A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; With an Extensive Selection from the Hitherto Inedited Stuart Papers (4 volumes) by Browne, James - 1855

Ulverston: James Atkinson, 1894 larger 8vo cloth pp394 bw plates/drawings fold-out plan subscribers list index VG- Local history work, mainly considering the Medieval era and after, with reference to prehistory and modern industry. Subscribers list shows a Mrs Dryden of Putney, and 'F. S. Dryden Putney' is written in old fashioned ink style inside front. All plates and fold-out abbey plan present. Front blank endpaper pasted to binding, and small adhesive label tear and mark over old pricing. Minor general wear, a scarce subscriber copy. [ Larger book, so possible extra postage overseas. ]

London: Simplin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good +. Imprint includes: Wells, Somerset: Arthur Young. xvi, 207, [1] p., 13 leaves of plates (including 1 folded map; 19 cm. Dark blue rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; bevelled edges. Top page edges gilt. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xvi) and index. Armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Wm. A. MacFarlane-Grieve [William Alwyn MacFarlane Grieve]. First edition. This is one of a limited edition of 350 copies. Publisher's advertisement for Jefferies' The History of Malmesbury Abbey on p. [i] with the limitation note for this volume on the verso; additional publisher advertisements on final, unpaginated page. The illustrations are from drawings by Agnes Taylor, mostly from phohtographs taken by Charles Andrew, Swindon. This history of Swindon, England, was written by Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) as a young man while working for the North Wilts Herald in 1867. It contains… Read More

[Middle Hill]: Ex zincografia Appelana [Middle Hill Press], 1853 Book. Good. Hardcover. [2], 74, [2 blank pages], 60 pages. In original Middle Hill boards, spine very torn and incomplete, front board detached. Variant title page - here on white paper and with the vignette of Broadway Tower. The title page is smaller than the other pages. The text is anastatic printing on blue paper. Holzenberg 258.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1915. First Edition. Very Good. [8.25x5.5in].; 440 pp., frontispiece photograph of Captain Scott, 20 plates including four color and frontispiece, illustrations in text, facsimile reproduction of Scott's last writing, fold out map of main southern journey; Green gray cloth covers with gilt lettered front cover and spine, and gilt/white vignette of sailing ship at sea on front, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, front hinge cracked and still tight, small dark spot on spine, prior owner pencil inscription dated December 1915. [Rosove 330.B1]. An extensive introduction by Sr. J. M. Barrie on Scott's family and upbringing. Turley has retold the stories of exploration, heroics and tragedy of the voyages of Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901-04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-13. Robert Falcon Scott… Read More

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo, [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. In nineteenth century red half leather over cloth boards (a lttle worn, respined preserving original gilt-lettered backstrip), raised bands between single gilt fillets to head and tail of spine, single gilt fillet to leather edges on boards, modern endpapers in period style paper, very occasional feint staining and light offsetting. An attractive complete copy of this uncommon illustrated guide listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK institutional locations cited.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- xvi + 433 pages. Vol. 2- xii + 447 pages. Vol. 3- xiv + 462 pages. Vol. 4- xviii + 476 pages. 6 x 8 1/4 in. Tan half calf binding on spine and corners with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spines, edges of text block and end papers marbled. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: wear to covers and spines heavier at corners, marbled boards lightly worn, top edge of text block darkened, pages very lightly yellowed towards edges, binding tight, each volume with a book plate of David B. Ogden- Vol. 4- with two. Vol.1- heavier wear to corners esp. bottom front corner, nick to top edge of text block. Vol. 2- front top corner a bit more worn. Vol. 4- spine missing 1/2 of leather label reading "Taine", front top corner a bit more worn.

London: John Stockdale, 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 2 only, of 2 volumes. [6], 516 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Johnson's Debates. Volume number in third compartment. Board edges are gilt-tooled. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Maggie Okeson. Issued as vol. 13 of a 13-volume edition of The Works of Samuel Johnson. Series title page precedes volume title page. Contains debates from Dec. 1, 1741 to Feb. 23, 1743 as imagined by Johnson, based on notes taken by someone else during the debates. In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; spine is scraped; gilt-tooled spine label is intact; title pages are foxed; occasional foxing otherwise; some pages are browning; otherwise clean and tight.

Norwich: Printed and sold by Bacon and may be had of Mr Beatniffe and all other booksellers, 1802 Book. Good. Disbound. Candidates: Thomas WIlliam Coke, Esq of Holkham votes 4317 - Sir J.H. Astley, Bt of Melton Constable 3612 - And the Hon J Wodehouse of Witton Park 3516. vii, [i], 228, xlvi, [2] pages. Disbound, lacking both covers and no spine. Pages lightly browned throughout. Ink owner's name to the title page - John Adey. Pencil ticks and blue crayon marks to some of the names throughout. Page edges untrimmed and there is some weaar to the rather rough fore edge of the text block..

MAN AND WIFE. Used. Good Condition. Antiquarian. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1871 Printing Thus. A novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Used. Good Condition. No DJ as issued. Black boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Paper covering split at spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. An important, early novel dealing with domestic violence, and marriage laws in Ireland and Scotland. RARE/SCARCE.

Tewkesbury: Printed by the editor, 1798 Book. Good. Hardcover. xvi, [ii], [xvii] - xxiv, [2], [25] - 243, [1] pages. With frontis, plan and 3 other plates. Bound in the original paper covered boards, but lacking the spine. Spotting to plates, some light browning and spotting throughout. Page edges are untrimmed. Ink inscription to the front pastedown - E. Winnington 1798..