Ranchi Books

Chambers's Historical and Miscellaneous Questions with Answers by William Chambers, 1877.

Published by William and Robert Chambers London and Edinburgh 1877. Dimensions : 170mm x 110mm x 30mm x Weight : 0.380kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Chambers's Historical and Miscellaneous Questions with Answers, embracing History, Science, Literature, Arts, Etc by William Chambers, LLD. Published by William and Robert Chambers, London and Edinburgh. Printed by W. and R. Chambers, Edinburgh, 1877.

16mo, medium duty, in two sections : 204 numbered pages and 209 numbered pages with additional pages in each section.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The dark maroon calf front board has wear to edges and wear to face with scratches. Back board similar. Spine sunned with faded gilt print; wear top and tail with losses to both revealing binding and rubbing to edges. Front paste-down blank with foxing as is e/p. Title page follows with details  and company emblem; verso printing details. Preface follows by W.C. Contents for first section follows : Introduction, Ancient History, Medieval History, British History, Modern Continental History, Concluding Historical Questions, Index. Contents for second section: Many topics ranging from Astronomy to The Fine Arts, Index. Pages good with light wear but toning to edges and foxing in places. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding quite tight with light strains in places. Additional Chambers' advertising. Blank back pp and e/p with foxing. Dusting to edges. An interesting and informative historical volume, quite rare. Very interesting Fine Art section.

Histoire de P. - P. Rubens, par Andre' van Hasselt, 1840. 1st Edition.

Imprimerie de la Societe' des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles. Dimensions : 222mm x 148mm x 24mm. Weight : 0.580kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Histoire de P. - P. Rubens, suivie Du Catalogue General et Raisonne', par Andre' van Hasselt. 1840.

Imprimerie de la Societe' des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles.

Gerants : MM. de Wasme et Laurent.

8vo, i-ii, 394 medium/light duty numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. Purple coloured linen front board is in quite good condition with light wear edges, calf leather corners with wear, light marking to face with sunning bands to edges. Back board similar with marking to linen face and wear to calf corners. Spine with calf leather and gilt lettering on black; rubbing to top and tail and face. 30mm calf border to boards; light rubbing and scratching. Front p/d with Edward Henry Scott label attached. e/p facing blank off-white; verso blank.pp blank. Frontispiece follows with engraving plate Pierre Paul Rubens; foxing in places. Tissue-guard missing. Title page follows with details and crest dated 1840; foxing in places. Le Prince de Ligne, Andre' van Hasselt follows, pi-ii.  Histoire commences p1 through to p394. FIN. Table follows. pp and e/p blank. Lithograph Chateau de Steen A' Elewyt  facing p106. Letter from Rubens dated 12 May 1624, 20mm tear rh edge and creasing, facing p109. Pages with toning to border edges; torn lower corner p233. Foxing in places. Binding quite tight except strain to frontispiece/title page and slight strain p178/79. Dusting to edges.

Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Works. Book 1. 8 Short Preludes & Fugues. 1957.

Published by Novello and Company Limited, London. Dimensions : 257mm x 361mm x 8mm. Weight : 0.480kg net. Condition : Good.

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Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Works. Book 1. Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Edited by John Dykes Bower & Walter Emery. Published by Novello and Company Limited, 160, Wardour Street, London, W.1. Printed by Novello & Company Ltd., Engravers & Printers, 1957. Copyright 1952.

4to, 25 medium duty, numbered pages with unnumbered prefaces.

Condition/Notes : Good. Front board has wear to edges, wear to corners, small tears to edges of title sheet, general light wear and marking to face. (See images below). Back board similar with list of The Organ Works of J.S. Bach by Novello, dated lower lh corner 21(1957). Spine with mottled leather finish and external stitching; wear to corners. Front paste-down blank off-white; facing e/p blank with browning to edges and faded ink handscript top rh corner G.R. Marsh, Christmas 1960. Verso blank. pp follows blank. Title page follows with full details (see images below) and price marked 6s.0d; verso Publisher's Preface detailing Novello publications history and refers to the design on front cover which is Bach's seal incorporating his initials. Book I Editor's Preface follows dated May 1952. Verso, numbered p2, commences Eight Short Preludes and Fugues BWV553. Every other page is marked lower margin 17575 Copyright, 1952, by Novello & Company. Limited (p2 including Made in England lower rh corner) and on to p25 which has Novello & Company Ltd., Engravers & Printers lower lh margin; verso blank with Novello emblem in centre. Blank e/p's follow with vertical creasing to the second sheet and browning to edges of both. Blank p/d to inside of cover with browning to edges. An interesting addition to the back cover is a blind embossed retailer's stamp which covers the complete inner face and reads "Schofields Ltd. Victoria Arcade Telephone 20502 LEEDS" (see image below - phone nr to be confirmed as not clear). Pages good with light usage and occasional light annotations to the score. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. A very interesting historical publication enhanced by the Schofield's blind embossment.

Modern Artists. A Series of Illustrated Biographies, F.G. Dumas. c1885. 1st Edition.

Published by J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London. Dimensions : 540mm x 390mm x 60mm. Weight : 10.000kg gross. Condition : Fair.

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Modern Artists. A Series of Illustrated Biographies of Sir F. Leighton, P.R.A., J.E. Millais, R.A., H. Herkomer, A.R.A., L. Alma-Tadema, R.A., P.J.A. Baudry, Josef Israels, Adolf Menzel, Carl Piloty, Hans Makart, J.L.E. Meissonier, J.C. Hook, R.A., A. Cabanel. Prepared under the direction of F.G. Dumas. Published by J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, 294, City Road, London.

fo. 288 heavy duty, light gloss, numbered pages with many fac-similies of original  drawings, engravings, sketches and impressions of artist's studios. The engravings of the artists have unfortunately been removed at some time.

