Search Results: Authors starting with G from Madoc Books

Bangor: W Shone, 1845. No Binding. Very Good. Hugh Jones. A B&W print of Beaumaris, published June 27th, 1845, very minimal foxing, 32.5 * 25.5cm, oblong. Plate only.

Tokyo, Japan: Kobokudo. Kodama Matashichi. Daikyodo, 1878. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Matsuzuki Hosei [Hayakawa Shozan]. 3 books, VG+, 1878, 1878 & c1875-80, are illustrated popular novels from the early Meiji Period (1868-1912). 1. Okubo Jinsei-dan [The Story of Okubo's Benevolent Rule] Vol 4 (of 2) only, coloured title page, cotton ties, 16 pp, B&W illustrations within text, vol 4 only (of 4), artist was Matsuzuki Hosei [Hayakawa Shozan], published in Tokyo, 1878. A Historical novel set in the Japanese civil wars in the late 16th/early 17 centuries. 2. Hyaku monogatari [A Hundred Tales], by Takenouchi Yoshihsa (1848-1920), coloured titlepage, 13 pp (all coloured), he also used the names Baido, Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunimasa, published by Kodama Matashichi in Tokyo, 1878. A collection of tales based on a Japanese custom where people sit by candlelight and tell each other ghost stories - the aim being to tell one hundred stories in… Read More

London: HFW Deane & Sons, 1939. First . Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In rather grubby grey cloth with marbled boards, edges and corners rubbed slightly. Small white marls to spine edge and front cover base, title in black ink to spine. Internally, ink inscription from author to Kenneth Adam, CBE 1908-1978 journalist and ex Controller of the BBC, dated 1943 to ffep, 74 pp.

London 15, Waterloo Place: Smith, Elder & Co, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First and Only Edition. In brown cloth, gilt edge tooling & titles, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles, rubbed along edges. Internally, half title, [6], (vii-viii), [1], 2-106 pp, [1], 31 poems, book label to fpd (Elizabeth, Chanterai Ma Chanson), binders label tp fpd (Deighton, Bell & Co), ink name to fep (Mary Arnim Oct 09), occasional spot to prelims. (181*123 mm). Elizabeth von Arnim had collected a sizable library in Mougins France and upon her death in 1941, it ended up either at the Huntington Library in the USA of the University of Toulon in France.

London 2 Greycoat Place, SW1: Eddison Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In faux red calf, faded at edges, gilt titles to spine. Internally, half title, [4], (v-xiii), [1], [2], 3-76 pp, [1] adverts. (209*147 mm). Title continues: An assemblage of more than 600 authors together with addresses and, where applicable, their pseudonyms.

London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1893. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thomas Watts. Brown decorative cloth, black ink tooling and title, edges and corners bumped and worn slightly. Spine with black ink tooling, titles in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, printed endpapers, some light browning to blanks, advert, half title, frontis, [1], [7], (viii-xxxv), [1], 404 pp, [8] adverts, 2 pls. The Minerva Library of Famous Books edition. (177*123 mm). Borrow, George Henry, writer and traveller, who in Lavengro, would describe writing The Life and Adventures of Joseph Sell, the Great Traveller in order to find enough money to do so. None of the attempted identifications of this claimed work has proved valid. See ODNB for a full Boi.

London: in the Strand: H. Baldwin and Son for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies,, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, complete with all plates. In contemporary half calf over blue marbled boards, corners worn. Spine, worn gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-227 pp, 2 plates (B&W). (207*122 mm). Also contains: "Essay on the plague": pages 125-146. Title continues: containing observations on its government under the Mamaluks, its geographic position, its intrinsic and extrinsic resources, its relative importance to England and France, and its dangers to England in the possession of France :

London: L Reeve & Co, 1878. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG, 4th ed, 1878. Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to or Naturalized in the British Isles for the Use of Beginners and Amateurs. half title, [5], (viii-lxxx), [1], 2-607 pp. Blue cloth, corners slightly bumped. Spine, title and tooling in gilt, edges rubbed. Internally, later endpapers, ink name to fep, half title present, text block edges speckled red, slightly cocked, occasional pencil note, light browning. First published in 1858. (177*122 mm). Bentham, botanist, whose introduction to the Handbook was very important, being used again, only slightly modified, to set out a recommended botanical procedure in the Colonial Floras-the series describing the plants of the British empire written at Kew in the nineteenth century. See ODNB for a full Bio.

