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18th century paper insurance policy for a property on Chapel St, Tottenham, in London issued by the Sun Fire Office on March 20 1772 providing a detailed snapshot of Georgian era property and commerce. Policy number 308766. Insured party Thomas Downing, a cabinetmaker living in a brick dwelling house which is insured alongside household goods, wear… Read more…

Second Edition complete with the desirable map of Oxford and plates. Contemporary half binding of brown calf over marbled boards in near good condition suffering loss to lower third of spine panel. Cracking over gutters; upper and lower boards very tender; otherwise a square and sound copy. Endpapers reveal an inscription dated 1850 which reads, ‘D… Read more…

A new edition of 1985. Good, bound in tan cloth, binding loose, a well-read copy with numerous marks and underlining. Ownership inscriptions of Harold Wilson's mother 'Ethel Seddon, 34 City Road, Openshaw', and childish inscription of his son Robin Wilson. Laid in manuscript note in Harold Wilson's hand concerning Economic Theory. This book comes f… Read more…

First edition, a near fine copy inscribed by the author on the title page with a nickname: 'For Bryan and Maud. With the Author's Love and Best Wishes always, June 25.52. Goodfern Mac" ' and signed on the title page: 'C K Jaeger'. A very nice copy, near fine, a little foxing to top edge of text block in a very good jacket, light staining to lower p… Read more…

Good first edition of Lindsey's novel, buff cloth, inscribed on the title page: John Lindsey With all good wishes - 1936' Browning to edges of cloth; internally very clean. This book is taken from the collection of a Leeds bibliophile who specialised in twentieth century firsts with a particular emphasis on post-war crime fiction. Read more…

First edition, a near fine book, no ownership inscriptions in a very good jacket with a strikingly designed front panel by Lewis Morley - price-clipped, browning to rear panel of jacket. A nice copy. Read more…

First edition; blue cloth, inscribed on the first blank to Tom Hutchinson: 'Tom, Yours Allan..76' Accompanied by a typed, signed letter to Hutchinson about the radio adaptation of the novel with Wilfred Pickles and referring to the picture of Prior on the back of the jacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. A very nice copy with an excellent associat… Read more…

London first edition thus with text in Italian. Printed in two volumes. Distinguished by the inclusion of a historical account (narrazione) of Petrarch’s poetic coronation on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, written by his close friend and fellow poet Sennuccio del Bene. In overall good plus condition, both volumes bound in soft brown calf with 6 panel… Read more…

A scarce example in good plus condition of this c1910 illustrated edition in original dust jacket. Publisher’s illustrated boards very good; colours and decoration remain bright; spine top and tail just a touch bumped; spine cracking over front gutters but remains a sound and square copy. Text block age toned as expected; very light foxing to a few… Read more…

Scarce First Edition 12 mo in good plus condition bound in later 19th c sheep, a little knocked to corners, nicked to spine edges and suffering partial loss to title panel on spine. A sound and square copy just cracking over rear gutters. Frontispiece pasted onto later flyleaf; age toned throughout. 181 pp. plus 1 p. advertisement; pp.7 & 8 missing… Read more…

In good plus condition in contemporary brown calf which has been laid over a later tan binding with a handsome 6 panelled spine. A little scuffed to upper and lower but a very sound and square copy. A contemporary inscription to front free reads ‘Richd Crompton Jan 28th 1830’. Age toned as expected throughout with very light scattered foxing; a few… Read more…

A hand written letter from John Aitken Carlyle M.D., written in May 1865 and addressed to the notable Victorian photographer John Watkins of Parliament St. London. He requests for a second time, a dozen copies of ‘your photographs of my brother Thomas Carlyle’. There is some urgency as he plans to leave his address, 62 Hanover St, Edinburgh in only… Read more…

A very sturdy edition with 12 superb b/w original plates. 798 pp. collated and complete. In good plus condition bound in contemporary calf boards scratched and scuffed in parts as expected to upper and lower; corners a little bumped. Handsome 6 panelled spine in a lighter calf titled in gilt over black ground. Most probably rebound in 20th century… Read more…

