Search Results: Authors starting with E from The Antique Map & Bookshop

Nisbet and Co.Ltd. 1933 1st.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In dark green cloth covers with red lettering to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 308 pp. The author spent nearly a year with a working class family in the 1930s to examine the effects of Unemployment Insurance on health, morale, willingness and ability to support themselves. His conclusions ‘destroy many conventional criticisms which are the result of mere hearsay’.

No date Ca 1980's. Framed size approx 16.5 x 12 inches. Size within mount approx 20 x 16.5 inches. In light wood frame behind glass, with mount. In very good condition. A very bright and clean example. With hand colouring.

London, J. Mulvy Ouseley & Son, Ye Olde Royaltie Booke Publishers, 1913 1st. Hardback, 9 x 6.5 inches. Grey cloth with black lettering and black and red pictorial illustration to front. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Handling marks/small ink spots to rear board and rear edge of spine. Some minor rubbing to spine ends and corners. Partial tanning to free leaves of endpapers. Page edges rough/uncut. Else pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 150pp. Illustrated with 46 Full-Page B&W plates by Zoffany Oldfield.

London, R. Holt for Obadiah Blagrave, 1685. Hardback, 7 x 5.5 inches. Mottled calf leather binding with red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Red speckled edges. In very good condition. Contemporary leather to spine; professionally re-laid with original leather boards. (Boards darkened, edges rubbed, corners bumped and chipped.) Bookplate to front endpaper “Alan Stuart Roger.” With inscriptions and notes to endpaper (re: author.) Some darkening & tanning to pages, some minor spots and handling marks else a clean and tight copy of a very early edition. 288pp.

Kincardine, William Liddell & Co., n.d.ca1987. (Rare Facsimile of the 1829 edition.). Hardback, 7.5 x 4.25 inches. Quarterbound dark blue cloth to spine and light blue paper to boards. Paper title label to spine. In very good near fine condition. Some minor handling marks to cover else clean and smart. Bookplate to front endpaper “Geo. Bird Nelson.” 149pp.

Oxford, University Press, 1839. Hardback, approx 11 x 7 inches. In dark maroon/purple fine-diced cloth with blind embossed decoration to boards. Later black leather spine label. In very good condition. Professionally rebacked on spine. Boards faded on top edges, corners bumped and chipped. Later endpapers inside boards, alongside original yellow free-endpaper halves. Inscription to front dated 1840. Some minor foxing spots to prelims. Some minor light spots to pages, else pages overall very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xiii + 964pp.

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear’s-Head, 1720 3rd. Large hardback, 15.5 x 10 inches. Full tree calf leather binding. Gilt banding and maroon leather label to spine. In good condition. Boards a little worn; edges and corners rubbed with chips and bumps. Has had previous repairs to corners and spine, but subsequently cracked along spine. Rubbing to boards. Binding loose at rear. Inscribed previous owners label to front “Richard & Mary Hodgkinson, Barnby Moor 1853.” Some mild to moderate areas of foxing (mostly very light but some occasional pages more tanned and foxed) Minor water stain to corner of dedication pages. A couple of neat penned notes to text. 1150pp + Index. With decorative head, tail & letterpieces, including portraits of Kings & Queens in headers.

Wurzburg, H.A. Eckert & Christian Weiss, ca1840. Tall hardback (folio) 14 x 10 inches. Halfbound crushed morocco and marbled paper to boards. Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Corners bumped and slightly chipped, edges rubbed, partial cracks to leather on bottom end of spine. Some rubbing to boards and bottom rear edge. Endpapers cracked at front, small bookplate to top corner “Wendel.” Plates all very clean and bright throughout. Pages clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Title page & 40 mounted colour lithograph plates, annotated and blind-stamped on bottom edges.

Cambridge. The Saint Nicolas Press. 1956 1st.. 10.0 x 6.25 inches. In maroon hard card covers with gilt to cream cloth spine and silhouette portrait to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to front. Mild foxing to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 28 pp. With portrait frontis. George William Chad was a British diplomat. The conversations are recorded from notes.

Halsgrove. 2004 1st edition. Hardback. 9.5 x 6 ins. In blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In glossy pictorial dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (DW price clipped.) An excellent copy. Signed by author on front endpaper, dedicated to “Peter”. Edelsten was a popular writer for ‘Country Life’ magazine. 160pp. With b&w illustrations by Helen Mitchell & Becky Unwin.