No 17, Paternoster Row, London: C Cooke. First Edition . Full-Calf. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 2 vols in 1, 2 maps, North & South Wales. In contemporary tree calf boards, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. New calf spine, to style, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to morocco label. Internally, text block edges sprinkled blue, map frontis, North Wales, [4], 5-178 pp, 1 map (folding), [2] contents. Part 2, South Wales, map frontis present, [3], 4-142 pp, 1 map (folding), [2] contents, printed by Brimmer and Co, Water Lane, Fleets Street, London, occasional light browning. No dated, but watermark of 1808. A nice copy. (Anderson 335). Title Continues: Containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads, rivers, minerals, fisheries, manufactures, commerce, agriculture, markets, curiosities, antiquities, biography, natural history, civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, & c. To which is prefixed, a copious travelling guide: exhibiting,… Read More

Newcastle upon Tyne: Listers, 1949. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. VG+, 2nd ed, 1949, 1 pl, 2 plans. In contemporary green morocco cloth, gilt titles to upper cover, corners brushed, spine edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [2], [2], (iii-vi), 60 pp, [7] blanks, [1], 2 Panoramic sketches (each 4 leaf), A reprint, revised and enlarged, from the walkers section of A Climbers guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, which was issued by the Climbers Club in 1926. (133*101 mm)

London: No. 17, Paternoster Row: C. Cooke. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. In modern green cloth, printed title to spine. Internally, map frontis, [3], 6-135 pp, [2], 1 pl (folding coloured map, some light offsetting), not dated but c1805/10?, ink name to tp, bound without half title. (138*86 mm). Part of a 47 vol. set with the title: The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Originally pubd. by C. Cooke between 1802?-1817?. The same set also pubd. under the title: Topography of Great Britain: or, British traveller's directory.

London: No. 17, Paternoster Row: C. Cooke. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. In modern green cloth, printed title to spine. Internally, map frontis, [5], 6-142 pp, [2], 1 pl (folding coloured map, some light offsetting), not dated but c1805/10?. (138*86 mm). Part of a 47 vol. set with the title: The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Originally pubd. by C. Cooke between 1802?-1817?. The same set also pubd. under the title: Topography of Great Britain: or, British traveller's directory.

London: No. 17, Paternoster Row: C. Cooke. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. In modern green cloth, printed title to spine. Internally, map frontis, [4], 5178 pp, [2], contents, 1 pl (folding map - some light offsetting), not dated but c1805/10?. (138*86 mm). Part of a 47 vol. set with the title: The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Originally pubd. by C. Cooke between 1802?-1817?. The same set also pubd. under the title: Topography of Great Britain: or, British traveller's directory.

17, Paternoster Row, London: C Cooke. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Part 1 (North Wales) & Part 2 South Wales, 1st ed. In contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, a little worn and bumped to corners and edges. Spine, faded, gilt tooling and titles, edges bumped and worn. Internally, armorial book plate of Henry Rudolf Reichel to fpd, coloured map frontis present, small College oval stamp to base of tp also a little stain to margin, stamp to verso, [4], 5-178 pp, 1 map (folding coloured), [2] contents. Part 2, coloured map frontis present, [3], 4-142 pp, 1 map (folding coloured), [2] contents, not dated, printed by Brimmerand Co, Water Lane, Fleet Street. Title continues: "Containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads, rivers, minerals, fisheries, manufactures, commerce, agriculture, markets, curiosities, antiquities, biography, natural history, civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, & c. To which is prefixed, a… Read More

London: No. 17, Paternoster Row: C. Cooke. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. In modern green cloth, printed title to spine. Internally, map frontis, [5], 6-138 pp, [2], 1 pl (folding), not dated but c1805/10?. (137*86 mm). Part of a 47 vol. set with the title: The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Originally pubd. by C. Cooke between 1802?-1817?. The same set also pubd. under the title: Topography of Great Britain: or, British traveller's directory.

