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London, Manette Press Ltd., n.d. ca1945.. Paperback, approx 7.5 x 6.25 inches. Illustrated paper cover. Stapled binding. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges of cover. A couple of minor handling marks to inside pages. No pen or pencil marks. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 14pp. With B&W and Red-toned illustrations, 4 in full colour.

London, The Sylvan Press, n.d. ca1940. Hardback, tall, approx 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Colour illustrated front cover. Maroon cloth binding to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some ink spots to rear board, leading corners slightly bumped and chipped. Inside pages clean and tight. One minor spot to edge of title page and p1. Minor crease to corner of last couple of pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 40pp. (unpaginated.) With 20 full-page colour illustrations including title page.

Century Publishing Co.Ltd. 1985 (1st.).. Tall 8vo. ( 19 cm x 26 cm). Nice red and marbled pictorial hardback with matching dustwrapper. Maroon endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w not price clipped). Signed by the owner of Frampton Court, Gloucestershire. Relevant note loose in front. Profusely illustrated with 300 Victorian flower paintings recently discovered in the attic at Frampton Court in Gloucestershire (artists include: Charlotte Anne Purnell). Unpaginated. An account of the wild flowers, the painters and their paintings, as well as an enduring record of the richness of the English countryside in the early 19th. century. Painted between 1828 and 1851 the 300 paintings lay undiscovered in an attic for many years.

London, Charles Knight & Co., 1844. Four Volumes, Hardback, 7.25 x 5 inches. Halfbound in red polished morocco leather fine binding by “Morrell.” Marbled paper to board with gilt line edging. Raised and gilt banding to spines with full gilt decorations and lettering. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Paper on boards rubbed, paper chipped on edge of rear board on vol.1. Leading corners a little bumped and chipped. Some minor light foxing to blank prelims, a couple of minor handling marks else pages and plates overall very clean and tight. One plate in vol.1, p35, and vol.2, p59, darkened and moderately foxed, both lack tissue guards (all other plates guarded.) Else a very good clean and tight set. 4 vols: 318, 324, 319, 348pp. Illustrated with many B&W engraved portraits including frontispieces (Napoleon Vol.4) and with many B&W woodcut illustrations throughout text (including full-page.)

Collins. London. 1951 1st edition.. Hardback, 8.5 x 6 inches. In green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In Original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Neat repair on verso of head of spine. Some foxing spots rear cover. Not price clipped). Light Tanning to endpapers. Some light foxing on fore edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 320pp. 45 colour & 68 b/w photo plates; 20 maps & diagrams.

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 New Edition. Hardback, Small 8vo. 7 x 5 inches. Dark green polished morocco leather fine binding by Riviere, with extensive decorative gilt paneling to boards, gilt lettering and raised banding and decorations to spines. Full gilt page edging. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Beautiful leather binding, some minor rubbing to corners and edges and ends of spine. Some minor rubbing to bottom edge of rear board, else beautiful covers. Neat glue repair to front endpaper. Bookseller label to front “Williams, Oxford St.” Binders stamp to verso corner. Dark foxing to blank prelims with neat inscription to front “Ada Christy, from her affectionate friends Anna S. & Lacey (?) Metcalfe, Highfield, July 1818.” Some minor foxing spots to title page. Some minor spots to inside pages else pages very clean and tight. Else a very clean and tight copy. 210pp +2pp cat. Illustrated with B&W line drawings by George Scharf. Four… Read More

The Folio Society. 1985 1st thus.. Size 6.25 x 10.0 inches. In decrorated dark green cloth covers with gilt to spine. Hard card slip case. In very good condition. A very clean and tight copy. 337pp. With b/w plates. From Macaulay’s History of England. This volume covers the years 1485 to 1685. From Henry VII to Charles II. With a chronology.

London, Longmans, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1853 9th. Five Volumes. Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Halfbound leather fine bindings with marbled paper to boards. Raised banding and full gilt decorations to spines with red and green leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good conditions. Some rubbing to edges, small nicks to corners on vols 1 & 3. Some rubbing to spine and ends with small nick to top end of vol.4. Endpapers clean. Some mild foxing to prelims in vol.5. Deleted and faint inscriptions to title pages in vols 1 & 2, with small rubbed hole in vol.1. “John Watson, 1855.” Some occasional foxing spots and handling marks to pages. Some minor staining to page edges in volume 2 (around p700.) Else a very good clean and tight set. 5 volumes: Contents + 684, 680, 764, 836 & 398pp. (No illustrations in this set.)

The Folio Society 1982 Reprint. Tall 8vo. Red pict.cloth gt. In very good condition. A very clean and tight copy. B/w ills.& plates. 318pp.

