Libros raros de Gordon Hughes

London: W. Tweedie. No date, about 1840s.. Hardcover. Good. Lithographic frontis and vignette title by W Monkhouse of York. Half title, vii,190, iv (publisher's catalogue, one leaf carelessly opened), pp. 14 x 10 cm. Blindstamped pale olive cloth. Light water stain to top of bottom board and on last few leaves. Some light spotting and age staining, generally a good sound clean copy. A scarce early reprint, not in The British Library or National Congress Library.

Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and London: F. A. Davis. , 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. The five volume issue, complete for 1890, in dark olive cloth, titled in gilt on spines. A very good firmly bound set, probably unused, with only minor superficial markings to the bindings. 25 x 17 cm. Over 2000 pages in total. Global summaries of research and advances in medical, surgical and health studies, with interesting advertisements at the rear of each volume. The whole comprehensively indexed With an ownership rubber stamp at the bottom of four of the volumes, and a written name at the top of one of these A heavy set of books, please contact for accurate postage quote.

Hutchinson, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. With a 7 page preface by Harold Nicolson. 270 pages with 32 page Hutchinson Catalogue for Summer 1932. Front endpapers a little foxed, as is the title page. Contents nice and clean. Original orange cloth, titled and ruled in black. Dust jacket with label removed from base of spine, slight wear, see picture First published in 1924 this collection of short stories is set in post world War 1 Germany in a sympathetic way. It includes the story 'Isn't Life Wonderful!' which was filmed by D W Griffith in 1924. This edition, with the Nicolson preface, even scarcer than the first edition. Moss, 1885-1954 was a professional soldier who retired in 1919 to write fulltime

A Paris Au Palais: Chez Guillaume Saugrain, dans la grand-Salle, A l''Ange Gardien. 1724.. Hardcover. Very Good. xxxix,430,7 (Table des chapitres, fautes a corriger, and approbation). Full polished 18th century calf, marbled endpapers, gilt on spine in compartments, maroon titling label. Old library label at base of spine. Marbled endpapers. Contents very tight and clean. An excellent copy.

Blackie and Son, 1874-1875, in six half volumes.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by numerous authentic portraits on steel. These six half volumes, issued as a part work over 2 years, could then be rebound by the purchaser into 3 full volumes if so desired. These half volumes have their own title pages, but volumes 1, 3 & 5 also have engraved titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3. Half volume 6 contains printed titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as contents pages and lists of plates. 71 of 72 steel engravings. That of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo missing and never bound in. lPerhaps the publisher had run out of copies of the plate of Sir William Forbes. Top & tail of spine of vol 6 slightly frayed. First 3 pages of vol 3 a little foxed. A very clean, crisp set

Geoffrey Little, 1987.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Map and photos, 449 pages. 31 x 22 cm. A very good copy in a slightly used edge frayed, but complete, dust wrapper.

Herbert Jenkins, 9th printing, no date, about 1940.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 280 pages, 19 x 13 cm. A very good clean copy in the original dust jacket, which has minor edge wear, especially at top and tail of spine, and slight soiling. Slight foxing to edges.

Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, over two issues, April and May, 1849.. Soft cover. Very Good. iv,205-268,4,iv, and iv,iii,269-328,4,iv. The article is about 23 pages long all together. Light brown wraps, only slightly marked. Adverts for medical publications, apparatus and druggists with one sample pictorial plate. In January 1847 J Y Simpson began pioneering the use of ether as an anaesthetic in his midwifery practice, but by November of that year he was relying more on chloroform, which produced safer and more reliable results. In the United States Dr Charles Meigs was a strong opponent of the use of anaesthesia in midwifery. In 1848 he raised his objections and concerns about its use in response to a paper promoting and advocating chloroform in childbirth, by Simpson. Both these papers had previously been published in the Medical Examiner. Now, in this article, Simpson thoroughly responds to Meigs' objections. Each of Meigs' five points are carefully refuted. As such this… Leer más

London: Martin Secker, First edition 1916.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 324 pages. Original maroon cloth in good tight clean condition, lettered and ruled in black Top edge slightly dusty Front pastedown with two neat owners' signatures. Endpapers slightly browned. Dustjacket, unclipped, with only minor wear and rubbing to edges. The spine slightly browned. Despite these minor blemishes the volume presents very well. Important first novel by Welsh author Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, 1870-1948. A rare dystopian science fiction work in which a vellum scroll is found in a metal cylinder in the Andes. This relates the dystopian history of the miniature planet Meleager, where the practice of eugenics ensures the death of defective children and where women have no power or political rights A rare book with a possible influence on Charlotte Haldane's Man's World and feminist dystopian literature generally, especially in the areas of eugenics and male patriarchy

London: Illustrated London News., 1876. No Binding. Fair. NEW YORK from Bergen Hill, Hoboken, Original 1876 Large ILN woodcut panorama. Drawn by R. Loudan and engraved by T. Sulman. Published by the Illustrated London News, 19 August 1876. 510 x 1200 mm, being slightly trimmed, excising the Illustrated London News heading from the top edge, but retaining serviceable margins. A worn copy with old tape repairs to the back. Edges worn and frayed, with some loss to margins, but with only limited loss to image surface. A few small fold tears and holes with minimal loss to printed surface, the first vertical fold from the left almost entirely split. The ornate lettered title is edge worn but just about survives any loss. This is a good clear printing of this image, produced before the wooden blocks became too worn; the shipping and other smaller features present in attractive detail. Requires paper repair and conservation, probably with some type of backing.