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Paris: Librairie d'Art, Ludovic Baschet., 1880. Limited edition, one of 10 copies printed on Japon paper, this being number 9. Quarto. Handsomely bound by Ramage of London in full brown morocco with gilt fleur-de-lis devices to the corners of the boards and spine compartments, and with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 34 fine photogravure plates (proof impressions) produced by Goupil & Cie, 64 further full-page plates, and 50 in-text drawings. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine and joints, rubbing to the corners, a few light scuffs to the boards, and a touch of cracking to the front hinge. The contents with scattered foxing to the endpapers are otherwise clean and crisp throughout. The plates remain fresh and bright. One of a very small limitation of this extensively illustrated guide to the Paris Salon exhibition of 1880, printed on Japon paper and with wonderfully sharp… Read More

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1777.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 803-810. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just some minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act making it an offence to sell adulterated tea, with a fine of £5 for each pound in weight of adulterated or imitation tea. The act also required anyone found in possession of any more than six pounds in weight of the offending 'imitation' leaves prove that they had permission to gather the leaves from the tree's owner and that the leaves would not be put to use in the creation of imitation tea.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 615-626. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial depicting Britannia to the first text page, text in black letter. A good copy, the final leaf becoming detached, some minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1777.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 1083-1095. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with some creasing to the foot of pp.1091-1092 (due to an original paper flaw), minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett., 1745. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 727-730. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with some minor toning and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act prohibiting the wearing and importation of French fabrics, issued in the context of the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748), during which England and France were in conflict.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1776.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 839-854. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with a small ink splash to the first page, some minor toning, and a little wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan., 1778.. First edition. Folio (32 x 20cm). Unbound. [2], 527-531. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page, decorative woodcut initial to the first text page, text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume.

[Edinburgh]: For the Members of the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland., 1860. First edition, with a suite of proof engravings. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Folio. Publisher's original green pebble-grained cloth with decorative borders and titles in gilt to the upper board. Inscribed "Proof before letters" in pencil to the front pastedown. Illustrated with 6 fine proof engravings. A very good copy, the binding square and secure with a 3cm split to the joints at the head of the spine, shorter splits to the joints at the foot of the spine, a few marks to the boards, and wear to the corners. The contents with some faint creasing to page edges and some occasional light scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order. Signed and inscribed by Joseph Nöel Paton in ink to the head of the title page "To Miss Fergus / with all good wishes of / J. Nöel Paton / Jan. 1861". A beautifully illustrated edition of this Scottish border ballad of conflict, love and loss, with… Read More

[London: William Peacock]., [c.1860].. Wooden dissected puzzle with hand-coloured engraved alphabet sheet titled "Darton's Children's Pictures", published by Darton, mounted on one side, and a hand-coloured engraved map of Europe by G. F. Cruchley on the other. The completed puzzle measuring 36 x 27cm. Contained within the original wooden box with sliding lid bearing varnished hand-coloured title lithograph decorated with exotic and domestic animals (perhaps a depiction of the Biblical scene of Adam naming the animals). The box measuring 23 x 18 x 4cm. Condition is very good indeed, the puzzle with two pieces with small, neat glue repairs, minor loss to the paper at the edge of two pieces on the map side, and with some light marking/toning is otherwise bright and vivid. The box with a few small knocks, chips and marks and some old, neat repairs to the base is otherwise in very good working order. A beautifully preserved example. A rare and most attractive dissected puzzle produced by Edward Peacock… Read More

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia., 1965. Facsimile edition. Large quarto. Publisher's original red rexine boards with titles in gilt to the spine. Museum of Sydney price label to the lower board. Small contemporary bookseller's label to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine ends and corners. The contents with the occasional spot of very faint foxing and a small chip to the top corner of the front free endpaper are otherwise in very good order. A facsimile of the 1791 edition. 'Australiana Facsimilie Editions No. 15'.

Birmingham: Pinkerton Press., 2002.. First edition. Publisher's original navy blue cloth with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs in black and white, plus a few in colour. 500pp. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm; the contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a couple of light marks to the edges of the textblock are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. The near fine, unclipped dustwrapper has just a few light scratches and a touch of shelf wear to the extremities. The history of Sunbeam cycles as told through their illustrated catalogues issued between 1887 and 1957.

London: Edward Arnold., [1895].. First UK edition. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth with bicycle design and titles in silver and black to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with black and white drawings. vi + 173pp. + 10pp. of publisher's illustrated advertisements to the rear. A good copy, the binding with some cracking here and there (although remaining secure), a minor splash mark to the foot of the upper board, a touch of fading to the spine and a little wear to the corners. The contents with a little toning are otherwise in very good order. The uncommon first UK edition of the American cyclist Luther H. Porter's guide to cycling, "edited for the use of English readers" by the leading British racing cyclist Frank W. Shorland (1871-1929), with chapters including: cycling for health; learning; riding and touring; accidents, and their prevention; correct pedalling; speed and gearing; training; cycling costume; practical points. This UK edition was published in the same year as the American… Read More

London: John Long, Ltd., 1925. First UK edition. Octavo. Publisher's original purple cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Bottom edge untrimmed. Illustrated with 111 black and white photographs and two folding maps. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear and fading to the spine ends and a chip to the head of the spine. The contents with some occasional light foxing are otherwise in very good order throughout. The folding maps remain clean and crisp. The original dustwrapper with loss to the head of the spine panel, short splits to the joints, a little wear to the extremities, and some light scattered marking is otherwise also very good. A wide-ranging account of the adventures of the American journalist, war correspondent and travel writer Edward Alexander Powell (1879-1957) across East Africa during the early 1920s, copiously illustrated with original photographs by the author and Rexford W. Barton. Uncommon in the original early dustwrapper.

London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., [1872].. Early printing ("Fifty-third Thousand"). 18.5 x 13cm. Publisher's original illustrated stapled paper wrappers, covered with additional late nineteenth-century plain sewn wrappers with title in manuscript to the upper cover. Illustrated with three black and white wood engravings, in addition to the cover illustration. 31pp. + 1p. publisher's advertisements. A very good copy, the binding secure, the printed wrappers with some light foxing and the odd minor mark. The contents with a light vertical bend running throughout and the occasional minor mark are otherwise in good order. An uncommon tract centring on the lives of two Black British characters - 'Miss Dinah Sunflower' and 'Mr. Barnaby Whiskyfrig', "muffin and crumpet maker, and inventor of the original cough-drops, sneezing stick, and tartlets of toasted cheese" - living in "an unfashionable part of London" at the end of the nineteenth century. The story follows the changing fortunes of Dinah, a talented… Read More

[London: A. Pugin et al.], 1831. First edition. Quarto. Late nineteenth-century half red roan over marbled boards with titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page and 4pp. list of plates followed by 100 lithographic plates, including one hand-coloured (bound without the letterpress title page). A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear to the head of the lower joint and rubbing to the spine and corners. The contents with a previous owner's inscription in pencil to the front endpaper, a small hole to the blank margin of one page, a 1cm tear to the blank margin of another, and scattered foxing to the plates are otherwise in very good order. The first edition in book form of this gothic architectural sourcebook containing 100 beautiful lithographic plates of carvings, ornaments and other architectural elements in wood and stone after drawings by Pugin's pupils Joseph Nash and Benjamin Ferrey. The work was originally issued in five parts… Read More