Search Results: Authors starting with J from Madoc Books

Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BAKER J. JAMES H. GRIFFITHS M. IBBETSON. London to Holyhead ONLY In modern quarter blue buckram oe marbled boards, gilt title on black calf to spine (Picturesque Plans), Internally, vignette half title, [1], 2-10 pp, only, 12 plates (includes 5 strip maps, coloured, 5 views, tinted), 1 vignette - lady with shield, and 1 additional strip map, loose, coloured), LACKS the title page, the Address to the public leaf, modern endpapers, possible authors signature to ffep, the plates are watermarked J Whatman 1794, the views are not dated, the strip maps are dated 1799 & 98, the possible J Baker signature dated Dec 15th 1800 is on J Whatman paper watermarked 1794. (223*141 mm). Baker was notoriously haphazard, and it is very rare to find complete titles or even parts. half speckled 'calf cloth' over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to red & black gilt decorated morocco… Read More

At the Cross, Worcester: The Author by J. Tymbs, 1797. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BAKER J.. Uncommon, complete with 3 plates. Bound into modern brown paper covers with cotton ties, Internally, [2], [1], 2-9, [1], 3 pls (B&W aquatints, titled but not dated), tiny spot hole in margin of page 5/6, no watermarks. (212*172 mm). (ESTC T213579) Title continues; Including a perfect description of that part of the Coast of Pembrokeshire, on which was effected the landing of the French forces, on the 22nd of February, 1797, and of their surrender to the Welch provincial troops, headed by Lord Cawdor. CAMBELL John Pryse - 1 st Lord Cawdor 1755-1821

Sunderland: 184 Hih Street West & 64 Nile St.: Thomas Reed and Co, Ltd, 1904. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, [1904], 12 pls, 120 illust. In the publishers green embossed cloth, gilt titles, corners brushed. Spine, no titles. Internally, frontis, [2], [3], (iv-xi), [1], [1], 18-382 pp, (24) adverts, [4] adverts, 12 plates ( large folding), 120 illustrations, some of the adverts have darkened, endpapers are adverts, stamp of John Thornycroft & Co Ltd to fep, not date but per preface 1904, frontispiece of the Compound Turbine Engines, SY Lorena, Very uncommon! Title continues: Including Deck and Auxiliary Machinery.

Cardiff: National Museum of Wales Welsh Folk Museum, 1962. First . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In green paper boards, title to spine. DW is not price clipped, very slightly faded at edges, title to spine and front cover in brown ink. frontis, [8], 9-107 pp, [1], 30 B&W photographic illustrations.

Caernarvon By Gwenlyn Evans: Caernarvonshire Historical Society, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1963. [4], 5-104 pp, 10 pls (B&W). In blue cloth covers with bright gilt title to front cover. Spine has the title in gilt, edges lightly bumped. Internally, no inscriptions, some minor ink highlighting to first few pages. An interesting account of the establishment of a County Police force with all the problems that came with it. (214*134 mm).

London: at their Circulating Library, No. 46, Ludgate Hill: Parsons and Son, 1804. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Rare, 2 copies in US only. In modern quarter calf (to style), over contemporary worn marbled boards, spine with gilt tooling & titles. Internally, (vi), [1], 2-150 pp, printed by H. Bryer, Bridge-street, ink name to fep (Molly Harrison 1934, leaves watermarked 1803. (165*93 mm). (in Romanticism, Radicalism, & the Press by Stephen C Benrendt p110, 1997). OCLC indicate no copies in UK institutions, 2 copies only, in the US (UCLA & Denver), no copies at auction or on line. "As the title indicate, this is not a History of the Dreaded emperor, but a romance, which strongly glances at him" - Monthly Catalogue p330, 1805. "Our Author makes him a pettifogging thief, and gets him hanged in the end.".

Dolgellau: Evan Jones, 1861. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 2 Vols in 1, 1st ed, 1861/62. In half calf over morocco cloth, edges worn. Spine, gilt tooling, title in gilt to black calf label. Internally, Cronicl XIX, 1861, (iv), [1], 6-336 pp. Cyfrol XX, 1862, (iv), [1], 6-336 pp. Ownership signatures to fep (RT Jenkins & Richard Owen 1881), printed by Evan Jones. (150*92 mm).

