Recent Arrivals from AJ Scruffles

London: The Folio Society, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Smart Folio Society edition of Waley's well received translation of Journey to the West, written in sixteenth century China, concerning a buddhist monk's journey to the west and his companion, the Monkey King. With illustrations by Duncan Grant. Quarter cloth. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Lynton Lamb. Fourth printing of the Folio Society edition of Walton's 17th century guide to fishing that ' breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of the heart.' Features the charming b/w illustrations of Lynton Lamb interspersed with the text. Green cloth. Complete… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Peter Reddick. Handsome Folio Society edition of Hardy's controversial novel. With woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. Leather label to spine. Decorated end-papers. Some very mild shelf-wear. Contents pristine. Near fine.

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas Bewick. Early Folio Society edition of Wordsworth's selected poems. Quarter leather with cloth boards. Complete with numerous b/w wood engravings by Thomas Bewick interspersed throughout text. With slipcase. Some very mild wear to spine. Contents bright and clean. A nice example in this condition.… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Redesigned Folio Society edition of Goldsmith's popular 18th century novel, With illustrations by Margaret Weathebee. Decorative boards with decorative end-papers. Complete with slipcase. Some very light sunning to spine. Mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio Society edition of John Buchan's stories including A Captain of Salvation & Sing a Song of Sixpence. With illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. With Slipcase. Faint mark to spine. Otherwise tight crisp and clean. Very good overall condition.

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. Handsome Folio Society edition of Machiavelli's bible of city-statecraft. Bound in blue artificial silk cloth with gilt decoration and titling. The first English edition containing Mussolini's preface. With frontispiece and decorated initials based on those found in the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Complete with slipcase. Some very… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Account of the jacobite uprising of 1745 by the young aide de camp Johnstone. with b/w diagrams, maps and images. Second revised edition. Complete with slipcase. Light rubbing to slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents bright and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Elegant Folio society edition of Banerji's 1928 novel. With illustrations by Janet Archer. Bound in red 'open-weave' cloth with leather label to spine. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear, else crisp and clean. A nice example. Very good.

London: Swan, Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. Handsome quarter cloth binding of Prescott's learned account of the Conquest of Peru written in 1847, soon after and in the same vein as his ground-breaking History of the Conquest of Mexico. Art deco style gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. No date but c.… Read more about this item

London: Old House, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Nicely produced facsimile of Bradshaw's 1863 hand-book, containing descriptions of stations, their facilities and surrounding areas of interest. With original plates and maps. In crisp, fine condition.

New York: Abbeville Press , 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Lavishly illustrated history of Rome told through its artwork and its depiction in painting and cartography. From ancient times to the present day, with a series of essays on various periods and topics. Hefty Folio sized volume with copious full page colour images of the… Read more about this item

Koln: Taschen, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sumptuous edition containing and describing Caravaggio complete oeuvre. With five introductory essays and notes on the paintings. Folio. Complete with slipcase. Some very light shelf-wear to DJ. Volume is crisp and clean. Fine. *Due to weight, extra shipping fees will apply to overseas orders*

Conneticut: Easton Press, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. Impressive Easton Press edition of Haggard's dramatic 1887 adventure of lost civilizations and sorceresses. Full leather with gilt design to covers. Decorative devices within. All edges gilt. Some light shelf-wear to edges, else crisp and clean. Fine condition.

London: Conway, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine. 'A Compact yet compendious Guide to the sights of London, and the chief places of interest within a circuit of 30 miles'. Nicely produced facsimile of Bradshaw's 1862 guide to London. With original plates and maps. Some very light shelf-wear, otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine. … Read more about this item

Conneticut: Easton Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Pleasant full leather Easton Press edition of Twain's 1884 follow up to Tom Sawyer. With illustrations by Thomas Hart Benton. All edges gilt. Silk Moire end-papers. 8vo. In crisp fine condition.

New York: Rizzoli, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hefty, beautifully illustrated guide to the collections of the State Hermitage Museum. With copious high quality images of the artworks with detailed descriptions. Complete with slipcase. Some minor shelf-wear to slipcase, else crisp and clean. Near fine overall. *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees… Read more about this item

Conneticut: Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. Normal Rockwell. Pleasant full leather Easton Press edition of Twain's 1876 novel. With colour illustrations by Normal Rockwell. All edges gilt. Silk Moire end-papers. 8vo. In crisp fine condition.

Conneticut: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Arthur Rackham. Handsome full leather Easton Press edition of Graham's beloved 1908 novel, featuring the colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham and an introduction by A. A. Milne. All edges gilt. Silk moire end-papers. 8vo. Some very light shelf-wear but crisp and clean. Fine overall. … Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Handsome Folio Society edition of the Arabian Nights with 12 colour plates by E. J. Detmold. Contains the stories of Sindbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba and more. Complete with slipcase. Some shelf-wear and light marking to slipcase, with rubbing to edges. Volume has some mild foxing to spine,… Read more about this item