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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Unpublished manuscript written by E Drummond.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…

A collection of illustrated magazines dated January-June1904 bound in one large volume, in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Each issue, originally priced at two pence, includes serious news items of the day such as the Russo-Japanese crisis along with more light hearted articles, for example 'A visit to the photographer', reports on cricket mat… Read more…

Two 19th century novels in one fine binding. Half black morocco over marbled boards, bright gilt tooling to the spine, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers with a Walter Crane-style 'JNP' bookplate to the front pastedown. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding but a near fine square copy, clean and unmarked throughout, comprising: 1. N P Wil… Read more…

Two 19th century Texan War novels in one fine binding. Half black morocco with red spine label and bright gilt tooling on raised bands over blue boards, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding but a near fine square copy, clean and unmarked throughout, comprising: 1. Gustave Aimard, The Freebooters: A Sto… Read more…

Two 19th century novels by women authors in one fine binding. Half black morocco with bright gilt tooling to the spine over marbled boards, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers with a Walter Crane-style 'JNP' bookplate to the front pastedown. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding but a very good square copy, clean and unmarked throughout, c… Read more…

Two 19th century comic novels in one fine binding. Half black morocco with bright gilt tooling, over marbled boards, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers with a Walter Crane-style 'JNP' bookplate to the front pastedown. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding but a near fine square copy, clean and unmarked throughout, comprising: 1. Charles S… Read more…

pp 5-150 Act of Parliament and pp 3-85 Rules and Articles, produced in smaller format in original marbled wrappers. In very good condition, rubbed wrappers and thumbed corners but with crisp, clean pages, a little foxing to edges and extremities. Ownership inscription to title page of Townsend Ince of Chrisleton Hall. The second section includes ru… Read more…

pp1-15, pp1-38, pp1-12 Three treaties printed in Latin and English in parallel text. Stab sewn in its original printed wrapper. In good condition, wrappers chipped and discoloured but pages bright, some dog-earing throughout, ownership inscription to front cover. Read more…

Pp960, near fine in buckram with blue titles, fully illustrated with sketch portraits and colour photographs; attractive bookplate and signature of the American mountaineer Norman G Dyhrenfurth to front pastedown. In a very good photographic dust jacket, nicks and shelf wear to the edges. Extra postage charges may apply as this is a very heavy volu… Read more…

Five titles of Victorian scholarship in one volume, bound in half calf over marbled boards, a leather spine label with gilt titles. pp134 Christian Researches, complete with fold out illustrated map of Hindostan with the principal Protestant Missionary stations; pp88 A Tour in Holland (with a particular interest in their national education system)… Read more…

1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of the first English edition published simultaneously in Great Britain and the United States by Diadem Books in London and The Mountaineers, Seattle. Near fine in blue cloth, bruised to one corner, in a very good dust jacket which has short tears to the front flap and a tiny hole to the lower panel. T… Read more…