Splendid full leather binding of Masefield's popular narrative poem describing the antics of a vulpine trickster. With b/w and colour illustrations by G. D. Armour. Rebound by Best and Co. Full polished leather with fox head gilt decoration to spine. Raise [more...]
Generously illustrated account of the caterpillars and larvae of british Moths and butterflies. Complete with 40 colour plates onto which a previous owner has elegantly written the names of the various creatures. Half leather with Marbled boards. 8vo. [more...]
'Compiled from Reliable Sources.' Account of Livingstone's life and work. A later edition featuring 18 colour lithographic plates, where earlier versions contained only b/w images. Publisher's decorative leather binding. Skillfully rebacked. All edges gil [more...]
Nicely bound volume of pioneering and sometimes controversial, The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine (EDM) From the New Series, appearing from 1863 November to 1864 April, containing issues 43-48. This new series of the journal saw a significant price increas [more...]
'depuis Schaffhouse jusqu'en Hollande, à Bade, à la vallée de la Murg et à la Forêt Noire, aux principaux environs et aux bains de ces contrées' . Half leather with marbled boards. Guide to walking routes along the Rhine. Text in french. Complete wi [more...]
Elaborate divinity style binding containing the prose works of the 17th/18th century bishop who was frequently at odds with authority. With a brief biography of Ken by Hawkins. Dark leather with blind-stamped design. All edges gilt. Inner and outer dentel [more...]
Ornithology Volume III of Jardine's Naturalist Library. A study of the domestic birds, including Pigeons, Plovers and including a short biography of Dr. Walker. Complete with 34 handcoloured plates, plus an engraved title and a fronstiportrait of Walker Ha [more...]
Ornithology Volume I of Jardine's Naturalist Library. A study of the domestic birds, including Owls, Eagles and other birds of prey and including a short biography of Robert Sibbald. Complete with 34 handcoloured plates, plus an engraved title and a fronsti [more...]
Ornithology Volume IV of Jardine's Naturalist Library. A study of the domestic birds, predominantly Wildfowl and including a short biography of Alexander Wilson. Complete with 33 handcoloured plates, plus an engraved title and a fronstiportrait of Wilson. [more...]
First edition. Methodical account of the history and geography of the ancient world; with facts, histories and relevant extracts from ancient and classical verse. With questions. Complete with five fold-maps of Ancient Greece, Italy, Palestine, The Europe o [more...]
Handsomely rebound by Riviere and So. First edition of Bates' version of the King James Bible, arranged to be read in a more narrative, literary fashion. With 2 double page colour maps to rear, showing Syria and Palestine and the Mediterranean Basin. With an i [more...]
Elegant vellum binding of Motley's well researched, popular 1856 account of the Dutch republic. Bevelled edges. Page edges tinted red. Marbled end-papers. Gilt decorated labels to spine. No date but c. 1900. 8vo. Various markings and nicks to covers. C [more...]
The third edition of 1973, completely reset with revised etymologies revised by Friedrichsen and with revised addenda. Nicely and stoutly rebound in half leather, with marbled end-papers and speckled top-edge. Thumb index. 4to. Mild wear to edges. Previou [more...]
Impressive Folio Society edition of the memoirs of the Timurid Prince, a descendant of Tamerlane, who founded the Murghal Empire in the early sixteenth century. A learned and inquisitive man, Babur's autobiography provides a fascinating and detailed account o [more...]
Charming compendium of british wild-flowers, described in a narrative fashion by an aunt to her nieces. With 16 original Poems by the author and 12 tissue guarded hand coloured plates including a decorated title page. Publisher's red leather elaborate gilt de [more...]
Scarce late georgian era guide to London and its boroughs, illustrated with 'upwards of 100' steel engraved plates. A comprehensive guide to the municipal features of the city, down to paving and crime, with a brief history of the city as well as descriptions [more...]
Revised and enlarged edition of this collection of verse, selected by the prominent bibliophile. Including poems by Wordsworth, Cowper, Swift, Byron, Keats, Hood etc. plus numerous lesser known authors. Handsome full leather binding, polished calf. Raised b [more...]
Impressive illustrated edition of Green's pioneering history of England that eschews War and International politics and focuses on English people and society; which, according to Green, was more influential to the nation and its development than battles and ki [more...]
Nicely bound seventh edition of Congreve works, including his plays ( The Old Bachelor, The Double Dealer, Love for Love, The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgement of Paris, Semele) as well as his poems. With a life of the author. Engraved fr [more...]
Splendid, detailed description of the forum and the palatine hill of Rome in light of archaeological evidence. With numerous b/w images and two fold out plans. Contains the many inscriptions found in the original abbreviated Latin. Publisher's quarter leath [more...]
