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Derby: Moray Press, 1894. Modern red half polished calf over marbled boards (hard cover), raised bands, gilt title and compartments, marbled endpapers. (6.5" x 9.25"). 640 pages; illustrations by Gustave Dore. Internally some light scattered foxing, remains a tight copy in a fine, handsome modern binding Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Gustave Dore.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1946. Second revised and enlarged edition. Red cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. Foreward by Lord Coldecote and preface by Professor P.H. Winfield. From the series, English Studies in Criminal Science, this book is held to be the best general introduction to criminal administration of the period. x, 192, [4] pp. SCARCE in original dust jacket. A clean, tight copy. Size: Octavo. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Argonaut Press, 1928. Publisher's half vellum over tan buckram boards, gilt title and embossing, silk pagemarker, (10 1/2" x 8"). Limited edition of 975 copies. cvi, 182 pages with Appendices and Index; illustrated with engraved frontis portrait, two folding map and facsimile plate of the original title page. This the fifth publication of the Argonaut Press is letter press printed on Japon vellum, with original color woodcut on title page by William Monk. "This is Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco delta and along the northern coast of South America. Harlow's extensive introduction sheds new light on Ralegh and shows, among other things, that his privateering activities were based on commercial considerations. Goodman 286" Showing minor wear and rubbing, typical bubbling wear cloth meets vellum, internally clean and tight Size: Quarto. Limited.. Vellum. Very Good.

New York: Exposition Press, 1956. Grey cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (8.25 x 5.5 inches). First Edition (stated on copyright page). The Adventures of a Life Underwriter. Previously owned by Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher, Bob Feller with his liberary stamp. A clean, tight copy showing light wear.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Association Copy.

Columbus, Ohio: Fred. J. Heer, 1899. Dark blue cloth (hardcover), gilt titles. (9" x 6"). Scarce First Edition in book form. 100 pages; illustrated with fold-out map and photographs. A detailed and scholarly account of the Zoarties. Map with tape repair, showing some general wear and rubbing, remains an attractive collectable copy. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.

Manor Farm, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1987. Stiff printed paper wrappers in mylar protected jacket. (vii), 166, (2) pages. One of 960 copies set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed at the Whittington Press on Sommerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. Colour plates and half-tones are printed at the Senecio Press. Wood-engravings are printed from the wood, and the line blocks are made by Keene Engraving. This being one of 850 copies bound in pattern paper designed for the Curwen Press by Enid Marx. Articles by Cleverdon on Morison and Gill, Dreyfus on French Resistance Printing, Carter on Victor Hammer, Cave on Golden Cockerel, Mortimer on Ornamented Types and others. A clean, tight copy of arguably the finest periodical of the book arts of the twentieth century Size: Small Quarto. Limited First Edition.. Wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. Private Press.

Manor Farm, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1991. Printed stiff paper wrappers in mylar protected dust-jacket. 248 pages; illustrated with 48 color plates, tip-ins which include marbling, hand-printed wallpaper, and a rare piece of Fijian Tapa paper, 12 pages of wood-engravings (including 6, 3-colour engravings). SIGNED by John and Rosalind Randle on copyright page. This edition of 955 copies is set in 12-point Caslon, Fournier and Romulus and 11-point Bell, and printed at Whittington on Sommerville, Zerkall and Tosa Butten papers. The plates are printed at CTD printers, and the line blocks made by Blinford Graphics. Contributions include, Drefus on the Reconstruction of the Lecture Given by Emery Walker on 15 November, 1888; Stephenson on Setting up a Monotype Workshop; Krimpen on Preparing Designs for Monotype; Stone on Compton Marbling and many others. A clean tight copy of arguably the finest periodical of the book arts of the twentieth century Size: Small Quarto. Signed. Limited First… Read More