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. COCKCROFT Jason. In the original pictorial boards, green ink titles, corners brushed. DW in near fine condition, not clipped. Internally, half title, [7], 8-607 pp, no inscriptions etc, 1st edition stated to verso of TP, remains of small reader to lower DW (see image). An excellent copy. (Folio 128*197 mm). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....

Clover Hill Editions, 27 Barnsbury Square, London N1: Douglas Cleverdon. Rampant Lions Press, 1977. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. JONES David 1895-1974. Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket, 1977, Limited Edition, 10 pls. In quarter grey cloth over green marbled boards, gilt titles to spine, orange DJ, black ink titles. Internally, half title, [9], [1], [2], 3-30 pp, [1], [2], [1] blank, [1] printing details, 10 wood engravings by David Jones, one of 250 copies on Barcham Green mould-made paper, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge in the Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill, top edges cut, remainder not. Accompanied by the full size prospectus with the engraving printed from the original wood-block and a customer receipt. Originally published in 1927 by the Golden Cockerel Press. (Berger - Medieval English Drama: An Annotated Bibliography. #21). (329*253 mm). In PRISTINE condition. The engravings was lost because the… Read More

Dubrovnik: SB Library Jadran, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good +. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. VG+. 53 clean B&W photographic images of Dubrovnik in 1936, images 410*300mm, in the publishers white velum (oblong, 560*390 mm) boards, cotton ties at spine, lacks title page, a few marks to covers. Images include: Dubrovnik and the Islet Lokum; Fort Bokar; St Blaise's Arm; and so many more. No listing found on line! Uncommon and interesting!

London: Brydges-Street: Printed by Griffiths and Hixon, 1792. No Binding. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. BAKER James. PLYMLEY. GRIFFITH. . PART Of ONLY & 11 coloured plates In original printers blue wrappers, worn & chipped, no titles, but ink 25 at head. Internal, ALL loose, half title with vignette and hand colouring, title, dedication & Introduction only ([5], (6-7), [1], 11 plates (including half title, all titled, hand coloured some oval, some oblong, 2 of which have been trimmed smaller, 9 with stab holes to margins), plate margins with small chips & tears, with the original pl list on a blue printers leaf.

Conway:: William Bridge. 1st Edition . Embossed Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. LISTER John.. VG+, 1st ed, c1852, 3 pls. complete. Uncommon. In modern half maroon morocco over green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [4], [1], 2-129 pp, [1], [1] erratum, 3 pls (B&W), not dated but c 1852 per WorldCat, text block edges reddened, new eps, printed by George Prichard, Bridge SDt Row, Chester. First & only edition. (Folio, 119*178 mm). (Anderson 346). Title continues: with descriptive notices of The Tubular & Suspension Bridges etc.

London: Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars: W. Justins, 1791. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WILLIAMS Mrs. IBBETSON. CARTWRIGHT T. BAKER J. GRIFFITH M. WATHEN J. STRINGER S. BLUCK J. SNELL.. Bakers rare Guide to Wales with the equally rare French Invasion! 94 B&W plates! Second edition, two volumes in modern two tone boards, some blind tooling, spines with gilt titles to red & black morocco labels. Vol 1, 1791, engraved title page with vignette, [5], 8-186 pp, 53 pls (29 oblong, 25 oval). Vol 2, 1794, [3], (vi) only, [1], (iv) only, [1], 6-186, 199-222 pp, lacks 187-198? and anything beyond p222, 18 pls (14 oval, 4 oblong). French Invasion, 1797, [2], [1], 2-9 pp, 23 pls, (14 oblong, 9 oval). Includes 3 plans. New Endpapers, p 24 mis-numbered 4, occasional spotting, some darkening to a few leaves, 1 leaf trimmed to 1 edge, small hole to edge of 1 pl, text blocks watermarked J Whatman. (200 *195 mm). (ESTC T230293 / T213579). Although its… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BAKER J. CARTWRIGHT T. BLUCK. WRIGHT. GRIFFITH M. ROSS. PLIMLEY. WATHEM J. IBBETSON. JONES. . 109 Hand Coloured plates by James Baker "The Topographer" In contemporary diced half calf over boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, top edge worn. Internally, 106 pls (all hand coloured, 53 oblong, 53 oval, 1 dated 1797, remainder undated but 1794/5?), + 3 loose coloured oblong plates. VG+, occasional spot & light edge browning, bookplate top fpd (Tom Lloyd-Robrts). (236*182 mm). A contemporary scrap book, containing plates only.

