The Archaeology of Surrey [The County Archaeologies series].
London: Methuen & co, 1931. First edition (hardback). Small 8vo, xv, 254pp. Frontispiece, 12 plates, folding map, 40 text illustrations. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Preliminary pages foxed, else this copy is in very good condition. (Book ref. 25300) £5.00
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Memorials of old Surrey.
London: George Allen and sons, 1911. First edition. 8vo, xv, 299pp. 35 plates, 42 line drawings. Original green cloth, gilt titling to front board and spine, top edge gilt. Scattered moderate foxing, else a very good copy. (Book ref. 8821) £25.00
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Union Index of Surrey Probate Records which survive from before the year 1650.
London: British Record Society, 1990. Volume 99 of the British Record Society Index Library (hardback). 8vo, lii, 627pp. Original burgundy cloth, gilt titling to the spine. This is generally a sound copy, but is marred by staining to the bottom edge of the text block (this staining does not extend onto the pages themselves). ISBN 0901505277 (Book ref. 23240) £10.00
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History of Surrey [complete in four volumes].
London: Virtue & Co, nd [c. 1880]. 4 volumes, no edition stated. 4to, xi, 391pp; v, 390pp; v, 392pp; vi, 396pp. Frontispiece and title vignette to each volume, 71 steel engraved plates (including 3 colour maps), 75 wood engravings in text. Uniformly bound in the publisher's red cloth with lavish gilt titling and decoration to the front boards and spines, all edges gilt. A little rubbing to extremities of bindings, some bumping of corners, a few hinges cracked (and repaired), some minor foxing, but generally this is a bright, near-VG set. (Book ref. 7750) £295.00
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Surrey; a sketch book.
London: A&C Black, 1922. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated. 16 plates from pencil sketches. Original brown paper-covered boards with title label to front board. Spine slightly chipped, some marking of boards, contents very good. Overall a good copy. (Book ref. 6140) £10.00
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Dorking; a Surrey market town through twenty centuries.
Dorking Local History Group, 1991. First edition (softcover). 8vo, 124pp. Text illustrations throughout. Original laminated wrappers. This copy is in very good condition. ISBN 1870912039 (Book ref. 25908) £5.00
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A Thames-side tour from Putney to Kingston along the Surrey Embankment.
London: Harrison & sons, 1920. First edition (hardback). 8vo, 64pp. Plates, text illustrations. Original brown cloth spine, grey boards, title label to the front board. Front board rubbed, lacks the front free endpaper, contents very good. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition. (Book ref. 21371) £20.00
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Rawlings's Surrey, Middlesex and Berks Year Book, Almanack and Trade Guide for 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894.
Chertsey & Walton: T J Rawlings. 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 & 1894. Six annual issues of Rawlings's Year Book, bound together in one volume. Each issue has about 100 pages plus numerous adverts and text illustrations. The binding is tatty - the spine and the rear board are missing - but the contents are tightly bound and in good to very good condition. Suitable as a working copy, and would rebind well. A mass of local information on the towns of Chertsey, Ottershaw, Addlestone, Staines, Laleham, Egham, Virginia Water, Weybridge, Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton. (Book ref. 16378) £150.00
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On Surrey Hills.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & sons, 1892. Third edition. 8vo, vii, 301pp. Original turquoise cloth, gilt titling to spine. Edges of binding rubbed, bookplate, front hinge cracked; overall a good plus copy. (Book ref. 6130) £15.00
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London's Playground, its story simply told [part I and part II]
London: Homeland Association, nd [c. 1910]. 2 volumes bound in one, no edition stated. 8vo, 159pp; 192pp. Illustrated thoughout, including a double-spread map at the front of part I. Publisher's binding of mottled brown cloth spine, brown cloth boards, gilt titling to front board and spine, all edges gilt. Extremities rubbed, endpapers spotted, name inscibed on flyleaf, but still a very good copy overall. (Book ref. 6115) £30.00
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Guildford Public Library, Reference Department, catalogue of works in the library relating to the County of Surrey, May 1957.
Guildford Public Library, 1957. No edition stated (softcover). 4to (33cm by 21cm), 55pp, 24pp index. Original printed grey wrappers. Some light scuffing of the backstrip, minor stain to the last two pages of the index. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. (Book ref. 27363) £15.00
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Excursions in the County of Surrey: comprising brief historical and topographical delineations; together with descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry, remains of antiquity and other interesting objects of curiosity.
