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Sampson the cat and the Church Mice pursued - as depicted by Graham Oakley in this witty, quintessentially English story. The original artwork was executed for the illustration found in the published volume that accompanies it; the pen and water colour image is evocative of the 1970s with its chaotic high energy and visual humour as chaos descends… Read more…

The New Edition in good plus condition in a later and unusual quarter leather binding over cream cloth with handsome raised bands to the spine panel; the original green leather fading and shifting towards brown at the spine. A very sound and square copy. Front free reveals a 1932 ownership inscription, ‘H.H. Foxon’ and some written, most probably a… Read more…

First Edition in near very good condition in later half calf over cloth covered boards with a handsome 6 panelled spine titled in gilt over red ground. Corners rubbed; marbled endpapers very fresh; text block age toned as expected; a square and very sound volume. Several interesting previous ownership inscriptions in contemporary hands reveal thems… Read more…

Parts 1, 2 and 3 bound as one in a good sturdy half binding of calf over cloth boards embossed and titled in gilt over red ground to handsome 6 panelled spine with the second volume of The Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea. Vol I Corners bumped; remnants of a home repair along spine hinge on upper board. Cracking over gutters front and rear; endpapers cle… Read more…

Second edition entirely rewritten. Volume 1. Complete set of 5 plates. Publisher’s red cloth binding in fair plus condition, decoratively embossed to upper board and spine in gilt tooling. Spine panel cracking along hinge to lower board; text block a little shaken; just cracking over endpapers front and rear. Text block otherwise sound. Front free… Read more…

An uncommon pocket sized edition printed and bound by Nicholson & Sons Wakefield. Eye catching red roan boards decorated and titled in black with gilt to spine in very good condition; a little shelf worn to corners and spine ends. Binding entirely sound; a little spine slant evident. Endpapers clean front and rear. Inscription to front free reads ‘… Read more…

1911 edition in very good publisher’s blue cloth illustrated beautifully in green, red and black to upper and spine. Colours remain vibrant and boards show just minor shelf wear. A crest in gilt to the lower board is that of the Harvey Grammar School in Kent indicating once a probable school prize. Square and sound. Dark blue endpapers reveal an al… Read more…

The first volume of the first edition of Shakespeare’s works to appear after the four Folio Editions of the seventeenth century and the very first illustrated edition (lacking 5 of 9 original plates) which has been described by a recent scholar as an 'inaugurating moment'. The publisher Jacob Tonson and the book’s editor Nicholas Rowe achieve their… Read more…

Second edition, tenth thousand: memoirs of an Edinburgh book dealer. Bound including original illustrated wrappers within a later addition, very good, blue rexine boards and pale blue endpapers. A good plus volume, the binding square and firm with age toning to front wrapper and browning to text block edges. Portions of text underlined. 119 pp. col… Read more…

Contemporary half calf over marbled boards containing 5 bound in pamphlets and texts. Front board attached but fragile over gutters. Lower board present but no longer attached. Spine panel good, titled ‘Pamphlets’ over red ground. Text block binding square and sound. Endpapers clean. Contents in good condition with expected age toning throughout. B… Read more…

Illustrated manuscript booklet with original photographs of the modernist sculptures shown at the pioneering outdoor sculpture park assembled by Sir William ‘Tony’ Keswick. Begun in the 1950s, Henry Moore directly credited the park for informing his own lifelong preference for placing his works in the natural outdoor environment. ‘A F Gray’ has ass… Read more…

A bound collection of circulars - 81 documents dated 1948/49 - which comprise the new guidance and policies which drove the transition towards and practical implementation NHS, setting out how the UK managed one of the most radical social reforms in its history. The collection appears to have been compiled by Brockhall Hospital in Langho, Blackburn… Read more…

A collection of English Rebellion narratives owned by one of George Washington’s fellow commanders in the French and Indian War, the Scots army officer and politician Archibald Montgomerie, who raised the 77th Foot Regiment of Highlanders and led them alongside Washington’s Virginia Regiment in the capture of Fort Duquesne in 1758. Going back anoth… Read more…

