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1762Best.-Nr. 778L26Cambridge: J Baskerville 1762. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The beautiful Baskerville printing of this mid-eighteenth century 'Book of Common Prayer'. Baskerville was an innovative type designer and printer. His typefaces were greatly admired by Benjamin Franklin. The Baskerville type is regarded as a transitional serif typeface intended as a refinement of the old-style typefaces of the period such as Calson. With 'Price Five Shillings unbound' to the title page. ESTC citation number T87220. Collated complete.A mid-eighteenth century edition of the common prayer and psalms published after a long period of taunt religious turmoil in England.'The Whole Book of Psalms' collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and others. Sternhold was an English courtier and was the principal author of this first English metrical rendition of the Psalms.With a table of a calendar containing table of lessons throughout the year guiding the reading on which prayers to read at morning and evening.Bookplate of R. H. S. Truell to the front pastedown. In a full straight grained morocco binding. Externally sound. Rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Loss to the head of spine. Former owner's bookplate to the front pastedown Sir Charles E Kent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spot. Good J Baskerville hardcover
1850Best.-Nr. 781P40London: Williams and Norgate 1850. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The author's own copy of his translation of the German epic poem 'Nibelungenlied' with Lettsom's notes throughout and his signature. The scarce first edition of William Nanson Lettsom's translation of the epic poem 'Nibelungenlied'.Originally written in Middle High German around 1200 the poem is based on an oral tradition of Germanic heroic legend.The author's own copy with his ink signature to the verso to the front blank and his occasional annotation to the text. His ink notes to the recto to the front blank.Ink note to the recto to the front free endpaper 'This is William Nanson Lettsom's own copy of the . with his ms. notes and autograph J. Johnston Abraham 6.4.37'.Lettsom's obituary and advert for the sale of his library bound in after the front endpaper. In a full morocco binding. Externally generally smart with some discolouration to the boards and spine. Light rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Author's notes throughout. Very Good Williams and Norgate hardcover
1679Best.-Nr. 784R24London: Richard Royston 1679 . Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce early English translation of Blaise Pascal's 'Les Provinciales' bound in smart nineteenth century leather. Pascal penned his 'lettre pronvinciales' defending the Jansenist Antione Arnauld. The letters are a rhetoric against casuistry a means used by Jesuit theologians. The book was banned by Louis XIV in 1660. It was first translated into English in 1657.Written by Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 the French writer philosopher mathematician and theologian. Lacking the frontispiece illustration.Bound by Webb & Hunt of Liverpool. An early English translation of this influential work. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart with some rubbing to the extremities and a little wear to the boards. Front joint is starting a touch. Internally front joint is strained but firm. Pages are a little age-toned with the odd mark. Very Good Richard Royston hardcover
1830Best.-Nr. 784R11London: William Pickering 1830. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5". Hans Holbein. An uncommon collection of Hans Holbein's illustrations of the Old Testament engraved on wood. Interestingly each text contained within is translated into English Latin Italian French and Spanish.From illustrations by Hans Holbein the Younger c1497-1543 a German painter and printmaker. Holbein was King's Painter to Henry VIII after enjoying the patronage of Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn. He is remembered as one of the most realist and precise artists of his day with many important figures of his time remembered through his depictions of them.Engraved by John and Mary Byfield wood engravers active in the nineteenth century hailing from a family of engravers. They produced many works for the Chiswick Press.With an introduction by Thomas Frognall Dibdin.Bound by George Winstanley of Manchester.Containing the ownership bookplate of K. K. Wood.An uncommon and sought-after work. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart with just a little bumping to the extremities. Ownership bookplate to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are just a little spotted. Near Fine William Pickering hardcover
