KNIGHT (Charles): The Old Printer and the Modern Press.
London: John Murray, 1854; pp. x, 314 + 1 advs. Contemp. full brown calf prize binding with name of Mr. Scott's School, Picardy Place within gilt cartouche on fr. cover. A.e.m. With an attractive prize label dated 1862. Fr. cover sl. mottled, else a very nice copy. The two parts are paginated continuously. (Book ref. 4393) £44.00
WURTZ (Ad.): The Atomic Theory, translated by E. Cleminshaw [International Scientific Series].
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880; 1st ed., pp. viii, 344 + 4 advs + 32 cat. Folding plate. Orig. red cloth series binding. Pp. iii-vi partly loose (due to rusted staple), o.w a v.gd, crisp, unopened copy. Armorial book plate. (Book ref. 4381) £26.00
VERGIL (Polydore): Three Books of Polydore Vergil's English History, Comprising the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III. From an early translation, preserved among the mss. of the old Royal Library in the British Museum. Edited by Sir Henry Ellis.
London: Printed for the Camden Society, by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1844; 1st ed., pp. xxxix, 244. Orig. dk green blind-stamped cloth series binding w. gilt title on spine. Neat pencilled quotations on p. 167, o/w a very good copy. (Book ref. 4386) £36.00
RAWNSLEY (H.D.): Chapters at the English Lakes. With Ten Illustrations.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1913; 1st ed., pp. 249 + 1 advs. 10 photog. illus. Orig. blue cloth w. title in black on spine. Cloth on spine a bit cockled and some foxing internally. Carbon stamp on front free end-paper, o/w a good, sound copy. (Book ref. 4379) £13.00
HOOKER (Sir William Jackson) and WALKER-ARNOTT (George A.): The British Flora, comprising the Phaenogamous or Flowering Plants and the Ferns. With numerous figures illustrative of the umbelliferous plants, the composite plants, the grasses, and the ferns. The Eighth Edition Revised and Corrected.
London: Longman, GVreen, Longman, and Roberts, 1860; pp. xlvii, 636 + 12 engr. plates, + 32 cat. dated January 1870. Orig. green blind-stamped cloth w. gilt title on spine, in nice state. Inner hinges cracked but tight. Unsightly removal of small label from front paste-down, o/w a very good copy. (Book ref. 4382) £30.00
BIRCH (W. de Gray): Domesday Book: A Popular Account of the Exchequer Manuscript so called, with Notices of the Principal Points of General Interest which it contains.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887; pp.viii, 328 + 8 advs. Orig. dk green cloth bevelled boards w. gilt title on spine and fr. cover. Trace of rubbing at head and tail of spine and some very light foxing here and there, o/w a nice copy. (Book ref. 4389) £20.00
ANSTEY (F.): Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr. Punch's Show, With Illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld., 1897; pp. 275 + 4 advs. Orig. light green pict. cloth w. gilt title on spine, t.e.g. Covers sunned and spine a little browned, but a delightful book in very good state. Book label. (Book ref. 4390) £25.00
A KEMPIS (Thomas): The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes, Translated by J.P. Arthur.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd, 1906; pp. xvi, 234. Orig. dk blue cloth w. gilt crucifixion scene in oval cartouche on front and rear cover. Gilt title on spine, t.e.g. Title page in red and black. Attractively printed at the Chiswick Press. Spine gilt dulled and page edges browned, else a nice copy. With a press cutting slipped in about the translator, from The Times of 26 April 1920. His true name was John Arthur Pott. An uncommon work by this author, not often seen. (Book ref. 4391) £20.00
[WATTS-DUNTON (Theodore)] DOUGLAS (James): Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic. With Twenty-Four Illustrations.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904; 1st ed., pp. xiv, 483. Orig. dk blue cloth w. gilt vignette on fr. cover. Press-cutting pasted to front paste-down. A very good copy of one of the two indispensable works for study of Watts-Dunton. (Book ref. 4385) £33.00
[RENNIE (James)]: Insect Miscellanies [The Library of Entertaining Knowledge].
