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The Fine Art Society Limited, London, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Fair Condition. bound in olive boards with leather spine. The frontispiece is an original Samuel Palmer etching ("Christmas" or "Folding the Last Sheep") dating to 1850 but unpublished until its publication in this book. (the etching has often been removed by various cognoscenti making complete copies such as this fairly scarce). Further illustrated by 12 autotypes (including a photographic portrait print of Palmer) & 9 woodcuts of which 5 are on separate sheets & 4 within the text. Illustrated title page to the reverse of which has been glued a newspaper review of the book from a copy of 'The Spectator' (dated February 24, 1883) & also a short obituary of the artist Edward Calvert who died in that year. Samuel Palmer was one of the most original artists Britain has produced & first exhibited Turner-inspired works at the Royal Academy at the age of fourteen.. Palmer… Leer más

Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. Ltd, London, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Rare deluxe limited, numbered edition on handmade paper, one of fifty copies, this being number two; bound in a red, textured, full morocco Zaehnsdorf exhibition binding with two sets of plates (coloured & b/w.); five gilt-ruled raised bands with gilt titles & gilt decorations to other panels; gilt decoration to front & rear covers; gilt double fillet to cover edges with gilt decorative border to inside of covers over deep red linen-textured end-papers; tissue-guarded, hand-coloured aquatint plates after paintings by James Pollard; Robert Havell; C. Cooper Henderson; C. B. Newhouse; Thomas Rowlandson; H. Alken and others. Limited & Numbered Edition. Size: Small Folio (over 12" -19" tall). xvi + 253 & xii + 250. 2-volume set (complete). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's armorial… Leer más

Printed by John Haviland, for A. Crooke, London, 1638. Sixteenth Impression. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Overbury's poem, A Wife, was published posthumously in 1614 & ran through six editions within a year, the scandal connected with the murder of the author by poison while interred in the Tower of London greatly aiding its success. It was abundantly reprinted within the next sixty years, and it continued to be one of the most widely popular books of the 17th century. Combined with later editions of A Wife, and gradually adding to its bulk, were 'Characters' & letters of witty aphorisms written by Overbury & his friends (first printed in the second of the 1614 editions), The Remedy of Love (1620;), and Observations in Foreign Travels (1626). Later, much was added to the gathering snowball of Overbury's works.?? Sir Thomas Overbury, close friend and adviser of King James IÂ’s favourite Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester, had objected to the… Leer más

Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, London, 1821. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. A four volume set beautifully bound in textured green leather with, to the spines, 4 raised bands, gilt titles & gilt decoration to the other panels; front & rear covers have, in gilt, triple fillet outer borders inside which is a further gilt-tooled decorative border with a blind-tooled border within; dentelle edges; marbled end-papers. Woodcut frontispiece illustration to each volume. The Charles Jervas translation appeared posthumously in 1742. Through a printer's error, it came to be known, and is still known, as "the Jarvis translation". It was the most scholarly and accurate English translation of the novel up to that time & became the most frequently reprinted version until about 1885. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. lxii, 295; viii, 319; xi, 292; viii, 350.. 4-volume set (complete). Bindings tight, covers… Leer más

John W. Parker and Son, London, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. Marbled end-papers; Robert Alfred Vaughan (1823–1857) was an English Congregationalist minister and author. Published a year before his death in 1857 "Hours with the Mystics" contains writings in 12 sections covering the mystical side of religion which include Oriental Mysticism; Neo-Platonists; The Greek Church; the Latin Church; German Mysticism; Persian Mysticism; Theosophy in the Age of the Reformation; Spanish Mystics; Quietism; Mysticism in England; & Emanuel Swedenborg plus a final section in which Vaughan gives his conclusions. An extensive section of notes to the end of each volume. A rare first edition in near fine condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xvi, 404 & viii, 412. 2-volume set (complete). Bindings are tight, covers and spines fully intact. no Dust Jackets as published.. armorial book plate of Joseph… Leer más

Butter Field Books, Old Isleworth, Middlesex, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Near Fine. A description of the daily private life of a great Leader is valuable only to the degree that the eyewitness is both intimate and honest. There have been so many conflicting accounts of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, accounts varying from the cloyingly adoring and suspect to the viciously hostile and demonstrably untrue, that to come across an absolutely straightforward record of the last days of the great 'Revelator ' of Christian Science is a rewarding experience. In Adam Dickey we are fortunate in finding someone whose transparent sincerity and whose love for 'Mother' illuminates every page. Here is the ideal witness; his naiveté of approach, his utter unawareness that he may be providing ammunition for the irreverent, testify to his honesty. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xlvi + 54. Binding is tight, covers and… Leer más

