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Click here to subscribeRICHARD C. RAPIER. 'Remunerative Railways For New Countries; With Some Account of The First Railway In China,' first edition, original maroon cloth with gilt tooled engine to front board, illustrated throughout with eight pasted and mounted photographs, foldout 'schedules of estimates', loosening of spine cloth, E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1878.
Sir FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND. 'Everest: The Challenge,' second edition original cloth with gilt tooled 'Dulwich College' coat of arms to front board, Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1936; ERIC SHIPTON. 'Blank on the Map,' original black cloth, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1938; T. LOBSANG RAMPA. 'The Third Eye: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama,' first edition, unclipped dj, spotting throughout, Secker & Warburg, 1956; HARRISON FORMAN. 'Through Forbidden Tibet: An Adventure into the Unkown,' first edition, cracked spine, Jarrolds, London, 1936; With six other books. (10)
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS. 'Sketches of China; Partly During an Inland Journey of Four Months, Between Peking, Nanking, and Canton; With Notices and Observations Relative to the Present War,' first edition, two volumes, rebound with original cloth boards, fold out map, Charles Knight & Co, London, 1841; P. PIASSETSKY. 'Russian Travellers in Mongolia and China,' translated by J. Gordon-Cumming, two volumes, original cloth, Chapman & Hall, London, 1884; Mm CALLERY and YVAN. 'History of Insurrection in China; With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Proclamations of the Insurgents,' translated by John Oxenford, frontispiece engraving of Tien Te, original cloth, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1853. (5)
Rev R. H. COBBALD. 'Pictures of the Chinese, Drawn By Themselves,' first edition, frontispiece, vignette title and plates printed in brown, original striped green cloth with gilt tooled gong player to front board, John Murray, London, 1860; Mrs J. F. Bishop. 'Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs Made in China,' over sixty photographs with notes contemporary to the time, original decorative cloth, Cassel and Company, London, 1900. (2)Condition report: 'Pictures of the Chinese, Drawn by Themselves'- ends of spine cloth rubbed, tapering corners to boards, potting to frontis and tissue, marks to titlepage, tidemark to fore-edge corner throughout textblock, sporadic toning and foxing throughout, pages complete.'Chinese Pictures'- Cloth faded, rubbed and bumped, with soiling to corners, spotting to pastedown and endpapers, good clean and tight textblock.Extra photos have been added to our website.
A. B. FREEMAN-MITFORD. 'The Attache At Peking,' original cloth with gilt tooled bats, fold out plan of 'The Imperial City', ex libris label to pastedown, MacMillan and Co, London, 1900; VICOMTE D'OLLONE. 'In Forbidden China: The D'Ollone Mission 1906-1909 China-Tibet-Mongolia,' translated by Bernard Miall, reprint, original decorative cloth, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1912; EDWIN J. DINGLE. 'Across China on Foot: Life in the Interior and the Reform Movement,' first edition, frontispiece image of author, original cloth, J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1911; HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH. 'Personal Narrative of Occurrences During Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China, 1860,' engraved title page and frontispiece, original cloth, John Murray, London, 1869; ALEXANDER HOSIE. 'Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History,' with map, diagrams and illustrations, photograph frontispiece, ex libris, Methuen & Co, 1901; With three other books on China. (8)
HOLT SAMUEL HALLETT. 'A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States,' first edition, handsomely rebound in half blue leather with compartmentalized spine and gilt embossed elephants heads, 95 illustrations and 8 folding maps some of which have repairs, toning and staining to leaves, sporadic ink blue stamp 'Public Whitechapel Library' throughout, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1890.
