Search Results: Titles starting with G from Madoc Books

London: 76 St. Paul's Churchyard and 11 Buckingham Gate.: D. Omer Smith. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG, 1st ed, c1840, 66 pls (of 65 + tp). In contemporary gilt embossed morocco, corners & edges worn. Spine, gilt tooling, no titles, edges worn, some loss. Internally, not paginated, not dated but c1840, frontis, additional engraved title page, [1] title leaf, [1] contents leaf, 66 pls (steel engravings) inclusive of eng tp, 29 leaves of descriptive text, (signatures - [2], B-G4), a.e.g., gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins, lacking tip of fep, yellow endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd. Uncommon - COPAC show only 1 copy at the BL. (211*272 mm). Title continues: consisting of a choice collection of splendid steel engravings, from the works of the most eminent masters, with a full description of each plate.

1914. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In grey cloth cards, titles in black inks, a little light soiling at edges, corners rubbed. Spine, no title, edges bumped. Internally, [2], 3-56 pp, ink dedication to fep (A Ley S....? [author?]dated Oct 1914, title page with no publication or date details, dedicated to Isobel by AGS in June 1914, [2], 3-56 pp. A pleasing and rare children's tale of adventure amongst the Garden People. No listing at COPAC or WorldCat. No mention at auction since before 76. (185*146).

London. 26, Haymarket: T. McLean. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. BROOKE E. Adveno. The best evocations of the spirit of great Victorian gardens. [1857], folio, 27 stunning chromolithographed plates including title and frontispiece, some heightened with gum Arabic, lithographed dedication leaf, 16 lithographed vignettes on India paper pasted among text, original green morocco-backed cloth boards, upper cover stamped in gilt, rebacked, custom dark green morocco-backed clamshell case with red morocco gilt-lettered label on lid. Some light foxing, free endpapers renewed, stray marks and some darkening to cloth, corners renewed. not paginated but plate list leaf, preface leaf, garden list leaf followed by 28 leaves of descriptive text. Provenance: D.D. Hopkyns, bookplate to fpd. (539x3664 mm). (Abbey Scenery 392). The first British book on landscape gardening to feature plates printed in colour! FIRST EDITION of this stunning collection of… Read More

Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand: J Boydell, 1750. No Binding. Very Good. BOYDELL John 1720-1804. Oblong, hand coloured engraving of the Gaunant Mawr waterfall near Snowden and close to Dolbadarn Castle in Caernarvonshire. The engraving, originally costing 1s 6d, measures 465*313 mm, & with borders 492*355 mm, is card mounted, and is inhabited by 6 humans and 2 herds of goats, 2 small closed marginal tears. Number 60 of Boydell's One Hundred Views in England and Wales which was published in 1770. Boydell was the most important single print publisher during the period in which British art rose to European prominence. Moreover, his shrewd selection of paintings for publication and of fine young engravers to interpret them produced, especially in the 1760s and 1770s, some of the most distinguished (and profitable) copperplates to be crafted in Britain. No print publisher before or since has ever exerted as much influence on the course of British art. See ODNB. Boydell was the most… Read More

London, 20 Thread Needle Street.: F.G. Moon, 1843. No Binding. Very Good. HAGHE Louis 1806-1885 after ROBERTS David. Titled: Gaza. March 21st 1839. David Roberts R.A. Contemporary hand coloured lithograph, published in 1843. Sheet 605*427 mm, Image 497*348 mm, tiny pinhole to corners, 2 small backing strips to verso top edge.. The drawings and water colours from this sketching tour by David Roberts of the Holy Land and Egypt were collated together into folios and released over a seven year period between 1842 and 1849 by the publisher F.G. Moon from 20 Threadneedle Street London. Louis Haghe (the Belgian lithographer and friend of Roberts) oversaw and produced all of the lithographs for this series.