Condition/Notes : Fair (this particularly relates to the missing artists' self-portraits, otherwise the condition would be described as quite good). The front maroon half morocco board is in fair condition with wear to edges, corners and a water-stain in the centre over the gilt title. Back board is in better condition with general wear but no staining to face. Spine is in quite good condition with wear top and tail and to ribs; gilt title. Binding good and secure. Front e/p black with Ex Libris Eugene Byford Okarma label with emblem and number 187 in pencil attached upper centre. e/p black facing. Blank pp with small tear lower edge. Title page facing with full details - see images below.  Heavy duty pages good with toning to edges. Binding tight. General light usage. Gilt top edge, rough-cut fore-edge and lower edge. Excellent illustrations throughout. Despite the missing plates, the volume is still of great interest and value.

This is a very heavy volume.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, Edward Fitzgerald, MacMillan, 4th Edn. 1911.

Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London. Dimensions : 133mm x 100mm x 9mm. Weight : 0.080kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia.

Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald.

Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's St., London, 1911.

Reprint of the Fourth Edition (Sixpenny Edition).

Printed by R. and R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.

24mo, 76 medium, coarse, numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Faded brown linen front board, light wear edges, light bumps corners, blind stamped title, illustration and Fourth Edition lower edge. Back board similar with light marking. Spine light wear top/tail, light rubbing edges, faded gilt lettering. Front e/p blank with pencil script top rh corner, foxing; strain to binding e/p-p/d. pp with title Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Fourth Edition; verso publisher's international details and original MacMillan monogram. Title page facing with date 1911 (see images); verso copyright (Sixpenny Edition). Commences p1 Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia biographical summary/notes (Edward Fitzgerald monogram in lower margin) through to p29.  Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur commences p31 and through to p64. Notes follows p65-75.  Note by Editor p76. e/p. Pages good with medium usage, toning to edges, foxing spots, some pencil marking in places. Binding quite tight but light strain front board/front e/p, p32/33 and 48/49. Dusting to edges.

Studies in the Evolution of Animals. E. Bonavia, M.D., Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1895. 1st Edition.

E. Bonavia, Brigade Surgeon I.M.D. Published by Archibald Constable & Co. Publishers to the India Office. MDCCCXCV. Condition : Quite good.

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Studies in the Evolution of Animals by Emanuel Bonavia M.D., Brigade Surgeon, Indian Medical Department (Indian Army Medical Corp.), Bengal Medical Service.

Published by Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, Publishers to the India Office, 14, Parliament Street, SW. 1895.

Printed by T and A Constable, Printers to Her Majesty, Edinburgh.

8vo, HD gloss, i-xxxiv, 1-358, followed by Index. 128 illustrations. 

Dimensions : 222mm x 180mm x 28mm. Weight : 1.200kg. 

Condition/Notes  : Quite good. The brown linen board is quite good with toning band to lh edge. Blind embossed title and author to upper front board; light wear edges. Back board similar with marking. Spine with wear top/tail; gilt lettering. 

Front paste-down off-white/cream with pasted label J. Norman Greaves. Front e/p with owner's name address in blue ink J. Norman Greaves ....Nr. Chesterfield. 

Title page with full details, marking in places. Preface/Introduction ix-xxxiv followed by Spotted and Striped Mammals (Horses Excepted) Part I and so through to Appendices drawings and Index. Back e/p blind embossed top rh corner with  stamp "W.H. Smith & Son 186 Strand W.C."; surface abrasion and tear top lh corner, foxing spots. 

Pages generally good with light/medium usage, some light marking, rough-cut fore-edge, dusting to the edges. Binding quite tight/tight. Illustrations good.  

Generally, a good volume of this interesting and rare 1st Edition by the renowned Indian Army Brigade Surgeon Emanuel Bonavia (1826-1908 d.Worthing).

The Canterbury Poets Series. Robert Burns Poems prefaced by Joseph Skipsey, 1885.

Published by Walter Scott, London & Newcastle-on-Tyne. Dimensions : 138mm x 103mm x 19mm. Weight : 0.210kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Canterbury Poets Series. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns Poems. With a Prefatory Notice, Biographical and Critical by Joseph Skipsey. Published by Walter Scott, 24, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row and Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1885. Printed by Walter Scott, Felling, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

24mo, 356 medium duty, light gloss, numbered pages. Each page with red ink boxing.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Front light brown linen board has light wear to edges, bumps and wear to corners, black ink swallows and flower decoration with gilt title box Burns. Marking and wear to face. Back board similar with plain light brown face with blind triple lining surround. Spine wear top and tail, similar faded flower black ink design with title Burns' Poems upper quarter and Walter Scott lower. Dark brown front paste-down and e/p; verso blank. Title page facing with details; verso blank. Contents follows p3-p7. Prefatory Notice p9-p35 by Joseph Skipsey dated April 1885. Burns's Poetical Works Poems commences with The Cottar's Saturday Night p37 and through to p356 with Elegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux. Blank e/p. Pages good with light usage. Each page with red ink box lining surrounding text. Binding quite tight but with strain front e/p-Title page, p32-33, p160-161, p320-321 and p336-337. Edges with red ink and dusting. Slight cocking to volume.  Note this edition is the same as The Canterbury Poets published by James Pott & Co., New York, 1885.

