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| QUARITCH (BERNARD) | a catalogue of english and foreign bookbindings offered for sale by bernard quaritch ltd.: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. ., 1921.: Large 4to, viii,76pp., coloured frontis., 59 plates (of which 5 are in full colour), a few quires sprung, orig. printed boards. A beautiful catalogue describing 90 English bindings, 210 French bindings, 9 Italian bindings, and 17 Mid-European bindings. Original printed boards loose as usual. Library cancels else fine. | $120.00 | 91990 | |
| DANIELL, WALTER V. (COMPILER) | a catalogue of engraved portraits of celebrated personages, chiefly connected with the history and literature of great britain. accompanied by short biographical notes, especially in references to the localities with which they were associated.: Walter V.Daniell, 1900: Port. frontis., 6 superb engraved copper plates. Gilt-lettered and decorated blindstamped cloth. Fine. * over 14,000 entries with topographical index. All apparently in the stock of the Daniell printselling firm, described by its compiler as "the most complete list of portraits issued since that published by Evans" and accompanied by a helpful topographical index. The market targeted seems not to have been print collectors as such, but persons wishing to use portraits for "extra-illustrating and kindred purposes", at that date still a very popular occupation. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece, (4) + 245 + (1)pp, 6 engraved portraits. Publisher’s cloth. | $110.00 | 89403 | |
| KEEFE, H.J. | a century in print. the story of hazell's 1839-1939. with a foreword by ralph c.hazell.: [First edition] Hazell Watson and Viney, 1939.: 4to. Original cloth gilt. Pp. xiv, 224, with 29 photogravures, 11 drawings by Dennis Flanders, and numerous reproductions of prints. Library cancel else fine. [ primarily the story of the growth of a printing business during a 100 year period.] | $70.00 | 91605 | |
| CAROLINE, QUEEN CONSORT OF GEORGE IV. HAYTER, GEORGE. | a descriptive catalogue of the great historical picture painted by mr. george hayter, representing the trial of her late majesty, queen caroline of england, with a faithful interior view of the house of lords, and one hundred and eighty-nine ....: Printed by W. Hersee. 1823: Large 8vo pamphlet, in orig. brown wraps. 16pp. Five engraved folding plates of portions of the painting are interleaved with a printed key to the figures. Uncut. Last plate slightly damaged, else fine. | $220.00 | 91218 | |
| GROTE, GEORGE. | a history of greece: from the time of solon to 403 b.c. condensed and edited with notes and appendices by j.m. mitchell amd m.o.b. caspari.: London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1930.: Large, thick 8vo. Pp. xxv, 812. Original blue cloth, gilt spine, fore-edges uncut. Fine. | $70.00 | 102005 | |
| J. MASON | a history of scottish experiments in rural education from the eighteenth century to the present day: University of London Press, London, 1935.: Large 8vo. 'Publication of the Scottish Council for Research in Education, VII'. Pp 207, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Uncut. AS NEW | $70.00 | 102016 | |
| DAVENPORT HILL, M. (BY ROSAMUND AND FLORENCE DAVENPORT-HILL). | a memoir of matthew davenport hill; with selections from his correspondence. by his daughters.: Macmillan, 1st edn, 1878: pp.xviii,516, portrait frontispiece and one plate, Library Cancel. t.e.g. Original cloth gilt. Slight wear to spine. * Matthew Davenport Hill (1792-1872) was an English lawyer concerned with criminal reform. | $90.00 | 9798 | |
| LANGMEAD CLIVE | a passion for plants,from the rainforests of brazil to kew gardens. the life vision of ghillean prance director of the royal botanic gardens , kew. (isbn: 0745929621): Lion, Oxford, 1995. AS NEW: Large 8vo, plates. New in dj. * D/W Review by Sir David Attenbourough,' To be the head of a modern scientific institution with a worldwide reputation, and to combine that work with adventures that can compare with the most daring exploits of ninteenth-century explorers might seem impossible. But that is what Ghillean Prance has achieved and it is a thrilling mixture.' | $30.00 | 92216 | |
