Search Results: Authors starting with L from Madoc Books

London: Farringdon Street. New York: 18, Beekman Street.: Geo. Routledge & Co., 1858. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. DALZIEL. VG, 2nd ed, 4 pls. Uncommon. In the original worn red embossed cloth, gilt titles. corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, faded gilt titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-184 pp, (4) adverts, 4 pls (B&W), lacks fep. (Folio, 10.3*15.4 cms). The first edition was published the year earlier (1854).

San Antonio, Texas: Trinity University Press, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback in grey paper covers, printed title label, no spine title. Internally, [2], [5], (vi-xiv), [2], [1], 2-157 pp, Entries for 61 authors. (227*161 mm).

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st US ed, 1939. In brown cloth, corners rubbed, titles to spine in silver. VG DW, small stain and a few small chips. Internally, half title, [4], 5-323 pp, top text block edge blackened, small book seller label to epd, remains of book label to fpd, some faint spotting to prelims. A very nice example. (216*141 mm).

3 Upper James Street Golden Square London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In printed soft covers, white & black ink titles. Internally, half title, [11], 12-244 pp, ink name to half title & letter B to cover (Leonard Brookes), title page states 1969 but copyright 1970. (217*140 mm). An examination of Huxleys social novels, and includes a critical survey of his scientific, moral and aesthetic essays.

London: John Wolfe, 1587. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The rare first edition in contemporary calf, blind tooling to border. Sympathetically rebacked, raised bands, gilt title to calf label. Internally, [6], 1-92, [4], 99-195, [8], 204-285 pp but 301, [2] table, odd pagination but complete, pagination: [1], A3-N4, O-V4, Aa-Gg4, lacks initial blank & 2ff, following 2D5 (cancels), woodcut device to first title, titles of second & third parts within woodcut architectural borders, woodcut initials & head pieces, crease to fep & ep, book label fpd (Niall Kenny). ESTC list 1 copy in the UK & 3 in the US only. (179*129 mm). (ESTC S112382. Fussell1-p9. Huth - Works on Horses & Equitation p12). "The second booke intreating of the gouernment of horses" (O1r) and "The third booke intreating of the ordering of sheep and goatees [sic], hogs and dogs" (2A1r) each have separate dated title page; register and… Read More

London: New York:: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In red cloth, gilt spine titles, in illustrated wraps, ink titles. Internally, half titles, frontis, [4], (v-xxvi), [3], 4-446 pp, 170+ illustrations. ( 234*160 mm). ISBN 0723213348 0,

London: Geographical Publications, 1940. First . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A report of the land utilisation survey, soft covers, black ink titles, spine worn, internally, title, followed by 211-264 pp, [2] appendix, numerous plans, charts and graphs within text. (281*219 mm).

Oxford, Printed at the Theater for the Author, MDCCVII: Edward Lhuyd, 1707. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Volume 1, all published vg+. First and only edition, in half calf, to style, over contemporary speckled boxed calf. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to green & red calf labels. Internally, title with large woodcut, [4], [2], [8] preface, [6] Kimry, 40, [4], 45-312 pp, (iv), A-Ee2, 425-436 pp, [4] index, title with Theater vignette, has the list of subscribers, mainly 3 columns per page, engraved head piece and historiated initial on dedication. Includes a Cornish Grammar & dictionary of the Irish language. Ink name to fep (Ellis W. Davies), new endpapers. (350*215 mm). (ESTC T116102. Brunet 1049. GRAESSE 194). Chapters on: The comparative Etymology, The comparative Vocabulary, The Armoric Grammar and Vocabulary, Dr Davies's Dictionary, Cornish Grammar, Catalogue of British Manuscripts in Welsh and Latin, Essay towards a… Read More

Oxford, the Theater: Edward Lhuyd, 1707. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. All published, VG, 1st Ed. In contemporary boxed calf, corners worn. Re-spined to style, raised bands, no title. Internally, [6], [8], [6] I Kimry, 40, 1*-4*, 45-179,180-194 Armoric Grammar, 195-212 Amoric Vocab, 213-221 Welch Words, 222-253 Cornish, 254-265 Catalogue, 266-289 Entymologicon, 290-298 Appendix, 299-312, (iv), A-Ee2, 425-436 pp Irish Scottish, [4] index, some light foxing & offsetting, bookplate to fpd (Wm. Strong), text block edges sprinkled red, with the Theater vignette, includes the list of subscribers. (348*215 mm). (ESTC T116102. Brunet 1049. Graesse 194). Title continues: Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Published, of The Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels Through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland.… Read More

48 Watling Street, London: Newman & Co. No Binding. Very Good. Lithographed and published by Newman & Co. Oblong A3 image, 29*20.5cm, paper size 38*28.5cm, hand coloured, with a pedestrian couple to middle ground, not dated but mid 1800's.

48 Watling Street, London: Newman & Co. No Binding. Very Good. Hand coloured A3 mounted lithograph, not dated but mid 1800's, with a couple to the right and a couple on the bridge all admiring the water views, some light foxing to top margin, image 28.4*20 cm, paper size 30.5*23.5 cm, mounted 42*30 cm.