ROBERT FORTUNE. 'A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; Including Sung-Lo and The Bohea Hills; With A Short Notice of The East India Company's Tea Plantations in The Himalayia Mountains,' first edition, rebound, additional decorative title engraved in red and black, colour lithograph frontispiece, map, John Murray, 1852; 'A Residence Among The Chinese: Inland, On the Coast, and at Sea.....Including Notices of Many Natural Productions and Works of Art, The Culture of Silk, & c,' first edition, half leather with marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, former stock of 'Hanshan Tang Books', John Murray, London, 1857; 'Yedo and Peking: A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China,' brown cloth gilt, sun bleached spine, fold out frontispiece of Yokuhama, fold out map, rubbed and bumped with some toning and spotting, ex libris label, John Murray, 1863. (3)Condition report: 'A Journey to the Tea Countries of China'- binding rubbed and bumped, slight loosening to binding, staining on leaves to fore edge p65-72 (please see images), illustrations complete.'A Residence Among the Chinese'- sun bleaching to spine, rubbed and bumped, 7cm tear to illustration 2, toning to edges of textblock, pages and illustrations complete.'A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals,' sun bleaching to spine, rubbed and bumped, slight staining to rear map (please see map), pages and illustrations complete with advertisements to rear.
M. LE BARON DE HUBNER. 'A Ramble Round The Word, 1871,' first edition, two volumes, rebound in half red leather, ex libris label, MacMillan and Co, 1874; A. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR. 'Tibet & Nepal: Painted and Described, prize binding of 'Tottenham County School', gilt edge, colour illustrations throughout, A. & C. Black, London, 1905; OWEN LATTIMORE. 'The Desert Road to Turkestan,' rebound, tide mark to frontispiece photograph, Methuen & Co, 1928; HENNING HASLUND. 'Tents in Mongolia (Yabonah),' rebound in half blue leather, photographs throughout, Kegan Paul et al, London, 1934. (5)
H. E. M. JAMES. 'The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria,' original decorative yellow cloth, illustrations and map, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1888; B. L. PUTNAM WEALE. 'Manchu and Muscovite,' original cloth, damage to spine, photographs throughout, MacMillan and Co, London, 1904; 'Indiscreet Letters from Peking,' second edition, original cloth, Hurst and Blackett, London; HELEN H. ROBBINS. 'Our First Ambassador to China: An Account of the Life of George, Earl of Macartney,' original cloth, illustrations throughout, John Murray, London, 1908; With three other books. (7)
SVEN HEDIN. 'Through Asia,' US first edition, two volumes, original decorative cloth, three hundred illustrations, tape repairs to maps, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1899; 'Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa,' two volumes, original cloth, scuffed and bumped, 420 illustrations, some foxing, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1903; 'Big Horse's Flight: The Trail of War in Central Asia,' original cloth, ink to edge of textblock, MacMillan and Co, London, 1936; 'The Silk Road,' English first edition, original cloth, 31 plates and a map, Geoge Routledge, London, 1938; 'The Wandering Lake,' English first edition, original cloth, George Routledge, 1940. (7)
THE SHRAMANA EKAI KAWAGUCHI. 'Three Years in Tibet,' original cloth, bleached spine, photograph of author for frontispiece, original Japanese illustrations, The Theosophist Office, Madras, 1909; EDMUND CANDLER. 'The Unveiling of Lhasa,' original green cloth with gilt decorations, crack and chip to top of spine, illustrations and map, Edward Arnold, London, 1905; L. AUSTINE WADDELL. 'The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism,' rebacked and rebound with original cloth, ex libris stamp to title page, W. H. Allen & Co, London, 1895; ALEXANDRA DAVID-NEEL. 'My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City,' original cloth with pictorial gilt of Lhasa, first edition, spotting throughout, William Heinemann Ltd, 1927; WILLIAM MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN. 'To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet,' first edition, original cloth, The Century Co, New York, 1924; W. Y. EVANS-WENTZ. 'The Tibetan Book Of The Dead,' original cloth, ex libris with all associated stamps etc, Oxford University Press, 1927. (6)
G. E. MORRISON. 'An Australian in China,' third edition, original cloth, spotting and toning throughout, Horace Cox, London, 1902; Rev JAMES GILMOUR. 'Among the Mongols,' original decorative cloth with gilt tooled title, engraved titlepage, The Religious Tract Society, London, 1888; ELIZABETH FOREMAN LEWIS. 'Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, original decorative cloth, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, George G. Harrap, London, 1934; W. A. P. MARTIN. 'Chinese Legends and Lyrics,' second edition, enlarged, original cloth, Kelly & Walsh ltd, Shanghai, 1912; A. J. BROOMHILL. 'Strong Man's Prey,' first edition, unclipped dj, China Inland Mission, London, 1953; With six other books. (11)
JULIET BREDON. 'Chinese New Year Festivals: A Picturesque Monograph of the Rites, Ceremonies and Observances in relation thereto,' first edition, six illustrations in colour-photogravure from selected Chinese paintings mounted and other illustrations, cloth-backed colour decorated paper boards, owners inscription to endpaper, small amount of spotting, Kelly and Walsh, Shanghai, 1930.
