Rare books from Dodman Books

London: C Taylor; Sherwood, Gilbert And Piper; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; T Hughes; T Mason, 1825. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Splendid collection of 21 fine engravings of London buildings, with short accompanying descriptions. St Paul's, Westminster Abbey, 'Buckingham House', Horse Guards, Carlton Place, Pantheon, Bank of England and Westminster Bridge among the subjects. Some foxing and a little marking. Bound in half-leather with marbled paper boards, all heavily worn. Gilt titling to spine. Scarce. Folio. 20pp + plates.

Jules Engel, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Remarkably scarce typographic art book by Engel, hailed as the inventor of modern animation for his work with Disney and UPA. From WorldCat listings, this is the 1973 first edition, predating the Philip Morris Studios imprint by a year. Correctly, according to the listing, it displays no bibliographic information. In VG/near-fine internal condition throughout, crisp, clean and bright on light cream stock. Unpaginated. Landscape 255 x 165mm. One page affected by a small paper fault which has produced a short crease. Bright white endpapers. Clean cream cloth with gilt titling to front. Very lightly bumped to bottom right corners. Additional photographs and as much other information as I have available on request.

London: King-Hall, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A 10 volume set of The K-H Newsletters including all issues from No.1 of 30th June 1936 to No. 259, 26th June 1941. Thus providing a complete weekly record of the period from rearmament to the mid Second World War. The analysis of King-Hall, playwright, submariner, and during the life of this newsletter, MP, is fascinating, circulated to subscribers (of which there were 602 at launch) and providing information and views from many parts of the Empire and beyond. 10 x uniform volumes bound in green cloth boards with bright gold titling. Some very light spotting to edges, but justifying 'near fine' condition. Volumes 1 to 7 signed by Steven King-Hall. Volume 8 includes apologetic note that "circumstances make it impossible for him to continue this practice". c.5Kg in weight so please enquire re postage.

London: Hutchinson, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce military history volume in VG internal order with just a little light general toning to stock. Black cloth lightly marked and faded top and bottom. Unclipped d/j worn to edges with a number of closed tears and small chips, spine faded and rear dulled. 8vo. 186pp

Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furuya Korin. Exceptionally scarce Japanese design publication from the early 20th century. This issue from early 1903, the third year of publication, features 20 full-page designs, all in colour and some with additional silver overprinting. One illustration is ink marked, appears to be printing fault. Front cover (Japanese script) is toned. English language cover has (filing?) label attached and is dulled. Stock is occasionally lightly marked, a little toned but in general good order. Stab binding with silk thread. Bibliographic information from best available translation (see photo of imprint, etc). 8vo. 24pp

Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furuya Korin. Exceptionally scarce Japanese design publication from the early 20th century. This issue from 1903, the third year of publication, features 20 full-page designs, all in colour and some with additional silver overprinting. Front cover (Japanese script) is a little stained. English language cover has (filing?) label attached and is heavily marked. Stock is occasionally lightly marked, but in general good clean and bright order. Stab binding with silk thread. Bibliographic information from best available translation (see photo of imprint, etc). 8vo. 24pp

Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1902. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Furuya Korin. Exceptionally scarce Japanese design publication from the early 20th century. This issue from August 1902, the second year of publication, features 24 full-page designs, most in colour and some with additional silver overprinting. Front cover (Japanese script) is worn and marked. English language cover has (filing?) label attached and is dulled and stained. Stock is occasionally lightly marked, but in general good clean and bright order. Stab binding with silk thread. Bibliographic information from best available translation (see photo of imprint, etc). 8vo. 28pp

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce and sought-after reference work being an international directory of monograms by artists since 1850. German language. In fine/near-fine condition throughout. Clean crisp and bright internally, without any markings or inscriptions. Smart black cloth boards with bright white titling. An excellent copy. 8vo. 931pp + publisher's ads.

London: John Walthoe and Tho Bever, 1717. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Printed by E Nutt. In VG order throughout. Very little marking. Pages crisp and clean with just a little offsetting. Full leather contemporary binding with five raised bands, a little worn. Titlepieces have been added. Additional photos on request. 8vo. xvi + 483pp.

