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1948975T33Hallamshire: Cutlers' Company 1948-1999. Paperback. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart collection of eight booklets for various British companies and liveries including cutlers apothecaries plumbers and bakers. Eight volumes. Scarce works. A collection of booklets exploring the history and management of a selection of British societies and companies including cutlers apothecaries military plumbers shipwrights liverymen and more. This set contains: An Account of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire in the County of York 1948. Written by J. H. Whitham. Illustrated with eight leaves of images. The London Apothecaries: Their Society and Their Hall 1955. Later edition. Written by Cecil Wall. With three drawings by Edward Swan. Honourable Artillery Company: Presentation of Colours by Her Majesty the Queen 1980. For the date of 25th June 1980. With the original annual dinner programme. The History and Work of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. With two colour plates and two black-and-white plates. Historical Notes of the Worshipful Company of Innholders and its Hall in College Street 1960. Eighth issue. In outline of the society of the art and mistery of innholders in the city of London. Short History of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers 1965. Illustrated throughout. Published by order of the court. The Livery Companies of the City of London 1957. With a foreword by the Lord Mayor. Illustrated throughout. The Worshipful Company of Bakers: An Introduction for New Members. Intended to introduce the Bakers' Company to new and potential members. With illustrations. In the original paper wraps. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the extremities of the odd volume. Very Good Cutlers' Company paperback
1932972T54London: Frederick Warne and Co.; Cobden-Sanderson; Chatto and Windus; The Harvill Press; Frederick Muller Ltd. 1932-1958. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart collection of five recipe books for dining drinking and entertaining at home. Five volumes. This set contains: Menus Made Easy 1932. Revised and extended edition. A guide of how to order dinner and give dishes their correct French names. Written by Nancy Lake a British food writer and author of cookery books. Someone to Dinner 1935. First edition. A collection of recipes for small kitchen spaces and kitchenettes with guides to the essentials of economical cookery. Written by Winifred Hope Thomson a Scottish author and illustrator. A Pretty Kettle of Fish 1935. First edition. A collection of recipes exploring the excellent and seldom used methods of cooking fish dishes from baking and boiling to steaming and poaching. Written by Elizabeth Lucas a British cookbook writer. I Have a House 1950. First edition. With illustrations throughout. A guide to the common troubles of the housewife from cleaning kitchen work washing and gardening to entertaining guests and children. Written by May Slade and Diana Hamond. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. Authentic and Hilarious Bar Guide 1958. Second impression. Illustrated throughout by VIP. A modest chapbook offered as a guide to the delicious and delightful recipes for cocktails and bar drinks. Written by Ted Shane an American author and journalist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate and the odd contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers of the odd volume. Very Good Frederick Warne and Co.; Cobden-Sanderson; Chatto and Windus; The Harvill Press; Frederick Muller Ltd. hardcover
1890973T26London: George Routledge & Sons; William Heinemann Ltd.; Chatto & Windus; T. Werner Laurie Ltd.; Practical Press Limited c1890-1952. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Five lovely red cloth bound cookery books on foods drinks and sauces from a selection of British food writers. Five volumes. This set contains: The New Cookery Book: A Complete Manual c1890. People's edition. A complete manual of English and foreign cookery on sound principles of taste and science comprehending carefully tried receipts for every branch of the art. Written by Anne Bowman a British cook book writer best known for this work. The Conduct of The Kitchen: How to Keep a Good Table for Sixteen Shillings a Week 1925. First edition. A detailed guide to economical cookery with examples of inexpensive dishes and menus from soups and sauces to entirely new delights. Written by Xavier Marcel Boulestin a French chef restaurateur and the author of cookery books that popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world. John Fothergill's Cookery Book 1943. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece five plates and six in-text figures. Collated complete. A collection of known recipes with the author's own modifications and guides to preparation as well as a number of original dishes and sauces produced over twenty years of innkeeping. Written by John Rowland Fothergill an English innkeeper and entrepreneur described as a "pioneer amateur innkeeper" in Who's Who. Cookery Up-To-Date 1948. New and revised edition. A practical handbook of what to eat and how to cook it intended for students and housewives alike. With chapters on fish meat poultry vegetables and salads breakfast cakes bread sauces sweet dishes and more. Written by May Little a British cookbook writer. Steps to Good Sauces 1952. First edition. A good sauce can make a meal and this work will provide detailed instructions on how to create one each and every time. With chapters on veloute bechamel Espagnole tomato sauce Hollandaise stocks and more. Written by Alwynne Vane-Thompson a British cook chef instructor at the London Institute and food writer. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities and the endpapers. With the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Good George Routledge & Sons; William Heinemann Ltd.; Chatto & Windus; T. Werner Laurie Ltd.; Practical Press Limited hardcover
1921972T13Nottingham: Various 1921-2005. Paperback. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A charming collection of twenty-five scarce booklets on Nottinghamshire the local areas and their history. Twenty-five volumes. Many scarce works. A collection of booklets many of which contain illustrations on Nottinghamshire a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is often best recognised for Sherwood Forest the remnant of a large ancient woodland. These volumes explore the history and architecture of numerous local areas with reference to specific churches parishes residents and much more. This set contains: St. Peter's Church East Bridgford Notts 1921. Written by Reverend Arthur Du Boulay Hill. A Guide to Robin Hood Country c1930. The Priory Church of Our Lady and St. Cuthbert Worksop Notts c1930. Nottingham Marketplace in 1896 1941. Written by G. C. A. Austin. A Guide to Calverton Parish Church c1956. Written by Reverend T. O. Hoyle. St. Michael and All Angels Bramcote: 1861-1961 1961. The Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin: Clumber Park A Property of the National Trust 1963. The Chapter of Southwell Minster: A Story of 1000 Years 1971. Second edition. North Leverton Windmill c1974. St. Mary the Virgin Nottingham: A Short History and Guide 1974. Written by D. J. Peters. St. Mary's Church Arnold 1977. Written by Kenneth M. Negus. Nottingham: A Guide 1977. Written by John Sheffield. Sutton-in-Ashfield: In Times Past 1978. The Lost Windmills of Retford 1978. Written by B. J. Biggs. Nottingham Castle 1984. Written by John Sheffield and David Mills. The Windows of St. Peter's Church Nottingham 1986. From Village to Town Arnold 1800-1900 1986. Edited by Christopher Weir. Arnold: On Old Picture Postcards c1991. Written by Ken Negus signed and inscribed by the author. St. John the Baptist East Markham 1992. Views of Gunthorpe 1992. Edited by Julie O'Neill. St. Mary's Church East Leake: Its History from Saxon Times to the Present Day 1993. Written by R. Owen Wood. Nottingham High School: A Commemoration of the Founder Dame Agnes Mellers 1993. Loco Village: The Birth and Growth of Netherfield 1994. The Dedication of the New Bell Frame and Six Bells at the Parish Church of St. Wilfrid Calverton 1998. The Church of St. Nicholas Dersingham: Order of Service for the Institution and Induction of the Reverend Michael John Brock as Vicar of Dersingham Anmer and Shernborne 2005. In the original paper wraps. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the spines of most volumes. The odd small mark to the wraps of the odd volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. The odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities of the odd volume. Minor rusting from staples. The odd contemporary ink inscription to the endpapers. Very Good Various paperback
