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Report on Army Manoeuvres, 1909. 1910

£375

Only edition, "For Official Use Only," 1060 copies of the first-named and 1200 of the second, which is the handbook for participants. This apparently unrecorded, perhaps a copy in...

Foolscap quarto, original buff cloth-backed printed boards; and octavo, sewn in the original buff wraps. Tables, 2 of them folding, 6 folding maps in an end-pocket.... Read more

Reports on Changes in Various Foreign Armies during the Year 1902. 1903

£295

First edition. Scarce intelligence report - "For Official Use only" - just 250 copies printed, compiling information gathered from military attachés and "other sources."...

Foolscap quarto.Sewn in the original buff paper wraps, somewhat tattered and now laid down on light archival card. 101 pages, tables. Wraps restored as noted, upper... Read more

A. A. MILNE & E. H. SHEPARD.

The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection 2011

£20

Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items...

Quarto (27 × 21 cm). Matt laminated card wrappers. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New. Read more

A. A. MILNE & E. H. SHEPARD.

The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection [Collectors Edition] 2011

£75

Signed limited edition, deluxe format, one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the collector and American football legend, Pat McInally. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and...

Quarto (27 × 21 cm). Original blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New. Read more

ABBOTT, James, Major.

Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, 1856

£1,250

First published in 1843, here considerably expanded and issued in a timely fashion when Britain was confronting Russia in the Crimea. Abbott was commissioned second lieutenant in the...

2 volumes, octavo (209 × 126 mm). Contemporary purple morocco, large gilt crest of the Royal Artillery to the upper boards, panels in gilt and blind to all... Read more

ABE, Katsuji.

My People in Jazz. 1975

£500

First edition, only issued in Japan. This copy dated and warmly inscribed, in an elegant block printed script, by the author on the front free endpaper, "Bernard; Nice to meet and...

Folio, original laminated card wraps in heavy card dust jacket. Black and white and colour photographs. Very good, the jacket just a touch rubbed. Read more

ABELL, Sir Westcott.

The Shipwright's Trade. 1948

£125

First edition. Excellent brief history of shipbuilding from the ancients to the mid-twentieth century. Abell was honorary vice-President of the Institute of Naval Architects, and a...

Octavo. Original green buckram with gilt lettering to spine and gilt block of Norman shipbuilders from the Bayeux tapestry on the upper board, in dust jacket.... Read more

ABOUT, Edmond.

Madelon. 1863

£100

First Edition. With the author's signed presentation inscription to an early blank leaf, "A mon bon ami Verteuil, Edm. About".

Large octavo. Bound preserving the original wrappers in early half green morocco, marbled paper boards and endpapers, decoration and titles to spine gilt, raised... Read more

ABRAHAMS, Ethel B.

Greek Dress. 1908

£150

First Edition, First Impression.

Octavo. Original fawn boards, titles and decoration to upper board in brown, titles to spine in brown. With illustrations. Preliminaries and edges foxed, small chip to... Read more

ABRAHAMSEN, David.

Crime and the Human Mind. 1944

£75

First edition. Interesting study of criminal psychology. Born in Norway, and trained in Europe, Abrahamsen worked in the field of psychiatry and general criminal psychopathology,...

Octavo. Original green cloth, title gilt to spine. In the dust jacket. Cloth a little frayed head and tail of the spine, jacket marginally a little browned Read more

ACKERLEY, J. R.

The Prisoners of War. A Play in Three Acts. 1925

£1,875

First edition, first impression, hardback issue. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "For my dear George 'Conrad', with my admiration &...

Octavo. Original orange cloth, printed paper label to spine. With the supplied dust jacket. Some minor spotting to fore edge, terminal leaves lightly browned, spine... Read more

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)

A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. 1814

£4,500

First Edition of Ackermann's lavish history of Oxford, complete with the Founders plate. The text is by William Combe, of Doctor Syntax fame.

