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Large Format Ordnance Survey Maps of Bradford and District Volume 4 - With an Index of Public Houses and Off Licences

Messers J. Hey & Co. Ltd - Ordnance Survey
1922
Very large, elephant folio (72x54cm) bound volume of maps of the Bradford district. Half red roan over green cloth containing a selection of Ordnance Survey maps of the Bradford district: Volume 4. Maps are numbered and presented in the order: 8, 7, 1, 4, 3, 15, 14, 13, 16, 15, 14. Most probably produced for the brewing or inn trade, the front past… Read more…
#10130

£200.00

Willa Cather A Life Saved Up

Hermione Lee
1989
A complex association copy linking the author with a distinguished Professor at Leeds University. Paperbacked first edition in very good condition inscribed to title page ‘To Alistair with love from Hermione, September 1989’. Laid in is a handwritten note headed ‘Hardistys Farm’ written to ‘Dear Alistair, Almost 100 years ago you very kindly asked… Read more…
#9928

£100.00

JOHN HEYWOOD’S COPY BOOKS No.12 1/2 - HANDWRITTEN INVOICES AND BILLS FOR THE YEAR 1876

John Heywood
1876
A lined ‘ John Heywood’ copybook containing 12 pages of printed invoices, letters, promissory notes, tradesman’s bills, inland bills and receipts to be copied by the student. The specimen transactions span a large geographical area and take place between a wide variety of clients. James Leech of Leeds requests and pays for goods from Jones and Reid… Read more…
#9406

£85.00

Is Love a Crime?

Mrs. Jagger [Mary Anne Jagger]
1886
First Edition of this Victorian novel written and inscribed by Yorkshire writer Mary Anne Jagger. In fair plus condition showing signs of use. Red roan boards age marked, faded and worn to fore edge and corners. Spine panel darkened; gilt titling still visible; bumped to top and tail. Pictorial endpapers worn and a little nicked to edges. An inscri… Read more…
#9926

£75.00

Thornton and the Brontes

William Scruton
1898
First Edition in good condition. Illustrated and with a preface by W.E.B. Priestley. Blue cloth boards titled in gilt featuring a central vignette of the Bronte Parsonage; spine sunned and bumped to top and tail; bevel edges a little shelf worn. Text block sound, square and unmarked throughout. 146pp. Printed by G.F. Sewell, Bradford. Overall a goo… Read more…
#10137

£85.00

City of Bradford. Constabulary Code. Published by Order of the Watch Committee - WITH NUMEROUS INSERTS

Roderick Ross, Chief Constable
1899
Printed for the use of Bradford City Police, and apparently not held in any institutional collection, the constabulary’s working copy of printed guidance and instruction for the Officers and Constables of the city of Bradford, with an additional c25 laid in or tipped in bye-laws, rules and amendment acts. Cloth covers show wear; bumped to corners;… Read more…
#10138

£450.00

British Medical Association. 92nd Annual Meeting, Bradford, July, 1924. The Book of Bradford

Dr. Hambley Rowe
Bradford
In good condition, an uncommon signed copy of this commemorative historical and local topography book published specifically for the 92nd Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association which took place in Bradford in July 1924. Green cloth covers worn to top edges and spine; titled in gilt to upper and spine panel; a little spine slant evident.… Read more…
#10135

£85.00

Charles Lamb and the Lloyds ‘WITH CORRECTIONS FOR SECOND EDITION’

Edward Verrall Lucas
1898
The author’s copy of the first edition which he has annotated liberally ‘With corrections for Second Edition’ as he puts it on the title page. This second edition never came, lending particularly interest to the emendations made by this recognised expert on the essayist and friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth, Charles Lamb. The annotations can be da… Read more…
#10127

£450.00

Discourses in America - PRESENTED TO LADY DOROTHY NEVILL

Matthew Arnold [Lady Dorothy Nevill]
1885
A delightfully American-slanted presentation copy of Arnold’s New York and Boston lectures which the writer inscribed to his London friend Lady Dorothy Nevill after he was unable to attend her Fourth of July party in 1885. Arnold has inscribed the book on the half title: ‘To Lady Dorothy Nevill with unaffected regard from Matthew Arnold - July 10th… Read more…
#10128