1899973T67London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1899-1926. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. A smart collection of nine historical studies of town across Europe from the Mediaeval Towns Series. Nine volumes. Mediaeval Towns series. A collection of detailed histories of the origins of important towns across Europe and their development in line with the history of the nation to which they belong. Each volume contains chapters on the important historical events great architectural developments the people and their customs battles and wars life and death literature commerce and much more. This set contains: The Story of Rouen 1899. Illustrated with a frontispiece six maps five of which are folding three plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Theodore Andrea Cook. Illustrated by Helen James and Jane E. Cook. The Story of Perugia 1901. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images and a folding plan to the rear. Collated complete. Written by Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon. Illustrated by Helen James. The Story of Rome 1901. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images and four folding plans. Collated complete. Written by Norwood Young. Illustrated by Nelly Erichsen. The Story of Verona 1902. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images and three plans two of which are folding. Collated complete. Written by Alethea Wiel. Illustrated by Nelly Erichsen and Helen James. The Story of Chartres 1902. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images and four plates. Collated complete. Written by Cecil Headlam. Illustrated by Herbert Railton. The Story of Moscow 1910. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images and two plates. Collated complete. Written by Wirt Gerrare . Illustrated by Helen James. The Story of Avignon 1911. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates numerous in-text images and two folding maps. Collated complete. Written by Thomas Okey. Illustrated by Percy Wadham. The Story of Assisi 1913. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written by Lina Duff Gordon. Illustrated by Nelly Erichsen and Helen James. The Story of Bruges 1926. Illustrated with a frontispiece numerous in-text images one folding plan and five genealogical tables. Collated complete. Written by Ernest Gilliat-Smith. Illustrated by Edith Calvert and Herbert Railton. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd small split to the cloth at the head and tail. Front hinge just starting but firm to the odd volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers. Very Good J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1946976T12London: Phoenix House; Harrap; W. H. Allen; Hutchinson & Co.; Cassell; Macdonald and Evans; Heinemann; John Murray; Bibliophile Books; Hamish Hamilton; Lutterworth Press; Calder & Boyars; Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd.; The Epworth Press; Peter Davies; Stevens & Sons 1946-1984. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6". Various. A vast collection of historical and topographical studies of the city of London England and its surrounding area with numerous illustrations. Twenty-two volumes. Illustrated throughout. This set contains: London Lives On 1951. New cheap edition. A pictorial record of the landmarks of post-war London. Written by R. G. Burnett photographs by E.W. Tattersall. The Lost Treasures of London 1947. First edition. The first book to assess comprehensively and soberly the extent of the destruction of the Blitz. Written by William Kent. The National Theatre 1976. First edition. A study of the highly productive stage of The National Theatre and its company. Written by Judith Cook. Haymarket: Theatre of Perfection 1948. First edition. A series of theatre histories focused on the second oldest theatre in London- the Haymarket. Written by W. Macqueen-Pope. Crockford's or the Goddess of Chance in St. James's Street 1828-1844 1953. First edition. An entertaining history of the nineteenth century gambling house Crockford's. Written by A. L. Humphreys. London's Noble Fire Brigades: 1833-1904 1973. First edition. A study of the history and development of the London Fire Engine Establishment. Written by Sally Holloway. A History of Architecture in and Around London 1962. First edition. Arranged to illustrated the course of architecture in England until the end of the nineteenth century. Written by Walter H. Godfrey. "This - Is London." 1950. First edition. A behind the scenes story of British broadcasting and penetrating journalistic talent. Written by Stuart Hibberd. The Book of Pall Mall 1965. First edition. A commentary on the success story of Pall Mall and the rapid building up of this important street. Written by J. M. Scott. The Red Barrell: A History of Watney Mann 1963. First edition. The story of the Stag Brewery and many other brewery businesses with histories dating back to the eighteenth century. Written by Hurford Janes. The Night Side of London 1984. Reproduction after a long period of being out of print. An exploration of the night life of the English capital city at the turn of the century. Written by Robert Machray. The Story of Sadler's Wells: 1683-1964 1965. First edition. The story of one of the oldest and longest running theatres of the city of London. Written by Dennis Arundell. Bridge Church and Palace in Old London 1961. First edition. An account of the greatest of London's varnished buildings of architectural interest. Written by John E. N. Hearsey. John Venn and the Clapham Sect 1958. First edition. The biography of a man of great influence in the Evangelical movement at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Written by Michael Hennell. The Orrible Synne 1973. First edition. A look at London lechery from Roman to Cromwellian times. Written by E. J. Burford. Earls Court 1953. First edition. The autobiography of a man who can claim to be Britain's most adventurous showman. Written by Claude Langdon. The Story of Westminster College 1851-1951 1951. First edition. The story of one hundred years of growth and development for Westminster College. Written by F. C. Pritchard. London Beneath the Pavement 1961. First edition. A curious and striking book on the subterranean activity across the city of London. Written by Michael Harrison. A Prospect of Gray's Inn 1951. First edition. Presenting a view over the varied history of Gray's Inn from the Middle Ages to the modern day. Written by Francis Cowper. Stevedores and Dockers 1969. First edition. A study of trade unionism in the port of London between 1870 and 1914. Written by John Lovell. The Old Concert Rooms of London 1955. First edition. Tracing the public performance of music from the taverns of the seventeenth century to the famous St. James's Hall in Piccadilly. Written by Robert Elkin. The London We Love 1946. First edition. The story of favourite sites and important residents of London as well as guests from all nations whom we have been proud to welcome. Written by G. E. Eades. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Rear hinge just starting but firm to The Orrible Synne. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than: A History of Architecture in and Around London "This - Is London." The Book of Pall Mall The Story of Sadler's Wells: 1683-1964 John Venn and the Clapham Sect London Beneath the Pavement and The London We Love which have been price-clipped. Dust wrappers are smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spines. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with sympathetic repairs made with tape to A Prospect of Gray's Inn. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With light spotting to the odd volume and the odd contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed Phoenix House; Harrap; W. H. Allen; Hutchinson & Co.; Cassell; Macdonald and Evans; Heinemann; John Murray; Bibliophile Books; H hardcover