| MORLEY,CLAUDE. | a revision of the ichneumonidae based on the collection in the british museum. iii: tribes pimplides and bassides.: London, 1914.: IX,148 pp. 1 plts. Gilt decorated cloth. Small library cancel else fine. | $50.00 | 93365 | |
| CLOUGH, A. | a short-title catalogue arranged geographically of books printed and distributed by printers, publishers and booksellers in the english provincial towns and in scotland and ireland up to and including the year 1700.: London, Library Assoc., 1969. 1: 120pp folio. Double column. Cloth. Dustjacket.*This is a short-title catalogue of those books which bear an imprint indicating that they were printed, published or distributed in the United Kingdom, other than London, before 1701. It is based on Pollard & Redgrave's Short-title catalogue 1475-1640 and Wing's Short-title catalogue 1641-1700. Library cancel else fine. * Excludes items listed in (1) Aldis's List of Books printed in Scotland before 1700; (2) Dix's Catalogue of Early Dublin-Printed Books 1601-1700 ; and (3) Madan's Oxford Book | $75.00 | 89244 | |
| CHARLES FOX | aks-i partaw [transliterated from the persian]. a series of poems, containing the plaints, consolations, and delights of achmed ardebeili, a persian exile. with historical and explanatory by charles fox.: Printed by Bulgin and Rosser for J. Cottle, Bath, 1797.: First Edition, [viii],xl,276pp., cont. calf, slight wear, some age-staining. * Contains a distinguished list of subscribers including ‘Mr. S.T. Coleridge, Stowey’, Rev. J.P. Estlin’, ‘Mr. William Gilbert’, ‘Mr. J. Lovell’, ‘Azariah Pinney, Esq.’, ‘J.F. Pinney, Esq.’, ‘Mr. T. Poole, Stowey’, and ‘Mr. Robert Southey’. Wordsworth’s ownership of a copy of this book has long been acknowledged. One or two interesting borrowings can be found in Adventures of Salisbury Plain - originally composed 1795, but surviving only in a manuscript text of 1799. These borrowings would suggest that Wordsworth revised parts of Adventures on Salisbury Plain between the time of his reading Ahmed, c. June 1797, and March 1798, when Coleridge offered it to Cottle for publication." - (Duncan Wu, Professor of English Language and Literature, St Catherine’s College, Oxford). | $380.00 | 102924 | |
| PARTINGTON,, J.R. | an adavanced treatise on physical chemistry. volume three: the properties of solids.: London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1957: . liv+640pp. Large 8vo. Original cloth gilt. Fine in sl damaged dustwrapper | $50.00 | 101746 | |
| RICHES, P.M. | an analytical bibliography of universal collected biography comprising books published in the english tongue in great britain and ireland, america and the british dominions.: Library Association, London, first edition, 1934: Cloth, large 4to, ix, 709 pp (in double column format). Approximately 56,000 entries. An index to biographies of persons of various periods and nationalities in collected works in the English language. In four sections: (1) analytical index, arranged alphabetically by biographee; (2) a bibliography of the works analyzed; (3) a chronological list of the biographees; and (4) a list arranged by profession or trade. Ex-reference library with bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, one or two light library marks. Original cloth giil. VG | $75.00 | 89240 | |
| VENEZIA. PROCURATIE NUOVE. | arte a venezia dal medioevo al settecento. testimonianze e recuperi. mostra. catalogo a cura di giovanni mariacher. june-oct. 1971.: Venezia (Alfieri), 1971. AS NEW IN DW: Small 4to. . xv, (31), 325, (3)pp. 166 illus. (16 color plates). | $70.00 | 101621 | |
| BILL LAWS | artists' gardens. [renoir; henry moore; bartlett; frida kahlo; caillebotte; william morris; isamu noguchi; heron; childe hassam; rubens; cezanne; sorolla; audubon; ondaatje; monet; carl milles; hepworth; frieseke; gertrude jekyll; emil nolde]: Ward Lock 1999: Large, thick 4to, many colour ills. AS NEW in dw | $60.00 | 99522 | |
