Recommended Books
Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century. (1829)
£120.00ELMES, James (1782-1862). Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century Displayed in a Series of Engravings of the New Buildings, Improvements. (1829).
81 pages of steel engraved plates (2 half paged plates on each page), one plan (of Regent’s Park), 2 engraved title pages.
A handsome tome, in reasonably good condition, featuring some lovely engravings of bygone London in the late Georgian period.
Please see the main description and photographs for further details.
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A Sunday In London. Illustrated in 14 cuts by George Cruikshank… (1833)
£70.00WIGHT, John; George Cruikshank (Illus). A Sunday In London. Illustrated in 14 cuts by George Cruikshank and a Few Words by a Friend of His… 8vo. London: Effingham Wilsone, 1833. A jaunty, eccentric, and lively account of London life on a Sunday in 1830s Britain. Cruikshank was well known for his social caricatures of English life. His first major work was Pierce Egan’s Life In London (1821).
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Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall… (1888) SCARCE.
£50.00DILKE, Right Hon. Sir Charles (1843-1911). Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall, Chelsea by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart, on Wednesday, January 11th 1888. 8vo. West Middlesex Advertiser [1888]. A curious historical account, detailing various buildings including public houses, and the Royal Hospital and the Queen’s Elm- where Elizabeth 1st ‘ “stood up” for shelter from a shower with the great Lord Burleigh”.
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Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery. [c.1879]
£75.00Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery.
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The Emigrant-Ship and Other Poems. (1851). VERY SCARCE.
£50.00Very scarce. SMITH, James Lister. The Emigrant-Ship and Other Poems. 8vo. London: Hope & Co., 1851.
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The Vaudois… a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844. (1845)
£55.00HENDERSON, E. (1784-1858). The Vaudois Comprising Observations Made During a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844: Together with Remarks, Introductory and Interspersed, Respecting The origin, History, and Present Condition of That Interesting People. Folding map. PROVENANCE: Signature to front endpaper : ‘Thos Spalding’. 8vo. London, John Snow, 1845.
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LOW, William. Table Decoration. (1887)
£75.00LOW, William. Table Decoration. 48pp. 19 plates- depicting various table decorations. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1887.
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The Practical Management of Fisheries. (1883)
£45.00FRANCIS, Francis (1822-86). The Practical Management of Fisheries. A Book for Proprietors and Keepers. 4 folding plates, illustrations within the text. Chapters include: “How to Grow Fish Food and How to Make Fishes’ Homes”, “The Enemies of Trout and How to Circumvent Them”, “Some Hatcheries”, “On Salmon and Trout Ladders and Passes”. N.B. Please note that the advice given in this book is of its time. 8vo. London, Horace Cox, 1883 [or slightly later- adverts at rear dated 1888].
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Holidays on High Lands… 1869.
£40.00MACMILLAN, Rev. Hugh. Holidays on High Lands; or, Rambles and Incidents In Search of Alpine Plants. (Pages age toned, occasional spotting and foxing). Publisher’s blue pictorial cloth, gilt (wear to cloth, corners bumped, spine cocked). 8vo. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
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The Chief Victories of the Emperor Charles… 1870.
£600.00Sir Anthony Coningham Stirling’s (Crimea Campaign) copy- SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Sir William Stirling Maxwell. MAXWELL, William Stirling (1818-78). The Chief Victories of the Emperor Charles The Fifth Designed By Martin Heemskerck In M.D. L. V. Xxxvi, 91, [1]. Beautifully illustrated throughout, decorative endpapers. Interior: some occasional light soiling. Binding: Publisher’s yellow and black pictorial cloth (some wear). Folio. London and Edinburgh: Privately Printed For The Editor, 1870.
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QUENNELL, Peter. Poems. (1926)
£25.00QUENNELL, Peter. Poems. Interior: Browning to a few pages, sporadic foxing/spotting. Binding: Publisher’s blue quarter cloth with marbled boards (light wear, wear to corners). LIMITED EDITION OF 60 COPIES SIGNED BY PETER QUENNELL OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 11. Peter Quennell (1905-93) was the son of authors C.H.B. and Marjorie Quennell. He was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic. He wrote extensively on social history. 4to. (Size) London: Chatto & Windus, 1926.
