The Hawfinch by Mountfort, Guy - 1957

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1874. 620 numbered pages, illustrations and advertisements throughout, with 25 of 26 supplements. Content includes 33 double and many more single page engravings. Subject matter includes (along with many others..) The Tichborne Trial, Black Watch Forest Ashanti war, Portrait engravings of Gladstone and Disraeli, Royal Marriage - Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh, Fine Art Supplement 1874.2 copies available:Good to V.Good, spine rubbed but binding intact, pages clean with some light foxing, previously missing pages 123, 619, Nursery Tales (supplement) have been replaced with bound-in copies. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback.Fair, missing pages replaced with digitally reproduced copies bound in place.Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm, approx 6kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed (106) pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864. 684 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War
War in New Zealand
Kerbstone… Read More

Two copies available, as follows:
Item 1: A$580
Good to V.Good condition. Pages complete and clean with some light foxing. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Two of four double page colour supplements bound in place. Spine rubbed but binding intact. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Cover scuffed and faded but bound intact. Pages and print good, some foxing, mostly on outer edges with some discolouration.
Item 2: A$250
Fair Condition. Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached and bound intact. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Previously removed pages have been replaced by digitally reproduced pages, existing page condition fair.
Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1881. 601 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864.
Some examples of the items contained in this bound volume are:Transvaal War in South AfricaDakotah Territory, Far west of… Read More

Published by George C. Leighton, London, 1864.
628 numbered pages with illustrations and advertisements from 1864. Two of two colour supplements included in item 1 only. Examples of the features contained in this bound volume are:
American Civil War.
Canada Gold Find.
Floods in Melbourne.
Cricket in Melbourne.
Refer to the index pages in the gallery image for a complete listing of the content.
Two copies available:
1. Good to V.Good, Covers and original spine and binding intact with some marks, bumps and small tears, page areas mostly clean with some foxing and gilt edges. Rubbed half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Contains two original colour supplements. Price AUD580.
2. Fair, Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked but attached, Most pages clean, 102 missing original pages replaced with quality-reproduced copies and bound in place. One-penny postage paid stamped on weekly leading pages. Price AUD250.
Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm,… Read More

An historical account comprising two volumes of the evolution of the Colony of Victoria and its surrounds.
Note: This set is heavy at 7kg. Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.
Front covers and spine marked and slightly damaged. Some internal pages have water staining and some foxing, but most are clean and tightly bound. Some page edges are bumped near the beginning and end of the books.

France, 1749. In French and Latin. Volume IX (nine) only. A rare book "with approval and privilege of the King." The French Revolution and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in France in the 1790s makes this a truly rare volume to have survived as many churches were looted and damaged and clergy persecuted, imprisoned and executed. From title page: "La Sainte Bible en Latin et an Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirees du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbe de Senones, de M. l'Abbe de Vence, & des Aureurs les plus celebres; pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Ecriture Sainte. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures. Tome Neuvieme. A Paris, Rue S. Jacques, Chez: Gabriel Martin, a l;etoile; J.B. Coignard & Ant. Boudet, a la Bible d'or; Pierre-Jean Mariette, aux Colomnes d'Hercule; Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, a S. Thomas d'Aquin. M.Dcc. XLIX. Avec… Read More

London: Frederick Warne, 1866. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; brown cloth covers with ultra bright gilt decorations on spine and front cover. Elephant, snail and butterfly glow in bright gilt. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout. 271 toned pages with intermittent light foxing. Contents include: The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy Cupid, Hymen and Plutus The Philosopher and the Pheasants The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf The Tame Stag The Wild Boar and the Ham The Bull and the Mastiff The Dog and the Fox: to a lawyer Plutus, Cupid and Time The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm: to Laura The Countryman and Jupiter: to Myself The Baboon and the Poultry: to a levee-hunter The Court of Death The Man and the Flea The Hark and Many Friends The Poet and the Rose The Mastiff and much, much more. Corners are worn. Spine has two tears to spine and is frayed at top and bottom. Fep and following page have booksellers penciled notations. Pages 97-112 and 115-126 are detached from rest… Read More

New York: Hanover National Bank, 1920. Being an account of the experiences of the men of the Hanover National Bank in the Great World War Published for private distribution 1920, very rare; we couldn't find another copy. 8vo size hardcover; 181 cream laid pages. Faded gilt titles on spine; bright gilt titles and decoration (Hanover Bank logo) on cover. Includes sepia photos on glossy stock. Following a brief biographical sketch each employee tells his story of employment, enlistment and training and service. Other information may include birth date, where and when born and where the subject went to school and where else he was employed. Employees include: Claude M. Adamson John P. Anderson John H. Barnett Ralph S. Beckhorn Richard Dewey Benson Alexander Bissett Charles Bobel James A. Bolton Arthur Francis Clarke John Clos, Jr. F.F. Christopher Richard E. Everiss Elmer A.F. Hanscom Ernest T. Gogoll George A. Godine Joseph V. Gately William Porklab Walter H. Meyer Conrad J. Meir Frank… Read More

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good+. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations are twenty-five plates produced by the Heliotype Co. This work was a major example of heliotype printing and the first of what was intended to be a series, but it seems to have been the only publication to make it to press. Clean brown pebble cloth with gilt titles on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Interior of text Is tight, clean & intact. Chapter head decorations. Geology, Glaciers, Science; Heliotype Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 196 pages .