C. Hitch et al., London, 1762. Fourth edition. 4 Vols., 8vos, 308; 292; 298; 297pp. A good set in mottled calf binding with gilt decorations to spine and edges of boards. Some wear to the spines. Hinges of Volume I cracked but holding tightly as is the front hinge of.....
A. Millar, London, 1752. 2 Vols., 4tos, 468; 524pp. Black & white frontispiece etchings in each volume. A good hardback set bound in full leather with gilt decorations and marbled endpapers and text block. Some wear to the spines particularly at the top and base. Boards scratched in places and.....
Thomas McLean, London, 1819. 3 Vols., 8vos, 384; 378; 392pp. Colour engravings. A near fine hardback set bound in full tree calf binding with gilt decorations. Some light spots of offsetting on pages ajoining plates. Smollett's iconic translation of this 18th century, French picaresque novel. This is a fine, early.....
A. Millar, London, 1752. First edition. 2 Vols., 8vos, 315; 285pp. A good hardback set bound in full calf with gilt lettering and border. Hinges cracked with some rubbing to the corners and spine. Written in the 1830s for private circulation, Bolingbroke's seminal (and contentious) work of Enlightenment political philosophy.....
Engraved and Printed for the Editor, n.d. [c. 1780]. 12mo, 14pp. A good hardback copy bound in full brown Morocco with gilt edge decoration to the boards front and back, edges and spine. Front hinge cracked. Corners rubbed. Engraved rather than printed Joseph Edmondson (d.1786) started life as a coach.....
Richard Phillips, London, 1805. 3 Vols., 12mo, 240; 224; 220pp. Black & white frontispiece. A very good hardback set bound in full marbled calf with gilt decorations. Light wear to boards, corners and gilt of the spines is rubbed. Offsetting of the frontispiece to titlepages. Previous owner's bookplate. The biography.....
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H. Lintot & P. Knapton, London, 1754. 12mo, 4 Vols., 299; 334; 316; 313pp plus index. A near fine hardback set bound in full mottled calf with gilt decorations and marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Sir Frances Willes (1730-1823), cryptographer to the British government. "Lucubrations" by Isaac Bickerstaff (nom de plume.....
Printed for the author, sold by J. Bell, London, 1785. Third Edition. 12mo, 6 Vols., 200; 215; 199; 212; 195; 190pp. A very good set bound in full calf with gilt lettering and designs on the spines. Some wear to extremities and rubbing to the boards. Previous owner's bookplate. Bellamy's.....
Longman, Hurit, Rees, And Orme, London, 1810. 8vo, 234; 23pp. A very good copy bound in full tree calf with gilt decorations and title. Endpapers and edges of text block are also decorated with a mottled marbling. Previous owner's bookplate. Head of spine and front hinge have been neatly repaired.....
G. Cres & Co, Paris, 1923. 8vo, 89pp. Colour and black & white illustrations by Alastair. A very good hardback copy bound in pink leather with gilt decorations. Light wear to extremities, particularly to top of spine. Foxing to edges of text block. Split to base of front hinge but.....
Famedram Publishers, 1977. 8vo, 240pp. A near fine hardback copy bound in full leather with gilt titles. Pages uncut. Limited edition facsimile of the 1927 Kilmarnock edition, No., 190 of 1000 copies. Hand-made, bone-handled paper knife held in scabbard affixed to spine of slipcase.
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Garnier Freres, Paris, n.d. 8vo, 434pp. A near fine hardback copy bound in full leather with gilt tiles, edges and decorations. Offsetting to edges of end papers. Binding by Bumpus who, rather than producing their own bindings, outsourced almost all of their work to binders such as Riviere & Sons.....
John C. Nimmo, London, 1889. 8vo, 445pp. A near fine hardback copy bound in full leather with gilt tiles, edges and decorations, marbled end papers. Offsetting to edges of end papers. Fine example of a binding by Riviere & Sons (founded 1829) which still operates in Bath today under the.....
St Paul's Church Yard, 1656. 4to, various paginations. A very good copy which had been neatly rebound, preserving the leather of the original boards. 10 books on the history of the churches of Britain first published in 1655. This edition of 1656 had added to it The History of the.....
John Smith & Son, Glasgow, 1855. 8vo, 190pp. A fine hardback copy which has been rebound in half leather with marbled boards. With inscription from the author to the previous owners, The Geelong Mechanic's Institute.
The Boydell Press, 1971. Large 8vo, unpaginated. A very good hardback copy in full brown cloth with gilt titles. Boards a little bowed. Previous owner's illustrated bookplate tipped in. Limited edition, No. 90 of 100 thus bound. Reprinted from the 1874 edition.
Chapman and Hall, n.d. 8vo, 624pp. Black & white etchings. A very good hardback copy bound in half red leather with red cloth boards with gilt decorations on spine. Marbled endpages and text block. Light wear to extremities. Previous owner's signature. Appears to be a later publication using the first.....
Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1871. 8vo, 398pp. Colour and black & white illustrations. A very good hardback bound in full calf with gilt spine, marbled end pages and text block. Light wear to boards and endpapers. Glaisher's account of his work as balloon meteorologist.
Tryggve Juul Moller Forlag, 1954. 3 Vols., 8vo's, 1110pp. A good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Icelandic text.
Kostnadarmadur, 1948. 2nd Edition. 8vo, 266pp. A good hardback copy bound in half leather. Icelandic text.
Isafoldarprentsmidja H.F., 1966. 8vo, 862pp. A good hardback copy bound in half leather. Icelandic/English text.
Porhallur Bjarnarson. 8vo, 269pp. A good hardback copy bound in half leather. Icelandic/English text.
Almenna Bokafelagid, 1962. 8vo, 532pp. Black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy bound in half leather. Icelandic text.
T. Hamblin, Galick-Hill, 1818. 8vo, 328pp. A good hardback copy which has been rebound in half leather with original marble boards.
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1937. 8vo, 458pp. Black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy with faded spine.