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4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, signatures on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
6 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, uncut, backstrips frayed and a few wrappers loose (but all bindings entirely sound), a very good, clean run. The run comprises Wills and Administrations registered Part I: 1451-1642 (1899); Wills and Administrations registered Part II: 1493-1560 (1901); Wills and Administrations preserved Vol. II Part I: 1601-1614 (1907); Wills and Administrations preserved Vol. II Part II: 1614-1625 (1907); Wills and Administrations preserved Vol. II Part III: 1628-1647 (1910); Wills and Administrations preserved Vol. II Part IV (1911). ALL VOLUMES IN THIS IMPORTANT SERIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First and Sole Edition; boards, cloth back, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Published as The Manorial Society's Publications, No.16. ANTHONY WAGNER'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Sir Anthony Richard Wagner (1908-1995) was one of the longest-serving members of the College of Arms of the twentieth century, and one of the most prolific authors on heraldry and genealogy. He joined the College in 1931 as Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (in which position he acquired and signed this copy). During the next sixty years or so he occupied most of the major offices, including Richmond Herald (1943) and Garter Principal King of Arms in 1961. In 1978 he retired to the subordinate position of Clarenceux King of Arms and concentrated on the cataloguing of his extensive professional library. Scarce. Cordeaux & Merry 7926.
2 Parts, 148; 127pp., orig. printed wrappers, spines chipped.
4to., Sole Edition, with 49 fine full-page facsimiles; boards, half vellum, uncut, covers somewhat age-marked else a very good, clean copy of a scarce work. The catalogue covers Churchwardens' Accounts from 1256-1868, Overseers' Accounts from 1561-1846, Rate Books, Poor and Watch Rates, Vestry Minutes and Letter Books, with numerous extracts in each case. An Appendix details the Inventories of the Goods, Jewels and Ornaments in the Church of St. Margaret, 1511, 1572, and 1614-15. John Edward Smith, author of numerous standard works of the history of Westminster, was sometime Clerk to the Vestry.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding coloured frontispiece, 4 plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original cerise cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. Published to commemorate the firm's centenary. The frontispiece depicts 'The remarkable characters who were at Tunbridge Wells with Richardson in 1748 from a drawing in his possession'. The characters include Johnson, Tetty Johnson, Mrs. Cibber, Garrick, Mrs. Thrale, Pitt and others. Scarce. Bennett, p.352.
8vo., Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 29 plates on 16 and several illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy.
8vo., First Edition, ALL PUBLISHED, with plates; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. A second volume, Part II: 1816-1860, was projected but never published. SCARCE.
Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Large format, quarto. 122pp illustrated throughout with historic photographs and extended captions
8vo. First Edition with numerous charts and tables; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; pale green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This delightful story of childhood in the Forest of Dean has become a minor classic following its broadcast by the BBC.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; salmon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. Hardcover, bound in modern full burgundy cloth, placed in matching, custom-made full cloth slipcase, with the original morocco gilt lettering-piece laid-down, gilt lettering to spine panel, marbled edges, round corners. Some pencil underlining to index, light wear to outer bottom edge of a section of leaves, neatly repaired in places. A very good, handsome copy, beautifully bound and presented. ~ Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Provenance: from the private library of the late scholar Frits Vos (1918-2000), professor of Japanese and Korean studies, with his neat signature.
Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full brown morocco on limp boards, leather rubbed off a single corner on back cover, upper cover gilt embossed in Chinese large characters, spine with blind tooled ornaments and with gilt lettering in English, marbled edges, round corners, lovely decorative floral endpapers. A fine copy, beautifully preserved, crisp interior. Excellent. ~ Tenth edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, illustrated and printed titles, plates, illustrations in the text and 3 folding maps, frontispiece recto mildly spotted; original maroon cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy. With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with 19 photographic plates, half-title lightly spotted, some light and inoffensive age-staining; original terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled, backstrip slightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of a very scarce work.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, neat signature on inner wrapper; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Maslands, Tiverton, 1973.
Sm. folio, First and Sole Edition, with copper-engraved illustrated title and 62 fine copper-engraved plates showing 372 coats of arms, some mild age-staining (mainly marginal) and a few leaves with inoffensive worming in lower blank margin; publisher's boards, cloth back, very neatly recased, new paper label, a very good, relatively clean copy. This copy is complete with all plates; it has been bound without the introduction and list of subscribers that are sometimes present.This very scarce work is generally attributed (including Halkett & Laing) to Sir George Nayler, Garter King-at-Arms, but DNB states 'it was in reality the work of one Ames, an engraver at Bristol', an opinion shared by Moule. Anderson adds that the arms are taken 'chiefly from Atkyns's and Rudder's histories'.The title-vignette shows Time as an angel supporting the ancient arms of the City of Gloucester with the cathedral in the distance.Anderson p.106; Austin 12084; Moule DCXCII (p.469); Upcott Gloucestershire VIII (p.264).
12mo., Fourth Edition; ORIGINAL BOARDS, uncut, very neatly rebacked in boards to style, later paper label, boards somewhat age-stained else a remarkably clean, crisp copy. With the contemporary booksller's label of T. James of Southampton. LAST AND BEST EDITION. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. Anderson p.120
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, illustrations throughout and endpaper plans; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with large engraved folding map, titles in red and black, neat contemporary signature on front free endpapers and half-titles; original red cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. Anderson, p. 275.
First edition, 199, [11], 12-68, 199, [1]pp., with half-title and list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved plates (spotted and browned), cont. half calf, rebacked, corners worn, spine tooled in gilt, red morocco label lettered. Boyne, CLXXVII.
Fourth edition, 12mo (164 x 100mm), xviii, 78pp., folding plan of Birmingham, library stamp on title, blind stamp on first 6 leaves, 3 engraved plates, contemporary calf, upper cover detached.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 180.