History of Scotland in Two Volumes, William Robertson D.D., 1769. 5th Edition.

Published by T. Cadell, London. Dimensions : 210mm x 132mm x 39mm (2 volumes). Weight : 1.400kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till His Accession to the Crown of England. With a Review of the Scottish History previous to that Period and an Appendix containg Original Papers. In Two Volumes by William Robertson, D.D. Minister of Lady Yester's, Edinburgh. Volumes I and II. 5th Edition.

Printed for A. Millar and sold by T. Cadell, in the Strand, London. MDCCLXIX. (1769).

8vo, Vol I, i-viii, 514 medium duty coarse numbered pages; Vol II, 487 numbered pages followed by 1-47 numbered pages (Critical Dissertation) followed by unnumbered Index.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. 

Vol I :  Front full calf leather board with wear/rubbing to edges, tear to top rh corner, bumps to corners, wear and marking to face. Back board similar. Spine with wear/losses top and tail, 5 ribs, faded title with loss to lh corner; wear to edges and back board detached from below first rib. Front e/p blank with browning to edges. Title page follows with full details Volume I (see image below) (Crofe Campbell ink handscript top r and l), browning and foxing to edges. Foxing and browning throughout, medium usage, some light marking. Binding quite tight, fully intact. Back e/p blank; verso faded ink script Mr Ross and Ross below in very faded ink. Back board detached from below 1st rib. Dusting to edges. 

Vol II : Front full calf leather board with wear to edges, tear top lh corner, bumps to corners, wear and marking to face. Back board similar with loose leather top lh corner, two small areas of loss to leather towards upper edge. Spine with wear and losses top and tail, wear and rubbing to ribs, faded gilt lettering; rh edge detached from front board but secured by threads at 1st and 3rd rib. Blank front e/p with light browning to edges. Title page as Vol I but with Volume II (Crofe Campbell as Vol I either side of The in title in ink handscript ?), browning/foxing to edges. The History of Scotland Book VI commences p1 and through to p307. Appendix No. I commences p309-402. Appendix to 2nd Volume No. I commences p403-487. A Critical Dissertation concerning The Murder of King Henry commences p1-47. Index follows, 44 pages A-Z, Finis. pp and e/p blank. Browning to p/d rh edge. Browning/ foxing to page edges throughout. Medium usage. Bore hole to pages lower lh corner, not active. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.

Interesting 2 volume set of this classic study of Scottish history by the eminent historian William Robertson in its original 5th Edition form.

The Jurigraph, Illustrated Monthly, March 1922 - July 1923, bound volume.

Published by Jury's Imperial Pictures Ltd., London. Dimensions : 295mm x 230mm x 23mm. Weight : 1.400kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Jury's The Jurigraph, an Illustrated Monthly Medium issued in the interests of Jury's Imperial Pictures Limited and their Friends. Published by Jury's Imperial Pictures Ltd., 19-21, Tower Street, London, W.C.2. Printed by The Ferrestone Press Ltd., West Norwood, S.E.

Volumes March 1922 No. 26 Vol 3 through to July 1923 No. 36 Vol 3.

4to, heavy duty gloss quality unnumbered but dated pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The grey front board with amber linen corners and spine overlap has wear to the edges in places through to the board. Wear and bumps to the corners and wear/marking to face. A paper label is attached to centre face with title in ink handscript. Back board is similar. The linen spine has wear top and tail with small tears at corners and sunning/wear to face. Front paste-down and e/p are blank off-white with foxing to e/p. The Jurigraph commences with first edition March 1922 No 26 Vol 3 with gloss colour photo of Alice Terry; verso full page colour advertisement for "The Wild Animal Serial Supreme" with Elmo Lincoln in "Adventures of Tarzan" 15 Electrifying Episodes with full details. Title page follows with summary of Elmo Lincoln in Adventures of Tarzan. Many black and white illustrations and text with fascinating advertising. The editions follow through to the last July 1923 No. 36. Vol. 3. with colour photo of Ramon Novarro Metro Star. The heavy gloss quality pages are in good condition with usage marks and light/medium wear. Toning/dusting to border edges. Some light straining to binding in places between editions but generally quite tight binding. Back paste-down and e/p blank off-white with foxing. Dusting to edges. A fascinating glimpse into the cinema past.

The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1910. Signed by the Artist.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. First Edition, Edition de Luxe, numbered 449/1000, signed by the artist, 1909. Dimensions : 320mm 255mm x 50mm. Weight : 2.500kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales. From the Old French, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. Text printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty, Edinburgh. Colour Plates and Borders engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd., Banbury. Illustrations by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd., Banbury. This Edition de Luxe is limited to 1000 copies, signed by the artist, and numbered, of which this copy is No. 449. 30 colour plates signed by the artist dated (19)10 including the frontispiece, heavy tissue guarded and tipped-in top edge. First Edition. 

folio, full calf leather, 129 heavy duty numbered pages plus 22 pp's, 30 colour plates tipped-in tissue guarded.

