Search Results: Authors starting with V from Madoc Books

London: C. Hullmandel. etc, 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. TOWNSEND J. GREEN Wm. IC&SA. BAILEY T. PICKERING G. Etc. A Collection of Topographical Plates in aid of the Anti-Slavery Society In contemporary worn half maroon morocco over faded maroon cloth, corners worn. Spine, raided bands, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, no title leaf, 3 plates (1 coloured 2 tinted) followed by a dedication leaf to William Wilberforce, Esq As one of the earliest and most enlightened Friends of the Negro Emancipation, followed by 10 B&W plates tipped in, all of the lakes, followed by a further 9 plates (of Chester, 1 coloured) tipped to later yellow paper leaves, bookseller label to fpd (J. Selcome - Chester bookseller c1828-1842). (367*266 mm). Plates are: Meeting of the Royal British Bowmen, 1823, hand coloured, J Townsend after the original by W.H. Timms. Coniston Water Head, 1820, Published by Wm.Green Rydal Water, 1820, by Wm Green Dedication Leaf Derwent Water, Looking… Read More

London: York Street, Covent Garden.: Bell and Daldy, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. COOPER R.. VG, 1870, 2 pls. In blue embossed cloth, corners bumped & worn. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Frontis, engraved tp (dated 1852), [3], 4-40. [2], [2], [1], 2-63, [1]. [3], 6-39, [1]. [3], 6-37, [1]. [1], 40-51, [1]. [3], (iv-xii), [1], 2-103, [1]. [1], 2-41, [1]. [1], 2-36. [1], 2-46. [3], 4-40 pp, 2 pls. Brown endpapers, ink name (Harvey), a bookseller label (Randle) to fpd, bottom edge cut others not, damp stain to corner of 1st 2 leaves. Authors & titles are: Rasselas / Samuel Johnson -- Vicar of Wakefield / Oliver Goldsmith -- Exiles of Siberia / Madame Cottin -- Paul and Virginia / Bernardin Saint-Pierre -- Indian cottage / Bernardin Saint-Pierre -- Gulliver's travels / Jonathan Swift -- Sterne's sentimental journry / Laurence Sterne -- Sorrows of Werter / [anonymous translation of the work by Johann Wolfgang von… Read More

London and Chester: G Sael, 1798. Third Edition Corrected . Quarter Leather. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SAMUEL.. NF, 1798, 7 pls. In modern quarter leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling. Spine has gilt dragon image, title in gilt to red leather label. Internally, new endpapers, (xix), 456 pp, [3], adverts, 7 pls (including frontis), 1 woodcut, no inscriptions. A near fine copy. Sometimes attributed to John Torbuck. (ESTC T146361. Lowndes 2809). (173*103 mm). Title continues: Or A display of the beauties of Wales. Selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours. With occasional remarks. To which is added A Tour of the River Wye. Tours include: Romantic Parts of North Wales from Shrewsbury to Caernarvon and the Vale of Clwyd - Tour from Chester to Llangollen, Welsh Pool and Monmouth - Tour from Holyhead to Chester - Tour from Chepstow to Swansea, St Davids, Caernarvon and Ruthin - Tour From Ross to Bala, Denbigh, up the Vale of… Read More

1902. Pamphlet. Very Good. Various. Collection of 15 Eisteddfod related items dating from 1902-1937. All are in chapbook form with paper covers, and in G+ condition, all have a library stamp to them. They are:- 1902 Bangor, Yr Awdl, Y Bryddest, A'r Telynegion by Alafon, WJ Gruffydd, Eifion Wyn, 106 pp, green paper covers. 1921 Caernarfon, Yr Awdl a'r Bryddest Fuddugol a Darnau Buddugol Ereill, 71 pp, brown paper covers, small tear to spine base. 1922 Ammanford, Yr Awdl a'r Bryddest Fuddugol a Darnau Buddugol Eraill, 70 pp, grey paper covers. 1923, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Wyddgrug, Yr Awdl a'r Bryddest Fuddugol ynghyda Darnau Barddonol Eraill, 63 pp, grey paper covers title page missing piece. 1924, Pontypwl, 55 pp, a little grubby, pencil marks to last blank. 1925, Pwllheli, 64 pp. 1929, Lerpwl, 77 pp + 2 pp of adverts. 1930, Llanelli, 77 pp + 3 pp of adverts. 1931, Bangor, 44 pp, + 4 pp of adverts. 1932, Aberafan-Port Talbot, 83 pp. 1932, Port Talbot (same). 1935, Caernarfon,… Read More