THOMAS W. BLAKISTON. 'Five Months on the Yang-Tsze; With a Narrative of the Exploration of its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebellions in China,' half leather with cloth boards, rubbed and bumped, plates, two fold out maps, small amount of graphite notes to margins, ex libris label to pastedown, John Murray, London, 1862; WILLIAM EDGAR GEIL. 'A Yankee on the Yangtze,' original pictorial cloth, stained spine, frontispiece photograph, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1904; Capt FRANK KINGDON-WARD. 'The Mystery Rivers of Tibet: A Description of the Little-Known Land Where Asia's Mightiest Rivers Gallop in Harness Through the Narrow Gateway of Tibet, Its Peoples, Fauna, & Flora,' first edition, three maps, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed, soiled and bumped, spine loosening from textblock, Seely Service & Co, London, 1923; GEO. S. PARKER. 'The Mysterious Yangtze: A Travelog,' original cloth, author photograph frontispiece, photographic illustrations, Privately Printed, 1937; CORNELL PLANT. 'Glimpses of the Yangtze Gorges,' second edition, illustrated by Ivon A. Donnelly, original cloth, Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai, 1929; plus one other book. (6)Condition report: THOMAS W. BLAKISTON. 'Five Months on the Yang-Tsze'- Loosening of binding, toning to eaves, illustrations complete, advertisements to rear.WILLIAM EDGAR GEIL. 'A Yankee on the Yangtze'- Staining and loss to spine, toning and spotting throughout, pages and illustrations complete.Capt FRANK KINGDON-WARD. 'The Mystery Rivers of Tibet'- Bleaching to spine, rubbed and bumped with original colour seen from removed label, tapering corners, graphite notes to endpaper, sporadic spotting throughout, toned leaves, ex libris label to rear board, pages complete.GEO. S. PARKER. 'The Mysterious Yangtze'- Rebacked to original cloth, fore edge uncut, clean and tight textblock, pages complete. CORNELL PLANT. 'Glimpses of the Yangtze Gorges'- rubbed ends to spine, tapering cornes, graphite notes to endpaper, spotting to fore edge of textblock, spotting to rear pastedown and endpaper.
ANTON LUNDEEN. 'In the Grip of Bandits and Yet in the Hands of God,' presentation copy inscribed by author, original cloth, image of author to title page, Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, 1925; HARVEY J. HOWARD. 'Ten Weeks with Chinese Bandits,' original cloth, illustrations and photographs, Cornstalk Publishing Company, Australia, 1927; ALEKO E. LILIUS. 'I Sailed with Chinese Pirates,' first edition, unclipped dj chipped and stained, sporadic spotting throughout, 59 photographs, J. W. Arrowsmith, London, 1930; BOK. 'Corsairs of the China Seas,' original cloth, photographic illustrations, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1936; CLIFFORD JOHNSON. 'Pirate Junk: Five Months Captivity with Manchurian Bandits,' second impression, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, 1934; With eight other books on Asian piracy. (13)
Commander W. H. HALL and W. D. BERNARD. 'Narrative of the Voyages and Services of The Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; And of the Combined Naval and Military Operations in China: Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Remarks on the Character and Habits of the Chinese,' first edition, two volumes, handsomely rebound in half calf with marbled boards, six plates, three folding maps, and eight woodcuts in text, Henry Colburn, London, 1844. (2)The first British iron warship, and the first to weather the Cape of Good Hope, the Nemesis was used to decisive effect in the First Opium war. An invaluable firsthand account.
