1786rif. 20671Printed by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton at the Clarendon Press Oxford 1786. 8vo. on laid paper neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper some very light and occasional age-browning; most attractively bound in contemporary panelled calf back with five raised bands very neatly rebacked to style covers mildly age-worn else a very good clean copy with broad margins. With nineteenth century record in MS of members of the Crowther family on rear endpaper. Printed by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1841rif. 20855JGF & J Rivington and J & JJ Deighton Cambridge 1841. 8vo. Third Edition neat contemporary signature on title some very faint spotting on title; attractively bound in contemporary half calf marbled boards back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment with black leather label lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind red sprinkled edges a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Middleton's classic treatise was first published in 1808 when he was Prebendary of Lincoln and shortly before his famous appointment as Lord Bishop of Calcutta where he founded Bishop's College. This the second posthumous edition is dedicated to his wife. A lovely copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. Extremely scarce. JGF & J Rivington, and J & JJ Deighton, Cambridge, hardcover
1776rif. 21033H. Trapp No. I Paternoster Row 1776. 2 works in 1 vol. folio with 2 copper-engraved portrait frontispieces engraved and printed titles and 38 fine copper-engraved plates some mild offsetting and age-staining as usual; contemporary full calf back with six raised bands ruled in blind second compartment with red leather label lettered and tooled in gilt label worn without loss of lettering boards moderately age-scuffed and worn board edges and corners worn and bruised joints cracked but all cords and binding entirely sound a remarkably well-preserved crisp clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. The 'Life' is complete with frontispiece and 9 plates; the 'Lives' complete with frontispiece and 29 plates. Small unobtrusive repair to bottom blank margin of Q1; p.285 of the 'Life'; wrongly numbered 286 as usual; p.345 of the 'Lives' wrongly numbered 348 as usual. AN UNUSUALLY CLEAN SOUND AND COMPLETE COPY OF A HANDSOME AND GRAPHIC EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EDITION IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED CONTEMPORARY BINDING. H. Trapp, No. I Paternoster Row, hardcover
1872rif. 21084University Press Oxford 1872. 16mo. blank preliminaries very lightly spotted; original black full calf sides with double Oxford frame in blind back with four raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt 'Church Services' all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind all edges red marbled endpapers a near fine copy. A remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
1857rif. 19780Bell & Daldy 1857. 8vo. First Edition with title in red and black; in contemporary full roan sides with elaborate frame border in blind enclosing arms of Balliol College in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment with leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled with a stylised cross in blind bevelled boards blind tooled doublures red edges marbled endpapers very neatly recased a remarkably fresh clean copy. MICHAEL CHERNIAVSKY'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNED INSCRIPTION Oxford 1940 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Michael Theodore Cherniavsky 1920-1992 was a renowned and long-serving 1948-1966 master of history at Christ's Hospital School and subsequently Professor of History at the University of Waterloo Ontario from 1967 to 1983. Educated at Westminster he was appointed Brackenbury Scholar at Balliol College Oxford during which period he acquired this copy. A VERY SCARCE WORK AND A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF THE BALLIOL BINDING ARMORIAL. Bell & Daldy, hardcover
1950rif. 18818Sands & Co. 1950. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and plates a number folding; original blue cloth gilt back backstrip moderately faded short split in upper joint but binding entirely sound else a very good clean copy. Sands & Co., hardcover
1913rif. 18911Macmillan 1913. 8vo. Second and Best Edition endpapers lightly browned; green cloth gilt back expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good bright clean crisp copy. With bookplate on front paste-down and 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Frazer's Discourse was first published in 1909. This edition includes fresh illustrative examples and adds 'The Scope of Social Anthropology' first published in 1908. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Besterman CXXII. Macmillan, hardcover
1833rif. 18939Printed for T T and J Tegg No. 73 Cheapside and others in Glasgow and Dublin 1833. 12mo. text in double-column with engraved title-vignette and very numerous fine woodcut illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in black full roan sides with debossed multiple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind and enclosing Coape crest blocked in gilt back with four raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures red endpapers a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. WITH THE FINE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF JAMES COAPE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Harris's 'Natural History' was first published in 1793. This scarce edition is we believe the first issue with the title 'Dictionary'. 'In the present edition of Dr. Harris's valuable work it has been deemed advisable to throw the Appendix into the general alphabet. No other alterations have been made; but some important corrections and copious additions have been introduced both the in the body of the work and in the notes' Advertisement following title. A DELIGHTFUL AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE COPY OF AN ELEGANT AND EXTREMELY SCARCE EDITION PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS. Printed for T T and J Tegg, No. 73 Cheapside [and others in Glasgow and Dublin], hardcover