London: No. 192, Strand: G Sael, 1798. Third Edition Corrected . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SAMUEL.. In contemporary speckled boards, corners refurbished. Re-spined, to style, gilt tooling, gilt titles to black calf label. Internally, frontis, [7], (viii-xix), [1], [1], 2-456 pp, 7 pls, 2 vignettes, paper repair to margin edge frontis, some light marginal browning to eps, ink drawing to fpd, ink name to title page. (174*102 mm). (ESTC T146361. Lowndes 2809). Sometimes attributed to John Torbuck. Title continues: Selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours. With occasional remarks. To which is added A Tour of the River Wye. Tours include: Romantic Parts of North Wales from Shrewsbury to Caernarvon and the Vale of Clwyd - Tour from Chester to Llangollen, Welsh Pool and Monmouth - Tour from Holyhead to Chester - Tour from Chepstow to Swansea, St Davids, Caernarvon and Ruthin - Tour From Ross to Bala, Denbigh, up the… Read More

34-36 Paternoster Row, London, EC4: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 2nd ed, 1928, 200 illustrations. In blue cloth, gilt image, corners bumped. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped. Internally, half title, coloured frontis, [6], 7-384 pp, 200 illustrations, including 8 coloured, small mark to corner top board, lower joint cracked. But a very good copy of an interesting book. (228*152 mm).

Port Talbot: D. W. Jones, 1954. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. In blue soft card covers with titles in black to top cover, edges a little soiled, no title to spine. Internally, ink authors dedication to title page, some pencil notes to the 29 rhymes, [2], 3-32 pp, printed by DW Jones of Port Talbot. Many of the rhymes have comments on the World War. Uncommon, not listed at either WorldCat or COPAC. Possibly related to Baldwin, Anita May 1876-1939? (151*102 mm).

31, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Londini: Gul. Pickering, 1821. First Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. In tan full calf, gilt edge tooling, edges and corners a little bumped and worn. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, title in gilt on black leather label. Internally, red marbled endpapers, blue text block edges, light offsetting to title page, beyond that its clean & tight, B&W frontis, additional engraved tp, [2], [3], 4-283 pp, [1] advert, 2 plates, printed by Charles Corrall, 8.8*5*1.5 cm. A part of the 26 volume Pickering's Diamond Classic. A lovely copy of an uncommon item. (Brunet 1295. Kallendorf LW1821.1). Not in Welsh. There have been approximately 5,000 editions of Virgil from 1469 up to and including 1850!

London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1824. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. VG, 1819-1840, Six Acts of Parliament relating to The Shrewsbury & Holyhead Road, 1819-1840.. In worn soft cloth covers, worn & frayed at edges, soiled white ms label to upper board, spine no label. Internally: 1824, George III, Road Building, [1], [1] title, 290-339, [1]. 1819, George III, Bridges over the Menai Straits etc 470-502, [2]. [1], 1823, George IV, Road repair & Bridge Building, [1], 1014-1074,, [2]. 1833, William IV, [1], Bridges & Harbours & Road building462-466, [2]. 1835, William IV, [1], Future Repairs & Maintenance, 202-216. 1840, Victoria, Maintenance, [1], 810-816 pp. Hinges strengthened. (309*189 mm).

London: John Lane, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine, edges bumped, some blind tooling. Spine title in gilt, edges rubbed slightly. Internally, no inscriptions, some light offsetting to half title, frontis, [2], (xvi), [2], 104 pp, 13 pls, [4] adverts, t.e.g., remainder uncut. (223*143mm)

Philadelphia. & London Stationers' Hall Court.: The Centaur Book Shop. and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited., 1923. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In quarter blue cloth over blue boards, printed titles to spine & u/board. Internally, half title, portrait frontis, [5], 6-46 pp, [1] limitation, 1 pl, 2 printers devices, 25 entries, UK publishers details tipped in, frontis with a facsimile signature, top edge cut remainder not. An edition limited to 300 numbered copies. (192*114 mm). (Centaur Bibliographies of Modern American Authors. No. 2)

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1908. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Half title, frontis, [13], 8-734 pp, 59 illustrations. In green cloth, gilt titles to both spine and front cover.