| BROWN, BASIL. | astronomical atlases, maps & charts: an historical and general guide.: London: Search Publishing, 1932.: 4to. 1st Edition. Large format. 200pp., with Index. 20 Plates including frontispiece, along with other illustrations. Brown parchment over boards. Small library cancel to rear of title else vg. | $250.00 | 89237 | |
| KIMBER, RICHARD T. | automation in libraries international series of monographs in library and information science, vol.10: Pergamon Press,Oxford, first editon 1968: Hardback, Ex-Library, else fine in original cloth gilt. viii, 140. Includes much on computers. | $30.00 | 91774 | |
| M. SYRBE / B. WILL (HG.) | automatisierungstechnik im wandel durch mikroprozessoren. - interkama-kongreß 1977. (isbn: 3540084142): Berlin: Springer-Verl., 1977: Large, thick 8vo. 675 pp.Well rebound in buckram & boards, retaining original card covers. Library cancel else fine. * m. Abb., brosch. in Bibliotheksfolie gebund. (Reihe: Fachberichte Messen, Steuern, Regeln, Bd. 1) (3-540-08414-2), 1977. (Bibl.exemplar: Bibl.stempel, -einbandfolie u. Signatur - sonst gut erhaltenes Ex.) brosch. in Bibliotheksfolie gebund. (Reihe: Fachberichte Messen, Steuern, Regeln, Bd. 1). | $110.00 | 91567 | |
| SMITH, ERWIN F. | bacteria in relation to plant diseases. volume one. methods of work and general literature of bacteriology exclusive of plant diseases: Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1905,: Small folio.1st ed.,300pp, many photoplates & engraved text ills. 3/4 morocco gilt. Slight wear. Library cancel. | $120.00 | 91704 | |
| DOUGLAS W MOCK | behavior and evolution of birds: readings from scientific american magazine (isbn: 0716722372): W H Freeman & Co, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1991. NEW: 4to paperback. a collection of articles begins with an overview of some of the behavioral mechanisms used by birds and then goes on to look at how evolutionary forces have shaped these mechanisms for survival. beautifully illustrated. | $40.00 | 92648 | |
| GRIFFITHS, ACTON FREDERICK. | bibliotheca anglo-poetica; or, a descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early english poetry: in the possession of longman, hurst, rees, orme, and brown. illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical.: printed by Thomas Davison, for the proprietors of the collection, London, 1815. First and only edition.: Large 8vo, pp. viii, 481; woodcut frontis, vignette title printed in red and black, a number of small engravings and engraved initials in the text; ca. 1900. Recent scarlet cloth with gilt morocco lettering label. Small library cancel else fine. * A collection of 956 books, priced, as catalogued by Acton Frederick Griffith for Thomas Park (1759- 1834) the English antiquary and bibliographer, who, short of cash, had to sell the collection. The books found their way into the hands of Longman (et al.) who subsequently turned many of them over to auction. De Ricci (pp. 90-92) states that "the larger portion of the book described were subsequently brought together again in the Britwell Library.". | $380.00 | 91942 | |
| FINLAYSON, T.CAMPBELL | biological religion, an essay in criticism of professor henry drummond's 'natural law in the natural world': James Clarke & Co., London, 1895.: Third Ed. Crown. HB in dark red cloth, brilliant-gilt lettering. NEAR-NEW. 86pp. . Important criticism of Professor Henry Drummond's very popular book. * Alleged identity of natuiral and spiritual laws, biogenesis. degeneration, growth, environment, eternal life, classification | $35.00 | 107489 | |
| BLAKEBOROUGH, JOHN. | bits of west cleveland. great ayton, stokesley & district, past and present; with a chapter on bilsdale and its hunt: Woolstone, Middlesborough. 1901: Maroon cloth hardcover, gilt titles to upper panel. Wear to backstrip, stain to front cover. Internally fine. 123 pages; nicely illustrated with b/w photographs, sketches, vignettes. First edition. Scarce | $75.00 | 107550 | |
