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Carmarthen, in Priory-Street, near the Church:: J. Ross, 1772. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncommon, First edition, 1772 Disbound, [4], (v-viii), [1], 10-28 pp, small paper label to tp. It was published again a year later. (237*190 mm). (T222334). Evans also composed poems in Welsh, which are printed in the Dyddanwch Teuluaidd. In 1776 he published two volumes of Welsh sermons, translated from the works of John Tillotson and other English divines. In one notice of him it is stated that having passed a great part of his life in the cultivation of Welsh literature, "without being able to procure the smallest promotion in the church, his fortitude deserted him, and, to chase away his vexations, he fell into a habit of drinking, that at times produced symptoms of derangement." The fact is that Welsh prelates of the time were mostly Englishmen who knew no Welsh. Paul Panton, of Plâsgwyn in Anglesey, gave Evans at the end of… Read More

1914. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In grey cloth cards, titles in black inks, a little light soiling at edges, corners rubbed. Spine, no title, edges bumped. Internally, [2], 3-56 pp, ink dedication to fep (A Ley S....? [author?]dated Oct 1914, title page with no publication or date details, dedicated to Isobel by AGS in June 1914, [2], 3-56 pp. A pleasing and rare children's tale of adventure amongst the Garden People. No listing at COPAC or WorldCat. No mention at auction since before 76. (185*146).

London: in Pater-noster-row: J. Bew, 1785. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. VG+, 1785, 1 plate In contemporary speckled boards, worn at edges, gilt box tooling. Re-spined, to style, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt title to red calf label. Internally, half title, frontis, 4, [4], [3], -79, [1] adverts, 1 pl (B&W), includes the Advertisement leaf beyond title, marbled endpapers. (160*940 mm). (Anderson p343. ESTC T140941). Title continues: containing a particular description of the views, and an account of the antiquities, curiosities, &c. in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Brecknock, in the year 1785

London: Royal Exchange London: Effingham Wilson, 1832. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed, Near Fine, 1832, 2 vols, complete. In uncut original boards, paper labels, very slight abrasion to one label, corners bumped. Internally, Vol 1, 1832, half title, [5], (vi-x), [1], 2-358 pp, [2] adverts, printed by Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet St. Vol 2, 1832, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-304 pp. Both volumes, text block head trimmed, remainder not, armorial bookplate to fpds (Sir Joseph Radcliffe Rudding Park), evidence of removed bookplate to feps each with a small hole. Vol 1, upper joint going, advert leaf in Vol 1. 2nd contents leaf of Vol 2 bound in Vol 1 (as issued: it is conjugate with the title. (Folio, both 127*202 mm). (Goedeke 725. Allibone 62). First edition, a translation, by Sarah Austin, of his Ein fragmentarisches Tagebuch aus England, Wales, Irland, und Frankreich, geschrieben in den Jahren 1828 und 1829, which… Read More

Paris Rue Pierre-Sarrazin, No 14.: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1856. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Rouyer. 1st ed, VG, 1856. In modern green morocco with contemporary boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt titles and tooling. Internally, initials to fpd (CWWW Paris 1858), half title with circular blue stamp of the Ministry of Interior, [4], [2], (iii-iv), [1], 2-438 pp, 45 illustrations by Rouyer, some light spotting and edge browning. A 2nd ed was published in 1859.

London: In the Strand: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In near contemporary half calf over green marbled boards, some blind tooling, tips rubbed. Spine, blind & gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, [4], [4], 5-7, [1], [1], 2-169 pp, bookplate to fpd (Major Alfred Lawson Lowe 1849-1888), ink ownership signature to tp & dedication page (Marianne Hill Hereford 1836)., marbled text block edges, printed by Luke Hansard. Major Lowe was the author of the Historical records of the Royal Sherwood Foresters. (174*112 mm). (Libri Walliae 1339).

