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A Bookseller of the Last Century. Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery and of the Books he Published with a Notice of the Later Newberys.
A Bookseller of the Last Century. Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery and of the Books he Published with a Notice of the Later Newberys.
WELSH (Charles) · 1885
£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,936)
London: Printed for Griffith, Farrow, Okeden & Welsh. 1885. First edition, xii,373pp., frontis., 8 plates (one folding), new cloth, lower cover and last few pages affected by damp staining. An account of the eighteenth-century pioneer of children’s publishing and bookseller ...
Panarithmologia: or, the trader's sure guide. Containing exact and useful tables, ready Cast up, Adapted to the Use of Merchants, Mercers, Bankers, Drapers, Goldsmiths, Grocers, Brewers, Weavers, And Haberdeshers. And Those who Deal by Wholesale, or Retail. Also, for Carpenters, Bricklayers, Joyners, Glaziers, Plaisterers, Plummers, Painters, &c. &c. &c. And All other Mechanicks. As, Likewise For all Purchasers of Houses or Lands: Shewing the Interest of Money, at 3, 3 and ?, 4, and 5 Pounds per
Panarithmologia: or, the trader's sure guide. Containing exact and useful tables, ready Cast up, Adapted to the Use of Merchants, Mercers, Bankers, Drapers, Goldsmiths, Grocers, Brewers, Weavers, And Haberdeshers. And Those who Deal by Wholesale, or Retail. Also, for Carpenters, Bricklayers, Joyners, Glaziers, Plaisterers, Plummers, Painters, &c. &c. &c. And All other Mechanicks. As, Likewise For all Purchasers of Houses or Lands: Shewing the Interest of Money, at 3, 3 and ?, 4, and 5 Pounds per
LEYBOURN (William) · 1765
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
London: Printed for A. Wilde, et al. 1765. Fourteenth edition, small 8vo, 240pp., contemporary calf, rebacked, spine label lettered in gilt.
Interest at one View, calculated to a farthing: At 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per cent. For 1000 L. to 1 L. for 1 Day to 96 Days; and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Months. With Rules and Examples to cast up Interest at any Rate, by the said Tables. Also a Concise Table, whereby to cast up Salaries and Wages speedily, and others of great Use in receiving and paying of Money. The second edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes, Accomptant
Interest at one View, calculated to a farthing: At 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per cent. For 1000 L. to 1 L. for 1 Day to 96 Days; and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Months. With Rules and Examples to cast up Interest at any Rate, by the said Tables. Also a Concise Table, whereby to cast up Salaries and Wages speedily, and others of great Use in receiving and paying of Money. The second edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes, Accomptant
HAYES (Richard) · 1736
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
London: Printed for W. Meadows, [1736.] Third edition, 16mo, [6], 264, [8]pp., contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, upper cover detached. Hayes first published these interest tables in 1732 and they were reprinted regularly for the next 70 years. The early editions are all ra...
The Strangers’ Guide to the Town of Reading, with a History of the Abbey, a Description of the Churches, and everything worthy of notice.
The Strangers’ Guide to the Town of Reading, with a History of the Abbey, a Description of the Churches, and everything worthy of notice.
HILLIER (George) · 1859
£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)
Reading: Published and Sold by J. Macaulay, 1859. First edition, 8vo, 64pp., original printed wrappers bound in, old cloth-backed boards, a nice copy. A very scarce history of Reading.
A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Berks; Containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads, rivers, minerals, fisheries, manufactures, commerce, fairs, agriculture, markets, curiosities, antiquities, natural history, civil and ecclesiatical jurisdictions, &c. To which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; exhibiting the direct and principal cross roads, inns and distance of stages, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats. Forming a complete county itinerary. Also
A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Berks; Containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads, rivers, minerals, fisheries, manufactures, commerce, fairs, agriculture, markets, curiosities, antiquities, natural history, civil and ecclesiatical jurisdictions, &c. To which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; exhibiting the direct and principal cross roads, inns and distance of stages, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats. Forming a complete county itinerary. Also
COOKE (George Alexander) · 1830
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
London: Printed for Sherwood & Co., [1830]. New edition, 12mo, 214, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates, contemporary smooth blue calf, decorated in blind, title in gilt direct to spine.