| BOWLES, [CARINGTON] | bowles's reduced new pocket plan of the cities of london and westminster, with the borough of southwark, exhibiting the new buildings to 1801: Published by Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London 1801: Folding, linen backed engraved plan 15½'' x 22¼'' [400 mm by 560 mm]. 16 dissected sections mounted on linen. Reference table below. Extending west to east from Hyde Park to Mile End and north to south from Hoxton to Newington, with three bridges across the River Thames, London, Blackfryer's and Westminster. Outside the City of London areas such as Finsbury, Bethnal Green, Pimlico, and Mile End surrounded by fields. In original slipcase with publisher label to the front and reverse. Slight wear to one joint else fine. | $4750.00 | 93341 | |
| DELDERFIELD, ERIC R. | british inn signs and their stories. [royal & heraldic; coaching days; signs of trade; banking signs; signs of beasts and birds; strange but true; some lake district signs; some north country signs; military memories; etc]: Newton Abbot, Devon, England : David & Charles, 1966. NEW IN DW: 4to. 160 pp. ; over 200 illustrations of signs and locations ; one or two color plates ; also found are several interesting ghostly and macabre tales associated with various taverns and inns ; in colorful dustjacket | $50.00 | 102634 | |
| [ TYPE SPECIMEN] CASLON. | caslon old face roman & italic: cast entirely made from matrices of original punches engraved early 18th century: H.W. Caslon & Co.Ltd. London: n.d.(c1924): 4to, printed wraps. 64pp, uncut. Includes large folding folio facsimile of 1734 speciment, history of Caslon.Beautifully illus.,some colored. Uncut. Library cancel else vg. | $110.00 | 91992 | |
| WALKER, FRANCIS. | catalogue of the specimens of dermaptera saltatoria in the collection of the british museum. part v [only].: Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum., 1870. 1st Ed.: Slim 8vo. [iv] + (811-850) + 43pp. + 166pp. supplement. Ex.-lib. with bookplate and sm. blind stamp, original cloth with gilt title to spine. | $80.00 | 93364 | |
| JOCELIN DE BRAKELOND F. 1173-1215 | chronicle of jocelin of brakelond: a picture of monastic life in the days of abbot samson newly edited by sir ernest clarke.: London, Alexander Moring the De La More Press, 1903: Samson, Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds 1135-1211; 1st ed.; xliv, 285p. incl. index; 15.7cm; original ivory paper spine with gray cloth; spine chipped; illustrated series title and 2d 1/2 t.p.; The King's Classics; ed. Sir Ernest Clarke 1856-1923 | $50.00 | 93148 | |
| GOETHE | criticisms, reflections, and maxims of goethe, translated with an introduction by w. b. ronnfeldt: Walter Scott, London.: 8vo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 261pp + 14pp publisher's ads. No date, probably 1896. Olive green buckram, brilliant gilt titles and decoration. Neat inscription "from agnes with love to nettie, Sydney 9/8/99", Else mint condition. | $30.00 | 89412 | |
| RAULIN, M | de la conservation des enfans, ou les moyens de les fortifier, de les préserver & guérir des maladies, depuis l'instant de leur existence, jusqu'à l'age de puberte: . Paris, Merlin, 1769, Tome second [only]: 420pp, original publishers grey boards, deckle edges, uncut. Almost AS NEW ! | $180.00 | 107134 | |
| SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS (COMP) | designers in britain 1851-1951, a biennial review of graphic and industrial design compiled by the society of industrial artists.: wingate, London 1951: Large 310pp quarto. many photo plates and text illustrations, Some in color. Gilt lettered cloth. Sl wear to backstrip else fine. | $70.00 | 18319 | |
| A T TSCHIFFELY | don roberto. being the account of the life and works of r.b. cunninghame graham 1852-1936: Heinemann 1937: Large, thick 8vo. Near-new in near-new dw | $20.00 | 105009 | |
| GOMME, GEORGE LAURENCE | english topography, part ix. nottinghamshire, oxfordshire, rutlandshire. the gentlemans magazine library: being a classified collection of the chief contents of the gentleman's magazine from 1731 to 1868: Elliot Stock, London, 1897.: Large 8vo. 320pp. Published cloth gilt. Fine | $60.00 | 105004 | |
