London: Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 2002. Six crown octavo volumes, each 20.5 x 13.8 cm, in box, hardcover, bound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine, colour illustrated dust jackets with spine portrait of Proust on all volumes. General Editor Christopher Prendergast, Professor of French at the University of... More
Surrey, England: Genesis/Hedley, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. [signed by] Peter Blake, Terry Doran, Marianne Faithful, Gerard Malanga, John Mayall, Larry Rivers, Carly Simon, Terry Southern, Bill Wyman, and Leonard Cohen. Tall octavo, 37 x 25.5cm, black Leather and yellow canvas, all edges dyed red, purple photo collage endpapers, 368pp, lavishly... More
Various: Various, 1471 - 1681. Custom. Twenty leaves in very good to fine condition as described below. Each leaf mounted with a grey card border and inserted in a portfolio. Some striking woodcuts and hand supplied capitals. The individual leaves are from the following books: 1. de Lyra, Nicholas. Postilla Super... More
Rickmansworth: Raleigh, 1996. Tall octavo, 37 x 27 x 5.5cm, pp. (6), xxxiv, 568, map endpapers, 11 colour plates, 418 black and white illustrations, brown cloth, illustrated dust-jacket. Expert map collector and dealer Philip D. Burdon documents the printed cartographic record of the discovery of the American continent to 1670... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1973, 1975. First English Language Edition. Volume 1: The Complete Albums (London, Thames and Hudson, 1973), First English Edition translated from the French by Robert Allen and James Emmons, 656 pages, 482 b/w illustrations, quarto, 30 x 22 cm, hard cover, colour dust jacket with Goya... More
London: The Studio, 1921. First Edition. Modern Painting 1. Folio. Approx 41cm x 28cm. Black paper boards, slightly creased and corners bumped. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Original black wrappers lettered in white and ochre. Slight rubbing at spine. Scarce, especially in such presentable condition. Laura and Harold Knight were central... More
London: New Holland, 1993. Pp. [2] blank, i-viii, Preface to the 1983 edition, ix-xlvi, [2], 669, illustrated endpapers, red cloth boards, illustrated dustjacket based on a world map in the 1593 edition of De Jode’s Speculum. A little shaken, previous owner name on ffep. First printed in 1984 and with correction... More
London: James Fraser, 1833. First Edition. Half calf. 12mo., later(?) half calf, marbled eps, iv, 171, (1) advertisement. Binder’s sticker (?) “H.& C. Treacher, Royal Library, Brighton.” Light foxing to first and last leaves. “Linfield Borrer” in ink to verso of ffep. Part of the Strickland collection of 42 items... More
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co, and Webb, Millington and Co, 1853-1862. 12mo., Cloth, gilt, a.e.g., pp. vi, 10145, coloured frontis and vignette title plus six more colour plates. Head of spine chipped, corners bumped. Part of the Strickland collection of 42 items, being offered together. “Miss Strickland was the first woman... More
London: Nathaniel Hailes, n.d. Cloth. Early edition. 12mo., green cloth, gilt on spine, new eps at front, iv, 245pp. Corners bumped, lean to spine, a worn copy. Part of the Strickland collection of 42 items, being offered together. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into the State... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1861. First Edition. Cloth. Association copy. Purple cloth and gilt. Presentation copy. Octavo, xi, [1], 433pp., [2] publiher’s advertisement. Spine a tad faded, gilt bright, corners lightly bumped, top edge dust toned, foot of spine pushed, minor foxing on title page. Inscribed from Jane Margaret... More
180pp. Poem by Strickland on p.111 titled ”Memorial on Hoad, Ulverston for the late Sir John Barrow Bart”. Red leather covers with leather buckle, a.e.g., front pocket. Unused. 0.5cm horizontal tear in leather and numeral “70” on top cover. Note on John C Wren Family Chemist notepaper in front pocket... More
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Red cloth and gilt. Octavo, xv, 392pp., 24pp. publisher’s catalogue. Spine faded, head and foot pushed and slightly abraded, some marks to the boards, very good interior if a little age toned to edges of leaves. A review from The Times... More
Hobart: Supreme Court of Van Dieman's Land, 1834. Original manuscript Record in ink dated 1834 of a Supreme Court of Van Diemen’s Land case before the Chief Justice, signed by the solicitor and attorney Thomas Wood Rowlands acting for the Plaintiff, David Barclay, v. the defendant John Bodry, unfolded size... More
London: W. Pickering, Chancery Lane, and W. Newbery, 6, Chenies Street, Bedford Square, 1839. First Typographical Edition. Small 8vo, xxi, (3), 74pp. Original pebbled plum cloth, blind stamped boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, a very good copy in the original binding, slightly faded around the edges, with just a.... More