Rare books from A & F MCILREAVY BUDERIM RARE BOOKS

Macmillan, London, 1902. THE CAMBRIDGE EDITION. 8vo. Nine Volumes bound in full crushed olive morocco bound for Sotherans.. Spines as usual faded to a uniform olive tan.teg. Finely bound,tooled in gilt in compartments.raised bands,tooled on boards. A Very attractive set.

Macmillan, London, 1884 - 1893. 8vo.Ten Volumes. Original Talwyn Morris Binding Dark blue cloth Blocked on boards and spine with a gilt acorn and oak leaf entwined motif. Uncut and in exceptional condition.

Keller- Farmer, London & New York. 1907. 8vo. Fifteen Volumes. Half blue morocco ,spines faded to a uniform dark tan.blue cloth sides.uncut.EDITION DE GRAND DE LUXE. Bound by Stikeman and Co.Plates in two states . Limited to 250 numbered sets this No.77. Volume one Salome has Beardsley coloured plates.

Printed for A Millar, London,1763. 8vo.pp.xxxii + 384,24p.index.small section missing at the foot of the page in the contents. Full calf, raised bands.Very Good.This is the eighth edition. Glasses book was frequently attributed to Ben Johnson.She was a real person lived in Bloomsbury,London," I only hope my book will answer and meet the ends I intend it for which is to improve the servants and save the ladies a great deal of trouble

Printed for R.Ackermann, London,[1824]. 12mo.pp.ix+ 241.18 handcoloured engravings.Fine half dark green calf,raised bands tooled in gilt,marbled boards.very attractive.a little offsetting of plates else very clean and fresh.Abbey Travel.No.6.p.13. Tooley:English Books with Coloured Plates:515.p.417. "The Proper Study of Mankind is Man" Pope.

Glasgow , Robert & Andrew Foulis ,1747. 8vo. 16.5cm x 10.5 cm Three Volumes Variant issue . Vol.I.pp.iv + 251 ,Vol.II. pp.ii+ 281 + publishers 5 line imprint ,Vol.III .pp163 +175+ advertisement page.Volumes 1 & 2 Greek Volume 3 .Latin. Contemporary Full Brown Polished Calf .Elaborate Gilt Spine in compartments Green title lables with Volume number below . Gilt rolls to board edges and borders All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers .Original owners name in pen.A fine 18th C binding.a couple of surface marks to upper board on volume 3 else, A Very Attractive Set. See Gaskell 84. A Bibliography of The Foulis Press Images are available on request.

Tilt & Bogue ,London,1843. Inscribed � Rev, C.B.Wollaston from The Author � on the upper board.The folding panorama opens to over 5ft etched continuous strip panorama.Original pictorial upper board with a plain lower board,backstrip.The text is printed in Hebrew, Latin, Greek & German. Each of the 7 folding sections[9.5x3.5 inches,23.5 x9 cms] have hand coloured etchings showing Humpty Dumpty sitting on the wall, falling and all the kings horses and men trying to rescue him ,etc.A panoramic retelling of the popular nursery rhyme subtly pregnant with political allergory. Abbey,Life, 559. This is a spectacular panorama.The sketches are charming and the colour subtle and appealing .All the sections are fresh and clean.there is a little bumping to the corners of the upper board. The panorama is housed in a purpose made solander box. IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[1924]. 4to. Green moire silk and pictorial gilt binding. pp. 197. 12 tipped in colour plates plus many black and white illustrations ,some full page. some pale scattered foxing. Binding particularly bright but has a slightly sunned spine nudged at head and tail of spine.

T,T. & J. Tegg,.London, 1833. Two Volumes.4to. .Frontispiece portrait of the author.pp.xiv + 1029, pp,title page + 1084. Recently rebound in black half calf leather with raised bands and leather title labels dark blue plain cloth.both title pages had a portion removed where an owners name had been these have been expertly repaired. There is some general toning to paper and foredges,else a Very Good attractive set of this iconic work. Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.Until the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary 173 years later, Johnson's was viewed as the pre-eminent English dictionary. According to Walter Jackson Bate, the Dictionary "easily ranks as one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship, and probably the greatest ever performed by one individual who laboured under anything like the disadvantages in a comparable length of time'.

A & C Black,London,1921. 4to. ppxiv + 93+ 2p ads, 16 tipped in colour plates and 15 full page black & white plates.Illustrated endpapers. Original decorated cloth with most of the dust wrapper.[See photos] Edition de luxe Limited to 500 numbered copies.This is No 82.. Muir 5595. This is the third most important book by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite after Elves and Fairies and Fairyland. This copy is Very Unusual as it is In near Fine condition , has the very rare dust wrapper laid on tissue paper and has the full signature of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite not called for and rarely present in this edition.

Complied, Lithographed and Published by H.E.C.Robinson, Wentworth Court Elizabeth Street, Sydney, N.S.W. published in 1900. 850 mm x 748 mm.Very Scarce Map of Sydney, in 1900, in 24 panels laid down on linen. Very Good in original boards with a new backstrip.

Sothebys, Hong Kong, 1993. 4to,pp.431,Over 700 superb colour illustrations.Red cloth hardcover in fine dust wrapper. A Fine Copy of this very scarce book.

The Derrydale Press, New York,1935. 8vo.pp.xii+ 237.profusely illustrated.original green cloth gilt,map endpapers. One of 950 copies.This is a unique copy with two of Harry Worcester Smiths bookplates one dedicated to ken Austin and signed by HWS.and dated 1935.The second variant bookplate is free of marks. This copy has loosely inserted several letters of correspondence between HWS and Ken Austin and a prospectus for A Sprting Family of The Old South.pp.12.with a small tear. The correspondence varies from discussion about the HWS bookplates,to HWS inventions to KA breaking a record .HWS wrote to an American journal to report the Ken Austin New Zealand recond run. There is a post envelope from HWS and a couple of the sheets are typwritten duplicates to let Ken Austin have a copy.

Constable & Company, London, 1909. 4to. pp.xv + 325. 54 black & white illustrations and 40 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards. Decorated, endpapers There is an original inscription from previous owner on half title page.some odd tanning and one or two areas with marks or spotting not affecting the plates else a beautiful copy of this one of the most desirable Rackham titles.in a very attractive eather binding.

London: William Heinemann, 1911. First Edition. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 8vo. pp. vii + 306 + 6p.advertisements at rear. 8 colour plates by Charles Robinson with titled tissue guards. The frontispiece tissue guard has a booksellers ink stamp of George Robertson & Co.,Sydney on the rear discretely. the text has a little finger marking and mild discolourtion. Recently rebound in full dark green calf with classic marbled endpapers,decorative dentelles, hand sewn headbands,raised bands and red title labels. decorated in compartments. A stunning binding for a truely classic children's book.