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In good condition in a contemporary binding of half calf over marbled boards. Sturdy 6 panelled spine titled in gilt over red ground and numbered Volume 6; scuffing to lower and upper boards. Endpapers clean. A shelf label to front pastedown and a stamp to free endpaper reveal previous ownership by the Library Museum of Practical Geology. Contains… Read more…

First edition sturdy quarto in good half black calf over cloth boards. Titled and tooled in gilt over red to six panelled spine; a little shelf worn to edges and scuffed along spine hinges. Marbled text block edges. Very square and sound. Attractive Turkish marble endpapers very good. Text block unmarked; age toned as expected. Lacking geological m… Read more…

First edition small quarto handbook in good condition containing 2 original fold out coloured maps and 58 illustrations. Attractive publisher’s green cloth boards embossed and titled in gilt to upper and spine. Only very slightly knocked to corners, spine sunned and a little frayed to spine top and tail. Previous ownership inscription to front past… Read more…

First edition in very good, attractive publisher’s cloth binding. very lightly bumped to corners and spine top and tail. Endpapers clean. Age toned as expected and lightly foxed to preliminaries. Frontispiece photograph by J. Milman Brown of Gore Cliff in lovely condition, protected by tissue guard. Contains 4 plates of illustrations of fossils by… Read more…

First Edition, volume 1 only of this Regency kiss and tell! In good plus condition. A memoir written by Harriette Wilson, a celebrated and notorious English courtesan of the Regency era, best known for her witty, scandalous and commercially successful memoirs. Brown cloth boards faded and scuffed remain square and sound. Endpapers and preliminaries… Read more…

Sixth edition in good condition. A sturdy volume in a handsome green cloth binding tooled to edges and with decorative gilt embossed fossils to upper. A little bumped to corners; lightly scuffed; scattered small ink marks to spine and lower board. Dark plum endpapers clean. Previous ownership inscription to front free recto reads ‘H.A. Todd. March… Read more…

British Second Edition in a unique home-made dustjacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated in a gothic influenced hand drawn over a brown and red backgroun… Read more…

A Cedar Book No 63 in a unique home-made dust-jacket from the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition. Soft boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket, annotated with chess pieces and titled over a black background by previous owner. Ag… Read more…

Faber paper covered edition in a home-made, elegantly designed jacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition. Paper boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket adeptly annotated and illustrated over a bro… Read more…

First Edition in a unique home-made jacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated and illustrated in a gothic influenced hand, drawn over… Read more…

A volume in the 'Chess for Modern Times' series with a splendid home-made dustjacket. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In good condition; leaves lightly age toned throughout; clean and unmarked. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket… Read more…

From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes and with his beautifully designed, bespoke jacket. An ex Southwark Public Libraries copy. In good condition; leaves and text block edges lightly age toned; tape repair over gutter on pp.52-53; library stamps to preliminaries and… Read more…

Fourth Edition in a unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated in a gothic influenced hand drawn over a brown and red background by previous owner. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition; an occasional dot of foxing to th… Read more…

From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes in his bespoke dustjacket. In very good, crisp and clean condition; an occasional dot of foxing over front gutter and to rear endpapers. Boards wrapped in a securely attached, unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated and… Read more…

Second printing of the two works as one book containing 6 maps which are in excellent condition. The volume itself is undeniably a little musty with signs of water damage to the bright blue cloth boards; preliminaries lightly age spotted; text block square and sound. Original dust jacket is very age toned to spine and edges; chipped with clean tear… Read more…

In very good condition. A pamphlet produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers containing Paper No 3651 ‘The Simplon Tunnel’ by Francis Fox M. Inst. C.E.A followed by a discussion on Mr Francis Fox’s Paper and a section of ‘Correspondence’. An extensive fold out plate measuring 70 cm x 22 cm containing 17 individual figures is bound in to the re… Read more…

Two pamphlets plus additional fold out printouts and illustrations including the previous owner’s annotations and diagrams. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. Both pamphlets are in good condition, amateurishly bound together as one within the Mark Leveridge card… Read more…

Scarce First Edition from the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. Publisher’s purple cloth boards in pristine condition. Endpapers very lightly age toned. Text block notably clean and crisp throughout. Dust jacket near good; very minor nicks to spine tips and corners; cli… Read more…

In very good condition, an original Abel Heywood Penny Guide Book. An ex Kensington Public Library copy in original bright yellow wrappers bound into robust cloth backed boards lettered in gilt to spine. With the usual library stamps throughout and armorial bookplate of ‘The Royal Borough of Kensington Public Libraries’ to the front pastedown. Cont… Read more…

In good plus condition, all 4 in the set (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) in original, joyfully illustrated card covers bound using a different coloured thread to the spine for each season. Each volume additionally covered in a previous owner’s custom made wrapper of brown paper with titling and a different pencil coloured illustration to each fron… Read more…

Third Edition. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. In very good, crisp and clean condition. Boards wrapped in a securely attached unique custom made jacket beautifully annotated in a gothic influenced hand drawn over a brown and red background by previous owner.… Read more…

First editio from the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. A notably fresh copy. Green boards in pristine condition; crisp, clean and unmarked throughout. Dust jacket in very good condition; clipped; lightly finger soiled and age toned to rear. 128 pp. Read more…

Unabridged reprint of all 3 original books. From the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. A notably fresh copy. Black boards and text block in pristine condition; crisp, clean and unmarked throughout. Bright red endpapers very fresh. Booksellers label to front pastedown re… Read more…

A specialised scientific memoir originally published in 1850 which appeared in several different publication contexts and hence this contemporary half binding contains both sections of the standalone 1852 and 1853 versions by Chez A Hardel and an additional section most probably from a larger academic pamphlet published by the Académie des Sciences… Read more…

A very pleasingly illustrated product catalogue produced by the Devonshire School of Lettering in Morecombe c1955. The school acted as both an educational institution and a supplier to the trade and the contents provide a snapshot of mid 20th century commercial art history in an era before the introduction of digital or vinyl printing when every sh… Read more…