Search Results: Titles starting with A from Rickaro Books Ltd

London: The Book Collector/Double Crown Club, 1985. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy of this essay reprinted from the Book Collector for the DoubleCrown Club. 16pp..

Bootle: Bootle Times Ltd, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second revised edition of this handbook for managing the home. Covers such subjects as upholstery, basic diy and table-laying..... Previous owner's name neatly to fep. Scattered foxing to inside covers. 96pp, B&W illus..

London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1824. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good copy bound in half leather with marbled paper covered boards. A good soubd copy in clean condition, armorial bookplates of Granville Hastings Wheler to insideof front board. Notable for the quality and interest of their many engraved plates and plans (many fold-out) and textual illustrations. Contents of Volume XX include: I. Translation of a French metrical history of the deposition of King Richard II, written by a contemporary, and comprising the period from his last expedition into Ireland to his death by John Webb; II. An Inquiry concerning the death of Richard II by Thomas Amyot; III. Some Remarks on the Early Use of Carriages in England, and on the modes of travelling adopted by our ancestors by J H Markland; IV. Observations on the seal of Ethilwald Bishop of Dunwich, lately discovered at Eye, Suffolk by Hudson Gurney; V. Account of the Tomb of St John… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for The Royal Historical Society, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by the Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in original black cloth. 84pp with pocket at rear containing fine folded plan. The copy initialled by the author with the inscription, 'In memory of days together Deanery, Wells Christmas 1911'. Cancelled private institution stamp to inside of front cover..

La Haye: Etienne Foulque, Marchand Libraire pres de la Cour, 1695. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Contemporary full calf with decorative gilt spine, five raised bands. Two colour title page, a short history of England from King Egbert up to the reign of William and Mary. A tactile little volume in good, crisp condition. Early previous owner's name to front paste-down, 'Martin Bowes'. [10]-525p..

Yorkshire: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1968. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The yorkshire archaeological society record series Vol CXXX. A good copy in brown cloth with gilt decoration to front board and gilt title to spine. Previous owner's engraved bookplate to fep. Internally clean, bright and sound. 146pp..

London: Civic Books, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy of this detailed account of the creation of the first Army Medical School. Traces the response from the time of Waterloo through the Crimean War (including evidence from Florence Nightingale) up to the founding of the Army Medical School at Fort Pitt, Chatham. Footnotes and Index. 213pp.

Huddersfield: Oblong, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy of this well illustrated and scholarly volume. 460pp. A major study of the pursuits of the lady in the 18th and 19th century. A study of skills and pastimes of ladies over a 200 year period. A splendid volume, beautifully produced by Oblong..

London: Bodley Head, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The actress tells her life of both comedy and tragedy. Signed, inscribed and dated on the fep. D/w non price clipped, sunned to spine. 199pp.

London: Acorn Press, 1982. Book. Fine. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy of this prospectus from the Acorn Press in grey card covers. Featuring ten b/w engravings..

London: W.H. Allen & Co, 1889. Book. Illus. by Frederickson, A.D.. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy, in original red cloth binding, with gilt design to front board. Some sunning to top edge of front board. xiipp 388pp. With 26 plates including 25 fine lithographed plates finished in colour, one facsimile of a Japanese voucher (plate XXV in list) and two coloured maps (one folding).Plates VII to XIV bound between pp192-193 not as listed. All plates etc present as called for. A.D. Frederickson was a botanist and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in the late 1800s. He travelled from London to Arabia, India, China, the Orient and over the Pacific to the USA. During his travels, he sketched interesting scenes, plants and people.. He had his sketches made into colourful lithographs for this volume.The plates are from his drawings and depict plants, fruits, views and natives along the route. All most attractively drawn and… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press (world classics), 1936. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The leaflet of this address being the first UK publication. O'Brien E094..

Moreton-in-Marsh: Privately Published, 1985. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy in grey printed card covers, frontispiece of T E lawrence drawn by Augustus John Fordingbridge 1935. 8pp. This is number editionof 500 copies..

London: British Medical Association, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good copy in original printed boards and "With the authors compliments" written to cover. This copy from a society library carries a long presentation inscription from the author's brother stating that at the time this was the only extant in the English language on the subject. 27pp + photographic plates..

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1866. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good, interesting copy in original blue cloth with gilt arms to front board and gilt title to spine. Re-spined with original cloth laid on. This copy owned by a contemporary of Broke, Michael Lane, who writes that he was a Midshipman in the Meleager at the time of the Shannon/Chesapeake action. a page is inserted in his hand commenting on the book and a further one on his own career in the Royal Navy, Lane also adds corrections in the text. This is the elusive original edition of this significant work on Philip Broke who captained the Shannon in the famous engagement with the Chesapeake. 488pp + illustrations + 8pp advertisements to rear. Bookplate of Andrew David, Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy to fep. Altogether a fascinating copy..

Bishop Auckland: Pentland Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in d/w. Originally published 1967 this a new fully revised edition. The author tells of the work of the Surveying Service in peace and war. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 444pp.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy of this well illustrated volume. In very good price clipped d/w. Inscription from previous owner to fep. 96pp..

Spalding: Spalding Gentleman's Club with Shaun Tyas, 2019. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. 64pp.This handsome small book tells the story of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, one of the earliest such learned societies in Britain, founded by Maurice Johnson of Ayscoughfee Hall in 1710 and still in existence today. Nowadays the Society welcomes women as well as men, though in fact women were closely involved in the Society from the outset. It has a long and proud history in the life of this fenland town in Lincolnshire, especially in educational role, and is still providing opportunities for public engagement and academic research on a wide variety of subjects with the resources of its famous library and museum. Included here is also a mission statement on the Society's plans for the future. The book is lavishly illustrated with 16 pictures, mostly in colour. A feature of the wrapper is an extinct butterfly recorded in… Read More

London: Archaeological Journal, 1923. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a bound offprint of Gardner's important article on Alabaster Tombs, taken from the Archaeological Journal of 1923. It is profusely illustrated with photographs. This was later revised and reprinted in book form in 1940. This article remains an important prime source. In fine condition re-bound in card covers..

Marcham: The Alembic Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. A fine copy of this copy of this 8pp prospectus..