£1250.00

Rebecca - FIRST DRAFT OPERA LIBRETTO

[Daphne Du Maurier] Edward Marsh
1983
Edward Marsh’s first draft manuscript libretto for Wilfred Joseph’s operatic version of Du Maurier’s Rebecca. Adapted as a film by Hitchcock, Du Maurier's classic of romantic fiction boasts one of the great first lines in English literature: 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again' and tells the twisted tale of Maxim de Winter, his first wif… Read more…
#10136

£450.00

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens with Drawings by Arthur Rackham

J M Barrie
c1928
Publisher’s red cloth boards in good plus condition, blind stamped to edges with a gilt motif to front and titled in gilt to lightly sunned spine. Printed maps decorate front and rear endpapers in very good condition; unmarked. Text block square and sound. Contains 12 leaves of beautifully coloured plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham, each in very… Read more…
#9857

£75.00

BARNES WALLIS PRESENTATION COPY The Royal Society Its Origins and Founders

Sir Harold Hartley (editor) E S de Beer, John Summerson [Barnes Wallis]
1965
First edition presented by the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb to his philosopher son in law, Harry Stopes-Roe, son of Marie Stopes. Near fine book in magenta cloth, inscribed by Barnes Wallis at the head of the first flyleaf and evidently read with some care by Stopes-Roe who has made half a page of pencilled notes on the verso of the final flyleaf.… Read more…
#8400

£310.00

EDWARD BAWDEN’S COPY George Cruikshank: His Life and Work as a Book Illustrator

Ruari McLean
1948
A study of one of the leading 19th century British book illustrators - owned by one of the 20th century’s leading British book illustrators. A near fine copy in brown cloth: inscribed ‘Edward Bawden’ on the first flyleaf with the printed ticket of his local Essex bookseller opposite, ‘John Briggs, Bookseller and Stationer, 118 High Street, Braintre… Read more…
#8470

£180.00

The British Archer; or Tracts on Archery

Thomas Hastings
1831
A very scarce work attractively illustrated by the author and found here rather crudely rebacked. Original green cloth covered boards with worn rounded corners; new endpapers. Ownership signatures of ‘B P Gryom’(?) and ‘Mary Pearce 1854’ to title page. Library numbers on first leaf of Preface (Free Library Newark, N.J. 1833’ in blindstamp x4 later)… Read more…
#8616

£225.00

Leeds University Poetry 1949 & Leeds University Poetry 1954

Robin Skelton, editor; Bonamy Dobree; Wilfred Childe, Mollie Herbert, W. A. Hodges, Derrick Metcalfe’ Kenneth Muir, Marian Owen, Gerald Robinson, Robin Skelton; Robinetta Armfelt, George Campbell, Dorian Cooke, Gordon Heard, J Heath Stubbs, John D Hill. W.A. Hodges, Bernard Jones, David C Marno, Ralph N Maud, Roderic Owen, Gerald Robinson, Robin Skelton, Alan Tompkins, Keith Waddams.
1949; 1954
Two soft backed volumes of original poetry written and published by University of Leeds writers. Both in very good condition; wrappers a little dulled; University of Leeds library labels to front endpapers; clean and crisp throughout. From the collection of a retired Leeds academic. Leeds University Poetry 1946. 24 pp. Contains the poems of Wilfred… Read more…
#10062

£65.00

Cairo Caprice

Lewis Helland
1939
In good condition, a scarce first edition. Mustard cloth boards remain bright; age toned to edges and spine tail. Slight spine slant. Lovely prize label to front free reveals the volume to be a ‘correct solution crossword prize’ dated 1939. Text block sound, speckled to edges. Original jacket suffers a few cm of loss to top and tail; tape repair to… Read more…
#10094

