Rare books from Barter Books Ltd

London: John B Day. G : in good condition with brown card slipcase. Covers very rubbed and bumped. Top edge of spine slightly cracked and frayed. Bottom edge of spine with small splits. Pages slightly rubbed and browning throughout. Aeg. Tightly bound and intact. Slipcase case rubbed with tape repairs. 1876. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). pp91. Two chromo-lithographic facsimiles from water drawings by James Poole on card. [Llugwy North Wales; Offerton Stepping Stones]. Printed from an old ms. never before published the original spelling and language being retained, with editorial notes and patterns of flies and samples of the materials for making each fly. [A Quaint Treatise on Flies and [Artificial] Flymaking by an old Fisherman]. Lists 26 flies with 22 examples on hard card with the made up fly, and the materials used to create it: March Brown*, Dottril Dun*, Little Chap*, Watchett*, Oringe Brown*, Granum*, Black Gnat*, Tailey Tail*, Green Drake,… Read More

London: Richard Royston & Richard Marriot. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed with edge-wear. Hinges weak. Sporadic foxing. Page edges darkened. Occasional closed tears, edge-chips, stains and annotations, occasionally impinging. Some mispagination. Leaf 159/160 missing, with slight loss to 161/162. 1640. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 350mm x 240mm (14" x 9"). [xxviii], 826pp, [xxiv]. A number of wood cut engraved motifs. Heraldic bookplate of John Clayton to paste-down. Inscribed by previous owner 'W Rooke' on title page with other annotations within contents. Hand written inscription of previous owner ' Joseph Worrall 1657' on page 497. Title page has been backed to prevent further damage. Dedication to Charles I by John Donne slightly rubbed and chipped. Table of contents. Sermons. Tables of such places of Scriptures are illustrated and expounded in this Booke. Table of Authors as are cited illustrated or reselled in this booke [Index] 2 pages attached. An… Read More

London: Vizetelly & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped, with slight lean to spine. Tissue guard missing from frontispiece. Rear endpaper missing. 1888. Reprint, unexpergated edition. Brown decorated hardback cloth cover with gilt titles. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 392pp. This seemingly insignificant book is from the Mermaid Series of Best Plays of the Old Dramatists belonged to Aubrey Beardsley. On the ffep a hand drawn bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley is pasted, dated Xmas, 1888. On the half title page there is the signature A V Beardsley, Xmas 1888. On the reverse of the frontispiece in the top corner is an ink stamp BEARDSLEY. .

Edinburgh: T & A Constable. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1896. First Edition. Marbled hardback boards with blue cloth spine. 300mm x 220mm (12" x 9"). xix, 516pp, xxxiv + plates. 9 b/w & sepia plates. 270 b/w vignettes. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. .

Basel: Johannes Hervagius. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Wear to spine. Ties at fore-edge broken. Lacking the first 3 initial leaves [with Melanchthon's preface]. Occasional edge-tearing. Tearing to top edge of pages 295-300 & to inner margins of pages 301-310 (some loss to content). Occasional ink annotations. Sporadic foxing, marking, & staining. Minor worming to top corner of pages 113-128. Some mispagination. 1537. Basel Edition. Later limp vellum with yapped edges. 290mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). ii, 587pp. Woodcut printer's device on title page and ep, woodcut initials, headpieces and diagrams. Text in Latin. .

London: P Elmsley. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new eps. Slight foxing. 1777. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). [ii], 306pp, [vi]. Some hand-written ink notes in an eighteenth century hand. .

London: Sherwood, Jones & Co; George Virtue. G : in good condition. Modern binding. Some foxing, occasionally severe. 1823. First Edition thus. Black hardback leather cover. 250mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 497pp; viii, 580pp; xvi, 666pp; viii, 794pp; viii, 640pp + plates. 73 b/w plates (4 folding). Published 1823 - 1829. Volumes I & II original series (Sherwood Jones 1823-4); Volumes I, II & III New Series (George Virtue 1829). .

London: Ernest Benn Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Boards bellied. Spine rubbed and darkened. Some foxing. Previous owner inscription to fep. 1927. Limited Edition [1/50]. Cream hardback vellum cover. 250mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). 256pp + plates. 12 colour plates. Signed by Dulac on limitation page. .

London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Page edges browning. Hinge at title cracked. 1894. Limited Edition [500]. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 67pp, 15pp + plates. 10 plates by Aubrey Beardsley. .

London: William Heinemann. G: in Good condition without dustwrapper as issued. Spine - light marking to covers. Endpapers browned with scattered light foxing within. Previous owner's inscription to fep. Teg - remaining eges uncut. 1913. Limited Edition [431/1100]. White/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover. 300mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). xi, 160pp. Frontis and 12 tissue-guarded and captioned colour plates and numerous drawings in the text. Signed by Rackham below the limitation page. Foreword by Rackham. .

London: Wiley & Putnam. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Spine faded. Some foxing. 1846. First UK Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 228pp. Includes 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and The Murders in the Rue Morgue', &c. .

London: Bernard Lintot. G : in good condition. Cover worn and heavily rubbed and scuffed. Hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing and marks, but content in overall good condition. 1721. First Urry Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 400mm x 260mm (16" x 10"). [xxx], [xviii], 626pp, 82pp. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. ... Together with a Glossary by a Student of the Same College. To the Whole is Prefixed the Author's Life, Bewly Written, and a Preface, Givuing an Account of this Edition. .

Paris: Librarie de Firmin- Didot et Cie. G : in good condition. Some scattered foxing and marginal dampstaining, especially to volume one, leading to adhesion between pages of this volume. Light rubbing to covers. Illustrations bright. Teg. 1888. First Edition. Contemporary Red Half Morocco Gilt. 230mm x 200mm (9" x 8"). 500 illustrations, with many chromolithographed. Binding by H. Southeran. Heavy set - shipping supplement applies - please ask for shipping quote stating country of destination. .

London: The Sunday Referee / Parton Press. VG: in very good condition with poor dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 36pp. Second issue. Dylan Thomas' first collection of poetry published in December 1934. Includes the poem 'The Force That Through the Green Fuse'. .

Glasgow: Printed by Robert & Andrew Foulis. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Boards marked and chipped. Binding firm. Previous owner inscription to corner of title page and rear paste down. Some light to moderate browning of pages. Two small sections of loss to text on pp 135-136. Pages untrimmed. 1774. Reprint. Grey hardback board cover. 190mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xii, 234pp. .