Search Results: Titles starting with E from Madoc Books

Cardiff: National Museum of Wales & Board of Celtic Studies of the U of Wales, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG+ VG DW, 1st ed, 71 pls, 261 illust. In green cloth, gilt image to center. Spine, title in gilt. DW has 2 small repaired tears, not price clipped. Internally, no inscriptions, half title, [9], (x-xxiii), [1], [1], 258pp, [2], 71 pls (B&W), 261 illustrations, printed at the University Press, Oxford by Charles Batey. An excellent copy of a title which is becoming hard to find in decent condition!

Cardiff: National Museum of Wales & Board of Celtic Studies of the U of Wales, 1950. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, G DW, 1st ed, 71 pls, 261 illust. In green cloth, gilt image to center. Spine, faded slightly, gilt titlet. DW, price clipped, a few chips & paper repairs to edges. Internally, no inscriptions, half title, [9], (x-xxiii), [1], [1], 258pp, [2], 71 pls (B&W), 261 illustrations, printed at the University Press, Oxford by Charles Batey. (238*292 mm). Nash was gracious in life, exact in scholarship, fearless in advocating what he believed to be the truth, unfailing in friendship, and selflessly helpful to his colleagues, his staff, and his students. See NLW.

Cardiff: National Museum of Wales & Board of Celtic Studies of the U of Wales, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine in VG DustJacket, 1st ed, 71 pls, 261 illust. In green cloth, gilt image to center. Spine, gilt title. DW, old tape repair at spine base. Internally, half title, [9], (x-xxiii), [1], [1], 258pp, [2], 71 pls (B&W), 261 illustrations, printed at the University Press, Oxford by Charles Batey, ink owners name to fep, a few small DJ nicks. (242*293 mm). Nash was gracious in life, exact in scholarship, fearless in advocating what he believed to be the truth, unfailing in friendship, and selflessly helpful to his colleagues, his staff, and his students. See NLW.

Bedford Press, London, 1906. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st ed, VG, 1906, In quarter black morocco, with black morocco cloth, corners and edges lightly bumped, cracked a little at joints. Spine, gilt title & tooling, edges bumped and a little worn. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-218 pp, 1 map (folding), 29 illustrations, bookplate of Harlech college to fpd and pencil name of Edgar L Chappell (Edgar Leyshon Chappell 1879-1949, author and socialist), lib stamp and withdrawn label to end pages, printed by the Bedford Press, 20 and 21 Bedfordbury, Strand, London, some pencil notes to margins. Not often seen! LLOYD, political reformer and antiquary, published a good deal of record material in his three main works, Historical Memoranda of Breconshire (Brecon, two vols., 1903, 1904), The Great Forest of Brecknock (London, 1905), and The Early History of the Old South Wales Ironworks (London, 1906). See NLW WBO for a full Bio.

76, St Paul's Church-Yard, London. and 64, Bold Street, Liverpool: Edward Lacey. Henry Lacey.. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Or, Moral & Instructive Entertainment for Children. With many engravings. In slightly soiled yellow printed thick paper covers, lower cover decorative advert, no title to spine. Internally, owners paper label to fep, lacking ffep & frontis, titlepage with woodcut, 2 pls (B&W), 1 woodcut, not dated but c1840, date conjectured by cataloguer based on dates of activity for H. Lacey at this address (1833-1845), and dates of W.J. Sears (1823-1838), printed by W. J. Sears, 44, Ivy lane, Paternoster Row". (OCLC). (145*90 mm).

23 Suffolk Road, London: Reedminster Publications Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In blue cloth, gilt titles, in G printed wraps (some chips), black ink titles. Internally, half title, [6], (vii-viii), 198 pp, 250+ illustrations, ink name to fep.. (250*185 mm).

Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association and the Bookplate Society, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In purple cloth, gilt tooling & spine titles. Internally, [6], (vii-xxii), 185 pp, numerous illustrations within text. (248*154 mm). 220o copies published of which 700 were for sale.

London Manchester: 34 Cross Street: Sherratt and Hughes, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G, 1st ed, 1913. In brown boards, gilt titles, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, black ink titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, half title, [5], 6-141 pp, lacking portrait frontispiece (supplied via photocopy), occasional spot, pencil owners name to half title (John Wm Kershaw). Cracked along upper joint, some watermarks to lower cover, small paper tear to corner upper cover. Articles on Wales, The Lakes, Langdale, English Alps, Bettws-y-Coed, Cat Bells and Skiddaw etc. (Folio, 123*184 mm). Uncommon. WorldCat shows only 4 copies in the UK. (Neate H32).

