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Click here to subscribe: Irene Iddesleigh, a Novel, by Mrs. Amanda M'Kittrick Ros 1926. 8vo Hb. Qtr. binding, marbled boards, dec. eps. Nonesuch Press, Limited edition, 804/1250 CONDITION REPORT: Uncommon title. Bibliographic notes referring to the original 1897 edition and corrections made. Some wear to the ext. and slight loss to head of spine o/w vg. Text block clean and tight.
First and early edition miscellany : Betjeman J. : Ghastly Good Taste, 1933; Francis Newton (Hobsbawm) : The Jazz Scene, 1959; Lubbock P. : Mary Cholmondeley, 1928; Mosley O. : The Greater Britain, 1932; Graham S. : The Gentle Art of Tramping, 1929; Jolas E. : Transition Stories, 1929 ( Kafka contribution ); Levi P. : The Hill of Kronos, 1980; Mitchison N. : Memoirs of a Spacewoman, 1962. CONDITION REPORT: Condition variable but most vg. Djs where required. Inspection recommended.
John Clare - The Northamptonshire Peasant : The Village Minstrel and Other Poems, 1821. 12mo. Qtr binding, marbled boards. Two vols. in one. Half titles. Engraved portrait frontis in Vol. 1. ( Printed for Taylor and Hessey ). CONDITION REPORT: Binding worn, hinges cracked but boards still attached, lacking spine. Offsetting from frontis, slight sporadic foxing, o/w text block very clean and tight.
Christopher Isherwood Archive : Christopher and His Kind, 1977. 1st.Ed. 8vo Hb + Dj. Signed by author on tp. and by Alec Guiness, Laurie Lee & Valerie Hobson on the front paste-down. Foyles Luncheon Programme to celebrate the book's launch also signed by Guiness, Lee, Diana Cooper & Christina Foyle together with contemporary associated newspaper cuttings. CONDITION REPORT: Dj on book in a protective sleeve, spine a little faded. O/w all items vg.
Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, C.1915. Qto Hb. Tipped in colour plates; Wilde O. : The Happy Prince and Other Tales, 1910. Small Qto. Hb. Illus. by Crane and Hood. CONDITION REPORT: Dulac with damp stains on boards which are warped; text block and plates generally clean and bright. Wilde - boards marked, lacking spine. Text block clean and tight.
Railwayana : General Histories, Rolling Stock, Locomotives etc. : Leigh C. GWR Country Stations; Booker F. : Great Western Railway; Nock O. : LMS Steam & GWR Stars, Castles & Kings; Hey D. : Northern Steam Remembered; Blenkinsop R. : Big Four Cameraman; Bunce C. : Great British Railway Journeys; Haresnape B. : Stanier Locomotives & Fowler Locomotives; Garratt C. : Veterans in Steam; Tatlow P. : LNER Wagons; Holmes D. : Station Master's Reflections; Holden B. : Portraits of Western 4-6-0s & Portraits of Castles. Together with 70+ other related titles in a variety of formats, mainly Hb + Dj. CONDITION REPORT: Generally vg+
Marchant J. : An Exposition of the Books of the Old Testament and the New Testament, 1745. Vols. I & II. Large folio, full calf. Engraved portrait frontis ( Vol.II ) together with other engraved plates with elaborately decorative borders and detailed annotations together with folding maps. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Bindings in poor condition, boards det. Some soiling and tears etc to prelims but the main text blocks with some marginal foxing o/w generally clean and tight.
( Budworth J. ) : A Fortnight's Ramble to the Lakes in Westmoreland, Lancashire and Cumberland, 1795. 2nd. Ed. 8vo Hb. Original publisher's binding. Portrait frontis CONDITION REPORT: Binding a little rubbed and marked o/w vg. Frontis a little foxed with slight offsetting. A previous owner has inserted their own original mounted and reasonably accomplished water colour of Crummock Water between pages 176/177 - this has not affected either page's surface and could easily be removed without damage - o/w the text block is very clean and tight.
Fitzgerald E. ( Trans. ) : Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, nd. C.1920. 8vo. Hb Cloth with gilt decoation. Tipped in colour plates by Dulac with tissue guards. Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, nd. C.1915. Qto Hb. Tipped in colour plates CONDITION REPORT: Bindings with wear at ext and minor loss at head of spine of Dulac o/w sound. Contents clean and bright.
Dickens C. : Barnaby Rudge, nd. C.1874. Qto. Illustrated blue card covers - 'The Household Edition'. 46 Engraved illustrations by Barnard. Together with a single volume of The Old Curiosity Shop in the same format. CONDITION REPORT: Covers a little worn with some loss to the spines but generally quite good given fragility. Text block with some minor sporadic foxing o/w vg.
Folio Society Miniature Series : The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1992; Marvell A. The Garden, 1993; Sir Patrick Spens, 1994; The Raven 1995; Fifty Epigrams,1996;Fifty Love Poems,1997. All with silk bindings and gold card slip cases and featuring engraved illustrations. CONDITION REPORT: Silk bindings on some titles slightly faded on the spine o/w vg.
