Search Results: Authors starting with A from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Duckworth and Co. London. 1918. Octavo. xviii, 372pp. 7 plates, 20 text illus. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Spine relaid. Endpapers renewed. Corners rubbed and slightly bumped. John George Adami (1862 - 1926) FRS, FRSE, CBE, LL.D., "qualified in medicine at Manchester and in 1892 was appointed professor of pathology at McGill University. At the invitation of the Royal College of Physicians (in London) he delivered the Croonian Lectures in 1917. He chose the title 'Adaptation and disease; the contribution of medical research to the study of evolution'. Adami believed that medical work had brought to light important facts about heredity that had not been communicated adequately to biological scientists. He used the lectures to describe this work, placing particular emphasis on his contention that acquired characters are inherited." M. Buttolph Journal of Medical Biography 2010.

First edition. Constable & Co. London. 1930. Octavo. xiii, 179pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Slightly rubbed, sunned and grazed. BMJ Croonian Lectures cuttings from 1917 carefully tipped in to list of publications. Marginal neat chronological addenda.Provenance:From the libraries of two notable doctors. Signature of "A. Sarwood Fry Maj. IMS. Dera Ghazi Khan January 1932. Wetheral April 1949" to ffep. Neat marginalia in his hand. Quotation in his hand to rfep "Nothing can more fully give justification to a human life than the later realisation that a man was a true prophet, saw clearly, divined correctly and was a fore runner of the truth".Bookplate of J. Colin Dagnall to front pastedown.Augustine Sargood Fry (1890 - 1962) M.B., Ch.M., F.R.C.S. C.I.E. British Army Indian Medical Service. In the first world war he served on the North-west Frontier of India and in South Persia. Surgical specialist in Peshawar, including the Khyber Pass area. He held in turn most of the important civil… Read More

Seeley, Service & Co. London. nd. [1936] Octavo. 255pp. Photo frontis., photo plates. Original cloth, gilt to spine and upper board motif. Publisher's ads at front. Signature of Richard S. Fawcett to fep dated March 1955. From the library of Richard Sandford Fawcett of Great Hagley Hopton Castle.

Macmillan and Co. London. 1892. (Third edition) Octavo. 158pp. Tissue guarded engraved frontispiece, further illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Original pictorial cloth, gilt to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt. Green endpapers. Some sporadic foxing, otherwise crisp and bright. Light rubbing to extremities, spotting to lower board.

First Baskerville edition. Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head in The Strand, London. Birmingham. 1761. 4 volumes. Quarto. Complete with the rare "Directions to the Binder". Text and plates all complete.
Vol. I: I, title, ii blank, iii-v dedication, vi blank, vii-xx Preface, xxi-xxv Poem, xxvi-xxvii Contents, xxvii blank, 1-501 Poems on Several Occasions, 502 blank, 503-37 Poemata, 538 blank, 3z2 blank, 3z2 verso "Directions to the Binder. This leaf is to be cut out". (therefore usually missing) 413-537 Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, 538 blank, 539-42 index 543-4 blank. 3 engraved plates, plus 6 plates included in pagination.
Vol. II: Title, A1 blank, A2 sub title to Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, A2v blank. A3-A3v Dedication, A4-A4v Preface, 1-171 Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, 172 blank, 173-372 The Tatler, 373-538 The Spectator, 539-40 Index, 550 blank. 7 engraved plates.
Vol. III: Title, blank, 3-579 The Spectator, 580 blank, 581-91… Read More

First edition, limited to 500 copies on Van Gelder paper, this being number 305. Charles Carrington. Paris. 1897. Octavo. Original cover, half title, title, xix, 265pp. Coloured frontispiece and six further coloured plates by J. Wely. Further monochrome illustrations throughout. Red half morocco, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with gilt floral motifs and lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Shelf wear and rubbing. Front hinge cracked at base. Stitching strained at original cover, 64/5 and at 81. One plate loose. Some toning, spotting and marks throughout. Historic yellowed sellotape repair to tear at p17/18 - text still readable though. Original cover darkened. A scarce volume of bawdy erotica.https://parisolympiapress.com/2021/01/31/charles-carrington-collection-stories-from-the-folk-lore-of-russia-aleksander-n-afanasyev-done-into-english-by-the-translator-of-the-book-of-exposition-in-the-science-of-coition-the-old-man-young/

Timber Press. Portland and Cambridge. 2004. Small quarto. 431pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations, colour plates. Original green cloth, gilt to spine, in the original dust wrapper. A fine copy."The first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland". Includes a useful bibliography.