1860rif. 19179G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode 1860. 32mo. small neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper and blank preliminary; original full calf sides with brass frame enclosing multiple frame border in blind back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all edges gilt chocolate endpapers original and elaborate brass clasp a near fine copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. A BRIGHT CRISP COPY. G E Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, hardcover
1848rif. 19280University Press Oxford 1848. 48mo. contemporary full roan sides with double frame border in blind back with four raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges ivory endpapers multiple silk markers corners lightly bruised else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. This scarce edition measures just 3.75 x 2.0 inches approx. 85 x 55 cms. University Press, Oxford, hardcover
1890rif. 19397International Headquarters of the Salvation Army 1890. 8vo. First Edition with large folding coloured chart on japon as frontispiece wanting blank front free endpaper; original black cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt lemon endpapers small mark on upper board else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean crisp copy. With a copy of the original donation slip loosely inserted and 6pp Salvation Army catalogue at end. William Booth founded the Salvation Army in 1878. In 1890 the same year that Stanley published 'In Darkest Africa' he published his most important work with deliberate irony. Here he analyses the causes of the pauperism and vice of the period and proposes a remedy by ten expedients. These include land settlement emigration rescue work among prostitutes and at the prison-gate the poor man's bank and the poor man's lawyer. Booth's powerful arguments were convincing money was liberally subscribed and a large part of the scheme was carried through. Printing and the Mind of Man 560. International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, hardcover
1897rif. 19580Walter Scott 1897. 8vo. handsomely bound in nineteenth century burgundy half calf BY MORRELL red boards ruled in gilt back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment with maroon leather label lettered and framed in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt with a floral spray gilt top marbled endpapers a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the pictorial bookplate of Mary Angus Rogers on front paste-down and her signature dated 1919 on blank front preliminary. Walter Scott, hardcover
1901rif. 18033James Finch 1901. 8vo. on laid paper with title and text in red and black; original red full faux-leather upper board lettered in gilt back with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all edges gilt radial corners gilt doublures marbled endpapers a very good bright clean copy. A scarce and beautifully produced edition. James Finch, hardcover
1773rif. 17460Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill and sold by S. Crowder in Paternoster-Row London and by W. Jackson in Oxford 1773. 8vo. on laid paper top and bottom margins closely trimmed with a few page headings shaved more so in the Psalter some very light and occasional age-browning; nineteenth century navy blue full calf sides with double frame border in gilt enclosing triple frame border in blind back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments framed in gilt and blind all edges gilt board edges tooled in gilt doublures tooled in blind yellow endpapers boards very lightly age-marked else an unusually well-preserved crisp clean copy. With a bookplate on front paste-down. Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, and sold by S. Crowder in Paternoster-Row, London, and by W. Jackson in Oxford, hardcover
1822rif. 17112FC & J Rivington for Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1822-24. 2 works in 1 vol. tall 12mo. First Edition thus free endpapers lightly browned; original full tree calf upper board with SPCK monogram blocked in blind back with five flat bands ruled in gilt second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered in gilt gilt dentelles worn virtually to blind a very good clean crisp copy. The second work has 2pp publisher's catalogue bound following title.Full title of first work: 'Charges to Missionaries of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge at different Periods on their Departure for their several Missions; together with their Replies to the General Board of the Society'. The two works are usually found together though the volume itself is very scarce. FC & J Rivington [for] Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, hardcover
1843rif. 17108James Nisbet 1843. Sm. 8vo. First Edition Sole Edition; original plum grained cloth boards with elaborate frame border enclosing decorative lozenge all in blind gilt back uncut yellow endpapers a very good clean copy of a scarce work. Dedicated to the Rev. H. Robinson. The author was rector of Shenfield in Essex. Extremely scarce. James Nisbet, hardcover