Condition/Notes : The volume is in quite good condition. The front full calf board has wear/rubbing to edges and bumps to corners. There is surface scratching to the face within the gilt decoration which can be relieved with appropriate treatment. Rubbing to left hand edge  and some loose leather at corners. Back board similar  with scratching to face. The spine has losses top and tail with 10mm of binding revealed. Rubbing and light creasing to face with wear to gilt lettering. Rubbing to edges. Front paste-down is blank off-white with 5/- in pencil handscript top rh corner. Front board is loose but not detached with 5mm gap in gutter. Facing e/p blank with foxing; verso blank off-white. Blank pp facing; verso "This Edition de Luxe is limited to One Thousand copies, signed by the Artist, and numbered, of which this is No. 449 - signed by Edmund Dulac in faded ink below". Facing pp sub-title; verso blank. Frontispiece follows with first tipped-in colour plate with good colour but 2 creases lower rh corner. Signed on original by Edmund Deluc 09 with description below "And there, on a bed the curtains of which were drawn wide, he beheld the loveliest vision he had ever seen", with heavy tissue guard. Title page follows with full details (see images); verso details of printing. Preface follows with black and white illustration above, 9 pages, by Arthur Quiller-Couch. List of Illustrations follows with facing page numbers, from The Sleeping Beauty (frontispiece) p2-24, Blue Beard p26-42, Cinderella p46-68 and Beauty and the Beast p72-120. The Sleeping Beauty commences p1 and so through to p129, end of Beauty and the Beast. Printing details follow; verso "La vente de l'edition anglaise de cet ouvrage est interdite dans les pays de langue francaise".  Back e/p blank; verso blank with foxing. Pages throughout are good, heavy duty, uncut fore-edge and lower edge, gilt top edge, with general light usage. Colour plates good colour and condition with exception of the following creases : p6 lower lh corner, p10 lower lh corner, p24 lower lh corner, p26 crease and small snip lower lh corner, p30 2 creases lower lower lh corner, p112 2 creases lower lh corner and p120 lower lh corner. All signed on original Edmund Deluc 10. Binding quite tight throughout except as detailed above re front board. Overall, a good volume with good condition plates.

The Strand Magazine, Edited by George Newnes, Vol. V. January to June, 1893. 1st Edition.

Published by George Newnes Ltd., Strand, London. Dimensions : 242mm x 164mm x 37mm. Weight : 1.420kg net., Condition : Quite good.

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The Strand Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly, Edited by George Newnes.

Vol. V. January to June 1893.

Published & Printed by George Newnes Ltd., 8,9,10 & 11, Southampton Street, and Exeter Street, Strand, London. 1893.

1st Edition.

8vo, 652 gloss numbered pages with many black and white illustrations. 

Condition/Notes : Quite good. Front heavy dark blue board with dark olive calf 30mm border and calf corners. Marking to face and scuffing/rubbing to calf. Back board similar. Spine gilt ribbed calf, wear top and tail , rubbing, faded gilt letters, 40mm detached upper rh edge with tape attached and upper lh edge. Fully attached to boards. Surface horizontal split to calf above third rib. Dark blue mottled p/d and e/p. pp with title. Frontispiece with black and white illustration by A. Pearse titled "We Swear!" (Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs). Title page facing. Commences p3 Shafts from an Eastern Quiver VII - Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs by Charles J. Mansford, B.A. with illustration by A.P. "The native pointed to the north", and so through to p652 including Index. 

Pages good with light usage, dusting to edges. Illustrations good. Binding quite tight. 

Includes Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle :

XIV. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.

XV.  The Adventure of the Yellow Face.

XVI. The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk.

XVII.The Adventure of the Gloria Scott.

XVIII. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.

XIX. The Adventure of the Reigate Squire.

All illustrated by Sidney Paget.

Back p/d and e/p as front.

Blue marbling to edges; dusting to edges.

Overall a good volume requiring some maintenance to boards and spine. Contents good.

Raymond's History of England. George Frederick Raymond. 1785. First Edition. 

Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head, No. 17, Pater-noster Row, 1785. Dimensions : 368mm x 233mm x 60mm.  Weight : 3.650kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Dimensions : 368mm x 233mm x 60mm (14-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 2/1/2"). Weight : 3.650kg net.

folio, 608 quality heavy duty numbered pages. Index follows and Directions to the Binder.

Condition/Notes : The volume is in quite good condition. The dark burgundy morocco front board has wear to edges, wear and bumps to corners, wear and rubbing to the face. The board has gilt decorated outer and blind stamped inner decoration.  Back board is similar condition. The spine has wear top and tail, wear to edges with surface split rh edge to front board and lh edge wear but fully intact to back board. Front board slightly loose but not detached with paste-down/front e/p fully intact. Gilt decorated ribs and gilt lettering. Front paste-down and e/p marbled. Split between e/p and pp but intact. pp has handwritten ink presentation script to an old workman in his father's employ dated Oct 27th 1882. Original sales invoice dated July 30th 1977 from Richard Lally Ltd., Putney, for amount £17-00. Frontispiece follows with full plate engraving of Brittania. Title page follows (see image below) with full details; verso blank with creasing and some foxing. Dedication follows to Prince of Wales from G.F. Raymond with similar creasing and some light foxing. Book I commences on p5. According to the Instructions to the Binder, a Map of Great Britain should be facing p5 but this is missing and there is no sign of it having been detached so it could be this was omitted by the Binder. The pages are generally good and clean with light usage marks but there are a few pages with small tears and some tape repair. The engraved plates are good. There is light foxing throughout the volume. Toning and dusting to the page borders. The binding is quite tight. Similar (to front board) internal surface split between back e/p and preceding pp but fully intact and not loose. Mottled edges. Overall, a fascinating and rare First Edition of this historical work.

Beautiful Europe - The Engadine by Spencer Musson. First Edition Autumn 1924. Illustrated by J. Hardwicke Lewis.

