Old Stuff from Inno Dubelaar Books

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.. Buckram. Very Good. Reprint. 468 pp., preface dated 1831, decorated endpapers, top-edge gilt, dark blue buckram with gilt titles on front board and spine. A Very Good copy: all original, with firm binding, no owner's name, no fading to cloth or gilt, just light wear to extremities. A very attractive… Read more about this item

Boston: The Page Company, 1920. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. Goss, John. First Impression, March, 1920" stated on copyright page. Pp. xi, 301 + (6) ads + 12 ads, frontis with tissure guard, 5 full-page plates, octavo format in tan cloth, pictorial front paste-down color label with portrait, gilt titles to front cover and spine. A very attractive… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William & Robert Chambers, 1848. 1st . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. George Millar Engraver. Very rare first printing. Pp. (8), 174, frontis plate, 16mo format in paper-covered boards with green and gold decorations. Inner hinges need repair. Contents tanned with some light foxing, otherwise in very good condition. Covers in very good… Read more about this item

London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. The Chapbooks IV published by Richards. This deluxe version comes in an attractive decorated slipcase. The book itself has white stiff card covers with black spine titles. White leather laces are integrated with the covers and tie ad the front. Top-edge of the… Read more about this item

London: Darton, 1812. 1st . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. First printing of "A New Edition Improved." Pp. 118, (2) ads, frontis engraving of "Lucy, 24mo format, original red roan over marbled boards binding, gilt title and price (1s.6p.) on spine. Gift inscription dated 1823. Book appears to be all original, even the endpapers,… Read more about this item

London Melbourne & Toronto: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 1895. Full-Leather. Good. No date of publication, appears late 19th century. Octavo format in full dark-red morocco with gilt titles/decorations, decorated endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Pp. 1599, with glossary and index of characters. Printed contents are Nearly Fine. Neat owner's inscription dated Christmas 1916. The leather binding… Read more about this item

Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1908. 1st . Hardcover. Good. First printing, numbered No. 200 in gilt on the top-right corner of the leather binding. Stamped in red: "For Official Use Only" on title page. Pp. 461, 6 folding maps tipped in, appendices, large folding map in rear pocket, as called for in the index, quarto format in three-quarters… Read more about this item

Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907. 1st . Hardcover. Good. First printing, numbered No. 202 in gilt on the top-right corner of the leather binding. Stamped in red: "For Official Use Only" on title page. Pp. xix, 591, 8 illustrations/views/maps, appendices, two folded maps in pockets, as called for in the index, quarto format in three-quarters calf binding, with… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Walker & Aspinwall, 1895. 8th . Hardcover. Good. Attwood, Francis G.. Eighth edition. First was 1880. 28 pp., about 25 comical illustrations by line drawings, oversized format (quarto) about 8" by 10 1/2", in red and black linen-coverd boards with stamped titles and decorations. The binding is firm with no cracking or loose pages. There are no… Read more about this item

Oxford & London: OUP & William Clowes, 1850. Full-Leather. Very Good. No date, but assumed mid-19th century. Each book is about 4" by 2 1/2", in full black leather with gilt spine titles and blindstamped crucifix on the front panel. Hymns volume: pp. 347, Common Prayer not paginated. The original box is lined in striped silk. All appears… Read more about this item

London: Argonaut, 1928. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing, this limited edition of 975 copies, of which this is no. 564. Pp. cvi, 182, frontis port. with tissue guard, many plates, illustrations, one large folding map, appendices, index, ribbon page marker, 4to format, vellum spine with gilt titles, tan cloth boards with gilt decoration, fore-edges untrimmed.… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Pape, Frank C.. Apparent first printing of this 1910 edition with the Pape illustrations. 315 pp., colour frontis plus 11 colour plates in text, endpapers decorated with JMD monogram, oversized format in pale green linen with extravagent gilt and coloured decorations to spine and front board. A firmly… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan & Co., 1890. 1st . Full-Leather. Very Good. First printing of the English edition, one of only 500 published. Complete three-volume set in a deluxe burgundy full-leather binding. Spine has five raised bands, gilt spine titles, and "1890" stamped at the base. Original marbled endpapers, aeg. A superb set with no owner's names, stamps or other… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1929. Full-Leather. Very Good. Pp. i-lv, 1-527, frontis portrait + 25 illustrations, octavo format, marbled fore-edges and endpapers, full tree calf leather binding with gilt stamped crest and gilt edge-decorations on the front board, extensive gilt decorations to the spine with five raised bands, gilt tiltes on red leather compartment. Very Good… Read more about this item

Toronto: Briggs, 1904. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing. Pp. vii, 8-227, frontis plate of Hathaway Bay, 7 plates, octavo format in green buckram with photo paste-down, gilt rules and titles. A very attractive little book. Neat owner's name dated 1907. Cloth is lightly worn at tips with bright gilt, front paste-down is lightly worn with small… Read more about this item

Toronto: Robert McPhail, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. No date, but assuming 1850s-60s, when McPhail was publishing as a sole proprietor at 65 King East. Title page states "from the twenty-third Edinburgh edition". 178 pp + (2) "Advertisement", index, pocket format (about 6" X 3.5") in pale blue paper-covered boards, dark-blue cloth spine. Binding and contents appear to be… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1875. 1st . Full-Leather. Good. Giacomelli. First printing with 1875 date on title page, no other dates on book. Pp. xii, 368, frontis plate "The Pursuit", 140 illustrations, many full-pate plates, index, large octavo format in burgundy full-leather calf fine binding, with gilt rules to front and rear, spine with six compartments (five… Read more about this item

Glasgow: W. R. McPhun, 1850. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. First printing apparently, no additional dates. 90 pp. + 25 pp. of ads, small format (about 5" tall), in burgundy cloth, gilt titles, aeg. A nice little pocket guide in original cloth with no serious flaws. Hinges firm, complete contents with… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1860. 5th . Hardcover. Fair. First printing of the 5th revised edition "with numerous additions and improvements, from a copy annotated by the author". Pp. xxiii, 619, frontis plates (Sketch of a Guest-chamber"), 131 illustrations, F appendices, index, errata, large octavo format in dark green buckram with extensive gilt decorations to the front board and… Read more about this item

Boston: American Peace Society, 1855. 1st . Paperback. Fair. 36 pp., octavo format, sewn in pale paper wraps. Speech is 31 pages, followed by Resolutions, Treasurer's Report, etc. Fair copy with complete text securely bound, with original presentation incription on front cover. Covers are dusty and a bit worn and creased, rear cover has one corner clipped. … Read more about this item