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LADY ANNE BARNARD. The Court and Colonial Service under George III and the Regency.
London:George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. (1949). 354pp. With dust jacket. 2nd. printing. Jacket lightly faded, otherwise a very good copy.
$20.00
THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRADESMAN. Directing him in the several parts and progressions of trade, from his first entering upon business, to his leaving off.
New York: Burt Franklin. (1970). 2 volumes in one. Reprint of London, 1745 edition. Boards show only some light wear to the edges and spine but otherwise clean and in very good condition. Internally clean and free of stray markings, save for one page (62), which has a paragraph underlined with a yellow magic marker, otherwise an excellent copy. S030.
$45.00
"THE SHOP" The Story of the Royal Military Academy
London:Cassell and Company, Limited. 1900. Presumed 1st edition. xii+276pp. +16pp ads. Illustrated, including 8 color plates and 2 folding plans. Hardcover. Blue decorated boards soiled and shelfworn, with wear to edges and spine hinges, spine ends worn and frayed, with edge points gently bumped and worn to boards. Internally end pages with some age toning/ foxing and a previous owners gilt inscription inked to 1st free endpage and a bookseller ticket to bottom edge of inside front board. Otherwise, aside from some foxing to 2 folding plans, a good, solid clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$50.00
A GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN (1795 TO 1815). BEING RECORDS OF THE YOUNGER WEDGWOODS AND THEIR FRIENDS EMBRACING THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND A FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHH
London:Longman's, Green and Co. 1871. xxii+416pp+24pp ads. Illustrated with 2 plates. Hardcover. Ex-library, with call number on spine strip, library bookplate on inside front board, and Library stamp to title page and both plates. Purple boards heavily (and unevenly) sun-faded, soiled, and shelfworn with edges worn to boards in places. Spine strip is worn with wear to both ends and title in gilt faded. Internally, aside from library bookplate, a very good, clean copy. No previous owners signatues found save for a few penciled notes to the verso of the 1st free end-page, and some very light foxing scattered through. The binding is tight with hinges intact.
$60.00
A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE RIVER THAMES IN ITS WESTERN COURSE
London: Henry G. Bohn. 1862. Hardcover, no jacket. Illustrated. xii+356pp. Gilt page edges. Stamped red buckram boards, decorated and titled in gilt. Very Good condition. Boards moderately faded and shelfworn, with bumped corners. Owner names penned to front pastedown and ffep. The endpapers have some foxing spots. There are four steel engraved maps that have shadowed over to the facing page. Otherwise clean and bright, with a square and tight binding. A nicely illustrated tour of London and the Thames from the mid-19th century. Including descriptions of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court. (cfm)
$60.00
A RESIDENCE AT THE COURT OF LONDON, INCIDENTS, OFFICIAL AND PERONAL, FROM 1819-1825: AMONGST THE FORMER, NEGOTIATIONS ON THE OREGON TERRITORY, AND OTHER UNSETTLED QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. Second Series. 2 Volumes
London:Richard Bentley. 1845. xiii+392pp and vii+326pp+Catalogues. Hardcover. Brown boards lighlty soiled and shelfworn with spine strips sun-faded and gilt dulled. Edges lighlty shelfworn. Internally both volumes have previous owners name to top of title pages. Both volumes relatively clean with occasional spots of foxing scattered throughout. Both volumes tight with hinges intact but volume 1 is cocked. Overall in very good condition.
$95.00
A SECOND PART OF THE FULL AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE LATE PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AGAINST DR. BENTLEY
London:J. Bettenham. 1719. 42pp. Originally bound as pamphlet, now bound in quarter leather and buckram boards. Boards lightly soiled with title in giilt on spine strip still bright. Internally, first and last pages soiled with edges soiled, but otherwise in very good condition. A few bookseller penciled notes to inside front board with C. Middleton penciled to half title as well as title page. Some pages lightly age-toned with many pages still uncut.
$95.00
AN ESSAY ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR RAISING MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT WAR...(A Reprint of Economic Tracts. Edited by Jacob H. Hollander)
(Baltimore, MD):(Johns Hopkins Press). (1915). 40pp. Facsimile edition of 1756 edition of M. Cooper. Hardcover. Red boards lightly sunfaded around edges. Internally, a very good, clean copy.
$45.00
ANNALS OF FLEET STREET. It's Traditions and Associations
New York:Frederick A, Stokes Company Publishers. nd. (ca:1912). xi+344pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Red boards soiled and sun-faded on front cover and spine strip, but gilt still bright. With light wear to edges and spine ends. Internally end-pages age-toned with an ex-libris stamp of the Boston City Club on inside front board, but no other previous owners marks or stamps. The pages are lightly foxed in places, but otherwise bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$35.00
BRITISH LABOR AND THE WAR. Reconstructors for a New World
New York:Boni and Liveright. 1919. 1st edition. viii+504pp. Hardcover. Green boards lightly soiled and speckled from what looks like a previous silverfish grazing. Internally, pages clean and bright, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Just an imprint of a paperclip left to long to the top of the 1st free endpage. The binding is tight with hinges intact. Boards are slightly bowed.
$20.00
CAPTAIN THOMAS JOHNSTONE 1772-1839. SMUGGLER'S REACH (The Rogue's Gallery Number Two)
Stratford Place, London:Andrew Melrose. (1955). 1st edition. 318pp. Illlustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Teal boards lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear to edges and edge points bumped. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, rubbed and shelfworn, with wear along edges. It is not price clipped.
$25.00
CAROLINE THE ILLUSTRIOUS. QUEEN CONSORT OF GEORGE II AND SOMETIME QUEEN REGENT. A Study of Her Life and Time
London:Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. New Edition. xvi+637pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Purple boards lightly soiled and sun-faded with gilt on spine still bright. Internally, endpages slightly age-toned with a previous owners stamp to 1st free endpage, otherwise pages clean. The binding is tight, rear hinge intact, but front is cracked between half-title and frontispiece.
$25.00
CASTLEREAGH. A Life
(New York):Oxford University Press. (2012). 1st American edition. xxx+722pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy, free of prevous owners marks or signatures with a very good, slightly edgeworn dust jacket.
$35.00
CHAMPION OF SAIL. R.W LEYLAND AND HIS SHIPPING LANE.
(London):Conway Maritime Press. (1986). 191pp. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is very lightly worn at the top edge of the spine, but is otherwise in very good, near fine condition. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good, near fine copy.
$25.00
DAWN IN INDIA. BRITISH PURPOSE AND INDIAN ASPIRATION
London:John Murray. (1930). 1st edition. xvi+331pp. Hardcover. Blue boards slightly soiled and shelfworn, with gilt on spine still bright and lower edge points gently bumped. Internally end-pages clean but with upper quarter of 1st free end-page cut away as if excising a name. Otherwise in very good, clean condition. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$25.00