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N.p.: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. Printers N.d. [c. 1890's]. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated [20 pp.]. Original colour pictorial boards. Wear to board edges and corners with slight loss. Boards marked, recased, and the inner hinges strengthened. Ink inscription to front pastedown 'To dear "Little Jack"| with love from | Greta (!) Kamcke. Illustrated title-page. Accompanying text with ten full-page colour illustrations of gollywogs in various scenes coming to sticky ends. One copy only in OCLC: Toronto/Osborne. Scarce. Contemporary to Florence Upton's books. The growth of 'gollys' as childrens toys, made them hugely popular in a way that is difficult to understand today. . Good. Pictorial Boards. 1890.

London: George Newnes Ltd. 1947. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Green cloth. Oblong 8vo (21 x 28.5 cm). Spotting to boards. Minor yellowing to pages, otherwise internally clean. Twelve highly detailed colour lithographic maps of areas of central London - including Piccadilly, Mayfair, Fleet Street, Blackfriars, the Tower of London, and many more - with an almost overwhelming number of annotations and facts, illustrations of historical events, characters and buildings. Charming and informative book from the Strand Magazine. . Very Good. Cloth. 1947.

Paris: Perrin et Cie. 1911. 8vo. 653 pp. Recent dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Original paper wrappers bound in. Bookplate of noted Tudor & Stuart historian Roger Lockyer to front endpaper. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Folding map at rear. Text in French language. . Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 1911.

Hull: Hull University Press 1987. 8vo. x, 50 pp. Paper covers with lettering and illustration to front. Covers slightly grubbied. Internally clean. Part of the Hull University Philip Larkin Memorial Series. 0859585611 . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1987.

Lyon: Chez Iean Giri, & Bart. Riviere 1668. 16mo. 3 vols. [xxii], 558, [18]; [x], 432, [34]; [xii], 402, [74], [26] pp. Engraved title in volume 1 and Portrait in 3. First 2 vols. are tan brown calf, 3rd vol. is dark speckled calf; all have all edges speckled red, gilt-decorated board edges, raised bands with gilt lettering, gilt decoration and title labels to spine, and gilt device with Order of the Garter motto on boards. History of the French Royal House of Savoy, in French, with the last 83 or so pages of vol. 3 being a list of knights in the court of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy . It's a married set - the third volume is differently bound, but they are all still first editions of the text, and have evidently been together for a long time. These are copies from the library of Gordon Castle in Moray, Scotland, and on the front pastedown bear the bookplate of Cosmo, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720-52); the majority of the castle's contents were sold in 1938, likely including this set. All… Read More

Salisbury: Benj. Cha. Collins and J. Johnson 1776. 8vo. [iv], 202, 10 pp. Modern full sprinkled brown calf with red morocco title label. Uncommon. Clean internally with binding in fine condition. 21 cm. tall ESTC T136614. . Near Fine. Full Calf. 1776.

Portsea: Williams, Printer 1805. 8vo. 15 pp. Fifteen-page pamphlet. Lacks wrappers. Leaves slightly edgeworn. Scarce Portsea imprint. . Very Good. Wraps. 1805.

Bradford: W. H. Brocklehurst 1906 - 1915. Large 4to. Unpaginated account book. Full sheep with gilt lettering and Bramah lock and key; marbled edges. Edgewear and chipping to the binding, alongside splitting to the front hinge. This account book, of Mr Thomas Hood, was used in the management of an estate in county of Yorkshire. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Good. Full Sheep. 1906.

London: Cadell and Davies N.d. [1795]. 8vo. Two volumes in one. x, 117, (2), ii, 114 pp. Modern full brown morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt ruling & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Atkinsons. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Repair to verso of illustration at p. 37. With two hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and four further etched plates. With original bookseller's receipt tipped-in to front pastedown with hand-written price of '1/2 Rupee.' ESTC T.125511 suggests [1795]. Boards fresh. Internally in remarkably clean condition. Scarce. . Fine. Full Morocco. 1795.

