Forest Books

History of the Staffordshire Potteries; and the Rise and Progress of the Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain:With References to Genuine Specimens and Motives of Eminent Potters.

[SHAW (Simeon)] · 1829

£64.50 (€77.31 | $85.21 | ¥13,603)

Hanley: Printed for the Author, by G. Jackson, 1829. First edition, 12mo, viii, 244pp., recent half calf, marbled boards. Dedicated to Josiah Spode. First edition of a chronicle of the potter’s art in Staffordshire, enlivened by personal anecdotes which the author relates fr...

A Bibliography of Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. Soho Bibliographies XI.

FIFOOT (Richard) · 1971

£21.50 (€25.77 | $28.40 | ¥4,534)

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971. Second Edition, revised, 432pp., 3 facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.

Essays on the Management of the Dairy; including the modern practice of the best districts in the manufacture of Cheese and Butter. Deduced from a series of observations made during thirty years' practice.

TWAMLEY (J.) · 1816

£177.38 (€212.62 | $234.34 | ¥37,410)

London: Printed for J. Harding, 1816. New edition, corrected and enlarged, 12mo, xii, 178, [2]pp., some light spotting, illustrations in the text, original boards, rebacked, uncut. a detailed account of dairy management practices, including the methods used in leading distri...

The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation.

HOME (Francis) · 1762

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1762. Third edition, 8vo, viii, 207, [1]pp., marbled endpapers, contemporary full calf, spine gilt extra with red morocco lettering piece, upper joint cracked. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale...

Angliae Notitia: or, the Present State of Great-Britain, with divers remarks upon the Ancient State thereof. In Three Parts.

CHAMBERLAYNE (John) · 1700

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

London: Printed T. Hodgkin, 1700. Nineteenth edition, 8vo, [16], 600pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, some light staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed.

Bodiam Castle Sussex. An Historical and Descriptive Survey by the Marquis Curzon of Keddlestone.

The Marquis Curzon of Keddlestone. · 1926

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,936)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First edition, 4to, xiv, 164pp., frontis., numerous plates, folding plans to rear, original publishers blue cloth, d.w. lacking small portion of lower spine, uncut.

History of the Manor and Township of Doddington, otherwise Doddington-Pigot, in the County of Lincoln, and Its Successive Owners, With Pedigrees.

COLE (R. E. G.) · 1897

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

Lincoln: James Williamson, 1897. First edition, 8vo, [4], 266pp., frontispiece, title page browned (as usual), original publishers red cloth, spine faded.

History of Dudley Castle and Priory, Including a Genealogical Account of the Families of Sutton and Ward.

TWAMLEY (Charles) · 1867

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: John Russell Smith, 1867. First edition, small 8vo (189 x 120 mm), [2], iv, [2], 132pp., two fold-out genealogical pedigrees, orig. red publishers cloth.

The New Bath Guide: or, Memoirs of the B—R—D Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles.

[ANSTEY (Christopher)] · 1770

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)

London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1770. Seventh edition, viii, 173, [1]pp., engraved frontispiece (margins cut down and bound after title page), upper blank corner of title page cut away, contemporary calf, rebacked.

The Royal Kalendar: and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland and America for the Year 1814... [Bound with:] Rider's British Merlin for... 1814. [Bound with:] New Companion to the London and Royal Calendars; of Court and City Register, for the Year 1814...

ROYAL KALENDAR. · 1814

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

London: Printed for J. Stckdale, 1814. Small 8vo, 3 works bound as one, x, 11-396; 60; 142pp., later calf, leather spine labels lettered in gilt.

History of Dunham-on-Trent with Ragnall, Darlton, Wimpton, Kingshaugh, Etc: A Record of Nine Hundred Years.

CHADWICK (Rev. Howard) · 1924

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

Cambridge, Mass: Page & Shaw Press, 1924. First edition, 8vo, 234pp., portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations, original publishers cloth, boards slightly bowed.

Tamworth Tower and Town. A concise history and guide.

MITCHELL (H. Chas.) · 1936

£64.50 (€77.31 | $85.21 | ¥13,603)

Tamworth: Printed and Published by W. F. Woodcock & Sons Ltd., 1936. First edition, royal 8vo, 187, [1]pp., 68 plates, large folding map in pocket at rear, original publishers red cloth. A scarce Staffordshire provincial town history.