| HERODOTUS / ANDREW LANG | euterpe: being the second book of the famous history of herodotus. englished by b.r. 1584. edited by andrew lang.: London, David Nutt, 1888: Large 8vo. One of 60 copies [this no 15] Large-Paper signed by the publisher. 174pp. Frontispiece in two states. Mould-made paper. Parchment backed boards, uncut. Library cancel, some soiling to covers else vg. Scarce | $140.00 | 91574 | |
| family history. the bi-monthly journal of the institute of heraldic and genealogical studies.: Northgate, Canterbury, Kent, 1962-63: Large 4to. Volume 1, nos. 1-6. Illustr (including color heraldic seals), 11.5 x 8, stapled wraps in green cloth gilt, 192 pp. Fine. | $70.00 | 102895 | ||
| MOGGI GUIDO AND GIUGNOLINI LUCIANO | flowers for balcony and garden; the macdonald encyclopedia (isbn: 0356091481): Macdonald, London, 1983: Pictorial Card Cover. Over 350 species of flower in full colour with details for achieving successful cultivation. Original paperback in fine condition. Highly collectable thus. * Post free in the UK for a limited period. Search our entire stock with keyword paperbacks | $18.00 | 90736 | |
| MCKITTERICK,DAVID | four hundred years of university printing and publishing in cambridge 1584-1984: catalogue of the exhibition in the university library, cambridge (isbn: 0521258219): Cambridge University Press, 1984: First Edition.Large 8vo. vii,183 pp., with illustrations and facsimiles. Cloth gilt. Library cancel else vg. * This important exhibition marked 400 years of continuous printing and publishing by Cambridge University Press, and its catalogue provides a full and detailed bibliography and historical information. "An important exhibition was mounted in the University Library from April to June 1984, to mark four hundred years of continuous printing and publishing by Cambridge University Press, and this catalogue gives a permanent record for historians and bibliographers. Mr. McKetterick has written an introductory note on the catalogue as a whole and his very full and interesting entries on the exhibits give detailed bibliographical and historical information. The Press's first charter, early official letters and historical documents and some early equipment are catalogues and reproduced, as well as a selection of Cambridge Press books from 1584 onwards." | $50.00 | 91604 | |
| ALLISON, A.F.FOUR METAPHYSICAL POETS. GEORGE HERBERT, RICHARD CRASHAW, HENRY VAUGHAN, ANDREW MARVELL | four metaphysical poets. george herbert, richard crashaw, henry vaughan, andrew marvell : a bibliographical catalogue of the early editions of their poetry and prose (to the end of the 17th century).: Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, first edition, 1973: Cloth, 8vo, 134 pp including 71 plates. Approximately 60 entries. Commonly classed in histories of literature as 'Metaphysicals' because of certain speculative attitudes of mind they shared, [Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell] were men of widely differing outlook and genius. They all wrote secular as well as religious poetry - some of it among the finest in our literature - and all, except Crashaw, published important prose works. This catalogue aims to provide detailed bibliographical descriptions, with title-page reproductions, of every separate edition and issue of the poetry and prose to the end of the 17th century." - from the blurb. Arranged in separate chronological listings for each author, with collations, summaries of contents, STC and Wing references and locations of copies. Index of printers and publishers. Library cancel else fine. | $40.00 | 93163 | |
| BAUMBER, MICHAEL | general-at-sea - robert blake and the seventeenth-century revolution in naval warfare (isbn: 0719547067): London. 1989. John Murray.: Large 8vo. 1st Ed. (X), 284 PP with 18 maps & battle plans, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj sl dampstained else fine. * Biography of this soldier, turned sailor: actions during the English Civil War, the Dutch, the Spanish in the Mediterranean. | $30.00 | 92223 | |