1910973Y6Various : Various 1910-1975. Paperback. Good/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Numerous Illustrators . A large selection of cookery pamphlets and books sourced from brands including Borwick's Cox's Gelatine and Whitworth's Sugar. A varied collection of cookery pamphlets and booklets the majority of which are publications from ingredient brands including Borwick's Cox's Gelatine Whitworth's Sugar Symington's and Pillsbury. Also with guides to specific types of cooking including 'Cold Cookery' which encourages the use of an electric refrigerator and 'Waterless Cooking' by Elizabeth Craig which promotes the use of the "Milbro" water-less cooker. Majority of the volumes are in the publishers' wraps. With 'Cooking by Magic' in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Borwick's Cookery' in the original cloth-backed boards. The entirety of this set comprises the following: One Hundred and One Luncheon Dishes by Rose Brown 1910Reliable Recipes and Helpful Hints Calumet Baking Powder c1914 The Pillsbury Cook-Book 1914 - New edition Symington's Recipes c1930Borwick's Cookery Book c1930 - Thirteenth edition International Cookery by Lilla Deeley 1933 The Epicure's Monthly Companion: A Gastronomical Guide Compiled by Kathleen Talbot 1933 More Every-day Dishes Edited by Elizabeth Craig c1935 Cox's Manual of Gelatine Cookery 1935Cold Cookery: The Electric Refrigerator Home Handbook 1938 - Second impressionAll About Cakes and Candies for Pleasure and Profit c1939 - Eighth edition Food for the Future by Josephine Terry 1942 - Second impression Rational Cookery: Being a Collection of Simple Receipts 1943 - Third editionA Cook's Tour of the Soviet Union 1944 A Collection of Tested Recipes in Plain Cookery by Miss Mason 1946 A Guide to Marketable Fish by R. J. Daniel 1948Cooking by Magic by Marjorie Baron Russell 1949 - Third impression Whitworth's Spice of Life Cookery Book c1950Waterless Cooking by Elizabeth Craig 1953More Yorkshire Recipes Collected by Mrs. Appleby of "The Dalesman" 1967Quick Canapes 1969 The Little Brown Book of Greens 1975 Majority of the volumes are in the publishers' wraps. With 'Cooking by Magic' in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Borwick's Cookery' in the original cloth-backed boards. Externally generally smart with most notable wear being to 'Pillsbury' which is chipped around the edges. With handling and tide marks to 'International Cookery' and tape reinforced to 'Waterless' which is chipped to the spine head. Remaining volumes have moderate edge wear or handling marks to their extremities. Sunning to the spine of 'Food for the Future'. Dust wrapper of 'Cooking by Magic' is chipped to the spine head with scattered spotting and sunning to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with any instances of scattered spots largely concentrated to the first and last few pages or occasionally throughout. Ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch tipped-in to the majority of the volumes to the front endpapers. Good Various paperback
1909973T1London: Cassell & Company Limited 1909-1958. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A charming collection of seven economical and simple cookery books for the home. Seven volumes. This set contains: Choice Dishes at Small Cost 1909. First edition. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. A delightful collection of simple recipes for even the beginner cook with guides to cleanliness washing up and how to select economical produce. Written by Arthur Gay Payne who also wrote under the pseudonym Phillis Browne an English sports editor and writer on cookery. The One Maid Cookery Book 1913. Popular edition. Specially written for the modern conditions of homes with only one maid or no maid at all with instructions for all manner of recipes and home remedies. Written by A. E. Congreve a British cookbook writer. How to Cook in Casserole Dishes 1915. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to cooking in casserole dishes with an assortment of different recipes to try at home from rabbit en casserole to lobster Newburg. Written by Marion Harris Neil a Scottish writer and editor. Health for All Wartime Recipe Book 1945. Very scarce work. An informative collection of recipes in which the author instructs women on how to feed their families and children on wartime rations. Including sections on protein dishes invalid cookery and preserving foods. Written by Margaret Y. Brady. Onions Without Tears: A Collection of Intriguing Recipes 1951. First edition. With illustrations throughout by Margaret Ayer an American author and self-illustrator of six books for children. An extraordinary work exploring the value and versatility of onions with guides to the fundamentals of onion cooking recipes with other vegetables the onion abroad and much more. Written by Jean Bothwell an American writer and missionary. Marguerite Patten's Cake and Biscuit Book 1952. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-five plates. Collated complete. A charming guide to baking with specific reference to cakes and biscuits providing a collection of simple recipes and tips for the basic processes involved. Written by Marguerite Patten a British home economist food writer and broadcaster. Doris Archer's Farm Cookery Book 1958. First edition. An invaluable book of family recipes of exciting and unusual dishes from farmhouse pickles to preserves and wines. Written by Gwen Berryman a British actress and writer known for her role as Doris Archer from the BBC radio series The Archers. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth with minor fading to the spines. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine of Choice Dishes at Small Cost with further splits to the joints resulting in minor fraying. Front hinge starting but firm to The One Maid Cookery Book. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of Cake and Biscuit Book. Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
1910973T63London: Seeley & Co. Limited c1910-1931. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Not Stated. A collection of twelve volumes from the Things Seen In series by Seeley and Co. with detailed descriptions of different countries and regions. Twelve volumes. A series of travel books published in the early twentieth century by Seeley and Co. these volumes provided detailed descriptions and illustrations of countries and regions across the world. With tips and informative guides for travelers and tourists alike. These works were produced to provide information on the scenery history customs people artwork and charms of each area. With additional information on the countryside fashionable resorts more secluded areas and more based on each of the authors' own experiences in the region. This set contains: Things Seen in Holland 1910. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-nine plates. Collated complete. Written by Charles Emile Roche a British translator and travel writer. Things Seen in the Dolomites 1928. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a double page map to the front of the text. Collated complete. Written by L. M. Davidson. Things Seen in Provence 1929. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a double page map to the front of the text. Collated complete. Written by Captain Leslie Richardson a senior British Army officer who saw service in the Second World War and reached high office following the end of the war. Things Seen on the Italian Lakes 1929. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-four plates and three sketch maps. Collated complete. Written by Laura Maria Magg an Italian author and historian. Things Seen in Rome c1927. New and revised edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one plates. Written by Albert G. Mackinnon a British travel writer. Things Seen in Sicily c1929. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a double page map to the front of the text. Collated complete. Written by Isabel Emerson a British travel writer best known for her works on Italy and its regions. Things Seen in Portugal c1931. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one plates with a sketch map to the front endpapers. Collated complete. Written by Marion F. Smithes a British travel writer notes for her work Children of the Desert. Things Seen in Sweden c1928. New and revised edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Written by James William Barnes Steveni a British journalist and author. Revised by G. Thompson Walker. Things Seen in Switzerland in Winter c1926. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a sketch map. Collated complete. Written by Charles William Domville-Fife a British writer and journalist with a focus on military and naval matters. Things Seen in Madeira c1928. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a sketch map. Collated complete. Written by Jessie Edith Hutcheon a British travel writer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Things Seen in Morocco c1928. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-one plates and a sketch map. Collated complete. Written by Lovelyn Elaine Bickerstaffe a British writer. Things Seen in Egypt c1923. Illustrated with a frontispiece forty-seven plates and two full-page images. Collated complete. Written by Edith Louisa Floyer a British author best known for her travel works about Egypt. Dated from the British Library. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with further fading to Dolomites and Italian Lakes. Small splits in the cloth to the joints of Dolomites with the odd small mark to the boards of each volume. Front hinge tender to Holland with the frontispiece detached but present. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light spotting to the first and last few pages. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers of the odd volume. Loss to the front free endpaper of Madeira due to tearing. Very Good Seeley & Co. Limited hardcover
