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4 volumes bound extremely handsomely at a later date as 2. In notably splendid condition, both volumes are quarter bound in vibrant green marbled boards with stunning brown calf to spine. Boards in very fine condition. Spines in 6 compartments incorporating title lettered in gilt on red ground to top of spine and volume number lettered in gilt with… Read more…

A collection of 10 poetry books, largely firsts, by Jon Silkin all in good condition each containing the author’s signature and written notes to his friend Dennis Saunders. Saunders who died last year was a lecturer in poetry and literature who organised events involving writers who included Silkin himself, Seamus Heaney, Dannie Abse and others. Th… Read more…

FIRST EDITION. THE AUTHOR’S PERSONAL COPY: A compendium of information on matters connected with printing, its first introduction into Europe and its spread throughout the world. The work spans the reputed invention of paper in China in 105 through until the death of Stanley Morrison, typographer, scholar and historian of printing in 1967. PHYSICAL… Read more…

Crammed full of culturally important poems, each typed in black, one per leaf on Dickinson Croxley paper throughout the book. 128 pp. Commencing with the 6 th century BC Greek lyric poet Anacreon, the Roman Rufinus and moving through the courtly poets of France, 16 th and 17 th century English lyrical poets, 18 th and 19 th century Italian and Germ… Read more…

Jan Christian Smuts is a complex figure in South African history. His legacy is contested and evokes strong reactions. This biography is a record of Smut’s life by his son J.C. Smuts, inscribed by both the author and his mother, wife of the biography’s subject. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: South African edition published 1852. Original dust jacket protect… Read more…

Volume 1. A collection of John Ross Macduff’s verses, gathered from his prolific output of essays, books, magazines and papers and dedicated to his brother Hector Macduff Duncan. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Pale blue cloth bound boards in good condition, decoratively ruled in a black repeating pattern and lettered in gilt to front and spine. Lightly bump… Read more…

A small pamphlet by Eric Gill containing an essay/polemic on unemployment with specific reference to Catholicism and therefore, his beliefs. Owned by the critic and w iter Neville Braybrooke: Eric Gill was regarded as one of the greatest craftsmen of this century, a typographer, letter cutter and a wood engraver. His conversion to Catholicism influ… Read more…

Half bound marbled boards with soft calf to spine in fair condition. Boards faded, marked and bumped to corners. Spine panel starting and cracked to top showing 5cm section of binding. End papers age worn, binding visible along gutter but remain soundly attached. Front paste down soiled to fore edge and annotated in a contemporary hand ‘Anne Ellis… Read more…

Presentation copy from Earl Nelson to Horatio Nelson Eyre Matcham (1819-1845), son of George Nelson Matcham whose mother was Lord Nelson’s sister Catherine. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Dark green buckram boards in fair condition, stained to front and rear. Front board loosened along spine hinge. Spine chipped to top and tail, cream title label browned. C… Read more…

A story of war time adventure first published in serial form in Blackwood’s Magazine. Escapes and Adventures chronicles the author’s attempts to escape Ruhleben camp, a civilian detention camp in Germany during World War I and his subsequent time at Stadt Vogtei Prison Berlin during the war years. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Third impression. Signed by t… Read more…

Better known for his books on mid twentieth century British artists, architects and designers, Alan Powers also produced a considerable body of paintings and graphics, mostly in the 1980s. This booklet dated 1985 contains 6 reproductions of b/w theatrical in their style, drawings of fire places and their surrounds published by Alan Powers and his w… Read more…

Scarce Dundee Directory with the portrait of Winston Churchill, then MP for the town. The General Notice at the front of the directory notes in detail events leading to the by-election of Saturday 9th May which led to the announcement of Mr Churchill’s victory as MP for Dundee. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: In good condition bound in red cloth covered boar… Read more…

A copy owned by two generations of 18th century London apothecaries, the second donating the book to the Society of Apothecaries. Contemporary speckled calf, cracked along outer hinges, boards attached but fragile. Bookplates of John Field (armorial) and below that Henry Field’s bookplate featuring an armillary sphere proferred by a mailed fist. Op… Read more…

Scarce and sturdy little volume of the Dundee Directory dated 1904 -1905 which includes advertisements, ecclesiastical lists, judicial lists, municipal lists, postal directories, street, trades and professions directories and a fold out plan of Broughty Ferry, plan of Newport and Wormit and plan of Tayport. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: In good condition b… Read more…

A sturdy and handsome daybook which tells the story of the trading activities of a Lancashire merchant between the years 1824 – 1827. Packed full of hand written transactions, pricing and customer details pertaining to the provision of oats, barley, beans, salt etc in areas including Deansgate, Didsbury, Eccles, Salford, Bridgwater and Worsley. Tod… Read more…

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…

The manorial estate of Aperfield Court was broken up after its purchase in 1895 by Frederick Henry Dougal of Wandsworth and the land sold off cheaply in small parts. It was not until after the Second World War however that the name of the area was changed from Aperfield to Biggin Hill in recognition of the Biggin Hill Aerodrome and the role played… 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…

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…

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…

Handwritten oath of a freeman pledging allegiance and loyalty to the Town and authorities of Northampton in southern England in the early 18th century. John Slater made his oath to the Mayor of the town, Joseph Woolston and ultimately to the monarch, Queen Anne. Famously, the Oath of a Freeman had been adopted by the Massachusetts Bay Company nearl… Read more…

Pilot’s licence issued by Trinity House to a Great Yarmouth man, Richard Reeve James in January 1877, allowing him to practise his profession between Yarmouth and Southwold and extended down to Sizewell Bank. Printed on vellum and executed in black ink by Admiral Richard Collinson (explorer of the North West passage and would-be rescuer of Sir John… Read more…