A KEMPIS. THOMAS.

OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Books 1, 2 and 3.

Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1897. Large 8vo. (8.7 x 7.2 inches). A circular brown mark to the outer margin of four leaves, otherwise a clean and bright copy in fine copy in a fine early binding, for Hatchards of Piccadilly, probably by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, but not signed. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments lettered, double ruled and decorated with triple dot corner design in gilt. Both boards with double ruled gilt outer borders and double ruled inner panel design with dots to the outer line and floral design, with green dyed centre dots, in each corner. Title lettered in gilt to front board. Board edges ruled in gilt. Inner boards with triple gilt ruled borders to the turn-ins. All edges gilt. Previous owner's armorial bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. A very attractive copy. --- This edition omits the fourth book of this work, concerning the Roman Catholic mass.

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Book number: 10147

A KEMPIS. THOMAS.

OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Now for the first time set forth in Rhythmic sentences according to the original intention of the author. Preface by the late H. P. Liddon.

Robert Scott. London. ND.,Circa 1910. Reprint of 1889 edition. 8vo. (6.5 x 4.3 inches). A fine copy in a fine early binding of full dark green morocco by Birdsall. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Ruled gilt border to both boards with gilt centre tooling. Red and green pattern on white endpapers. All edges gilt. Neat previous owners name, dated 1918, to the half title. Minor uniform fading to the spine otherwise a near fine copy in a lovely early twentieth century leather binding.

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Book number: 7763

A LADY. (Pseudonym of DAY, THOMAS).

THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF LITTLE JACK, WHO WAS SUCKLED BY A GOAT. A new edition, adapted to juvenile readers of the present times, by A Lady.

Dean and Munday. and A. K. Newman & Co. London. No date. Circa 1820. NEW EDITION. (5.5 x 3.6 inches).36pp. Fold out plate opposite title page with full page frontispiece and six half page woodcuts, all finely hand coloured, and one small woodcut of the goat on the title page. Neat inscription, dated 1843, to the title page. Printed light pink card wrapper with black lettering, lattice design and decorative border on both panels. Dark green inner paper printed with publishers adverts, including this title, advertised at six shillings. A little creasing to the corners and th covers a little dusty but overall a very good bright example of this rare little book. ---- The BL catalogue gives an estimated date of 1820. --- Dean and Munday were located at this address from 1808 to 1847. - Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 55, 136. .

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Book number: 10613

A LADY. (Pseudonym of Mrs. POOLE).

THE SNOWDROP. Or Poetry for Henry and Emily's Library. By A Lady.

Harris and Son. London. 1820. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. (7 x 4.3 inches). 36pp. Illustrated with hand coloured vignette to the title page and 12 hand coloured woodcuts among the text. Some general thumbing and spotting to most pages. The hand colouring is still bright and vivid throughout. Dis-bound, but complete, in original fawn card boards, printed in black. The boards are rubbed and worn, making some the the printed area quite faint, and there are a few stains. Previous owner names and gift inscriptions, one dated 1820, on the inner front board. ---- Rare in first edition. Worldcat lists just 3 copies of this 1820 first edition, one in the UK, that in the Renier collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and 2 in the USA; The Eloise Ramsey collection at Wayne University in Detroit, and a rebound copy in the Bloomington Lilly Library at Indiana University. --- The author name, Mrs Poole (active between 1808 and 1823) is supplied by Marjorie Moon in her checklist of Harris publications. The Osborne Collection catalogue lists a fourth edition, but incorrectly states that the first printing was 1832.

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Book number: 10610

SMITH. ADAM.

AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. A New Edition.

Printed for G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards; Thomas Tegg....... London. 1822. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (9.3 x 6 inches). Tall, wide margined copy with the pages untrimmed. Half titles present in all three volumes. Two leaves duplicated and incorrectly inserted into the end of volume two, namely 2 pages from the index which appears in volume 3 have been bound in in error, one where page 513/4 should be (easy to see how, both leaves share the signature Ll), the other at the end of the text where a blank should be, and the two leaves of Appendix are bound in the wrong order but complete. A neat previous owner name to the top of the title page in volume 3. Some foxing and offsetting of the text block to a few leaves in each volume, particularly the first pages of volume one, but overall a very good set. Finely bound in recent full antique speckled brown calf. Spines with five raised bands, the compartments decorated and ruled in blind. Red and green labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt borders on boards. Overall a very good, and large copy.

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Book number: 10860

ADAMS.DOUGLAS.

SO LONG,AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH. The Hitch Hikers` Guide to the Galaxy 4.

Pan Books.London.,1984. FIRST EDITION.Fine copy in fine dustwrapper with changing picture of Dinosaur and Wulrus on front panel.Nice copy.:

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Book number: 3210

ADAMSON.GEORGE.

FINDING 1 TO 10.

Faber & Faber.London.,1968. FIRST EDITION.Oblong 8vo.(10 x 7.3 inches).Illustrated with ten colour plates by Adamson,some realistic,some fantastic and some abstract.A companion to Adamson's A Finding Alphabet.Top and bottom of spine a little bumped but overall very good in a very good dustwrapper which reproduces the illustrated boards.An uncommon title.:

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Book number: 5894

AIKIN. JOHN.; EVANS. R. H. SUPPLEMENTS.

ESSAYS ON SONG WRITING. With a collection of such English Songs as are most eminent for poetical merit. A new edition with additions and corrections and a supplement.