1652rif. 17197Sebastianum Cramoisy Paris 1652. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. on laid paper part II with 8 full-page tables in the text wanting title to first part and part II E6-7 part 1 R3 with small marginal tear not affecting text or marginalia neat early eighteenth century ex libris inscription on blank preliminary verso some negligible age-staining; original full vellum yapped edges backstrip lettered in MS a remarkably bright clean tight copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. This is the complete work comprising Part I Books 1-IX and Part II Books 1-IV thirteen books in all. The two parts are separately titled and paginated and each has its own extensive index. Part I retains the dedication to D. Ludovico Borbonio ad Lectorem indiculus auctorum and the two 'summa' leaves. Part I pagination is mis-numbered from p.443 onwards. Effectively an abridgement of the great Jesuit scholar's masterpiece 'Opus de doctrina temporum' 1627. Denis Denys Petau 1583-1652 studied in Paris under Scaliger and later resigned his lectureship at Bourges to join the Society of Jesus. He spent the majority of his academic career as Master of Divinity at the College de Clermont the chief Jesuit establishment in Paris. A splendid if predictably imperfect copy in wonderful contemporary binding. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sebastianum Cramoisy, Paris, hardcover
1890rif. 16379Macmillan 1890. 8vo. First Edition; sewed as issued wanting original wrappers but binding wholly sound a very good bright clean copy. First edition of Archbishop Benson's famous 'Lincoln Judgment' following the ecclesiastical trial of Edward King Lord Bishop of Lincoln charged with eight ritual offences carried out in the Diocese of Lincoln. One of the most important ecclesiastical trials relating to the Oxford Movement the case delivered two fundamental judgements. First a binding legal decision on certain disputed questions of ritual and secondly that the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Canterbury alone is sufficient to try one of his suffrgan bishops. A rare survival. Macmillan, unknown
1809rif. 16384Published for John Reeves; sold by G and W Nicol of Pall Mall and Scatcherd & Letterman of Ave-Maria-Lane 1809. 16mo. some light and unobtrusive age-browning; most attractively bound in black full grained calf sides with triple Oxford frame in gilt back with five flat bands tooled and ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with an arabesque all edges gilt doublures ruled in gilt chocolate endpapers covers very lightly age-scuffed else a remarkably bright clean copy. Reeves was a Patentee of the Office of King's Printer. The Psalter is separately titled; both Prayers and Psalter are unpaginated. The text is occasionally cropped close at top but always without loss. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LADY SOPHIA TOWER NEE CUST/BROWNLOW AND BEARS HER HOLOGRAPH MAIDEN SIGNATURE ON BLANK PRELIMINARY RECTO AND THE FINE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF CHRISTOPHER & LADY SOPHIA TOWER ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Lady Tower was born Sophia Cust/Brownlow on 14 April 1811 the daughter of John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow and Sophia Hume. She married Christopher Theron Tower on 10 February 1836. Lady Tower died on 21 December 1882 at the age of 71. A CHARMING EXAMPLE OF NNETEENTH CENTURY PERSONAL COMMON PRAYER WITH BOTH MAIDEN AND MARRIED OWNERSHIP MARKS. A LOVELY COPY WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE AND WHOLLY UNRESTORED PERIOD BINDING Published for John Reeves; sold by G and W Nicol of Pall Mall, and Scatcherd & Letterman of Ave-Maria-Lane, unknown
1928rif. 16538Central Hall Bromley 1928. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth gilt gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with minor loss at extreme head and tail of backstrip. Collects fifteen essays and addresses together with a short account of the Central Hall and its development from the Farwig Mission. Extremely scarce especially in the dustwrapper. Not recorded by Burch. Central Hall, Bromley, hardcover
1951rif. 16519Allen & Unwin for the Sir Stewart Halley Trust 1951. 8vo. First Edition; cloth a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER Allen & Unwin for the Sir Stewart Halley Trust, hardcover
1896rif. 15776Printed for Private Circulation 1896. 8vo. First and Sole Edition on laid paper free endpapers lightly browned; original red cloth gilt back uncut covers mildly age-soiled corners lightly bruised else a good firm copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Extremely scarce. Apparently not in BLPC. Printed for Private Circulation, hardcover
1842rif. 15332University Press Oxford 1842. 8vo. title and text in red and black throughout three contemporary inscriptions on blank front preliminary some mild and inoffensive spotting and dust-soiling; contemporary full pebble-grain roan sides with triple frame border in blind back with five bands ruled in blind second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges primrose endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good bright clean copy. With the mid-nineteenth century trade ticket of Day of Melton on front free endpaper verso. Bright copy of an elegant mid-nineteenth century edition with large clear type and broad margins. Griffiths 1842/7. University Press, Oxford, unknown
1821rif. 14550Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington 1821. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus; original paper boards sewed as issued dove-blue endpapers wanting backstrip but binding entirely sound a very good clean copy. Secker's original forms sermons XII XIII and XIV of the author's 'Sermons on Several Subjects' 1795. It was first published with Stevens' additions in 1808. Stevens was rector of Panfield in Essex. The Rivingtons were at this time booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN ANY CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, hardcover
1818rif. 14622Black Kingsbury Parbury and Allen 1818. 8vo. Second and Best Edition title lightly spotted some faint age-browning to text; attractively bound in contemporary full calf neatly rebacked in calf to style red sprinkled edges a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. First published in the previous year Mills' account is dedicated to the eminent Arabist Sir John Malcolm author of the standard history of Persia. This is the revised enlarged and best edition. The publishers were booksellers to the East India Company. A most attractive copy. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Black Kingsbury Parbury and Allen, unknown