All Books

London: Burgess William & Co. early 20th century.Souvenir Japanese crêpe paper handkerchief with an outer border of purple pansy-type flowers and green foliage. In the centre is a picture (signed W. B [?] 84) of a poor mother with two young children. Above this is printed "Souvenir Programme of The Provincial Unemployed Demonstration" and either side of the picture are the texts "The profit of the earth is for all Eccles v.9" and "Labour is the source of all wealth". Below the picture are the details of the demonstration.

London: The Mitre Press. n.d. [1957/8].First edition. 8vo 183x122mm. pp. 64. Original bright blue cloth lettered in gilt with original illustrated dust jacket. Some very minor marking and rubbing to the jacket and slight soiling to the spine. Internally there is some mild foxing in one or two places but overall a very good copy. Rare in commerce and with eight copies recorded institutionally. Frieda Harris was, in the words of her husband "an artist and a good one.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co.,. 1851.First edition. 8vo. 218x140mm. pp. vi, [7]-68, [1 adverts, 1bl]. Original blue wrappers, delicate and somewhat soiled and marked, with tears and damage to the spine. An ownership inscription in pencil to upper cover. Internally very good although the hinges are cracked and loose but holding. Rare in commerce, the last copy in the wrappers appearing in 1992.By 1851, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was three years old. Its infancy had been difficult with critics and the public rejecting their use of heightened realism, self-conscious religiosity and mock-mediaevalism.

Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Trani. 1860.Volume II, part I. 8vo. 200x125mm. pp. [8], xxiv, 3-328, [6]. This volume contains the story and teachings of Jesus Christ set out in a collection of short readings. Beautifully bound in red full morocco with, on both covers, in gilt, the coat of arms of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies. The arms are framed by a rococo gilt border. Spine decorated with an attractive rococo design and lettered in gilt. Some slight rubbing and a few marks to the spine but otherwise in very good condition. Internally excellent but with some foxing.

Oxford: OUP. 1913.185x130mm. pp. viii, 1350. Bound in red morocco by W.H.Smith (blind stamp on rear pastedown). Douglas Cockerell managed the bindery from 1906-1914 and this plain but attractive binding would have been made under his supervision as it was given as a Cheltenham Ladies' College form prize to Margaret E. Giddings in 1914. The upper cover has the monogram "CLC" of the school.

Salisbury: Sealy and Hodson. 1773.First edition. 8vo. 196x123mm. pp. [iv], 256. Contemporary half calf, marbled paper covered boards, rebacked, morocco label lettered in gilt. Rubbing to boards and bumping to corners. Internally very good but with some browning and closed tears to K2 and K3 (which also has a tear with loss to top margin). Overall a nice copy of a light and amusing collection of poetry and prose to keep while the hours spent travelling in a post chaise.

Oxford: Printed by the University Printers. 1695. 12mo. 150x80mm. A12-Kk11. Volume one only, containing the Old Testament. Bound in a nice contemporary sombre binding, marbled endpapers. Internally, there is some staining but otherwise a very good copy. Final blank has the ownership inscription "Ann Stallard Her Book.

London: J&C Brown & Co.. n.d. [1856].8vo. 158x95mm. pp. pp. iv, [2], 9-309 [1bl]. Frontispiece (some offsetting from frontispiece onto the title page opposite). This copy is undated but has the same title and imprint as the dated first edition of 1856 so we have assumed that it is from that year. Russell's works were often republished but with different titles which is not the case here. Bound with (and after) BELL, Robert The Ladder of Gold. An English Story London:G. Routledge & Co. 1858. vi, 7-440.

London: Walter Scott. 1887.First edition. 8vo. 190x125mm. pp. xx, 419 [1bl]. Original blue cloth with an illustration in gilt by Phoebe Traquair on the upper cover (her monogram is at the bottom right corner of the cover). Spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. The frontispiece was also designed by Traquair. Some fading to spine and bumping and wear to head and foot of spine and rubbing to corners. Endpapers chipped at the front inner gutter but otherwise a very nice copy of an important collection of women's writing by Elizabeth Sharp.

Rochester, NY Aperture, inc. 1960.First and only edition. Special issue 8.3 of Aperture. 234x202mm. pp. 40 (numbered from 127-166). Illustrated wrappers, bound with two staples. Spine torn but holding, some markings and soiling but overall a nice copy of a rare photo essay recording the last days of Berryessa Valley before the construction of the Montecello Dam and the flooding of the valley to create a twenty mile long reservoir. A entire, pastoral way of living was destroyed to provide a much needed irrigation system for agricultural land in the Sacramento Valley.

n.p. C. Johnson. [1793].Portrait of Wybrand Lolkes and his wife, full length, the husband directed to the right, and the wife in frontal view but looking left. Scene set in an interior. Etching on paper. Mounted on white card, 255x197mm. (mount measures 330x270). Crease to top edge of mount but print is in excellent condition. This illustration to The Wonderful Magazine (London, 1822). Lolkes was a celebrated dwarf (he was 27 inches high and weighed 56lbs) who, in the manner of the time was exhibited as something of a curiosity.

London: Printed for J.M.Richardson. 1808.Second edition. 8vo in 4s. pp. iv, 179 [1bl]. Uncut in the original blue wrappers, large section of the spine is missing but original label is present. Heavily foxed. Inscribed in black ink on the front wrapper: "The Honble. Rufus King with Mr Alexr Baring's Compliments". This work, in which Alexander Baring makes the case for a liberalising of British trade policy towards the United States, was popular and influential, running to three editions in 1808 alone.