Bacon’s County Guide & Map of Buckinghamshire. For Cyclists & Tourists from the Ordnance Survey.
Bacon’s County Guide & Map of Buckinghamshire. For Cyclists & Tourists from the Ordnance Survey.
BACON (G. W.) · 1900
£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)
London: G. W. Bacon & Co., Ltd. [c. 1900]. 8vo, 16, [2]pp., folding map, original publishers pictorial cloth, a little worn.
High Wycombe and its Surroundings. A Handbook for Visitors and Residents.
High Wycombe and its Surroundings. A Handbook for Visitors and Residents.
HARBOUR (Henry) · 1907
£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)
High Wycombe: Booksellers, 1907. First edition, 8vo, [8], 86, lii (adverts)pp., numerous illustrs., map in pocket at rear, publishers original lettered green cloth.
Reading, Past and Present.
Reading, Past and Present.
FLETCHER (William) · 1839
£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,936)
Reading: John Snare, 1839. Second edition, small 8vo, [2], 119, [1]pp., folding frontispiece and 10 lithographic plates, original publishers cloth, original printed paper label on upper cover. Provenance: Ink signature of ‘Maria Anne Pottinger, Woodhouse 1841.’
The Gentleman’s Complete Jockey: with the perfect horseman, and experienced farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their Breeding, Feeding and Management in all Paces, to sit them for War, Racing, Travel, Hunting, or other Recreations and Advantages. II. The true Method, with proper Rules and Directions to Order, Diet and Physic the Running Horse, to bring him to any Match or Race, with success. III. The Methods to buy Horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular Marks of the
The Gentleman’s Complete Jockey: with the perfect horseman, and experienced farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their Breeding, Feeding and Management in all Paces, to sit them for War, Racing, Travel, Hunting, or other Recreations and Advantages. II. The true Method, with proper Rules and Directions to Order, Diet and Physic the Running Horse, to bring him to any Match or Race, with success. III. The Methods to buy Horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular Marks of the
GENTLEMAN’S COMPLETE JOCKEY. · 1782
£532.13 (€637.84 | $703.02 | ¥112,228)
London: [s.n.,] 1782. 12mo (163 x 103 mm), [5], 6-228pp., some light staining and age toning to text, endpapers renewed, stub pasted into gutter margin of title page and terminal leaf, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine label lettered in gilt. Rare, as with all editions of...
Pharmacopoeia Medici: auctore Joanne Berkenhout, M.D.
Pharmacopoeia Medici: auctore Joanne Berkenhout, M.D.
BERKENHOUT (Joanne) · 1766
£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)
London: T. Becket et P. A. De Hondt, 1766. First edition, 8vo, [12], 93, [13]pp., with two copper engraved plates of chemical symbols (lightly browned), contemporary calf, spine dry and chipped, upper cover detached, corners worn.
The Twelve Days of Christmas. With an Introduction by Michael Harrison and watercolours by Annie Newnham.
The Twelve Days of Christmas. With an Introduction by Michael Harrison and watercolours by Annie Newnham.
INKY PARTRIDGE PRESS. HARRISON (Michael) & NEWNHAM (Annie) · 2010
£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)
Church Hanborough, Oxford: The Inky Oartridge Press, 2010. 4to, [56]pp., one of twelve signed and numbered copies, this being no. 1, however, LACKING the original watercolour issued with this special limitation, remains of previous owners paper label to front endpaper, coloure...
Catalogue of a Selected Portion of the Celebrated Library from Brogyntyn, Oswestry, Salop. The Property of the Rt. Honble. Lord Harlech. Also William Blake’s ‘Book of Urizen’ the Property of Major T. E. Dimsdale.
Catalogue of a Selected Portion of the Celebrated Library from Brogyntyn, Oswestry, Salop. The Property of the Rt. Honble. Lord Harlech. Also William Blake’s ‘Book of Urizen’ the Property of Major T. E. Dimsdale.
HARLECH (Lord) · 1956
£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)
London: Sotheby & Co., 1956. 5 Plates, orig. printed wrappers, several auction notations in a contemporary hand, 531 lots.
Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire: A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.
Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire: A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.