Published by A & C Black Limited, Soho Square, London W. Printed by Billing & Sons Ltd Guildford and Esher, 1924. Dimensions : 228mm x 163mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.320kg net. Condition : Good.

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8vo 64 heavy duty numbered pages with 8 coloured illustrations by J. Hardwicke Lewis and 2 maps.

Condition/Notes : The pale blue linen board has wear to edges, bumps to corners and wear to face with some scratching and a 25mm x 15mm triangular tear to the colour illustration. There is general wear and marking to the face also. The back board is pale blue with toning to the upper rh corner and along outer edge. Similar wear to front board. Spine has wear to top and tail, creasing and wear to face and fading to print. Front paste-down is blank, facing e/p with 2/6 and 6 in pencil handscript upper rh corner. pp with sub-title follows, verso list of other volumes "In the Same Series" and list of Agents below.  Colour frontisplate follows with painting of Muottas Muraigl signed by J. Hardwicke Lewis (monogram JHL combined with date 06) lower lh corner. Title page follows with full details, verso "Published Autumn 1924". Facing pp "Au Professeur Cesar de Lausanne Temoignage de Profonde Estime et Reconnaissance", verso Contents Chapters I to VI and Index. List of Illustrations follows by J. Hardwicke Lewis and Maps, verso black and white "Sketch Map of The Engadine". Follows painting byb JHL 06, "Pontresina from above Celerina". The pages are clean and undamaged but there is some foxing in places. The colour plates of paintings are good. Blank back e/p and facing paste-down. Rough-cut fore-edge with foxing spots, dusting and foxing spots to top edge. Binding quite tight and fully intact. A very interesting volume in this series and quite rare.

Compensation and Other Essays (Heroism) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by Dodge Publishing Co., New York, c1900. First Edition.

Suede leather binding. Dimensions : 155mm x 120mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.100kg net. Condition : Fair.

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Compensation and Other Essays (Heroism) by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Published in New York by Dodge Publishing Company at 220 East Twenty-Third Street. c1900. No details of Printer. First Edition.

16mo, 70 coarse heavy duty rough cut numbered pages. Gilt to top edge, rough cut fore-edge and lower edge.

Condition/Notes : The front suede leather cover is in fair condition with wear to edges. Along the spine is peeling. Title in gilt decorated panel with "Compensation". The suede is very delicate. The back suede cover is similar with a curling lh edge and wear to the spine edge. The spine is bare, the suede worn away to the base. The front gilt paste-down is peeling away from the suede in places. Facing gilt e/p is blank gilt with a reflective pattern. Verso blank off-white. Facing pp blank off-white with red ink handscript L. Stanway.  Title page follows with red decoration and details. No publishing date and no printing details. c1900. Verso, Compensation commences p3 to p45. Heroism follows  (Paradise is under the shadow of swords - Mahomet) p47 to p70. Blank pp and e/p follow with gilt backing to e/p and gilt paste-down which is attached to suede back. The pages are clean and undamaged with light toning to edges. Binding tight. An interesting collectible volume.

Home Making by Julia Cairns, The Waverley Book Company London, 1st Edition, 1950.

Mid-twentieth century guide to making a home. Dimensions : 256mm x 180mm x 30mm. Weight : 1.300kg net.

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Home Making by Julia Cairns, The mid-twentieth century guide to the practical yet subtle art of making a house a home. Published by The Waverley Book Company Ltd, Farringdo Street, London EC4. Printed in England by The Amalgamated Press Limited London.

4to 334 gloss numbered pages with red top edge.

Very well illustrated in colour and black and white and with frontisplate black and white photograph of the attractive and glamorous authoress Julia Cairns. In addition there are several photographic supplements.

Condition/Notes : Very good. The front linen beige board is good with slight wear to edges and slight bumps to corners. The back board is similar. The red fine leather spine with 40mm overlaps is very good with very slight wear to top and tail corners. Gilt lettering and decoration. The boards are protected by a cellulose DJ. Blank paste-down and e/p with some light foxing. Frontisplate very good. Facing Title page good with full details and Waverley emblem. Because follows by Julia Cairns with Dedication verso. Contents (Chapters 1 to 25) verso list of Illustrations in colour and Photographic Supplement list. The pages are very good, clean and no damage. Binding quite tight and fully intact. Attractive red-inked top edge. Comprehensive Index follows to back e/p which has light foxing and dusting to edges.

A very interesting volume detailing the state of the art 1950 post-war home improvement movement with many fascinating photographs. Ideal for anyone wishing to recreate the 1950's style.

PICTORIAL RECORDS OF REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Edited by Francis Watt. c1903.

Published by Frederick Warne & Co., London and New York. Dimensions : 245mm x 172mm x 35mm. Weight : 0.880kg net. Condition : Good.

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Pictorial red linen front board with polar bear eating seal and hunters approaching. Front board is good with light wear to edges and light bumps to corners, light marking to face. Back board plain red linen with light wear to edges , bumps to corners and some marking to face. Spine decorated gilt and red, slightly faded, with wear to top and tail. Front decorated pattern paste-down with partly detached presentation certificate from Christ Church .........on-on-Trent Prize Awarded to ...Class Prize for the Half......October 1912 W.S. Oakden President. fpp follows with title and J £3 in pencil top rh corner. Frontisplate follows in full colour "Charles 1 on his way to the scaffold" with protective tissue. Decorated full colour Title Page follows with full details then Ttile Page with details of contents including "Illustrated with numerous wood engravings and frontispiece and title in colours".Most pages have black and white wood cut engravings. 320 numbered pages 8vo light gloss. The pages are generally clean and undamaged with exception of p289 which has crease at the top rh corner and some light usage marks. Light toning to border edges. Binding quite tight and fully intact. Split in surface gutter between back board paste-down and back e/p 140mm up from the bottom. A very interesting historical volume and in good general condition. 

