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London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. [1920]. 8vo. First edition thus. xii, 313, [10 advert.] pp. 43 black and white in-text and plate illustrations. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth with gilt letering to spine and board. Front hinge a bit weakened, but secure and light rubbing to extremities. Ink inscription at ffep. and spotting to edges, otherwise generally quite clean.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. 8vo. First edition from 1901, half dark red morocco over cloth boards. Top edge gilt; raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; decorative endpapers. A book considering Mary, Queen of Scots, in light of the Lennox manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library. Lang later also writes a monograph on 'The Portraits and Jewels of… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan 1942. 8vo. xi, 653; vii, 586 pp., Green gilt lettered cloth in unclipped dustjackets. Bumping to extremities and wear to jackets. Previous owner's name in pencil to half title, otherwise internally clean. Black and white photographic plates and endpapers featuring maps of the region. . Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Impression. 1942.

London: Bell and Daldy 1866. 16mo. [8], 331, [1] pp. Green cloth; gilt device and border to front board; gilt decoration and lettering to spine; top-edge gilt. Slight warping to boards, minor wear to extremities, boards bright overall and internally clean. This edition has been printed from the text of Mr Keightley's Library Edition. A charming pocket copy from 1866… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1809. 8vo. [5], vii, 81, [extra 'missing' plate] pp. Original boards with title printed on front cover. This is a first edition of the 1809 Clarke's Greek Marbles, and contains the 'missing' extra engraved plate mentioned in the postscript on p81, which was provided after the publication of this volume. It also contains four other engraved… Read more about this item

Amstelædami: Ioannem Ianssonium a Waesberge et Viduam Elizæi Weyerstraet 1668. 12mo. [14], 384, [55] pp. Full calf with blind borders and corner decoration; red title label and gilt lettering to spine; red speckled edges. This is the most famous work of Suetonius, 1st Century Roman historian, printed in the original Latin. This 1668 edition of 'Twelve Caesars' comprises biographies of… Read more about this item

London: William Hodge and Company 1948. 8vo. This is possibly a presentation copy from the author, Colin Sleeman; there is an ink gift inscription signed in the same year of publication to the endpapers: 'A memento to a fearless judge. Colin 1.xi.48'. lxix, 245 pp. Red cloth; blind stamped device to front board. Minor shelf wear to extremities; internally clean,… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society 1958. 8vo. In 4 volumes complete. Quarter white parchment over red pattered-paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Bumping to corners and spine ends, with chipping at head of volume 3. Internally clean. Wood engravings by Eric Fraser. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann 1958. 8vo. First edition, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in dust jacket. xii, 244 pp. Minor sunning to spine, crease and very light foxing to ffep, otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding firm. From the manuscripts of Cecil Sharp, this volume contains 115 folk-songs with annotation and textual comment, suitable for the scholar and general reader interested… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1966. 8vo. First edition. 617pp. Quarter purple cloth over white boards in an illustrated dust jacket; top-edge purple. There are a few light liquid stains to jacket, boards and spine, however, this is mostly unnoticeable to exterior of jacket, and it is still bright; minor rubbing to jacket edges. A few leaves are affected by liquid, but… Read more about this item

Denby Dale: The Fleece Press 2000. 4to.Illustrated. Limited edition. 2 volumes. Vellum spines over marbled boards with gilt lettering to the spine; in a slipcase. 1 of 40 copies bound in vellum. Decorated lavishly with in text illustrations, photographs and plates throughout both volumes. Clean and in fine condition. Joan Hassall was a wood engraver and book illustrator whose work… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton 1961. Small 8vo. First edition of the 19th book in Enid Blyton's much loved Famous Five series, red hardback with black lettering, 184 pp. Minor rubbing to edges of jacket and foxing to edges of book. Clean boards, firm binding and internally clean. With decorative endpapers, colour and b/w illustrations by Eileen Soper. Book and jacket… Read more about this item

Bungay: The Paradigm Press 1984. 4to. 200 pp. Red hardback with black and gold printed title-label to front board in a white dust jacket; marbled endpapers. This is a privately printed edition of a 1707 collection of engravings drawn by Leonard Knyff and engraved by Jan Kypp, published in 1707 in 'Britannica Illustrata or Views of Several of the Queens… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1980. 8vo. Green hardback in illustrated dust jacket, 320 pp. Very light sunning to spine ends of book, otherwise clean and bright internally in a vibrant jacket. Discusses all aspects of waders- birds of wetland areas. With graphs, maps and full-page and in-text b/w illustrations of birds throughout. Part of Collins' 'The New Naturalist' series. . Near Fine.… Read more about this item

London: Collins 1971. 8vo. First edition, green hardback in illustrated dust jacket. xxii, 391 pp. Light sunning to spine of jacket, otherwise clean and bright with minimal rubbing to extremities. Internally as new with no markings. Illustrated with 28 full-page b/w plates. A fantastic giftable volume for bird-watchers and lovers in an attractive dust jacket. Part of 'The New Naturalist'… Read more about this item

London: Heron Books N.d. [c. 1960's]. Small 8vo. In 4 volumes complete. DeLuxe edition. Publisher's full brown leather with gilt decoration & lettering to front boards & spines. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Slight scratch to rear board of first volume, otherwise clean and bright. Internally clean. . Near Fine. Full Leather. 1960.

London: George Bell and Sons 1901. Small 8vo. Blue publisher's cloth; gilt lettering to spine; blind stamped publisher's device and borders to front board. vi, 614, 29, 2 pp. Herodotus is known for having written the 'Histories', an account of the Greco-Persian wars, and considered to be the founding work of history for its thorough investigation of historic events; the… Read more about this item

London: Keith Prowse 1939. Small Folio. A scarce copy of Keith Prowse's book on London theatre plans, 108 pp. Illustrated paper covers. Contains fantastic full-page illustrations of the layouts of around 100 well-known theatres such as the Old Vic, Palladium, Globe, Lyceum, Lyric, Sadler's Wells and many more, complete with decorative borders advertising Keith Prowse. Small tears to joints, and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1929. 8vo. 543 pp. Half red morocco over cloth boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine; top-edge gilt and marbled endpapers. Minimal rubbing to board edges and spine, binding firm and internally clean. B/W frontispiece portrait of Henry VIII after Holbein in the Royal Collection at Windsor. This is a fine binding and attractive volume in near… Read more about this item

Risbury, Herts.: The Whittington Press 1999. Large 4to. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is no. 53. [vi], 86, [40 sample pages] pp. Half cloth and hardcover boards, with faint blind-stamped design, in slipcase; gilt lettering to book's spine. A large collection of different papers were sold by the Oxford University Press to The Whittington Press in 1986. The… Read more about this item