Craggs D. : A.B.C. of Ventriloquism - A complete guide to the Art of Voice-Throwing, Lip Control, Doll Manipulation and Ventriloquial Presentation, 1944. Folio stiff textured card binding. Portrait frontis and other vignette explanatory illustrations in the text. This copy has the following dedication on the title page : 'To Edgar with affectionate regards from Douglas'. Uncommon title. Edgar believed to be Edgar Bergin CONDITION REPORT: Some minor wear to the cover and some foxing on the tp o/w very clean and tight - generally well preserved.Edgar believed to be Edgar Bergin
Bailey N. ( Rev. by Harwood ) : An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, 1782. 8vo. Hb. Calf. Buchan W. : Domestic Medicine or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, 1788. Tenth Ed. 8vo. Hb. Calf. CONDITION REPORT: Bindings on both titles requiring repair and restoration. Domestic Medicine text block split. Both volumes o/w generally clean and tight however.
Russell C. : English Mezzotint Portraits and their states from the Invention of Mezzotinting until the early 19th. Century, 1926. Hardcover. 1st Ed. Vol. 1. Folio. . Qtr. binding, gilt, with buckram. Limited edition of 625 copies, of which this is number 328. 17 numbered pages followed by 64 plates with annotated tissue guards. The plates are all on substantial paper. Together with : Annual Gift-Book Drawing Room Portrait Gallery, 1859. Folio. Qtr. Binding, marbled boards & eps, gilt, aeg. Steel engravings by Pound with tissue guards. CONDITION REPORT: Russell, some wear to ext. of binding o/w vg. Slight occasional sporadic foxing o/w very clean and bright. Gift Book with some minor wear to binding o/w very sound and clean. Minor sporadic foxing.
Jacquin N.J. : Stapeliarum In Hortis Vindobonensibus Cultarum, Constantia Classics, Sandton., 1982. Facsimile limited edition of the original 1806 edition. Issued in the Botanic Classica Series. Folio. Unpaginated. Number 268 of 850 numbered copies. Foreword by R.A. Dyer. 64 colour plates. The descriptions are in Latin throughout. Full green buckram, leather title-label lettered in gilt, matching slip case. CONDITION REPORT: Short splits from the opening of the slip case o/w a nf copy.
Gravetye Manor, Or Twenty Years' Work Round An Old Manor House. Being an abstract from the Tree and Garden Book of Gravetye Manor Sussex kept by the owner Williams Robinson, well-known gardening author.John Murray, 1911. Hardback, 1911. 1st. Ed. Large Folio Hb., Beige & green buckram binding, gilt on spine. Etched frontis with titled tissue guard. Other plates and vignettes in photogravure style. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Some minor wear and bumping to ext. of binding o/w a vg copy of a scarce title
Oscar Moreton C. : The Auricula - Its History and Character, 1964. 1st Edition. A limited edition of 500. Folio Hb. + Dj. in tissue guarded wrapper. Text and 17 full page colour plates by Rory McEwen of the varieties of Auricula. CONDITION REPORT: Very slight wear to ext. of dj o/w a vg+ copy of a relatively scarcely available title. This copy is un-numbered.x
Mitton, Thomas, Jerrold & Nicklin : Our Beautiful Homeland, Nd. C. 1910. Qto. Hb. Cream buckram decorated binding. Colour plates by Haslehurst. Six volumes featuring various areas including : York, The Lakes, Canterbury, Isle of Wight, Oxford, Norwich, Shakespeare -Land, Dartmoor, Bath, Thames, Dickens-Land. CONDITION REPORT: Some minor foxing on the fore-edges o/w an unusually well preserved, complete and clean set of a relatively common series.
Kippis A. : A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain James Cook, 1893. 8vo Illustrated red cloth binding, bevelled edges, aeg. Twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyages in the format of mounted albumen photo prints. CONDITION REPORT: Minor wear and marks to binding with a gilt school emblem on rear boards o/w vg. Prize label on pastedown. Text block clean and bright.
Railway & Hornbyana : Mais S. : The Cornish Riveria, (GWR), 1929 & 1934; Glorious Devon, 1934; Cathedrals, (GWR), 1926; Foster M. : Horny Dublo Trains, 1987; McReavy A. : The Toy Story - Life and Times of Inventor Frank Hornby, 2002. CONDITION REPORT: Mais with wear o/w generally vg. Inspection recommended.
Baumer L. : Did You Ever?, 1903. Qto Landscape Hb. Glazed illustrated boards. Colour plates alternating with rhyming text. Scarce. Ainslie K. : At Great Aunt Martha's, C. 1905. 8vo Landscape, glazed illustrated boards. Chromolithograph plates & text. Uncommon. CONDITION REPORT: Some wear to ext. of bindings but sound. Baumer fep creased o/w clean and bright..
