Rare Books from Lansdowne Books

1st edition. Very Good octavo with card covers & 32pp with collected and lithographed illustrations. Signed by Herbert Dickens on the title-page. And also signed to Jas Barr Esq. with compliments H P Dickens Xmas 1933. Well-preserved with pages clean and tight some browning with age. Overall a very good copy.

Centenary Edition; profusely illustrated with b/w photographic illustrations throughout; A Representation of Every Sphere Showing Activities and Interests Social, Philanthropic, Historic, Scholastic, Sport and Travel. Original maroon cloth, title lettered on spine and front. Well-preserved with pages clean and tight. Overall a fine copy.

Hardcover. Stated Collector's First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound with gilt lettering. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges for this milled edition. The endpapers of moire fabric with silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines with pages clean and tight. A fine collector's copy. This… Read more about this item

Original publisher's cream cloth hardback, dark-blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering spine and front cover, coat of arms in gilt to front cover. Top edge of pages gilt, others uncut, pages clean and tight, some wear to bottom spine, frontispiece portrait William Dampier, 16 black and white plate illustrations, table of contents, appendix, lacks the folding map. Text complete.… Read more about this item

MORBIHAN - Bretagne Editions Alépée & Cie - Paris Collection "Les documents de France" Printed on high quality papier. Photos B/W et couleurs, Fold out Map, Place Ribbon, Inset card Gaston Villager Paul ?huel President du Conseil General Etat : très correct (petites taches sur la couverture, trace d'arrachage d'une étiquette en 1ère page) Couverture rigide Dimensions :940 grDepartemental du Tourisme

Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering. In very good condition for age with some yellowing of pages. Some bumping to spine but otherwise a tight copy. A very rare copy and delightful read for poetry recitation.

A very clean, tight and rare copy in original brown cloth in very good condition. Very slight bumps to spine and covers. Title in gilt lettering on spine and upper boards, incl. gilt tooled hieroglyphs between a gilt border also on upper cover. Red marbled endpapers and marbled edges. (xxi), 955pp. 2 full-page maps as a double frontisp., many plates,… Read more about this item

Original brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and designs on cover and along spine; very light rubbing along spine and tips. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for previous owners inscription dated 1892.

Hardcover book with brown coated cloth over boards., gilt-stamped lettering on spine; pp. vi, 294, plus frontispiece and 15 beautifully engraved full-page plates. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed, else a clean, tight copy. Design stamped in black on cover and spine; lettering stamped in gold on cover and spine. Book is in very good condition. Cover has light,… Read more about this item

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Blue soft cover with gold lettering Crest at the top says British Empire Service League First page is a full colour portrait of the Queen, with a tissue overlay Includes the text for the broadcast to the Commonwealth and Empire on Coronation Day and the Oath to the British Empire Service League Beautiful black and white photos, many of the… Read more about this item

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper in protective mylar. 23.5 × 15.5cm, 263pp Octavo. Original blue cloth boards, titles to front gilt and to spine black, top edge blue, others untrimmed. Pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s net, sketch map drawn by E.G. Morton, photographic plates throughout and in-text drawings by the author. Title-page wood-cut vignette by Reynolds Stone,… Read more about this item

Illustrated text with diagrams and includes table of contents and index. An original copy in excellent condition with a tight and square binding and green boards with gold lettering green marbled endpapers and page edges.

L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1909. Original Hardcover V. Good First Edition. Decorative endpapers, Rough cut pages on fore-edge and lower edge sound and tight. ; 330pp + 47pls. ; In protective jacket.

Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1911.Condition: Excellent 17th Edition. With 60 maps and 59 plans. All maps are in the book, 554 pages with decorative edges and endpages. Red cloth in VG condition with gilt title at the front and the spine.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881. Hardcover. 1st edition. 1 vol: I. Text. xlix, 604 p. 22.5 cm. Extensive index and table of contents. In VG original condition with olive brown cloth set with some cracking at hinges. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we… Read more about this item

First edition. With a photogravure frontispiece and 12 lovely tissue-guarded plates by E. C. Peixotto. Publisher's original dark green cloth beautifully decorated on the upper cover and spine after designs by Margaret Armstrong. The lettering on both the cover and spine is in gilt. A handsome and bright copy of this lovely book, internally very fresh and clean. The pages… Read more about this item

The James Flood Charity Trust, Footscray, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Fine Condition/Slipcased. In original numbered packing. Illustrator: photographic. Limited edition, this volume is number 3795 of a limited edition of 5000, and it and the slipcase are in excellent order. The fifth (and last) of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia. A comprehensive record… Read more about this item

SIGNED BY Sepplets family - [ see photograph] Hard Cover. Near Fine with fading to front and back cover. First Edition. 9 X 6". Being an Historical Record of the Life and Times of the Seppelt Family through Four Generations. 51 pages. B/w and colour illustrations. Comes with an old Seppelts Compliment Slip. Illust. end-papers. 12 photographic plates, some colour. Decorated… Read more about this item

An invaluable illustrated catalogue of all the etched works of Norman Lindsay, whose output in this medium was remarkable. The various essays, appendices and notes make this reference book an essential resource on the subject. Bungendore: Odana editions and Sydney : Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999. First edition. Quarto, illustrated boards. Beautifully illustrated. Out of print. The contents cover: the… Read more about this item

Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. First Edition 4to. Blue binding, blue titles & Royal Emblem. A Very Good copy of a beautiful book that is illustrated with 12 full-colour plates in impeccable condition and drawn by artists of that period, including Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, E. Blumpied, and others. 160 pages of illustrated stories that includes works by… Read more about this item