London, 20, Threadneedle St.: F.G.Moon, 1843. No Binding. Very Good. ROBERTS David. HAGHE David 1806-1885. Titled: Gaza, March 21st 1839 David Roberts RA. Un-coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts from Robert's Egypt and Nubia, published by FG Moon, in 1843, sheet 602*419 mm, Image 499*347 mm, light margin edge browning, tiny pin hole to each corner, mounting marks to upper & lower margin edges. Roberts made 247 large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia (1842-9). No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. Roberts was to paint more oils of the East than of any other region he visited, exhibiting thirty-one at the Royal Academy alone. These received critical acclaim and sold for high prices. The works remain keenly sought after to this day. Copies of the lithographs likewise remain popular, both as market-stall… Read More

Carmarthen: Evan Jones etc, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. In the original worn boards, gilt edge tooling, corners & edges bumped & worn. re-spined, to style, gilt titles. Internally, [4], [1], 2-284 pp, faded, marbled text block edges, some light edge browning. (150*90 mm). (Libri Walliae 4358 for earlier). RICHARDS, General Baptist minister, theological and political controversialist, and antiquary. See NLW bio.

Carmarthen: W Spurrell and Son, 1913. First . Cloth Spine with Paper Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol 2 only, 1913, VG. In quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards, corners bumped. Spine, edges bumped gilt titles. Internally, half title, [6], [2], 3-196 pp, news paper articles tipped to fpd, letter from author with envelope tipped to fep, ink date change (mentioned in letter) to erratum, t.e.g., top edge cut remainder uncut. title page in red and black inks. (222*145 mm). Printed by W Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen. Title continues: From 1760 to 1913 with complete list of Sheriffs and Index.

Carmarthen: W Spurrell and Son, 1913. First . Cloth Spine with Paper Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From 1760 to 1913 with complete list of Sheriffs and Index. In brown cloth spine with brown paper boards, corners bumped very slightly. Title in gilt to spine, has a small library no in white at base. Internally has a Library bookplate and stamp to fpd & fep, then a stamp to title page and ep, text block edges uncut, half title, [6], 196 pp. Important.

London: Newbond-Street: J. Brindley, 1743. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. DIEPENBKE. CAUKERCKEN. PARR R. JODE Peter de. ANDREA.. 1743, 2 vols, 62 plates - complete, 1st English edition of the Duke of Newcastle's celebrated work on the training of horses. Two volumes in contemporary speckled calf, gilt edge & corner tooling, some wear to corners & edges. Spines, raised bands, worn gilt tooling, gilt titles to calf labels, edges worn, some loss. Internally, Vol 1, additional double page engraved title (French 1658), half title, [6], (v-viii), [1], 142 pp, [4] index, 42 pls (double page), 6 pls (as header), 41 illustrations within text, 5 Decorative initial letters, (Signatures [2] ff, a-a3, C-Mm1, Gg1-2 additions). Vol 2, [1] title leaf, 3-4, [2] contents, [1], 2-4, [1] ff pl list, [1], 6-36, 33-138 pp, [14] dictionary, 20 pls, (includes 2 double page, some printed in sepia, 8 trimmed and mounted to 8 leaves), 2 pls as headers, 3 footers.… Read More

London, 20, Threadneedle St.: F.G.Moon, 1846. No Binding. Very Good. ROBERTS David. HAGHE David 1806-1885. Titled: General View of the Island of Philae, Nubia Nov 18th, 1838, David Roberts RA L Haghe Lith. Un-coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts from Robert's Egypt and Nubia, published by FG Moon, in 1846, sheet 597*417 mm, Image 523*363 mm, published with out the main lower margin title, old mark along top, light marginal foxing & edge browning, tiny pin hole to each corner. (Abbey 272.26). Roberts made 247 large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia (1842-9). No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. Roberts was to paint more oils of the East than of any other region he visited, exhibiting thirty-one at the Royal Academy alone. These received critical acclaim and sold for high prices. The works remain keenly… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. Third Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G, 1849, 3rd ed, 1 map. Upper cover plain paper wrap, lacking lower, with protective brown paper wraps, tile by hand. Internally, frontis present, faint name at tp head, [3], 4-34 pp, 1 map, 5 illustrations within text, [1], [4] subscriber list (including Brunel & Stephenson), some pencil notes to margins, printed by Day & Son, 17, Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn Fields, London. Uncommon. Attributed to Latimer Clark in the final (7th, in 1850), edition. (Goldsmiths' no. 36431.2. COPAC. WorldCat). Title continues: Of the Chester & Holyhead Railway published with permission of Robert Stephenson, Civil Engineer by a Resident Assistant. Edwin Clark, was the superintending engineer of the Menai Strait Bridge, which was opened on 5 March 1850. See ODNB for a full Bio.