London: No. 11, Strand. & Northumberland-Court; & 86, Fleet Street; & Cambridge: E. Williams; W. Clowes; Charles Tilt; & Thomas Stevenson, 1816. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. PUGH E. BARROW C.IBOTSON. PALMER.. Depicta with hand coloured plates and with many Extra Illustrations Two volumes bound as One, first edition (both), large paper copy, quarto. Xvi, 476 pp. 71 hand coloured aquatint plates and extra illustrated with a double page hand coloured engraved map. 83 uncoloured engravings, 12 aquatint's (including 6 coloured). 3 Lithograph's (including 1 coloured), 3 pages of lithographed music and 13 ink sketches ( 1 coloured) by C Barrow, book label to verso fep (John & Myfaney Piper), p0lus the ink details of Barrow to ffep. Bound in mid 19 C brown calf, the covers tooled in blind and gilt, the spine divided into 5 panels, lettered in one on a red goatskin label, the others gilt tooled, marbled end leaves and edges (joints and… Read More

London: No. 11, Strand: E. Williams, 1816. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PUGH Edward. First edition complete with all 71 aquatints. In contemporary half maroon calf over worn marbled boards, tips repaired, edges bumped. Re-spines, old laid down, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-xv), [1], [1], 2-476 pp, 71 pls (un-coloured, complete), armorial bookplate to fpd (Garde), hinges strengthened, some light edge browning & spotting but not affecting images, engraved by Havell & Cartwright after Pugh. Preface watermarked 1811, text watermarked 1814, plates watermarked 1811/15/18, & dated 1813/14, (262*209 mm). (Abbey 521. Tooley 386 uncoloured. Allibone 1702) PUGH, Edward, miniature painter and topographer, whose association with John Boydell, the publisher of prints, led him in 1804 to commence his most important work, Cambria Depicta. Over the next nine years Pugh travelled extensively on foot through North… Read More

Chester: Foregate Street: J Fletcher, 1822. First Edition . Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. DAVIES J . VG, 1st ed, 1822, 1 map. 19 illustration + 1 tipped in folding plate. In modern quarter calf, with worn contemporary marbled boards, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Spine, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green calfr label. Internally, new endpapers, folding map frontis present, 8vo, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-194 pp, 1 map, 19 illustrations (to include vignettes, head and tail pieces), + 1 additional folding plate (probably tipped in at a later stage), text block edges uncut, a few minor chips, light sporadic soiling and browning, occasional contemporary note, the map, drawn by J Davies is dated 1822. The author was the Headmaster at the Hawarden Grammar School. Very Rare. Title continues: Containing short introductory notices of the Princes of Wales; so far as to Connect, and Elucidate, Distant and Obscure Events.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. Third Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G, 1849, 3rd ed, 1 map. Upper cover plain paper wrap, lacking lower, with protective brown paper wraps, tile by hand. Internally, frontis present, faint name at tp head, [3], 4-34 pp, 1 map, 5 illustrations within text, [1], [4] subscriber list (including Brunel & Stephenson), some pencil notes to margins, printed by Day & Son, 17, Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn Fields, London. Uncommon. Attributed to Latimer Clark in the final (7th, in 1850), edition. (Goldsmiths' no. 36431.2. COPAC. WorldCat). Title continues: Of the Chester & Holyhead Railway published with permission of Robert Stephenson, Civil Engineer by a Resident Assistant. Edwin Clark, was the superintending engineer of the Menai Strait Bridge, which was opened on 5 March 1850. See ODNB for a full Bio.

London: 186, Strand.: Chapman and Hall, 1849. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Day & Son. In grey boards, paper label with ms title, no title to spine. Internally, [3], 4-34 pp, [2], [1] advert, [3] subscribers list, 1 map (of Menai Strait), 5 illustrations within text, subscribers list includes Brunel & Stephenson, new endpapers, printed by Day & Son, 17 Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Uncommon. (Attributed to Latimer Clark in the final, 7th edition of 1850). (207*133 mm). Title continues: published with the permission of Robert Stephenson, civil engineer by a resident assistant. Clark, Edwin, who after acting as mathematical master at Brook Green, and then as a surveyor in the west of England, went to London in 1846 and formed the acquaintance of Robert Stephenson, who appointed him superintending engineer of the Menai Strait Bridge, which was opened on 5 March 1850. In that year he published The Britannia and Conway… Read More

