Search Results: Titles starting with F from Madoc Books

No Binding. Very Good. Uncommon Local Railway item. Draft(?) MS manuscript long section of a proposed (narrow gauge?) railway from Llanrwst to the Blaenau Festiniog Quarries nearly 14 miles long. Not titled or dated, but probably early 1860s. Size 60" x 17", ink on glazed tracing cloth, lettered 'Section of Ffestiniog Railway' on reverse.

Llanbedrog, N. Wales: Issued to Subscribers only , 1910. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A tall paper copy of the subscribers limited edition in half cream vellum over blue cloth, some gilt tooling. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [4], (i-vi, vib-vic, vii-xlviii), [1], 3-177 pp, text leaves interleaved with 80 facsimile reproductions of the Peniarth MS 2., top edge gilt, blue marbled endpapers, small book plate removal mark to fpd. This is an unnumbered copy of an edition limited to 800 copies from Volume ix of the Series of Old Welsh Texts. (266*190 mm).

Llanbedrog, N Wales: Editor, 1910. Subscribers Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reproduced & edited by J Gwenogvryn Evans. In blue cloth, blind tooling, corners and edges a little bumped and lightly worn. Spine with titles and tooling in gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, blue marbled endpapers, hinges strengthened, light foxing to prelims as normal, no inscriptions etc, No 357 of 800 copies printed, this one is on deckled-edge paper, Subscribers issue, (xlvii), 169, [2], 170-177 pp, 38 leaves with a plate on either side, includes the list of additional subscribers and a list of books, has the correction at xlvii. A nice crisp copy. Volume ix of the Series of Old Welsh Texts. (256*181 mm). Evans, John Gwenogvryn, palaeographer, whose theories were presented in his commentaries to The Text of the Book of Taliesin (1910); Facsimile and Text of the Book of Taliesin (1910 [1916]); The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest (1911); Poems from… Read More

[London]: Mathew Lownes, 1611. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of the great long poems in the English language. VG+, dated 1611, but 1615 (third re-issue of the first 1609 edition). In modern Riviere brown full morocco, to style, some blind tooling, gilt arabesque centerpieces, worn along edges. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, worn along edges. Internally, (Faerie Queen 1611), [4], 185, [1], (The Second Part 1612), [2], 189-363, [1] (16012). [2], (The Shepheards Calender 1611), [10], 56. [2], (Mother Hubberds Tale 1613), [4], 5-16. (Colin Clouts, ND), 26. (Prothalamion, 1611), [4]. (Amoretti, 1611), 16. (Epithalamion, 1611), 6. (Foure Hymnes, 1611), 16. (Daphnaida, 1611), 10. (Complaints, 1611), 11, [1]. (The Teares, 1611, 11, [1]. (Virgils Gnat, ND), 9, [1]. (Ruines of Rome, ND), 6. (The Fate of The Butterfly, 1611), 9, [1]. Visions, ND), 8. (A letter, ND), 4 (1589). (A Vision, ND), 10. Each part with a large woodcut header & tail,… Read More

Edinburgh and London: A. Fullarton & Co. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. FAIRBAIRN James. 144 B&W plates depicting Crests, Flags, Heraldic Illustrations & Arms. In two volumes, not dated but c1860, in re-spined half calf over maroon morocco cloth boards, some gilt tooling, repaired tips. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green morocco label, green marbled endpapers & text block edges. Internally V1, half title, illustrated title page, [6], [1], 2-599 pp. V2, half title, illustrated title page, contents leaf, 144 plates, [1], 2-44 pp (key to plates). 2000+ illustrations! Printed by Ballantyne and Company. (245*153 mm).

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1918. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. VG, 1st US edition, 1918. In purple boards with a printed label, corners & edges bumped. New paper spine, keeping the original paper printed label. Internally, half title, [10], 94 pp, ink name to fep (Hamlin, New York 1919), remains of removed bookplate to fpd, top, & front edges cut, base not. First published in London by Heinemann in 1917. (32mo, 103*157 mm). (HigginsonA3b).

Library, Aberystwyth: J Cox. No Binding. Very Good. Lithograph, with 2 fishermen to fore ground and some waterfall watchers to middle ground, image size 18*27.5cm, sheetx 37.5*28cm, some light soiling to margins.

