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London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. A very smart copy with T S Eliot's signature in blue ink on a small oblong of paper tipped onto the title page. A crisp copy of the 6th edition from 1950, near fine in a near fine jacket. Ownership signature from 1958 to the flyleaf over an erased earlier inscription. Eliot's… Read more about this item

London: Printed and Sold by John Overton, 1656. Scarce if incomplete example of King's Commonwealth era collection of views of churches and cathedrals with extensive provenance recorded on the book. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:Small folio-size bound in late 17th century panelled calf, rebacked, probably in the 19th century with a gilt heraldic device to the spine. Front pastedown has a c1800… Read more about this item

Dublin: H Fitzpatrick; A Cunninghame; J Milliken, Carter, 1798. An unrecorded edition of Charles Jackson's Narrative of his role in the Wexford Rebellion is the star item in this fascinating collection of Dublin imprints from the 1790s. Small octavo-sized volume bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with red morocco spine label: 'Tracts'. Endpapers with 1794 dated… Read more about this item

Brighton, 1898. The archive of the inventor of Waldram's Day and Night Pier Signals, including his unrecorded pamphlet and a part set of hand-painted miniature tin signalling flags - and compass. Edward Waldram's proposal for a new set of Brighton maritime signals is housed within a custom-made wooden box (35x17x9cm) with a brass label on top: 'International Code of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1889. Fine presentation copy inscribed by Lord Kelvin on the title page to his devoted sister: 'Elizabeth King. 24 Hamilton Terrace from her brother W.T. March 2/ 89'. Very smart green publisher's cloth binding with dark green coated endpapers, clean fresh text throughout, pp460 plus 2 pages of adverts at the end, illustrated throughout. Elizabeth… Read more about this item

London: Longmans etc, 1866. Inscribed with 'Prayers' from a saint - John Henry Newman's Letter to Pusey inscribed in his hand on the verso of the title page: 'with the kindest wishes & prayers of the Author Decr 10. 1872'. Collection of 9 Anglo-Catholic church pamphlets bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, spine label lettered in gilt… Read more about this item

London: Portobello Producations, 1990. No institutional copy located of this shooting script which has revised pages from 3 drafts of the screenplay and saw use by a cast member. Blue card wrappers with letterbox opening; closed tear above this probably removing an additional label previously stapled to the cover. Tape repairs overleaf. Binding secured by two flattened brads. Title… Read more about this item

London: Henry Caslon, 1842. Rare book of specimen type borders and ornaments offered for sale by the most famous of all British letter founders. Large octavo bound in speckled paper covered boards with new acid-free endpapers. Title page with decorative border (with spotting) followed by Caslon's 1838 'Prices of Printing Types' with tissue guard. A single leaf of letterpress… Read more about this item

London: H Meers and J Woodward [with] J Woodward and B Bragge, 1708. Grub-Street satirist and publican, Ned Ward's set of military characters, including 'A Spy', bound together with an incomplete set of his more common naval characters - 1709 and 1708. Contemporary panelled calf with two spine labels and remains of an overlaid morocco label to the… Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press, 1925. Beautiful examples of Virginia Woolf's two great essay collections that were published in her lifetime. The first volume is in first edition grey cloth-backed paper covered boards to Vanessa Bell's design, a bright clean copy, internally unmarked, a near fine copy. The second volume is in publisher's green cloth which is brightly attractive… Read more about this item

London: Benjamin Billingsley, 1683. Rare prophetical pamphlet published after the appearance of Halley's Comet a year before. 4 page folio text with caption title and imprint from colophon. Small woodcut on last page depicting a 'Flagg figured with a White Wolf'. 4 pages. Toning to paper edges and a couple of brown spots, otherwise a very good copy… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, 1994. Oddly scarce Pentland Press imprint A fine copy in a fine jacket. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1994

Edinburgh: The Sir Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust, 1992. A work that brings together three distinguished Scottish polymaths: inscribed by the author on the first flyleaf: 'To Alasdair Gray from Bob Grieve - you will find quotations from the main biographies in the Appendices. Blessings on the good work! March 1992.' Near fine, just a little fading to the spine.… Read more about this item

London: Mandarin Paperbacks, 1993. Inscribed copy of the the source-work for Karen Blixen's Out of Africa - with extensive authorial ephemera. Very good paperback edition inscribed on the title page 'For Lionel Carley, with gratitude - how strange - Exits and Entrances.... Errol' together with a long typed letter to Carley, August 1995, thanking him for a 'thoroughly civilised… Read more about this item

London: J Dawks for N Rolls, 1697. Nicolas Cox's compendium of hunting, hawking, fowling, and fishing lore in one of the three variant imprints published in 1697. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Contemporary boards, sympathetically rebacked with a new spine, retaining the original endpapers. Extensively provenanced: 'Ch: Parry 1742' on the front pastedown looks to be the earliest owner followed by… Read more about this item

London: Greyfriars Press, Howard Baker Press, 1982. 24 Limited edition volumes from the Greyfriars Collector's Edition. All the volumes are numbered and signed by the editor, with acetate wrappers and coloured slipcases. A lovely set with just a hint of dustiness to some of the slipcases and one torn wrapper (vol 63). The books are uniformly fine in condition.… Read more about this item

London: C Taylor, 1786. The second volume of the Artist's Repository (1786) bound with a section of the Miscellanies (1790). Contemporary reversed calf binding, cracking along outer hinges but the binding remains sound. New endpapers followed by: sepia general title page with vignette, viii, letter press title page, pp 132 (Miscellanies) pp89-184. 10 sepia plates are bound into… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Author, as Prizes in the Royal Botanical Lottery by J Whiting, 1812. Beautifully illustrated first edition with possible Barings family provenance. Full straight grain calf binding with gilt decoration to boards and three wide raised bands to the spine; faded marbling to edges of text block. Green coated endpapers; a little marking to early… Read more about this item

York: John Hildyard; Thomas Gent, 1753. Vigorously executed second edition 'with the Addition of Fifteen New Anthems' bound in contemporary sheepskin and Yorkshire provenance. Full sheep binding with blind double fillet framing the boards. Ownership signature of 'Ann Gelson' to the first flyleaf (noted in the parish registers of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, died 1786). Frontispiece by John… Read more about this item

Manchester: Labour Press, 1897. Inscribed to an English socialist friend and wife of a founder member of the Labour Party, Lucy Henderson, with a letter to her from the pioneer of LGBTQ rights, women's rights and environmentalism laid in. Second edition bound in publisher's cloth with gilt lettering; fading to spine and a stain close to the tail. Floral… Read more about this item