First Edition. Publisher’s red illustrated cloth boards in good condition; sunned to spine; spine slant evident otherwise bright and unmarked. Endpapers clean; frontispiece b/w photograph of Mark Twain protected by original tissue guard in very good condition; six illustrations by Louis Loeb in very good condition. From the collection of a retired… Read more…

An uncommon edition of this ‘New and Cheaper Edition’. Publisher’s illustrated cloth boards in near very good condition; just a little scuffed to upper and lower; colours remain bright; gilt title and additional illustration to spine panel very good. Decorative endpapers very fresh; preliminaries just a little age spotted; colour frontispiece very… Read more…

In a good half binding of dark roan over marbled boards; corners a little bumped; lightly shelf worn to edges; scuffed in part to upper and lower; a sound and square copy. Marbled endpapers very good. Title page foxed and toned; a contemporary signature to half title verso is dated 1st July 1839; text block age toned as expected; unmarked otherwise… Read more…

Two volumes. New and Revised Editions with biographical preface by the Rev Charles Kingsley. In good plus condition in interesting publisher’s tactile ribbed cloth bindings featuring a blue honeycomb grain pattern and blind stamped to edges; a little faded; lightly shelf worn to edges and corners; titled in gilt to spines; sound and square copies.… Read more…

A soft backed pamphlet of poems in pristine condition which contains correspondence in the form of 4 hand written postcards and a note card written circa 2017 -18, the prose reflecting the author’s academic interests alongside her experiences in Sicilly, Pollenca and Toulouse. 32 pp. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic. Th… Read more…

New Edition in very good condition, attractively bound in soft brown calf featuring a double gilt filet to the upper and lower borders and a decoratively embossed 6 panel spine with gilt title over red ground. Marbled endpapers fresh; front pastedown has a small white label pasted to top left; preliminaries a little age spotted; lovely title page v… Read more…

Fifth edition with the spine relaid, in good plus condition. Boards decoratively embossed to upper and lower; title faded but still visible to spine panel. Endpapers a little age toned and spotted as expected; small vignette to original half title page; illustrated throughout with an introduction by Benjamin Silliman; 428 pp.; missing frontispiece.… Read more…

Six imprints bound as one in half calf over marbled boards; bumped and scuffed to corners and boards; six panelled spine good; a sound and square copy. Endpapers and flyleaves age toned and water marked; a handwritten 1961 ownership inscription to top of front free endpaper; text block unmarked; tender over gutters front and rear. 1. Demon of the D… Read more…

First Illustrated Edition in good condition. Publisher’s attractive green decorative boards age toned to edges; bumped to corners; spine browned; slight spine lean evident but otherwise a very sound copy with just a little spine lean. Publisher's advertisements to front and rear endpapers unmarked. Ownership inscription dated 1852 to top of half ti… Read more…

A beautifully designed first issue, part of The Golden Poets series. Publisher’s cloth boards in good plus condition feature a gilt wrap around design; just a little bumped to spine top, tail and corners; endpapers clean; frontispiece and vignette title by A.S. Hartrick in very good condition protected by original tissue guard; 8 further colour ill… Read more…

A scarce copy in good plus condition. Cloth boards a little age toned; endpapers clean with the bookplate of Clifford Stephenson, a long serving politician and prominent local figure from Huddersfield to the front pastedown dated June 1970; just a hint of age spotting to preliminaries; rough cut unmarked leaves; 12 b/w illustrations and biographies… Read more…

First Edition in jacket in very good overall condition. Cloth boards, endpapers and text block pristine. Jacket good; shelf worn and a little nicked to top edges; clipped; a little scratched to upper panel. 256 pp. Laid in is a signed letter from Tom Maschler, publisher and managing director of Jonathan Cape and the architect of the Booker prize fo… Read more…