THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1762
London: J. Dodsley, 1805. 6th Edition. Full Calf. pp 259. Full calf. Contents clean and complete.
Travel United Kingdom
THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1768
London: J. Dodsley, 1786. 4th Edition. Full Calf. pp 280. Full tree calf. Contents clean and complete. Rare.
THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1803
London: W. Otridge and Son et al, 1805. Full Leather. pp 956. Full leather. Marbled page edges. Contents clean and complete.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. 1901-1950. A to Z
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. pp 528.
Crests of the Principal Families of Great Britain and Ireland, with Explanations and Mottos.
Edinburch: W. Blackwood, 1805. Half Calf. pp. xxxvi, 84 plus engravings. Half calf and marbled boards.
England and Wales Map
1777. Unbound. c 1777. An early hand-coloured engraved map. Shows England and Wales with counties and towns, the Irish Sea, English Channel and "German Ocean". Illustrated name plate at top right shows the lion, a tree and a ship's mast. Minor tear at the bottom of a fold but else.....
Essex Map
London: Henry Teesdale. Unbound. c. 1830. Orig hand-coloured engraved map of the county of Essex with key to symbols and a reference to the Hundreds. Size: 467mm x 375mm. Free-floating & protected by mylar. A very handsome map. 0.
Excursions in the County of Surrey: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1821. Half Morocco. pp 190. Fold-out maps, plates. Half morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers and page edges, gilt spine titles, gilt decorations to spine. Marginal staining on some plates. A detailed description of the county, noting history, sites of interest churches, seats.....
Excursions in the County of Sussex: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822. Half Morocco. iv, pp 176. 2 fold-out maps, plates. Half morocco, marbled endpapers and page edges, gilt spine titles. Some rubbing and edgewear to leather. A detailed description of the county, noting history, sites of interest churches, seats of the nobility. Attractively.....
Facts and Opinions, tending to shew The Scriptful Lawfulness of Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister and The Consequent Necessity for its Legalization in England, In Accordance with the laws and practice of other Christian Nations
London: Marriage Law Reform Association, 1864. Half Morroco. pp.40. Original red half morocco and matching cloth. A list of clergy's opinions regarding marriage laws. A rare work.
Free Schools. A Speech, Delivererd by Joseph Chamberlain, Esq. Major of Birmingham, and Chairman of the School Board, Before the Birmingham Teacher's Association, on Friday March 10th 1873
Birmingham: Central Offices, 1876. Disbound. pp.16 (Free Schools, A speech),22(Report of a Debate at the Birmingham School Board+Increased Grants to denominational schools),30(Report of a Debate at the Birmingham School Board + A Speech on Free Schools),10 (Speech on Industrial Instruction). Disbound, A rare and interesting work.
Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the XXth Century
Glasgow: The Photo-Biographical Publishing Co, 1901. Vellum Boards. pp 222. Photographs throughout. Elaborately decorated vellum boards. Gilt page edges. Inscription to ffep. A stunning book.
An Illustrated Itinerary of Lancashire
London: Howe & Parsons, 1842. Half Calf. pp., 4, viii, 338, xlviii. Map of Lancashire, plates & illustrations in text. Occasional foxing on some pages/plates. Contemporary half calf, rubbed but very sound.
King Georfe V and Queen Mary. Calendar for 1912
1912. No Binding. Original chromolithograph with a calendar for 1912 in the lower margins, showing a formal pose of the monarchs.76 x 61 cm.
Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of England and Wales
London: Leigh, 1837. 6th Edition. Full Roan. pp. vi, 512, 4 9 (booklist). Frontispiece table of price of posting showing the charges usually made for a pair of horses. Original full roan binding (small fault at top of spine) else very good. A rare item in original binding.
Lincolnshire Map
London: Henry Teesdale. Unbound. c. 1830. Orig hand-coloured engraved map of the county of Lincolnshire with key to symbols and a reference to the Hundreds. Size: 377mm x 470mm. Free-floating & protected by mylar. A very handsome map. 0.
The London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer 3 volumes 1737, 1738, 1739
London: Astley, 1739. Full Calf. 3 volumes (1737 - 1739) 1737: pp.757+index. 1738: pp.668 + index, 1739: pp.668 + index. Original full calf. An immaculate run of these early bound magazines unusually in the original binding, in near fine condition, covering the year and detailing politics, travels, etc.
The London Magazine and Monthly Chronologer 8 volumes 1741 - 1748
London: Astley, 1748. Full Calf. 8 volumes (1741 - 1748) Approximately 650 pages in each volume, all indexed. Original full calf. An immaculate run, unusually in the original binding, in near fine condition of these early bound magazines, covering the year and detailing politics, travels, etc.
A map of the great roads from London to all parts of South Britain
No Binding. c 1700, hand-coloured map showing routes to the north parts of Britain as well. An attractive item with a table giving distances for each journey. Small tear in top left had corner and although in mylar, looks a little fragile.
Photographs Scottish Scenery
Hardcover. 32 photographs of Scottish city and country scenes. Original red morocco, gilt. c late 19th C. of historical interest.
Picturesque Europe, the British Isles
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin. Cloth, Orig. 2 vols. c.1876. Complete with plates, engravings & illustrations. Original decorated cloth, aeg. A very good copy, in original cloth, complete with all plates.
Prospect from the South Side of The River of Southwark Bridge 1933 Engraving
Unbound. c. 1930s. Orig engraving depicting Southwark Bridge London. 6/30 (?). Artist's signature at bottom right in pencil (illegible). Free-floating but protected by mylar. Size 335mm x 190mm. A handsome engraving. 0.
Suffolk Map
London: Henry Teesdale. Unbound. c. 1830. A rare, orig hand-coloured engraved map of the county of Suffolk with key to symbols and a reference to the Hundreds. Size: 465mm x 375mm. Free-floating & protected by mylar. A very handsome map.
The Vernon Gallery
Vernon Gallery, 1870. Full morocco/very Handsome. (c.1870) Contemporary green morocco, elaborately decorated. aeg. Large volume containing numerous engraved plates, appears to be published by "The Vernon Gallery", containing views of Westminster Bridge in 1745, art images of historical and heroic subjects, the Gulf in Venice, the Death of Nelson, a......
The Watering places of Great Britain and Fashionable Directory Illustrated with Views (Dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty William IV
London: Robins, 1833. Barlett, Allen & Others. Full Morocco. Engraved title page, pp. 264, 28 (Fashionable Directory),. Title page vignette, engraved plates. Full contemp morocco, some wear to front hinge. All edges gilt. Some foxing and staining mainly on margins of plates, but else a very good copy.