Miscellaneous from Bristow and Garland

H.G.Bohn, London, 1855. 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches), 583-pages. Contemporary full blue calf, sides gilt ruled, spine gilt in compartments with red lettering piece, all edges marbled; covers dented else good. Armorial bookplate.

C. Arthur Pearson, 1948. 17th edition. Symbols in blue throughout. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 inches), 100-pages. Original red cloth, slightly spotted. Light, postage will be adjusted to actual cost,

W & J.O. Clerk, Lithographers, Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand, London. c. 1835. Original hand-coloured lithograph. Image 11 x 7 1/4 inches, the sheet overall 17 1/2 x 12 inches. Short tear to margin, some marginal dust marking, image good. Uncommon.

Published May 12th 1798, Republished by Edward Orme, London, 1812. Original copper engraving, 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Right hand blank margin damp-marked, else good.

Illustrations. Small 8vo (6 3/8 x 4 inches), 19-pages. With a letter from the company dated 1910 loosely inserted.

Illustrated poster printed in red and black advertising 6,000 Tickets, 150 Capital Prizes, £5,000; £3,000; £2,000; £1,000 etc. To be Drawn before the Commissioners of the Lottery 31st October, 1816. Tickets £7,150 Sixteenth 11s. Tickets and Shares are selling by G.W. Wetton, Maidenhead. For J. Sivewright, Contractor, London.A splendid large poster (36 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches). With large woodcut… Read more about this item

for W. J. and J. Richardson, London, 1806. [ title continued]:for bodily perfections or defects; collected from the writings of the most approved historians, philosophers, and physicians, of all ages and countries. Forming a complete system of the mental and corporeal powers and defects of human nature; and intended to increase knowledge, to promote virtue, to discourage vice, and to… Read more about this item

September 29th, 1963. Newspaper folio. Illustrated from photographs. 24-pages. Folded in half, 2 inch minor performation on fold & first few leaves.

London, 1907. Numerous photographic illustrations & advertisements. 8vo (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches), unpaginated, original green cloth blocked in white. A little marked, corners bumped.

Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffoeld, 1879. First edition. Frontispiece, plates, & folding pedigree. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches), 223-pages. Original red cloth armorially blocked in gilt & gilt lettered. Paper of inner joints cracked but firm. Genealogical notes in pencil on recto of frontispiece. Signature of W. Salt Brassington on front free endpaper. Overall very good. Uncommon. This… Read more about this item

Cassell, London, 1954. First edition. 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches), original cloth. Excellent in the dust jacked which has slight edgewear and some browning to the backstrip but with the rare wraparound band. Inscription on front feee endpaper.

No publisher, place, or date. ca. 1910? Half-title but no title - it would appear to have been issued without one as the frontispiece precedes the half-title. Plates from photographs. 8vo (7 /4 x 5 inches), 108-pages, original printed light boards, boards dusty, backstrip chipped, upper cover detached, some marginal soiling. Printed notepaper for "1 Cambridge Gate, Regent's Park, N.W"… Read more about this item

F. Wingrave, London, 1798. 8vo (7 x 4 1/4 inches), 452-pages. Contemporary full tan calf; rubbed, hinges cracked but held on cords. Headbands chipped, corners rubbed through. Internally very good. Contemporary signature of Elizabeth Chatfield on endpapers.

Calcutta: Fazle Akbar, 1927. First edition, Small 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches), 86-pages. Original blue cloth. Spine dulled, upper inner hinge split, else good. Light - postage will be reduced to actual cost when order processed. Uncommon.

Great Western Railway, 1935. First edition. Plates & illustrations througout. 4to (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches), 96-pages. Original coloured pictorial wrappers, yapp edges. Wear on headbands, some browning to the blank lower margins, overall a very good copy.

Faber, 1949. 8vo original cloth in dust jacket which has chipping to the upper edge of the rear panel and less so to the rear.

Associated Newspapers Ltd 1928 An amusing spoof production foretelling all sorts of marvellous happenings in the Year 2000 - "A.D. 2000 Finds Britain Rid of Rats thanks to the Ratin System" etc. 24-pages folio (17 x 13 inches), a little loose, backstrip chipped, front cover stained. Uncommon.

J. Whittaker, Londom, 1878 . 8vo (7 1/4 x 5 inches), 382-pages plus numerous partly illustrated advertisements. Original crimson roan backed green boards. Headband slightly worn & cut but overall very good.

Maison Daems, Brussels, c. 1890, Decorative coloured title, coloured decorative advertisement plate for Maison Daems, and 23 different decorative coloured plates onto which crests are to be applied, which in this case has been beautifully achieved. About half a dozen crests have been lost. Oblong folio,original blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt. In excellent condition. With on a rear blank… Read more about this item

Garnier Freres, Paris, c. 1870. Illustrations in the text. 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches), 1595-pages plus 37-page index. Contemporary crimson calf backed hard grain boards, spine gilt in compartments and gilt lettered direct. Some rubbing to headbands; overall very goood.