Search results for: 'the works'
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(THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.) The Sporting Magazine.London : 1793-1870 & 1892
First editions of the first periodical devoted to general sportsmanship, The Sporting Magazine, issued from 1793 until 1870. This complete collection provides an invaluable resource, reflecting the changes in society and attitudes across the turn of the century, and placing them in relation to the pastimes and sports of British society. Each volume... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 128768
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(ABSINTHE.) Catalogue Général - Distillerie Pontissalienne - Fabrique d'Absinthe Supérierue.Pontarlier, Doubs : c.1900
Attractive brochure with full catalogue of products and prices from a leading manufacturer in "la capitale de l'absinthe" at the turn of the century. Superb chromo. endpapers by A. Waton of St. Etienne, who were specialists in labels and catalogues; Michael Twyman noting that their work "transforms everyday items into objects of beauty." (A History... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 141557
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BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste;Philadelphia : 1854
First edition in English, an epicurean collection of recipes, reflections, and anecdotes written by one of the most influential food writers ever. According to Vicaire it was first issued in December 1825, two months before Brillat-Savarin's death, though Cagle notes it was first published in Paris in 1826. "For the French and outsides alike, this work... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 119657
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GOTHEIN, Marie Louise. A History of Garden Art.London : 1928
First edition in English, originally published in German in 1913. With a superb provenance: from the library of the artist Walter Beck (1864-1954), with his delightful "Singing Trees" bookplates (designed by him and wood-engraved by T. Cole) and captioned "Innisfree" after his celebrated gardens at Millbrook, New York; both volumes - but particularly... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 114828
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INGLIS, James. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier.London : 1878
First edition. Inglis (1845-1908) was the son of a Scottish clergyman. "In 1866 he went to India at the instigation of his brother Alexander, a Calcutta tea merchant, and became an indigo planter in Bihar and the North-West Provinces. He revelled in tiger shooting and pigsticking, and published sporting verses, Tirhoot Rhymes (Calcutta, 1873), under... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 121134
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MARKHAM, Gervase. Country Contentments. Or, the Husbandmans Recreations.London : 1675
Eleventh edition, corrected and enlarged. Gervase Markham (1568-1637) wrote extensively in the fields of literature, horsemanship, and country pursuits, and his works underwent almost two hundred editions by the end of the seventeenth century. The present work, first printed separately in 1631 (following publication together with The English Huswife... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 129217
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MARKHAM, Gervase. The English Hous-Wife,London : 1660
Later edition of this popular 17th-century guide to housewives. The work is in two parts: the first offers a guide to domestic medical recipes, including to whiten teeth, aid conception, ameliorate venereal diseases and cure drunkenness; the second part acts mostly as a cook book, alongside guides to brewing drinks and preparing cloth. The work was... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 129225
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LEWIS, W. A Treatise on the Game of Chess;London : 1844
First edition. William Lewis (1787-1870), who ran a well-known chess school in Soho, wrote this work to expand upon and develop two of his earlier works; A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess (1831) and A Second Series of Lessons on the Game of Chess (1832). Lewis is considered "the last and one of the best of the 'old' writers". One... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 120661
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ROBERTS, Thomas. The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery:London : 1801
First edition of one of the earliest standard works on the history of archery, complete with a glossary of common terms and phrases. The elaborate dedication page is addressed to the patrons and members of the Toxophilite Society, the oldest and most influential English archery club, as well as "all other Societies of Archers in Great Britain and Ireland".... Learn More£625.00Stock Code: 122152
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[MACHEN, Arthur.] Leolinus Siluriensis. The Anatomy of Tobacco:[London] : 1884
First edition of Machen's first book, "an imitation of Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), addressing the pleasure of smoking" (Denisoff), after which his publisher hired him as a sub-editor, and later cataloguer.
