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viii, pp 312 The 1864 Smith Elder edition of Our Old Home with a fine albumen photographic frontispiece of the author and his facsimile signature below, with tissue guard. The book is bound in very good original blind stamped brown cloth, black coated endpapers and internally very good. A very clean copy, much scarcer thus than the first edition. Read more…

[8] A fine privately printed poem released in a hundred copies by Bertram Rota, this copy unnumbered and out of sequence. Clean grey card wrappers with purple printing; untrimmed page edges. A very fresh copy of this uncommon pamphlet publication. If you would like more information on this book Read more…

[16] pp 228 [32] Table. A late eighteenth century collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean law reports by the lawyer and politician Henry Yelverton. A twentieth century binding in quarter soft calf over marbled boads with yellow endpapers. Lightly marked title page, otherwise clean and complete. Read more…

An undated reprint from the early 1890s of Mary Anne Sadleir's popular novel, The Hermit of the Rock, bound in publisher's textured green cloth with a Celtic harp in gilt to the upper cover and gilt lettering to the spine. A little fading to the boards; original black endpapers with some foxing to the preliminaries and an ink jotted number at the t… Read more…

pp 536 The 1886 French translation of Backhouse and Tyler's History of the Early Church. Half tan calf binding over pretty textured cloth; browning to paper; slight wear to a few page edges around page 15, not affecting text. A very good copy. Read more…

The Archbishop of Canterbury John Moore appoints John Thomas Batt administrator of his late brother's estate following his death intestate in 1791. The Reverend Charles William Batt, chaplain to the diplomat James Harris (Lord Malmesbury) had died of 'putrid fever' in Oxford and this document appoints his older brother, a lawyer, to dispose of his… Read more…

viii, pp 1-400 John Henry Newman's first academic publication which was printed in May 1821 when he broke down during his final exams at Trinity College, Oxford, in the journal, The Christian Observer. The volume is bound in early blue morocco over marbled boards, rubbed but square and handsomely done with gilt spine lettering. Apart from a little… Read more…

(The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Tailors, Midas, Bombastes Furioso, The Mayor of Garratt) Six plays issued together as Thomas's Burlesque Drama by the London publisher Joseph Thomas in 1837. Bound in decorative red blind stamped cloth with gilt to the spine and all edges gilt. Old bookshop label of 'Lacy Theatrical Bookseller 89, Strand London'… Read more…

(35 x 44cm) A Belgian poster for Robert Aldrich's 1955 film adaptation of Kiss Me Deadly starring Ralph Meeker. The striking image is nicked and rubbed with punctures where it was originally stapled into position. A superb object nonetheless. Read more…

[4] pp 31 [1] An uncommon architectural pamphlet in near fine condition, stab-sewn in original blue paper wrappers. The pages are untrimmed with a few foxing spots. The pamphlet presents the findings of 'the whole society of Architects' (including Matthew Brettingham, William Chambers, John Soane) who met in 1792 to consider the causes of the frequ… Read more…

A novel by the Bloomsbury group novelist, Mary MacCarthy, owned by the widow of the publisher James Tait Black and with a letter from the author laid in. The new impression of November 1924 is in bright red cloth, very good, spine a little sunned, spotting to edges and preliminaries. On the front pastedown the bookplate of 'JTB, Underscar, Keswick'… Read more…

Unpublished manuscript written by E Drummond. O/S. P/JX709381. A soft cover notebook, blue spine and grey wrappers, containing about 50 pages of military training notes in one neat, legible hand. There are sections on Depth Charges, Torpedoes, Radar Plotting and Electrics, and Fire Control among others. Incomplete diary entries date the book to aro… Read more…

pp244 A history of the clock makers of the town of Northallerton in Yorkshire by a descendant of Hugh and Joshua Pannell. The volume also discusses the work of 3 other clock making families ie Hepton, Tessyman and Cade. The book has been rebound in a smart binding of green leather over green boards with gilt spine lettering. The binding is near fin… Read more…

pp182 The 1990 paperback edition rebound in a smart binding of blue leather with gilt spine lettering and decoration over white boards. Two silk book marks. Binding very good, white boards lightly soiled. The text is bright and fresh, ephemera laid in. This book comes from the collection of Yorkshire bookbinder and bibliophile Martin E Thorpe. Read more…

