(Acland, James A.)

ACLANDS AND THE SEA.

... Dorchester, 1976. 1st Ed. xii + 201pp. Many ills., folding map. Ex.-libris Andrew David Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy, light browning to prelims., original white lettered stiff navy wrapps.
¶ Copy No. 84. Inscribed to Andrew David by the Author, with extensive notes to preliminary leaves and with a two sheet ALS from the Author.

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Book number: 279161

Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: NAVAL AND MARITIME

Keywords: NAVAL AND MILITARY; NAVAL AND MARITIME

(Adam). Harris, Eileen.

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF ROBERT ADAM.

Aurum Press, 2007. 1st UK Ed. 4to. 192pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. from photos. Illus. e.ps., good in very sl. chipped d/w.
¶ From the Archives of Country Life.

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Book number: 287996

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

Keywords: ART; BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

(Adam). Stillman, Damie.

THE DECORATIVE WORK OF ROBERT ADAM.

Academy Editions, London/St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1973. Reprint. Royal 8vo. viii + 119pp. + [i]. Colour frontis., 173 b/w. ills. from photos. at rear, many figures. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, good in d/w. faded to edges and spine.
¶ ‘Excellent study of Adam’s interior work, largely based on the Adam drawings in the Soane Museum.’

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Book number: 273322

Catalogue: ART: DECORATION AND DESIGN

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Adam, W.

THE GEM OF THE PEAK; Or, Matlock Bath and its Vicinity, An Account of Derby; a Tour from Derby to Matlock; Excursions to Chatsworth, Haddon, Monsal Dale, ... A Review of the Geology of Derbyshire ...

Longman & Co. ..., 1843. 3rd Ed. [xviii] + 432pp. + [iv] index. Folding map frontis. (repaired to verso along centre fold), folding map, 6 plates and numerous text ills. Some very light marginal browning, edges of plates very sl. waterstained, plates offset, some spotting including title page and map frontis., marbled e.ps. and edges, half red morocco with marbled boards, edges and corners rubbed, raised bands with dec. gilt compartments and gilt lettering to sl. rubbed spine.

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Book number: 283994

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: ENGLAND

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(Adam). Harris, Eileen.

THE GENIUS OF ROBERT ADAM. His Interiors.

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art/Yale University Press, 2001. 1st Ed. 4to. [xii] + 378pp. + [ii]. Double-page colour title page, profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. with many from photos. Colour illus. e.ps., good in d/w. waterstained to head of spine and along top edge of lower part of d/w.

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Book number: 287670

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

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(Adam). Thom, Colin. (Editor).

ROBERT ADAM AND HIS BROTHERS. New light on Britain’s leading architectural family. Foreword by Keith Adam of Blair Adam.

Historic England, Swindon, 2019. 1st Ed. 4to. [x] + 269pp. + [i]. Colour frontis., profusely illus. in colour and b/w. throughout. Very good in d/w.

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Book number: 287947

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

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Adams, John Coleman.

NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE.

G P Putnam’s Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. viii + 225pp. Ills. red lettered title page, 16 plates in photogravure from original photographs by Arthur Scott, ills. Light age toning, marbled e.ps., bound by Sotheran in gilt rule edged half morocco with marbled boards, lower corners sl. bumped, light wear and discolouring to boards, gilt ruled and lettered lightly faded spine, t.e.g.
¶ Ex.-libris Herbert G. Squiers.

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Book number: 284247

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY

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[Adams, William Henry Davenport].

OUR NATIVE LAND Its Scenery and Associations. A Series of 36 water-colour sketches after Rowbotham, Read, Needham, and Other Eminent Artists with Descriptive Notes.

Marcus Ward & Co., 1879. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [iv] + 120pp. 36 mounted colour plates. Light browning and soiling, marbled e.ps., contemporary navy blue gilt rule edged half calf with cloth boards, stain to lower board, gilt ruling and gilt lettered label to spine, some wear and marking, loss across tail of spine, a.e.g.
¶ Published in parts.

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Book number: 283975

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: ENGLAND

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Adams, Ansel.

SIERRA NEVADA. The John Muir Trail. Introduction by William A. Turnage.