London: Charles Knight; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green; Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; Glasgow: Atkinson & Co.; Dublin: Wakeman; Liverpool: Willmer & Smith; Leeds: Baines & Co., 1831; 1st ed., pp. xii, 414 + 6 advs. Full brown blind-stamped morocco w. gilt centre piece on fr. and rear cover, spine w. raised bands, a.e.g. Manuscript prize inscription dated 1841. Edges rubbed, but still a sound and attractive copy of a classic little work. (Book ref. 4384) £26.00
WILSON (William Rae): Travels in Russia, &c. &c. Illustrated by Engravings. In Two Volumes.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828; pp. xvi, 383; vii, 343. Orig. black blind-stamped cloth w. gilt titles on spines. Engr. frontis. and two engr. plates in each vol. The plate of the 'Phenomenon seen at Moscow' (in the night sky) looks uncannily like a UFO. Corners softened and rear cover of Vol. 1 a bit spotty, otherwise a very good set. (Book ref. 4377) £200.00
WEATHERLY (F.E.): Told in the Twilight, illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards & John C. Staples.
London: Hildesheimer and Faulkner, [1883]; 4to, pp. 64. Delightful coloured illustrations on 32 pages, the rest printed in sepia on a tinted ground. Illustrated front and rear paper boards. Corners worn and paper chipped at upper corner of front cover. Worth having resewn and re-backed. Priced for condition. (Book ref. 4373) £40.00
SARGINSON (I.): Maoridom in Picture and Prose, From the Best Authorities.
Christchurch, New Zealand: The Christchurch Engraving Company, 1899; Horizontal, 19 x 23 cm. White paper boards dec. brown, black and blue, black cloth spine. Photog. illustrations on almost every page. Boards grubby and scuffed at edges, but internally v.gd. (Book ref. 4375) £64.00
MARTINEZ (Orlando): Panama Canal.
London and New York: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978; pp. 154. Photog. plates, orig. light grey cloth. Very good in very good dust-jacket. (Book ref. 4374) £12.00
Home (Gordon): France, containing 64 Full-page Illustrations in Colour.
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1918; pp. ix, 219. Orig. maroon cloth w. design of fleur de lys. Spine dulled and nicked at head, with softening of top edge. General mild foxing but the inner hinges sound and the illustrations in fine state. (Book ref. 4370) £30.00
CAVE (Estella): Memories of Old Richmond with some sidelights on English history. With sketches and a plan by George A. Brandram and other illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1923; pp. xiii, 326. Frontis. and 10 black and white illus. Orig. grey cloth. Covers patchily faded and spine dulled with small nick at head of spine. Internally v. gd. From the library of Ruth Pitter with memorial label. (Book ref. 4371) £12.00
AXON (W.E.A.): Echoes of Old Lancashire
London: William Andrews & Co., 1899; pp. 263 + 8 advs. Orig. dk blue bead-grained cloth w. blind stamp of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow on front cover, t.e.g. Spine very dulled with minor wear at head and tail. 2 library stamps on prelims and rear e.p. (withdrawn), otherwise internally a very good copy. (Book ref. 4376) £20.00
THACKERAY (William Makepeace) (TITMARSH, M.A., pseud.): The Paris Sketch Book, The Irish Sketch Book and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo.
London, Edinburgh and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900; pp. 312, 352, 171. Half-tone frontispiece. Limp dk green leather w. top edges gilt, spine w. gilt ivy leaves; printed on India paper, w. title pages in red and black. An attractive thin paper pocket edition in very good state. (Book ref. 4359) £10.00
PRESCOTT (William H.): History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortés. New and Revised Edition, with the Author's latest Corrections and Additions. Edited by John Foster Kirk.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim., [1903]] pp. xxiv, 2 maps, 713. Orig. dk blue cloth w. title in gilt on spine, top edges gilt. Head and tail of spine softened, inner front hinge cracked but tight, o/w a good to very good copy (Book ref. 4367) £12.00
MILLER (Rev. George): Rambles round the Edge Hills and in the Vale of the Red Horse.
London: Elliot Stock, 1900; 2nd ed., pp. viii, 232. Frontis and 6 plates, + folding map. Orig. blue cloth, a bit marked and spine dulled w. slight wear at head and tail. Some pages browned and stitching pulled at some openings. Still a useful copy of the enlarged second edition, with a glossary of the local dialect. (Book ref. 4366) £30.00