London: Derek Verschoyle 1954. First edition. 176 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Gray buckram. Minor shelf wear else Fine in chipped dust jacket. First edition. 176 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. <br/><br/> Derek Verschoyle hardcover
New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1908. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Minor spotting to spine else Fine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
Cornwall: St. Austell 1981. 1 page. 1 vols. 4to. To Wesley Hartley an educator and teacher.An aerograpm folded else excellent. 1 page. 1 vols. 4to. Responding to Hartley's query about his education he writes "I feel I owed everything to my high school education that was the foundation of every thing that was achieved subsequently.college experience is not necessary for creative writing. Examples-Shakespeare Dickens Hardy Kipling Jane Austen George Eliot the Brontes or Whitman Melville & others". <br/><br/> St. Austell unknown
Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1972. First American edition. 270 illustrations 1 in color. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth. FINE in dust jacket. First American edition. 270 illustrations 1 in color. 1 vols. Folio. A standard work. <br/><br/> New York Graphic Society hardcover
London 1963. 1 page. 1 vols. Short 4to. To Wesley Hartley an educator and teacher. Folds else fine. 1 page. 1 vols. Short 4to. Thanking Hartley for his letter complimenting her work and explaining how she and her co-author for "Raymond Chandler Speaking" apportioned the work of writing it. <br/><br/> unknown
London: 193 Piccadilly W. 1874. Bifolium. 1 page with integral blanks. 1 vols. 12mo. To William Boyd Dawkins the British geologist and archaelogist. Folds accompanied by the original envelope. Very good. Bifolium. 1 page with integral blanks. 1 vols. 12mo. Writing Dawkins at Owens College to send him the paper and saying that he will try to insert it in the paper at this time Morley was the editor of the "Fortnightly Review. He continues commenting that he has seen Freeman's "bolt-shot at you" but had not paid as close attention to the controversey as he should have. Dawkins was known for his investigations of prehistoric cave dwellers. <br/><br/> 193 Piccadilly W. unknown
London: B.T. Batsford 1954. First edition. With 81 black and white plates. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Crimson cloth. Spine slightly faded else Near Fine. First edition. With 81 black and white plates. 1 vols. Thick 4to. <br/><br/> B.T. Batsford hardcover
London: Ernest Benn Ltd 1924. First Edition. 134 Collotype Plates. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Gray Cloth. Fine. First Edition. 134 Collotype Plates. 1 vols. Thick 4to. By the Keeper of Metalwork of the Victoria & Albert Museum. <br/><br/> Ernest Benn Ltd hardcover
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1926. First edition. Illustrated with 32 full page plates & Hallmarks. 190 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green Cloth. About fine. First edition. Illustrated with 32 full page plates & Hallmarks. 190 pp. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Herbert Jenkins Ltd hardcover
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1888. Later edition. xvi 522 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Half morocco over pebbled boards. Morocco rubbed else Fine. Later edition. xvi 522 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
London: G. Bell 1913. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original green cloth. Fine. Bookplate of James Boone. First edition. With 16 colour plates by Mrs. Dudley Forsyth Miss Janet Leveson-Gower and the Arts Co. Derby and 63 Illustrations from Photographs. 201 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. <br/><br/> G. Bell hardcover
Ghana and London 1974. 2 pages and 1 page accompanied by a biographical summary. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. To Wesley Hartley an educator and teacher. Folds else fine. 2 pages and 1 page accompanied by a biographical summary. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. Responding to the enquiry about the influence of secondary education on her writing she writes "Education is designed to enable one to understand ideas to be able to order them & express them clearly & to notice when language is not doing its duty-i.e. conveying what one wants it to convey". <br/><br/> unknown
London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1895. First edition. 139 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue buckram. Spine faded boards faintly soiled; Very Good. First edition. 139 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. <br/><br/> John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover
Berkhamstead Hertfordshire 1920. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Trevelyan wrote "Garibaldi and the Making of Italy" 1911 "Garibaldi's Defense of the Roman Republic" 1907 and "Garibaldi and the Thousand" 1909 as well as several other histories To Mr. Charles Wilson thanking him for the pleasant comments about Trevelyan's "Garibaldis" which "'done me a lot of good'" and saying that he enjoyed Wilson's poems. Also says sending a photograph of himself not present. <br/><br/> unknown
Cambridge: printed for the British anf Foreign Bible Society 1842. 1 vols. Small 8vo 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 5/8". Brown cloth blind-stamped panel binding gilt lettered spine a.e.g. Owners' inscriptions. Some minor rubbing to extremities else fine. 1 vols. Small 8vo 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 5/8". <br/><br/> printed for the British anf Foreign Bible Society hardcover
printed for the Author and J. Walthoe 1723. One leaf engraved on recto by Nutting. 20 cm. Closed tear at left margin. One leaf engraved on recto by Nutting. 20 cm. <br/><br/> printed for the Author, and J. Walthoe unknown
Leipzig: Robert Barker 1610. 554 leaves. Titles within woodcut border; text in two columns and in black letter. 1 vols. 4to. Later blind-rolled calf worn joints rubbed but holding. Institutional bookplate and the discreet stamp of a previous owner on the lower margin of title page; a few headlines closely cropped marginal flaw in p. 231 of Psalmes affecting a few lines of commentary. Very good. 554 leaves. Titles within woodcut border; text in two columns and in black letter. 1 vols. 4to. 1608 Geneva Bible. An excellent example of the Geneva Bible the principal Bible of 16th-century Protestantism and the Bible used by Shakespeare Oliver Cromwell John Knox John Donne and John Bunyan. This edition contains the famous reading "breeches" in Genesis Chapter III verse 7 which first appeared in 1579. Darlow & Moule 225 Robert Barker unknown
Birmingham: John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. Unpaginated 1146 pages A2 B-13D2 13E1 a-e2 f1. With A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God 4pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode: London 1859 and 2 pp. of manuscript prayers laid-in. 1 vols. Folio 18-3/4 x 12-3/8 in. Contemporary dark blue morocco covers gilt with wide roll borders surrounding central gilt cross built up from small tools. Some light scuffing and wear to joints and corners very slight staining to outer margin of first few leaves in all a very clean and handsome copy. Provenance: Richard Bellamy b. 1741 Manuscript birth and wedding register on rear free end paper for Richard Bellamy and his wife Elizabeth née Griffiths married in 1760 and their 7 children; John William Burns Kilmahew bookplate. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. Unpaginated 1146 pages A2 B-13D2 13E1 a-e2 f1. With A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God 4pp. Eyre and Spottiswoode: London 1859 and 2 pp. of manuscript prayers laid-in. 1 vols. Folio 18-3/4 x 12-3/8 in. Baskerville's Masterpiece. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognized as his masterpiece and is one of the high-points in the history of printing in Britain. This copy in a beautiful contemporary binding in the style of the leading Cambridge binder of the day Edwin Moor with multiple border rolls and a central lozenge here a cross made up of small tools all typical of Moor's style. Nixon p. 184; Gaskell Bibliography of John Baskerville 26; Ramsden p. 135 John Baskerville, Printer to the University unknown
London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers 1707. Engraved title-page. 8vo. Early 19th-century full diced Russia preserving original 18th-century brass clasps and catches clasps engraved with the initials "R" and "D" rebacked preserving spine a.e.g. Covers lightly worn textblock trimmed touching headings edges of title and first few leaves worn dampstain at lower margin of first few leaves soiling and browning throughout. Engraved title-page. 8vo. An early 18th century Bible belonging to Robert Dewhurst and family with an elaborate full-page calligraphic ownership inscription on the ffep and Dewhurst's initials engraved onto the binding clasps. ESTC N11371; Darlow & Moule 701 with 1708 engraved title. Provenance: Robert Dewhurst b. 1682 initials engraved on clasps calligraphic ownership inscription on ffep Dewhurst family register on versos of New Testament and Psalms title-pages Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcombe; G. Croom for the Company of Stationers unknown
London: Hutchinson 1906 Ex-lib. Latin/English verses on facing pages. Light wear to tan cloth gilt on top name to ffep portrait frontis tight and sound good. Hutchinson hardcover