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John Murray,, 1860. 8vo., Fifth Thousand, [Second Edition, Second Issue], with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature in pencil at head of title, with second pencilled signature lower down, front free endpaper a little chafed at fore-edge, three or four small fox-spots each on half-title, title and diagram; original green cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, , brown endpapers, uncut, expertly recased with original endpapers preserved, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in minimally restored publisher's binding. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January, 1860) bound in at end, and the binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on rear paste-down. The second edition, second issue is not so named on title but simply labelled 'Fifth Thousand'; Freeman records that 3000 copies were printed following the 1250 copies of the first edition. Although Darwin considered this edition a rapid revision to meet demand, his changes are much more than mere correction.… Leer más

Printed for T. Osborn in Gray's-Inn; and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall,, 1750. Folio, First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece in mezzotint by John Faber, title in red and black, fine engraved dedication [to Arthur Onslow], 3 fine engraved portraits, 7 engraved plates of architectural details, illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text, and several fine engraved head- and tail-pieces, small worm-hole in blank margin of first dozen or so leaves, small, neat twentieth-century signature on front free endpaper, age-stain on bottom blank margin of frontispiece; strongly bound in contemporary full calf, sides with double frame border in gilt, expertly rebacked in calf to style, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartments with red leather label lettered and dated in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean, crisp copy in sympathetically restored period binding. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF THE MARQUESS OF ORMONDE AND OSSORY AND BEARS… Leer más

Folio Society,, [2001-3]. Together 5 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces and illustrations in the text, the first two works with front and rear endpaper maps, the third work with large folding map at end; hand-woven indian silk sides, moroccan wassa goatskin backs lettered in gilt, gilt tops, silk ribbons, all volumes housed in three separate custom-made Moroccan wassa goatskin slip-cases with scalloped edges and elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, the whole extended set (books and slip-cases) in fine state. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 NUMBERED EXTENDED SETS (THIS SET No. 861). The extended set comprises 'The Hobbit' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Two Towers' (sixth printing thus, 2001); 'The Return of the King' (seventh printing thus, 2002); 'The Silmarillion' (fourth printing thus, 2003). ' The Silmarillion' is edited by Christopher Tolkien. 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy is… Leer más

Philip Lee Warner [for Medici Society] and Jonathan Cape,, 1921. 2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with fine portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates (a number in collotype and a number folding), illustrations, maps and plans in the text and large folding coloured map mounted on cloth in pocket at end of first volume, neat contemporary signature on half-title of first volume, small sticker on front paste-downs; original dark green cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt and framed in blind, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a sharp, bright, crisp, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers moderately sunned at backstrips. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. With the trade ticket of WH Smith of Bournemouth on front paste-down. 'Lawrence had long admired Doughty's classic and was instrumental in getting the second English edition published by the fledgling firm of Jonathan Cape in conjunction with the Medici Society' (paraphrased from… Leer más

William Pickering [for] The Society of Antiquaries of London,, 1842. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved title-vignette, parallel texts in Old English and English in double column; full burgundy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt (slightly dulled but wholly legible), gilt doublures, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE EXETER BOOK IN ENGLISH. Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, familiarly known as the 'Exeter Book', is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices and the largest known collection of Old English literature still in existence. It comprises an anthology of poetry including 'The Seafarer', 'The Wanderer', 'The Phoenix', 'Guthlac', 'Widsith' and others, together with the famous Riddles. This is the first printing of the Old English text, with Thorpe providing the first English translation. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Little Brown & Co., Boston MA,, 1897. 2 vols., 8vo., Seventh Edition, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; elegantly bound in crushed dark green half morocco BY LAUNDER & PFISTER, marbled boards ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and third compartments tooled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with rope frame and anchor motif, gilt tops, laid and marbled endpapers, red ribbon marker in each volume, an outstanding copy. With the ornate gilt leather bookplate of M.E.N Tooth on front paste-downs. The binding Is signed on front free endpaper versos. It is possible that this binding was executed by Alfred William Launder himself, or at least overseen by him. First published in 1892, this is the second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' (1897)', Albion.… Leer más

Harrap,, [1933-34-36-38]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 4 portrait frontispieces, and numerous plates, facsimiles, maps and plans; handsomely bound in half navy crushed and polished morocco BY SOTHERAN, blue cloth sides ruled in gilt, backs with raised bands with gilt fillets, second and third compartments with red leather labels framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, an elegant set ideal as a gift or presentation. THE BINDINGS ARE SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSOS. AN ELEGANT SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cohen A97.2(I-IV).a, Woods/ICS A40(aa).