2 volumes, quarto (342 × 282 mm). Publisher's blue straight-grained morocco, spines lettered in gilt, gilt wide bands, compartments decorated in gilt and in... Read more

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings; [together with:] A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. 1814 & 1815

£12,500

'These two books are among the finest ever executed. A. Pugin, F. Nash, F. Mackenzie and W. Westall were associated in the drawings, which are worthy even of the splendid...

[Oxford] 2 volumes, large quarto (13 1/4 x 10 13/16 inches; 336 x 275 mm.), pp. xiv + [4] + xxv + [1] blank + 275 + [1] blank + [6] index; [4] + 262 + [6] index.... Read more

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)

The Microcosm of London [1808–10]

£7,500

First edition, early issue with a number of the plates in their first state. The plates are from drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762–1832)....

3 volumes, quarto (332 × 265 mm). Contemporary brown calf rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, green and red morocco labels, floral roll and cornerpieces to... Read more

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)

The Microcosm of London. 1904

£3,500

Illustrated with 104 coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with over 200 additional plates, an original Rowlandson water colour and a Pugin letter. The...

3 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary half blue morocco, gilt lettered and decorated spines, blue silk boards, gilt rule, silk endpapers, top edges gilt. A little... Read more

(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)

The Microcosm of London. 1904

£950

This issue is founded on original edition published by Rudolf Ackermann.

3 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With... Read more

ACKERS, George Holland.

Universal Yacht Signals. 1859

£225

Third edition, first published 1847, all editions uncommon. Ackers based his system on Marryat's signals meaning that it would be possible for "all Yachts to communicate with each...

Landscape duodecimo (100 × 137 mm) Original blue wavy-grain cloth, title gilt to the upper board, pale cream endpapers. 7 hand-coloured plates of flags, full-page... Read more

ACKROYD, Peter.

Notes for a New Culture. 1976

£250

First Edition, First Impression. Signed by the author on the title page. Scarce.

Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the slightly frayed dust jacket a little faded at the spine. Read more

ACOSTA, Jose de.

The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. 1604

£14,000

First edition in English. "The most convincing, detailed, and reliable account of the riches and new things of America" (Hill). Acosta's De Natura Novi Orbis was first published in...

Small quarto (184 × 128 mm). Later sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked to style, vermillion morocco label to the spine, raised bands, double gilt rules to the... Read more

ACTON, Harold.

Autograph manuscript: "Poems 1925". 1930

£4,750

With the author's 3-page autograph letter presenting this manuscript to Sir Robert Abdy, with the recipient's small bookplate to the front pastedown. Acton alludes to Abdy's gift of...

Octavo. Original batik-patterned green wrappers printed in black and gold. In a matching card slipcase. In excellent condition. Read more

ACTON, Harold.

The Bourbons of Naples (1734 -1825). 1956

£225

First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Shirley and George Komrower a little souvenir of bliss from Harold...

Octavo. Original blue cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in silver, top edge stained red. Illustrated. Hinges starting, but a very good copy. Read more

ACTON, Harold.

The Bourbons of Naples (1734 -1825). 1956

£95

First Edition, First Impression. Elegant study of the Neapolitan branch of the House of Bourbon and in particular the intrigues of the Napoleonic period, and the involvement of the...

Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine, Bourbon crest to the upper board, pale ghost of red top-stain. With the jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 15 other... Read more

ACTON, Harold.

The Last Bourbons of Naples (1825-1861). 1961

£450

First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "For dearest Arthur and Beryl with the fondest love of ancient Aroldo"....

Octavo. Original blue cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in silver, top edge stained red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. Slight discolouration... Read more

ACTON, Harold.

The Last Medici. 1932

£150

First UK Edition, First Impression.

Octavo. Original green cloth, decoration and titles to spine gilt, top edge stained red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. Bookplate to front pastedown but an... Read more

ACTON, Harold, & Lee Yi-Hsieh (transl.)

Four Cautionary Tales. With a preface by Arthur Waley. 1947

£200

First edition, first impression. With Acton's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper.

Octavo. Original yellow cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Bookshop sticker to rear pastedown but a superb copy in the dust jacket. Read more