Search Results: Authors starting with A from finecopy ltd

J. Almon, 1773, London. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First London edition, preceding the USA first by 3 years. Quarto, [8], vii, [2], 10-278 pages, text diagrams, front blanks with small waterstain, else a Fine copy. Contemporary diced tree calf gilt with gilt armorial device to boards. [ESTC T101517].Provenance : Bookplate of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale. RARE - although there are a few copies of the USA first, we can find no copies of the UK precedent at all. Note Lambart was an Irishman with a long career in the British Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant General, and holding his commission until the end of his life. With its Appendix of Moral Observations, it was used as an instructional textbook by both sides during the Revolutionary War. Evans 14815; Sabin 53405.

Published by A. and C. Black, Ltd., London, 1921. later edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Reprint edition 1921 A Fine copy in the publisher's cloth. Lacking dust jacket. 107pp + plates

R Ackerman London, 1815. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1815 A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light A Fine and complete copy with all 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 folding, some shaving edge of folding plates touching platemarks, contemporary ink signature to head of title, title browned, some occasional light soiling or offsetting, final plate a little stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, an excellent NEar Fine copy.[Abbey, Life 436], 8vo, 1815. An iconic work on gas-light technology which did much towards London and other major cities installing it to light houses, streets etc. The fine plates depict machinery, apparatus, and light fittings & chandeliers.

Published by R. Ackermann, London (1816). First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. 4to (336 x 275mm). Text by W. Combe and W. H. Pyne, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Westall, Mckenzie, Pugin and others some plates lightly offset onto text, as usual, a few preliminaries very faintly spotted, but the plates are very clean and are the brightest set we have ever seen. Complete text including the subscribers list. Contemporary panelled calf, gilt. Provenance: Richard William Penn, Earl Howe (armorial bookplate); catalogue description laid down on front free endpaper. As often the plates with issue points seem to be mixed. They are in the following states : "Winchester College, from the Meadow" dated Jan. 1, 1815 (1st state); "Westminster School-Room" with bareheaded Masters (1st state); and "Charter-House, from the Play-Ground" depicting a cricket match (later state) . Abbey Scenery 438; Hardie p. 311; Prideaux pp. 126 & 332; Tooley 3.… Read More

Pesaro apud Hieron Concordia 1583. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1583 Pesaro. Publisher's device on title, woodcut engraving (recto folio 4) final errata leaf present. A complete copy of a rare early chess work. Small repair to margin at foot of title (not touching text), short marginal closed tear to one leaf, damp stain affecting c. 40 ff else a very good and original copy of this rare work on chess. Bound in period vellum with the original blanks present. Collates [blank] [viii] 108ff [18ff] [blank]. Schachlitteratur 55; KB 4137.Provenance Ex Libris Igor Kalinski (1944-2003) Ukranian Chess FIDE Master (without marked provenance)More photographs or a Whatsapp video available on request

For the Author, London, 1766. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1766, 3 engraved plates, contemporary full speckled calf, small chip to head of spine, later endpapers, a very sound copy. The dedication to the king was ghost-written by Samuel Johnson. [Tomash & Williams A7]Provenance Erwin Tomash's own copy with sticker to pastedown

London, Printed for D. Brown, R. Sare, etc. 1724 7th. Edition, corrected. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 7th edition corrected. 1724. Engraved frontis. contemporary full panelled calf, re-backed in calf with morocco title label, very neat repaired closed tear to verso of frontis, light age soiling throughout, generally tight and crisp. 8vo (20cms), [xii] 29 pp [xi] 550pp [2] ads. A complete copy with the mispaginations as issued.

Curwen Press, 22 October 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition thus. signed and numbered in half title, copy 149 of a limited run of 250, 46 in text illustrations by Frink, 4 full page lithographs at end each tissue guarded. Uncut, original orange and yellow crushed morocco gilt by Mansell, green slipcase, oblong folio (270 x 370mm.), Curwen Press, 22 October 1968. Folio and slipcase in Fine condition. Signed by Author

Published by Printed by W Bulmer for George Nicol, London, 1797. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First edition of Volume 1 in 4 parts, continuously paginated. A Fine copy in later quarter calf and cloth slipcase with the 51 plate leaves bound separately. Collates lxxxii, 412pp; [x] 54 plates on 51 leaves, some folding. Re-bound in full size with untrimmed egdes to all sides.

Chatto & Windus, 1988. London. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First impression of the author's first novel, Fine in Fine unclipped dustwrapper

Rome, Zannetti, 1616. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition Roma 1616. Antiquae tabulae marmoreae Solis effigie, symbolisque exculptae accurata explicatio Qua priscae quaedam mythologiae, title with woodcut printer's device, full page engraved plate and engraved folding plate (browned), further engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, a few leaves with intermittent marginal waterstains (including the full page plate), marginal light spotting, occasional slight toning to text , 20th century half vellum. Rome, Zannetti, Complete copy 98pp [6]. 1616 4to. Scarce

McGee, Dublin, 1887. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. The Irish Chess Chronicle A complete run of the 16 issues of Volume 1. Original wrappers, staples rusty but a Fine set. Rare. Betts 7-35

Air Gallery, London 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. The Naked City Portfolio, 1986, comprising twelve lithographs, with the title-page, justification and list of plates, each on wove paper, loose as issued in the original paper folder (slightly marked and with a scuff to lower cover) with printed title label 43 x 30 Cms (17 x 11 3/4 in) (folio). Lithographs in Fine condition. Scarce

Padua 1713. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio leaf from Alphonso Lasor à Varea's Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum Anglia, i.e. British isles oriented west, with Latin text above and to verso. Very Good.

Padua 1713. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Copperplate map of the British Isles, originally in Magini’s ‘Descrittione Universale della Terra Partita (1598)’. This reissue is from Lasor à Varea’s ‘Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus…’published by J.B. Conzatti, Padua 190 x 145 mm

Holland R. Melson, Jr., 1958. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. 94 pp. First and only edition. Introduction by Philip Johnson. Near Fine copy one of a limited run of just 600. This copy with the rarely found original glassine wrapper in very good condition with a few short closed tears and a few very small nicks. Excellent copy with light bumping to corners.Note - Alvin Lustig (February 8, 1915 - December 5, 1955) was an American book designer, graphic designer and typeface designer. Lustig has been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to American design.

Jonathan Cape, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Fine. First edition, first printing, flat signed by the author on title, original cloth, front endpaper neatly clipped at upper corner (probably removing previous owner's name), dust jacket price clipped but otherwise Fine. No ownership names. Signed by Author

Jonathan Cape, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing, flat signed by the author on title, original cloth, Fine Dust Jacket. Superioe collector's copy. Not clipped no ownership markings. In a removable acetate. Signed by Author

Jonathan Cape, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing, flat signed by the author on title, original cloth, Fine Dust Jacket. A really exceptional copy. Not clipped no ownership markings. In a removable acetate. Signed by Author

London limited editions, 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First Limited edition, no. 140 signed by the author to the title page. A fine copy with a fine acetate jacket. 8vo. Signed by Author