1930972T35London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd; Methuen; Duckworth; Batsford; The Bodley Head 1930-1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Five charming collection of guides to cookery and managing a household bound in red cloth with tips on a variety of dishes and utensils. Five volumes. This set contains: French Cooking for English Kitchens 1930. First UK edition. A detailed guide and collection of French recipes adjusted for English cookery styles with chapters on soups sauces fish meats desserts and more. Written by cookbook writers M. Therese and Louise Bonney. The Festive Board: A Literary Feast 1931. First edition. A collection of literary pieces on food and drinks arranged in a menu of oysters fowls wines and cocktails with contributions from Charles Lamb R. S. Surtees Charles Dickens and more. Written by Thurston Macauley an English journalist. Cooking and Curing: A Testament of Food 1937. First edition. A collection of recipes with specific reference to curing including chapters on risotto omelettes frogs and snails pickles and jams and medicinal treatments. Written by Oriana Haynes an English writer and historian. 101 Things for the Handyman to Do: A Book of Practical Directions 1946. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Being a commentary and guide to jobs around the home for the handyman providing information on the use and care of tools. Written by A. C. Horth a British writer noted for his "101 Things" series. The Way to Cook or Common Sense in the Kitchen 1948. Revised edition. A detailed explanation of the basic ideas and principles that for the foundation of all cooking with simple recipes for the beginner cook. Written by Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben an English cook known for his radio and television programmes about food and cooking. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Front hinge starting but firm to French Cooking for English Kitchens. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers of most volumes. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good George Allen & Unwin Ltd; Methuen; Duckworth; Batsford; The Bodley Head hardcover
1890976T93London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union; Wells Gardner Darton & Co.; R. E. King; John F. Shaw c1890-1910. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Various. A delightful collection of five novels from the turn of the century all bound in decorative blue cloth. Five volumes. This set contains: The Drummer Boy: A Story of the Days of Washington 1893. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Following the experiences of a French soldier involved in the American War of Independence. Written by Louis-Theophile Marie Rousselet a French traveller writer photographer and pioneer of the darkroom. Nathan Plaintalk c1893. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Following the life of Nathan Plaintalk a villager from Jogtrot a carpenter and a good workman. His wife had passed away some years ago and now he looks on the world with uncertainty waiting for the day that he can join her in heaven. Written by J. W. Keyworth. A Lost Piece of Silver c1881. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Set in London in the mid-nineteenth century this work begins in a dark street where two women search for a piece of dropped silver. Written by Frances Mary Synge an Irish author and hymnwriter who wrote under the name F. M. S. The Lamplighter c1895. A sentimental novel following the story of Gertrude Flint an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint a lamplighter. Written by Maria Susanna Cummins an American novelist. Maggie's Mistake or Bright Light in the Clouds c1898. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and decorations. Following the youngest daughter of the Wilson family Margaret after her decision to leave home. Written by Mrs. Lucas Shadwell a British author. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm to The Lamplighter. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Lacking the front free endpaper of The Drummer Boy. Very Good Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union; Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co.; R. E. King; John F. Shaw hardcover
1912972T52London; Birmingham: Country Life Ltd; The Parkinson Stove Co.; Faber and Faber Limited; William Kimber 1912-1954. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A delightful collection of four charming cookery books exploring high-glass cookery for the experienced chef in green cloth binding. Four volumes. This set contains: French Household Cooking c1912. A collection of classically simple and inexpensive recipes from the best Paris chefs. Written by Frances Keyzer an Englishwoman who lived in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century when French women were reckoned to be the cleverest of cooks. Perfect Cooking c1937. A comprehensive guide to success in the kitchen with a section on fascinating foods from abroad. Written by the staff of the Demonstration and Research Department of the Parkinson Stove Co. Ltd a British manufacturer of gas meters and gas stoves. Wishful Cooking 1949. First edition. A collection of nostalgic local recipes collected from across the British Isles with certain recipes revived to renew their gastronomical reputation. Written by Emily Lina Mirrlees a Scottish food writer and Margaret Rosalys Coker a South African-born English author of books for the home. Royal Chef 1954. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen images across twelve plates. Collated complete. Recollections of life in royal households from Queen Victoria to Queen Mary. Written by Gabriel Tschumi a native of Wiedlisbach Switzerland who served as Master Chef to three British monarchs: Queen Victoria and Kings Edward VII and George V. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Minor fading to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper of the odd volume. Very Good Country Life Ltd; The Parkinson Stove Co.; Faber and Faber Limited; William Kimber hardcover
1903971Y14London; Boston : W. & R. Chambers Limited; Little Brown and Company; Frederick Warne and Co. et al 1903-1959. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Various . A pleasing collection of 20th-century cookery books including Eugene Christian's raw food recipes and Elizabeth Craig's everyday menus. A very smart selection of eighteen cookery books spanning from 1903-1959 and offering a range of English French and American recipes at different skill levels. With notable authors including raw foodism writer Eugene Christian influential Boston cooking teacher Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln Scottish journalist and home economist Elizabeth Craig and British nutritionist and inventor of the wartime Grant loaf Doris Grant. In the original cloth bindings.The entirety of this set includes the following: 'Menus Made Easy; or How to Order Dinner and Give the Dishes Their French Names' by Nancy Lake 1903 'Uncooked Foods and How to Use Them: A Treatise on How to Get the Highest Form of Animal Energy from Food with Recipes for Preparation Healthful Combinations and Menus' by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Christian 1904 - Fifth edition revised and enlarged 'Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking' by Mrs. Mary J. Lincoln 1909 - Revised edition containing over 250 additional recipes.'Berridge House Recipe Book' 1910 'Economical Cookery' by Kate Addison 1912 - Revised and enlarged by M. Clare E. Addison 'French Cookery for English Homes' 1912 - Fifth impression'The Practical Daily Menu: Suggestions and Recipes for 365 Breakfasts 365 Dinners 365 Suppers' by Christina B. Peacock 1926 '1500 Everyday Menus: Daily Menus for a Year with 200 Menus for Special Occasions' / Elizabeth Craig's Household Library c1930 'French Dishes for English Tables: Soups & Potages Hors d'Oeuvre Salads' by J. Berjane 1931 - In-text decorations by Bethell-Jones. 'Vegetarian Cookery' by Florence A. George 1936 - Sixth impression'Sweet-Making for Everywoman' by Sonia Agnew 1936 'The A.I Cookery Book: Containing Everything Essential for Those Who Wish to Have Plain Food Daintily Prepared' by Helen N. Lawson 1946 - Fifth revised edition 'Carefree Cookery: A Beginner's Book with General Directions and Over 300 Simple Tested Recipes Especially Written for Brides and Bachelors' by Dorothy Anne Adamson 1947 - Second edition'Dear Housewives' by Doris Grant 1954 - Second impression 'Beer and Vittels' by Elizabeth Craig 1955 'Housewives Beware' by Doris Grant 1958 'Peggy Hutchinson's Do's and Don'ts of Wine Making' 1959 In the original cloth bindings. Externally very smart with moderate rubbing and bumping across the set most notable instances to 'French Dishes' and 'Boston'. Most notable marks to the cloth of 'Boston' 'Vegetarian Cookery' 'A.I. Cookery Book' and 'French Dishes'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers and mostly the odd spotting concentrated towards the front and rear leaves. With more scattered spots throughout 'French Cookery for English Homes'. With an ownership bookplate of ones Martina and Pamela Finch to each of the front free endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper of 'Economical Cookery'. Very Good W. & R. Chambers, Limited; Little, Brown and Company; Frederick Warne and Co. et al hardcover