Capt FRANK KINGDON WARD. 'The Riddle of Tsangpo Gorges,' scarce first edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, toning and spotting throughout, repairs to fold out map, ex libris ink stamp to endpaper, b+w photographs throughout, Edward Arnold, London, 1926.Condition report: rubbed and bumped cloth with tear to hinge, remnants of a label to front board, toning and spotting throughout, repairs to fold out map, ex libris ink stamp to endpaper.
COLLECTION OF STEVEN HUNG & LINDY CHERN. 'Chinese Incense Burners', National Museum of History; ROSE KERR. 'Later Chinese Bronzes', Victoria and Albert Museum, Far Eastern Series; ANTHONY J. ALLEN. 'Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, First Edition Novemeber 2001; ROBERT D. MOWRY. ' China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900', Phoenix Art Museum; ROGER KEVERNE. 'Chinese Bronze Mirrors', Warring States period to Tang dynasty; THE MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART, BATH, ENGLAND. Inaugural Exhibition, Volume 2, Chinese Metalwares And Decorative Arts'. JU-HSI CHOU. 'Circles of Reflection'. The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. (7)
MARCO POLO. 'The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East,' translated by Col Henry Yule, two volumes, second edition revised, original cloth, rubbed and bumped fold out maps, illustrations, some toning and tide marks, Jhn Murray, London, 1875; A. HENRY SAVAGE-LANDOR. 'China and the Allies,' two volumes, rebound in buckram, illustrations and maps, ex libris with sporadic ink stamps throughout, William Heinemann, London, 1901; SVEN HEDIN. 'Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet,' two volumes, bound in green buckram, 388 illustrations, MacMillan and Co, London, 1909; 'My Life as an Explorer,' first edition, original cloth, 168 illustrations, Cassell and Company, London, 1926. (7)
C. G. HOLME. 'Glimpses of Old Japan from Japanese Colour Prints: Birds and Flowers,' original coloured boards, illustrations tipped in, The Studio Ltd, London; 'Landscape,' original coloured boards, illustrations tipped in, The Studio Ltd, London; 'The Art of The Regent,' first edition, original cloth, card slip, colour illustrations, The Regent, Hong Kong; MAXWELL K. HEARN and WEN C. FONG. 'Along the Riverbank: Chinese Paintings from the C. C. Wang Family Collection,' unclipped dj, colour illustrations throughout, the Metropolitan Museum of Ar, New York, 1999; plus one other. (5)
OPIUM INTEREST. 'Opium pipes, Prints, & Paraphernalia,' card wraps, Han-Shan Tang Books label to rear wrap, Stanford University Museum of Art, 1979; BASIL LUBBOCK. 'The Opium Clippers,' reprint, original cloth, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1946; CLAUDE FARRERE. 'Black Opium,' original cloth, frontispiece, issued privately for subscribers by Robert C. Fairberg, 1931; JEAN COCTEAU. 'Opium: The Diary of an Addict,' first UK edition, original cloth, staining to spine, illustrated by author, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1933; JOSHUA ROWNTREE. 'The Imperial Drug Trade: A Re-Statement of the Opium Question, In the Light of Recent Evidence and New Developments in the East,' first edition, original cloth, ex libris, Methuen & Co, London, 1905; With seventeen other books and booklets on the subject of opium in China. (22)
FRANK KINGDON-WARD. 'Plant Hunter in Manipur,' first edition, clipped dj, original cloth, spotting and writing to endpapers, Jonathan Cape, 1952; 'Plant Hunter's Paradise,' first edition, unclipped dj, rubbed and bumped, graphite writing to endpaper, Jonathan Cape, London, 1937; 'Assam Adventure,' first edition, original cloth, b+w photographs, Jonathan Cape, London, 1941. (3)Condition report: 'Plant Hunter in Manipur'- small tears to clipped dj, notes to endpaper, spotting to pastedown, endpapers and title page, staining to page 160, pages and illustrations complete.'Plant Hunter's Paradise'- Sunbleached spine, small tears to unclipped dj, notes to endpaper, spotting to each leaf facing photograph, pages and illustrations complete.'Assam Adventure'- Rubbed and scratched clot, toning and spotting throughout, pages complete.