R. H. Evans. London.,1810. New edition, The first Evans edition. 8vo.(7.7 x5.2 inches).xxviii,352pp. A very good copy in early half tan calf, spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt floral role. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Black label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Marbled endpapers. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down. All edges marbled. A very good copy in a fine nineteenth century binding.:

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Book number: 6532

AIKIN. JOHN. ; EVANS. R. H. SUPPLEMENTS.

ESSAYS ON SONG WRITING. With a collection of such English Songs as are most eminent for poetical merit.A new edition with additions and corrections and a supplement.

R. H. Evans. London. 1810. NEW EDITION. The first Evans edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5 inches). xxviii,352pp. A fine clean copy in attractive mid twentieth century leather binding, by T. F. Ford, of full brown calf. Spine decorated with gilt bands and piping and floral centre pieces in the compartments. Black label, gilt. Both boards with decorative border design in gilt and small black labels within a decorative design, lettered "T. F. F. 1943". Inner dentelles in gilt. Plain magnolia endpapers. Top edge gilt. A small neat ink note inside the rear cover states that the book was 'rebound by T F Ford 1943' and a neat five line inscription on the front free end-paper shows that the book was bound by Thomas F Ford, Architect and presented by his sons to Canon L B Tirrell on his retirement in November 1971. ---- 'Thomas Francis Ford. FRIBA (9 May 1891 – 11 January 1971) was a prolific ecclesiastical architect, Diocesan Architect for Southwark, an Ashpitel Prize winner at the Royal Institute of British Architects, founder of Thomas Ford Architects... Ford's hobby was book-binding, at which he excelled, including the intricate gold tooling'. Wikipedia.

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Book number: 9969

EINSTEIN. ALBERT.

RELATIVITY. The special and the General Theory. A popular exposition. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. D.Sc.

Methuen & co. Ltd. London. 1920. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Portrait frontis and five line diagrams within the text. Complete with the 8pp publishers adverts at back of book. Overall a clean, bright copy in recent fine binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed with rough edges. ------ This important translation, apart from being the first English edition, also contains new text written by Einstein specially for this edition-- Appendix III, The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity.

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Book number: 10861

HUXLEY. ALDOUS.

THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York. 1945. THIRD EDITION, the same year as the first printing. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.1 inches). xi, 312pp, including index. A very good book in a fine attractive leather binding of full red Morocco. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Decorative patterned endpapers printed in green, black and red. A hint of rubbing to the extremities but overall a near fine copy. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

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Book number: 10850

CROWLEY. ALEISTER.

MOONCHILD. A Prologue.

The Mandrake Press. London. 1929. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Some very mild foxing to fore edges and some light offsetting to the endpapers from the dustwrapper but overall a bight, clean and fresh copy in publishers dark green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. In the original colour illustrated dustwrapper with striking designs by Beresford Egan to the panels, spine and rear inner flap. A small area of loss to the very top of the spine, which is a bit toned, and some tiny chips to the extremities but overall a superior and un-restored example of this fabulous wrapper. Near fine book in a better than very good wrapper.

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Book number: 10683

SMEE. ALFRED.

MY GARDEN. ITS PLAN AND CULTURE. Together with a general description of its geology, botany and natural history.

Bell and Daldy. London. 1872. SECOND EDITION, Revised and corrected. 4to. (10.3 x 7.3 inches). Illustrated with one thousand three hundred engravings. Some foxing to the first and last couple of pages otherwise a clean copy throughout. One small tear to the bottom margin of the frontispiece, not affecting the image. Recent leather binding of half dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Neat previous owner bookplate mounted onto the inside read endpaper. A little rubbing to the binding but overall a very good copy.

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Book number: 10932

POE. EDGAR ALLAN.

THE COMPLETE WORKS. The Fordham Edition. Edited and chronologically arranged on the basis of the standard text, with certain material and with a critical introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn.

Fred De Fau & Company. New York. 1902. LIMITED EDITION. One of 1,000 numbered sets, this number 942. 10 volumes. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.5 inches). Finely bound by Brentanos in contemporary half tan morocco. Each spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments multi ruled and lettered in gilt and with blind tooled centre decorations. Marbled paper on boards. Gold on grey marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt, the others untrimmed and a few gatherings still unopened. Illustrated with decorative head and tail pieces, vignettes in the text and multiple full page black and white illustrations by F. S. Coburn throughout. Each frontis plate protected with a printed descriptive tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Pages nice and clean throughout. There is some minor bumping and rubbing to the corners of the bindings and a couple of small scratches to the lower board of volume 9 but overall this is a near fine, handsome set in excellent condition that looks wonderful on the shelf.

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Book number: 10746

AMIS. KINGSLEY.

THE ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE.

Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1966 . FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by the Author on the title page. A very good copy with some offsetting to the free endpapers from the dustwrapper and a few minor faint marks to the spine and boards. These correspond with the lighter areas of the wrapper design, presumably caused by sunlight. In the publishers colour illustrated dustwrapper, designed by Raymond Hawkey. Small (about 1.5 inch) split, without any loss, to the front panel which doesn't show now that the wrapper is in a removable clear dustwrapper protector. Small amount of rubbing to the top of the dustwrapper spine and some minor sun fading but overall a very good copy. Uncommon signed by Amis.

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Book number: 8437