£100.00

Where's Mr. Chumley

Seldon Truss
1949
First Edition in near very good condition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth boards a little bumped to corners and spine top and tail. Endpapers and text block clean and crisp; text block edges a little spotted. Original jacket near very good; 1 cm loss to tail and a little frayed to top; nicked to edges and folds. 252 pp. A lovely copy in its striking or… Read more…
#10095

£220.00

L'Examen Important de Milord Bolingbroke. Accompagnee des Notes de Mr M..... Editeur de fes Ouvrages

Henry St John Bolingbroke; Jean Jacques Rousseau; Voltaire
1771
Neuvieme - ninth edition - of this famous polemical work by Voltaire., with a signature purporting to be Voltaire’s on the title page. A good plus copy in contemporary calf boards with gilt filet to edges, titled to spine, slightly knocked to corners. Binding square and firm. Marbled endpapers clean, just cracking over gutters. Annotation in French… Read more…
#9742

£250.00

Clash of Cymbals

James Blish
1959
First Edition in original jacket. In very good plus condition. Red cloth boards very fresh, just a touch shelf worn to spine top and tail; corners sharp; titled in gilt to spine; sound and square. Endpapers and text block fresh and unmarked throughout. 197 pp. Original clipped jacket very good plus, just a fraction age toned along inner top edge; d… Read more…
#10050

£85.00

Playtime Poetry for Playful Little People

Margeruite Howes
c.1925
In near very good condition. A rare, small press children’s poetry book in original jacket which features an early monochrome photograph of two children at play. Peach hard backed boards very good with loss to top 1.5 cm of spine. Text block very square and sound; age toned; b/w photograph to flyleaves in very good condition. 24pp. Original jacket… Read more…
#10088

£80.00

Nursery Rhyme Plays. The ‘A.L.’ Series

Bessie H. Clift and W.H. Clift
c1910
Scarce fourth edition in very good condition. Illustrated boards unmarked, square and sound, Endpapers and preliminaries unmarked; a little age toned and very minimally spotted as expected. Musical scores throughout. Printed in Leeds. 58pp plus advertisements to rear. A charming copy from the estate of an employee of the publisher, E.J. Arnold. Read more…
#10089

£85.00

Mrs Dalloway - MASSIVELY ANNOTATED

Virginia Woolf
1953
A volume simply teeming with the pencilled annotations and inserts of a Professor of English literature. The soft backed volume in very good condition contains c25 laid in, jotted on page markers and perhaps c1000+ handwritten pencilled notes and annotations throughout the endpapers, text and margins. Much more than just a casual reader’s notes, th… Read more…
#10091

£175.00

Swift and Bold. The Story of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps in the Second World War 1939 -1945

Major General Sir Hereward Wake; Major W.F. Deedes
1949
First Edition in very uncommon unclipped dust jacket in overall near very good condition. Blue cloth boards very good, embossed in red to upper with insignia of The King’s Royal Rifle Guards. A square and sound copy, corners just a little bumped and lower board very lightly scuffed. Endpapers and text block clean and crisp. Illustrated frontispiece… Read more…
#10055

£100.00

Happy Go Lucky; Tinker Tailor; Rainbow Gold; Humpy & Grumpy

[May Byron (Mary Clarissa Gillington Byron)]
c1920
A lovely collection of four pocket sized, hardcover children’s books in good condition. Published between Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, an alliance famous for manufacturing beautifully illustrated books for younger readers. Paper covered boards feature eye catching colour on lays; spine panel on ‘Happy Go Lucky’ has worn revealing binding… Read more…
#10064

£100.00

Betty Blue

May Byron (Mary Clarissa Gillington Byron)
c1910 -1913
In very good condition. Pocket sized Edwardian children’s book in rarely surviving original matching protective slip case. Slipcase overall good plus showing minimal edge wear; top edge has split cleanly open separating top panel from side panel but all parts otherwise intact; pictorial paste on cover illustration lovely and bright. Card wrappers v… Read more…
#10072

£100.00