 500 copies, signed by the author. Mounted plates. With 10 others, including two First Editions by S. Baring-Gould. 8vo., orig. cloth (14)
DORSET. Pennie, J.F. The Royal Minstrel; Or, The Witcheries of Endor, An Epic Poem, in Eleven Books. First Edition, Dorchester, 1817. 12mo., orig. cloth. Bookplate of Charles Shrimpton. With A.L.S. from William Barnes to Charles Warne loosely inserted, Came Rectory, 7 Jany. 1880, 3pp., 8vo., concerning Pennie.
DORSET and WESSEX. Cassan, Rev. Stephen Hyde. Lives and Memoirs of the Bishops of Sherborne and Salisbury, From the Year 705 to 1824. Salisbury, 1824. Cont. maroon morocco gilt (rubbed) – Wildman, W.B. Life of S. Ealdhelm First Bishop of Sherborne. London and Sherborne, 1905. No. 49 of 100 Large Paper copies. Orig. qtr. vellum gilt. Plates. – Chafin, William. A Second Edition of the Anecdotes and History of Cranbourn Chase. Facsimile reproduction of the 1818 edition, P.P. by Gen. Pitt Rivers, 1886. Orig. boards (spine worn). Frontispiece. – Wanklyn, C. Lyme Regis. A Retrospect. Second Edition, 1927. Orig. cloth. Plans, some folding, portraits and illustrations. With 54 others, including 10 vols. of fiction. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (58)
HARDY, THOMAS. The Return of the Native. First Edition, 3 vols., 1878. Later dark blue cloth, leather spine labels (some wear). Map frontispiece, half titles and advert. leaf at end of vol 2; Tess of the D'Urbervilles. 3 vols., 1892. Orig. decorated tan cloth gilt (rather worn). Half titles. All 8vo. (6)
HARDY, THOMAS. Wessex Poems and other verses. London and New York, 1898; Time’s Laughing Stocks and other Verses, 1909; Satires of Circumstance, 1914; Moments of Vision…,1917. d.w.; Late Lyrics and Earlier, 1922; Human shows Far Phantasies…, 1925. d.w.; Winter Words, 1928. d.w. First Editions, orig. cloth; Selected Poems, Limited Edition, No. 766 of 1025 copies, 1921. Orig. vellum gilt t.e.g., other edges uncut. Portrait and title page design by William Nicholson. With 7 others by the same, and 7 critical studies. 8vo. (22)
HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. First Edition, 2 vols., 1774. Folio, cont. calf (old rebacks). Folding engraved map and 58 plates, and 10 folding pedigrees. The Knight family copy, of Blandford St. Mary, Dorset, with aditional ms. pedigrees, some on versos of plates, (some plates and text with bookstamp of the Rev. Francis Knight). (2)
RUTTER, JOHN. Delineations of The North Western Division of the County of Somerset, And of its Antediluvian Bone Caverns...First Edition, Printed and Published by the author, Shaftesbury and London 1829. 8vo., cont. half calf, spine gilt. Additional engraved title, folding map, hand coloured in outline, and plates. Text illustrations.
CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL. Travels in Various Countries...Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey. Second Edition, 1811. 4to., cont. half russia gilt (worn, old reback). Engraved portrait, folding maps and plates -- MAXWELL, Gen. E.H. Griffin Ahoy! A Yacht Cruise to the Levant..., 1882. 8vo., cloth (soiled). Engraved frontispiece and title vignette. with another volume (Menpes. Japan 1905) (3)
LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY. Nineveh and Its Remains. Seventh Thousand. 2 vols., 1849. Lithographic plates, plans and plates, folding map at end of vol 1; DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON...1853. First Edition. Maps, plans and plates. All 8vo., uniformly bound in half black roan (worn, backstrip of one vol detached). -- With 3 others. (6)
HUNTING. 20 vols., including: Bradley, Cuthbert. Good Sport Seen With Some Famous Packs 1885-1910. n.d. 10 plates, 6 of them in colour, and text illustrations -- Edwards, Lionel. Famous Foxhunters. First Edition, 1932. (some wear to cloth edges) Plates, 8 of them in colour Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (20)
BECKINGHAM, CHARLES. Scipio Africanus: A Tragedy; As Acted at the Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. First Edition, 1718. 8vo., cont. calf backed floral boards (covers detached). Engraved frontispiece. Bookplate of Philip Champion Crespigny. With 5 others, including a volume of poems by a Cornish writer: Collins, Mortimer,. Summer Songs. First Edition 1860. 8vo., qtr. black leather. A.L.S. from the author tipped in. 12pt (6)
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