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First edition, small folio (285 x 180 mm), [12], 99, [7], 239, [11], 55, [1], [6], 34pp., signature A incorrectly bound in after signature B, complete with the engraved title page, the printed title page, a double-page engraved map of Chester, a double-page engraved plan and inset prospect of Chester by Wenceslaus Hollar, a double-page engraved map of the Isle of Man with 8 inset prospects, 2 double-page engraved plates (one with repair to a closed tear), 15 other engraved plates, including armorial plates, and engravings in the text, small piece of blank lower corn of title page torn-away, finely bound in nineteenth-century green straight-grained morocco, gilt tooled dentelles, boards with a gilt roll tooled floral border, spine with five raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt direct, others ornately tooled, all edges gilt, fine. Frances Mary Richarson Currer's copy in a fine morocco binding. A choice copy with a fine provenance and bound in a sumptuous full green morocco binding. "In 1656 King published in London The Vale-Royall of England, or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated, for which he wrote the preface. In it he printed for the first time two essays on Chester written by William Smith and William Webb more than forty years earlier, as well as an essay on the Isle of Man by James Chaloner. This book was illustrated with etchings mostly by Wenceslaus Hollar, which were unsigned and for this reason have often been attributed to King himself."?(Oxford DNB). Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) was England's earliest female bibliophile and was described by Dibdin as the "head of all female book collectors in Europe.". Currer inherited both the library of her great grandfather, Richard Richardson (1663-1741) and her grandfather Mathew Wilson of Eshton Hall. With the additions added by Currer the library became of considerable importance, and in its day, it was surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the duke of Devonshire, and the duke of Buckingham. Most of the books in her library were auctioned at Sotheby's in 1862, realising ?6,000. A second sale took place in 1916 which raised more than ?3700, and the residue of her library was sold in 1979 and 1994. Provenance: Contemporary signature of Joseph Hopkinson to head of engraved title; The front pastedown has the armorial bookplates of Mathew Wilson and his grand-daughter Frances Mary Richardson Currer. Wing, K488; Upcott I, p.61; Cubbon I, p.461.
8vo., First Edition, text in Welsh and English, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. UNCOMMON.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Includes an extensive bibliography. SCARCE
VG (near fine copy in pictorial card covers) 12mo 320pp illustrated. Two large foldout maps in perfect condition
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs in the text and a large folding plan mounted on rear free endpaper; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed history of the tramways of any seaside resort. Appendices include comprehensive schedule of rolling stock, tramways overseas and list of subscribers. Uncommon in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial diced green limp cloth gilt, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, joints lightly rubbed else a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. 'The Country Handbooks. Vol. I'. Includes a wealth of information and advice on wayfaring, food, cooking, signage, furniture, implements and other aspects of self-sufficiency on the road. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
4to. Best Edition with very numerous illustrations maps and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers a fine copy. First published by Batsford in 1975 Wacher's renowned study established itself almost immediately as the new standard reference. This is the substantially revised and updated edition taking into account the significant advances in urban archaeology and
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map and 11 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper, one or two neat annotations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SRS Vol. 70.
8vo., Second Edition, with 4 plates; original buckram, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Salzman's original edition was published by the Sussex Record Society, of which he was a founder member, in 1946. This facsimile re-issue was published to mark his passing in 1971. Scarce in any edition.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and folding map in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and 4 full-page maps in the text; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Remarkably well-preserved copy, with the usual trade advsertisements.
8vo., Third Edition, with potrait frontispiece, 116 full-page coloured illustrations of tartans and many smaller illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, backstrip slightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, slight rubbing to spine, rubbing to spine ends and very minor bump to lower front corner. 237pp. Details and descriptions of well over 100 tarns and small lakes of England's Lake District. With sixteen full-page colour plates and nearly ninety drawings by the author.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from Vol. LIX of the Sussex Archaeological Society's Collections. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with large folding map; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 97 fine plates, neat inscription on front paste-down; beige cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. A detailed table of the author's photographic data is included.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. V in the English Surnames series.
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 11 illustrations and facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; original plum pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt edges, chocolate endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front endpapers and small neat stamp on front free endpaper verso. Scarce, especially in this condition.
(Codice NW/0333) In 8° 36 pp. It is an excerpt from the magazine, with 15 figures and 19 platates. Well bound in paper. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by David Gentleman. Evans reflects on his life and career from his Welsh childhood to his position as eminent rural historian (particularly of the folk traditions of East Anglia).
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with steel-engraved frontispiece (lightly spotted) and engraved plates and illustrations in the text, some moderate and occasional spotting; publisher's blue embossed cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back,uncut, primrose endpapers, long tears in joints (but binding entirely sound) else a firm, clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of R J Fynmore on front paste-down, 4pp of local trade advertisements at end and binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear paste-down. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p.66 (recording thirty-four illustrations).