FRANCES CARPENTER. 'Tales of a Chinese Grandmother,' first edition, original yellow cloth, frontispiece, George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1938; R. N. P. HUMFREY. 'Through China and Japan,' second edition, pictorial card wraps, Missionary Film Committee, London, 1933; LADY HOSIE. 'Two Gentlemen of China,' fifth edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, Seeley Service & Co, London, 1929; 'Portrait of A Chinese Ladt,' reprint, original cloth, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1930; With twenty-seven other books on China including Han Suyen, George Kao Hans Kopp. (31)
Rev . MACGOWAN. 'Sidelights on Chinese Life,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, twelve illustrations in colour by Montague Smyth, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London, 1907; M. JONES. 'Life and Travel in Tartary, Thibet, and China: Being a Narrative of the Abbe Huc's Travels in the Far East,' original cloth, illustrations, T. Nelson & Sons, London, 1874; ALBERT von LE COQ. 'Buried Treasure of Chinese Turkestan,' translated by Anna Barwell, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1928; With four other books. (7)
JOSEPH NEEDHAM, WNAG LING and DEREK J. PRICE. 'Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China,' first edition, unclipped dj, Cambridge University Press, 1960; GUSTAVE ECKE. 'Chinese Domestic Furniture,' original cloth, illustrations throughout, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, 1963; 'Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing,' exhibition organised by The Oriental Ceramic Society and The British Museum, Oriental Gallery II, 1984; With sixteen books on Chinese arts and crafts including bronzes, the Tek Sing Treasures, Wares of the Mong Dynasty, Royal Academy exhibitions, Chinese Papercuts, and Cloisonne etc. (19)
H. A. CROSBY FORBES, JOHN DEVEREUX KERNAN and RUTH S. WILKINS. 'Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885,' first edition, lacking dj, original cloth, Museum of American China Trade, Massachusetts, 1975; MARGARET DUDA. 'Four Centuries of Silver: Personal Adornment in the Qing Dynasty and After,' card wraps, Time Editions, Singapore. (2)
W O Bentley and The DFP, by Bruce H Brown, 2003, signed limited edition No.232 of 500, together with Wheels within Wheels, by Geoffrey Williamson, published by G Bles 1966 first edition, Tuning for Speed, by P E Irving, 1969 fifth edition, Split Seconds by Raymond Mays, published by Foulis, March 1952 first reprinted edition, The Motor Vehicle, by K Newton & W Steeds, published by Iliffe & Sons Ltd, The Racing Car - Development and Design, by C Clutton, C Posthumus and D Jenkinson, published by Batsford Ltd, 1956 first edition, and Frederick Henry Royce, by G Geoffrey Smith, published by Longmans, Green & Co, 1948 revised edition
Clarice Cliff - Frank Brangwyn - A limited edition 'Brangwyn' wall charger, circa 1935, painted with a processional scene with figures in a howdah riding elephants with figures and animals in attendance to an exotic tropical setting, diameter 43cm, painted signature 'Frank Brangwyn' to reverse and the wording 'The Brangwyn panels designed for the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords 1925, first exhibited at Olympia 1933, painted by Clarice Cliff from one of the panels, A.Wilkinson Ltd, Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, No. 12'. NB - This lot and the following lot were made by Clarice Cliff in 1934-39 and depict life in Imperial India. The plaques are hand-enamelled with scenes from 'The British Empire Panels' designed by Frank Brangwyn. The Brangwyn panels were commissioned by Lord Iveagh for the House of Lords to commemorate deceased peers, though the designs were rejected by the House of Lords as too frivolously decorative. The panels are now on display at Swansea Civic Centre. Clarice Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn's panels for these limited edition wall plaques.
