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pp70 As new in bright red cloth with gilt titles. Gift inscription "To Rt. Honourable Lord Harold Wilson with best wishes. Ajmal Hameed June 1985". This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary which was recently dispersed at auction following the death of Mary Wilson aged 102 in 2016. Read more…

pp 56 Privately printed volume, no institutional copies traced, of tributes to the founder of Bovril, George Lawson-Johnston. Bound in crushed blue morocco, browning towards the spine. Tipped in frontispiece portrait and 5 further plates, top edge gilt. With a presentation letter from Sir George's son Ian presenting the book to his Aunt Eva apologi… Read more…

A companion volume to the first 'Edinburgh musical miscellany' with engraved music throughout and a mostly manuscript title page where the original was somehow lost. Bound in nineteenth century textured khaki paper over boards with a red morocco spine label this stand alone volume followed on from the success of its predecessor. There is at least o… Read more…

pp [2] iv; xi [13] pp173; lxvii. 1729 edition bound in beautiful mottled calf with speckled edges to the text block, ownership signature of 'H Whitmore' to the final pastedown. A very little wear at the foot of the outer hinges, otherwise a very good binding, mild browning and a few spots to early leaves. A lovely 'editio quinta' copy of this biogr… Read more…

Inscribed on the first blank 'a Mr Rudler, amical souvenir de Paul Valery' - a 'souvenir' being a typical formula used by the French poet in his inscriptions. Original printed wrappers, browned to edges and a closed tear at the foot of the upper cover. Overall a good copy only. A contemporary French newspaper review of the work is laid in along wit… Read more…

Rather lovely twentieth century embroidered binding which fits snuggly over the publisher's boards. The embroidery was likely executed by one or other of 'From Amy to: Norah with Love. March 2nd. 1941' -their gift inscription appears on the first blank. Otherwise a near fine, clean copy of this gently devotional work. Read more…

Out of sequence edition containing three original drawings by the artist and writer and an additional suite of woodcuts preceding the text. Unnumbered, but resembling one of the first 13 copies, the book has been rebound in crushed burgundy morocco with gilt decoration, top edge gilt, a silk book mark and marbled endpapers. A female nude in red cra… Read more…

Bound volume containing around 30 printed particulars and conditions of sale for a variety of properties, land and homes in Essex from the first decade of the twentieth century. Locations include Chelmsford and Braintree, East Tilbury, East Donyland, Great Dunmow etc etc. Around a quarter of the items are tipped in, the rest loose, most running to… Read more…

(18x21cm) Original dustjacket artwork in gouache on thick art paper for Rex Warner's pivotal classica-themedl novel. Overleaf the publisher Collins's print instructions, dated 16 March 1960 noting 'Add to bottom only to give 8 3/8 65 Proofs in Colour on Cartridge Paper...' The publication of Imperial Caesar marked Warner's transition from allegory… Read more…

[ff] 13 [lacking A1 half title] pp 1094 [ff] 20 Folio sized Paris printing of Cassianus's complete works. Bound in twentieth century quarter cream buckram over paper covered boards. The binding is discoloured and worn but structurally sound with a faded morocco label to the spine. Bookplate of St Stephen's House, Oxford to the front pastedown and o… Read more…

pp 121 Thomas Nashe's novel of 1594 first published in this edition in 1948 with the artist Michael Ayrton's dedicatory drawing on the first free endpaper and inscribed 'Magda from Michael'. Near fine in fresh blue cloth, browning to end papers, pages crisp; in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly soiled and nicked to the edges and tanned spin… Read more…

pp 709 This is bibliographer Geoffrey Keynes' copy, whose signature and notes in pencil appear on the first free end paper. Near fine in fresh brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. The dust jacket is very good, spine tanned and spotting to upper cover. Extra postage charges may apply as this is a heavy volume. Read more…

pp 1- 610 Large folio. Volume III of Matthew Henry's four volume commentary on the Old Testament. This is the fifth edition bound in leather with embossed decoration to both covers, raised bands to the spine which has a leather label with gilt lettering. The end papers are cracked along the hinges but the binding is firm. The pages are browned with… Read more…

viii pp 152 [advertisements] The third edition of Sugden's legal advice to the man of property. Contemporary binding of half leather over marbled boards, rubbed with a few stains, worn to edges; modern endpapers, hinges starting to crack but the binding is still firm, the pages are crisp and clean. No inscriptions. Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (1781-18… Read more…

pp 224 The 5th edition of Enfield's book of eloquent prayers for use in the home. In a pretty, contemporary binding of half red calf with gilt decoration over marbled boards. Very good, boards and leather rubbed to corners, light spotting throughout, ownership inscription of Mary Gaskell, April 15th 1807. There is a later inscription in pencil on p… Read more…

Five bound volumes of book and publishers' advertisements issued with The Gentleman's Magazine, 1834-1843. The advertisements are found inside the relevant pink card wrappers for each magazine starting with Vol 1, No 1 dated January 1834, 24 issues in each bound volume. Quarter parchment over green cloth, stab sewn binding, very good, spines worn b… Read more…

24 issues of this early 19th century English Book Trade Journal bound in one volume, No's 27, 38 and 42 reproduced in facsimile. Very good in half leather over marbled boards. The binding has been professionally restored, original boards rebacked with soft calf and a green leather label with gilt title; the end papers have been replaced and the hin… Read more…

[1 ALS] A manuscript letter from English actor Trevor Howard to film director Peter Duffell, congratulating him on a new venture "It's bloody marvellous", wishing him luck "for the hard grind of getting it launched" and asks the director to let him know when he will be "ready to go". Howard appeared in several of Duffell's television films includin… Read more…

xi [52] pp 1-382 The First Volume of the 1767 eight volume edition of Theobald's Shakespeare edition containing 'The Tempest, The Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Measure for Measure'. The Van de Gucht portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare is present and each play has its own Gucht engraving. The t… Read more…

pp 172 Near fine in white printed card covers protected by a blue Joseph Gilbert dust jacket which has the title inscribed in blue ink. The covers are very clean, light spotting to the top edge, the text is bright with occasional marginal marks in pencil. A very smart copy. Read more…

xxxvi, pp939 [adverts] The corrected second edition of the Reverend J A Giles' Greek Lexicon. The book is bound in green cloth with attractive blind tooled decoration and gilt spine lettering, yellow endpapers. Bookbinder's ticket of Westleys and Clark, London. Very good, cloth sunned to spine and lower panel, binding starting to crack, the text is… Read more…

pp67 Lectures by Dutch botanist Johannes Paulus Lotsy delivered at the University Colleges of the New Zealand University 1925 with introduction and List of New Zealand Hybrids by Dr L Cockayne. Near fine in printed card wrappers, lightly soiled, internally clean and complete. Ownership inscription of W Arthur Sledge, Christchurch NZ 1929. Read more…

Very good, a few brown stains and lightly soiled, most of the pages remain uncut. Inscribed to Mr Carpenter by the author Lacaze-Duthiers. Read more…

pp 223 A near fine presentation copy which was a gift from Sir James and Lady Frazer to Trinity College, Cambridge. Bound in printed card covers, shelf wear to the edges and the paper on the spine is cracked; the text is age toned but has not been read as the pages are uncut. Read more…

A collection of Mary Wilson’s school prize books including: Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings by R M Ballantyne, Blackie, London, undated. Near fine in decorative green cloth, crisp, clean pages in a tight binding, probably unread. Prize bookplate awarded to Gladys Baldwin by Fulbourn School 'First place for 1924-5'. The Setons by O Do… Read more…