Arion Press for Little, Brown and Company, 2006. Reissue of 1938 Ed. Folio. 128pp. 50 beautiful reproductions from tritone separations made by Thomas Palmer; each tipped by hand onto English mouldmade Somerset paper. Light grey linen covered boards with black lettered grey label to upper board, contained in matching slipcase lightly discoloured and browned.
¶ Copy F of 26 capital letter copies for complimentary distribution by the Publisher, of a larger Limitation of 1-500 copies for sale, and an additional 14 Roman-numeral copies for complimentary distribution by the Printer.

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Book number: 285288

Catalogue: ART: PHOTOGRAPHY

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Adams, Frank (Illustrator).

THE STORY OF JACK AND JILL. Illustrated by ... (From an Old Chap Book).

Blackie & Son, N.d. c.[1930]. Thin 4to. [xxxii]pp. 12 colour plates, many ills. Colour ills. e.ps., some light browning, original cloth backed ills. boards, extremities rubbed, minor soiling.

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Book number: 269316

Catalogue: LITERATURE: ILLUSTRATED WORKS

Keywords: LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED WORKS

Adams, Richard.

THE TYGER VOYAGE

Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. 32pp. Colour vignette t.p., colour map, colour tail piece and 14 colour plates by Nicola Bayley. Good in original coloured pictorial laminated boards, lightly faded to spine.
¶ Illustrators Presentation Copy, inscribed to title-page - ‘for Valerie and Paul Thank you for a lovely time in Hereford with love, Nicola Bayley.’

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Book number: 282926

Catalogue: LITERATURE: CHILDRENS

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(Adams). Dalton, William.

WILL ADAMS, THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN JAPAN. A Romantic Biography.

London: James Blackwood & Co., N.d. c.[1870]. [xvi] + 298pp. Frontis., illus. title page, 6 plates, numerous text ills. Ex.-Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. with lib. label loosely inserted, marginal browning and occasional thumbing, several lib. ink stamps throughout, tear to fore-edge of p.201-204 repaired, e.ps. lightly browned, rebound in leather backed lib. binding with cloth boards, some light fading and soiling to boards, binding sl. cockled, blind ruled bands sl. rubbed gilt title and gilt accession nos. to lightly faded spine.

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Book number: 279138

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: CHINA, JAPAN AND FAR EAST

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Adams, W.H. Davenport.

WINDSOR CASTLE and the Water-Way Thither.

Marcus Ward & Co., 1880. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. 144pp. 74 ills. by R.T. Pritchett, 12 mounted colour printed plates after F. Jones. Ex.-libris ‘R.W.H. Sola Virtus Nobilitay’, some age toning and spotting, paper split to upper hinge, gilt lettered black tooled red cloth, some marking, spine bumped, a.e.g.
¶ Our Native Land New Series.

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Book number: 284273

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: ENGLAND

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Adcock, St. John.

A BOOK OF BOHEMIANS. Verses by ...

Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd., N.d. c.[1925]. Slim 8vo. [x] + [26]pp. Illus. title page, 12 tipped in plates by Fred Adlington, with decorations. E.ps. browned, some very light marginal browning, fore-edge uncut unopened in parts, original cloth backed dec. blue and yellow boards, extremities rubbed, some minor fading, corrners bumped with some wear.

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Book number: 280012

Catalogue: LITERATURE: POETRY

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Addington, A.C.

THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART. The Descendants of King James VI of Scotland, James I of England. Volume Two [only of 3]: The Descendants of Anne Henriette Countess Palatine of The Rhine 1648-1723 and Henri Jules Prince of Condé 1644-1709 ... The Descendants of Louise Princess of Great Britain 1724-1751 and Frederik V King of Denmark 1723-1766.

Charles Skilton Ltd., 1971. 1st Ed. 4to. [xvi] + 409pp. + [vii]. Tipped in colour port. frontis., 37 b/w. plates. Sl. shaken, original gilt lettered beige cloth, spine faded, some sl. fading to lower board and sl. waterspotting to corner, upper board dampstained, t.e.red.

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Book number: 288639

Catalogue: HISTORY: HERALDRY

Keywords: HISTORY; HERALDRY