Search Results: Authors starting with E from Madoc Books

London 4 Snow Hill, EC and Derby: Bemrose and Sons Limited, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG, 1906, 34 pls. In red cloth, beveled edges, gilt title & emblem, corners rubbed. Spine, edges rubbed, gilt titles. Internally, half title, frontis, title page in red and black text, [8], (ix-xlvi), [2], 3-160 pp, [4] adverts, 34 pls, interesting bookplate to fpd (Wynne Cemlyn-Jones probably May 1888-1966, a Welsh Liberal Party politician), ink dedication to fep, t.e.g., remainder uncut. (Folio, 230*290 mm).

London & Derby: Bemrose & Sons, 1906. First . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mr Wickens, Mr J Clay, Mr Edge, Mr PG THomas, Mr Gaffron, Miss Mathew, Mr E Davies, Mr G Thomas & Mr AT Hughes.. In red buckram, bevelled edges, bright gilt tooling and titles, corners and edges bumped and worn lightly, couple of small marks, lower cover has stain. Spine, titles in gilt, edges bumped and lightly worn. Internally, half title and tissue guarded frontis present, title page in red and black inks, (xlvi), 160 pp, 34 pls (B&W, tissue guarded, photographic plates), [4] adverts, t.e.g., remainder uncut,. (288*230 mm). An inventory and description of the remaining church silver from the scattered Welsh diocese of Bangor (Anglesey, Carnarvonshire [or Caernarvonshire], Merionethshire, and Montgomeryshire). Items from the last quarter of the fifteenth century, from the sixteenth century and later.

187 Piccadilly, London, W.: Messrs. Hatchard, 1902. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG, 11 pls, 9 illustrations. In cream quarter cloth with red cloth boards, gilt title & coat of arms, a little soiled with a couple of small stains. Spine, titles in gilt, edges rubbed. Internally, teg, remainder uncut, half title, title page with text in red and black, [4], 56 pp, 11 pls (photographic), 9 illustrations (including coats of arms), printed for private circulation, a little light browning to blanks, but a very nice clean copy, no inscriptions. Uncommon, COPAC shows a copy at Oxford and WorldCat at Dublin only. Genealogy of the Lambart Cavan family. (29*22 cms). Lambart fought in the Afghan War between 1879 and 1880.He fought in the Boer War between 1901 and 1902 & fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1917, where he was mentioned in despatches, was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1917, and gained the rank of… Read More

Paris Place De L'Ecole De Medecine: Chez Victor Masson et Fils, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1871. In modern quarter calf, brown cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, brown endpapers, original blue covered soft paper pamphlet bound in, publishers label to verso cover page, half title, [4], 94 pp, [1] table, [1], [1], bookp[late to fpd, printed in Paris by D Jouaust, Rue S.-Honore, 338, from the original which was also printed in Paris but in 1525. Part of the Collection Choisie des Anciens Syphiliographes series. Béthencourt was a French… Read More

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. MAYNARD Robert Ashwin 1888-1966. One of the Gregynog classics Limited first edition, in a natural Hermitage calf spine with gilt titling over marbled boards, edges rubbed. Signed on paste-down of lower cover Gregynog Press Bindery, limited to 275 copies. (ix), [3], 73 pp, [1]. Published on 22 November 1930. Garamond type on heavy Japanese vellum. Wood engraved opening and 13 decorated initials by Maynard, hand coloured, completed 1 July 1930, 250 copies bound in paper, printed in three colors, designed and printed at the Press. One of a cycle of tales forming the celebrated Mediæval 'Romance of Abu Zeyd'. (305*227 mm). (Harrop 16/p191).

London: John Camden Hotten, 1873. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. G, 1873. In brown embossed cloth, gilt tooling, beveled edges, corners bumped. Spine, faded, edges bumped, gilt titles. Internally, half title, folding frontis, [7], (vi-viii), [1], [1], [1], 2-161 pp, [1], 1 illustration (folding), some spotting, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd. (218*284 mm). Title continues: Calendars of Gwynedd or chronological lists of Lod-Lieutenant, custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs, and Knights of the Shire, for the counties of Anglesey. Caernarvon and Merioneth and of the members for the boroughs of Caernarvon and Beaumaris. To which are added lists of the Lords Presidents of Wales and the Constables of the Castles of Beaumaris and Caernarvon, Conway and Harlech. BREESE, antiquary, who after many years of research, backed by an excellent private library, led to the publication in 1873 of Kalendars of Gwynedd, a complete record of the high officers (sheriffs,… Read More

London: 74 and 75, Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten, 1873. Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In quarter red morocco cloth over green cloth, corners bumped. Spine, finger soiled, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [2], [5], (vi-viii), [2], [1], 2-161 pp, [1], rubricated title page, most pages uncut, some spotting, small bookseller label to fpd, bound without the illustration. (296*226 mm). Title continues: and of the members for the boroughs of Caernarvon and Beaumaris. To which are added lists of the Lords Presidents of Wales and the Constables of the Castles of Beaumaris and Caernarvon, Conway and Harlech. BREESE, antiquary, who after many years of research, backed by an excellent private library, led to the publication in 1873 of Kalendars of Gwynedd, a complete record of the high officers (sheriffs, Members of Parliament, etc.) of the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth, which is still an authoritative work of reference. See NLW and WBO.

London:: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SEDDAN T. BRANDARD J. etc . The Memorial Edition 1893, VG+ complete Two volumes in the publishers gilt pictorial black cloth, corners rubbed. Spines, gilt titles, edges rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, [11], (xii-xxviii), [2], [2], [1], 2-436 pp, 18 illustrations (including coloured folding map). Vol 2, [9], (x-xii), [2], [2], [1], 2-479 pp, 29 illustrations (some coloured), some light edge browning, top edges reddened, remainder cut. (214*139 mm). (Penzer p54-55). Burton followed the pilgrim route to Mecca, Penzer states that Burton was the 1st English Christian to enter Mecca of his own free will as a true Mohammedan pilgrim and not as a convert.

London: John Camden Hotten, 1873. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In brown cloth, blind tooling, corners and edges bumped slightly. Spine, gilt titles, bumped. Internally, half title, [7], (vi-viii), [2], [1], 2-161 pp, [1], lacks the folding frontis, bookplate to fpd (Tecwyn lloyd), ink name to fep, Bala Tech Cokllege stamp at tp base. Title continues: Calendars of Gwynedd or chronological lists of Lod-Lieutenant, custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs, and Knights of the Shire, for the counties of Anglesey. Caernarvon and Merioneth and of the members for the boroughs of Caernarvon and Beaumaris. To which are added lists of the Lords Presidents of Wales and the Constables of the Castles of Beaumaris and Caernarvon, Conway and Harlech. BREESE, antiquary, who after many years of research, backed by an excellent private library, led to the publication in 1873 of Kalendars of Gwynedd , a complete record of the high officers ( sheriffs , Members of Parliament , etc.) of the… Read More

74 and 75 Piccadilly, London: John Camden Hotten, 1873 In the original purple cloth, beveled edges, blind tooling, corners and edges a little worn and bumped, gilt coat of arms to front cover. Spine has faded, title in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, half title, folding frontis, [7], (vi-viii), [2], [1], 2-161 pp, [1], minimal foxing, brown endpapers, bookplate to fpd (HW Adnitt).
Title continues: Or, Chronological lists of Lords-Lieutenant, Custodes of Rotulorum, Sheriffs, and Knights of the Shire, for the counties of Anglesy, Caernarvon and Merioneth, and of the members for the Boroughs of Caernarvon and Beaumaris. To which are added lists of the Lords Presidents of Wales and the Constables of the Castles of Beaumaris, Caernarvon, Conway and Harlech. With notes by William Watkin Edward Wynne.
BREESE, antiquary, had an important part in the planning and development of the new town of Portmadoc and gained general confidence by his ability, integrity, and judicial temper. David Lloyd… Read More

Newtown, Powys, Wales: The Gregynog Press, 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MAYNARD Robert Ashwin 1888-1966. Limited first edition, in a slightly darkened natural Hermitage calf spine with gilt titling over marbled boards, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, [6], (vii-ix), [1], 73 pp, [1] limitation, wood engraved full size plate and 14 initial letters by RA Maynard, all hand coloured at the press, signed on paste-down of lower cover Gregynog Press Bindery, limited to 275 copies. Published on 22 November 1930, Garamond type on heavy Japanese vellum. Completed 1 July 1930, Previous owners ink signature to fpd (Peter Harvey 1937). (305*227 mm). (Harrop 16/p191).

Edinburgh.: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, 1879. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thomas Bewick. In Three parts. 1 Fables extracted from Dodsley's. 2 Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. 3 Fables in Verse. VG, Edition de Luxe, in white vellum with gilt tooling, titles an red and black inks, woodcut within red borders, light shelf wear. Spine, gilt tooling and titles. Internally, no inscriptions, [8], (vii-xl), 384 pp, 10 pls (including 3 portraits) numerous wood cuts and illustrations, watermarked John Dickinson and Co, with red-line borders, privately printed for subscribers, an edition limited to just 100 copies, vellum slightly marked, t.e.g., others uncut, with the 4 page prospectus. A lovely production. A reissue of the edition of London, 1871. 4º; with new portraits, and the addition of the supplementary illustrations. (281*223 mm).

London 7 Great Turnstile, Holborn, W.C.: Frank Hollings, 1900. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1900. In grey printed paper wraps, black in titles, ms ink title to faded spine, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-x), [1] contents, [1], 95 pp, spotting to eps, browning throughout (cheap paper?), top edge cut remainder not. (194*127 mm). Title continues: A Bibliographical list arranged in chronological order of the published and privately printed writings in verse and prose of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Including his annuals, magazines, and periodical publications; Posthumous works, memoirs, editions, etc. Revised corrected and enlarged by Colonel F Prideaux.