London: Macmillan And Co, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce 1st edition, 1st printing, of Crompton's entertaining - and in places quite dark - wartime novel. In general VG internal order with a spot or two to prelims, but otherwise clean and bright. Neat name and address in ink to front pastedown, dated 1943. Red cloth with bright gilt titling to spine a little bumped and lightly marked. Base of spine is lightly worn and faded. D/j, in removable protective sleeve, is heavily worn with numerous tears and loss to spine and edges of front panel. 8vo. 279pp

Paris: Dalibon, 1823. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Complete 12 volume set, uniformly bound and in general good order throughout. 21 of the 25 required plates are present, including the fold-out genealogy. Some foxing, generally to early and late pages of each volume, but bar a little toning, mostly clean and bright. All block edges attractively marbled to match endpapers and paper-covered boards. Half vellum binding, a little grubby, with gilt lining and decoration to spine. Red leather title and volume labels in 2nd and 4th compartment of spines. Boards showing a little wear to edges and with some volumes, to marbled paper. Nevertheless a handsome set. More information and photographs on request. French language. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo.

London: Motif Editions, 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. Artists Proof copy out of the edition of 75 of this attractive set of poems by Graves accompanied by five Hogarth lithographs, each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Graves has signed the limitation page. Unbound 54x75cm sheets in ribbon-tied portfolio. The subject matter is Deya in Majorca, where both writer and artist lived as near neighbours. All in VG clean and bright internal order with very slight toning to stock. Some offsetting from images to verso of preceding sheets. Portfolio is bumped to base of spine, in turn affecting internal sheets, but this minor. Portfolio boards a little marked and worn. An attractive and scarce set.

London: Robert Barker and the assignes of John Bill, 1642. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce bible, in good internal order throughout. Old and new testaments, without apocrypha. Title page and New Testament title both feature an elaborate woodcut border, with royal arms to verso of the former. Woodcut divisions between books, with capitals and occasional more elaborate woodcut headpieces. Occasional spotting and minor soiling, but in general all is in clean and bright order. Tightly bound block, edged in red, with no loss or looseness. Corner cut to first blank which also includes elaborate rendering of former owner's name. Marbled endpapers, with small bookplate to front pastedown. Full leather with gilt decoration front and back, heavily worn to all edges. Some looseness to boards, but holding. Loss to spine, head and foot. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Unpaginated. Additional photos on request.

London: George Newnes, 1899. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Exceptionally scarce complete run of The Captain, the popular boys' magazine which ran from April 1999 to March 1924. 50 volumes bound in 44, with one volume (8) duplicated. Mixed bindings, mainly publisher's pictorial cloth, and in general good order throughout with just a couple poorly repaired. Toning to stock commensurate with paper age and quality; some loose pages and occasional shaken bindings, but this rare and for the most part all is sound. This is the set used by author and bibliographer Chris Harte to compile his authoritative history and bibliography of the magazine. Weight c.65Kg so please enquire re shipping. Additional photographs and further information on request.

London: Country Life, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. A handsome and complete nine volume set of Avray Tipping's masterwork on English country house architecture. All first editions from 1921 onwards bar one, and uniformly bound in publisher's smart blue cloth with quarter blue buckram and gilt tilting to fronts and spines. Gilt to all edges bar one vol. In VG, clean and bright order throughout. All volumes show light shelfwear and fading to spines. Other minor faults noted below. Comprising: Period I Vol I Norman & Plantagenet 1066-1485; Periods I & II Vol II Mediaeval & Early Tudor 1066-1558, 2nd ed (1937), no gilt edging or gilt detailing to front board; Period II Vol I Early Tudor 1485-1558, light bump at base of boards; Period III Vol I Late Tudor & Early Stuart 1558-1649; Period III Vol II Late Tudor & Early Stuart 1558-1649; Period IV Vol I Late Stuart 1649-1714, small scuff to front cloth; Period IV Vol… Read More