London.
Castell Brothers. Printed in Bavaria, [1889].
First edition.
16mo.
[32]pp. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, buff pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and dulled, short tears/chipping to edges, loss to spine panel. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 28199
London.
Hutchinson & Co., 1918.
First edition.
8vo.
256pp, [16]. With 16 pages of publisher's advertising bound in at rear. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in black. Bottom edge untrimmed. Shelf-wear to boards, bumping to corners and spine ends, else a crisp copy. All edges foxed, with further minor foxing throughout. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 30027
Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent.
George Allen, 1877.
Second edition.
8vo.
xxi, [1], 174pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 28711
New York.
David McKay, 1962.
First American edition.
8vo.
ix, [1], 242pp. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in blue. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and spotted. Bookplate of Irving R. Saum to FEP, armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP (likely later pasted-in by his son, John Douglas Slim), newspaper clipping relating to Slim pasted to rear fly-leaves/endpapers. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 25936
Toronto.
The Musson Book Company Limited, [1910].
First Canadian edition.
8vo.
189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, some small clear tape repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 21736
Chicago.
George Matthew Adams, 1911.
First edition, second printing.
8vo.
189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, upper panel detached. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To Charlie Horne / super friend / and lover of books / George ... More >
£ 300.00
Antiquates Ref. 21737
Essex.
1950.
Privately printed.
8vo.
23pp. Staple-bound, pale card wrappers, title and borders printed in red. A little sunned and marked, though internally bright and clean. Inscribed on the title page: 'No. 16. To Miss Vivian Leigh and Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier in admiration from the author. June 1950'. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 31086
[London].
[Harrison and Son], [1929].
First edition.
8vo.
12pp. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's Compliments'. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 28727
[s.i.].
[s.n.], 1863.
Oblong folio.
[20]ff, consisting of a title and 16 leaves (featuring 18 captioned albumen illustrations), with three further terminal blanks. Contemporary half roan, cloth boards, with red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Worn, with loss to spine, corners. Bookplate of the Oliver Collection to FEP. More >
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref. 18360
London.
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1851.
Eighth thousand.
8vo.
44pp, [2]. Wrappers included in pagination. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities rubbed, marked, chipped, and creased, loss to spine and lower corner of lower panel. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 30561
London.
The Chiswick press, 1891.
Limited edition.
Large 8vo.
142pp. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's blue paper boards quarter bound over white paper lettered gilt. All edges roughly trimmed, some leaves unopened. Internally bright and clean save a little foxing to endpapers. One of 500 copies, this numbered 490. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 30756
London.
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1936].
First edition, second impression.
8vo.
vii, [1], 47pp, [1]. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in navy, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, edge-wear to dustwrapper. Browning to endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Christopher, / On his influenza. / 26.1.37'. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 19561
London.
Edward Arnold, 1901.
Second impression.
8vo.
xi, [1], 168, 31pp, [1]. With a frontispiece and a further seven plates of photographs taken by F Hoare, 40th Company, I. Y., a folding map to rear, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt and black. Very slight rubbing. Foxed. Mervyn Lloyd Peel's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP and inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. ... More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 22164
Trinidad.
Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1898.
8vo.
132pp. Contemporary (original?) red calf, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, ink-spotting to upper board. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 23508
London.
Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895.
First illustrated edition.
8vo.
447pp, [6]. With an illustrated frontispiece and 120 illustrations in the text by the author, and six final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Without dustwrapper. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of Mervyn Ll. Peel to verso of FFEP. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 21476
London.
Printed [by Cox and Baylis] for G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824.
First edition.
12mo.
In three volumes. [4], 328; [4], 315, [1]; [4], 314pp. With half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, heraldic crests of Anglo-Irish army officer Charles William Vane, third Marquess of Londonderry to head of spines. A trifle rubbed and marked. Very occasional light spotting, loss to lower margin of leaf F3, Vol. II More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 27385
Stafford.
Printed by J. Drewry, [1801].
First edition.
8vo.
21pp. Recent morocco-backed cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Ink-stamped of the Birmingham Assay Office to recto of FFEP, verso of title page, and REP, final leaf laid down. More >
£ 850.00
Antiquates Ref. 25739
London.
Richard Bentley, 1834.
Second edition.
8vo.
In three volumes. [2], 299, [1]; [2], 292; [2], 286pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red calf, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, spines dulled. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, scattered spotting. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 22290
London.
John Churchill, 1843.
First edition.
8vo.
vi, ii, [1], 4-89, [7]. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed, marked, and dulled. Offsetting to title page. Presentation copy, pencilled inscription to FEP. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 18469
London.
William H. Allen and Company, 1852.
Sixth edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. Without the separately issued atlas of plates. xxix, [3], 345, [3]; xi, 403pp, [2]. Original publisher's decorated blue cloth. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscriptions to head of both titles: 'To Major W. H. Adams with the Author's respects'. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 26157