J. Pigot & Co. London. [1823]. Royal 8vo. 525pp. Folding engraved map of London. 9pp fine adverts at back, some folding. Later quarter calf, leather label, gilt lettering and rules, marbled boards. Small repair to chip at base of title page (see photo). Binder's reinforcement to mount of title page and folding map of London. Lacking the map of England, as is often the case. Some toning, small ink stain to foredge.
"Containing a classification of the merchants, manufacturers and traders of London, the County of Middlesex, and all the towns and villages within twelve miles of the Metropolis, with separate alphabetical references; also upwards of three hundred cities, towns and sea ports in the counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey and Sussex. Together with historical and descriptive accounts of each town - lists of the Coaches, Carriers… Read More

Printed by Bennett Brothers Ltd., Counterslip Works, Bristol. nd. (early 1900's) Oblong 8vo (24.5cm x 15cm) 58pp. Covers in green ink. Photo and engraved illustrations. Stapled. Lightly toned, covers a little discoloured. Final page index of prices struck through neatly with pen. Updated prices printed in purple ink. Order forms at rear removed at serration. Within the text is a reference to the Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906 and a testimonial dated 1906, dating this catalogue to the early twentieth century.Pike and Tucker Offices 10 & 11 Peter Street Bristol; Factory 7,8, & 9 Cathay, Redcliffe, Bristol. A historic and rare Bristol trade Catalogue. Peter Street was destroyed in the tragic German Blitz of Bristol in 1940 - 1941, it seems that the Cathay factory was also destroyed and all records were lost. The printer of this catalogue, Messrs Bennett Brothers works was also destroyed, but their records have been preserved in Bristol Archives.

T. Nelson and Sons. London. [1885]. 15cm x 10cm. 96pp. 12 chromolithographs. Text engravings. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, burgundy and black. Rubbed to corners and spine. Occasional spotting. Plates slightly cropped to base. Upper corner tips of last three pages trimmed. Images not affected.

The Cottage Furniture Arcade (Next door to P. E. Gane, Ltd.), 161-2, Commercial Street, Newport, Mon. 16mo. nd. [c. early 20th century]. 14pp. Original pictorial paper covers, red and black. String tie. Staple rusted. Includes Kitchen Economy, Fuel Economy, Cleanliness, Saving Gas, Soap, Table of Rough Measures, The Larder in Hot Weather, Odds and Ends, Cast Iron and Economy.

Natural History for Children: being a Familiar Account of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, insects, fishes and reptiles, trees and plants. With plates and numerous cuts. In five vols. Vol. II. BirdsFirst edition. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-row, and N. Hailes, Piccadilly. 1819. 12mo. Half title, Engraved frontispiece by J. Shury. Title. (2), 151, (1 adverts) pp. Over 50 woodcuts. Full contemporary tree calf. Spine in six compartments divided by double gilt rules. Leather label, gilt lettering. All edges sprinkled red. Bettison's Cheltenham bookseller's plate to fep. Signed Ellen Mary and Sarah Maria Seton Karr to ffep. Short detachment of title and contents to upper edge. Offsetting from frontispiece to title. Upper joint cracking but firm. Rubbing and wear to extremities. Each volume complete in itself. Extremely rare. One copy recorded - in the British Library.John Shury Engraver and print maker (1788-)

First English edition. Henry Colburn. London. 1826. Octavo. xxiv, 310pp. Half title present. Half calf, contemporary marbled boards and tips, later rebacking, spine in six compartments, elegant gilt, original leather label. Light shelf wear, tips rubbed. Small historic hole to p289, text unaffected. Historic bookseller's catalogue slip loosely inserted.
Edited by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) "There is not a more pleasing method of recalling the past, than by the contemplation of individual realities", from the preface which is included here together with a dedication by the English translator to the author of Faust.
"Born in France, the author fled the French Revolution as a boy and later served as a soldier in Spain during the Peninsular War. He later travelled to Naples, where he entered the British Army. He later joined the Royal Navy and in 1818 he served on the Cabalva, which made an attempted voyage to China but was shipwrecked near Mauritius, which the crew eventually succeeded in… Read More

