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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…

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…

Sixth edition in good condition. A sturdy volume in a handsome green cloth binding tooled to edges and with decorative gilt embossed fossils to upper. A little bumped to corners; lightly scuffed; scattered small ink marks to spine and lower board. Dark plum endpapers clean. Previous ownership inscription to front free recto reads ‘H.A. Todd. March… Read more…

British Second Edition in a unique home-made dustjacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated in a gothic influenced hand drawn over a brown and red backgroun… Read more…

A Cedar Book No 63 in a unique home-made dust-jacket from the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition. Soft boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket, annotated with chess pieces and titled over a black background by previous owner. Ag… Read more…

Faber paper covered edition in a home-made, elegantly designed jacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition. Paper boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket adeptly annotated and illustrated over a bro… Read more…

First Edition in a unique home-made jacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated and illustrated in a gothic influenced hand, drawn over… Read more…

A volume in the 'Chess for Modern Times' series with a splendid home-made dustjacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition; leaves lightly age toned throughout; clean and unmarked. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket… Read more…

From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes and with his beautifully designed, bespoke jacket. An ex Southwark Public Libraries copy. In good condition; leaves and text block edges lightly age toned; tape repair over gutter on pp.52-53; library stamps to preliminaries and… Read more…

Fourth Edition in a unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated in a gothic influenced hand drawn over a brown and red background by previous owner. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition; an occasional dot of foxing to th… Read more…

From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes in his bespoke dustjacket. In very good, crisp and clean condition; an occasional dot of foxing over front gutter and to rear endpapers. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated and… Read more…

Second printing of the two works as one book containing 6 maps which are in excellent condition. The volume itself is undeniably a little musty with signs of water damage to the bright blue cloth boards; preliminaries lightly age spotted; text block square and sound. Original dust jacket is very age toned to spine and edges; chipped with clean tear… Read more…

In very good condition. A pamphlet produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers containing Paper No 3651 ‘The Simplon Tunnel’ by Francis Fox M. Inst. C.E.A followed by a discussion on Mr Francis Fox’s Paper and a section of ‘Correspondence’. An extensive fold out plate measuring 70 cm x 22 cm containing 17 individual figures is bound in to the re… Read more…

Two pamphlets plus additional fold out printouts and illustrations including the previous owner’s annotations and diagrams. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. Both pamphlets are in good condition, amateurishly bound together as one within the Mark Leveridge card… Read more…