Selections from the writings of John Ruskin with biographical introduction by William Sinclair, published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh.

Fine calf leather bound volume. c1907. Dimensions : 186mm x 120mm x 36mm. Weight : 0.650kg net. Condition : Good.

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Selections from the writings of John Ruskin with biographical introduction by William Sinclair Hon. Sec. Ruskin Society of Glasgow. Published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, Edinburgh. c1907. Printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, Edinburgh.

12mo, 548 light gloss numbered pages with xxxiv pp's inc Introduction.

Condition/Notes : Good. The dark maroon fine calf leather binding has plain maroon front board with full leather and gilt lining. Some scratching to the face but very light wear to edges. Back board similar with light scuffing to corners rh edge. Spine is good with light sunning. Gilt decoration and lettering on black. Front paste-down and front e/p marbled maroon with presentation label from Clough's Correspondence College Temple Chambers London, presented to Mr. G. Ward 1912 (with further details - see image). Blank pp and title pp followed by black and white frontisplate photo of John Ruskin. Title page follows with full details; no date. Contents follow : Scenes of Travel, Characteristics of Nature, Painting and Painters, Architecture and Sculpture, Ethical, Miscellaneous. Introduction follows xi-xxxiv. Pages very good condition. Clean with light dusting to top edge. Very good for age. Marbled edges. Gilt decoration to board edges. Some foxing spots to back e/p. Marbled paste-down and facing e/p. Label attached top rh corner inside back board "G.Ward Bede College Durham". Binding tight and fully intact. Overall, a very good volume of works by John Ruskin.

The Collected Poems of William Watson, published by John Lane, 1898. 1st Edition.

Published by John Lane London and New York, MDCCCXCVIII. Dimensions : 198mm x 132mm x 35mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Condition : Good.

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The Collected Poems of William Watson, published by John Lane, London and New York, MDCCCXCVIII. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh and London at the Ballantyne Press.

8vo, (xiv), 305 medium/heavy duty rough cut numbered pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece of William Watson 1898.

Condition/Notes : Good. Olive green linen front board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners. light marking to gilt decorated face. Back board similar with blind embossed decoration. Marking to lh edge. Spine with wear top and tail, gilt lettering and white inked library classification number 811. Front p/d blank with remnants of library pocket attached. Front e/p blank with University of Nottingham Dept. of Extra-Mural Studies Circulating Library label Cancelled with Class 811 and No 3102 in ink handscript. pp follows with title and foxing; verso list of other volumes by William Watson which may still be had. Frontispiece follows with block print of William Watson MDCCCXCVIII by EHN with tissue guard; foxing to tissue but not illustration. Title page follows with details (rough cut fore-edge), some foxing; verso printing details. Dedication to R.H. The Earl of Rosebery, K.G., K.T.; verso blank with small handscript 811 and 3102. Prefatory follows vii-viii. Contents follows ix-xiv; pp with Collected Poems follows. Wordsworth's Grave commences p1. Pages are good but with foxing and toning to edges and rough cut fore-edge. Binding quite tight but with strains in places (p96-97 with maximum 5mm gap to lower half). Back e/p blank with foxing. Gilt to top edge, fore-edge and lower edge rough cut. An interesting collection of Watson's poems in this quite rare volume.

The Illustrators of Montmartre by Frank L Emanuel. The Langham Series of Art Monographs. Vol. III. 1904. 1st Edn.

Published by A. Siegle, London, W. Dimensions : 160mm x 122mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.190kg net. Condition : Good.

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The Illustrators of Montmartre by Frank L. Emanuel.

The Langham Series of Art Monographs, edited by Selwyn Brinton, M.A.

Vol. III The Illustrators of Montmartre.

Published by A. Siegle, 2, Langham Place, London, W. 1904. 1st Edition.

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., London & Edinburgh.

16mo, i-viii, 85 gloss medium duty numbered pages with colour plates and photogravures neatly bound in leather. Price 2s. 6d.

Condition/Notes : Good. Front fine leather with light wear edges and corners, gilt pattern with title, light creasing to lh edge. Back board similar with rubbing to rh edge; same gilt pattern and title. Slight horizontal bowing to board. Spine with wear and rubbing top edge, light rubb ing face and tail. Gilt lettering. Light marbling to paste-down and e/p with toning to edges; verso blank with pencil script M/S and R/d. Blank pp follows with foxing; verso blank with toning to edges. pp with The Langham Series an Illustrated Collection of Art Monographs etc; below owner's name which has been blocked out in blue ink. Verso list of The Langham Series with details; seepage of blue ink from verso. Frontispiece follows colour plate titled Trottin Dressmakers Apprentice with tissue guard. Title facing; verso illustration, All rights reserved. Dedication follows; verso List of Illustrations 1-20. Contents follows Chapters I to XII. Commences  I  A. Steinlen p1 through to p86. Some Press Opinions follows; advertisement L'Album in French. e/p and p/d as front. Ruby coloured marker ribbon. Pages good with toning to edges. Binding quite tight with light strain p16-17and p32-33. Colour plates and photogravures good. Gilt top edge; dusting to edges.