Two round white cotton mats with silk fringes (190mm in diameter). In the centre of each mat is a drawing. The first shows a simian, heavily bearded man carrying a large folio volume under his arm and removing his top hat. The frame around the image is in the form of a heraldic garter on which is written "A specimen of the Darwinian race". The other mat has a drawing of a naval officer (in contemporary tail-coat) standing in front of a shaving mirror brandishing a cut-throat razor. Written on the garter is "A native trimming his beard".

London: Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, & by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd. 1715.Bound with The Book of Common Prayer, London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceased, 1709. And with The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, And Others. London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, 1717. 8vo. 192x120mm. Unpaginated. Collates as follows: BCP a4, A8-G6. Bible pi1, A8-Z8, As8-Zz8, Aaa8-Zzz8, Aaaa8-Cccc4. Psalms: A4-L4.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1905.First edition. 8vo. 190x125mm. pp. [iv], 461, [1bl, 10 adverts]. Original blue cloth, upper cover decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Slight rubbing to extremities and mild toning internally but otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Protected by a plastic transparent wrapper. Rare in commerce, only five copies appearing in the auction records in the last century. Rolf Boldrewood is the pseudonym of Thomas Alexander Browne(1826-1915).

New York: The Macaulay Company. 1933.First edition. 8vo. 189x126mm. pp. [8], 9-283 [1bl]. Yellow cloth illustrated and lettered in red. Original illustrated dustjacket, chipped and creased in places and with the spine a little faded but overall in very good condition. Internally excellent.

Boston: Chapman & Grimes. 1939.First edition. 8vo. 196x135mm. pp. 255 [1bl]. Publisher's blue cloth and original dustjacket. Some closed tears to the jacket and there is a handwritten alteration to a printed address on the lower cover. Inscribed "To Mr Fred E. Mason from Ida F. Powell Author. Christmas 1941". Loosely inserted is a two page letter and a Christmas Card from Powell to Mason. In the letter, Powell describes the book as a "romance...while the details of the detective theme is founded upon actual knowledge of facts which I gathered by contacting the police".

New York: Rae D. Henkle. 1934.First edition. 8vo. 200x140mm. pp. 320. Black cloth, decorated and lettered in red. Original illustrated dustjacket with a very striking design. Tear to top edge of the upper cover dustjacket with c25x15mm missing. A repaired tear and one small tear to bottom edge of the dustjacket but otherwise a very good copy and internally excellent. Red Hell is the memoir of the career criminal John Goode (1864-1934). He was encouraged by Rae Henkle, the publisher and a friend, "to put his story into some form of written order".

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. 1927.First edition. 8vo. 187x125mm. pp. [viii], 320. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver. With the rare illustrated dustjacket. Some staining and marking to the cloth. The dustjacket is chipped at the top edge and to head and foot of spine and there are a small tears at the folds with the flaps which have been repaired. But this is an extremely uncommon (and very striking) dustjacket. Internally very good but with a split to the hinge with the lower cover and with some toning to the edges.

London: Scott, Greenwood and Son. 1918.Two volumes. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Large 8vo, 248x154mm. pp. xi [i], 521, [3]; [viii], 344. Original green cloth, lettered in black. Bumping to head and foot of spines with some very small tears. Some slight marking in places and rubbing to joints. Internally very good but with some slight loosening to the hinges in volume two. This second volume has the signature of "O.

Paris and Nancy: Berger-Levrault & Libraires-Éditeurs. 1915.First (and apparently only) edition. 8vo. 185x118mm. pp. xii, 207 [1bl]. In original printed grey wrappers and housed in a marbled paper covered slipcase. Most of the gatherings are unopened although there is a tear to the final leaf where is has been opened. Small chip to foot of the spine and a crease to bottom edge of lower cover. Spine somewhat browned but overall a very good copy of a rare book, seemingly untraceable in commerce.

London: T. and W. Boone. 1845.Inscribed by the author. Volume one only. First edition. 8vo. 220x140mm. pp. xviii, [2], 448, [4 adverts]. Engraved frontispiece and ten further engraved plates. Original green cloth decorated in blind and spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. Corners bumped, some stains and marks to covers, fading to spine and bumping and small tears to head and foot of spine. Internally very good but with some foxing, heavy in places, especially to the plates. Front free endpaper is inscribed "Lady Thomas with the author's compliments".

London: John Murray. 1844.First edition. Small 8vo. 167x105mm. pp. [4], xviii, 511, [1 adverts]. With engraved frontispiece, engraved half-title, and engraved illustrations and plans in the text. Bound by Remnant and Edmonds (ticket on rear pastedown) in green cloth, borders and spine decorated in blind, centre of upper cover illustrated in gilt with a farmhouse and animals. Corners bumped and worn, spine faded and bumped to head and foot and a (30mm) surface tear to the cloth at joint with upper cover. Minor marks to baords in place. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of James Hunter of Hafton.

London: Richard Hodgkinsonne. 1655.First edition. Volume one (first part). Folio in 4s. 332x210mm. [ff.23], pp.1- 608. Ends on 4G4 after the survey of the Benedictine foundations and before the Cluniac. Engraved title page and fifty-one engraved full page (and some folding) plates, many by Wenceslaus Hollar, and with engraved illustrations in the text. The folding map of Thanet is present. In an extraordinary binding of eighteenth century red morocco with triple fillet borders.