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843 2nd. Three Volumes. Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Half bound calf leather fine binding by “Zaehnsdorf” with light brown cloth to boards boards, raised banding and gilt floral decorations and gilt lettering to spines. Marbled endpapers and gilt top edges to pages. In very good condition. Some areas of minor darkening and rubbing to spines; some rubbing to raised bands and ends. Bottom leading corners bumped on vol.2. Else covers nice and smart. Zaehnsdorf binders stamps to bottom corners of endpapers and “Henry Southeran Ltd” stamped at top corners. Previous owners blind emossed stamp to opposite endpapers “R.R. Fences Farm.” Inside pages all very clean, crisp and tight, no foxing or spots. Else a very good clean and tight set. ix + 490, 503 & 466pp.

Longmans, Green & Co. 1888. Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. In full tree calf leather fine binding by “BICKERS, Leicestershire.”. Raised banding and gilt decorations to spine, with gilt lettered spine label. Decorative gilt paneled boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. In good condition. Some light handling marks with some light rubbing to edges. Very faint crack lower front hinge. Small light scuff head of spine. Prize inscription on second blank page. Binders stamp to top corner of first blank page. Inside a few lower corners a little creased, page 793 small loss lower corner, generally clean and tight throughout. 898pp.

The Folio Society. 1985 1st thus. Size 6.25 x 10.0 inches. In decorated navy blue cloth covers with gilt to front & spine. Top edge of pages blue. 2 hard card slip case with portrait on side. In very good condition. A very clean and tight copy. 526pp; 542pp; 582pp; 661pp; 244pp; From Macaulay’s History of England.

The Moray Press. 1946 repr.. Size 5.0 x 7.25 inches. In green cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; in two parts with large pieces missing from slightly darkened spine. Tears to back and front. Foxing marks to back.Slightly rubbed aound edges. Price clipped). Spine part faded. Mild foxing to edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 159pp. Collection of anecdotes as the author travels in the Scottish Highlands.

London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1939 1st. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW spine darkened and rubbed at ends, some overall darkening and rubbing to edges. Not price clipped, in protective sleeve.) Some minor darkening to cloth on spine else cover clean and smart. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions or marks. Inside pages all clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 308pp +2pp adverts.

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1970 1st. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends. Not pricer clipped). Slight browning to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 334 pp. With b/w plates, diagrams and maps including one fold out map. The author looks at accusations of witchcraft in the Tudor and Stuart periods and examines motives of accusers. Sources are court and ecclesiastical records. A wide ranging study includes social factors influencing belief and fear of witchcraft.

Herbert Jenkins. 1917. 1st, signed, limited.. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. In green speckled cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Gilt top edge. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers and edges. Some marks to a couple of early pages. Else a clean and tight copy. 120 pp. Collection of war poetry from the point of view of the ordinary soldier in the Great War. The author served with the London Irish Rifles (1/18th Battalion, The London Regiment) and was wounded at the Battle of Loos on 28 October 1915. ‘This edition on hand-made paper is limited to 280 copies (260 for sale), of which this is number 214.’ Signed by the author.

London, Printed for HMSO by Darling & Son Ltd., 1892. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Textured maroon cloth with gilt lettering and banding to spine. Red speckled page edges. In very good condition. Some rubbing to spine, lettering and ends rubbed. Rubbing to corners of boards. Some minor foxing spots to endpaeprs. W.H. Smith binders stamp at rear. Title and contents pages darkened/tanned, and last 4 pages. Some tanning to edges of inside pages, some minor foxing spots mostly to page edgse. Else a very good clean and tight copy. x + 703pp. 1pp advert at rear.

Tartarus Press. 1998. 8.5 x 6.0 inches. In dark maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper and marbled end papers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. spine slightly faded. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). A very clean and tight copy. 196 pp. With b/w illustrations pasted in. This limited edition of The Hill of Dreams, regarded as Arthur Machen’s finest work, has four introductions including two by the author.

Argyll Publishing. 1998 1st.. 8.5 x 11.0 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Light brown endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Small marks to front. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 143 pp. With b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. The author, while a POW in Stalag Luft lll, began a newspaper for the prisoners. The daily Recco was pinned to the wall and copies were kept and are held in the RAF museum, Hendon. Some are reproduced here. The author also records his own war experiences and years of incarceration.

Belfast, Alexander Mackay, 1816 1st. Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. Full polished calf leather with gilt lettering to front and inset lighter leather strip to front and rear boards. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Later fine leather binding. Later endpapers. Slight fading to spine, some minor handling marks to boards. Else clean and smart. Chip to top corner of fist few pages (up to approx p50.) and last couple of pages at rear. Small tear to edge p9/10. Pages a little darkened, moderately foxed around page edges, a few handling marks. Binding tight and sound. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xi + 324pp. Lacks frontis plate.