1892976T100London: S. W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.; Seeley Service & Co.; James Nisbet & Co.; Ward Lock & Co.; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Duckworth & Co. c1892-1924. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Various. A smart collection of eight adventure novels for children from great writers of the Victorian era. Eight volumes. This set contains: The Pearl Lagoons or The Lost Chief c1911. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and five monochrome plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Macdonald a Scottish minister and author. Masterman Ready or The Wreck of the "Pacific" 1902. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by Captain Frederick Marryat a Royal Navy officer and novelist noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction. The Romance of Modern Engineering 1910. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete. Written by Archibald Williams a British writer best known for his "The Romance of" series on inventions and mechanics. With Cutlass and Torch: A Story of the Great Slave Coast 1904. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Written by William Gordon Stables a Scottish medical doctor in the Royal Navy and a prolific author of adventure fiction. The Rajah of Monkey Island 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece one map and two plates. Collated complete. Written by Arthur Lee Knight a popular British author of adventure books. The Sunset of the Heroes: Last Adventures of the Takers of Troy 1911. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. Written by Winifred Margaret Lambart Hutchinson an English classicist who translated classical texts and wrote popular retellings of Greek legends. Old Fireproof: Being the Chaplain's Story 1912. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven plates three of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Lt. Colonel Arthur Owen Vaughan also known by his bardic name Owen Rhoscomyl an English-born writer soldier and Welsh nationalist. Barbrooke Grubb Pathfinder 1924. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-two images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Norman J. Davidson. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark to the cloth. Small splits in the cloth to the spines of the odd volume. Hinges starting but firm to most volumes with the front hinge of The Pearl Lagoons tender. Internally firmly bound other than The Pearl Lagoons which has the odd page loosening. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpapers. Lacking the front free endpaper to Barbrooke Grubb Pathfinder. Good S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.; Seeley, Service & Co.; James Nisbet & Co.; Ward, Lock & Co.; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Duckworth & Co hardcover
1933972T55London: Chatto & Windus; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell 1933-1937. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. Three smart cookery book from the thirties providing a collection of delightfully nostalgic recipes from European kitchens. Three volumes. This set contains: Cook's Tour of European Kitchens 1933. First edition. A collection of recipes for the best continental dishes suited to an English table with chapters on various countries from France and Spain to Russia and Switzerland. Written by K. and M. von Schumacher. Dinners for Beginners 1934. First edition. An economical cookery book for the beginner cook intended to provide simple meals to be cooked single-handedly. With guide to seasonal cooking impromptu meals and timetables. Written by Rachel and Margaret Ryan. Illustrated throughout by Laurence Irving. The Finer Cooking or Dishes for Parties 1937. First edition. A collection of fine dining recipes which popularised French cuisine in the English-speaking world with chapters on Gothic parties exotic food origins of dishes and the duties of a hostess. Written by Xavier Marcel Boulestin a French chef restaurateur. Illustrated throughout by J. E. Laboureur. In the original full beige cloth. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good Chatto & Windus; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell hardcover
1893976T26London: Seeley & Co. Limited; Adam and Charles Black; Duckworth; S.P.C.K. 1893-1955. Cloth. Good/Good. 7.5" by 5"; 9" by 6". Joseph Pennell; T. Hamilton Crawford. A smart collection of five volumes on St. Paul's Cathedral in London with specific architectural and historical commentary. Five volumes. A collection of studies on St Paul's Cathedral formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle an Anglican cathedral in London England. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London in the Church of England. This set contains: Charing Cross to St. Paul's 1893. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-eight images thirty-five of which are on plates. Collated complete. Written by Justin McCarthy an Irish nationalist journalist historian novelist and politician. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell an American draftsman etcher lithographer and illustrator. Under the Dome of St. Paul's: A Story of Sir Christopher Wren's Days 1898. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by Emma Marshall an English author of over two hundred works. Illustrated by Thomas Hamilton Crawford a Scottish painter of architectural urban settings and mezzotint portrait engraver. Tales of English Minsters: St. Paul's 1910. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece one colour plate and four black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by Elizabeth Grierson a British architectural historian and writer. St. Paul's 1935. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and three in-text figures. Collated complete. From the Historic Buildings Series. Written by Stephen Alfred Warner a British author and historian. St. Paul's in its Glory: A Candid History of the Cathedral 1831-1911 1955. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten images across eight plates. Collated complete. Written by George Leonard Prestige an English theologian and Fellow and Chaplain of New College Oxford. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with light damp staining to Under the Dome. Minor fading to the spines with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail. Hinges just starting but firm to most volumes. St. Paul's in its Glory is bound with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Wrapper is also smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Further spotting to the first and last few pages. Tide marks to the pages of Under the Dome with light staining from the cloth. Minor age toning to the endpapers with contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Under the Dome. Good Seeley & Co. Limited; Adam and Charles Black; Duckworth; S.P.C.K. hardcover