Chester. No Binding. Very Good. W Crane. Lithograph, drawn and printed by Crane in Chester, image size 19.2*25cm, very faint & minor foxing to small area at head, c 1850

No Binding. Very Good. B&W A3 mounted lithograph, image size 18.5*26.8cm, sheet 20.5*29.5.

[London]: [Cassell & Company, Limited]. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4 Volumes bound as 1 WITHOUT title pages, 130 coloured illustrations. In green marked cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, soiled, gilt titles & tooling, edges bumped. Internally, frontis, [1], 2-160, 40 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-128 pp, 32 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-128 pp, 32 pls. Frontis, [1], 2-160 pp, 26 pls. (192*126 mm). REDUCED

Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & co., 1804. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. G, 1st US edition. In contemporary full marked calf, corners bumped, edges worn. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark green calf label, worn along joints & edges. Internally, creased large map frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 2-354 pp, [6] notes, [8] Itinerary, lacks paste downs & end pages, bookplate to verso of map (Willard W Wixson), some spotting & browning throughout, pagination error at P3, tear at Aa2 with loss of 2 words, page tip loss at E1, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd. (18 mo, 97*163mm). (Alibone 2536). Published in the same years as the 1st English edition. Wakefield [née Bell], author and philanthropist wrote seventeen books, principally moral tales, introductory works of natural history, and travelogues. She was well known as an author for the rising generation at a time when the developing field of children's literature… Read More

No. 1 St. James's St. London: W. Sams, 1824. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. QUIZ Peter [ie EGERTON Daniel Thomas]. A Satire on The high and low life in Town and Country. Hand coloured engraved title page and twelve plates, all hand coloured aquatints, some numbered, 4to, bound by Riviere in nineteenth century calf, gilt edge tooling, edges & corners rubbed, spine raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges worn, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, blue marbled boards, binders & dealers stamp to verso fep, t.e.g, First issue, with prepublication watermarks of "1822", a remarkable suite of English Regency colour plates satirizing the "high and low life in Town and Country". Tooley 203 mentions an unnumbered plate ("Knocked Senseless by 'Knight of the Whip'") not present here, or in the Abbey copy (in original wrappers), or in any copy listed. The original wrappers call for "Twelve… Read More

No. 1 St. James's St. London: W. Sams, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. QUIZ Peter [ie EGERTON Daniel Thomas]. Rollicking and rare social spoof by Egerton. First edition, oblong quarto, hand coloured engraved title page and twelve hand coloured aquatint plates after Egerton (watermarked 1822), modern antique style mottled calf, covers ruled in gilt, red morocco label, lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt on front cover. (350*261 mm). (Abbey Life 287. Colas 937). Rollicking and rare social spoof by Egerton, only the second copy we have ever see - the first in boards. There is a variant issue with the imprint of "Thomas McLean" on the title page. Both the Abbey and Colas collations (copies on boards) agree with the above: engraved title plus twelve plates. Curiously, these plates were later issued in an ever rare compilation entitled The Melange of Humour (nd) along with plates by Henry Alken and others.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W Dickes. VG, 1855, 1st ed, 39 pls. Full dark green leather, gilt tooling at edges, corners and edges very lightly bumped and worn. Spine, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling, titles in gilt to maroon leather label, edges very lightly bumped and worn. Internally, gilt tooling to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, ink name to fep, light browning and foxing to eps, some light browning to page edges, (iv), 164 pp, 39 pls (coloured), numerous illustrations within text, text block edges in gilt, printed by R Clay, Bread Street Hill, London. (Published in 1855 in 5 vols.; the volume on ferns appeared separately in the same year, with the title: The ferns of Great Britain.) (Pritzel 7301. Jackson 594. Allibone 1660) Pratt [married name Pearless], botanist, whose works were written in a popular style but were said to be accurate. They were also instrumental in… Read More

London. by . Bartholomew Close: Knevelt, Arlefs & Co. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. DIGHTON Dennis 1792-1827. With Fourteen Hand Coloured Plates First edition, [c1810], octavio, in original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some rubbing to cloth, spine professionally repaired near bottom. Internally, frontis, engraved title, [1], (ii) only, [2], [1], (ii) only, [1], 2-116 pp, Fifteen plates (fourteen hand coloured full page plates + the engraved title), hinges weak, armorial bookplate to fpd (JamesComerford) in addition to a book label (Anne Renier). (214*134 mm). Not in Tooley or Abbey (Jackson - Romantic Poetry by Women p414). [Printed for T. Hookman and E.T. Hookman], Overall, a Very Good copy.