An interesting and quite scarce volume.

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, edited by George Godwin, illustrated by Henry C. Selous, M.DCCC.XL.IV.

Published by M.M. Holloway, Covent-Garden, 1844. Dimensions : 427mm x 287mm x 22mm. Weight : 2.300kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of A Dream wherein are discovered Christian's manner of setting-out, his dangerous journey, and his safe arrival at the desired country. By John Bunyan. I have used Similitudes. Hosea, XII, 10. Edited by George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., and Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A. Honarary Secretaries of the Art-Union of London, with a memoir of the author , and a bibliographical notice. Illustrated by Engravings in Outline, and Woodcuts, from Drawings by Henry C. Selous, Esq. London : M.M. Holloway, 25, Bedford Street, Covent-Garden. Printed by Harrison and Co., Printers, St. Martin's Lane.  M.DCCC.XL.IV. Bound by Hering 9, Newman St.

folio, heavy duty unnumbered pages. Many full page illustrations and smaller woodcuts.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The marbled front board has wear to edges and face and some scratching. Corners reinforced with 95mm x 95mm calf which is worn to the board on edges. 70mm wide calf border lh edge to spine which is rubbed and worn at the edges  with marking to face. Back board very similar with similar wear. The calf spine with five ribs has wear and rubbing top and tail, 15mm split from top rh edge down spine and 25mm split from top lh edge down spine. This is calf outer only and does not affect binding. Wear and rubbing full length both edges. Gilt title and "Illustrated" with decorations to ribs. Pale lemon paste-down and front e/p, both blank with usage marks. Some movement to front board but calf intact.  Front e/p verso blank off-white with "Bound by Hering 9 Newman St" top lh corner; pp's blank; verso 2nd with full page engraved drawing. Facing title page with full details as listed in above description. Dated 1844 (M.DCCC.XL.IV).  Verso printer's details. Frontispiece follows with full page engraved drawing by H.C. Selous del and Henry Moses. Sc. Memoir of the author commences with woodcut illustration, (Each page is divided into two sections and numbered individually i.e. number i and ii comprises page 1 but no page numbers) and memoir numbered i-xvi including a fac-simile of Bunyan's signature taken from his will. Biographical Notice follows numbers xvii-xxviii with six woodcuts. Author's apology for this book follows. Full page engraved outline drawing follows titled Christian Meditates his Departure, numbered 1, followed by two more full page drawings, numbered 2 and 3. The Pilgrim's Progress commences with first page containing the two sections numbered 3 and 4 (3 not written on first half) and so continues in this manner with the next drawing nr 4, through to the last page section number 90. The drawings are more complex in numbering as sub-number II follows 4 through to sub-number V, then nr 5, followed by VI to IX, then nr 6 - 9, then X, then nr 10, then XI, then nr 11-12, then XII, then nr 13-14, then XIII, then nr 15, then XIV, then nr 16-17, then XV -XVII, then nr 18, then XVIII, then nr 19, then XIX, then nr 20-21, then XX and final nr 22 Christian and Hopeful ascend into the Celestial City. pp blank and back e/p blank verso pale lemon facing same paste-down. Pages generally good with light toning to edges and some spots in places. Binding quite tight and fully intact as per numbering system. Edges gilt. 

The Play Pictorial Magazine, six issues in one volume. 1928.

6 monthly issues in one volume. Hardback. Dimensions : 287mm x 228mm x 16mm. Weight : 0.980kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Play Pictorial Magazine, six issues in one volume. 1928. Published by The Stage Pictorial Publishing Co. Ltd., 6, Adam Street, Strand, W.C.2. Printed by Gale & Polden  Ltd., 2, Amen Corner, London, E.C.4.

Contents : (in order of binding) :

                                                    No.310. Vol. LII. Jan. 2nd. 1928. Crime.

                                                    No.117. Vol. XIX. Milestones. No Front Cover.

                                                    No.313. Vol. LII. April 2nd. 1928. SOS.

                                                    No.112. Vol. XIX. The Hope. No Front Cover.

                                                    No.320. Vol. LIII. Nov. 2nd. 1928.

                                                    No.311. Vol. LII. Feb. 2nd. 1928.

 Condition/Notes : The plain dark olive green board has wear to edges and bumps to corners. Marking to face. Burgundy linen reinforced corners. Label attached centre with hand written titles of each issue under the collective heading "Dramas".  This accounts for the apparently haphazard collection of issues in one volume. Back board similar with marking to face. Spine is burgundy linen with wear top and tail and some marking. Title "Dramas" on label in centre. Front paste-down and facing e/p both blank off-white with foxing. First issue follows - "Crime" No. 310, Vol. LII January 2nd. 1928 with colour cover. Two issues, 117 "Milestones" and 112 "The Hope" are missing the covers. All others complete. Medium gloss pages with many photographic illustrations and interesting topical advertising. A fascinating glimpse into life in 1928's West End. Condition of the pages is generally quite good but there are some marks and creasing in places and general usage. There are many ink stamps throughout stating "Stafford & Co. Limited, Pictorial and Letterpress Printers, Netherfield, Nottingham.". Dusting to the edges. Binding quite tight and fully intact (except 2 front covers).

The Poems of Wordsworth, with an introduction by Henry Morley, Cassell and Company Ltd., MCMVI.

Cassell's Handy Classics, The Poems of Wordsworth, 1906. Dimensions : 160mm x 105mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.130kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Cassell's Handy Classics, bound in Persian rough, The Poems of Wordsworth. Published by Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, MCMVI (1906).  Printed by Cassell & Company Limited La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C., 30.1106.

