BLACK BEAUTY. His Grooms and Companions. The autobiography of a Horse. Translated from the original Equine by Anna Sewell.
FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(6.8 x 4.2 inches). Limited edition, one of only 100 copies, this number 17, numbered and signed by Champion British Equestrian Lucinda Prior-Palmer, later Green, to mark the centenary of the book's first publication. Finely bound in publishers delux leather binding of full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments with gilt lettering and gilt stamped Horse head devices. Front board with black stamped illustration of a horse. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Single gilt rule on inner boards. Housed in the original marbled paper and brown cloth covered slip-case. Fine condition throughout. ---- An attractive facsimile edition, issued to mark the centenary of Black Beauty and signed by one of the greatest Horse Women in Great Britain. Lucinda Green (born Lucinda Prior-Palmer, she married the Australian Equestrian David Green in 1981 and competed under both names) won a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 2 gold medals at the 1982 World Championships, and five gold & four silver medals at the European Championships between 1975 and 1987, among many other achievements.
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FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated frontispiece of a map of the Azanian Empire. A fine clean and fresh copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt. Some very minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and a hint of fading to the red of the spine but overall a near fine example with the gilt still very bright and vibrant. SONNETS. Edited and with an introduction and commentary by Martin Seymour-Smith.
Reprint. This edition originally published in 1963. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.9 inches). vi, 194pp. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in attractive full red calf binding. Spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt wavy lines. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Blue morocco label, gilt. Board edges and turn-ins with decorative floral gilt tooling. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Overall a lovely, highly attractive volume. THE ART JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851.
FIRST EDITION. Folio. (13.2 x 10 inches). Packed with 100's of detailed mono line drawings, the work provides not only a catalogue of the Great Exhibition but its history. A very good copy in attractive early leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Elaborate decorative gilt panel within single gilt ruled and two blind ruled borders on both boards. Bevelled edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Coated yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. Bound by Lewis and Williams binders of Cardiff and with their small label to the inner rear board. Noted Irish author Joyce Cary's copy with his ex libris, and his son Michael's just below, on the front pastedown endpaper. Some minor rubbing to the edges but overall a very good copy. --- More photos available on request. MASTERMAN READY; Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people. With illustrations by Fred Pegram and an introduction by David Hannay.
Reprint of 1897 edition. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with 39 full page line illustrations by Pegram. Tissue guard to the frontis. Creasing to the top outer corner of 20 leaves, otherwise a vary good copy in a fine early leather binding by Riviere and son. Half blue calf. Spine with raised bands, the compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. School arms and motto stamped in gilt to the front board and a school prize label, from Woodlands School in Deganwy in North Wales, to the front pastedown endpaper. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good and attractive copy. TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD by LEMUEL GULLIVER. First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several ships. With a preface by Henry Craik.
FIRST BROCK EDITION, Large paper issue. One of only 110 copies issued. Large 8vo. (10.5 x 7.4 inches). One hundred fine line illustrations by Brock. Tissue guard to the frontis. Some minor offsetting to the blank endpapers otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. In the original publishers burgundy cloth binding with printed paper label to the spine. The spine is a bit faded and there is some loss to one corner of the label, not affecting the lettering, but this is still a lovely copy of this scarce volume. With an attractive Art Nouveau bookplate of Christie Chetwynd Atkinson, decorated and illustrated with two women reading, by M.C. Fisher, dated 1902, on the front pastedown endpaper. THE FABLES OF AESOP. Selected, told anew and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs.
FIRST HEIGHWAY EDITION, Large paper issue. One of only 100 copies issued. Large 8vo. (10.5 x 7.4 inches), With notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. Tissue guard to the frontis. Some minor offsetting to the blank endpapers otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. In the original publishers burgundy cloth binding with printed paper label to the spine. The spine is a bit faded but this is still a lovely copy of this scarce volume. With an attractive Art Nouveau bookplate of Christie Chetwynd Atkinson, decorated and illustrated with two women reading, by M.C. Fisher, dated 1902, on the front pastedown endpaper. --- More photos available on request. WINE IN PEACE AND WAR.
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Two colour illustrations by Whistler within the book plus colour decoration on boards showing three men cowering behind a wine barrel. Both pastedown endpapers browned by the binders glue, as usual. Some light creasing to the very top of the spine but generally a fine bright copy. THE SURVEY OF LONDON. Contayning the Orignall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A[nthony] M[unday] in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A. M., H[enry] D[yson] and others. This present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: The first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names.
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Reprint of title originally published in 1924. 8vo. (7.4 x 5 inches). Illustrated with 24 mono photographic plates. A bright and clean copy bound, by G. F. Laurence binders of london, in early half burgundy calf. Spine with five raised band. Compartments ruled in blind and lettered and decorated in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt stamped school coat of arms of Owen's School Islington to the front board. Prize label, dated 1939, on the front inner board. A very good, attractive copy. POLYMETIS: Or, an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books.
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LEWIS CARROLL. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott and the illustrations by John Tenniel.
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THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS.– Extra illustrated. A man of much honour and learning among the Jews. Faithfully translated out of the latin and French, by Tho. Lodge, Doctor n Physick. Whereunto are newly added the the references of the Scriptures throughout the History, and afterwards collected into a Table.
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