Machen had published a poem, Eleusinia, in 1881 when he moved to London and was "trying unsuccessfully to enter journalism.... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 135987
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ANGELO, Domenico & Henry. The School of Fencing with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions peculiar to the Art.London : 1787
First reduced edition of Domenico Angelo's renowned guide to swordsmanship, which was first published as a sumptuous folio in 1763, undoubtedly one of the most important such works ever issued in English. The editing and compression were undertaken by Domenico's son Henry "under the auspices of his father", who had recently retired to Eton where he... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 139926
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WALKER, George. The Cribbage Player's Text-book;London : 1837
First edition. Extremely uncommon, comprehensive guide to the rules and tactics of cribbage by professional chess player and writer George Walker (1803-1879). Essentially an adaptation, with additions, of the second edition of John Williams' Treatise on the Game of Cribbage, 1807 (first published 1791). As a chess player Walker was "bright without being... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 130769
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HOUDINI, Harry. Miracle Mongers and Their Methods.New York : 1920
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Martin Johnson, Best wishes, Houdini, mailed May 3 1922". The recipient was perhaps Martin Johnson, husband of Osa Johnson, the American safari filmmakers. Houdini had hosted a farewell lunch for the Johnsons on the 24 March 1919 before their return... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 118562
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FRANCIS, Joseph. The Life Saving Appliances of Joseph Francis.No place : 1887
First edition. Uncommon, OCLC records just 4 copies - US Coast Guard Academy, Smithsonian, NYPL, and Texas Tech. Francis's name was extremely well-known in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but his fame waned with the frequency of maritime disasters. He devoted his life to the invention of maritime life-saving devices, his most famous... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 68595
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![1700 Cocktails From the Man Behind the Bar. [Together with] 1800 and all that. Drinks - Ancient & Modern.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/3/134199.jpg)
(COCKTAILS.) DE FLEURY, R. 1700 Cocktails From the Man Behind the Bar. [Together with] 1800 and all that. Drinks - Ancient & Modern.London : 1934 & 1937
First editions, first impressions, both of de Fleury's scarce but classic cocktail recipe books presented together with the very scarce dust jackets over the publisher's full leather bindings. At the time de Fleury's 1700 Cocktails was the most comprehensive to be included in one book. The author's note in his follow up volume 1800 and... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 134199
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(RACKHAM, Arthur.) [A complete set of The Haddon Hall Library.]London : 1899-1903
Deluxe limited edition of this series regarding sports and other country pursuits. This set number 103 of 150 numbered copies; Our Garden signed by the author S. Reynolds Hole. Presentation set inscribed (in Wildlife) by politician and author Duff Cooper (1890-1954) to Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-1971), with his bookplate to front... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 102056
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FILBY, Peter. TVR: Success Against The Odds.London : 1976
First edition, first impression, of this work on the independent British manufacturer of high-end sports cars. TVR was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world. Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 104365
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BOYLE, Patrick. The Publicans' Daily Companion;London : [1797?]
First edition of this guide for publicans. A wide ranging handbook, Boyle's work covers duties and the storage of drink, offers recipes for various mixed drinks, gives a process called "The Doctor" to disguise the taste of drinks that have gone bad, narrates how to make wine from turnips, birch and cowslip, and warns young publicans of the rogues and... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 130661
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BEETON, Mrs Isabella. The Englishwoman's Cookery-Book.London : 1863
First edition of the first of Beeton's "cookery" books; the affordable spin-offs from her Book of Household Management (1861). Although the Book of Household Management is largely remembered as Beeton's legacy it was primarily these cheaper "part-issues, spin-offs, and extracts" which most influenced English cooking habits (Beetham,... Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 133857
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JENKS, James. The Complete Cook:London : 1768
First edition of this practical book of recipes and domestic management. As with many cookbooks of the period this work combines traditional English recipes with French cuisine with dishes replicate "in the French manner", as well as introducing more exotic dishes, such as "Turtle the West-Indian way" (p. 117). The work also contains medicinal recipes,... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 135997
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CLIAS, Peter Henry. An elementary Course of Gymnastic Exercises; intended to develope and improve the physical Powers of Man.London : 1823
First edition in English of Clias's treatise on gymnastic exercises, dedicated to the Commander in Chief of the British Army, and with a printed recommendation from the Directors of the Orphan School at Berne, where Clias had taught for five years. Originally published in 1816 in German under the title of Anfangsgruende der Gymnastik oder Turnkunst.... Learn More£900.00Stock Code: 135601
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WHITE, John. A Treatise on the Art of Baking,Edinburgh : 1828
First edition of this comprehensive and wide-ranging study of baking, tying in the history of agriculture, the growing and milling of wheat, the baking of bread, biscuits and pastries, and the current state of baking in Britain. The work is now uncommon, with 8 copies listed by Copac in British institutions.
