'Lectures delivered in 1892 on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Foundation in The Johns Hopkins University.' With lectures on Homer and Epic Poetry, Pindar, Greek Drama etc. Full leather prize binding with King Edward VI, Stratford crest to cover and prize plate [more...]
The third edition of 1973, completely reset with revised etymologies revised by Friedrichsen and with revised addenda. Nicely and stoutly rebound in half leather, with marbled end-papers and speckled top-edge. Thumb index. 4to. Mild wear to edges. Previou [more...]
Handsomely rebound by Riviere and So. First edition of Bates' version of the King James Bible, arranged to be read in a more narrative, literary fashion. With 2 double page colour maps to rear, showing Syria and Palestine and the Mediterranean Basin. With an i [more...]
Handsomely bound, first edition of Bates' version of the King James Bible, arranged to be read in a more narrative, literary fashion. With 2 double page colour maps to rear, showing Syria and Palestine and the Mediterranean Basin. With an introduction by Lawre [more...]
'Being a handbook for the naturalist and sportsman.' Practical guide to the various birds of Britain, detailing the habitats, distribution, habits, nidification etc. With b/w plates by A. T. Elwes. Inscribed by the author but without his signature. 8vo. B [more...]
Thorough history of 'the loveliest Village in Suffolk', from records dating back to the 10th century to accounts from the 17th and 18th centuries. With an appendix of various rolls and sources. Limited to 345 copies of which this is number 263. With a progr [more...]
First edition of this second selection from Queen Victoria's private journals, detailing her life and travels in Scotland. With tissue guarded frontispiece and b/w images and portraits. beveled edges and gilt decoration. Patterned paper end-papers. Previous [more...]
Second edition of this selection from Queen Victoria's private journals, detailing her life and travels in Scotland. With tissue guarded frontispiece. beveled edges and gilt decoration. Fore-edge rough cut. Some tanning to page edges, else clean and sound. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Humourous, sometimes poignant description of the various experiences around babies, written for the benefit of the Infants Hospital, Westminster. With b/w illustrations by Charles Grave. 8vo. Foxing to page edges and within, previous own [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Charming edition of Carroll's enduring classic featuring the illustrations of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Complete with 6 colour plates, plus b/w illustrations within the text. 8vo. Rubbing and bumping to edges, with fraying to edges of spine [more...]
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