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Beautiful presentation volume by an infatuated Oxford undergraduate (shortly afterwards President of the Union) following his cousin’s winter wedding at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris. Small oblong volume with matching slipcase (13.5x11.5cm) The manuscript book has olive green printed paper overlay, the upper cover with a hand-coloured… Read more…

R A Millikan announces his oil-drop experiment which defined the elementary electrical charge on an electron. Single journal article from Volume 19, No. 110 of the Philosophical Magazine (February 1910) which subsequently gained him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923. Bound together as Volume LXVII - Sixth Series, Volume 19 - for the period Januar… Read more…

A copy owned and lightly annotated by the Scottish rationalist, atheist and literary critic J M Robertson. Beautifully bound in half parchment over marbled boards, Robertson’s ownership signature on the first flyleaf dated 1879. Some foxing but a very good copy. Robertson has left a few pencilled notes, jotting down dates when he read the first ten… Read more…

[4 imprints] Small volume of children's books including an 1805 Darton edition of Franklin and an apparently unrecorded Darlington edition of William Law's Call to a Devout Life. Bound in half black roan over marble paper covered boards; rubbed to edges; nineteenth century newspaper clipping about a gift of a Franklin engraving to Manchester librar… Read more…

Dialogues relating to 'A bill intituled An Act further to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Act concerning the management of episcopal and capitular estates in England', which was debated in July 1858. John Evelyn Denison (1800-1873) was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857-1872 and was created Viscount Ossing… Read more…

Written by the novelist Penelope Mortimer to the Yorkshire art collector Ronnie Duncan, a letter and postcard from June and August 1979. The postcard (featuring a Duchamp image) looks ahead from June to ‘My spell at Hebden [Bridge]... It sees far in the future, but the distant Commitments have a habit of quite suddenly being tomorrow - which I find… Read more…

A fascinating letter from the Oxford undergraduate poet Anthony Thwaite to his fellow ‘Yorkshireman’, recent Oxford graduate and poetry publisher, Ronnie Duncan. Having been asked for advice on potential contributors to the slightly older man’s poetry magazine, Chance, Thwaite rattles off a series of recommendations in a substantial two page typed… Read more…

A chunk of the Second Edition which includes a General Map of the Earth, a Map of Europe, a Map of England, Scotland and Ireland, a Map of England and a Map of Wales. A disbound collection of early leaves from the second edition of Robert Morden’s Geography Rectified , a valuable historical resource for understanding the geography and cartography o… Read more…

Book of poems by the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop. In original dust jacket, spotted to front and rear, a little nicked to top edge and browned in part. Yellow boards water stained to lower half front and rear. Endpapers unmarked although water damage evident particularly to rear including final leaf. Remaining text block in very goo… Read more…

Seventh Edition with original dust jacket. Inscribed by its journalist author to ‘Arthur C Clarke’, almost certainly the future novelist. The book is an account of a war correspondent's journeys, meetings and what was said to him in France, Britain and Flanders during 1939-1940. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth boards in good condition, age spotted… Read more…

Privately printed collection of poems published after the death of its American writer Maria Gross Horwitz by her ex-patriate daughter Florence Horwitz; one institutional copy only located at Yale. No publisher or location or limitation given but inscribed on the first blank: 'A little souvenir of our beloved Mother printed from memory.... Florence… Read more…

Uncommon limited edition of 525 copies of which 250 were for sale in Great Britain and 250 in the USA. This copy is hand numbered No. 420. In very good condition in original vellum binding, minimally soiled. Decorative illustration to front board, titled in black to spine panel. Yapp edges in good condition. Endpapers clean and unmarked front and r… Read more…

A bound collection of advertisements, election posters and ephemera from the Marsden area of Yorkshire collated circa 1895. Contains: 5 full page and double page pasted in election posters dated 1894 promoting the candidates to the electors of the Urban District Council of Marsden. Candidates include Fred Beaumont (Liberal), George Henry Cotton, Sa… Read more…

Originally published in two volumes. This updated 1924 edition, uncommon in dustjacket, has been rewritten and revised by the author Olga Racster, a novelist, playwright, arts historian and journalist who specialised in literary and musical criticism. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Red cloth boards lettered in black and gilt in very good condition. Original… Read more…

Paperback edition by Grove Press and Evergreen Books. Distributed in Great Britain by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd, Sackville St, London. Card wraooer, age toned, browned to edges, a little bumped to corners. Text block edges shelf worn, dusty. Endpapers clean front and rear. Original red price sticker for 14/6 and distributor’s label to front half… Read more…

An anonymous hand manuscript prayer book reflecting the main religious trends and processes happening within Germany at the time of its writing. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION In very good condition. Bound in original roan, tooled ornamentally with a decorative edging and a diamond pattern to front and rear. Two original leather and brass hinge clasps fasten… Read more…

First Edition, 1968. Turquoise cloth covered boards incorporating gilt titling to spine in excellent condition. Original dust jacket illustrated by Robin Jacques shows only very slight shelf wear to edges. Small clean tear circa 1cm to bottom front edge. Very small nicks to spine top and tail. Colours remain vibrant. Contents crisp, fresh and large… Read more…

Scarce copy of this 1890 children’s book which contains comical verses by Nister’s popular lyricist Clifton Bingham and is perfectly illustrated by G.H. Thompson. Full of humorous rhymes and quite as humorous pictures. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Large oblong 4to format. Original pictorial boards beautifully illustrated to front in good condition. Colours… Read more…

(5.5x9cm) [pp220] Miniature book bound in publisher's red cloth with remains of a paper spine label. Very good condition.. Read more…

The Aristocrats is a culturally important fictional narrative written in the early 20th century which delves into social themes, the contrasts between American and European cultures and the personal struggles of its characters against the backdrop of nature.  PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Hardback pale blue, paper covered boards decoratively embossed in ver… Read more…

One of 150 copies printed by hand at Warlingham, Surrey in June 1935. By poet Daniel George, author of Tomorrow will be different, Lunch and Holiday. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Printed card wrappers in good condition a little shelf worn to corners. 20 unnumbered leaves on handmade paper contain 18 individual poems. In very good fresh condition internally… Read more…

First hardcover edition of Beckett's second novel, written while he was in France during the Occupation. The book was published in the Traveller's Companion Series from Olympia Press in Paris, which was known for publishing avant-garde writers and controversial works of literature. The novel comes from the personal library of Yorkshire art collecto… Read more…

Tiny naval history volume bound in wood salvaged from the wreck of H.M.S. Royal George. This volume (8.8cmx5.7cm) has been refurbished with a green morocco leather spine and lettering and new endpapers. Old pencil inscription of ‘E.J. Hayward’ pp120 and four plates which illustrate the loss and salvaging of the vessel. A very good copy. The largest… Read more…

Behan’s finest play massively annotated here for an Oxford University student production which was directed by the English theatre director Braham Murray during his time as an undergraduate at University College and before he went onto a successful career in stage direction. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Red quarter cloth quarto over textured paper covered… Read more…

Third edition. Contemporary calf boards in good, very sound condition, rubbed, scratched and slightly bruised to corners. Gilt decoration to board edges inside and out. Handsome spine boasts a black, red and gilt middle panel initialled V - volume five. Text block edges browned particularly to top edge. Attractive marbled endpapers in very good con… Read more…