Provenance: The Lawes Agricultural Library,... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 129237
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SPEECHLY, William A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine.York : 1790
First edition. William Speechly (c.1740-1821) was gardener to the third Duke of Portland at his Welbeck Abbey estate in Nottinghamshire. Encouraged by the duke Speechly started writing down and publishing his knowledge and experience in gardening; in 1776 he had contributed to Alexander Hunter's edition of Evelyn's Silva, which was shortly followed... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 120229
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WINTERBLOSSOM, Henry T. (pseud.) The Game of Draw-Poker, Mathematically Illustrated;New York : 1875
First edition of this early guide to poker, covering not only the technicalities of the game, but also the psychology: poker is "not only a selfish game, but one that every subterfuge that can be brought to bear is introduced" (p. 10). A contemporary owner has pasted in a clipping of the New York Sun's review of the book to the rear endpapers, dated... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 127827
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GUNSAULUS, Helen C. Japanese Sword-Mounts in the Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History.Millwood, NY : 1976
Kraus reprint edition of Publication 216 in the Field Museum's Anthropological Series, Volume XVI of 1923. An exceptional work on Japanese sword mounts. The author describes sword types, the major schools and sword-smiths, providing a list of signatures, and locations of the great forges. Learn More£45.00Stock Code: 107860
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SALVIN, Francis Henry, & William Brodrick. Falconry in the British Isles.London : 1855; revised in 1872.
Author's heavily revised and expanded proof sheets in preparation for the second edition. Falconry in the British Isles by Francis Henry Salvin (1817-1904), with plates by William Brodrick (1814-1888), is the most important work on the subject produced during the nineteenth century, and an essential standard work. The first edition was published in... Learn More£45,000.00Stock Code: 137081
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HENDERSON, Alexander. The History of Ancient and Modern Wines.London : 1824
First edition of "the first book in English that describes in detail what are today called modern wines" (Gabler). Alexander Henderson (1780-1863) was a Scottish doctor and man of letters, whose expertise on wine and its production was based on observations made during visits to the wine-growing districts of France, Italy, and Germany, and to the sherry-producing... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 139156
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QUIGLEY, Hugh. The Highlands of Scotland.New York : 1936
First US edition, first printing. This work provides a topographical and travel guide to the Scottish Highlands. It was first published in the UK earlier in the same year. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 123810
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LA VARENNE, Francois Pierre de. The French Cook,London : 1673
Uncommon third edition in English, in strikingly clean condition, of La Varenne's seminal work which established many still-existent tenets of French cuisine. This was "the first cookery book which has any order and arrangement in its contents", the recipes sorted alphabetically within their groupings (Oxford, p. 24).