Manor Farm, Gloucestershire: Whittington Press, 1988. Stiff printed paper wrappers in mylar protected jacket. SIGNED by John and Rosalind Randle on copyright page. 191 pages; illustrated. One of 900 copies set in 12-point Monotype Caslon and printed at the Whittington Press on Sommerville Laid and Zerkall Halbmatt papers. Colour plates and half-tones are printed at the Senecio Press. Wood-engravings are printed from the wood, and the line blocks are made by Keene Engraving. This being one of 800 copies bound in pattern paper designed by Vance Gerry. Articles include Paractical Watercolour Stencilling of Illustrations by Vance Gerry; Pochoir at Curwen by David Butcher; Marbling as Book Illustration by Robin Heyeck; Chinese Decorated Papers by Tanya Schmoller; Golria Stuart: Cinderella at the Type Case by Ward Ritchie, and many others A clean, tight copy of arguably the finest periodical of the book arts of the twentieth century Size: Small Quarto. Signed. Limited First Edition.. Wraps. Near Fine/Near… Read More

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 2003. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 406 pages. First Edition/First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). SIGNED by author on title page. An Inspector Rebus Novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

London: Orion Books, 1993. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (8.45 x 5.75 inches), 278 pages. First Edition/First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). The U.K. edition preceeds the U.S. edition. SIGNED by author on title page. An Inspector Rebus Novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

London: Orion Books, 2004. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 399 pages. First Edition/First Printing. SIGNED by author on title page. The fifteenth Inspector Rebus Novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector very fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

London: Orion Books, 2004. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 399 pages. First Edition/First Printing (with "1" on publisher's number line). SIGNED by author on title page. The fifteenth Inspector Rebus Novel. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [New Zealand Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is 14 x 11 inches. Antique map of "New Zealand" by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Auckland, Mount Egmont from New Plymouth, Wellington, and Indigenous person. Map drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, with illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J.B. Allen. Contemporary pen outlining in color and pale blue coastline wash. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Trimmed at top and bottom, with some light expected page toning. Good. Map.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [Australia Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14 inches. Original antique map of "Western Australia, Swan River" by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Sheep Shearing, Between Perth and Fremantle, Aborigines, Perth from Mount Eliza, Shepards and sheep, and Ships in harbor. Map drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, with illustrations by A.H. Wray and engraved by W. Lacey. Contemporary pen outlining in color and pale blue coastline wash. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected page toning and light wear at corners. Very Good. Map.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [Tasmania Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14 inches. Original antique map of "Van Diemen's Island or Tasmania" by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Hobart Town, Residence of the V.D.I. Campany's Agent Circular Head, Thylacinus Cynocephalus. Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin, with illustrations by H. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. Contemporary pen outlining in color. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected light page toning and wear. Very Good. Map.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [Australia Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14 inches. Antique map of Victoria, or Port Phillip by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Melbourne, River Glenelg, Victoria, Kangaroos and Indigenous Peoples. Map drawn and engraved by John Rapkin, with illustrations by A. Warren and engraved by J. Rogers. Contemporary county and state pen outlining in color and pale blue coastline wash. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected page toning and light wear at corners. Very Good. Map.

London: John Tallis, 1851. [Polynesia Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14.25 inches. Original antique map of "Polynesia, Islands in the Pacific Ocean" by John Tallis & Company, circa 1851. Vignettes of Kalakakooa Sandwich Islands, Otaheite, Harbor of Dory New Guinea, Resolution Bay Marquesas. Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin, with illustrations by H. Winkles and engraved by T. Wrightson. Contemporary pen outlining in color. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected page toning and light wear. Very Good. Map.

London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1855. [Map]. Original steel engraved map with decorative boarder and vignettes. Map size with central vertical fold is approx. 11 x 14 inches. Antique map of "Independent Tartary" N.D. (no date, circa 1855). Vignettes of Tartars on a Journey, The Bride Chase, and The Tent. Map scale in British miles. Map drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin, with illustrations by W. Bragg and engraved by J. Rogers. Contemporary pen outlining in color. By 1865 Tallis was among the last of the publishers of beautifully decorated hand engraved maps. Shows some expected page toning and light wear at corners. Very Good. Map.

1826. Original wrappers (soft-cover). 58 pages, [2] leaves plates; illustrated. An die akademie eingesendet den 19. Nov. 1826. Mit zwei Kupfertafeln. Scarce medical monograph. Wraps.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980. Quarter cloth over decorated paper boards in publisher's plain paper dust-jacket (mylar protected). 127 pages. One of 650 copies printed by Arlen & Clara Louise Philpott; monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris; photolithography by Paragraphics and binding by Cardoza-James. Paper is Mohawk Superfine. This is publication 165 of The Book Club of California. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Small Quarto. Limited First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.