Borstal, Rorchester: Privately Printed by Donald Maxwell 1922. Large 8vo.Illustrated. xii, 100 pp., Signed Limited Edition. Light brown cloth binding. Slight marks to the boards and fraying to the corners. Some bumping to the bottom edge causing slight creasing to the leaves. Binding firm and internally clean. Illustrated throughout in black and white with 7 colour plates. Signed by the author and artist Donald Maxwell, number 16 of a limited run of 150. Recounts Maxwell's journey across India with the then Prince of Wales and he subsequently illustrated the Prince's Eastern Book. Sketch book edition. . Very Good. Buckram. Limited Edition. 1922.

London: Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England 1652. Tall 8vo. (2), 1829-1890 pp. Recent maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. New endpapers. Original wrapper bound in and repaired. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Black-letter text. Lacking final blank. ESTC : R209365 . Very Good. Cloth. 1652.

Kerkdriel: Librero 2012. 8vo. 368 pp. Publisher's hardback in dust jacket. Dj slightly edgeworn. Internally very clean. No ownership names. B&w illustrations. Translated from the English. Text in Dutch language. 9789089982186 . Near Fine. Hardback. 2012.

London: Frederick Muller 1940. Large 8vo. 60 pp. Paper covered illustrated boards with matching dust jacket. Minor wear to spine ends; small marks to boards; a few tears and marks to dust jacket. Lots of black and white illustrations. Inscription to FFEP, lots of black and white illustrations. An amusing political parody of Lewis Caroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland. . Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. Revised Edition. 1940.

London: Quality Book Club no date circa 1960. 8vo. pp v + 189, dark blue cloth with white title label and gilt lettering. Paper a little darkened otherwise very clean tight copy. Dust jacket has a little wear to edges and corners and is a little dusty on rear. Otherwise very good in very good copy. Wildeblood was imprisoned in 1954 for homosexual offences. The case was controversal, and as a result this, and cases against Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Michael Pitt-Rivers, John Gielgud and Alan Turing, the British Government set up Committee to enquire, in what became the landmark Wolfenden Report . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1960.

London: The Folio Society 2015. 8vo. xxii, 346 pp. Full metallic green buckram with board design by Raquel Leis Allison in a dark green slipcase. Introduction by Dominic Sandbrook, endpapers showing photographs in 1918 and 1939 announcing peace and war. . Fine. Cloth. 2015.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press 1995. 8vo. volume 2 only. [xii], 382 pp 0812233085 . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1995.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press 1995. 8vo. 2 volumes. Still shrinkwrapped. isbns 0812233077 & 08122330085 2 volume set. 0812233077 . As New. Cloth. First Edition. 1995.

London: Cambridge University Press 1967. 8vo. xl, 919 pp,. Hardcover with dustjacket. Bumping to the corners of the boards. Sunning to the jacket spine and slight loss to the head. Jacket marked and edgeworn with some tears to the back cover, label removed from jacket spine. Clean and bright internally. 0512066174 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1967.

London: Collins 1957, 1959. 8vo. Signed by Viscount Alanbrooke. First Editions. 766, 576 pp. Hardbacks with gilt lettering to spine in red and blue jackets, not price clipped. Map endpapers. Jackets' spines are faded with a little chipping (and in the case of 'Triumph', tearing) to edges. Boards are slightly faded but clean. Internally clean. 'Triumph' is signed on the title page by the Viscount Alanbrooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the British Army) during World War II, on whose diaries these books were based. The diaries have become famous mostly because of the frequent remarks on and criticisms of major war leaders Churchill, Eisenhower, George Marshall and Harold Alexander. Although the diaries contain passages expressing admiration of Churchill, they also served as a vent for Brooke's frustration with working with the Prime Minister. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions. 1957.

London: Atlantic Press / Thames and Hudson 1957. 8vo. xiv, 389 pp. Blue cloth in printed dust wrapper. Jacket spine darkened with slight nick to paper on front panel. Cloth clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1957.