François Pierre de la Varenne... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 138832
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TULLOCH, W. W. The Life of Tom Morris.London : [1907]
First edition, first impression. This work was dedicated to Old Tom Morris (1821-1908), "the epitome of the canny Scottish golfer" and "golf's greatest icon", on the event of his 87th birthday (ODNB). Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 135691
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WILDE, William Robert Wills. Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and along the Shores of the Mediterranean,Dublin : 1852
Although described on the title page as the second edition "enlarged and revised", this a one-volume edition following a two-volume second edition of 1844. The first was published in 1840. The cruise undertaken by Oscar Wilde's father as medical assistant to Glasgow magnate Robert Meiklam, was to "absent himself temporarily from Dublin for either reasons... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 122917
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MARSHALL, Frank J. Modern Analysis of the Chess Openings.[Amsterdam : 1912]
First and only edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Kind regards to James Osborne, from Frank J. Marshall, author, Chess Champion U.S.A.", dated 1913. Marshall (1877-1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, whose "lasting legacy is the pivotal role he played in the development of... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 141922
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HARRIS, William Cornwallis. Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa, during the Years 1836, and 1837,Bombay : 1838
First issue of the first Bombay edition, which predates the first London by a year, "scarce" (Czech). Harris was commissioned in the Bombay Engineers in 1823, promoted captain in 1834 and major in 1836. Invalided to South Africa for two years, on the voyage out he joined up with Richard Williamson, a Bombay civil servant, deciding to undertake a big... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 98148
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BAIRD, Mrs W. J. The Twentieth Century Retractor, Chess Fantasies, and Letter Problems.London : 1907
First edition, first impression, of one of "the most elegant chess books ever to appear" (Hooper & Whyld 27). Edith Baird was a well-known figure in the chess world during the early twentieth century. She was a regular contributor to British Chess Magazine and the leading newspapers of the day, and established herself as a problem composer of the highest... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 139853
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KITCHINER, William. The Cook's Oracle;London : 1829
Later London edition, uncommon in the original boards, of the most famous of Kitchiner's cookery books, "an acknowledged source of inspiration for Mrs Beeton, and mined by the writers of other household guides" (ODNB). First published in London in 1817, The Cook's Oracle "was written in a down-to-earth style, and demonstrated Kitchiner's familiarity... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 113405
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WARD, Rowland. A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy.London : 1913
First edition, first impression. Rowland Ward was the Michelangelo of Victorian taxidermy, that most Victorian of art-forms. An innovator who developed many techniques still used today, basing his work on painstaking observation he brought the techniques of naturalistic display to their high point. He was a friend of many of the greatest sportsmen of... Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 132698
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(COOKERY.) A Boston Lady. The Dessert Book.Boston : 1872
First edition. This cookery book, designed for a mass audience using products readily available, notably features a section on chocolate and its uses as a beverage. This work provides a useful insight into the practice of sellers adulterating chocolate "with a variety of starch grain items" to meet ever-increasing demand. The author cautions readers... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 118484
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RAFFALD, Elizabeth. The Experienced English Housekeeper,London : 1793
A later edition of this popular Georgian-era cookery book, first published in Manchester in 1769; there were some twenty further editions before the turn of the 19th century, of which only twelve were authorised. Elizabeth Raffald (1733-1781) was born in Doncaster and spent some fifteen years in the service of Lady Elizabeth Warburton at Arley Hall,... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 124697
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BRADLEY, John. A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula.London : 1876
First edition. Extremely uncommon. "An interesting work combining travel, observation and big game hunting. Near the Sittang River in Burma, the author hunted numerous tigers, including an episode of tiger shooting related by his companion Captain Lacy. Near the River Thungyen, an elephant was bagged, with additional notes on hunting leopard, deer,... Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 71504
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HEINZ, W. C. The Professional.New York : 1958
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Ruth & Alan Hilditch our good friends who have heard me talk a lot of this. Bill Heinz Xmas 1957". Alan Hilditch (1900-1971), a certified public accountant, was a graduate of Yale and "a member of the St. Elmo Society, the Yale Club and the Innis... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 134056
