GASKELL. MRS.; HUGH THOMSON. ILLUSTRATES.

CRANFORD.

Macmillan and co. London.,1927. REPRINT OF THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with 111 wonderful line drawings by Hugh Thomson. A nice, clean copy. Finely bound in early twentieth century full burgundy morocco by Riviere & Son. Boards with double ruled borders in gilt. Spine with five raised bands each with gilt piping. Compartments fully decorated in gilt. Twin brown labels, gilt. Gilt inner board borders. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. .An attractive copy in a fine leather binding.:

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Book number: 7391

GASKELL. MRS.; HUGH THOMSON. ILLUSTRATES.

CRANFORD.

Macmillan and co. London.,1903. REPRINT OF THOMSON EDITION. Illustrated throughout with 111 line drawings by Thomson. Finely bound in early twentieth century full burgundy calf by Relfe Brothers binders of London. Boards with decorative border in gilt. Gilt stamped school coat of arms to both boards. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decoration. Compartments decorated and ruled in gilt. Dark brown title label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges Marbled. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. A nice clean copy in an attractive leather binding.:

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Book number: 7392

GASKELL. MRS. ELIZABETH CLEGHORN.; BROCK. H. M. ILLUSTRATES.

CRANFORD.

J. M. Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST COLOUR BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in early twentieth century fine leather binding. Half green morocco with gilt ruled design and lettering to the spine. Marbled paper on boards. Decorative endpapers.Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:

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Book number: 7393

GASKELL. MRS. ELIZABETH CLEGHORN.; HASSALL. JOAN. ILLUSTRATES.

CRANFORD.

George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd. London.,1948. REPRINT OF HASSALL EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with decorative title page and 23 wood engravings by Hassall. Finely bound in late twentieth century leather binding. Quarter brown morocco with blind ruling and gilt lettering to the spine. Brown cloth on boards. Decorative floral endpapers.Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition. Most of the first printing of 1940 was destroyed by the bombing of the publishers warehouse during the Blitz.:

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Book number: 7394

LEROUX. GASTON.

BALAOO. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.

Hurst and Blackett, Limited. London. 1913. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. viii.376,24 pp publishers adverts for Autumn 1913, including blurb for this book with the title The Mysterious Mr. Noel. This was changed to Balaoo before publication but after the adverts were typeset. Very good bright, tight copy with previous owners name written neatly in ink to front blank endpaper. Some light foxing to a few pages but still generally a nice fresh copy. Publishers red cloth with blind ruled border and gilt lettering to front board. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. A particularly nice copy of this rare title by the Author of The Phantom of the Opera. Originally published in French in 1912, Balaoo is the story of a Monkey who is brought up by a Scientist as a human, Mr. Noel. He is educated and can read and write and wears the latest Paris fashions. Balaoo is suspected of committing many crimes, culminating in the kidnapping of Mlle. Madeline, the daughter of the scientist who brought him up. Filmed three times, First as Balaoo, in 1913 (a 24 minute silent film). Twice filmed by Hollywood, first in 1927 as silent movie The Wizard, which was remade in 1942 as Dr. Renault's secret. A superior copy.

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Book number: 10908

GATTY. MRS. ALFRED. C. W. COPE, P. H. CALDERON, W. HOLMAN HUNT, W. MILLAIS, OTTO SPECKTER, G. THOMAS AND E. WARREN. ILLUSTRATE.

PARABLES FROM NATURE.

Bell & Daldy. London. 1873. REPRINT. Originally published in 1855. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated throughout with decorative head and tail pieces plus frontis and fifteen full page plates, each with a plain paper guard. Neat previous owners 3 line inscription (dated 1876) on the half title. Some minor spotting to a few pages but generally a clean and bright copy in the publishers highly decorative green cloth binding with bevelled edged boards. Elaborate gilt and blind stamped decoration and lettering to the front board. The rear board with a blind stamped decorative panel pattern. Spine fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Off white endpapers. All edges gilt. Some bumping to the extremities and the spine a little dulled but overall a very good copy of this pretty book. A classic piece of decorative Victoriana.

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Book number: 8553

GEEN. PHILIP.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH.

Philip Geen. Richmond, Surrey.,1905. FIRST EDITION. Privately printed for the Author. 8vo (8.8 x 5.9 inches). Fully illustrated with 73 mono plates on 67 pages. A near fine copy with some minor foxing to the first and last three pages and the fore edge. Overall a bright and tight copy in original dark green cloth with gilt lettering to the font board and spine, which also has gilt ruling to the top and bottom. The text is in three parts, relating to the Author's experiences Fishing for Pollack, Salmon & Trout in Ireland, Spring Salmon Fishing in Scotland, and Fishing in the Home Counties.:

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Book number: 7196

STAUNTON. Sir GEORGE.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. Including Cursory Observations made, and Information obtained, in travelling through that Ancient Empire, and a small part of Chinese Tartary.... Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney.

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional repairs to splits to the folds and slight losses to the fore-edges, but overall a very good set with good strong impressions of the engravings. ------------- First edition of the official account of the first official British Embassy to China, headed by George, Earl Macartney. Macartney was dispatched to Peking in 1792, travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton's 11 year-old son George Thomas, who was nominally Macartney's page. It emerged on arrival that the boy was the only one in the party who had bothered to learn Chinese, and was therefore the only one able to converse with the Emperor during the Ambassador's two audiences. The Embassy "sought to improve commercial relations with China, through Canton (Guangzhou), and to establish regular diplomatic relations between the two countries. Though Macartney and Staunton had an audience with the emperor their proposals were rebuffed. In China [Staunton] closely observed and noted all that he saw, and during expeditions he was able to collect botanical specimens" (DNB) The party returned via Macao and St. Helena, arriving back in 1794. Young George Thomas Staunton became a writer at the HEIC's Canton factory in 1798, advancing to supercargo in 1804 and chief interpreter in 1808, and in 1816 he accompanied Amherst's ill-fated Embassy to Peking as chief of the Canton factory. Hill considers this a "remarkable account of Chinese manners and customs a the close of the eighteenth century," and draws attention to the descriptions of the places visited en route, which are "also of considerable interest," and the "important" atlas.