Three large folio volumes of The Collector. Volumes I and II are the Cheap Edition of 1905, in green cloth with red titles and decoration; Volume III dated 1907 is a heavier book bound in buckram with gilt titles and spine lettering. Well illustrated in black and white. Very good condition, covers fresh, a little rubbing to the corners, internally… Read more…

pp104 First edition. A well illustrated history of Masons of Staffordshire. The book has been rebound using the original publisher's boards with gilt titles. Very good in fresh red cloth, faint musty smell, spotting to rear end papers, the text is crisp and clean. Ephemera laid in. This book comes from the collection of Yorkshire bookbinder and bib… Read more…

A cartoon story book hand written in Gothic style script with macabre and ghoulish drawings. A self-publication in a lavish binding, as new in bright red boards, embossed titles, marbled end papers, the pages have been artificially aged, browned, stained and chipped to the edges. An unusual self publication. Read more…

pp126 An illustrated history of three-dimensional photography, complete with 48 stereo cards and a plastic fold out Stereo Viewer within a protective box, which is bound in pretty floral cloth to match the large folio book; both within a slip case. The book is fine, the plastic box is cracked but the viewer and cards are undamaged, the slip case is… Read more…

Volume VI of this journal devoted to the craft and history of book binding, published in1893 and containing numerous plates, text illustrations, cloth binders specimen plates, advertisements etc. Edited by Robert Hilton, The British Bookmaker was published from 1891-1894 before being absorbed into The British Printer. This volume was owned by the Y… Read more…

pp60 A detailed guide for visitors to the Royal Clifton Spa near Bristol published c1853. This is the one shilling and sixpence edition which includes the coloured fold out geological section of the Clifton Rocks on the north side of the River Avon from Sea Mills to the Hotwells. In publisher's blue cloth with embossed decoration and gilt titles. T… Read more…

[viii] pp370 [lxvii] Appendix containing an Inquiry into the Origin of Paradise Lost. The book is bound in contemporary calf with a brown morocco label, raised bands, gilt tooling and embossed decoration. Very good, leather is rubbed to edges and corners with a short tear to the head of the spine, the boards are fresh; occasional spotting to the te… Read more…

Inscribed presentation copy of the first edition: 'To Lou Warren from Coulson Kernahan' in black ink on the verso of the decorative first free endpaper. Original publisher's cloth with Napoleon design onlaid, fading to white lettering on the spine; the blue cloth binding is square and clean, some spotting to the thick paper stock throughout. Comple… Read more…

Mr Anthony. A Comedy by Roger Boyle, the Earl of Orrery, reprinted 1794, T Wilkins, very erratic pagination but the text appears to be complete. An octavo play bound in half green leather over green marbled boards with gilt spine lettering, second quarter of the 19th century, binder's ticket of 'T Connolly, Bookseller,10 Up. Ormond Quay, Dublin'. I… Read more…

Four typescripts of plays, a theatre programme and an advertisement flyer belonging to the English stage actor Sir John Martin-Harvey. The plays include "The Diamond Pendant" an adaptation in four acts of Maxwell Gray's novel of the same title, bound in green card covers, internally near fine; "Partners" a one act play which has been renamed "Bridg… Read more…

A First British Edition of this collection of Western short stories by Owen Wister, author of 'The Virginian'. It is illustrated by his friend, the artist and sculptor Frederick Remington who specialised in depictions of the American West. In publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles and vignettes of a cowboy and native American, very good, covers rub… Read more…