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[ff] 3 ff 370. Full length authorial typescript of Tranter's novel 'The Marchman', the 16th century story of John Maxwell, Warden of the West March of the Borderland between Scotland and England. Typed by the author who entitles his book "-Marchman- A Novel by Nigel Tranter'. Minor authorial corrections throughout. The typescript is bound in a home… Read more…

[ff]2 ff 385 [ff]1. Full length authorial typescript of Tranter's novel 'Honours Even', the story of Scotland's brave stand against Oliver Comwell. Typed by the author who entitles his book "-Honours Even- A Novel by Nigel Tranter'. Minor authorial corrections throughout. The typescript is bound in a homemade white card cover sheet, hole punched an… Read more…

[ff] 1 ff 310. Full length authorial typescript of Tranter's novel 'Highness in Hiding', the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's extraordinary six months as a fugitive in the Highlands of Scotland after his disastrous battle at Culloden. Typed by the author who entitles his book "-Highness in Hiding- A Novel by Nigel Tranter'. Minor authorial correcti… Read more…

[ff] 4 ff 347. Full length authorial typescript of Tranter's novel 'High Kings and Vikings', the story of Cormac Mac Farquhar, Thane of Glamis, set in the 10th century, turbulent years of Viking raids and ineffectual Scots Kings. Typed by the author who entitles his book "-High Kings and Vikings- A Novel by Nigel Tranter'. Minor authorial correctio… Read more…

[ff] 6 ff 326. Full length author's proof set of Tranter's novel 'A Flame for the Fire', the 16th century story of David, Master of Kennedy, loyal supporter of James IV of Scotland. Minor authorial corrections throughout, and checked by Kate Lyall Grant of publishers Hodder and Stoughton. Accompanied by three different printed proofs of the dust ja… Read more…

Three volumes in smart bindings of green cloth with gilt spine lettering. The books are near fine, a little fading to the spines and browned paper stock, but the bindings are tight, the pages crisp, no inscriptions. A splendid set. Extra shipping charges may apply for overseas orders. Read more…

[xv] pp245 An uncommon title attractively bound in contemporary calf with raised bands and pretty gilt tooling. There is a tiny stamp of Nutt bookbinders to front end paper. Very good, leather is rubbed to edges and corners, the boards are clean, one small hole to the upper cover; inner hinge starting to crack, a little spotting to end papers, very… Read more…

Pages from The Architectural Review dating from 1934-1936 bound in one large folio. Various writers including P Morton Shand and Robert Townsend discuss houses in England, including those built in Sydenham, Totnes and Bristol, and modern flats at Hampstead. European houses built in Wiesbaden and Capri are also covered. Very good in clean tan cloth… Read more…

Schiller's complete works in the edition of J G Cotta from the early 1820s. This small format edition is bound in uniform half calf over marbled boards. The bindings are worn but intact. In several cases the leather spines are severely worn and abraded but in no case are the boards detached. This example of the Cotta edition comprises 18 volumes of… Read more…

A very smart example of this four volume edition of Shakespeare's plays from around 1890 in its original green cloth with gilt blocking to the boards and all edges gilt. The bevel-edged boards are almost fine and the text appears unread with a little foxing. The great actors of the day are illustrated in photogravure frontispieces to some of the pl… Read more…

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…