Recent Arrivals from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition. Christopher Davies. Swansea. 1970. 8vo. 62pp. Original cream cloth, gilt lettering, in original unclipped d/w both sunned to top edge.

First edition. Faber and Faber. London. 1959. Octavo. 102pp. A fine copy in the original purple cloth, white lettering to spine, in original unclipped dust wrapper (12s 6d), a little sunned, with a couple of short closed tears to upper edges. Cypress and Acacia was published after the death of his friend Dylan Thomas, 'Three Harps' being an elegy on the… Read more

First edition. Christopher Davies. Llandybie. 1966. 46pp. Original cloth, slightly darkened to exposed edges, in original protected dust wrapper. A nice copy.

Translated from the Lithuanian. Lithuanian Catholic Truth Society. Philadelphia. 1918. 8vo. ix, 156pp. Folding facsimile letter from Woodrow Wilson to Rev A M Milukas American Relief Fund for Lithuanian War Sufferers. Original decorative cloth, white lettering a little faded. Slightly toned. Corners bumped. Signature of Blanche A Fuller to ffep. Stamp of Albert Eugene Lawson Jr to imprim.

First English edition. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. London. 1870. 8vo. viii, 328pp. Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine unlettered. Rubbed with wear to extremities. Some minor spotting. The London edition of this notorious book which contains the Note by The Publishers not present in the Boston edition.

Fifth edition, revised. Crosby Lockwood and Son. London. 1891. Small octavo. xii, 145pp. 3pp catalogue; 16pp catalogue. Numerous text illustrations. Original decorative olive cloth, gilt to spine and upper board, blind embossed to lower board. Slightly rubbed to edges. Anderson, John William (1851-1904), M.A., F.R.G.S., author of 'Notes of travel in Fiji and New Caledonia : with some remarks on… Read more

Monthly Supplement of The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. April 30 to May 31, 1833. Charles Knight. London. 4to. Extract, unbound. 8pp. 4 engravings. A couple of spots, light toning, otherwise crisp and bright. Engravings of: Harpooning the Wales in the Arctic Seas; Carcass of the Whale; Skeleton of the Whale; The… Read more

Final Search for the Jeannette Arctic Expedition in Siberia. Illustrated London News. October 7th 1882. Double page folding plate, with article to verso. Partially split to fold.

John William Parker. West Strand. London. Extracts from Vol. X, No 295, 317; Vol. XVII, No 521, 523, 526, 533, 537. 1837, 1840. Small quarto. [56pp] Paginated as published, with engravings and line drawings. Bound together in paper covered boards, spine label. Lightly toned. Poems by Thomas PringleEngravings: "View of Cape-Town and Table-Mountain Cape of Good Hope" Unattributed, unrecorded elsewhere."Caffres and… Read more

Natural History for Children: being a Familiar Account of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, insects, fishes and reptiles, trees and plants. With plates and numerous cuts. In five vols. Vol. II. Birds First edition. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-row, and N. Hailes, Piccadilly. 1819. 12mo. Half title, Engraved frontispiece by J. Shury. Title. (2), 151, (1 adverts) pp. … Read more

A New Voyage to the East - Indies by Francis Leguat and His Companions. Containing their Adventures in two Desart Islands, And an Account of the most Remarkable Things in Maurice Island, Batavia, at the Cape of Good Hope, The Island of St Helena, and other places on their Way to and from the Desart Isles. Adorn'd with Maps and… Read more

3rd edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1902. 16mo. xxiv, 346pp. 27 maps, 31 plans as listed, all in good order and seemingly unopened. Original red boards. Gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Marbled edges. Publisher's ads to front pastedown. Red and green silk bookmarks. Faded to spine, a little surface wear to boards. Cracked to hinges, but firm. A… Read more

[S.I.] 1680. [Geneva] 12mo. (9cm x 14.5cm) 5 parts in 4 volumes. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait by Pinchard. Title page in red and black, with engraved Armillary Sphere. (12), 846pp.; Title page in black, with engraved Armillary Sphere. (25), 702pp.; Title page in black, with engraved Armillary Sphere. (6), 271pp; Title page in black, with engraved Armillary Sphere. 364pp;… Read more

Quarto. First edition. 143pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Original cloth, white lettering and photo to upper board. In original dust wrapper. Black endpapers. Inscribed to title page by the author with love to Clare Throckmorton. Loosely inserted are a typed quote from the first line of "The Horses and the Angels" by Agnes Nemes Nagy and an… Read more

Visitor's Book. Flagstaff House, Peshawar. Full morocco. Landscape octavo. (23 x 18cm). Gilt lettering to upper board. Inner gilt edge tooling. All edges gilt. Worn and cracked to spine and rubbed to corners and edges. Upper hinge reinforced with linen tape. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate Army and Navy C.S. Ltd. Stationery Dept. 105 Victoria Street, S.W.1. Pages ruled, in four columns:… Read more

Revised edition. Wayne State University Press. Detroit. 1980. Quarto. xxii, 498pp. Frontispiece, 475 further illustrations. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Small graze to base of spine. In original dust wrapper, worn to edges, torn to base of spine with loss, in protective wrapper. The Revised edition of this definitive book of the architecture of Detroit, published twelve… Read more

Printed by T. Davison for Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and J. Cumming. London. Glasgow and Dublin. nd. [1834]. 12mo. 211pp. Engraved frontispiece by Charles Heath. Full contemporary green calf, elaborately blind and gilt tooled to spine and boards with stylised acanthus decoration. Inner gilt rondels. Marbled endpapers. Silk bookmark (with transfer to page). Offsetting of plate to title page. Rubbed… Read more

First edition. The Connoisseur Publishing Company. (Printed by the Cranford Press). London. 1909. Quarto. Title page in red and black. xlix, 72pp. xxviii catalogue of adverts at end. 24 full colour plates, numerous further half-tone plates. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Decorative upper board, with vignette, gilt and black. Some foxing and edge spotting throughout to… Read more

Blackie and Son Limited. London. nd. Octavo. Half title, title, vii, 208pp. Full blue calf Prize binding by Relfe Brothers London. Spine in six compartments with gilt tooling and red leather label, Kibworth Grammar School Emblem to upper board in gilt. Gilt bordering, edge tooling and inner gilt tooling. All edges and endpapers marbled. Some light rubbing to extremities. Occasional… Read more

George Philip & Son. London. 1891. Octavo. xii, 372pp. Frontispiece portrait, 5 further plates, text illustrations, 7 colour maps (2 folding), 2 text maps. Full red calf prize binding by T. Brear & Co. Bradford. Spine in six compartments with raised banding, gilt tooling and lettering. Bradford Grammar School Coat of Arms to upper board in gilt, gilt border rules… Read more