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A sturdy volume of the Dundee Directory dated 1896 -1897. Includes advertisements, ecclesiastical lists, municipal lists, judicial lists, postal directories, street, trades, general and professions directories and a fold out plan of Broughty Ferry. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: In good condition bound in brown cloth covered boards incorporating blind rulin… Read more…

FIRST EDITION: Published by subscription and compiled from original sources with an introduction by Hamon Le Strange. Includes within 8 signed hand written letters from the author to WT Bewley Esq. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Good original cloth boards showing modest spots of wear and a little surface abrasion with bevelled edges and gilt lettering to fr… Read more…

An opera lover’s copy of this unique account of the different characters and traditions of twenty famous opera houses in 14 European cities. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1957 Second impression. Pale blue cloth covered boards in fair to good condition. Gilt title over red ground to spine which is damp stained. Dust jacket in good condition, nicked to spine… Read more…

First edition with authorial ephemera laid in of Colin Clair’s personal copy of Human Curiosities in which the author explores human nature and the shocking popularity throughout history of exhibitions, fairs and shows which set up human beings as freaks to be stared at by the public. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Dark blue paper covered boards embossed in… Read more…

An extremely detailed hand written book of accounts spanning the period from 1766 -1794 kept by J Adams who uses a first-person narrative alongside his annual ‘account of money which I owe or am liable to pay’ and ‘an account of sums due to me.’ Transactions and dates are listed in great detail in a neat, black cursive next to sums of money exchang… Read more…

An offshoot of the famed British satirical magazine Punch, ‘Punch’s Pocket Book’ was an annual publication functioning simultaneously as a ledger, diary, almanac and source of entertainment and business information. This 1866 pocket book is full of Punch’s characteristic wit and wonderfully Illustrated by prominent English illustrators including Jo… Read more…

Signed copy of the nineteenth book in the Mr Men series which, with its simple stories and brightly coloured illustrations has sold over one hundred million copies worldwide across twenty-eight countries. This is an original first edition printed in 1976. DESCRIPTION: Printed card wrapper, stapled to spine. Age toned, otherwise in very good conditi… Read more…

Signed copy of the second book in the Mr Men series which with its simple stories and brightly coloured illustrations has sold over one hundred million copies worldwide across twenty-eight countries. This edition is an original first edition printed in 1971. DESCRIPTION: Printed card wrapper, stapled to spine. Age toned, a very slight vertical crea… Read more…

Attractive provenance relating to Samuel Webbe, friend of an early owner of the book whose borrowing of it lasted longer than expected. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Both works are bound as one within contemporary calf boards with gilt roll tool to all edges. Boards bruised to the corners, showing minor abrasions and wear. Spine in 6 gilt framed compartmen… Read more…

An 1892 collection of reprints of rare and unique 17 th and 18 th century tracts relating to Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne edited by Robert Robinson. Includes pastoral poems, letters, histories, notices of Newcastle worthies and excerpts from books. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown paper covered boards in good condition embossed to edge… Read more…

RESERVED Cambridge psychologist Robert Thouless’s annotated copy of the third edition of this foundational study of statistics by the English polymath Ronald Fisher. Blue boards, bumped and rubbed; Thouless’s ownership inscription on the front flyleaf together with an elaborate tabular pattern of annotation across the first four pages of the book w… Read more…

A first edition, first printing of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh owned and lightly annotated by his acquaintance and occasional correspondent, the critic Neville Braybrooke. Without dust wrapper. Red cloth covered boards in fair to good condition, age worn and spotted in parts, darkened to edges. Corners bruised; spine panel showing moderate… Read more…

An appealing contemporary vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax, executed for a client in the 1770s who bore the initials ‘MA’ - will she ever be found? Contemporary vellum, covers with a gilt metope and pentaglyph roll border on a blue wash background enclosing a gilt vine-leaf border, upper cover drawing beneath the vellum of a young woman in clas… Read more…

Fifth impression of the Bloomsbury first edition of the first Harry Potter novel. Number line: ‘10 9 8 7 6 5’; no gap between ‘Thomas Taylor1997’ as called for. This is a near fine example of the first UK edition of the book that started it all. Squarely bound with excellent colour to the boards; slight crumpling at the tail of the spine and slight… Read more…

The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers (Fifth edition in 2 volumes) combined with A History of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers, in Ireland, From the Year 1653 to 1700 (Fourth edition) bound together as a set of 3, numbered 1 -3 on spines. Contemporary tree calf boards in fair condit… Read more…

Though dated 1648 this book was printed in 1658, 10 years after the execution of Charles I and the apparent extinction of the monarchy, showing that though subversive, the text continued to be popular. While Charles I has traditionally been identified as the author of  Eikon Basilike , this has been disputed since and John Gauden, Bishop of Worcest… Read more…

A charming small booklet in good condition published in 1892 offering an official guide to Gustave Eiffel’s 300m tower built for the 1889 World’s Fair. Green illustrated card wrappers cleanly detached both front and rear from the text block of the booklet. A little browned to edges, slight nick to top right front corner. Internally leaves are in ve… Read more…

An important early source for Handel’s life and work in good to very good condition. Half tanned calf to spine and corners over marbled paper covered boards. Bruising, rubbing, some chipping to corners, edges and lower board. Spine in good condition in 6 compartments, titled in gilt over red ground. Spine panel moderately age worn, head bumped. Tex… Read more…

Little is known of would-be poet Frank Stanley Morgan’s life. The handwritten title page of his handsome album notes links to Herbert’s Lodge, Bishopston, Glamorgan and Christ Church, Oxford and is dated 1914. Within, 7 poems each titled and handwritten in a neat legible font are dated between 1906 and 1911. Each is signed off with the location of… Read more…

First edition, volumes 1-8 of this important and scarce 9 volume work by John Leland which records his journeys around England and Wales in the Tudor era, researching into local topography and providing a fascinating survey of England and Wales. In addition to the inclusion of the printed original manuscript from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, each… Read more…

Special Edition. Original, very scarce, 1917 card wrapped booklet of rhymes rebound in green, paper covered boards, internally in very good condition. Very minor bruising to corners of boards, gilt banding and lettering to spine reading ‘Riley’s Rhymes &c. – Part 2.’ Front and rear later addition endpapers clean incorporating owner’s bookplate ‘Tho… Read more…

Second edition rebound in a very good, decorative, brown diced calf with panelling and gilt lettering to spine. Binder’s ticket to rear pastedown: ‘Stephen Conway, Bradford’. Front and rear endpapers also later additions, clean and crisp with small mark to top right of front loose endpaper. Original text block sound in good condition, leaves slight… Read more…

Calf binding in good condition, darkened and rubbed to edges, slightly nicked and spotted. Spine in six compartments, chipped and bruised. Front board is starting at the top of the spine. Text edges browned, a little puckered to bottom edge. 20.5cm x 12.5cm. Front and rear endpapers yellowed and browned to edges. ‘5A95’ written in black ink to top… Read more…

An account of an address given to the Gaelic Society of Perth on October 18th 1928 on the history of the Chiefs of Clan Donnachaidh. Bound in pebbled dark blue cloth in good condition with some darkening and moderate staining to edges and spine. 79 pp. collated and complete.Ownership details written on front loose endpaper allude to the book’s owne… Read more…

Beautifully bound Shakespeare selection in its third edition, with the original black papier mache binding with red paper backing (probably renewed), brown oval relief portrait of Shakespeare on upper cover and WS initialled on lower cover. Spine relaid, a little cracking to the papier mache, loss to the lower outer corner on upper cover and opposi… Read more…