1961972Y24Nottinghamshire : Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire 1961-1980. Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 7". None. A fascinating selection of archaeological and historical surveys of Nottinghamshire extracted from the Transactions of the Thoroton Society. Offering a collection of seven extracted articles from the Thoroton Society's Transactions. Although separate printings these works were published the same year as their respective volume and retain original paginations.In the original wraps or card covers. The Thoroton Society is Nottinghamshire's principal historical and archaeological society. It was founded in 1897 and named after Dr Robert Thoroton who in 1677 published the first history of the county. Exploring an intriguing range of archaeological and historical findings and surveys.Includes the following:'Excavation of the Borough Ditch Slaughterhouse Lane Newark 1961' by M. W. Barley 1961 from Volume 65'Excavations in Newark Market Place 1965' by M. W. Barley 1965 from Volume 69 'The Pre-Conquest Ditch Near Bridlesmith Gate' by A. Dawe 1967 from Volume 71 'Thoroton's Illustrations of Coats of Arms' by V. W. Walker 1967 from Volume 71 'A Cesspit Excavation at 26-28 Pavement Nottingham' by R. C. Alvey 1973 from Volume 77'The Nottinghamshire Elections for the Short Parliament of 1640' by P. R. Seddon 1976 from Volume 80'The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Hospital Saturday Fund 1873-1948' by Alfred Teeboon 1980 from Volume 84 In the original wraps or card covers. Externally very smart with minor edge wear only to most. With sunning and light spotting to the covers of 'Borough Ditch'. With taped reference numbers to the front covers of 'Borough Ditch' and 'Newark Market Place'. Ink impression to the front cover of 'Market Place' and label to front cover of 'Hospital'. Eaton Hall institutional bookplate to the inside of 'Market Place' front cover and Nottinghamshire County Council ink impression to the inside of 'Cesspit' front cover. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with institutional ink impression to first page of 'Market Place' otherwise clean. Very Good Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire paperback
1926973T69London: Country Life; Harper & Brothers; George G. Harrap & Co.; Peter Owen Limited; Neville Spearman 1926-1958. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5"; 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A delightful collection of five educational cook books from an assortment of food writers. Five volumes. This set contains: Cooking Without a Cook 1926. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixty-five figures on plates. A collection of selected recipes providing simple appetising and economical dishes for every season of the year with recipes from "Homes and Gardens". The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book 1937. New edition revised. A leading American cookbook containing over three thousand recipes carefully tested to ensure success each and every time. With simplified modern methods of cookery explained. Written by Fannie Merritt Farmer an American culinary expert. Mr and Mrs Beeton 1951. First edition. A biography of the Beetons being Samuel Orchart Beeton an English publisher best known as the husband of Mrs Beeton Isabella Mary Mayson an English journalist editor and writer associated with her first book the 1861 work Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Written by H. Montgomery Hyde. Jean Conil's Cookery Classes 1955. First edition. With a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A course of cookery lessons providing simple yet detailed guidance on the correct manner in which to prepare different foods and dishes. Written by Jean Conil a British chef and journalist. First edition. Illustrated throughout by Irena Lorentowicz. Gathering some of the best culinary art in all of England to create an astonishingly rich and varied collection of recipes. Written by Helen Pendleton Rockwell. Cooking Without a Cook is bound in the original greaseproof paper binding while the other volumes are bound in the original cloth. Externally smart with light wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Boston Cooking School Book and Mr & Mrs Beeton which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. Minor loss and closed tears to the head and tail of the spines of Cooking Without a Cook The Boston Cooking School Book and Mr & Mrs Beeton with sympathetic repairs made with tape. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Country Life; Harper & Brothers; George G. Harrap & Co.; Peter Owen Limited; Neville Spearman hardcover
1951977T17London: The Corporation of London; 1951-1953. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smartly bound collection of seven short volumes on the city of London and its people with illustrations bound into one volume. Seven volumes bound into one. Illustrated throughout. This volume contains a collection of works exploring the city of London its people and its history. Titles included are: The City and the Coronation 1953. Written by Stanley H. Bonnett. The Pageantry of London City: Being a Brief Account of Some of the Principal Ceremonies in the Corporate Life of the City of London 1951. Written by John Betts. London City and the People: Its Fight for Public Rights 1951. Written by John Betts. The Old Wall of the City of London 1951. Written by Norman Cook. The City Gardens 1951. Written by Sir Edward Salisbury. London City Churches 1951: A Brief Guide 1951. Written by Gerald Cobb. Rebuilding the City of London 1951. Written by H. Anthony Mealand. Bound in full morocco. Externally very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine The Corporation of London; hardcover
1893977Y51London: Wells Gardner Darton and Co; John F. Shaw and Co; Cassell and Company etc. 1893-1920. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Numerous Illustrators . A smart selection of novels for young readers including 'Ben-Hur' 'The Thirsty Sword' and 'Hans Brinker'. Offering nine novels for young readers spanning over the late 19th-century to early 20th-century.Mixed editions. Majority of volumes are undated and dated via institutional copies. In the original decorative cloth binding. Comprises the following titles: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew. Wallace 1890 - With numerous illustrated plates. Beckie"s Mission or Mr. Bartholomew"s Little Girl by L. Marston 1893 - With a frontispiece and four pages of advertisements to the rear. Captain Geoff by Ismay Thorn 1894 - With numerous illustrated plates and two pages of advertisements to the rear. Half a Dozen Boys. An Every-Day Story by Anna Chapin Ray 1897 - Two pages of advertisements to rear. The Lost Vestal by Emma Marshall 1900 Second edition. With a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland 1262-1263 by Robert Leighton 1900 - With a frontispiece five plates and a dual-spread coloured map. Thirty-two pages of advertisements. Collated complete. The Silver Skates or Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge Nelson"s Girls" Library 1910 - With a frontispiece and three plates. Four pages of advertisements. Collated complete. Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott Herbert Strang"s Library 1912 The Lost Trooper: A Story of the Great North-West by F. Haydn Dimmock 1920 - With a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally very smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Damp stains to 'Captain Geoff'. Hinges to 'Ben-Hur' and 'Beckie's Mission' are strained. With fading to the spines. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedowns of 'Thirsty Sword' and 'Beckie's Mission'. Internally half title to the 'Thirsty Sword' detached but present and frontispiece to 'Beckie's Mission' detached but present otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting and scattered spots to the endpapers. The odd spot throughout 'Ben-Hur' 'Silver Skates' and 'Quentin Durward'. Age toning throughout 'Beckie's Mission'. Good Wells Gardner, Darton and Co; John F. Shaw and Co; Cassell and Company etc. hardcover
1930978T13London: The Religious Tract Society c1930. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Various. A collection of nine smart adventure novels from the Religious Tract Society with illustrations. Nine volumes. A collection of adventure and travel novels from The Religious Tract Society a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 and known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The society engaged in charity as well as commercial enterprise publishing books and periodicals for profit. This set contains: The Wonderland of Egypt c1915. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece two colour plates thirty black-and-white images across sixteen plates and ten in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Percy R. almon an English author and editor. A Congo Pathfinder c1914. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece two colour plates and twenty-one black-and-white images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. Written by John H. Weeks a prolific British novelist and journalist. A Dog With a Bad Name c1920. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and five black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by Talbot Baines Reed an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-twentieth century. Saxby: A Tale of Old and New England c1911. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by Emma Leslie the pseudonym of Emma Boultwood an English writer of children's books and historical fiction. Her Own Way c1900. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. Written by Eglanton Thorne a prolific English writer of historical fiction. In the Hollow of His Hand c1897. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. Written by Hesba Stretton the pseudonym of Sarah Smith an evangelical English author of religious books for children. Dandy Blue or Robin's Knight-Errant c1901. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece one plate and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Emily Brodie an English author. The Mine Detector: A Tale of the East Coast c1916. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. Written by Frank Elias a British author of biographies and stories for boys. An Old Sailor's Story c1880. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and two black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by George E. Sargent an English author who contributed to numerous religious magazines. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of most volumes. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm to Dandy Blue. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpapers of the odd volume. Very Good The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1952978T65London; New York: William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Hodder & Stoughton; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Hamish Hamilton; Basic Books; Constable; Yale University Press 1952-2015. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5"; 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A collection of twenty-three volumes exploring the life times work and contemporaries of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Twenty-three volumes. A collection surrounding the lives and relationship between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Often called Dr Johnson Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic sermonist biographer editor and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". James Boswell was a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for his Life of Samuel Johnson which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. Boswell's diaries letters and private papers were recovered and published by Yale University transforming his reputation. These volumes explore the lives of two great men the historical time in which they lived and key events from this period the great writers and thinkers working alongside them as well as their own writings and contributions. This set contains: Portraits 1952. First edition. Written by Sir Joshua Reynolds an English painter who specialised in portraits. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. Young Samuel Johnson 1957. Readers Union edition. Written by James Lowry Clifford a British author and historian. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates with mapped endpapers. Collated complete. James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769 1966. First edition. Written by Frederick Albert Pottle an American scholar and editor. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Boswell in Extremes: 1776-1778 1971. First UK edition. Edited by Charles McCullough Weis an American professor of English and Frederick Albert Pottle. Illustrated with six plates and a double-page plan. Collated complete. The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Theatre 1973. First edition. Written by Mary Hyde founder of the Hyde Collection. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Boswell's Book of Bad Verse 1974. First edition. Edited by Jack Werner a Scottish scholar and researcher. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson 1974. First edition. Written by John Wain an English poet novelist and critic. Illustrated with thirty-six images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The Treasure of Auchinleck: The Story of the Boswell Papers 1975. First edition. Written by David Buchanan a Scottish writer. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-five images. Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck 1778-1782 1977. First edition. Edited by Joseph W. Reed an American professor of English and film and Frederick Albert Pottle. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson 1978. First edition. Written by Walter Jackson Bate an American literary critic and biographer. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-five images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. Dictionary Johnson: Samuel Johnson's Middle Years 1979. First edition. Written by James Lowry Clifford. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen images. Pride and Negligence: The History of the Boswell Papers 1982. First edition. Written by Frederick Albert Pottle. James Boswell: The Later Years 1769-1795 1984. First edition. Written by Frank Brady an American writer editor biographer and educator. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. The Journals of James Boswell 1760-1795 1991. First edition. Selected and introduced by John Wain. Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage 1993. First edition. Written by Richard Holmes a British author biographer and academic. A Life of James Boswell 1999. First edition. Written by Peter Martin an English literature scholar biographer and eighteenth century garden historian. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. Boswell's Presumptuous Task 2000. First edition. Written by Adam Sisman a British writer editor and biographer. 1700 Scenes from London Life 2000. First edition. Written by Maureen Waller an English writer and historian specialising in social and family history. The Essential Boswell: Selections from the Writings of James Boswell 2003. First edition. Selected and introduced by Peter Martin. Samuel Johnson: A Biography 2008. First edition. Written by Peter Martin. Illustrated with twenty-four plates some of which are in colour. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson: The Struggle 2008. First edition. Written by Jeffrey Meyers an American biographer and literary art and film critic. Illustrated with sixteen images across eight plates. Collated complete. Hester: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Johnson's 'Dear Mistress' 2008. First edition. Written by Ian McIntyre a British BBC Radio producer journalist broadcaster and author. Illustrated with twenty-three images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson's Heir 2015. First edition. Written by Michael Bundock a British barrister researcher and director of Dr. Johnson's House Trust. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Boswell in Extremes The Impossible Friendship and Pride and Negligence which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpaper of the odd volume. Very Good William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Hodder & Stoughton; Weid hardcover
1876979T33London: John Russell Smith; Reeves and Turner 1876-1897. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart collection of thirteen volumes from The Library of Old Authors series. Thirteen volumes. The Library of Old Authors series. This set contains: The Complete Works of Michael Drayton 1876. Complete in three volumes with a portrait frontispiece to volume one. Being the collected works of Michael Drayton an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era noted for his historical works. With introductions and notes by the Reverend Richard Hooper. The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman 1887. Complete in two volumes with a folding frontispiece to volume one. A Middle English allegorical narrative poem presumed to be written by William Langland though little is known of his life. Edited from a contemporary manuscript with a historical introduction notes and a glossary from Thomas Wright an English writer scholar and antiquarian who was a prolific editor of medieval texts. The Poetical Works of William Drummond Of Hawthornden 1890. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of William Drummond often called "of Hawthornden" a Scottish poet born at Hawthornden Castle Midlothian. Edited by William Barclay David Donald Turnbull a Scottish antiquary and archivist. Remarkable Providences Illustrative of the Earlier Days of American Colonisation 1890. With a portrait frontispiece. Written by Increase Mather a New England Puritan clergyman who served as the sixth president of Harvard College. During his tenure which coincided with the notorious Salem witch trials he was influential in the administration of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. With an introductory preface from George Offor an English book-collector. Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick 1890. Complete in two volumes with a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the poetry of Robert Herrick an English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. Edited by William Carew Hazlitt an English lawyer bibliographer editor and writer. The Table-Talk of John Selden 1890. With a portrait frontispiece. The best known work of John Selden an English jurist a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution scholar of Jewish law and polymath. With a biographical preface and notes by Samuel Weller Singer an English author and scholar. The Poems Plays and Other Remains of Sir John Suckling 1892. Complete in two volumes with a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the works of Sir John Suckling an English cavalier poet prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit. He also invented the card game cribbage. Edited by William Carew Hazlitt. Lucasta: The Poems of Richard Lovelace Esq. 1897. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of Richard Lovelace an English cavalier poet. Edited and revised with some account of the author and notes by William Carew Hazlitt. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines of the odd volume with the odd small mark to the boards. Further marks to the cloth of The Poetical Works of Sir John Suckling. Internally firmly bound with frontispiece of The Table-Talk of John Selden loosening slightly. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. The front free endpapers of The Poetical Works of William Drummond Of Hawthornden and The Table-Talk of John Selden have been partially removed. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpaper of most volumes. Very Good John Russell Smith; Reeves and Turner hardcover
1928978T90London; New York: William Heinemann; Burt Franklin; Chatto & Windus; Rupert Hart-Davis; The Travel Book Club; Allen and Unwin; Hollis & Carter; A & C Black; Lutterworth Press; William Blackwood & Sons 1928-1961. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A collection of eighteen polar travel and adventure works featuring account of important expeditions and early exploration into these harsh climates. Eighteen volumes. This set contains: The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 1932. Popular edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece forty-six plates four in-text images and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. Written by Sir Ernest Shackleton an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. The Voyages and Works of John Davis the Navigator c1960. Later edition. Illustrated with a folding facsimile frontispiece seventeen images and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. Edited with an introduction and notes from Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham a British explorer author and officer in the Royal Navy. Glacier Island: The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955 1957. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece fourteen plates and four maps. Collated complete. Written by George Sutton an English explorer and leader of this expedition. The Lonely South 1956. First translated edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece twenty-four plates and three maps. Collated complete. Written by Andre Migot a French doctor traveler and writer. Translated by Richard Graves an English a collector of poems a translator essayist and correspondent. Two Against the Ice 1957. Travel Book Club edition. With a map to the front of the text. Written by Ejnar Mikkelsen a Danish polar explorer and writer best known for his expeditions to Greenland. Translated by Maurice Michael a British translator. Fourteen Men: The Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island 1951. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and ten plates. Collated complete. Written by Arthur Scholes an Australian explorer noted for this expedition. The White Road: A Survey of Polar Exploration 1959. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece twelve plates with seven maps and plans. Collated complete. Written by Sir Archibald Laurence Patrick Kirwan a British archaeologist and geographer. Polar Exploration 1939. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece eight plates and eight maps. Collated complete. Written by Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War and an Arctic explorer holding the longest self-supporting dog-sledge journey in the Guinness Book of Records for sixty years. Arctic Solitudes 1953. First edition third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two plates. Collated complete. Written by Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans 1st Baron Mountevans a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer. Skyward: Man's Mastery of the Air 1928. First edition fourth impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-eight plates. Collated complete. Written by Richard Evelyn Byrd an American naval officer and pioneering aviator polar explorer and organizer of polar logistics. Those Greenland Days 1932. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Written by Martin Lindsay a British Army officer polar explorer politician and author. Northwest of the World: Forty Years' Trading and Hunting in Northern Siberia 1951. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by Olaf Swenson a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the twentieth century. The Desolate Antarctic 1950. First edition second impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece twenty-two plates and mapped endpapers. Collated complete. Written by Admiral Lord Mountevans. The Great North 1957. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Felice Bellotti an Italian explorer and author. Translated by James Cadell a British translator and interpreter. The Great White South or With Scott in the Antarctic 1928. First edition eighth impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous images. Written by Herbert George Ponting an English professional photographer best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition. Fifty Years Below Zero: A Lifetime of Adventure in the Far North 1950. The Travel Book Club edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Charles D. Brower an American whaler trader and postmaster of Barrow Alaska dubbed the "King of the Arctic". Ordeal by Ice 1961. First edition. Illustrated with four maps or plans. Selected and edited by Farley Mowat a Canadian writer and environmentalist. Captain Scott 1929. First edition. The Golden Mind Series. Illustrated with a frontispiece six plates and two folding plates. Collated complete. Written by Stephen Gwynn an Irish journalist biographer author poet and Protestant Nationalist politician. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines of the odd volume with the odd mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Frontispiece loosening slightly to Arctic Solitudes. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting light age toning to the endpapers. Part of the front free endpaper of Skyward has been cut away with a 1" closed tear to the frontispiece sympathetically repaired with tape. Very Good William Heinemann; Burt Franklin; Chatto & Windus; Rupert Hart-Davis; The Travel Book Club; Allen and Unwin; Hollis & Carter; A hardcover
1935980Y13London: Whitehall Theatre; Theatre Royal; Shaftesbury Theatre et. al. 1935-1936. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated . A generous collection of mid-20th-century London theatre programmes presented here in a single volume. Twenty-five programmes bound together in one volume. This unique volume offers a fantastic series of London theatre programmes spanning from August 1935-July 1936. From venues including Theatre Royal Shaftesbury New Theatre Globe Criterion and others.In a contemporary cloth binding.Illustrated throughout with headshots of the actors as well as many advertisements. Including but not limited to the following: 'Storm in a Teacup: A Comedy in Three Acts' by James Bridie Adapted from Bruno Frank's "Sturm im Wasserglass" - Performed at the Theatre Royal.'Romeo and Juliet' - Performed at the New Theatre and featuring Laurence Olivier Alec Guinness and John Gielgud. 'Full House: A Comedy in Three Acts' by Ivor Novello - Performed at the Theatre Royal.'Bees on the Boat Deck: A Farcical Tragedy in Two Acts' by J. B. Priestley - Performed at the Lyric Theatre and starring Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier Rene Ray and Raymond Huntley. 'Nina' - Performed at the Criterion Theatre and starring German singer and actress Lucie Mannheim. In a contemporary cloth binding. Externally smart with handling marks and spots to the boards. Darkening to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional instance of age toning and the odd spots. With a contemporary ink inscribed list of the plays to the two front endpapers. Very Good Whitehall Theatre; Theatre Royal; Shaftesbury Theatre et. al. hardcover