John Ebers and Co, London, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Croker published Legends of the Lakes: Or, Sayings and Doings at Killarney in 1829, The legends were collected chiefly from the manuscripts, of R. Adolphus Lynch, Esq. of London & are here arranged in the form of a fictional tour of the Lakes through which the legends & lore are revealed. The characters appearing in it are well known historical nineteenth-century visitors to the lakes mentioned frequently in local guide-books & histories. Frontis. b/w. map of the lakes to vol.1.; illustrated title page to both vols.; woodcuts throughout & illustrative bars of music plus a b/w. map of the town of Killarney. In volume two Croker featured discussions of the music of his friend the Irish piper James Gandsey together with six pages of pipe music plates for: "The Step on the Glens"; The Eagle's Whistle or O Donoghue's Call"; "Lamentation for Miles O Riely The… Leer más

The Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1860-62. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. publication numbers IV, VII & IX of The Manx Society for Publication of National Documents; Number of copies printed: Vol.1 (315); Vol. 2 (311); Vol. 3 (300); pre-title page of Manx Society giving date established (1858), logo, volume number, & date of publication, followed by list of officers of the society to front of each volume. This collection of documents relating to the Isle of Man was undertaken at the request of the Manx Society, with the view of giving to the public such monuments as are extant of its early history. This little spot, for a long period, has played no insignificant part in-the destinies of the United Kingdom; and from its connection with foreign States, and the changes undergone, must always prove a source of attraction to the archaeologist, the historian, and the statesman. Hitherto no effort has been made to form a series of muniments… Leer más

Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1875. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Near Fine Condition. Full leather red morocco binding by Morrell with five gilt-ruled raised bands to spine, gilt titles on black panels, gilt coaching vignettes within ornate decorative borders to other panels; front & rear covers with triple fillet gilt outer borders stopped at corners with gilt floral motiv; gilt decorated edges & gilt decorated inner borders over marbled end-papers; illustrated by twelve enchanting colour plates and an additional decorative title page with also the gilt illustrated front cover & spine from the original binding in near fine condition bound in on pages at the rear. The history and practice of coaching entertainingly offered in the reminiscences of C. R. S. Birch Reynardson of Holywell Hall, Lincolnshire, who states in his introduction: "that though educated at Eton I did not learn much there but mischief, & that though my education was supposed to be finished… Leer más

Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. rebound in pebbled blue cloth covers with leather spines each with four raised bands & faded gilt leather title labels affixed & the author's name & volume numbers blind-stamped lower on the spines. The original front covers with their bright gilt decorative centerpieces (of Cyrus the great on the first volume and of Shah Abbas on the second volume) have been glued to the new front covers. Percy Molesworth Sykes (1867–1945) was a British soldier, diplomat, and author who wrote several important books about Persia (present-day Iran) and neighboring countries, including Ten Thousand Miles in Persia (1902), The Glory of the Shia World (1910), and this, his two-volume A History of Persia (1915). Sykes was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and, upon his commission as an officer in the British Army, joined a cavalry regiment in India in 1888. In November… Leer más

Chatto & Windus, London, 1935. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. white titles spine (faded); seven stories & a play by this well-known writer of historical fiction noted for the accuracy of her research; Irwin also wrote stories with a supernatural flavour some of which appear in this scarce collection; a sound copy of this hard-to-find book but with wear to spine-ends. slightly cocked & marked covers but internally clean other than a red ink stain on rear endpaper; 276 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: SST00002. .

Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. author's initials in gilt monogram to front cover; map end-papers to the front and rear (of Treffle and Neighbourhood to illustrate "Merrivale and Fossiter"); signed on the pre-title page by the author with the inscription: "For George Plenderleith with all best wishes from Wyndham Haslett Cambridge July 30th, '34"; a scarce novel of the eternal and inevitable conflict that is produced in life between the dreamer and the man of action, the poetic and the materialistic nature, the sensitive and the insensitive spirit. Book now in archive acetate film protection Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 283 pages. spine very slightly cocked. Gilt titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Novel; Fiction. Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 4163. .

Printed for T. Wotton, London, 1734. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Re-cased in modern red cloth covers with white cloth spine & beige end-papers. LACKING MAP, although the fold-out 'Prospect of Elizabeth-Castle' & the illustration on page 238 are both present. The title continues: "The second edition, revised, and much augmented By Philip Falle, sometime Rector of St. Saviour's and Deputy from the States of the Island to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary. To which are added, in a Letter to the Author: Remarks on the XIXth chapter of the IId Book of Mr. Selden's Mare Clausum, by Philip Morant, M. A." Philip Falle (1656-1742) was a clergyman and historian of Jersey best known for his informative account of the island. Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands , is a self-governing democracy under the Crown of England. In this book, the 1734 greatly expanded second edition, Falle elucidates upon the History, Description,… Leer más

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. tissue-guarded sepia photogravure frontis. portrait plus illustrated throughout by 25 b/w. photographs & 1 b/w. drawing; 14 pages of titles; dedication; preface; contents; & list of illustrations; Rev. Robert Pickering Ashe (1857-1944) was a pioneer missionary in Uganda; In writing these Chronicles of Uganda he was aware that there were already in existence a good many books dealing with Uganda, and that a considerable literature had gathered about the region of Africa wherein Uganda lies; yet he felt that there was still a distinct need for some book which should represent, as a continuous story, the chief events which led up to Uganda's becoming an English Protectorate; and this need he has endeavoured to supply in this book. 2 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Many uncut pages. Size: Octavo (standard book size). xiv + 480. small mark (insect?) to margin of… Leer más