1785Best.-Nr. 784R7Bath: W. Gye 1785. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce and unusual pocket guide to evading and escaping the law written by 'an eminent Barrister at law'. ESTC Citation No. T224641.With instructions against the imposition and extortion of the bailiff and gaoler.Penned by 'an Eminent Barrister at Law'.A fascinating criminal work printed in Bath and bound in the original leather. In a half calf binding. Externally a trifle worn with the front joint starting; all calf corners are lost boards are rather worn and spine is rubbed. Internally generally firmly bound with a strain to the front hinge. Pages have the odd spot. Good W. Gye hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 239943Edinburgh: Mc. Farlane and Erskine 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. Anon. 55pp. 1896. First edition. 4to. large sized. Scarce. A charming humorous travel book. Original publisher's red cloth stamped with black sketch designs to the front and rear boards. No inscriptions. All edges gilt. The upper two front board corners bumped. Light splitting to the spine strip along the front joint - now expertly repaired. The upper two board corners and the upper corner of the front text block bumped leaving the pages lightly or slightly creased to that corner. Normal age toning to the endpapers. A very good tight clean copy of a scarce book. Mc. Farlane and Erskine hardcover
1694Best.-Nr. 788L9London: Henry Rhodes; Luke Meredith; John Harris; Thomas Newborough; Louis Moreri 1694 . Leather. Good. 15" by 9.5". None. A smart copy of this comprehensive reference work. A highly specialised work as nearly all the entries are on geographical and historical subjects. The sixth edition.Retaining the license leaf dated January 1691/2. With both volumes bound in one. With the title page to volume II bound after quire 3N as called for. Collated complete. Both title pages are in red and black. ESTC reference number: R30084. This work is an English translation of Louis Moreri's 'Le Grand dictionnaire Historique' and the title page notes that it has been enlarged by Edmond Bohun. Morei's dictionary was early in a European trend of subject specific dictionaries and encyclopaedias. It was also a springboard for Pierre Bayle's 'Dictionnaire Historique et Critique'. In a full diced calf binding. With a small loss to the head of spine. Patches of rubbing to the joints and extremities. Several marks to boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Good Henry Rhodes; Luke Meredith; John Harris; Thomas Newborough; Louis Moreri hardcover
1703Best.-Nr. 787L17London: Sam Keble 1703. First edition. Leather. Good. 6" by 4". None. An extremely scarce pocket sized publication providing over 300 phrases to assist in daily living. The miscellanies to this volume are branded as being 'divine and moral'. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper Matthew Parker.ESTC reference no: T184981. Collated lacking the frontispiece. Noted to the title page as being by 'Author of The week"s preparation to the sacrament'. Each miscellany to this work is no more than two sentences and include words of wisdom such as 'If a man be not so happy as he desires let this be his comfort that he is not so wretched as he deserves' and 'What I cannot avoid I will learn to bear with Patience.' In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally sound. Small loss to the head and tail of spine. Joints are split with the hinges strained but firm. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper Matthew Parker. Frontispiece has been excised. Internally firmly bound. Worming to the gutter not affecting text. Pages are very bright with just the odd spots. Good Sam Keble hardcover
1825Best.-Nr. 789L7London: Sherwood Jones and Co 1825. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this first edition of the collected edition of the penny dreadful 'The Terrific Register' a crime magazine enjoyed by Charles Dickens. A very scarce work. The first edition of this sensational periodical. Incomplete being pages 417 to 820 of Volume I labelled part II to the spine and the complete text of Volume II. The title page for volume I has been bound to the start of volume II. Issues 27-51 to the first volume and issues 53-104 to volume II. The final leaf of volume I reads 'end of vol I' and the first issue of volume II starts at page 1. 'The Terrific Register' was a weekly penny dreadful published from 1823 to 1825 sold for a penny each containing sensational and melodramatic stories that gave accounts of murder brutal executions torture incest ghosts cannibalism and more. The magazine was enjoyed by Charles Dickens during his teenage years a fact which doesn't come as a surprise due to his later novels. He said that the stories used to 'frighten the wits out of his head'. The 'Register' came about due to the thriving production of cheap reading materials for the working classes. Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I 'Sir Richard Burton'. With the motto 'Vigilans' to the bookplate. This bookplate has been identified as being that of Sir Richard Burton 1755-1855 of Sacketts Hill House Isle of Thanet Kent. A very scarce and influential penny magazine. Volume I is in a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper and volume II is in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Rubbing with some loss to the head and tail of spine to volume I. The hinges to Volume I are tender. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I 'Sir Richard Burton'. Internally volume II is firmly bound. The last couple of pages of Volume I are working loose. Pages are bright with the odd spot a little heavier to Volume I. Very Good Sherwood, Jones, and Co hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 790R8Kingston-upon-Thames: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1967-68 . Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 9.5". None. Volume II of Kelly's annual trade directory covering Europe Africa Asia America and Oceania. Volume II only covering Europe Africa America Asia and Oceania; the first volume covers Great Britain and Ireland.Kelly's Directory was a trade dictionary listing businesses and tradespeople by town as well as the addresses of gentry and landowners. Founded in the mid nineteenth century by Frederick Festus Kelly it remains an important historical record for the inhabitants and trades of local areas. With a stamped advertisement to the foredge.Complete with a bookmark advertising Austrian goods.Bound with eighteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work.An excellent trade catalogue. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally very smart; boards are slightly sprung with some minor general wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned. Very Good Kelly's Directories Ltd. hardcover
1778Best.-Nr. 791L1London: J Dodsley 1778. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart first edition copy of this very scarce satire on Dr Robert Bragge. ESTC reference no: T64087. This work is a satire on Dr Robert Bragge who is given the titular character's name 'Dr Robert Bonhout'. Dr Bragge was an important figure in the art market during the eighteenth century and has been regarded as one of the first examples in England of the gentleman-connoisseur-dealer. He became a popular figure in society and held numerous auctions throughout the mid 1700s. This publication was issued the year after his death and focuses on Bragge's gluttony and his wife's parsimony. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Collated complete. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A few light spots to boards. Light offsetting to the title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed J Dodsley hardcover
1705Best.-Nr. 792L1Bath: From My Shop in Bath 1705. First edition. Disbound. Good. 7" by 4.5" . None. A very scarce eighteenth century pamphlet defending the healing properties of the water in Bath to one Dr Radcliffe of Tunbridge Wells. ESTC reference no: T62772.In this letter the anonymous author appeals to Radcliffe who is an 'enemy to our Bath-waters' as he vilifies them 'as good for little or nothing'. In the pamphlet the author addresses rumours that Radcliffe the physician to George of Denmark planned to poison the waters of Bath with a toad. This rumour has become a part of the legend of Beau Nash of Bath who was said to have calmed people's fears claiming he could neutralise the toad's poison with music which resulted in him raising money for an orchestra to play at the baths. The author tells Dr Radcliffe that he needs to stop speaking ill of the waters in Bath as it was once his favourite 'Tunbridg has been your Favourite formerly next Bath and then Tunbridg again; which argues you have much more fancy than judgement'. Unbound as issued. A very scarce work with this being the first edition. A second edition 'improv'd and corrected' was printed in the same year. Unbound as issued. Externally generally smart. A few light chips to the extremities. Several marks to the front leaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Good From My Shop in Bath unknown
1845Best.-Nr. 59876London: Fortey 1845. Broadside: 10 x 7 in. Consist of a woodcut under the title with the text in 2 columns. Seems to be unlocated in British Library Catalog and OCLC etc. Some ragged around the edges but not affecting any of the text. The page is toned. The :Old Gentleman" pledges his heart and estates to neighbor "Mary": "For believe me my dear Mary that I never can eat drink or sleep but I am always thinking of you . signed O. C. Mary replies: . "as to your fortune I think nothing of it in the least I would sooner go begging with the man I love than ride in a coach and six with the man I do not love; but excuse me the next love epistle you send to a yound lady put your name in full ." Harsh! Fortey unknown
1993Best.-Nr. 26717Alcapulco Mexico: Associon De Ingenieros De Minas Metalurgistas Y Geologos De Mexico A. C. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; Memorias; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 890 pages DL1. Associon De Ingenieros De Minas, Metalurgistas Y Geologos De Mexico, A. C. paperback
1963Best.-Nr. 27118Moscow Ussr: Subsoil Publishing House 1963. First Russian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket. ; Textbook; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages DC1. Subsoil Publishing House hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 30000Newfoundland Canada: Geologic Survey of Newfoundland 1939. Hardcover. Very Good-. Unmarked except for stamps of geologic survey. Slip cas hs broken corners in most cases and is slightly bent inward. Several maps mostly mine maps are well preserved. ; Book Description: folded maps in slip case. ; Bulletin No. 20; 4to 11" - 13" tall DE1. Geologic Survey of Newfoundland hardcover