WW2 Multiple signed Dambusters First Reunion Dinner Menu 1946. Signed by 20 former 617 sqn crew members inc Geoffrey Rice DFC, Fergus Byrne Percy John Mote, A Southwood, Ben Gilford, Arthur Rushton DFC. Also has first edition Paul Brickhill book The Dambusters signed twice by Harry Gross. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
5 vol. in 6, errata strips in three vols. FIRST EDITION, black and white plates, maps and charts (some folding), full blue crushed morocco gilt by the Baynton (Riviere) Bindery, gilt panelled spines and facsimile signature to covers, a.e.g., 8vo, Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931Provenance: Deceased estate, South WalesCondition report: Comment: handsome set in generally excellent condition: all appear first editions with no mention of later impressions. Endpapers marbled. One or two spots on opening pages to a couple of volumes. No ownership marks. One volume has small repair to blue leather near spine.Two pages in two volumes have repaired tears.
A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lloyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approved Authors, by David Powel Doctor in divinitie, 1st edition, imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584, title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut illustrations to letterpress including portraits & shields, text mostly in black letter, 19th century marbled endpapers, late 18th century panelled half calf, small 4to.private collection CardiffAuctioneer's Note: The first printed history of Wales, it was probably first written in Latin rather than Welsh (the original is not known). This English version was assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by David Powell. Referring to pp. 227-228 "A special interest in this work for American collectors consists in its relation of the most ancient 'Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'" (Sabin)Condition report: Comments: staining throughout, spine defective, replaced endpapers, frontispiece dust soiled
(1) Enwogion Cymru: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, by Rev Robert Williams, London. 1834 8vo. Original cloth some wear, and repair but a sound copy (2) The Cambrian Plutarch Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent Welshman, by John H Parry, (3) Who's Who in Wales, by A. G. Reynolds, London Reynolds. 1933. The Second Edition . Original blue cloth. Frontispiece portrait and many other illustrations. A useful and uncommon reference book.(4) Eminent Welshman – A Short Biographical Dictionary of Welshmen, by T. R. Roberts, Cardiff and Merthyr. 1908. Vol.1. [all Published]. Large 4to. Original cloth. Profusely illustrated with portraits.(5) Deacon’s North and South Wales Court Guide and County Blue Book, LONDON C.W. Deacon. First Edition 1887. A thick 8vo. With two large coloured fold out maps with some repaired tears. Many very interesting advertisements at the front and rear and interspersed throughout the text. Part Biographical and part commercial directory. Scarce and very informative.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
Under The Auspices of the Honourable Society Of Cymmrodorion. H. Blackwell, Ltd, 1940. First Edition: Near mint copy of a large and invaluable reference work, Fine in dust wrapper. together with The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941-1970 by Brynley Roberts, London Cymmrodorion Society 2001. With a supplement to the previous Volume. As new in dust jacketThe Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
(1) The Mabinogion, translated by Charlotte Guest, London Fisher Unwin 1902. 3 volumes bound as one in publishes green cloth gilt. The first publication in Owen M. Edwards Welsh Library. Fine vignette illustrations throughout. A very good copy of a sweet edition.(2) The Mabinogion: A New Translation, by T. P. Ellis and John Lloyd, Oxford 1929. Two volumes. original green cloth binding. A very nice set of this respected edition – Presentation inscription from John Lloyd in year of publicationThe Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