Jonathan Cape, London, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Good. A scarce title as most copies were destroyed in the early days of the second world war. B/w. frontis. photo's. & 8 further b/w. illustrations; to front: contents list; illustrations list; pedigree of the Moores of Mayo; geneology chart & preface. The Moores were an aristocratic Irish family who built Moore Hall between 1792 and 1795. The house was designed by the Irish architect John Roberts. George Henry Moore (1810–1870), was educated in the Catholic faith in England and later at Cambridge University. His main interest was in horses. At the height of the Great Irish Famine in 1846, he entered a horse called Coranna for the Chester Gold Cup and netted £17,000 from bets laid on the horse. He used his winnings to import thousands of tons of grain and cattle to aid his tenants. It is still remembered on the Moore estate that nobody was evicted from their home for… Leer más

J. T. Bigwood, Jersey, Channel Islands, 1923. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Titles; contents; list of illustrations; foreword & prefaces to front. Three b/w. maps & 21 photographic plates to rear. The contents cover the physical geology of the Islands; local evidence of early man; cave dwellings; the Magdalenian & Azelian periods; the Neolithic periods & through to the Bronze Age; the Islands & their people in prehistoric times; The Submerged Forest; The Caves of the Coast; Evidences of Glaciation in the Islands; The presence of Flint in the Islands; and The Submerged Valleys and other depressions around the Channel Islands. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 169 + III + XXI. Some light wear to top & bottom of spine. Previous owner's signature inside front cover. Gilt titles spine(faded) & front(bright). Bumping & light wear to outer corners. green cloth; illustrated by… Leer más

Bath printed by Wood & Cunningham; & sold by Williams, London, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. b/w. frontis. engraving showing the Internment of Henry Mowbray with a view of Rock Deception & a prospect of Henry's Bay; the story in verse of David Dreadnought, the reformed English sailor, which owes its existence to a pulpit anecdote related in Bath around 1785 by the Rev. Thomas Tuppen concerning the conversion of a very profligate Sailor. This anecdote, and the impressive manner in which it was related, struck the Author's mind very forcibly, who had himself just quitted the sea service, and who then composed some lines on the subject, which formed the first part of 'Nautic Tales and Adventures in Verse' which is followed by some further account of David Dreadnought, with also the interesting narratives of John Marrant, the negro convert, and Donald Henderson, the Caledonian mariner. Whilst primarily religious in intent the poems… Leer más

Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Magazine/Periodical London edition of the first issue of this important and influential literary journal edited in Paris by Ford Madox Ford. Includes two early "Cantos" by Ezra Pound, four poems by E. E. Cummings & one by A. E. Coppard and the first instalment of 'The Nature of a Crime', a book Ford had written some years before in collaboration with Joseph Conrad but which only now received official recognition. To conclude the opening section of the review, there is a sketch in French on the Place de la Concorde by Jean Cassou; a short story, "Elsie", by Robert McAlmon; and "Stocktaking" by "Daniel Chaucer", the pseudonym adopted by Ford for his literary observations. Luke Ionides' "Memories" - an interesting series of reminiscences of Whistler, Wilde, and numerous Pre-Raphaelites also made its first appearance in this issue & ran through… Leer más

Edward Marsh, London, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Near Fine Condition. Some Account of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends towards the Indian Tribes in the Settlement of the Colonies of East and West Jersey and Pennsylvania: with a brief narrative of their labours for the civilization and Christian instruction of the Indians, from the time of their settlement in America, to the year 1843. Beautifully rebound in half-leather with five raised bands & marbled boards with brown end-papers; coloured frontis. map of aboriginal country east of the river Mississippi, exhibiting the territory which the several Indian nations occupied previously to the settlement of the English colonies in America. (N. B. - this copy lacks the second map: "of North America, showing the territory 'now' (1844) occupied by the natives, & also denoting the boundaries of the several Yearly Meetings of Friends in that land.) On the reverse of the title page is printed a list of… Leer más

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author. gilt titles spine; jacket illust. is the 'Doria' violin by G.P. Maginni; illustrated by numerous b/w. figures; "There are more curious beliefs about the violin than any other instrument. Physicists have now discovered how the violin family produce their sound, but this knowledge is not generally accessible to players and makers. In this book Sir James Beament, a distinguished scientist with a lifelong involvement with musical instruments, explains, without assuming any scientific background, how strings vibrate, and the role played by the bow, bridge, and body in producing sound. Those discoveries do not give a satisfactory picture of what we hear, and the core of the book explains how the sound relates to the sensations it produces. This leads to the conclusion that most of the myths about violins are groundless. but also that nothing can be achieved by applying modem technology… Leer más