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Book number: 10938

GILBERT.W.S.

THE BAB BALLADS......MORE BAB BALLADS. Much sound and little sense.

John Camden Hotten & George Routledge and Sons.London.,1869 & 73. FIRST EDITIONS.Two volumes.The first volume was first published by Hotten,as here,before being transfered to Routledge.Both volumes illustrated throughout the text by the author.Finely bound in contemporary half black calf.Spines with raised bands,red title labels,gilt.Compartments decorated in gilt.Black pebble grain cloth on boards.Marbled endpapers.All edges dyed red.Small (1.5 inch) split to the top hinge of first volume but still holding firm.Some rubbing to edges but overall a very good set in attractive early bindings.:

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Book number: 6028

GILL. ERIC.

CATALOGUE OF DRAWINGS & ENGRAVINGS BY ERIC GILL. Alpine Club Gallery. 5th to 14th May A. D. 1918.

Printed by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling, Sussex. 1918. 16 pp Catalogue plus invite to private view. (6.3 x 4.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 wood engravings. Contains a foreword by Pepler plus a list of the items in the exhibition, three with hand written notes, including prices for the items. Printed on Caslon O. F white paper, sewn. Loosely inserted is a hand printed invite to the private preview on Sunday may 5th, 2.30-6pm. (one sheet, 10.9 x 3.8 inches, folded once). A scarce survivor, even more so with the preview invite. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 364 , the preview invite is not recorded in the bibliography.

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Book number: 8895

GILL. ERIC.

TWENTY FIVE NUDES. With an introduction by Eric Gill.

Devin Adair Company Publishers. New York. 1950. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Large 8vo.(9 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 26 engravings, 27 if you count the initial letter to the introduction. Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gill's initials on front board. Dustwrapper printed red on white paper. An absolutely fine and sharp copy of the book in a near fine dustwrapper with a hint of darkening, and just a small amount of rubbing, to the spine. Overall a lovely copy of this wonderful book.

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Book number: 8896

GILL. ERIC. ILLUSTRATES. POWYS. T. F.

UNCLE DOTTERY. A Christmas Story. With two wood engravings by Eric Gill.

Printed by Henry Hill Limited, for Douglas Cleverdon. Bristol. 1930. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.2 inches). One of 350 copies, numbered and signed by Powys. Publishers green and white decorative paper covered boards with black buckram spine, lettered in gilt. A fine copy with the original prospectus loosely inserted. 300 ordinary copies were issued, numbered and signed by Powys and bound as this copy at 10s and 50 special copies, numbered 1-50, bound in quarter vellum, signed by Powys, and containing extra prints of the 2 engravings were issued at 30s. The prospectus shows the projected price for the ordinary copies (15s) crossed through and the new, lower price typed in. Although dated 1930 the book wasn't published until march 1931. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 394.

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Book number: 8894

GILLIES. ROBERT PIERCE. ; PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY.

BASIL BARRINGTON. And His Friends.

Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. London. 1830. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.5 inches). 300; 303; 314pp. Lacking the printed title page to volume 3, a typed leaf has been inserted. Previous librarians note "Title entry" in red ink to the title page of volume one, otherwise no library markings or markings. A few creases to corners of pages, and a few pages with brown (tea stain?) marks, otherwise a very good set bound, without half titles, in recent half tan calf. Spines with raised bands, red titles labels, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

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Book number: 7541

GOLDSMITH. OLIVER. ; THOMSON. HUGH. ILLUSTRATES.

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. With a preface by Austin Dobson.

Macmillan & Co. London. 1910. 8vo. Reprint of 1890 edition. Fully illustrated throughout with 182 engravings by Hugh Thomson. Lovely clean copy in fine early binding for Hatchards of Piccadilly. Half red morocco Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments with triple ruled gilt borders. Gilt lettering. Boards with red cloth, edges with double gilt rules. Top edge gilt, the other page edges untrimmed, as issued. Plain pink endpapers. Red silk bookmark. A fine copy in a beautiful quality binding.

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Book number: 3671

GOODALL. JOHN STRICKLAND.

MANUSCRIPT MAQUETTE FOR THE BOOK, CREEPY CASTLE. Together with a smaller manuscript book proposal and the US first edition.

Macmillan. London. 1975. The original manuscript maquette of Goodall's wordless picture book, Creepy Castle, which would be published in 1975 by Macmillan in London and Atheneum in New York. 2 pen and watercolour manuscripts, 1 oblong octavo (190 x 140 mm) and 1 square octavo (135 x 126 mm). Volume I: loose gatherings with illustrated wrappers, 15 double page drawings (368 x 134 mm), of which all but one feature a flap which changes the scene, and 2 single page drawings (182 x 134 mm). Volume II: bound with illustrated self-wrappers, 4 double page drawings (253 x 134 mm), one of which features 3 flaps that change the scene. Together with a copy of the US first edition of the completed book in the original pink boards and pictorial dust jacket. Extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, a few small nicks and light creases to wrappers of Volume I. An excellent set with bright and crisp watercolour drawings. While the published book conveys Goodall (1908–1996)'s inventive approach to the picture book format, it fails to fully transmit the delicate lines and colouring of the artist's lively illustrations, as evident in the current manuscript.

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Book number: 9255