Inscribed by Janet and William Beveridge, a first edition hardback. Large octavo. viii, 193 pp. An ex libris bookplate in the name of ‘W H Beveridge’ is attached to front pastedown. Front free endpaper contains a pasted photograph of Janet and William Beveridge and a gift inscription in their hand ‘To Will Davis’ dated July 6, 1953. William Beverid… Read more…

A beautifully preserved set of rules and regulations and a golf score card from the Jharia Club Golf Club in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. The club, located in the coal mining heartland of India became a hub for British and European mining interests which began in the late 1890s and the golf course itself was developed in 1915 becoming a central part… Read more…

The first published description of Archaeopteryx, one of the most significant fossils ever discovered. This is Richard Owen's classic Philosophical Transactions paper, illustrated with an exceptional lithographic folding plate showing a life-sized image of the type specimen. The first glimpse of Archaeopteryx occurred in 1861, when a single feather… Read more…

Four collections of printed songs owned by the Glasgow bibliophile David Murray (1842-1928) much of whose collection went to Glasgow University. A handsome early 20th c binding in very good condition in half brown calf over marbled boards, titled in gilt over black ground to an attractively tooled spine; ‘Glasgow 1865’ in gilt to spine tail. The ex… Read more…

First edition folio, small folio in good condition bound in later red cloth, titled in gilt over black to spine. Later endpapers clean. Original front flyleaf records historical ownership information, ‘M Sanderson [Arundel Place] Whitby 1859’ and a pencil note reading ‘Sold by auction June 13th 1895’. Engraved frontispiece depicting a view very age… Read more…

Third edition with complete maps and illustrations. With provenance to Charles Whitmell of Harrogate, a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge who placed 1st in the 1st Class of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1872. A good copy rebound in a later addition dark green embossed cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Upper and lower boards a little scuffed; sq… Read more…

In good condition,8vo hardcover bound in publisher’s bright blue boards titled in gilt to upper. Spine sunned; age toned and a little scuffed overall. Text block unmarked throughout; age toned with a couple of small stains. ‘King’s Inns Library Dublin’ stamp to front title page recto and final leaf. Original Errata notice tipped into preliminaries.… Read more…

In good condition in a contemporary binding of half calf over marbled boards. Sturdy 6 panelled spine titled in gilt over red ground and numbered Volume 6; scuffing to lower and upper boards. Endpapers clean. A shelf label to front pastedown and a stamp to free endpaper reveal previous ownership by the Library Museum of Practical Geology. Contains… Read more…

First edition sturdy quarto in good half black calf over cloth boards. Titled and tooled in gilt over red to six panelled spine; a little shelf worn to edges and scuffed along spine hinges. Marbled text block edges. Very square and sound. Attractive Turkish marble endpapers very good. Text block unmarked; age toned as expected. Lacking geological m… Read more…

First edition small quarto handbook in good condition containing 2 original fold out coloured maps and 58 illustrations. Attractive publisher’s green cloth boards embossed and titled in gilt to upper and spine. Only very slightly knocked to corners, spine sunned and a little frayed to spine top and tail. Previous ownership inscription to front past… Read more…

First edition in very good, attractive publisher’s cloth binding. very lightly bumped to corners and spine top and tail. Endpapers clean. Age toned as expected and lightly foxed to preliminaries. Frontispiece photograph by J. Milman Brown of Gore Cliff in lovely condition, protected by tissue guard. Contains 4 plates of illustrations of fossils by… Read more…

First Edition, volume 1 only of this Regency kiss and tell! In good plus condition. A memoir written by Harriette Wilson, a celebrated and notorious English courtesan of the Regency era, best known for her witty, scandalous and commercially successful memoirs. Brown cloth boards faded and scuffed remain square and sound. Endpapers and preliminaries… Read more…