'Given In a Series of Letters to a Friend in Which are give ample directions for erecting a kennel, the management of hounds, and the duties and qualifications necessary for a huntsman and whipper-in.' Nicely rebound and reconstituted copy of the first edition [more...]
A Neat, worn but rakish, quarter leather binding of the Handy-Volume edition of the complete works of Shakespeare, including his poems. Complete in 13 volumes. Top edge gilt. Decorated initials. Compact 32mo. (130x90mm). Leather is rubbed to edges. Some f [more...]
'Containing the Old and New testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesty's Special Command.' India paper edition of the Bible. Special blue leather binding with elaborate f [more...]
Handsome Bayntun Riviere full leather binding of the Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacrements According to the Use of the Church of England, bound together with Hymns, ancient and modern. No date but c. 1950. 24mo. (140x95mm) Printed on fin [more...]
The complete four volumes, bound as two. Handsome quarter leather binding of of Swaysland's comprehensive, readable and generously illustrated guide to wild birds. Each entry has a full page colour plate and usually two b/w sketches, plus decorated initial. [more...]
An accessible yet detailed and scholarly examination of the ruins of Pompeii. Neville-Rolfe, consul in Naples at the time, first describes the context and history before exploring the city. With fold out map to rear. Half leather with interesting moire clot [more...]
Handsome full leather tree calf prize binding of Lytton's epic poem. Only published after his death, Lytton had worked on King Poppy for a number of years, re-writing it more than once. A melange of fable and fairy-tale, Lytton supplied marginal notes which [more...]
'Traduction nouvelle avec une practique la fin de chaque chapitre'. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis IN FRENCH. With engraved plates throughout. Full blue leather with gilt decoration and blind-stamping. Inner and outer dentelles. All edges gilt. [more...]
The first six volumes of the Tauchnitz copyright edition of Tennyson's collected works (bound as three[two subsequent volumes were published in 1872]). Including The Idylls of the King, Maud, Ulysses, In Memorandum, Enoch Arden, The Holy Grail and poems. Hal [more...]
Nicely rebacked later edition of Addison's account of his travels in Italy in which he in frequently compares his experiences to ancient sources, quoting the relevant passages in Latin. With b/w illustrations and devices throughout. Original calf boards with [more...]
Third edition (with improvements) of Cary's measurements of English and Welsh Roads with many of the principle roads of Scotland. Complete with folding map of the United Kingdom showing all the roads detailed by Cary, which was significantly expanded from the [more...]
12mo. 310pp. + 2 pages of advertisements to rear. Full leather binding of this readable account of various heathen gods and mythological figures, including the Greek pantheon. With numerous hand-coloured illustrations.Gilt decoration to spine. Sympatheti [more...]
Special limited edition half leather binding of the selected poems of Ronsard. Recueillies Sur Un Plan Nouveau Et Annotées Par Pierre de Nolhac. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 249. Text IN FRENCH. Edition limitee a mille exemplaires numero [more...]
Handsome full leather binding of Colletta's controversial history of Naples, featuring a life of the author by Gino Capponi. Text in ITALIAN. 12mo. [xxiii] 421 + 444pp. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. Very light foxing to front matte [more...]
Second edition of Lytton's novel. Full leather with gilt decoration. Outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers, marbled page edges. Bound by Smyth & Co., Liverpool. Rubbing to extremities, some small marks to covers. Contents clean and bright. Binding tight. [more...]
With a Life & Glossary. With photogravure plates. Handsome Wellington college full leather prize binding, tree calf. With gilt decoration, raised bands. Outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edge. Prize bookplate to front pa [more...]
Handsome fine binding of Bacon's essays in which he holds forth on a number of topics including friendship, cunning, atheism and marriage. Square 8vo. Red and black titles. Half leather with raised bands and elaborate gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others u [more...]
Collected Essays of Goldsmith that first appeared in various journals and pamphlets. Calf leather binding. 12mo. 230pp. Rubbing to covers. Some cracking to spine. Some very light spotting within. Binding holding sound, contents clean. Good. [more...]
Handsome full leather tree calf prize binding of Lytton's novel, written under the pseudonym Owen Meredith. With Wellington college crest to cover. Inner and outer dentelles. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. With unassigned prize b [more...]
Splendid edition of Marcus Aurelius' thoughts and philosophies with a life of the author, translated by George Long. Printed on hand made paper and bound by Bumpus of Oxford. Curiously brushed and mottled calf leather with gilt decoration to spine. Raised b [more...]