(1) The Earls, Earldom and Castle of Pembroke, by G. T. Clark, Tenby R. Mason, 1880. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 132 pp. 6 fine engravings. Fine copy ion original cloth gilt. (2) Memoirs of the Ancient Family of Owen of Orielton, by J. Roland Phillips, London Chiswick Press. 1886. Good copy in original buckram binding . (3) South Pembrokeshire, by Mary Beatrice Mirehouse, Some of its History and Records. London David Nutt .1910. 4to . Black cloth gilt. A good copy of a scarce book.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
(1) Historic Newport, by James Matthews, Newport-on-Usk, 1910. Good in orig. black buckram. Number 116 of a subscription edition of 200. Teg. Gilt titling and shield on front board. Good copy. Scarce(2) Commerce & Customs: A History of the Ports of Newport and Caerleon, by J. W. Dawson, Directory Press Newport, 1932. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettered. pp. 168, including a list of subscribers. Bright v. good copy The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales:, First edition, 1987. 2 vols., 4to, with the 2001 supplement by Charles Parry. With black and white illustrations., map. Orig. cloth gilt in publisher’s slipcase. A fine set. Limited numbered edition of 500 copies. An indispensable work.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
London Sampson Low; 1881 First Edition. 8 interests. Very well illustrated. Original blue decorated covers, slight chipped edges and top of spine but a good copy of a rare book. The somewhat eccentric author was an American who was the United State Consulate in Cardiff wrote other books of history and Welsh folk-loreThe Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
Pwllheli: Issued to Subscribers only, 1906. First Edition, 4to. Fine copy in original blue cloth gilt. Fine photogravure portrait of John Williams – the first President of the National Library of Wales. The text is printed in a remarkable typeface that Evans had designed and cut to resemble the rubrication of the manuscript on the editor's own press – a remarkable piece of bookmaking. Limited edition of 600 numbered copies.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
(1) The Welshman's Candle, by Rhys Richard, translated by Rev William Evans, Carmarthen 1771. Original old calf refurbished. List of subscribers, Old Manuscript note on prelims. (Libri Walliae 4132). Rare Carmarthen printing. The first English Edition of 'Canwyll y Cymry', first published in Welsh in 1681, it became as important to the people of Wales as the translation of 'Taith y Pererin' (Pilgrim's Progress) by John Bunyan. A scarce edition but needs rebinding.(2) The Welshman's Candle Canwyll Y Cymry, by Rees Prichard, Caerfyrddin 1808 Good copy in later half calf.(3) Y Parch. Rhys: Y Seren Foreu neu Ganwyll y Cymru, by Rees Prichard, Llanymddyfri 1841. 8vo. Fine engraved frontispiece. Full calf, some leather missing from spine but very clean inside.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
Brecknock William And George North. 1805/ 1809. First Edition 2 Vols. Folio. A Very good set with the 3 parts bound in two. Profusely illustrated with fine engraved plates and folding maps and coloured of Heraldic CrestsThe Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian booksCondition report: Comments: bound in original half calf, rubbed but sound
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1880. First edition. With a frontispiece & engravings in the text by T. H. Thomas of Wales. Original pictorial cloth. A very rare book and this copy is from the library of ,and bears the signature of the celebrated architect William Burges, who was a leading exponent of the Gothic Revival and the of the Pre-Raphaelites, and his works and herald those of the Arts and Crafts movement. He designed The Marquis of Bute's and Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch and other Cardiff grand houses. A fine association in a very pertinent volume.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868. Two vols., first edition, 8vo., frontispiece and 4 other plates showing colour facsimiles of pages from the Ancient Books, 1 colour map. A very good set of this classic edition in the original green cloth gilt bindings.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
London. E. Williams. 1815. First Edition. 8Vo, 9 very fine colour aquatint plates and 1 black and white plate. Later cloth binding. This is a very clean fresh copy from Harlech Library. A wonderful and uncommon Welsh colour plate book.The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books
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