London: 65, Paternoster Row; Castle Street, Leicester Square.: Houlston and Wright & Bernard Quaritch, 1857. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G, 1857. In the original green embossed cloth, corners & edges lightly bumped & rubbed. Spine, gilt title, edges rubbed, slight loss at top. Internally, [5], (vi-xix), [1], [1], 2-387 pp, small ink owners name to fep, upper hinge weak, occasional spotting & edge browning, printed by Stephen Austin, Fore Street, Hertford. (Folio, 14.1*22.3 cms). Title continues: Proved by a comparison of their dialects with the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and Teutonic languages. Forming a supplement to researches into the physical history of mankind.

London: Lackington & Co., 1817. Audio Book (DVD). Very Good. Original line engraving by Ch. Heath after Geo. Pickering, dated 1817, leaf 380*234 mm, image 277*176 mm. some light edge browning. Depicts a busy Chester street scene.

London: 15, Paternoster Row: Allen & Co., 1807. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. CRUIKSHANK. WOODWARD.. Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Characteristic & Illustrative Prints. In quarto half calf over marbled boards, corners & edges worn. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to half of a red calf label. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], (ii-v), 6-217 pp, [1] pl list, frontis + 100 pls (B&W) on 99 leaves (includes 3 folding), plates dated 1796/1797, text leaves watermarked W Balston 1812 or 13, 2 professional small marginal paper repairs to 2 pls, some light offsetting & edge browning, occasional spot, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd, but a very good copy. (274*212 mm). (Lowndes VII, 2989; Rosenbach 207 (citing first edition of 1796-8). Woodward came to London from Derbyshire and immediately developed his artistic talents and became a popular and prolific designer of… Read More

PAternoster Row, London: RS Kirby. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Isaac Cruikshank 1756?-1811?. In full red leather by Riviere, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn, the odd small mark. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titlet, front joint a little rubbed. Internally, hand coloured frontis dated 1817 published by Allen & Co, engraved decorative titlepage, (iv), (v), 6-217 pp, [1] pl list, printed by M Allen, London, 100 B&W plates on 99 leaves, of which plates 1, 2 & 3 folding, text block edges marbled, not dated but the plates are dated 1796-1817, turn ins in decorative gilt tooling, bookplate of Charles Tennant, The Glen, (1823-1906 Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician) to fpd, no other inscriptions, A lovely copy of a very desirable and scarce title, the first edition was published in 1797 with fewer plates, this edition was published c1816. Woodward, caricaturist and author, Of whose… Read More

London: Great St Helens;: H Twyford, T Dring, F Place, W Palmer, 1661. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BARTOLI E. HOGARTH Wm. SMITH R. VG, 1st ed, 1661. In contemporary full worn calf, some blind edge tooling. Spine, raised bands, blind tooling, remains of paper title label at head, joints weak at head, some loss. Internally, [15], [1], [1], 2-154, 157-160, 159-168 pp, [2] tp 1660, 167 pp, [2], 179-196, text is complete. Occasional embossed stamp (Richard Hughes Ty Hen Isaf), ink name to fpd (James Chatters), bookseller label to fpd (Ebenezer Palmer), ink name to tp (Hughes 1911), remains of older ms notes to gutter of upper & lower boards, upper corner tip loss to fep, 10 headers & initial letters. (Folio, 184*281 mm). (ESTC R6263).

63 Old Brompton Rd, London SW7.: Robert Hale Ltd., 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In red cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, watermarks to base edges. Dw, not clipped. Internally, half title, frontis, [9], 10-91 pp, [1], [1] bibliography, [1], [1] index. (198*131 mm). Jones was the author of the influentialRelations of Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 24 pls, 3 maps, complete. In red cloth with gilt title to spine. With the original repaired price clipped DW. Internally, half title, frontis, [6], (vii-xiv), [1], 2-330 pp, 3 maps (2 folding), 24 pls, 3 illustrations within text, Goethe ink inscription to fep. The DW blank verso has been professionally tipped to white paper. There was an edition published in Germany in the same year. Folio, 152*225 mm. (Neate 736). Whymper, mountaineer, explorer, scientist, writer, artist, engraver, lecturer & wood-engraver. Smythe, mountaineer & author.