16mo, 191 light gloss, fully gilt edged, numbered pages. Frontispiece black and white photo of William Wordsworth from the Portrait by H.W. Pickersgill, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.

  Condition/Notes : Quite good. The volume is bound in rough Persian with gilt lettered spine and embossed on the face with Kelso High School and emblem Doe or Die. The edges of the Persian are worn and the face has a greenish hue. The back is similar and the spine has wear head and tail and to the edges. Gilt is mostly good. Front paste-down is blank off-white with handscript in pencil Lex Welsh. Front e/p has handscript in ink detailing presentation of volume as 3rd prize in Class III B 1914-15. Kelso High School embossed on here also. Frontispiece follows with portrait of Wordsworth and tissue guard. Facing Title page with details and date MCMVI. Introduction follows and Contents. Pages clean and good except p191 which has some vertical creasing. 2 pages of advertising for Cassell's Handy Classics follows. Blank back e/p. Gilt to edges.  An unusual volume of poems with the benefit of the rough Persian binding.

Three Great Naturalists by John Upton, published by The Pilgrim Press. c1920.

Sunday School Union, The Pilgrim Press, c1920. Dimensions : 193mm x 128mm x 40mm. Weight : 0.420kg net. Condition : Good.

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Three Great Naturalists by John Upton. The Sunday School Union published by The Pilgrim Press, 16, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C. c1920. Printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, Edinburgh.

12mo, 190 heavy duty economy numbered pages, followed by 10 pages of advertising. 3 portraits and 1 illustration on plates.

Condition/Notes : No DJ. No record found of any other volume with a DJ. Maybe as issued.  The front dark blue linen board is illustrated with bats against the moon. Light wear to edges and light bumps to corners. Light marking to face. Back board similar but with water stain 30mm x 60mm lower lh corner. Spine sunned with light wear to top and tail and light marking. Slight cocking to colume. Front paste-down blank off-white.

Facing front e/p blank but with attractive Sunday School Union presentation label attached and coincidentally inscribed to Alice Upton at Clumber Hall Sunday School High Cross Street Nottingham dated 5 Feb 1920 (?6) with number 184. pp follows with title and foxing. Could this Alice be a daughter or relative?

Frontispiece follows with portrait in black and white of Charles Darwin from the painting by Hon. John Collier photographed by Emery Walker. Title page follows, then Contents : Charles Darwin, Frank Buckland, John George Wood. The heavy duty pages are generally good but with foxing throughout. The three plates are good. A "Day and Night" Home Leaflet 1st Series NO. 25 is included having been used as a book-mark and inscribed "With love to dear Angela Gran". Binding quite tight with slight strain in places. Fully intact. 

10 pages of advertising relating to The Pilgrim Press follows. Blank e/p. Bookseller's stamp on back paste-down "A. Taylor Bookseller 10 Chapel Bar Nottingham.

A interesting and quite rare volume of The Pilgrim Press.

Jean Dagoury par Charles Canivet, E. Plon, Paris, 1877. 1st Edition.

Published by E. Plon et Cie, Paris, 1877. Dimensions : 180mm x 113mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.400kg net. Condition : Good.

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Jean Dagoury par Charles Canivet, published and printed by E. Plon et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, Rue Garanciere, 10, Paris. 1877. First Edition.

12mo, 279 medium duty, quality parchment, numbered pages. 

Condition/Notes : Good. The dark crimson boards are in quite good condition with light wear to edges. Water marks to front board. Gilt letters on spine. Previous owners' names on front e/p in faded ink and pencil. Foxing marks. pp with title; verso copyright page. Title page facing with details including publisher's emblem and attached blue circular seal of "Librairie Grosset & Trembley, Rue Corraterie, Geneve". Dedication to Monsieur Paul Blier dated Paris , mars 1877, follows. Text commences p1. Pages good but with foxing spots to edges and in places. Good quality paper. Binding quite tight and good condition. Dusting to edges.

LE LIVRE DE LA JUNGLE AND LE SECOND LIVRE DE LA JUNGLE, RUDYARD KIPLING, 1933.

1935 14th edition and 1933 7th edition respectively, illustrated throughout by Roger Beboussin. Dimensions : 279mm x 225mm x 28mm (Vol1) x 32mm (Vol2). Weight : 3kg Gross. Condition : Good.

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Well illustrated throughout in both text and full page.

French language. 

2 volumes in matching half leather with gilt spine decoration and gilt titles on title plates. Very attractive marbled boards and end papers. Scuffing to corners and slight wear to edges. Good overall condition. 

Together these 2 volumes form a very attractive set and are scarce in these editions and binding.

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LE MONDE MERVEILLEUX DES INSECTES BY JEAN HENRI FABRE 5th EDITION PARIS 1932.

French language edition copyright by Librairie Delagrave 1920. 248 pages 4to. 45 dessins, 8 planches similigravure, 8 planches trichromes. Dimensions : 280mm x 230mm x 38mm. Weight : 1.8kg net.

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A fascinating edition. 1932. 5th edition.

French language edition. 

Many black and white and full colour illustrations.

One quarter calf leather marbled boards. Light wear to the edges and wear to the corners. Light wear and rubbing to the spine edges and ribbing but with a surface scratch across the spine at 115mm down from the top. Medium wear and scuffing to the calf. Pages medium/heavy good condition with toning to the border edges and general light browning throughout. Plates good condition mostly with tissue facing.