Edwards L. : Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 1933. Qto. Hb. Colour plates; Thornton T. A Sporting Tour Through Northern Parts of England and Highlands of Scotland, 1896. Faux vellum, marbled boards, qtr binding, teg; Beckford P. : Thoughts Upon Hare and Fox Hunting, 1796. 8vo. Qtr. binding, gilt. CONDITION REPORT: Beckford title has a quality binding but appears to be a 'composite' volume with a facsimile tp and some original plates cut & mounted. O/w vg.
Engraved Book Plates Archive and Reference Volumes. Lots 718 - . A substantial collection of mounted engraved Book Plates housed in a buckram lined drop box together with a manuscript annotated index volume. CONDITION REPORT: Carefully mounted on card with manuscript annotations referring to the family name. Some sporadic foxing o/w vg. Some damage to the drop box but repairable.
Viner G. : A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates Designed and Etched by George W. Eve, R.E. American Bookplate Society, 1916. Limited edition of 250 copies. Portrait frontis & plate. In addition, some original engraved plates by Mary Lawson mounted on the paste down and fep - 1st. & 2nd. State with manuscript annotations relating to their production. Very scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Faux vellum binding discoloured with minor damage and loss to the spine o/w basically sound.
Edwin Davis French - A Memorial. Small qto. Hb. Publisher's binding of cloth spine and paper covered boards, paper label. Limited edition, no. 42 of 475 copies printed on Italian hand-made paper. Portrait frontis & other plates. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Binding with marks & some wear to ext. o/w sound. Text block very clean and tight.
Vinycomb J. : Lambert ( of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne ) As An Engraver of Book-Plates, 1896. Limited edition, no. 80 of 150, Signed with initials by author. Small 8vo Hb. Elaborately decorated in gilt & maroon cream buckram, teg with silk ties to the fore edge. Engraved frontis and other plates and vignettes. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Buckram binding a little marked and browned in places, silk ties frayed with loss, o/w sound. Text block clean and tight.
Book-plates selected from the works of Edmund H. Garrett & a Notice of Them by William Howe Downes, Trouts-dale Press Boston, 1904. First edition. Unpaginated; frontispiece portrait. Text and 10 examples of Garrett's works; numbered list of 57 of Garrett's book-plates from 1893 to 1904 (these are mainly etchings but also include photogravures and photo-lithographs). Uncut; top edge gilt. Original boards/paper label. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Slight wear to binding o/w vg.
The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur by A. Pollard. Arthur Rackham colour plates with titled tissue guards. Royal 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt. CONDITION REPORT: Binding with minor wear to ext. o/w sound. Text block clean and tight.
'Cam' ( Barbara Campbell ) : The Three Jolly Fishermen, nd. (1952). Small qto. Hb. Colour illustrated glazed boards. Text & colour illustrations. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: Some slight wear to ext. of the boards. Slight bowing of the boards. O/w a vg good clean copy of a scarce title by this author.
Heslop I.,Hyde G. & Stockley R. : Notes & Views of the Purple Emporer, 1964. Qto. Hb + Dj. Scarce lepidoptera monograph. CONDITION REPORT: Dj. is has a stain on the front top r/h corner and is a little chipped o/w complete. The stain has also marginally affected the binding underneath and the very top edge of the fep & paste-down. O/w this is a clean and bright copy of a scarce title.
Adolf Hitler - Bilder Aus Dem Leben De Fuhrers, 1936. Original Qto.Hb+Dj ( scarce) cigarette card album featuring colour portrait frontis and monochrome photograps. Together with : Hitler A. : Mein Kampf, 1943. Original German edition. CONDITION REPORT: Dj on album with marginal chips & closed tears on scarce Dj o/w vg.
Data Book Of Wheeled Vehicles, 3rd. Edition. Published by The Ministry of Supply for the Armed Forces. Nd. C. 1940s. Small 'fat' 12 mo booklet with card covers with cord tie binding to facilitate constant updating of contents. Contents feature a wide range of vehicles including Trucks, Lorries,Transporters, Amphibious Vehicles, Armoured reconaisance, Motor Cycles etc. Some with illustrations and fold-out plans. Many sections marked 'Secret'. Scarce. Together with one other similar booklet (lacking covers & title page ) featuring similar vehicles together with tanks. CONDITION REPORT: Covers very worn and spine split o/w contents vg.
Jaillot A. & Bellin J. Nautical Cartography An engraved chart of the Thames Estuary and the North Sea coast from Sandwich in Kent to Clay in Norfolk. A detailed inset panel also charts the River Thames as far as London. Nd. C. 1730? The map was first published in the 17th.C. but there have been later editions. CONDITION REPORT: Some closed tears on the outer margins repaired on the verso o/w vg.
LEWIS WRIGHT - 'THE NEW BOOK OF POULTRY', Cassell and Company 1902, all coloured plates present, together with Rev. F. O. Morris 'History of British Birds', Vol. VI only 1870 (2)Condition Report:Wrights' - Spine and front board detached, stained and worn, all coloured plates present but one detachedMorris - Leather scratched and worn, spine weak, some pages sellotaped down spine edge
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