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GP Standen. VG, 1905. In cream boards, with image and text in black ink, a little browned, corners and edges slightly bumped and worn. Spine is brown cloth, no title. Internally, NO inscriptions, a little browning to ep's only, [2], 3-31 pp, [1], B&W illustrations to each page. A lovely children's title with some very attractive images by Standen. 24.5*36 cm Oblong, printed by Hazell Watson & Viney, London and Aylesbury. Copies at BL, NL Scotland and U of Cambridge only. Uncommon.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A very rare, probably one off, photographic history of the submerging & construction of the Vyrnwy Dam as a Liverpool water source. Full black morocco (by Zaehnsdorf), gilt titles & decorative edge tooling, a few marks. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt titles & tooling. Decorative gilt tooling to board edges & turn ins, a.e.g., binders stamp to fpd, red marbled endpapers, small oval gilt mark to epd. 28 unnumbered leaves, including the title, detailing the construction of the Dam and Reservoir from 1888 to 1890, with 27 stunning B&W photographic plates, tipped to thick card each with a title and or description (see listing below). Located in Powys, Mid Wales. Stunning. (375*485 & 364*462 mm & 9kg). Please contact Madoc Books for a full list views.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1875. Second Edition . Full Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NF, 2nd ed, 1875, 51 illustrations (5 coloured). In a superb full black morocco, elaborate blind tooling, gilt Royal coat of arms (VR), edges brushed. Spine. raised bands, blind tooling, tiles in gilt, edges brushed. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-x), [6], [1], 2-384 pp, 51 illustrations (16 being full page, 5 of which are coloured), marbled endpapers, text block edges in red, blind stamp at head of tp (DEpartment of Science and Art). A lovely binding. Tyrwhitt, who in addition to his writings on art, published a number of sermons, theological tracts, and a novel, Hugh Heron, Ch. Ch.: an Oxford Novel (1880). See ODNB.

London: Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. PENLEY Aaron. With FIFTEEN attractive colour chromo-lithographs First edition, [1869], folio, original red cloth, gilt titled & decorated, a bit rubbed and faded, bevelled edges, inner hinges strengthened, a.e.g., [4], [32] pp, with a pictorial title page, a plate of colour samples and 14 mounted chromo-lithographs, mostly of scenes in Scotland, Wales and the Lake District, ink name to fep (Edith J Warne 1874). One of several elaborate instructional manuals by a popular Victorian water colourist, printed by Strangeways and Walden, ink name to fep, hinges strengthened. (352*252 mm). One of Hotten's larger books and becoming difficult to find in its original binding. A very good example.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. As new in maroon calf cloth, gilt spine titles. VG DJ, black ink titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-xxi), [1], [2], 3-427 pp, [1], 633 entries, 83 plates & illustrations. (311*232 mm). An essential color plate book reference.

London: Curwen Press, 1952. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. VG, Limited edition of 500, 1952. THE reference tool. In grey cloth, corners bumped, edges brushed, spine with gilt titles to red cloth label. Internally, limitation leaf, half title, frontis, (xx), [2], 3-399 pp, 35 pls, 54 illustrations within text, an edition limited to 500 copies, t.e.g. (237*311 mm).

London: Curwen Press, 1952. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. VG+, 1952, THE reference tool. In grey cloth, corners brushed, spine with gilt titles to red cloth label. Paper repairs to base & head of dust wrapper spine. Internally, limitation leaf, half title, frontis, (xx), [2], 3-399 pp, 35 pls, 54 illustrations within text, an edition limited to 500 copies, t.e.g. (240*312 mm).

London:: J Butterworth, 1795. First Edition . Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1795. In crude 20c half cloth with blue publishers boards, a little marked, law library stamp to center, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, ink tooling, titles in gilt to red calf label, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-xl), [3], 4-134 pp, [12] index, LA Law library label to fpd and their stamp to fep, lib perforated stamp at tp head, occasional spotting and some faint edge browning, top edge cut, remainder uncut. An uncommon item. (ESTC T63954). Practice of the Chester Circuit is broken down into 4 parts: Style of the Court. Pleas of the Crown. Proceedings in Civil Actions and Proceedings in Equity. Abbot, first Baron Colchester, speaker of the House of Commons, whose speakership had been distinguished by an unflagging determination to improve administrative functioning through rational reform. He had also ensured that his… Read More

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1940. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG+, Gregynog Press, Ltd ed of 175. In dark green quarter calf over green Cockerel marbled boards, gilt tooling, designed by George Fisher. Spine, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, half title, [4], (v-xii), [2], 3-82 pp, [1], top edge cut remainder not, ink owners name to fep (Harlech), binders stamp to epd, some very faint edge browning. An edition limited to 175 copies, highlighting 19 of Abercrombie's previously unpublished poems, some completed, some not. Published 10 August 1940 at 25 shillings for the normal and 10 guineas for the special. (Folio, 195*287 mm). The last book published by the press in their first life.