A Complete Treatise on Electricity, in Theory and Practice with Original Experiments by Tiberius Cavallo, F.R.S - 1786

London: Benj. Tooke, 1702. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 8" tall. The small paper first edition of the letters of Sir Francis Bacon. Colation: (8), lxx, (2), 302, (2).Contemporary panelled calf, worn and rebacked, with five raised bands on spine and label bearing gilt titles. Wear to edges of boards with trivial loss to fore edge of upper board. A few marks to endpapers otherwise internally in very good condition with a 3cm closed tear to top margin of page V of Introduction, not affecting text. Lacking the Dedication leaves as usual due to the death of William III prior to publication. Final leaf with errata and advertisement present at end. ESTC reference N476823. The small paper first edition of the letters of Sir Francis Bacon.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1920. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edmund Dulac. A book on the subject of the Pearl (unsurprisingly) illustrated with 10 coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. Quarter bound with grey boards and white cloth spine, TEG. The top board is decorated with a maritime theme of shells and waves. Limited to 675 copies this copy is, internally, in very good condition with boards that are a trifle scuffed with a rubbed spine (see photos). Two pages have neat pencil annotations. Uncommon.

Glasgow: Walter Macfarlane & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This is the extensively illustrated catalogue of castings by Walter Macfarlane & Co., consisting of sections xxv-xxvii of the company's catalogue and covering: electric light pillars, brackets, etc. for arc lighting; electric light pillars, brackets, etc. for incandescent lighting; ventilation lamp pillars, columns and pipes. A folio volume with a wealth of architectural drawings of street furniture associated with lighting and ventilation with some street scenes illustrating the applications of this company's products. Collated complete in original green cloth with minor wear to extremities and gilt title to top board. Shaken with minor wear to hinges of spine (see photos). Undated but title has a company stamp, dated 25 July 1912, and a previous owner's name. Tipped in to title is a note, dated December 1959, referring to two of the pages and requesting the return of the… Read More

London: J. Johnson, 1782. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A first edition of William Cowper's Poems bound in a modern quarter binding with marbelled boards and new endpapers. Collated complete and conforms to Russell 68 with cancels. Occasional foxing with a lightly toned title page and fore-edges of text block. Newton's Preface, which is found in some copies, is not present in this copy. A first edition of William Cowper's Poems.

London: J. Dodsley, 1780. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first edition of this enthralling travellogue. Collated complete with three maps, a plan and two pages of illustrations with 2 images per page. Half title present, Catchword on page 397 repaired. Scattered mild foxing with offsetting from plates. Earlier owner's bookplate on ffep. Expertly rebacked with gilt banding and titles to spine. ESTC citation T131972

Paris: Jacques Rollin & Charles Antoine Jombert, 1753. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The two volume dictionary of mathematics and physics printed in Paris in 1753 with 100 (of 101 ) folding copper plate illustrations. Internally very good with some light embrowning but lacking the final plate (number 50 of volume 2) which is represented by a photocopy of the original (see photo). Recently respined with new endpapers and 2 spine labels with gilt titles. Half title present in volume 1 only. Boards of both volumes showing signs of wear (see photos) but, overall, a good set. Please note that this is a heavy set (> 4Kg) that will attract additional postage if shipped outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping cost, before ordering, should this apply. The two volume dictionary of mathematics and physics printed in Paris in 1753.

London: J Murray, 1769. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - 8" tall. An early reprint of the corrected and enlarged second edition of this classic study of the city of Bath and its history by, arguably, its most important architect. Collated complete, and bound in one volume, this two volume illustrated work has been skilfully rebacked with title label to spine and reference code to base of spine. Ex Public Library copy with discreet purple stamp in 12 places. Strengthening to hinge of plate opposite page 346 and plate opposite page 432 has been repaired in antiquity. Book Plate of previous owner on front pastedown. Occasional mild foxing and some minor creasing to plates. Additional photos available - please ask. This is a nice copy of a title that is scarce in any edition. ESTC citation T164717 The enlarged second edition of this classic study of the city of Bath and its history.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1920. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edmund Dulac. A book on the subject of the Pearl (unsurprisingly) illustrated with 10 coloured plates by Edmund Dulac. Quarter bound with grey boards and white cloth spine, TEG. The top board is decorated with a maritime theme of shells and waves. Limited to 675 copies this copy is, internally, in very good condition with boards that are a trifle scuffed with a rubbed spine (see photos). Two pages have neat pencil annotations. Uncommon.

London: J. Johnson, 1782. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A first edition of William Cowper's Poems bound in a modern quarter binding with marbelled boards and new endpapers. Collated complete and conforms to Russell 68 with cancels. Occasional foxing with a lightly toned title page and fore-edges of text block. Newton's Preface, which is found in some copies, is not present in this copy. A first edition of William Cowper's Poems.

Boston Massachusetts: Privately Published by Thomas W. Lawson, 1902. Numbered, limited edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A very good copy of this classic history of the World Famous yachting race. Appears to have been recased, with new endpapers in Quarter binding with marbelled boards and leather spine with title label tipped on to spine. Illustrated in monochrome and with chromolithographs. This is number 497 from a numbered edition of 3000 copies - this one presented to Linton Hope & Co - the British Yacht Designers. Collated complete but with some minor water staining to the fore-edges of pages 181-199, not affecting text (see photos) and a tear to the corner of page 9 without loss. T.E.G. At 3.2Kg this is a large and heavy book that might require a modification to the shipping charge if it is to be sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me, before ordering, for a revised shipping quotation should this apply.,