| WALLS , IAN G | growing vegetables , fruit and flowers for profit (isbn: 0715386808): David & Charles 1986. NEW in dj.: Large 8vo./ 248pp Numerous b/w photos and tables 9.5 x 6". 675g. * Overview of the possibilities of starting or expanding the growing of crops for commercial purposes, quoting actual case histories and why they succeeded or failed, and with a critical analysis of the full range of crops and their profit potential, cultural and labour requirements. | $40.00 | 92627 | |
| hand-list of bibliographies, classified catalogues, and indexes placed in the reading room of the british museum for reference.: Printed by order of the Trustees, [London], 1881: 8vo. x, 105 pp. Gilt decorated cloth. Slight wear. | $50.00 | 93411 | ||
| J O'GRADY | heresy; heretical truth or orthodox error, a study of early christian heresies (isbn: 0906540755 / 0-906540-75-5): Element books 1985. NEW in dw: Red Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages, last three pages blank, bibliography, index.. * This thought-provoking new book is about the mysterious history of Christianity -- about the turning point that took place in its development and the turning point that might have been. It describes the events and the people, the philosophies, the cults and the ideologies that impinged upon the new religion at its birth and during its growth; and it attempts to disentangle the main threads that emerge from this labyrinth of ideas, beliefs and passions. Only the first five centuries of Christianity are covered here," -- front fold over the blurb. | $20.00 | 99110 | |
| RACHEL S WATT | in the heart of savagedom. being reminscences of life and adventure during a quarter of a century of pioneering missionary labour in the wilds of east equatorial africa.: London. Pickering and Inglis, 3rd Edition.N.d. [ ca. 1915 ]: 8vo. original pictorial boards. AS NEW in very slightly frayed dw. 422pp 64 illustrations and a map. Edited by S.Watt. . Frontis piece of author and 70 full page illustrations. A supremely handsome copy of this scarce title. | $80.00 | 100879 | |
| ADAMI, J. GEORGE. | inflammation: an introduction to the study of pathology, being the reprint (revised and enlarged) of an article in professor allbutt’s system of medicine.: London, Macmillan, 1909.: 200 x 130 mm. pp. xvii, 254. Illus. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Slight sunning to one edge, else fine. | $60.00 | 107477 | |
| TEXT BY AE POPHAM | italian drawings in the department of prints and drawings in the british museum: artists working in parma in the sixteenth century, correggio, anselmi, rondani, gatti, gambara, orsi, parmigianino, bedoli, bertoja: British Museum, London, 1967.: 4to. xiii, 139 pp. Cloth gilt. Small librray cancel else fine in dj. | $50.00 | 93368 | |
| KARL BAEDEKER | italy handbook for travellers. third part: southern italy and sicily with excursions to the lipari islands malta sardinia tunis and corfu: Karl Baedeker / Dulau and Co., Leipzig / London, 1900.: 13th revised edition 431pp with 28 maps and 19 plans. Red cloth and gilt as issued. Fine copy | $80.00 | 103127 | |
| ZUMSTEIN [ STAMP CATALOGUE ] | katalog schweiz / liechtenstein: campione und vereinte nationen, genf., 1988: Bern: Zumstein & Cie, 2001: 640pp, many colour ills. Pictorial wrappers. NEW | $30.00 | 93318 | |
| MRS BLACK | la bonne cuisine - a selection of high-class and household cookery recipes.: London,Collins. N.D., ca 1895.: 144pp. Orig blue cloth bds.Slight rubbing else fine. | $60.00 | 92937 | |
| JEAN AUDIAU | la pastourelle dans la poésie occitane du moyen âge. textes publiés et traduits, avec une introduction et un glossaire.: Boccard, Paris, 1923.: Pictorial wrappers. 1 vol. in-12 XXXII-181 pp, Très importante introduction historique et littéraire sur les manuscrits, les éditions, les attributions, les auteurs, les oeuvres, la métrique. Avec notes, variantes, bibliographie et glossaire. AS NEW | $50.00 | 101834 | |
| THOMAS CARLYLE | lectures on the history of literature or the successive periods of european culture delivered in 1838.: Kane & Co, London & Bombay 1892. Now first published: Large 8vo. Original red cloth. xiii, 199 pp., iii [index]. Slight wear. | $60.00 | 104718 |