London: 186, Strand: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HAWKINS G.. G, 1849, 3rd ed, 2 pls & 1 map. In printed brown soft paper covers, corners & spine worn. Internally, map frontis, [3], 4-40 pp, [1] advert, [6] subscribers list, 3 plates (including 1 map), 3 illustrations within text, interesting letter from EJ Sanderson (office manager) to Edwin Clark, introducing Mr Weld, Secretary of the Royal Society 13 July 1850, additional ink note to A2, plus longer ms note to front cover, large Times newspaper bridge article tipped in, (211*137 mm).

London: Quarterly Review, 1849. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Extracted from the Quarterly Review CLXX, Sept 1849. Article III.-1 In red soft paper covers, no titles. Internally, no endpages, 399-452 pp (213*131 mm).

London: In the Strand.: P. Elmsly, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG+, 1st ed, 1801, 17 maps & 1 folding plate, complete. In modern dark long grain half morocco over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, folding frontis, [5], (vi-xx), [1], 2-412 pp, 17 maps + 1 folding plate of the Thames River God, top edge trimmed, remainder not, modern old endpapers, text block watermarked 1798. (Demy 8vo, 133*226 mm). (Sage 187. Lowndes 2411). Skrine, who's inherited wealth enabled him to spend his time chiefly in travelling as a 'rational' entertainment, and recording his descriptions of both urban and rural Britain. See ODNB.

London: 186, Strand.: Chapman and Hall, 1849. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Day & Son. In grey boards, paper label with ms title, no title to spine. Internally, [3], 4-34 pp, [2], [1] advert, [3] subscribers list, 1 map (of Menai Strait), 5 illustrations within text, subscribers list includes Brunel & Stephenson, new endpapers, printed by Day & Son, 17 Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Uncommon. (Attributed to Latimer Clark in the final, 7th edition of 1850). (207*133 mm). Title continues: published with the permission of Robert Stephenson, civil engineer by a resident assistant. Clark, Edwin, who after acting as mathematical master at Brook Green, and then as a surveyor in the west of England, went to London in 1846 and formed the acquaintance of Robert Stephenson, who appointed him superintending engineer of the Menai Strait Bridge, which was opened on 5 March 1850. In that year he published The Britannia and Conway… Read More

[Board of Agriculture] by John Moir, 1794. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All Six North Wales Counties. In modern plain grey boards, printed title to spine. Internally, [4], (ii), [3], 8-29, [1] Anglesey. [2], 7-22 Caernarvonshire. [2] 7-40 Denbighshire. [2], 24 pp Flintshire. [2], 7-16 Merionethshire. [2], 7-22 pp Montgomeryshire, new endpapers, some occasional light corner damp staining, bound without the half title. (238*197 mm). Uncommon.

Edinburgh: John Moir, 1794. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTIES OF FLINTSHIRE AND ANGLESEY IN 1794 In quarter calf over cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, faded, gilt tooling. Internally, half title, [6], [1], (ii) only, 24 (Flintshire), [3], 8-29 (Anglesey). Two counties of a possible six. (236*184 mm).

Brecknock: Bridge Street; Hereford Times, Hereford: Davies & Co By Anthony Bros., Ltd., 1905. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. VG, 2nd ed, 1905, 40 pls - 47 images. In half maroon morocco over blue cloth , gilt titles. Spine, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, frontis, [7], (viii-xviii), [2], [1], 2-451 pp, 40 pls (depicting 47 images, including 16 portraits, 1 sketch & 1 plan), 4 illustrations within text, some spotting and edge browning, t.e.g., remainder uncut. (320*256 mm). (Anderson 353. Bib Hist Wales 793), First published in 1859.

London: In the Strand.: P. Elmsly, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG+, With Fore edge painting, First Edition, 18 plates, complete. In contemporary red long grain morocco, gilt edge tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, frontis, [3], (vi-xx), [1], 2-412 pp, 1 pl (folding - Thames River God) & 17 maps (all numbered), text block watermarked 1798, lacks half title, a.e.g., fore edge painting of seascape, decorative gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, some faint edge browning & occasional spot, blue marbled endpapers, small bookseller label to fpd. (213*127 mm). (Lowndes 2411. Allibone 2118. Cohen p44, p178). Skrine, who's inherited wealth enabled him to spend his time chiefly in travelling as a 'rational' entertainment, and recording his descriptions of both urban and rural Britain. See ODNB. Read More