No 17, Paternoster-Row, London: C Cooke, 1796. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. T Kirk. Embellished with Superb Engravings. Both volumes with The Life Of The Author. Bound in quarter speckled calf, with blue marbled boards, a lightly worm, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, gilt titling, lacking title label, edges bumped and worn. Internally, bookplate of John Headlam MA tp fpd, his name and address to fep, B&W frontis and the additional titlepage present, [5], 6-142 pp, (ii), 2 B&W plates, 23 printers devices. B&W frontis and the additional title page present, [5], 6-70 pp, (ii), 1 plate, 7 printers devices. The plates in the Broome were engraved by J Chapman and they are dated August 1796 whilst the plate in the Collins is dated July 1796 and was engraved by W Chapman, neither dated but 1796. Part of the Cooke's pocket select edition of British Poets Series. (140*87 mm).

Priivate Circulation, 1876. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 Vols or 3 only. 1876, private printing, 106 copies only. In red half calf over red cloth, corners brushed. Spines, gilt tooling & titles, bound by the National Library of Wales?. Internally, Vol 2, 1876, Introductory Parts, [4], [3], (xviii-cxciv), [2] Prose Part 1, (cxcv-cxcvi), [5], 8-168, [2], [3], 172-242, [7], 250-287, [1], [2], [3], 292-357, [1], [5], 364-396 pp, [2]. Vol 3, 1876, [5], (xv-xvi) [1]. [7], 6- 116, [2], [3], 120-213, [1], 115-116 contents, [2], [3], 218-241, [4], 246-281, [4], 286-314 pp, occasional small paper repair. Original parts bound with their soft paper covers, each volume limited to 106 copies, printed for private circulation. (Folio, 138*220 mm). Contents include: Memorial introduction. A discoverie of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely svbdued, &c. A new post [... sundrie esays] A discourse of law and lawyers: with… Read More

London: 23, Abchurch Lane E.C.: Blades, East & Blades, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1888, complete In red cloth, bevelled edges, gilt coat of arms. Spine, faded, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, [3], (iv-xxi), [1], [2], [2], 29i30, 35-104, 107-108, 113-158, [1], 164-249, 252-305, [1], 309-339, 342 only, 344-389, 392 only, [1], 397-427, 436-438, [1], 444-447, [1], [1], 452only, [2], 453-460, [1], 464-471 pp, [2], [21] index, includes 1 folding map & 1 folding chart, numerous illustrations within text, top edge cut, remainder not, ink inscription & oval Blackfriars stamp to fpd, some spotting to blanks. (258*191mm). Title continues: Through Wales in 1684. By photo-lithography from the original MS. of Thomas Dineley in the possession of His Grace, the Eighth Duke of Beauforrt.

Oxford & London: Oxford University Press, 1888. Buckram. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bishop Morgan's version of Job. Fair, 1888, in Green buckram, gilt title to both spine & front cover, edges worn and a little bumped. Internally, half title, [6] includes 1 leaf of black ink text, [1], 2-99 pp, [3] note/adverts, [1], 2-10 pp adverts, black endpapers, book label of Bangor College to fpd & oval stamp to tp, pencil note to ep. (177*110 mm).

Pwllheli: Author, 1907. Subscribers Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Welsh Tales & Romances reproduced from the Peniarth Manuscripts. In black cloth, blind tooling to edges, corners and edges a little worn and bumped. Spine, gilt title & toolingt, joints cracked along cloth both sides, edges worn and bumped. Internally blue endpapers with some marks to front, a few spots to front & rear blanks, ink name to half title page (R Gwilym Hughes), text in double columns, (xxvii), [3], 312 pp, ink notes to fep, half title in Welsh as is the spine title - Y Mabinogion o Llvyr Gwyn Rhydderch. Not often seen! (246*167 mm). EVANS, palaeographer. The bibliography of his series of Welsh texts has not been fully worked out, but the following tentative list may be offered - the dates in [ ] representing discrepancies between imprints and actual publication: (1) The Text of the Mabinogion . from the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, 1887); (2) Facsimile of… Read More

London: Paternoster Row;: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. HUGHES John. 1 Vol with both N & S Wales 10 pls, 2 folding maps. In dark green embossed calf, edges worn. Spine, gilt titles, worn along joints & edges. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [4], 7-38, 38*-49*, [1], 39-200, [5], 10-212 pp, [5], 10-72, 37-48, 73-216 pp, [4] adverts, 2 maps (folding & coloured), 10 pls (depicting 14 views), 2 illustrations within text. ink namer ot fpd, blind stamp to fep (Dr Arwyn Roberts). 154*98 mm).

Tregynon, Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1995. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. JONES Jac. Ltd ed Gregynog Press, Near Fine, 1995. Bound in pale blue with silver flowers to base, title in red to spine. Internally, half title, illustrated title and frontis, [6], 7-66 pp, [1], [1] limitation, 16 illustrations by Jones, some colour & full page, an edition limited to 250 cloth copies (there were also 100 copies published in quarter leather). (300*167 mm). Welsh Children's songs collected by the notable educators, Sir Owen M. Edwards, who viewed these simple verses as an important part of the nation's literary heritage. Selected by Hazel Walford Davies and illustrated by Jac Jones. February 1995.