Gollancz,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in dustwrapper, safely preserved in custom-made red cloth solander case blocked in gilt. A crisp copy of the most influential espionage novel of the twentieth century.

Collins,, [1979 - 2007]. 8 vols., roy 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine coloured photographs throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. EACH VOLUME FLAT SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON HALF-TITLE OR TITLE. The series comprises: Life on Earth (1979); The Living Planet (1984); The Trials of Life (1990); The Private Life of Plants (1994); The Life of Birds (1998); The Life of Mammals (2002); Life in the Undergrowth (2005); Life in Cold Blood (2007); Life on Earth (revised and expanded edition 2018). The encapsulation in print of Attenborough's 'Life' series, produced with the BBC over thirty-odd years and arguably the most outstanding and influential natural history broadcasts of all time. FLAT SIGNED SETS ARE VERY SCARCE.

Macmillan,, 1887. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, some very light spotting on half-titles, on advertisement leaf and rear free endpaper of first volume, and on final page of text and rear free endpaper of third volume; original dark-green buckram-grain cloth blocked in black with double frame border enclosing an inner frame border with radial corners, gilt backs, chocolate-brown endpapers, uncut, very neatly rebacked to style with original backstrips (lightly chipped at heads and tails) laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy, housed in a custom-made mid-green cloth slip-case, lettered in gilt and with inner ribbon-pull. ONE OF MACMILLAN'S FEW PRESENTATION COPIES, with neat 'With the Publisher's Compliments' stamp in ink on upper margins of titles. With the advertisement leaf in vol. I as called for. 'The Woodlanders' was published in an edition of 1000 copies on 15 March 1887. Only 860 copies were bound up in this (primary) binding; the remaining copies were bound in the… Leer más

Michael Joseph,, [1961-1996]. 19 vol., 8vo., First Edition, First Impression [save one volume], with photographs and illustrations in the text throughout, a few endpapers browned or mildly soiled; cloth, mostly gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. COMPLETE SET OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS MINACK CHRONICLES, ALL VOLUMES SIGNED AND/OR INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR; A NUMBER ALSO SIGNED BY JEAN TANGYE. All volumes are first editions, first impressions (save fourth volume which is third impression). The series tells the wholly enchanting story of Derek and Jean Tangye, who exchanged their conventional careers in London for a life together in a deserted cottage on a Cornish clifftop. It is an enduring pastoral love story lasting over thirty years, culminating in Jeannie's death in 1986 and Derek's fortitude thereafter, which has captured the hearts of readers the world over. The set comprises: A Gull on the Roof (1961); A Cat in the Window (1962); A Drake at the Door (1963); Lama (1966);… Leer más

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1897-1902. 7 vols., 8vo., elegantly bound in contemporary half vellum BY TRUSLOVE & HANSON, sides in rose cloth, backs with tan leather labels blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrips elaborately tooled, ruled and dated in gilt to an ornate art-nouveau design, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp set in splendid, wholly unrestored art-nouveau binding. THE BINDINGS ARE SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSOS. The set comprises (in chronological sequence): [Bronte, Charlotte.] Shirley. A Tale. New Edition 1897; [Bronte, Charlotte.] The Professor. To which are added the Poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, now first collected 1898; [Bronte, Charlotte.] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, New Edition 1899; Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights [with] Bronte, Anne. Agnes Grey. With a Preface, and Memoir of both Authors, by Charlotte Bronte. New Edition 1899; Gaskell, [Elizabeth]. The Life of Charlotte Bronte 1900; [Bronte, Charlotte.] Villette. A New Edition 1901;… Leer más

Faber,, [1937]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plate and full-page map (all original tissue guards present); handsomely bound in full dark brown crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back gilt with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original backstrip preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED AND DATED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE ON TITLE. THIS COPY IS PRESENTED BY JONES TO POLLY PEABODY ['Polly Peabody with love; signature; London 1 Jan. 1941'].