Three original British Official nitrate photographs. Issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information. London. 7 February 1963. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Royal Marines conquer another Antarctic Peak. Pictures just received from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Protector, taken during the successful climb to the top of the hitherto unscaled 9,000 feet Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island inside the Antarctic Circle... made the final ten hour ascent in a night assault cutting steps and hand holds in a steep ice face... Each photograph has the original typewritten information pasted to reverse. Crown Copyright reserved (Admiralty) Stamped Daily Mail Filed 8 Feb 1963.*Halt for refreshment along Fuchs Piedmont during the 17 miles haul to base camp. In front are: Marines M Constance; M Pike; P Bitcheno; A Cawthorne. Middle row: Corporal J Morton and Marine R Brotherton. Behind: Captain T J Wills, RM, and Corporal G Kingdon.*Royal Marine detachment of HMS PROTECTOR… Read More

W. S Manley and Son. Leeds. 1994. Quarto. 60pp with colour photographs by the author. Original pictorial boards, as issued with no d/w., slightly sunned. The result of extensive research over 15 years. Signed by the author on title page.

Ian Appleyard (1923-1998) racing driver, Olympic skier and ornithologist.

First edition. Sampson Low, Marston & Company. London. 1893. Octavo. xi, 300pp. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard (Coming Down From The Monasteries of Meteora), Photo portrait of the author, 21 further engravings from sketches made by Isabel Armstrong within the text. Original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering. Pages untrimmed, edges darkened. Cloth worn, spine cocked, darkened and faded, corners bumped. Text bright and clean. Spotting to prelims and half title, foxing to the tissue guard, with a little transference to the title page. No inscriptions. Scarce.Isabel Armstrong (b.1848) and her travelling companion Edith Payne "announcing our intention of starting off by ourselves to Greece, the general opinion seemed to be that if we were going out to be murdered ..."

William Blackwood. Edinburgh and London. 1906. Second edition (same year as the first). 8vo. xiv, 511pp. Frontis., 23 plates, 4 maps and plans, two folding in rear pocket. Original cloth, gilt. Faded and rubbed to spine. Hinges tender. Toned, with some spotting. Endpapers browned. Neat inscription to ffep.
Ellis Ashmead Bartlett (1881 - 1931) War correspondent. "I joined the Third Army at the commencement of August 1904, just before the first assault, remained attached to General Nogis headquarters until January 17, 1905, and entered the fortress with the victorious Japanese - one of my chief objects to place on record the obsolete method of fighting which characterised the siege - how men meet in masses to settle the disputes of their governments with bayonet, clubbed rifle and hand-grenade".
August 4, 1904 - January 2, 1905, the siege of Port Arthur on the Liaodong Peninsular of Manchuria was the longest battle of the Russo-Japanese War.

First edition. Methuen and Co. London. 1928. Octavo. x, 244pp. 8pp publisher's catalogue. Original cloth, sunned to the spine, with a few spots. Corners bumped. Endpaper map. Corner clipped to ffep. Frontispiece plate, 18 photo illustrations on 15 further plates. Occasional light spotting. Ownership inscription in pencil to ffep.
Sir Algernon Aspinall (1871-1952) Secretary of the West India Committee.

Stent & Sons, Printers. Guildford. 1913. Octavo. (1), 52, (2)pp. 13 plates, 1 folding letter. Original green cloth, gilt to cover. Marbled endpapers. Slightly bumped/rubbed to extremities.
Provenance: From the library of E. W. Steeple (1872 - 1940) pioneer mountaineer, author, member of the Swiss Alpine Club and founder chairman of the Midland Association of Mountaineers. Bookplate Ex Libris Midland Association of Mountaineers from the Steeple Bequest 1942. With cancellation stamp 16.1.81.
Clinton Thomas Dent (1850-1912) First President of the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club.