1885Best.-Nr. 769R35Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1885. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 9". None. A fascinating geological work based on the findings of the expedition to observe the transit of Venus in the late nineteenth century complete with marvellous colour plates. Lacking the original half title title page and table of contents.The geological volume.Written by Henri Filhol 1843-1902 a French scientist who served as naturalist and expedition doctor on the Transit of Venus Expedition of 1874 to Campbell Island six-hundred kilometres south of New Zealand. The expedition sought to observe the transit of Venus a rare astronomical occurrence. This expedition was one of six French expeditions dispatched.Illustrated with thirteen plates including a number of magnificent colour plates depicting geological discoveries.A scarce example of this work. In a modern full calf binding. Externally lovely. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary inscription to the first page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a little spotted but otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed Gauthier-Villars hardcover
1840Best.-Nr. 772L6London: James Nisbett and Co 1840. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. An extremely scarce account of the great landslip of Christmas Day 1839 on the East Devon coastline which created what is now known as 'the undercliff'. An extremely scarce work with no other copy seen in commerce. The only institutional copy is held at the British library.The great landslip saw fifty acres of land breaking away from the cliffs and crash onto the beach. There were reports of fire and the sulphuric fumes led people to believe there had been an earthquake or volcanic eruption. The chasm left from the landslip was over three quarters of a mile long and presented new cliff faces over 150 feet high. The landslip piqued the interest of scientists worldwide and Queen Victoria travelled to the site in the yacht. The author of this work quotes from a friend residing in the vicinity of Axmouth who describes the events leading up to the creation of a 'monstrous ravine' calling the incident 'the remarkable visitation of the Most High God of this land by an earthquake'. Following the disastrous event a dance called 'the Landslips Quadrille' was sold in London and engravings of the scene were made. This is a contemporary account of the event which was preached to be a warning from God. A fascinating contemporary account of this disaster. In paper wraps. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine James Nisbett and Co paperback
Best.-Nr. 5558386Indy 500 Publications. softcover. very good. Official Programs qty 7 bonus materials 1996 Victory Banquet and Awards Ceremony qt 2 Johnny Parson article Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network 0th Anniversary. Indy 500 Publications unknown
1958Best.-Nr. 55583921958. English Edition. softcover magazine stapled cover 48 pages illustrated photos very good some creasing along spine and edges pages clean. very good. Porsche Magazine articles: Birth of a Motor Dr. Lehman on legal tickets "The Tire The Road and The Art of Possibility unknown
1824Best.-Nr. 753L10Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1824. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very scarce agricultural work on Salmon fisheries in Scotland. The first edition of this work.An anonymously printed work which looks at the Salmon Fishery of Scotland. There is reference to the stake-net mode fo fishing and the regulation of the close-time. Prior owner's inscription to the top of title page. Rebound in a very smart binding comprising paper covered boards. In paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Prior owner's inscription to the head of title page. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Bell & Bradfute hardcover
1642Best.-Nr. 753L15London: John Greensmith 1642. Cloth. Fine. 7.5" by 6". None. A very scarce anti-episcopacy satire in England printed at the start of the Civil War. A scarce satire on the concept of petitions regarding the 'newes to them of the Bishops late imprisonment'. ESTC reference no: R5951.With contemporary annotations by hand to A3v.Rebound in modern marbled wraps. In recent marbled wraps. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine John Greensmith hardcover
1830Best.-Nr. 754L23London: J Hatchard and Son 1830. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A very scarce historical and political tract regarding the French Revolution of 1830. Signed from 'the author' to the top of the title page dated 1830. This work regards the July Revolution or the Second French Revolution to overthrow King Charles X. The author looks at the revolution in the context of England. In a full cloth binding. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise pages are clean. Near Fine J Hatchard and Son hardcover
1746Best.-Nr. 755L4London: J Hinton 1746. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8.5" by 6". None. A very scarce first edition of this political tract regarding stock-jobbing. It forms a criticism of a letter to John Barnard the politician noted for promoting an act preventing stock-jobbing. Recently rebound in a full cloth binding. John Barnard successfully passed a 1734 act on preventing stock-jobbing. The act was then renewed in 1737 and later became known as the 'John Barnard's Act'. With the half-title.Collated complete.ESTC reference no T46747. An interesting very scarce economic and political treatise. In a recent full cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Just the odd spots to pages. Fine J Hinton hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. mon0000085217BCA 1992-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. BCA EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post BCA hardcover
