Literature, Arts Etc from Glenbower Books

Devon: Devon Books, 1989. generally fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

UK: Kessinger undated but modern hardback reprint of the 1855 original, a generally fine copy with no dustwrapper.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Random House, 2008. green cloth, no dustwrapper, fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ebury Press, 1996. generally fine copy. Creating an imaginary garden in a large country house, the author gives a history of kitchen gardening in Europe through the ages. Book weighs over 1kg - extra postage may be requested if posting overseas. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Generally fine copy, dustwrapper has small tear at spine head.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

London: Duckworth, 1969. price-clipped dustwrapper, else generally fine hardback.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Gertrude Elias. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1841. leather spine partly gone at head, text clean and sound throughout, apart from the usual foxing to the plates.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1841. half-leather (red morocco) and marbled boards quite sound if a little age-rubbed, one gathering loose in text, otherwise sound and clean with only the usual foxing in some of the plates.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1839. generally clean sound copy in red half-morocco, text block clean and sound throughout, but plates variously foxed, as usual.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Camden Hotten, 2869. green illustrated cloth somewhat worn and bumped with age, internally clean and sound, inner hinges neatly strengthened, undated (though publisher's catalogue at rear is dated 1869), with 80 coloured plates by Rowlandson, introductory biography of the author by Hotten. Generally sound copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marjorie Anderson. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin, 1948. sound clean copy. Owner's signature on endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Dorset Press, 1986. Text of the thirteen operas, no musical scores included. Generally fine copy without dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1807. six volumes, dated from 1807 to 1812, uniformly bound in contemporary full calf, owner's bookplate Conyngham on all volumes, spine hinges splitting on some volumes, holding on the rest, text blocks all sound and tight. What began as a two-volume production in 1807 expanded over time to six volumes. Nice set, apparently seldom… Read more about this item

privately published, around 1916 no date, no location, printer of publisher, bound in limp green suede leather, fading to brown around edges, 32 pages. Some of the poems refer to then-current events, such as the Antarctic adventures of 1912, or the battlefields of WW1 France.. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

damaged copy in old full calf, much worn, spine label illegible, lacks endpapers and title page, portion at top of the contents page torn off, text otherwise complete, reasonably clean and tight, with one folding diagram, 298 pages, some original owner inscriptions on inside covers and last page of index, owner's name and address at start of first chapter. Rare.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1983. some brown-spotting on top edge of text, else generally fine. Book weighs over 1kg, so postage overseas may be extra, depending on location. Will also include second title: When we were young : two centuries of children's book illustration, by William Feaver (quarto, soft cover).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾"… Read more about this item

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1950. pale green cloth, sun-tanned at spine, clean sound copy. Tales of the island of Skye. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin: Runa Press, 1977. signed presentation copy to two of the author's friends. nice copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Alfred A Knopf, 1926. red cloth with a couple of marks but generally clean sound copy. Essays on actors and the theatre.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1945. In stiff leatherette, in publisher's Mayflower series, undated but around 1945, neat signature of former owner on endpaper, 127 pages, some agreeable illustrations.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marjorie Anderson. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.