Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Smile and the Tear

Somerville, E. OE., and Martin Ross · 1933

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,043)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound copy in stated First Edition state, with 152 pp., with frontis illustration in black-and-white, gilt-stamped white cloth spine label, with plentiful vignette l...

Notions in Garrison

Somerville, E. OE. and Martin Ross · 1941

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London, Methuen & Co., 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uncommonly available in the trade in SIGNED condition, and while structurally sound, an unlovely copy. Pasted inside front flap is a note of compliments from the author and typed "With the complime...

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

Tristram, W. Outram · 1887

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

London, English Illustrated Magazine, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A scarce, apparently rare, serialized edition of this coaching and driving classic, apparently the true First Edition, published in the English Illustrated Magazine, (October 1887 to Jul...

The History of "Punch

Spielmann, M.H. · 1895

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, The Cassell Publishing Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Overall Good condition, structurally sound little tank of a tome, bound in burgundy cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to and illustration of front cover and spine. Ext...

The Polite Tourist: Country House Visiting Through the Centuries

Tinniswood, Adrian · 1998

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, National Trust, 1998. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. [8], 9-224 pp. Plentiful black-and-white and full-color illustrations. The Table of Contents lists: Country homes --History --Historic buildings --Conservation and restoration. Manors --Art ap...

England's Greater Churches: A Pictorial Survey

Nicholson, C.B. · 1946

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1946. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound copy in stated Second Edition, re-printed in Winter of 1945-1946, bound in a short, nearly square hardcover format, and with 98 additional illustrations. Dea...

Samuel Pepys, Esquire

Barber, Richard · 1970

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Four essays inscribe Samuel Pepys, Esquire, the man, as depicted in 1970 at an exhibition of the same name. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling c...

English Church Monuments: 1510-1840

Katharine A. Esdaile · 1946

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Oxford University Press, 1946. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell, this appearing to be a First American Edition, and though no date of publication is listed, 1946 is the date of the author's Preface. viii ...

The Minority Press & the English Crown: A Study in Repression, 1558-1625

Rostenberg, Leona · 1971

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.95 | ¥3,576)

Nieuwkoop, B. de Graafb, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and well documented survey of underground Catholic and Puritan presses in England and on the Continent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, penned by an uber-important (woman) boo...

A List of Wills, Administrations, Etc. In the Public Record Office, London, England 12th-19th Century.

1968

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Baltimore, Maryland, Magna Carta Book Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Drawn from a typewritten copy in the Public Record Office. Published by Magna Carta Book Company, Baltimore, 1968. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, ti...

Photographic View Album of London

1900

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

, , . . Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Undated (but probably early 1900s), anonymous little tome of sweet little black-and-white photograph of stereotypic London and environmens. Bound in oblong pebbly red cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover, decorated end...

Sir Joshua and His Circle

Molloy, Fitzgerald · 1906

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copies, complete in two volumes, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor under...

Leopards of England and Other Papers on Heraldry

Dorling, E.E. · 1913

$16.80 (€15.24 | £12.72 | ¥2,682)

London, Butler & Tanner, for Constable & Company, London (1912), 1913. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underl...

The Tatler, Volume the Third, the Lucubrations of Isaac Bickersstaff, Esq.

The Tatler · 1777

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

Dublin, Printed for W. Whitestone, W. Watson, J. Williams, W. Wilson, J. Hoey, C. Jenkin, T. Walker, L.L. Flin, R. Moncrieffe, T. Armitage, P. Wogan, J. Exchaw, J. Beatty, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Full leather boards, stamped gilt borders to sp...

Administrative County of London Development Plan 1951: Analysis

London County Council · 1951

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

London, London County Council, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, being the "Analysis" volume of the two-volume set. Bound in gray cloth covers, bindings slightly shaken, bumping to spine head and foot, some edge-wear,...

The Mad Hatters Great Sporting Eccentrics of the Nineteenth Century

Sutherland, Douglas · 1987

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Robert Hale, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting an...

A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made Upon Him and His Pension, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, Early in the Present Sessions of Parliament

Burke, Edmund · 1796

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,024)

London, Printed for T. Williams, No. 2, Cob's Court, Shoemaker-Row, Black-Friar's, 1796. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An angry rebuttal letter read to the House of Lords by an important Member of Parliament. Disbound from a larger volume, but complete and...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Goldsmith, Oliver · 1929

$23.20 (€21.05 | £17.56 | ¥3,704)

London, George G. Harrap & Co., 1929. . Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy, and featuring some lovely and still fairly sharp and distinct gilt lettering and illustrations to cove...

An Exhibit of Seventeenth-Century Editions of Writings by John Milton

The Lilly Library · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Bloomington, Indiana, The Lilly Library, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, and very light sunning to edges. An unu...

The Spectator, New Edition, Carefully Corrected from the Originals, with Historical, Biographical, and Explanatory Notes, Contents, and a General Index, to Which Are Prefixed, the Lives of the Authors, in Eight Volumes, Volumes I-VIII

Addison, Joseph and Richard Steele, eds. · 1819

$236.00 (€214.12 | £178.63 | ¥37,674)

London, Printed for J. Bumpus, Holborn-Bars, 1819. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Eight structurally sound and internally clean copies, with some unexploded top edges, indicating probable light use and prior reading. Bound in light gray paper over boar...