Cardiff: University of Wales, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. JOSEPH Dr JK St. . A difficult title to obtain in any condition! In orange cloth, gilt spine titles. In near fine DW, not clipped. Internally, half title, frontis, [12], (xiv-xix), [1], 418 pp, [1], 5 pls (B&W photographic, 38 maps within text), evidence of removed bookplate to fpd, faded slightly at upper head, A very nice copy of a title that is proving difficult to find in this kind of condition and still THE reference book on land ownership, used as a reference by many. GRESHAM, archaeologist, historian and author, who for half a century (1938-88) published extensively on the archaeology and history of the counties of Caernarfon and Merioneth in various journals. See NLW.

London: 114, New Bond-Street.: J Dickinson for the Artist. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. NICHOLSON George. HULLMANDEL Charles Joseph 1789-1850. VG, 1st ed, c1827, 1 engraved leaf + 8 pls (complete). In contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners worn. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [1], 2-10 pp, 8 pls (with guards), plus the engraved dedication, some foxing throughout, book label to fpd (Lady le Fleming, Rydal Hall), pls watermarked 1827, printed by George Smith, Liverpool. (Folio, 324*246 mm).Uncommon! (Abbey 529. Marples, 223). Nicholson's Eight select views, was published under the patronage of Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby, the 'Ladies of Llangollen'.

London: 114, New Bond-Street.: J Dickinson for the Artist, 1827. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. MEYER H.L.. Uncommon, VG, 1st ed, 1827, 1 engraved leaf, 8 pls (complete) + 1 loose additional coloured plate. In contemporary red cloth, corners and edges a little worn & bumped, title and tooling in gilt to green leather label. New red cloth spine, no title. Internally, [4], [1], 2-10 pp, 8 pls + 1 engraved dedication leaf, pale blue end papers, hinges strengthened, old binders label to fpd, a.e.g, all pls with tissue guards, tp with 1826 watermark. some occasional light marginal spotting, binders label to fpd (John Jones of Liverpool), printed by George Smith, Liverpool. Views of Conwy, Llanberis Vale, Snowdon, Nant Francon, Llyn Idwal, Twll Du, Rhaiadyr yr Ogwen, Pont Menai, minimal foxing, browning. + the loose coploured plate by Nicholson, etched by Byrne - View of Pont Aber Glass Lynn North Wales, dated 1805. A superb plate book, full of… Read More

London: 114, New Bond-Street.: For the Artist [George Nicholson], 1827. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NICHOLSON George. Complete with Eight Lithographs rarely found coloured First and only edition in its original publishers worn quarter calf over soft printed wraps, [2], [2] Address, [1], 2-10 pp, coloured dedication + 8 pls (hand coloured), some soiling to wraps, a few edge chips, corners turned & chipped, some occasional spotting, hinges strengthened, printed by George Smith, Liverpool. Text leaves watermarked 1824 A Cowanson, plates watermarked J Whatman 1827, ink dedication to upper board. (360*268 mm). Views of Conwy, Llanberis Vale, Snowdon, Nant Francon, Llyn Idwal, Twll Du, Rhaiadyr yr Ogwen, Pont Menai. Lithographs printed by HULLMANDEL Charles Joseph 1789-1850, text by SMITH George. An very good example, full of atmosphere! Nicholson's Eight select views, was published under the patronage of Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Miss… Read More

London: 114, New Bond-Street.: Published for the Artist, By J. Dickinson. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NICHOLSON George. Complete with Eight uncoloured Lithographs VG+, [1827], First and only edition in attractive half black calf over green marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, [2], [1], 2-10 pp, dedication with vignette + 8 pls (B&W lithographs), a.e.g., modern endpapers, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd, binders stamp to fpd (Old Court Bindery - Paul Delrue), printed by George Smith, Liverpool. Text watermarked 1824 J Whatman, plates watermarked J Whatman 1827. (370*254 mm). (Abbey 529. Marples, 223). Views of Conwy, Llanberis Vale, Snowdon, Nant Francon, Llyn Idwal, Twll Du, Rhaiadyr yr Ogwen, Pont Menai. Plates printed by HULLMANDEL Charles Joseph 1789-1850, text by SMITH George,