COOKE, Simon

COOKE, Simon. Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s London, Private Libraries Association, 2010. £ 50 Folio, pp. 228, vignette on title page and 122 illustrations. Purple buckram over boards, title to spine and original dust jacket. A fine […]

[BIBLIOGRAPHY]

JOSEPH BAER CATALOGUE. Incunabula Xilographica et Typographica 1455-1500. Catalogue 585 Frankfurt, Joseph Baer & Co., 1910. £100 4to, pp. xiii (1), 322, with 14 plates and 157 illustrations, including folding plate at frontispiece. Quite browned due to […]

PARKINSON

PARKINSON, Claire L., and L. PEARCE WILLIAMS. Breakthroughs. A Chronology of Great Achievements in Science and MAthematics 1200-1930 London, Mansell Publishing Limited, 1985. £50 8vo, pp. xi, 576. Publisher’s coated cloth and original dust jacket. A near […]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations London, Book Club Associates, 1980. £ 50 4to, pp. xx, 907. double-column text. Coated cloth, gilt title to spine, original dust jacket with a few short tears along margins. Light red staining […]

BRITISH MUSEUM

BRITISH MUSEUM. Guide to the Exhibited manuscripts, Part II: manuscripts (Palaeographical and Biblical Series and Chronicles), Charters and Seals exhibited in the Manuscript Saloon London, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1923. £15 8vo, pp. 112, with […]

WOLF & ROSENBACH

WOLF, Edwin, II, and A. S. W. ROSENBACH.. A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia Philadelphia, The Haddon Craftsmen, 1937. £250 LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies […]

LOVESEY & MCNAB

LOVESEY, Peter & Tom MCNAB. The Guide to British Track and Field Literature 1275-1968 London, Athletics Arena, 1969. £ 50 8vo, pp. 110, double-column text. Bookplate and stamps of the Bromley Public Libraries. Blue buckram, gilt title […]

ALDERSON, Brian

ALDERSON, Brian. Edward Ardizzone. A Bibliographic Commentary London, Private Libraries Association, 2003. £ 50 8vo, pp. 309, with 4 coloured plates, including frontispiece, and numerous b/w illustrations throughout. Gilt cloth. A fine copy.    

GILBERT, R. A.

GILBERT, R. A.. A. E. Waite. A Bibliography Wellingborough, The Acquarian Press, 1983. £ 50 8vo, pp. 192, with frontispiece portrait. Black buckram gilt, original dust jacket. A fine copy. 

LEGER, Charles

LEGER, Charles. Redouté et son temps Editions de la Galerie Charpentier, 1945. £250 LIMITED EDITION of 980 (this is copy 972). Folio, pp. 170, 12 final hand-coloured plates, with numerous coloured facsimile plates and illustrations throughout, both […]