London: 26, Haymarket: Thomas McLean. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry. ONE OF THE RAREST COLOUR PLATE SPORTING BOOKS c1830, First edition, early issue, with some plates watermarked 1828 and 1829, folio, letterpress title, and forty two hand coloured etched plates, some heightened with gum arabic. In contemporary half dark green morocco over ripple grain olive cloth, spine with gilt bands and lettering, light brown endpapers, spine tips expertly repaired, cloth sides slightly spotted, marginal tears on eighth and twenty fourth plates (not affecting lettering of image) neatly repaired, evidence of book label removal to fpd. An Excellent example in a contemporary binding. (329*226 mm). (Mellon/Podeschi 136. Scherdt I p17-18. Siltzer p72. Tooley 36).

London: Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row: J. Robins and Co., 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. STOTHARD. MIDDIMAN. LANDSEER J.. Fifty superb hand coloured portraits. Quarto, [2], 8 pp (pl descriptions), fifty hand-colored engraved plates, printed on pink paper, attractively bound by Kelly & Sons (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full dark green straight grain morocco. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, board edges decoratively tooled in gilt, turn-in ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. A wonderful copy of this extremely scarce album of portraits. (279*216 mm). (Wilson's 'Wonderful Characters' [1821]" p. 8). Robert Cooper (fl. 1800-1836) "was largely employed during the first quarter of the century in engraving portraits. Among the publications on which he was engaged were: 'La Belle Assemblée,' a fashionable periodical; 'Old… Read More

London Fleet Street: Robt. Sayer. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. CHATELAIN Jean Baptiste Claude. 2nd ed, 50 pls, c1755-1775. In contemporary blue paper wraps, neatly rebacked paper spine, 50 un-coloured engraved views, lacks titlepage, a few leaves trimmed within lower plate mark, stab sew to inner margin. Per ESTC, A reimpression of the octavo edition of 1750; the plates have been numbered, and the date removed from them; some now bear the imprint: London: printed for Robt. Sayer, oblong 15.6*9.5 cms. Rarely seen on the open market. (ESTC T144299). Please contact for the full plate list. The work consists of small views of churches and villages that surrounded early Georgian London; these include, among others, Chelsea, Battersea, Highgate, Hampstead, Barnes, Kew, and St Pancras. The views were the work of the topographical draughtsman Jean Chatelain (1710-1758), and engraved by James Roberts (1725-1799), most probably Henry's brother. The set was first published by Henry… Read More

Bath: Published by Subscription by Clark, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. BARKER Benjamin 1776-1838. FIELDING Theodore [Henry] 1781-1851. 48 hand coloured plates of Landscape Scenery in and around Bath First Edition, oblong, printed title, verso blank, forty-eight aquatint colored engravings, by Theodore Fielding, all mounted on original brown paper and framed with an ink rule, the titles printed on slips pasted at the foot of each mount. Contemporary black morocco with covers and spine rules in gilt. A scarce and attractive view book, mainly of rural scenes around Bath. Covers a little rubbed, otherwise an excellent copy. Plates in Fine condition. Benjamin Barker (1776-1838), landscape painter, brother of Thomas Barker ("Barker of Bath") resided at Bath, and between 1800 and 1821 exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the British Institute and at the Watercolor Society. (303*245 mm). (Abbey Scenery 45. Prideaux,… Read More

London:: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1856. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BRANDARD J. HOWARD Douglas.. VG, 1st ed, 2nd issue, complete. 2 maps, 4 col pls, 7 illustrations. In attractive half red morocco over red marbled boards by Bayntun, gilt tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles, upper edge worn. Internally, coloured tissue guarded frontis, [5], (viii-xl), [2], [1], 2-648 pp, 2 maps, 4 chromolithograph pls, 7 illustrations within text, ink inscription to title, marbled endpapers, bookplate & ink name to fpd (Pascal PH Alby), ink inscription to title, T.E.G, binders stamp to verso fep, lightest of edge browning only, maps & plates not dated, maps engraved by Edwd. Weller. A very good clean copy. (Folio, 1338*207 mm), (Penzer p60-63. Abbey Travel 276. Casara 35). This is the second issue (without Appendix IV, on female circumcision, as usual). An account of Burton's first expedition to Somalia and his… Read More