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Essay on Irish Bulls. 1802.
£95.00EDGEWORTH, Maria; Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Essay on Irish Bulls. FIRST EDITION. [4], 316 pp. Interior: No half title, sporadic staining in places, worn hole puncture mark to bottom blank margin, piercing same place on pages throughout, worming to lower blank margins on last ten pages, pages age toned, occasional spotting/foxing. Otherwise good. Exterior: full contemporary calf (worn, rubbed corners bumped), spine re-backed (a while ago). 8vo. London: J. Johnson, 1802.
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The Life of Samuel Johnson… 1823.
£75.00BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson to volume 1. 2 folding tables. Interior: No half titles, occasional spotting, endpapers detaching/detached. Some pages mis-numbered- but present. Occasional tearing with loss to blank margins- not to text. Exterior: Full contemporary calf (boards and spines worn, one board hanging by a thread, boards loose/ detaching on other volumes). 8vo. London: J. Richardson & Co, 1823.
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The Tour of Doctor Syntax. [c. 1821]
£200.00COMBE, William (1742-1823). [The Tour of Doctor Syntax] In Search of the Picturesque/Consolation/A Wife. 3 volumes each individually named. Consolation: 24 plates, …Wife: 24 plates + hand coloured engraved title page, Picturesque (spine labelled as ‘lakes’), 31 plates. General Interior: some pages detached, occasional closed tearing and a few historic repairs to blank margins, a number of the plates have been trimmed to fit the binding- including loss to titles under plates, pages age toned, sporadic spotting, foxing, light browning and some old paper repairs to pages in places. Exterior: Contemporary green half calf with marbled boards (worn). 8vo. …Mixed editions: Picturesque: Fourth Edition, London: Ackerman 1813, …Consolation: London- Ackerman, 1820, …Wife: R. Ackerman, [1821- engraved title page trimmed with loss to date].
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Peronnik the Fool. 1933.
£110.00MOORE, George (1852-1933); Stephen Gooden (1892-1955). Peronnik the Fool. Engraved title page, 8 engravings (including two full page engravings). Interior: Occasional foxing and spotting, old glue staining to endpapers. Exterior: Publisher’s vellum, lettered in gilt (some wear, lacking original slipcase). LIMITED EDITION OF 525 COPIES, SIGNED BY GEORGE MOORE AND STEPHEN GOODEN, OF WHICH THIS COPY IS NUMBER 232. 4to. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933.
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Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland… 1885.
£85.00HAWKINS, Edward (1780-1867). Augustus W. Franks, Herbert A. Grueber. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 volumes. Frontispiece to volume 1, frontispiece (bound in facing upwards) to volume 2. Interior: Volume 1 staining to top right hand corner of text block throughout. General age toning to pages in both volumes, a few repairs in clear tape. Exterior: Later brown cloth (blind stamped to both volumes with Library markings). 8vo. London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1885.
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A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds… [1902].
£30.00A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds. [1902]. GORDON , Murray and Co. Ltd. A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds. A Record of Facts, Principles and Discoveries. Free (or Unoxidised) Phosphorus in its relation to the Improvement and Preservation of Human Life on Earth. 8pp. 8vo. [London]: Gordon Murray & Co, [1902].
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Electric Trains. 1927.
£75.00DICKINSON, R. E. Electric Trains. Frontispiece depicting L.N.W.R. 3 coach electric train, 6 folding plates. 8vo. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927.
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Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 1861.
£55.00Female Royalty – HOLT, Emily Sarah. Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces to each volume. Interior: occasional spotting and light browning. PROVENANCE: J. H. Burton (bookplate to pastedowns of each volume- in vol 2. It is adhered to the rear pastedown- upside down). 8vo. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
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Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham… 1804.
£25.00PITT, William, Earl of Chatham. Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham to his Nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. 8vo. London, T. Payne, 1804.
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