London:: Dean Street, Fetter Lane, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BAKER JAMES. JONES J. CLAYTON H. ROSS J. WRIGHT. Upper . James Baker's uncommon 1801 Views First edition, in contemporary half calf over blue marbled boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to red calf label, edges worn. Internally, [3], 4-16, [1], 12-18, [1], 2-48 pp (only), 17 pls (5 coloured strip maps, 6 B&W oblong views, 3 B&W oval views, & 3 B&W portraits), the text leaves are watermarked LEPARD, printed by C Whittingham, for subscribers only, portraits dated 1799, lacking anything beyond p48, occasional light spot, light stain to corner of tp, armorial bookplate to fpd (Benjamin Dickinson Tiverton) and fep (Sambrooke Arthur Higgins Burne). But VG+. (225*136 mm). As with Baker's other productions the publication of this work appears haphazard. The text probably being extracted from the… Read More

London:: Printed by W. Justins, Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars; , 1791. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. J. Black. F. Jukes. Ibbetson. J. Baker. Jones. Archdeacon Plimley.. An elusive Baker Guide with 102 plates, 2 volumes bound as one Second edition, re-spined to style, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to black calf label over worn boards, some gilt tooling. Internally, frontis, additional engraved title page with vignette, [5], (vi) only, [1], 8-186 pp, 10 pls. [Vol 2] [1], (iv) only, [1], 6-114, 127-146, 151-270 pp, 29 pls, followed by 63 additional plates (1 tinted, 1 with horizontal repaired tear and 2 with short repaired margin tears), lacks all between 115-126 (U2-Y4) & 147-150 (Cc1-Cc4), and lacks the final leaf p271/2-(Zz2), occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers, remains of removed bookplate to fpd. (216*166 mm). (ESTC T230293. Ballinger p121/2). 'in no two copies seen do the plates agree' our copy has 92 plates as did… Read More

Carlisle and London: James Beaty & Sons, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First & only edition, in VG+, 1907, printed green cloth, black ink titles, corners bumped, spine no title. Internally, map frontis, [7], 8-80 pp, 17 illustrations (complete per the list), pages 65-80 adverts. (167*106 mm). Per OCLC copy held by Leeds Uni only!

London & New York: George Routledge & Co, 1858. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FOSTER Birket. Green beveled cloth bards with blind tooling to front and rear covers, gilt title to front cover and spine, corners and edges bumped and lightly worn. Internally, frontis present, (vi), [2], 89 pp, pl, 33 B&W illustrations within text, [1], [2], ink owners inscription to fep,, ugly modern tape to upper hinge, printed by Richard Clay, text block edges in gilt. (199*145 mm).

London:: Charles Dilly, 1785. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 2nd state, 1785. In modern calf, to style, over tree calf boards, tips repaired. Spine, gilt tooling, original gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, half title, [4], (v-vii), [1], [1], 2-254 pp, [1] errata/advert, some light spotting to eps & half title, very faint edge browning, short margin tears to p509-514, text block edges yellowed. (Folio, 124*210 mm), (ESTC T53594. Pottle 114). Boswell was and remains a divisive personality, even for modern readers who find the fluent, precise, demotic prose of the journals compelling: an unstable amalgam of vibrant self-advertising vanity and self-tortured insecurity; an able but reluctant Edinburgh lawyer who marred his chances for judicial promotion with over-zealous and occasionally frenetic defences of poor criminal clients, with whom he felt a particular sympathy; a loving but erratic husband; a lenient,… Read More

London: T Cadell and W Davies, 1811. Sixth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1811, in contemporary honeycombed calf, gilt lines to edges, corners and edges a little worn and bumped. All spines have been professionally relaid, raised bands, gilt tooling and title, edges a little worn and bumped. Internally all have red marbled endpapers, some offsetting and minimal foxing to prelims. Vol 1, frontis of Johnson dated 1756, [2], (xxxvii), [1], 481 pp, 2 pull out sheets. Vol 2, [2], 496 pp. Vol 3, [2], 483 pp. Vol 4, [2], 530 pp, all printed in London by C Baldwin of New Bridge St. A lovely set. lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson, published his Life of and on 13 May forty-one London booksellers purchased more than 400 sets (of two large quarto volumes), and on 16 May, the twenty-eighth anniversary of his first meeting with Johnson in Davies's back parlour, the biography was published. Sales exceeded all expectations. Of a total of… Read More