London: John and BL Hunt, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, 1824. Containing The Land Beneath the Sea or Cantrev Y Gwaelod A Poem in 3 Cantos with Various Other Poems. In half leather and marbled boards, blind tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, blind tooling, edges rubbed, titles and tooling in gilt to green leather label. Internally, modern endpapers, lacks half title, [2], (vii-ix), [1] errata, [1], 2 only, 7-310 pp, (lacks v-vi & 3-6pp - hence the price), text block edges marbled, internally very clean and tight, lacks subscribers list. (215*134 mm). (Minor British Poets P1. 1003. Provincial Poetry 723) PRICHARD, THOMAS JEFFERY LLEWELYN (d. 1875?), travelling actor and author. (See NLW WBO)

36 Essex Street, Strand, London: Chas. J Clark, 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth boards, bevelled edges, title in gilt, corners lightly bumped. Spine has faded, title in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, black endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate, ink name to ffep (John Edward Lloyd MDMIII), some very light foxing to title page, (xvii), [3], 282 pp, 55 illustrations and maps, t.e.g., remainder uncut, printed by G Simpson, Devizes. (216*145 mm)

Conwy:: RE Jones a'i Frodyr, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, blind & gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark green calf label. Internally, frontis, [5], 6-200 pp, 1 pl (photographic portrait, many leaves uncut (and unread?), red marbled endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate, text block edges sprinkled red. (Folio, 174*213 mm). OWEN, Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and schoolmaster. Born in Betws y Coed & was buried there!

Paris Libraire de L'Academie De Medecine 120, Boulevard Saint-Germain: G Masson, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In modern quarter calf, brown cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, new brown endpapers, original blue covered soft paper pamphlet bound in, half title, [4], (vii), [4], 12-162 pp, [1] table, [1], [1], adverts to verso of ep, printed in Paris by Gaston Nee 1, Rue Cassette, 1, publishers paper label to verso tp, part of the Collection Choisie des Anciens Syphiligrapges series.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1934. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+, 1934, Ltd ed Gregynog. Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1934. Octavo. [2], [79] pp, printed in red, green and black on Kelmscott handmade paper, different woodcut printer's devices on title-page and colophon, initial letters designed by Graily Hewitt. Full brown morocco with gilt vignette of a crowned falcon on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, endpapers very lightly foxed. Otherwise a fine, clean copy. Number 30 of 300. (Harrop 31/p201)

London: 113, Fleet Street.: William Smith , 1840. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. LOUDON Mrs.. VG+, 5 volumes in 6, 1840-1860, 304 (complete) hand coloured plates, depicting 1,582 flowers! Ornamental Annuals, 1840, 1st ed, 48 pls (hand coloured), lacks half title, [5], (viii-xvi), [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-272 pp, 207*269 mm, ink name to verso TP. Ornamental Bulbous Plants, 1841, 1st ed, 58 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-x), [1], 2-270 pp, 251*269 mm, marbled endpapers. Ornamental Perennials, 1843 & 1844, 1st ed, 96 pls (in total & hand coloured), half title, [2], [3], (iv-x), [1], 2-190 pp, 45 pls; half title, [5], (vi-x), [1], 51 pls, book marks to fpds & ink name to feps, a.e.g. British Wild Flowers, 1846, 1st ed, 60 pls (hand coloured), lacks h/t, [3], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-311 pp, 216*274 mm. Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, 1860, 3rd ed, 42 pls (hand coloured), half title, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-215 pp, 231*299 mm, bookplate to fpd.… Read More

London: Historic Gallery, Pall Mall: R. Bowyer by T. Bensley, 1804. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. MAYER Luigi. MAYER'S RENOWNED VIEWS IN PALESTINE, WITH 24 SPLENDID HAND-COLOURED FOLIO AQUATINTS. First edition, First issue, in calf spine over blue marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling. Internally, [2], [1], 2-47 pp, [1] pl list, 24 hand coloured plates (dated 1803, with tissue guards), text block in English & French, text block & plates watermarked J Whatman 1801, ink dedication to tp. First issue, with both text and plates watermarked 1801. (467*329 mm). (Abbey Travel 369. Blackmer 1099. Gay 2145. Colas 2020. Lipperheide 1461). First edition of this esteemed collection of 24 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates engraved after Mayer's drawings of Palestinian views, monuments, tombs and costumes. The images include striking scenes of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Mount Zion… Read More

Liverpool & Paternoster Row, London: George Philip & Son. W Allan., 1853. Sixth Edition . Soft cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1853, G, 6th es, 1 pl, 1 map. In green embossed cloth, title in black ink to green paper label, edges and corners a little bumped and worn. Spine has faded, no title, edges bumped and worn. Internally, yellow endpapers, frontis present, (iv), [1], 6-132 pp, [22] adverts, 1 pl, 1 map (large folding B&W). First published in 1824. (163*105 mm).