Recent Arrivals from E C Books

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1931 A very good copy of the first collected edition of M R James Ghost Stories in the original black cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. The binding is very bright and clean. There are small scuffs on the boards visible at some angles, and light pulling to spine ends. There is a tiny… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the scarce wrapper. The book is in a clean, bright and sound binding with dark blue colouring to the top page edges. The spine ends are lightly pulled and there are a couple of very small marks on the back board, which has a small indentation… Read more about this item

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1833 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the original publisher's cloth binding. With half title; engraved frontispiece portrait of Count Buffon; hand coloured vignette title page (picture of a young rhesus monkey); 2 further title pages; contents listing; Memoir of Buffon; text, numerous engravings in the text, and 30 hand coloured plates (the… Read more about this item

London: T Cadell Jun. and W Davies, in the Strand, 1802 A very good copy of Martin Sauer's account of the Joseph Billings expedition to Northern Russia. Commodore Billings was commissioned by Catherine the Great to head the expedition, which took nine years, returning in 1794 with extensive data and mapping from the region, and enhanced knowledge of local populations.… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker, 1915 A good copy of the first UK edition as a single titled volume in the original cloth binding. The binding has some faded areas at the top of the front board and the spine but it is clean and sound. The fading affects the brightness of the gilt on the front board title. There is pulling… Read more about this item

London and New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898 A good to very good copy of the Macmillan edition of Emma with Hugh Thomson illustrations. First issued in 1896, this is the second reprint. In the original red cloth binding with beautiful gilt decoration to the front board and spine designed by A Turbayne. All edges gilt. With numerous black… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1917 A good copy of the rare 1st edition, which marks the first appearance of Bertie Wooster. In the original light red cloth binding which has been expertly rebacked and is sound and tight. The cloth on the spine is faded and browned. The boards have some light marking (more obvious on the back board)… Read more about this item

EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1835 A good copy of the 1st edition in contemporary half morocco leather binding with marbled paper sides. With black and white frontispiece portrait of John Ray; hand coloured vignette title page; 2 further title pages; inserted small slip; contents listing; publisher's advert; Memoir of Ray; text with numerous illustrations and 30 hand coloured plates. There… Read more about this item

Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed for the Author, 1788 A very good copy of the scarce 1st edition. Written as a protest - the author's preface states 'the design of publishing....is rather to make more clearly known the hardships and unconstitutional government of this Burgh'. Eunson has an interesting history: some accounts state that he was a smuggler who turned 'gamekeeper'… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1910 A very good copy of the 1st trade edition in the original decorative cloth binding with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further colour plates by Warwick Goble. The binding is bright and clean. There is light scuffing to corners and spine joints, and there is pulling to the top and bottom of… Read more about this item

London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original blue gilt decorated cloth binding with tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and 7 further colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by H J Ford as called for. With decorative endpapers with different designs front and rear. All page edges gilt.… Read more about this item

Middelburgh: Jacques Fierens, Boeck-verkooper, inde Globe, 1662 A rare 1st edition copy of the first part of Johannes Goedaert's 3 part work on the development and metamorphosis of insects. This copy lacks the decorative title page but is otherwise complete with 63 pages of hand coloured plates. It has been collated against the 1662 copy held by the Getty Research… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917 A good copy in the original cloth binding with coloured frontispiece and 7 further colour plates by May Wilson Preston. 1st edition, 1st issue with 'Copyright, 1916' on the verso of the title page. The binding is clean and sound. It has been rebacked, relaying the original cloth spine. A matching title label… Read more about this item

Washington: U S Department of Agriculture, 1893 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original cloth binding with 26 coloured plates. The binding is sound and bright with gilt titles to spine and textured cloth boards. There is some pulling to spine ends and light wear to corners. The back board has 4 tiny spot marks and a… Read more about this item

EDINBURGH: W H Lizars, S Highley et al, 1840 A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding, which has been rebacked relaying the spine. With volume listing; half title; black and white frontispiece portrait of Baron de Geer; hand coloured vignette title page of insects; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert (unopened); contents listing;… Read more about this item

London : Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961 A very good copy of the 1st edition in good jacket. The binding is bright and clean. It is slightly cocked to the front. There is some darkening at the spine ends and light wear to corners with a small bump at the bottom front corner. Internally there is an old ownership signature… Read more about this item

London: The Ray Society, 1925 A very good to near fine set in the original Ray Society cloth bindings with 60 plates of which 18 are coloured or partly coloured. Vol I is inscribed and signed by Chas D Soar at the front free endpaper. The bindings are very bright and clean with slight fading to spines. Light pulling to… Read more about this item

Firenze : Redia, 1917 Two bound volumes of offprints by Berlese from Redia. These are as follows: Vol I: Centuria Prima di Acari Nuovi, 1916; Centuria Seconda; Centuria terza; Revisione de gen. Hydrozetes,1917; Intorno agli Uropodidae 1917; Sul Liponyssus Natricis (Gerv) e su altri Dermanissidi dei rettili, 1917 with one folding plate; Centuria Quarta, 1918; Su una nuova specie di… Read more about this item

London, New York, & Bombay: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897 A good to very good copy of an unusual tale of supremely confident infants, a sensitive dragon and wicked people. Rosamund Praeger is best known as a sculptor, but was also an artist, illustrator, poet and writer. She wrote and illustrated a number of books for children which tend to… Read more about this item

London and New York : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897 A very good copy of the first Macmillan edition with Hugh Thomson illustrations. In the original red decorative cloth binding with gilt page edges and decorative yellow endpapers. The binding has intricate gilt decoration to the spine and front board which was designed by Turbayne. It is in very good… Read more about this item