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JOHNSON, Daniel. Sketches of Field Sports as followed by the Natives of India.London : 1822
First edition; a second appeared in 1827. Daniel Johnson (1766/7-1835), surgeon and author, "was appointed assistant surgeon in the Bengal medical service on 22 January 1789. He conducted experiments on snakebite, and later communicated his findings to his fellow Bengal surgeon James Johnson. He was promoted to surgeon on 11 March 1805, and retired... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 114063
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DEAN, Henry. The Whole Art of Legerdemain: or Hocus Pocus in Perfection.London : 1772
A remarkably fresh copy of an early edition of by far the "best-known 18th-century book on conjuring", first published in 1722 (Pierson, p. 31). The work provides a detailed guide on how to conduct various tricks including "how to make a cat draw a fellow through a pond of water" and "how to cause the beer you drink to be wrung out of the handle of... Learn More£6,250.00Stock Code: 107439
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HERRIGEL, Eugen. Zen in the Art of Archery.New York : 1953
First edition in English. Presentation copy surprisingly inscribed "For Elizabeth with all good wishes from its author. Alan Watts. November 1956" to front free endpapers, with actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin's (1911-2006) nameplate to top right-hand corner. Although Watts revised and edited from the late Herrigel's notes what would be The Method... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 135556
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BAINES, Thomas. The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa.London : 1877
First edition. Baines (1820-1875) was one of the pioneers of European exploration in the lands forming modern Zimbabwe, where he led an expedition in the 1860s to secure concessions for a gold-mining company from King Lobengula. Although the company in question failed to take advantage of the terms Baines extracted, this posthumously-edited account... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 119268
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DUNCAN, Herbert Osbaldeston. The World on Wheels.Paris : no date [1926]
First edition, first printing of Duncan's memoirs. This copy is signed by the author and numbered 144 on the half-title.
Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan (18621945) was an English racing bicyclist, the founder of several cycling and motoring magazines, and pioneer of the British automobile industry. Credited with having introduced the chain-driven bicycle... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 135554
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OLIVIER, Jean. Fencing familiarized: or a New Treatise on the Art of Small Sword.London : 1780
Second edition, first published in 1771, of this fine work on the use of the short sword, most attractively illustrated with a new set of plates; the dedication is also new (dated 18 February 1780) and the dedicatee is Charles Stanhope, third earl of Harrington, army officer, who concluded his career with the colonelcy of the first Life Guards. Olivier... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 135146
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(OSWELL, William Cotton.) OSWELL, W. Edward. William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of his Life.New York : 1900
First US edition, same year as the UK. Cotton was educated at Rugby and Haileybury, the Company's seminary, before taking up a post as assistant collector at Arcot. Transferring to Madras he "won celebrity as an elephant-catcher" (ODNB). Ill health forced him to leave India for South Africa; "There he spent two years in hunting and became acquainted... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 127570
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BLITH, Walter. The English Improover, or a new Survey of Husbandry.London : 1649
One of two 1649 editions, of unestablished priority. Walter Blith (1605-1654) has been called by Robert Trow-Smith "the greatest of the mid-seventeenth century writers" in the field of agriculture (English Husbandry, 1951). In this work, Blith advocates draining and making water meadows, inclosure, the use of manures, and plantations. "In spite of the... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 129024
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(WHISKY.) Report from the Committee upon the Distilleries in Scotland. Reported by the Right Honourable Sylvester Douglas, 11 June 1798.London : 1803
First collected edition of these fifteen parliamentary reports, including Sylvester Douglas's indispensable two-part survey of the Scottish whisky industry, and three further reports, together illustrating the culmination of parliament's continued attempts to regulate the Scottish distilleries over the course of the eighteenth century following the... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 114846
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[WALTON, Izaak.] The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,London : 1653
First edition. "A first Walton confers distinction upon its owner" (Westwood & Satchell). There are various typesetting errors in the first edition, although corrected and uncorrected sheets seem to have been issued indiscriminately, with little significance to the priority of issue. In the present copy "contention" (a mistake for "contentment") is... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 80090
