Recent Arrivals from David Ford Books

Plymouth, Scarecrow Press 2007 Hardcover book, first edition, 501 pages with illustrations. TheLife of Hummel (1778-1837) teacher, composer,and one of the greatest European pianists of his era. A Fine copy in pictorial laminated covers. Pictures available.

London: T. Nelson and Sons 1871 Hardcover book 1st ED, xiii, 304pages, Blue full leather binding, decorative gilt panels to spine, with gily border decoration to covers. Marbled endpaper . A companion volume to 'The World at Home' with numerous illustrations in the text. A lovely volume originally a school prize with the presentation book plate for good conduct.… Read more about this item

London, Burns & Oates, 1958 Hardcover book, first edition, No date except preface dated 1958. 529 pages with illustrations and music scores. The History and development of the Chant. A Very Good copy in a Very Good price clipped dustjacket. Light foxing to some pages, no inscriptions. Dustjacket sunned to spine but otherwise Very Good. Pictures available.

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd,1915 Hardcover book, first edition , Signed by Victoria Sackville and dated 23rd Sept 1915 and with her personal bookplate's from Knoll Sevenoaks. A Very Good copy with faded spine and light wear to top of spine. No dustjacket. The odd foxing spot but generally clean. Pictures available.

London: Duckworth 1927 Written by a Director of the Zoological Society's Aquarium. Hardcover book , first edition, 160pp. Some slight darkening to spine but gilt titles bright corners slightly bumped. A Very Good copy

London, Helm, 2019 Softcover Book, First edition Pictorial covers . 280 pages with 113 colour plates covering 503 species with distribution maps. One of Helm's excellent Field Guides, A Fine copy. Pictures available.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 283 pages. Hughes classic tale of the last pirate schooner to sail in Caribbean seas. A Very Good copy in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket. Bright green covers with lightly worn dustjacket with two large stains to rear panel. Pictures available.

London, J. Johnson, W,Otridge and Son,F and C Rivington et al. 1806 Three Volume set, Hardcover books Bound in Full leather . The Fifteenth edition. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece. Book 1 446 pages, Book 2 , 443 pages Book 3, 396 pages. The Rambler was published from 1750 to 1752 . It was Johnson's… Read more about this item

New Jersey, Paganiniana Publications, 1980 Hardcover book, First english translation of Prof. Lev Ginsburg's biography of the great Belgium violinist, conductor and composer Eugene Ysaye. A near Fine copy with the lightest of handling wear. 572 pages with illustrations, Illustrated laminated covers- no dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, C Gilpin, W.J. Adams,1849 Hardcover book, New edition, 367 pages with an engraving of Penn's treaty with the indians , a Street plan of Philadelphia and a map of Pensylvania. issued with a preface in reply to the chargesagainst his character by Mr. Macaulay in his 'History of England' A Very Good clean copy. Embossed dark green covers with… Read more about this item

London, Collins and the Book Society, 1953 Hardcover book, first edition thus ( published on first publication by the Book Society April 1953) Signed by the author to Half-title page. A near Fone copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket designed by Gerald Wilkinson. Very light tanning to foredge tofront endpaper. Pictures available.

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929 Hardcover book, first edition , 303 pages no dustjacket. Lewis's theories on colour and race. ever controversial subjects. Includes publishers promotional flyer. A very Good copy with white velum? spine and black boards. Previous owners name and date and light foxing. Pictures available.

Colchester, Harley Books, 1991 Softcover book, First edition thus, 288 pages. The History and meaning of the scientific names of British butterflies and moths. A Fine copy. Pictures available.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis,1953-1972 Hardcover books, the complete five volume set in dustjackets . Every book is a first edition in dustjacket. Book 1 ,1953. The Untried Years 1843-1870, 356 pages with illustrations. Book 2. 1962The Conquest of London, 528 pages, illustrations. Book 3 . 1963,The Middle Years, 1884-1894, 340 pages, illustrations. Book 4 1969. The Treacherous years, 1895-1901, 352… Read more about this item

Yokohama, Japan Gazette, 1890 Softcover book, 258 pages, lacking the map or maps in pocket at the rear. The Book starts with the title page with evidence that possible seven pages of adverts? have been removed. This copy belonged to the Grand hotel in Yokohama with several of the hotel's ownership stamps in text. There is also some notes and… Read more about this item

New York, Grosse & Dunlop, n.d. Hardcover book, 304 pages with a striking 1920's dustjacket in blue green and orange. A Very Good copy in a Very Good lightly edge worn dustjacket. Old price in biro to front endpaper. Pictures available.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913 Hardcover book, First edition ? no date so estimated. 286 pages illustrated with Cherry Keartons own photographs. Forward by Richard Kearton and introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. A Very Good copy of this less common Kearton book showing his skills as an early wildlife photographer. Light foxing to end-papers, no inscriptions . Nice… Read more about this item

London, Mandrake Press Ltd. 1930 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. 62 pages. A Fine copy with very slight tanning to front endpaper in a Very Good dustjacket. Very light edge wear to top edge of jacket, no inscriptions, pictures available.

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1934 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket, 317 pages. Light green, cloth covered boards with white dustjacket illustrated with a photograph of a gull. The jacket and front end-paper are drawn by Ben Nicholson. A life story of Shirin le Breton told with intervals of ten yearly periods. a… Read more about this item

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1939 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. 137 pages with folding map to rear. Life on Rona by one of his generations great naturalists. This was Winwood Reade's (of the BBC) copy . Very Good in a Very Good but edge worn dustjacket with short closed tears and creasing with two small tape marks.… Read more about this item