A Tour in Wales. MDCCLXX [III]
3 parts in 2 volumes, 62 B&W plates (10 folding), 4 vignettes, 1 illustration. In modern calf spine over worn contemporary calf boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, blind tooling, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, Vol 1, 1778,…
A History of British Birds
Two Vols, 1805, VG, 414 illustrations in total. In Royal Octavo, contemporary speckled full calf, corners & edges rubbed. Spines, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf labels. Internally, Vol 1, 1805, 3rd ed, Land Birds, [3],…
Hours of Idleness, A Series of Poems, Original and Translated,
VG, 1807, 1st ed, 2nd issue. In modern half dark green morocco over marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [3], (vi-xiii), [1] errata, [1], 2-187 pp, lacks half title, new endpapers. A very good copy.…
The Beauties of British Antiquity;
In contemporary full speckled calf, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, [3], (iv-xvi), [1], 2-310 pp, [9] index, [1] errata, lacks front blank, includes an 8 page list of…
The Personal History of David Copperfield.
In marked cloth, tips repaired. Respined, printed title label, frontis, [5], 8-323 pp, 40 illustrations (3 full page), some paper edge repairs to f & rep. Not dated but c1863/78 ( Dicks was active from 313 The Strand between 1863 and 1878--cf.…
Songs and Poems of John Dryden
Fine, Ltd ed, 16 illustrations, Golden Cockerel Press. In custom half blue morocco over blue cockerel marbled boards, some gilt tooling, corner brushed. Spine, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, half title, frontis, [2], [4], 5-64 pp, 16…
Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces;
First edition, in contemporary full calf, faded gilt edge tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, worn, edges chipped, short crack at base and also along top joint, lacks title label. Internally, lacks portrait frontis, [3], (iv-xi), [1], [1], 2-567 pp, 3…
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia
VG, c1920/7, 7 coloured pls. In the original maroon printed cloth, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Spine, faded, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [7], 7-63 pp, [1], 7 pls (coloured), some browning to pl leaves (not affecting the…
Prince Charles Edward [1720-1788]
VG, Ltd ed, 1900, 48 coloured pls (complete). Re-cased in half red morocco over red cloth. Spine, blind tooling, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, frontis portrait (coloured), [6], [1], (ii-vii), [1], [1], 2-300 pp, [1] printers note, 48 pls (with…
Original Papers; Containing the Secret History of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the Accession of the House of Hannover.
Jacobite History. 1st ed, 1775, 2 vols, 1 chart. 2 Volumes, in modern quarter cloth over grey boards, spine with gilt titles to green calf label. Internally, Vol 1, 1775, [5], (vi-viii), [3], 4-711 pp, 1 folding genealogical chart. Vol 2,…
The Holy Land
81 clean & bright prints from Roberts - The Holy Land, all coloured, signed & dated 1855, from the first quarto edition, bound into full calf covers, contemporary beveled boards with decorative gilt tooling, modern spine, raised bands, gilt tooling…
A Complete System of Cookery, on a Plan Entirely New;
3rd ed, c1813, VG. In full brown marbled paper, printed paper label to spine. Internally, [5], (vi-xx), [1], 2-696 pp, 366 Bills of Fare some confectionery recipes, small binders label to epd, very occasional spot. But a Very Good copy.…
Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Natural Powers of Wind and Water WITH Experimental Enquiries Concerning the Principle of the Lateral Communication of Motion in Fluids;
VG, 2 Vols as 1, 2nd (1796) & 1st ed (1799), 9 pls, VG. In half modern pigskin over grey boards, worn at corners. Soiled spine, gilt title to maroon calf label, rubbed along joints. Internally, Smeaton, (Circular Motion, Mechanic Power & the…
Affiches De Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec
Near Fine, 1946, 10 pls complete. In printed yellow wrappers, over stiff grey boards. Internally [4], 5-8 pp, [1], [1] pl list, [2] blanks, [2] followed by 10 (coloured, lithographed plates, pencil name to blank (Mylanie Kitchin?). First…
An English and Welsh Dictionary
2 Vol as 1, 2nd ed, 1815, Good. In contemporary speckled calf, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, ms title to paper label. Internally, [2], [7], (viii-xiv), [7] subscribers list, [1], [1], 2-784. [1], 2-698 pp, [3] (4-22) Dissertation, some…