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HAMMOND, Richard. Carnations Cultivated by Richard Hammond of Coddenham in the County of Suffolk.[Ipswich : 1733
A remarkable manuscript volume proudly detailing 84 varieties of carefully curated carnations accompanied by a number of reflective religious discourses. The unique work, which has been provided with a locally printed title page, contains 18 meticulously if naively hand-drawn and captioned illustrations depicting carnations, a campanula pyramidalis,... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 138840
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MORIKAWA, Kozan. Yamato-ryu Kyudo Kyokun no maki. [Precepts for Archery of the Yamato School].Tokyo : 1928
First facsimile edition of a work first published in 1652, and untraceable thus, no copy on OCLC. The text lays out the philosophical precepts underlying Mokikawa Kozan's (1631-1701) style of Kyudo, created essentially as a fusion between the two most prominent schools of the time, Heki-ryu and Ogasawara-ryu. Morikawa was the first to define the martial... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 107836
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JAMES, F. L. The Unknown Horn of Africa:London : 1888
First edition. "While primarily a work of exploration and adventure in Somaliland, the author does partake in a few hunts for kudu, lion, and assorted antelope near the River Webbe. Once while stalking rhinoceros, he came within a few feet of one but was unable to see it due to the heavy growth of mimosa before it made its escape. The coloured plates... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 60741
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TOKLAS, Alice B. The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.New York : 1954
First US edition, first printing, of one of the best-selling cookbooks of all time. Weaving together traditional French recipes and entertaining anecdotes of Toklas's life with Gertrude Stein in Paris, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book is considered the counterpart to Stein's Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) which had catapulted Toklas to fame.
Harper,... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 133986
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CARTER, Robert. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England.Boston : 1864
First edition. A very difficult book to find in anything approaching collectable condition, Bruns describing it as rare. Toy is somewhat perfunctory; "A cruise in 1858 in a chartered 17-ton sloop. The boat, with a crew of two, cost 7.50 a day." But this is a well-written and highly appealing account, DAB refers to it as a "breezy book," and one of the... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 110618
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CURTIS-BENNETT, Noel. The Food of the People, being The History of Industrial Feeding.London : 1949
First edition, deluxe limited issue, number 51 of 100 copies, presented to Eric Simonds by the directors of Peter Merchant Ltd, with their numbered presentation bookplate. A highly attractive copy of this study of the history of the feeding of employees in the workplace, from the middle ages to the factory canteen. Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 128771
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MARBLE, Alice. The Road to Wimbledon.New York & London : 1946
First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed, this is the first memoir by Alice Marble (1913-1990), ranked World No. 1 from 1936 to 1940. She became Wimbledon champion in 1939, winning not only the women's singles, but also the doubles and mixed doubles titles. Billie Jean King recalled: "Alice Marble... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 134406
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GRIVAZ, Eugene. The World Awheel.New York : 1896
First and only edition. Extremely uncommon, just 8 copies listed on OCLC, all in North America, no copies traced at auction. Wonderful Gibson Girl-style illustrations on a cycling theme. The twelve images, originally published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company in their Cycling World Calendar, represent bicyclistes of different nationalities; "they... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 133637
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BUTLER, Herbert J. Motor Bodywork; the Design and Construction of Private, Commercial and Passenger Types.London : 1924
First edition, first impression, of the most comprehensive contemporary book on the subject, with a preface by Sir Herbert Austin. The 30 chapters cover open bodies, racing and sporting bodies, cape hoods, closed bodies, bodies with folding heads, shooting and luggage breaks and protected phaetons, seat fittings, windscreens, private bodywork, materials,... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 122003
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(GOLF; JAPAN.) WHITE, Cyril T. H. Commonplace book containing documents relating to cruises on the China Station and elsewhere.1890-1906
A naval officer's commonplace book from the last years of the 19th century containing rare ephemera, notably two printed documents of 1897 relating to the Hakodate Golf Club. These both predate the accepted date for the foundation of the "first golf club in Japan", at Kobe in 1901. Hakodate, on the northern island of Hokkaido, was the first Japanese... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 117485