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. First edition (hardback). 8vo, iv, 190pp. 50 engraved plates, including a folding map of the county and a plan of Guildford. Original printed boards, with a green cloth spine (possibly added later). Binding somewhat rubbed, some minor spotting else contents very good. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition. (Book ref. 15699) £150.00
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Excursions in the County of Surrey: comprising brief historical and topographical delineations; together with descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry, remains of antiquity and other interesting objects of curiosity.
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. First edition (hardback). 8vo, iv, 190pp. 32 engraved plates, including a folding map of the county and a plan of Guildford. Original printed boards, rebacked with a modern grey cloth spine, red morocco title label. Boards heavily rubbed, plates foxed. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition. Please note that only 32 plates have been bound in to this copy; a complete copy should have 50 plates. (Book ref. 26332) £30.00
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THE JUNGLE BOOK.
LONDON.PAVILION BOOKS LTD.,1991.. Illustrated by illus by Gregory Alexander.. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st illus edn thus.. Hardback.. NFINE./VG+.. 8vo. 1851455035. UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st illus edn thus.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn, but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright, crisp, clean, glossy laminated, colour pictorial wrap-around artwork illustrated dw/dj by Gregory Alexander, with negligible shelf-wear and and creaing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - but some minor indentations to upper wrap through to upper bd, but showing only faintly to same.Top two corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright, tight and near pristine.Clean, publisher's original dark green cloth bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with headband and clean, plain green eps.8vo, 6-128pp [paginated] +half-title page, double-page colour illustrated title-page, contents list/table, 14 stories, part-page and part double-page colour illustrations throughout the text and book, 7 full-colour double-page illus and 6 full-colour, full-page illus - all by Gregory Alexander. Written in 1894, The Jungle Book reflects Kipling's deep affinity with the world of childhood and the mysteries of the animal kingdom.Its appeal today is as strong as ever, and the wonderfully atmospheric illustrations in this new edition give a fresh look to the immortal stories of Mowgli; from his adoption by the wolves and training in the stern law of the jungle by Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther to the victory over the tiger Shere Khan. The magical evocation of the animal world is not confined to the Mowgli stories.The Jungle Book also contains several other charming tales, including 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi', the story of a plucky little mongoose who takes on a pair of deadly cobras, and 'Toomai of the Elephants', in which a young mahout is uniquely privileged to witness, at dead of night in a forest clearing, the legendary dance of the elephants. The artist Gregory Alexander travelled widely in India, his research for this his first book, steeping himself in Indian art and village life, and developing a style which captures the flavour of the stories and the dark, secretive world of the jungle.Authentic in detail and hauntingly romantic in atmosphere, his pictures are firmly in the tradition of Indian book illlustration and form the ideal accompaniment to Kipling's most engaging and memorable book. Gregory Alexander studied at Canterbury College of Art and West Surrey College of Art and Design, graduating in 1981.Several prestigious awards led to his election as an Associate member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours at the age of 24;full membership followed in 1987.He now paints in watercolour, oil and acrylic and his subjects reflect his love of travel. This edition of the stories is published in association with the National Trust.The Trust owns and administers Kipling's home, Bateman's, at Burwash in East Sussex and the house is open to the public. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! (Book ref. rja26887) £11.50
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NELSON AND EMMA.
LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,1994.. Illustrated by various contribs.. UK,8vo HB+s/case,1st edn.. Hardback.. FINE./FINE.. 8vo. No ISBN. FOLIO SOCIETY. UK, 8vo HB+s/case, 1st edn.[This 1994 edition is the first edition, first printing by the Folio Society, and presentation issue for 1995.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, no dw/dj - only issued in slipcase. Bright, crisp, clean, intact+complete card, wrap-around artwork illustrated slipcase [battle of Trafalgar, in shades of blue and gray], with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - virtually no evidence of any shelf- wear.Subject, onlay, colour pictorial portrait, oval vignette with bright, gilt border to each bd - Horatio Nelson to upper and Emma Hamilton to rear.Quarter buckram bound spine/backstrip with vegetable parchment bds, headband and decorative map illustrated eps in immaculate condition.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip and all corners are not bumped - all are sharp and crisp.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine.Large 8vo, 7-256pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages, contents+maps lists/tables, author/editor intro, 6 chapters, 5 b/w maps/battle plans by Denys Baker, profuse b/w+colour illustrations throughout the text and the book, sources and an index.The book is set in Modern Extended type at The Folio Society.Printed by Bath Press Colour books on Fineblade Smooth Cartridge paper and bound in quarter buckram with vegetable parchment bds at The Bath Press, Avon.An unusually, exceptionally clean and crisp copy and slipcase.Other Folio Society titles available - please enquire for specific titles. (Book ref. rja25777) £18.00
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BELOVED EMMA:THE LIFE OF EMMA LADY HAMILTON.
LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1986.. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.. Hardback.. VG+./FINE.. 8vo. 0297788957. UK, 8vo HB+protected dw/dj, 1st edn.[Ex-lib copy with protected dw/dj, local,girls' public independent school, oval,ink library stamps to foot of ffe, middle of title-page with catalogue no. to recto of same, and lib stamp to foot of pp189 - no other stamps present.] VG+/FINE.Price-clipped dw/dj.Bright, crisp, clean, glossy, laminated white background with subject colour portrait illustrated upper wrap: author's b/w portrait photograph to rear wrap, with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally aged/tanned - as usual/ normal: fore-edge brighter and cleaner: contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners.Bright, clean, unblemished, publisher's orange paper-covered bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip; upper bd's top right-hand corner minimally bumped - no other faults - sepia illustrated eps.8vo, v-x+1-410pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages, contents+illus lists/ tables, 20 chapters+postscript, 16pp contemporary b/w illus between pp210/11, biblio, notes and an index.An excellent, sound copy, despite library ownership.Author is daughter of novelist Antonia Fraser. Emma Hamilton ranks with Helen of Troy and Nell Gwynn in the public imagination.A legendary beauty, she ahd allure, and she had a bizarre love affair with Lord Nelson, the Hero of England, to prove it.An outraged nation never forgave her for this lapse on their idol's part, and even in 1984 the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich could advertise their collection with a poster of Emma inscribed 'England's Enemy No.I'. In this brillaint new (then 1986) biography Flora Fraser charts Emma's life from her birth as the daughter of a Cheshire blacksmith to her death fifty years later in Calais in circumstances of poverty and neglect.She deals in particular depth with the Italian period of Emma's life,when - as the wife of Sir William Hamilton, the affable, erudite British Minister at Naples - she became an intimate friend of the Queen of Naples and sat to all the portrait painters of Europe.The licentious climate of Naples provided an easy setting for Emma's famous romance with Lord Nelson: London Society's reaction to the affair is chronicled in fascinating detail.Flora Fraser sheds new light on the shifting relationship between Emma, Nelson and Sir William at Paradise Merton, their home in Surrey, and explores Emma's later life - her strange, will-o'-the-wisp existence after the deaths of her husband and her lover. The author has had access to private manuscripts and illustrative material in England and Italy, and her extensive use of contemporary sources such as letters and diaries bring the period vividly to life. Cameos of distinguished people - the Earl-Bishop, the Duchess of Devonshire, George Romney, William Beckford, Gothe, to name a few - who flitted through the Hamilton's saloons, colourful anecdotes, and sharp evocation of details of scene and costume draw the reader back into the forgotten Italian world in which Emma shone. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the weight of this item - nearly 1.Kg unpackaged, for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! (Book ref. rja25647) £12.50
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MORE THAN A GAME - THE STORY OF CRICKET'S EARLY YEARS.[Author SIGNED copy.]**
LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2007.. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.. Hardback.. FINE./FINE.. 8vo. 9780007183647. Author SIGNED copy. UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED, 1st edn.NMINT/NMINT[As new - only just published.Signed by Author at Waterstone's, and with Radio 4 Book of the Week stickers in situ to top wrap.].No owner inscrptn, no price-clip to dw/dj but author's black ink signature to title-page.Crisp, bright, clean, colour illustrated upper wrap; small sepia photograph to rear wrap with negligible shelf-wear, creasing to edges or corners [bought new] - no nicks or tears present.Upper colour illustration titled 'The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton', a hand-coloured engraving by G.H. Phillips, painted by William Drummond and Charles J.Basebe (1818-1880).Inscribed in lower margin 'This plate is most respectfully dedicated by special permission to H.R.H. Prince Albert by W.H.Mason.' Back photograph:1873, (shows left to right) W.G.Grace, Fred Grace and James Southerton.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine - an unread copy.Bright, clean, unblemished, publisher's original black cloth bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, headband, and immaculate, plain green eps.8vo, vii-xiv+1-433pp [paginated] includes half-title, author SIGNED title-page, contents+illus lists/tables, acknowledgements author preface, 17 chapters (each with a b/w line illus head-piece)+an afterword, appendices (5), 24pp mixed contemporary b/w+colour photographs+illustrations, in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp146/47, pp210/11 and pp274/75 respectively, and an index. Throughout his life John Major has loved cricket.In More Than A Game he examines it from its origins up to the beginning of the 20thC.Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early matches; the truth behind the legends that have grown up around the famous Hambledon Club; changes in rules and techniques, including the transition from underarm to overarm bowling; the long-standing, but often blurred, distinction between 'gentlemen' and 'players'; the coming of the MCC and its role as the supreme arbiter of the game; the spread of cricket throughout the British Empire; and the emergence of the county game and international competition. It is a story rich in anecdote and colourful characters.Many of the great names from the 'Golden Age' of cricket - C.B. Fry, Ranjitsinji, 'Demon' Spofforth and of course the towering figure of W.G.Grace - are still well-known today.But long before then the game already had its stars: men like the Kentish innkeeper's son 'Lumpy' Stevens, who played at the highest level until he was nearly sixty; 'Silver Billy' Beldham, who was taught how to bat by a gingerbread baker; the notoriously avaricious and ill-tempered Lord Frederic Beauclerk, a direct descendant of Charles II and Nell Gwynne; and the mighty 'Lion of Kent' Alfred Mynn. More Than A Game is not just an affectionate look at a sport that has given John Major a lifetime's pleasure.He reveals that many of the most cherished and widely held beliefs about cricket's origins are based on little more than myth; he also goes beyond the boundary to examine the social changes that affected both the game and the wider society.The story he uncovers is a fascinating one that will delight and often surprise not only the cricket-lover, but anyone with an interest in the forces that have shaped our modern world. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the weight and the value of this item, for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! (Book ref. rja25247) £85.00
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REPORT to the Right Hon. The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT on the CIRCUMSTANCES attending an EXPLOSION which occurred at Messrs. JAMES PAIN and SONS, at MITCHAM, SURREY, on the 5th June 1902
London: HMSO, 1902. 6pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. Cd.1274. Home Office Report on Explosion in Building for non-explosive ingredients at Factory No.73, Surrey. Accident No.176, 1902. Two men killed (named). A very clean copy. (Book ref. 160388) £15.00
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Some Notes on Surrey Science: Presidential Address to The Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club, January 16th, 1901;
London, Proceedings of the Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club, 1901. SOFTBACK, printed card wrappers, pages: xlix-lix, 8vo. 135mm x 216mm (5.25" x 8.5"), from the library of Proff. Judd F.R.S., with his stamp on the front cover and title-page, ex-academic library, with small stamp on front cover only, covers and some page margins grubby, small tear in top of front cover and title-page, otherwise a fine copy. (Book ref. 6746) £6.00
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THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON: Being An Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital: Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes. County of Surrey; County of Middlesex; Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent; [With] AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THOSE PARISHES IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX Which are Not Described in ther Environs of London. [With] SUPPLEMENT to the First Edition of the Historical Account of the Environs of London.
Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell / T. Cadell and W Davies ... 1792-5-1800-11. 1st Ed. 6 vols. 4to. 3 frontis. maps, t.p. vignettes, 76 plates including 3 cold. and 3 folding, folding plan. [Volume IV without the list of plates]. Ex.-libris Matthew Lewis and Panshanger, some pencil marginalia, marbled e.ps. with some replaced with later marbled e.ps., handsome set, contemporary marbled boards with calf corners, some surface wear to marbled paper, and minor wear to corners, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spines. Upcott 914-920 & 922-923.Daniel Lysons (1762–1834), antiquary. ODNB ‘... At this time he began work for [the above] a contemporary recounted that Lysons ‘spent seven hours up to his knees in water in the vaults of Stepney Church copying epitaphs’ (Fleming, 49) and he extended this industry and meticulousness to all his work. He treats Surrey parishes in the first volume, which includes notable demographic sections compiled from primary sources. This volume was only partly superseded by The History and Antiquities of Surrey of Owen Manning and William Bray (3 vols., 1804–14). The second and third volumes cover Middlesex parishes and are a great advance on previous works. The sections on Essex parishes draw quite heavily on The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex (2 vols., 1762–8) of Philip Morant but their range is greater, covering births and baptisms and agriculture. The work was supplemented by A Historical Account of those Parishes in … Middlesex … not Described in the ‘Environs’ (1800), and in 1811 by a second edition of and a supplement to the Environs. Many of the illustrations were drawn and etched by Lysons and his brother Samuel and the whole represented a very considerable antiquarian achievement. The Environs was dedicated to Horace Walpole, a close friend of the two brothers and their keen correspondent ...’ US$1988 (Book ref. 210890) £1250.00
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