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London: Longmans, 1960.. First edition. 8vo. xx, 466 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Fading to the jacket spine with a little foxing in places, occasional edge wear overall with a few small losses at the upper edge.

London: W. Faden, July 6th, 1804.. Map dimensions 63 x 87 cm, overall 64.5 x 88 cm. An attractive folding map of the county with original colour in block and outline. Scale: ½ inch to one mile. Dissected into 21 sections and mounted on linen, both folded end sections with marbled paper tabs, one side with a publisher's label, folds into original marbled paper slipcase with printed label to upper cover. Some wear to the case with the upper edge of one joint cracked, the map slightly browned overall, otherwise a very good copy. Essex was the second Ordnance Survey map to be published, preceded by Kent in 1801. This is the true first edition of their map of the county, the full four sheet version being published the following year. Rare, the only institutional copies found are in the British Library, Cambridge and Oxford. The only auction record is the Wardington copy, sold at Sotheby's in 2006.

London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1927).. First limited edition, no. 2 of 200 copies signed by the author, 8vo, (x), 140 pp. Inscribed from the author to his second wife, the actress Mary Grey, on the fly leaf. Original buckram, t.e.g., spine browned with some old ink addition to the gilt title.

(Hermitage, Newbury: Phoenix Press), 1966.. First edition, 8vo, (20) pp. Printed wrappers, edges browned, slight loss to the foot of the spine.

London: Duckworth & Co, (1920).. 8vo, (x), 121, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates, one with a small tear, marbled endpapers. Bound in contemporary tree sheep, gilt borders, gilt spine, t.e.g., a couple of minor marks otherwise an attractive copy.

(London: Delahunty, 2015).. First edition, small folio, (44) pp. Coloured illustrations, bound with each half having its own front cover and upside down from the other half. Pictorial boards, fine.

(Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [1920s].. 12mo. Illustrated throughout in colour, printed on crepe paper and one side only of the unopened bifoliates. Sewn as issued, a few small marks otherwise very good. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, no. 2.

(Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, 1920).. 12mo. Illustrated throughout in colour, printed on crepe paper and one side only of the unopened bifoliates. Sewn as issued, a few small marks otherwise very good. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, no. 4.

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [c.1912].. 12mo. Illustrated throughout in colour, printed on crepe paper and one side only of the unopened bifoliates. Sewn as issued, a few minor marks, small chip to the lower edge of the upper cover. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, no. 9.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999.. First edition thus, 8vo, (xxii), 676 pp. Two plates. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy.

Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, 1769.. Sole edition. 8vo. viii, 360 pp. Recent marbled boards, spine label. One inch strip at the top of the title page sometime cut and restored with a similar paper, occasional light browning, else very good. ESTC locates 7 copies in the UK and a further 2 in North America.

(Henley-on-Thames): Gresham Books, (1985).. First edition, folio, (vi), 122 pp. 74 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy.

London: George Routledge, [c.1905].. Sixth impression, 8vo, viii, 533, (1) pp. Original gilt titled cloth, very faint sunning to spine.

(Lewes): Sussex Record Society, 2001.. First edition, large 8vo, xx, 390 pp. 16 coloured illustrations plus many in black and white. Cloth, d.w. slightly faded otherwise very good.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1891.. 4to. xii, 756, (8) pp. Publisher's gilt ruled blue-grey cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Covers slightly dulled and rubbed, else very good.

London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1987.. Sole edition, 4to, (36) pp. 113 illustrations, signed by Farrell on the title page. Original wrappers, slight wear to the foot of the spine otherwise fine.

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1938.. Two volumes, 8vo. 102 plates, signature to fly leaves. Original gilt titled cloth, slight rubbing of spine ends otherwise very good.

London: Charles Skilton, 1981-84.. First edition, five volumes, 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations, single sheet prospectus loosely inserted in the first volume. Gilt titled marbled faux leather, d.w.'s, spines sunned with slight loss to the head of volume I, otherwise an excellent set.

[London]: Printed for the War-Office, by T. Egerton, (1797) & 1798.. Two volumes bound in one, first editions, 8vo, (iv), ix-xv, (i), 342 pp, with 16 folding plates; (iv), 54 pp, 31 folding plates. A few spots and some faint browning, neat repair to tear on plate IX in the second work, contemporary signatures of James Frampton (?of the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry) and Ralph Baxter (?6th Dragoons) to the respective fly leaves of each work. Both volumes uncut in the original boards, edges rubbed, neatly rebacked at different times, the first work with a modern printed label, the second with the original label preserved. Detailed works listing the various commands and providing guidance on how they should be carried out. In his short preface to the Instructions, Fawcett writes that "every Officer of Cavalry shall be provided with a Copy of these Regulations, and the Commanding Officers of Corps are to take Care that this Order be duly observed". The Elucidations were "intended for the… Read More

London: Orr and Co. [et al], [c.1840].. First edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, (iv), 221, (1), ii, 158 pp. Engraved titles and 67 plates, the frontispiece to the second work bound at the beginning of the first, some occasional foxing, particularly at the beginning and end,small label to paste down. Original gilt decorated red cloth, a.e.g., lower joint with a small tear otherwise very good.