Bloomsbury,, [2003-2007]. 7 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrappers. A NEAR FINE SET OF THE ADULT EDITION. ALL FIRST EDITIONS THUS. ALL FIRST PRINTINGS THUS. The set comprises Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (first edition thus, 2004); Chamber of Secrets (first edition thus, 2004); Prisoner of Azkaban (first edition thus, 2004); Goblet of Fire (first edition thus, 2004); Order of the Phoenix (first edition thus, 2003); Half-Blood Prince (first edition thus, 2005); Deathly Hallows (first edition thus, 2007). Dustwrapper artwork by William Webb; dustwrapper photography by Michael Wildsmith; author's photography by Bill de la Hey. COMPLETE SETS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND AND VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Errington A1(g); A2(m); A7(j); A9(i); A12(aa); A13(aa); A14(aa) respectively.

Printed on Bread-street Hill, at the Sign of the Starre,, 1609. Sm. folio in sixes, with wood-engraved title-vignette and several fine wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout; seventeenth century calf, expertly rebacked in calf to style, back with five raised bands, second compartment with original red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, boards moderately age-marked, corners strengthened, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With nineteenth century inscription on front paste-down and corresponding signature on title. The work comprises: (1) A Historie in twenty books, wherein the Antiquity of the Jews is discovered; (2) Seven Books of the Wars of the Jews; (3) Two Books against Appion the Grammarian, in Justification of the Antiquity of the Jews; (4) A Book as touching the memorable Martyrdom of the Machabees; (5) Josephus Life. Written by himself. [Note that the composition of the work differs; the printed order is 1-5-2-3-4]. APPARENTLY AN UNRECORDED VARIANT. The style of the title is… Leer más

William Pickering [with] Edward Moxon,, 1837-1853. Together 12 vols., sm. 8vo. and 16mo.; elegantly and uniformly bound in nineteenth-century half dark blue crushed morocco, marbled boards ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt to a floral design, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean collection in wholly unrestored period binding. The collection comprises: The Friend (3 vols.; third edition; Pickering 1837); Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (first edition; Pickering 1840); Aids to Reflection (2 vols; fifth edition; Pickering 1843); Essays on his Own Times (3 vols; Pickering 1850); Notes on English Divines (2 vols; Moxon 1853); Notes Theological, Political and Miscellaneous (Moxon 1853). AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF THE POET'S POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS, ALL SAVE THE FIRST AND THIRD WORKS IN FIRST EDITION. The first three works are edited… Leer más

William Pickering,, 1853. 8vo., First Edition, with 10 genealogical tables in the text; original decorative ribbed dark green cloth BY BONE & SON, boards elaborately tooled at corners to an arabesque design in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, and particularly clean copy. A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS COUSIN THE REV. GEORGE CHILTON WITH THE FORMER'S UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's second genealogical work, following his study of Victoria and Albert (1841) and preceding his notable 'Shakepeareana Genealogica' in 1869. George Robert Comyn Chilton, b.1825, was educated at Christ Church Oxford where he gained his BA in 1848 and MA in 1852. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1850. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of Wanborough (Surrey) where he served until at least 1876. THIS WORK… Leer más

Jonathan Cape,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, upper board blocked with skeletal hand in blind, gilt back, top almost imperceptibly speckled, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one tony nick at lower corner of front panel. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Richard Chopping. Crisp copy of the ninth Bond novel, the first of the Blofeld trilogy and the first to feature SPECTRE. Dustwrapper correctly priced at 15s. Gilbert A9a.1.1, binding A with backstrip lettered in gilt; Hubin, p.288.

Nelson,, 1866. 8vo., with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and engraved and printed titles; publisher's green cloth, upper board framed blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. First published in 1862.

John Nichols & Son,, 1815-27. 3 vols., folio, with 46 engraved plates (3 FINELY COLOURED BY HAND), 8 engraved maps and plans (one double-page) and numerous pedigrees in the text, some light and negligible marginal foxing, county map offset lightly offset as often; strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, the first volume very neatly rebacked to style, old backstrip well laid down, backs gilt extra with four raised bands, these tooled in gilt to a stylised floral design suspended within a double gilt frieze, the whole contained by double gilt fillets, compartments tooled in blind with a floral frame, head and tail of backs tooled in gilt to a floral design repeated in inversion, lowest panel tooled in gilt with a reflected floral motif, double gilt morocco labels in black and red, the second of these in each case tooled in gilt at corners with a stylised floral flourish, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, covers a trifle age-marked, four joints a little rubbed else a very good,… Leer más