KENNEDY (Alexander W. M. Clark) · 1868
£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)
Eton: Ingalton and Drake, 1868. First edition, 8vo, xiv, [2], 232pp., 4 mounted hand-coloured albumen prints of stuffed birds, original publishers blue cloth, gilt, upper cover with a few white spots. The first bird book to be illustrated with actual photographs. Gernsheim,...
Catalogue of Exceedingly Rare and Valuable Americana, with some Important English Books & Manuscripts, from the Library of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632), at Petworth House. Sold by Order of his Descendant, The Right Honble. Lord Leconfield. Which will be sold by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1928.
Catalogue of Exceedingly Rare and Valuable Americana, with some Important English Books & Manuscripts, from the Library of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632), at Petworth House. Sold by Order of his Descendant, The Right Honble. Lord Leconfield. Which will be sold by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1928.
AMERICANA. · 1928
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
London: Sotheby and Co., 1928. 4to, 81pp., 2 coloured plates, 37 monocrome plates (some folding), orig. printed wrappers, 172 lots.
Fasciculus Praeceptorum Logicorum: in Gratiam juventutis Academicae compositus & typis donatus. Editio altera limatior operâ secundâ C. A.
Fasciculus Praeceptorum Logicorum: in Gratiam juventutis Academicae compositus & typis donatus. Editio altera limatior operâ secundâ C. A.
[AIRAY (Christopher)] · 1633
£424.63 (€508.98 | $561.00 | ¥89,556)
Oxoniœ: Guilielmus Turner, 1633. Second edition, 12mo, [6], 224pp., title within a decorative woodcut border (trimmed at lower margin), interleaved with blank pages, one leaf with MS. notations, contemporary full calf, small old paper label at base of spine. A standard logic...
Catalogue of Very Important Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books; Selected from the Renowned Library Formed by Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903). Maintained and Augmented by his niece Madame Finaly, of Florence (d.1938). Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., on Monday, the 12th of July, 1948.
Catalogue of Very Important Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books; Selected from the Renowned Library Formed by Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903). Maintained and Augmented by his niece Madame Finaly, of Florence (d.1938). Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., on Monday, the 12th of July, 1948.
LANDAU (Baron Horace de) · 1948
£59.13 (€70.88 | $78.12 | ¥12,471)
London: Sotheby & Co., 1948. Small 4to (245 x 180 mm), [4], 82, [6]pp., printed list of prices and buyers names’ loosely inserted, some prices and buyers names’ also added in pencil, 52 plates, frontis., orig. printed wrappers, 129 lots. The Landau collection was remarkable ...
The Faith and Practice of a Church of England-Man.
The Faith and Practice of a Church of England-Man.
[STANLEY (William)] · 1688
£295.63 (€354.36 | $390.57 | ¥62,349)
London: Printed for Walter Kettilby, 1688. Second edition, 12mo, [6], 198pp., with the initial imprimatur leaf, contemporary calf, upper cover detached. Outlines the core beliefs and practices of the Church of England, emphasising it as a middle way between Catholicism and P...
Catalogue of Nineteen Highly Distinguished Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of the 10th to the 16th Century... The Property of Sir Sydney Cockerell.
Catalogue of Nineteen Highly Distinguished Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of the 10th to the 16th Century... The Property of Sir Sydney Cockerell.
COCKERELL (Sir Sydney) · 1957
£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,738)
London: Sotheby & Co., 1957. 16 Plates, orig. printed wrappers, a nice copy, 21 lots.
Catalogue of the Andre de Coppet Collection. The Highly Important Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents... Part I-X.
Catalogue of the Andre de Coppet Collection. The Highly Important Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents... Part I-X.
ANDRE DE COPPET COLLECTIONS. · 1954
£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)
London: Sotheby & Co. 1954-58. A complete set of 10 parts, a fully illustrated set containing 109 plates, original printed wrappers.
Catalogue of a Splendid Portion of the Valuable Library of the late Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq. of Craigdarroch and Orroland. Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1860.
Catalogue of a Splendid Portion of the Valuable Library of the late Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq. of Craigdarroch and Orroland. Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1860.
FERGUSSON (Robert Cutlar) · 1860
£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,738)
London: J. Davy & Sons, 1860. 8vo, 29, [1]pp., ruled in red with prices and buyers names’ supplied in a contemporary hand, red library stamp of the Mercantile Library Philadelphia to title page, original printed wrappers bound in, cloth, lacks spine, 207 lots.