John Murray, 1979 1st. Hardback, 9.5 x 7 ins. Buckram cloth with black lettering and design to front. In illustrated glossy dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with near fine dustwrap (DW slight fading to spine, minor rubbing to edges.) No penned inscriptions. Else a very clean and tight copy. 213pp. With a colour frontis and many B&W illustrations throughout.

Robert Hale. London. 1952 1st Edition. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly darkened, some marks to rear. Tears to corners with some loss to top end of spine. Price clipped). Neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. With b/w frontis. With fold out map at back. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Durham. The county differs from other counties of England in that it was ruled independently by its Palatine Bishops. The author traces the growth and development of the county over two volumes of which this is the second. The author continues the story with the advent of the industrial revolution, and the Victorian age up to the mid 20th Century. He covers the social and political history, as well as the development of education and the University, the end of the Paltinate. There are appendices… Read More

Israel, Docostory Ltd. 2004 1st edition. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Orange glossy cover with B&W photo illustration to front. Black lettering to spine. In very good near fine condition. Authors inscription to front endpaper “To Diana and Ashley, With my very best wishes Hans S. Edersheim, 10.22.2005.” Inside pages all clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 85pp. Illustrated with B&W photographs.

Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, London 1945. Original map. Size 41 inches X 28 inches. In very good condition. Centre fold. A little marked lower left corner, and small brown mark top edge. It will be rolled up and posted in a poster tube.

Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1886. Hardback 7 x 4.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed vignette to front. Brown endpapers. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to cloth, corners and ends of spine slightly rubbed, bump to bottom edge, minor cracks to hinges. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Some minor handling marks else pages clean and tight. 107pp. + cat. Illustrated with Coloured Prints, and Quaint Cuts.

Macmillan Press. 1994 1st. Tall 8vo. In blue cloth with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped.). Slight Foxing on the edges, pages slightly yellowed on the edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 213pp. This is a collection of essays on Thomas Hardy, which range over his work, thought, creative methods and life, and show a variety of critical approaches. They are aimed at scholars, students and the Hardy enthusiast.

Frederick Warne & Co. 1971 reprint.. 7.0 x 5.0 inches. In green pebbled cloth covers with gilt to spine and gilt and black to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial patterned endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded. Slightly rubbed around edges. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Old mark to main title page. Colours clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. 24 col. and 155 black & whtie plates, 49 text figures and pictorial Keys of Leaves and Buds to aid Identifiaction of 138 tress in 59 genera. 278 pp. Comprehensive guide to the trees of the British Isles.

London, Andrew Melrose, 1909 1st edition. Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Navy blue cloth with silver lettering to front and spine and crest to front with gilt crown and red scroll work. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, some minor rubbing to cloth on edges /ends of spine and corners. Some darkening/tanning to endpapers & halftitle. Neat inscription to front “A.C. Bottoms.” Loose in front is a slip “The Commanding Officer asks your acceptance of a copy of the history of the regiment... F.S.W. Cornwallis, Eastbourne 1909.” Some mild foxing to inside pages. Plates and maps remain clean and bright. p99 darkened after plate. Binding tight and sound. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 150pp. 21 Illustrations including colour frontis & 6 colour plates by Harry Payne, B&W photographs, 2 fold-out Maps. One EXTRA folding-plate at p4 “Inspection Return of the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry of West Kent...”

Edmonds Book Gallery. 1984. 1st.. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine faded. Not price clipped). Author’s presentation inscription to half title page. Facsimile letter from Buckingham Palace loose in front. Else a very clean and tight copy. 108 pp. With b/w photographs.. The author writes about his own and his family’s history and their lives in Australia, together with his own life as a broadcaster and bookseller.

London. Dennis Dobson. 1964. 5.5 x 8.0 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened. Mark to front where old label has been removed. Not price clipped). Boots Library label to front cover. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 189 pp. With b/w illustrations by Gil Walker. A boy signs on as Ship’s Boy in the Bounty under Captain Bligh. After the mutiny ha joins the captain in the small boat. This is the story of the mutiny and the long voyage to safety, led by Captain Bligh.