The Highgrove Florilegium
Fine, 2 vols, limited edition of 175 numbered sets, 124 coloured plates. In half red goatskin over red marbled boards. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green morocco labels. Internally, Vol 1, 2008, half title, tp in red &…
Les Stratagemes Des Echecs
[MONTIGNY Alfred]
2 parts in 1, 1st ed, VG, 3 1/4 * 4 1/8 inches. In contemporary calf boards with attractive chess board design to both covers, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. New spine, to style, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to a…
Cinderella, or The Little Glass-Slipper.
[PERRAULT Charles 1628-1703]
First Edition, 1808, 8 hand coloured plates. Un-restored and Original. In the original printed blue wrappers, rubbed & faded, edge frayed in places, old ms price at upper cover head, faded adverts to lower cover, 12.5*10mm (5*4 ins).…
THE STORY OF A PUPPET or The Adventures of Pinocchio.
COLLODI C. [pseud of LORENZIN Carlo] 1826-1890. (MURRAY MA - translator)
16 mo, VG, 2nd impression. Rare. In its original decorative red & cream cloth covers, title in red, edges rubbed & soiled very slightly. Decorative spine, titles in red, edges very lightly bumped & rubbed. Internally, half title, frontis (tissue…
Six Views of the Metropolis of the British Empire [Six Views of London]
DANIELL William 1760-1837
The earlier series (Tooley). All 6 coloured aquatint plates loose as issued, large oblong, sheets are approximately 28.5*19.25 inches, images 25.5*16 inches, with the dedication leaf supplied in facsimile, all housed in a modern custom half…
The Ladies' Flower-Garden [Includes: Ornamental Annuals; Ornamental Bulbous Plants; Ornamental Perennials; British Wild Flowers; Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.
LOUDON Mrs [Jane, formerly WEBB] 1807-1858
VG, 5 volumes in 6, 1840-1860, 304 (complete) hand coloured plates, depicting 1,582 flowers! Ornamental Annuals, 1840, 1st ed, 48 pls (hand coloured), lacks half title, [5], (viii-xvi), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-272 pp, 207*269 mm, ink name to…
A General System of Horsemanship in all its branches:
NEWCASTLE William Cavendish Duke of 1592-1676.
1743, 2 vols, 62 plates - complete, 1st English edition of the Duke of Newcastle's celebrated work on the training of horses. Two volumes in contemporary speckled calf, gilt edge & corner tooling, some wear to corners & edges. Spines, raised bands,…
The Holy Land, Syria, Iduma, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia.
ROBERTS David 1796-1864
VG, 6 vols in 3, 1855-1856, complete, 250 pls. The first Quarto Edition, (204*288 mm), in the original deluxe publishers full dark green morocco, all covers blocked with wide elaborate gilt borders & centered with the gilt Armorial Ensigns of…
The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together With The Other Works of England's Arch-Poet,
SPENSER Edmund 1552?-1599
VG, 1611, the First Collected edition, Second Issue?. In modern Riviere brown full morocco, some blind tooling, gilt arabesque centerpieces, worn along edges. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, worn along edges. Internally, (Faerie…
The Arabian Horse his Country and People
TWEEDIE Major-General [William] 1836-1914
Complete. Presentation copy, Inscribed by the Author, 1st ed, Near Fine, 1894. In full green morocco (by the Chelsea Bindery), gilt edge tooling & gilt horse head vignette (of Rashid). Spine, gilt tooling, titles & palm trees. Internally, half…
The Mysterious Island. Part 1: Dropped from the Clouds. Part 2: Abandoned. [and]: The Secret of the Island.
VERNE Jules 1828-1905. (KINGSTON WHG 1814-1880 - translator)
2nd, 1st & 1st eds, VG, 148 illustrations. 3 vols, in modern half blue morocco, blue cloth, gilt tooling. Spines, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, new endpapers, a.e.g. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Part 1: Dropped from the Clouds, 2nd…
Cutting Images..
WILLIAMS Kyffin (1918-2006) Gregynog
A Selection of Linocuts. Bound in quarter black leather with maroon boards, image in black ink to top board. Spine has title in gold. Internally, decorative endpapers, other than authors signature no inscriptions, not paginated but 72 pp, 228*278…