Oliver Cromwell by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson - 1899

London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1866 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 14pp in a library binding, with the original paper cover mounted on the front. 100 COPIES PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. A letter from Quaritch to Gladstone addressing the Parliamentary Franchise as it ought to be exercised by the citizens of Great Britain and Ireland. The importance of a vote for every man in a free country, along with a voluntary military for foreign and home service. SCARCE.

London: For E. Williams, 1815. First Edition. Octavo. half-title, 353pp., (1) directions for placing the plates, (2)pp.index, illustrated by I. Havell with 10 copper plates engravings of which 9 are beautifully hand-colored, handsomely bound in brown polished calf, boards double ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers. Some off-setting to text facing plates, short owner's inscription, slight bowing of boards otherwise a beautiful copy of this very scarce work. [Abbey, Scenery, 520].

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: Printed by J Davy [for the Middle Hill Press], 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. Part 1 - iv, 136p. first iv pages loosely inserted and on a larger size paper than the rest of the volume, they are creased and chipped to the edges. Part 2 - [iv], 124p this seems to lack iv pages at the start in comparison with the copy described by Holzenberg. The two parts bound together in original very worn quarter morocco. Signs of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. Front free end paper detached and with some abrasions. Together with a volume of plates in the Middle HIll boards, the plates for part 1 loosely inserted, those for part 2 bound in. Some browning and spotting. 26 plates. Holzenberg 249 which refers to both vols. Part 2 and the plates are more difficult to find than part 1.

A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A half-leather bound volume with banded spine and marbled covers of quarterly magazines covering a period of two years, front paper covers of each issue are bound-in, the last two quarters were published as one issue. Includes black and white plates and inset illustrations. Leather and covers are lightly rubbed at edges, bumped corners, sound binding, clean marbled end-papers, blue issue paper covers are a little darkened with light wear at some edges of some, clean pages. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old… Read More

London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1866 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 14pp in a library binding, with the original paper cover mounted on the front. 100 COPIES PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. A letter from Quaritch to Gladstone addressing the Parliamentary Franchise as it ought to be exercised by the citizens of Great Britain and Ireland. The importance of a vote for every man in a free country, along with a voluntary military for foreign and home service. SCARCE.

London: For E. Williams, 1815. First Edition. Octavo. half-title, 353pp., (1) directions for placing the plates, (2)pp.index, illustrated by I. Havell with 10 copper plates engravings of which 9 are beautifully hand-colored, handsomely bound in brown polished calf, boards double ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers. Some off-setting to text facing plates, short owner's inscription, slight bowing of boards otherwise a beautiful copy of this very scarce work. [Abbey, Scenery, 520].

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: Printed by J Davy [for the Middle Hill Press], 1821 Book. Good. Hardcover. Part 1 - iv, 136p. first iv pages loosely inserted and on a larger size paper than the rest of the volume, they are creased and chipped to the edges. Part 2 - [iv], 124p this seems to lack iv pages at the start in comparison with the copy described by Holzenberg. The two parts bound together in original very worn quarter morocco. Signs of a bookplate having been removed from the front pastedown. Front free end paper detached and with some abrasions. Together with a volume of plates in the Middle HIll boards, the plates for part 1 loosely inserted, those for part 2 bound in. Some browning and spotting. 26 plates. Holzenberg 249 which refers to both vols. Part 2 and the plates are more difficult to find than part 1.

A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A half-leather bound volume with banded spine and marbled covers of quarterly magazines covering a period of two years, front paper covers of each issue are bound-in, the last two quarters were published as one issue. Includes black and white plates and inset illustrations. Leather and covers are lightly rubbed at edges, bumped corners, sound binding, clean marbled end-papers, blue issue paper covers are a little darkened with light wear at some edges of some, clean pages. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old… Read More