The Book of Nottingham. Written for the Ninety-fourth Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association held at Nottingham in July, 1926.

HOGARTH (R. G.) · 1926

£17.20 (€20.62 | $22.72 | ¥3,628)

Nottingham: Cooke & Vowles Ltd., 1926. First edition, 8vo, [12], 164pp., frontispiece, numerous plates, original two-toned cloth, printed paper label on spine and upper cover.

England Described: or, the Traveller’s Companion. Containing whatever is curious in the several counties, cities, boroughs, market towns and villages of note, in the Kingdom.... To which is added, as an appendix, a brief account of Wales.

TRAVELLER’S COMPANION. · 1788

£80.63 (€96.65 | $106.52 | ¥17,005)

London: Printed for A. Atkinson, 1788. 8vo, [16], 458pp., some light staining, full calf, light silverfish damage to spine, spine label, joints cracked.

Olde Leeke: Historical, Biographical, Anecdotal, and Archaeological. First [-Second Series].

MILLER (Matthew Henry) Editor. · 1891

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

Leek: Printed and Published at the ‘Times’ Office, 1891-1900. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xviii, 350; xvi, 324pp., frontispieces, numerous illustrations, rebound in calf, lettering from original cloth binding laid-down.

The Farmer’s Kalendar; or, a Monthly Directory for all sorts of Country Business: containing, plain instructions for performing the work of various kinds of farms, in every season of the year. Respecting Particularly The buying, feeding, and selling Live Stock. The whole Culture of Arable Crops. The Management of Grasses. The oeconomical Conduct of the Farm, &c. By an experienced farmer.

[YOUNG (Arthur)] · 1771

£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)

London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, 1771. First edition, 8vo, [32], 399, [1]p., with half-title, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked. Provenance: With the 19th century heraldic bookplate of Arma Comitis de Bradford, Weston Library (Earl of Bradford).

Every man his own Cattle Doctor; or, A practical treatise on the diseases of horned cattle : being a concise and familiar description of all the diseases incident to oxen, cows, and sheep ; with the most simple and effectual method of curing each disorder in all its various stages ; and the most efficacious treatment of cows, before, at, and after the time of calving, and also of ewes during the lambing season.

CLATER (Francis) · 1814

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

London: Printed by E. and H. Hodson, 1814. Fourth edition, corrected and improved, 8vo, xxx, [3], 34-376, [8]pp., engraved frontispiece, some foxing and browning throughout, later leather-backed marbled boards. Provenance: Ink ownership to front endpaper: ‘John Dale Aston, ...

The Farmer’s Letters to the People of England: containing the sentiments of a practical husbandman, on various subjects of great Importance... London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1767. First edition, 8vo, [4], 323, [1]pp. [Bound with:] A letter to Lord Clive, on the great benefits which may result to the publick from patriotically expending a small part of a large private fortune: particularly in promoting the interests of agriculture, by forming an experimental farm. Containing A practical Course of

[YOUNG (Arthur)] · 1767

£424.63 (€508.98 | $561.00 | ¥89,556)

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1767. First edition, [2], 56pp., one folding engraved ‘Plan of an Experimental Farm’. 2 Works in one, 8vo (220 x 125 mm), margins of title page light browned from turn-ins, contemporary calf, leather spine lettering piece, a nice copy. In Young...

Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. The Catalogue of the Löwendahl - von der Burg Collection. [With:] Supplement.

LOWENDAHL (Bjorn) · 2008

£317.13 (€380.13 | $418.98 | ¥66,884)

Hua Hin, The Elephant Press. 2008-12. 4to, 3 vols., xliv, 264; iv, 374; xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w’s, in a cloth box, a very nice set. An important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An ...

“Ashin Ananda” Burmese Poems through the Ages. A Selection translated by .... Friedrich V. Lustig, Buddhist Archbishop of Latvia, Lilac Laureate Poet.

LUSTIG (Friedrich V.) · 1969

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

[Lakehead, California: M. M. Kardell], [1969]. First Edition, signed by the translator, 3 portraits, text in English and Burmese, coloured wrappers. The author describes himself as Buddhist Archbishop of Latvia and Lilac laureate poet. Imprint from the School of Oriental an...