London: 86 Fleet Street: David Bogue. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. CHILDS George. Not dated but c1845, first & only edition. VG. Oblong quarto, title page and twenty-four lithograph plates, each an identified scene. Original blind stamped and gilt lettered cloth, board edges rubbed, joints worn, some cloth loss. Yellow endpapers, paper guards to plates, evidence of removed book plate to fpd, faint edge browning, front hinge weak. (275*182 mm).

London: No 17, Paternoster Row: C Cooke. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. VG, 2 parts in 1 vol, 2 maps, early ed. In contemporary off-white vellum, gilt edge tooling, corners worn lightly. Spine, soiled, gilt tooling, gilt title to black calf label. Internally, Part 1, North Wales, map frontispiece, [4], 5-178 pp, [2] contents, 1 map (folding). Part 2, South Wales, map frontis, [3], 4-142 pp, [2] contents, 1 map (folding), red marbled endpapers, College presentation label to fpd (from the author Gwyn Williams), college label and stamp tp fep, text block edges sprinkled blue, blanks a little browned, printed by Brimmer and Co, Water Lane, Fleets Street, London, light browning to eps. No date or edition stated but probably c1805. A nice copy. (139*90 mm). Title Continues: Containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads, rivers, minerals, fisheries, manufactures, commerce, agriculture, markets, curiosities, antiquities, biography, natural history,… Read More

London. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. DELAMOTTE GO. Oblong folio, 44*30 cm, 6 litho plates, original printed wrappers, stitched as issued (very small half inch worm track and a few micro holes through upper wrapper and first three plates), wrapper title, printed by Moser and Harris's Lithographic Press, No 71 Grosvenor Street, Brunswick Square, nd but c 1820. Plates are: Aberdylis Vale of Neath. Melincourt Vale of Neath. Yscwd yr Rhyd In the grounds of W: Williams Esq. Yscwd Inon Cam Vale of Neath. Entrance to Porth yr Ogof Caveer Vale of Neath. Kil Hepsti Vale of Neath. Originally priced at 7s 6d. Very rare. The plates are quite crude, but represent an exceptionally early lithographic work, when techniques were still experimental. It is especially pleasing to have such a work in the original wrappers! Copies of some of the plates have been traced to the National Library of Wales, cataloged as soft-ground etchings. Swansea also have the wrappers… Read More

Aberystwyth: William Jones, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. JONES ART and MATTHEWS A Weight. Signed subscribers copy. In quarter cloth over blue illustrated boards, printed title to spine. Internally, portrait frontis, [5], (vi-xxiv), [1], 2-257 pp, [1], [4] adverts, 22 pls, 7 illustrations within text. Bound with, to fpd, The House of Peterwell, blue soft printed paper covers, 1900, portrait frontis, not paginated but complete, WITH tipped onto ep, printed note from the author regarding the final 6 copies of Lampeter. With tipped onto the epd, St. David's College, Lampeter: Its Assailants and Defenders, 1854, [John Williams & William Davies], c1900 paper cover, tp with paper repairs, [3], 4-56 pp. WITH, tipped to epd, Lampeter, No 264 The Borough Guides, red printed soft paper covers, 48 pp. WITH a Peterwell Lodge consecration invite plus 2 stereo, 1858, Bedford Church interior & Wilson Falls of the Garr-valt, Braemar!. The… Read More

Canford Manor: Canford Manor Press, 1865. Limited Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1865, Private Press production of an Indian narrative of the 12th century, with some interesting printers! In decorative contemporary red cloth, gilt titles & tooling, beveled edges, corners & edges a little worn, some cloth tears to front & rear. Spine, edges marked & worn, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, [6], [1], 2-302 pp, [6] notes, tp code indicates that the printers were, Sir Ivor Brertie Guest (Lord Wimborne), Lady Charlotte Schreiber (formerly Guest), Miss Enid Guest (Lady Laynard), Miss Constance Guest and Miss Blanche Guest, green end endpapers, contemporary ink ms note stating 'Printed at Camford Manor by Enid Guest, Constance Guest, Blanche Guest', a.e.g., lower corner cloth glued. Canford House also printed for some famous authors, including Tennyson, but the printings were in small numbers and always rare!. The Press… Read More