MAWE Thomas

Every Man his own Gardener. Being a new, and much more complete, Gardener's Kalendar than any One hitherto published. Sixth Edition, corrected, enlarged and very much improved. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN FULL CALF

Printed for William Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catherine-Street, Strand,, 1773. 12mo., Sixth Edition, on laid paper, with engraved frontispiece, some light offsetting to title; attractively bound in twentieth-century full polished calf, back with gilt bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Although attributed on title to Thomas Mawe, Gardener to the Duke of Leeds, this extraordinarily popular and influential work was actually written by the diffident John Abercrombie (1726-1806). The manuscript was duly submitted to Griffin, who asked his friend Mawe to read it. 'Mr. Mawes [sic] bore testimony to the merit of the production, and prefixed his name to the publication in order to give it that celebrity to which it was so justly entitled, for which he received a gratuity of twenty guineas' (Henrey p.363). The work was a tremendous success, continuing to be republished for over fifty years after the author's death, although his name did not appear on title until the seventh edition. It was heavily plagiarised, perhaps most notoriously as 'The Modern Gardener' (1771) by James Meader, who was subsequently sued, convicted and prevented from republication. Curiously, despite its immense popularity, EARLY EDITIONS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See Henrey II, 358 et seq.

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MAYS James O'Donald

The Splendid Shilling. A social History of an engaging Coin. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

New Forest Leaves, Burley,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34948

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MCC

[Exhibition Catalogue of] The Fine Art of Cricket. MCC Museum. Lords' Cricket Ground. 25 May to 6 September 1997. [Foreword by Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie. Introduction by Stephen Green]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Privately Printed],, [1997]. 4to., First Edition, with 41 coloured reproductions (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. This major exhibition is sponsored by Sotheby's. Loosely inserted are the separately printed flier bearing a personal message from Henry Wyndham, Chairman of Sotheby's, and exhibition admission ticket no. 329 (which misspells 'Sotheby's'). The extensive introduction is by Stephen Green, curator of the MCC Museum. With index.

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MCC. LORD'S CRICKET GROUND

MCC Bicentenary Year 1787-1987. [Product sales catalogue]. FINE COPY

MCC, 1987. 8vo., First Edition with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.

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MCCASKIE H.B.

The Guileless Trout. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cresset Press,, 1950. 8vo., First Edition, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original brown tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip.

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Book number: 30537

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MCLAREN Charles

The Art of Sea Trout Fishing. [Revised Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Unwin Hyman,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37282

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MCMILLEN Bruce

Tope. How To Catch Them. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1961]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Published in Jenkins' sought-after 'How to Catch Them' series.

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Book number: 20292

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MESSNER Reinhold

Free Spirit. A Climber's Life. Translated by Jill Neate. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gollancz,, 1973. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many double- or full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hodder & Stoughton, [1991]

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MEYER E.S.

A Practical Dictionary of Cookery. 1200 Tested Recipes. Second Edition (Seventh Thousand).

John Murray,, 1899. 8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip ruled and lettered in black, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean, firm copy. Contains 1222 numbered recipes presented in alphabetical order. In the index the recipe names with their page references are arranged by course in the meal. First published in the previous year. Driver 712.2

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'MIDDLE WALLOP', pseud.

The Art of Shooting and Rough Shoot Management. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Witherby,, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece toned in sepia (original tissue guard present) and 10 sepia-toned plates, some very light and occasional spotting; original tan cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in brown, brown top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.

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MIDWINTER Eric

W. G. Grace. His Life and Times. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper taped to paste-downs. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.

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MILES A.H.

The Household Oracle. A Popular Referee on Subjects of Household Enquiry. .Edited by Alfred H. Miles assisted by a Staff of Specialists. [First and Sole Edition].

Hutchinson,, [1897]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text, some almost imperceptible spotting on first and last few leaves; original cloth blocked in gilt, silver and blind, gilt back, sprinkled edges, joints lightly rubbed, boards very lightly age-marked else a remarkably clean, tight well-preserved copy. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers, and advertisement left following front free endpaper. 'Miles' is astonishingly comprehensive in scope, including house building, buying and renting, furnishing, decoration, housekeeping, cookery, needlework, farming, gardening, medicine, law, world, history, British history, the calendar, standards, arithmetical tables, household amusements, games and so on. Very scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 11921

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MILES et al W.J.

Modern Practical Farriery. A Complete System of the Veterinary Art. Including Cattle, their Management in Dairy, Field and Stall; Pasture Grasses and Forage Plants; Practice of Sheep Farming; Diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY

Gresham Publishing Company,, [1880]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus , with fine chromolithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 19 fine chromolithographed plates, 28 plates in monochrome (most containing several figures) and very numerous highly detailed wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary brown half calf, coarse wave-grain cloth sides ruled in gilt, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, marbled edges, one or two scuff marks on covers, joints lightly rubbed (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably bright, fresh, crisp, clean copy. Lovely copy of this exhaustive and impressive vade-mecum, a considerably extended and augmented version of Miles' original edition of 1868. Here the scope of the work is broadened to include cattle, sheep and pigs, together with coverage of plants of veterinary value and importance. Contributors inlcude J. Walker, S.P. Preston, C. Scott and J.I. Lupton. The fine coloured plates illustrate types and breeds. The highly detailed monochrome plates also show harness, manoeuvres and equipment, and notably include a fine series on the anatomy of the horse by Herring, engraved by Cowan. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

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MILLAIS John Guille

Game Birds and Shooting Sketches. Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which occur amongst them. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL HALF MOROCCO

Henry Sotheran,, 1892. Folio, First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (of Bewick; original guard present), 16 fine coloured plates (all original guards present), 18 plates in autotype (all original guards present) and 30 wood-engraved illustrations (by the author and George Lodge) in the text, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red straight-grained half morocco, red coarse-grain cloth sides blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, blue-grey endpapers, uncut, joints and corners very faintly rubbed else a near fine, crisp copy. Lovely copy of Millais' well-known monograph on the four primary species: Capercaillie, Blackgame, Grouse and Ptarmigan. A number of the text-illustrations are by George Lodge. Freeman 2583; Jackson p.25; Mullens & Swann, p.405; Tate p.247.

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Book number: 13068

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MILLAIS John Guille

Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways. With Illustrations by the Author and from Photographs. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF MILLAIS IN NEWFOUNDLAND

Longmans Green & Co.,, 1907. Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 5 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 6 plates in colour (all original tissue guards present), numerous plates from photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, crisp copy. Anker, 341.

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