Search Results: Titles starting with G from Forest Books

London: John Sherratt and Son Ltd., 1971. First edition, 184pp., portrait, 12 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.

London: Thos. Agnew and Sons, 1891. Square 12mo, 24pp., printed in red and black, orig. printed wrappers, a fine copy. The entire set sold from the exhibition to the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester for £2000; in 1935 the gallery deaccessioned most of the drawings. Most works from this set are now located, and a few have gone back to the Whitworth (in 2006), 'Hope' is still unlocated (although it is known by a photograph). The dealer F.W. Meatyard of Museum Street, London, had it in 1935. JISC locating a single copy at Cambridge University Library.

Castalio Press, New York. 1987. First Edition, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth. d.w. Over 4,800 entries.

London: Printed for Presentation to Members of The Roxburghe Club, 1985. 4to, xvi, 75pp., image of a bust of Henry VIII by Torrigiani as frontispiece, facsimiles of the Pynson edition in full and the existing fragments of the Goes edition, images of bindings and other fragments in the text, orig. cloth. With notes on the two unique editions in Westminster Abbey Library, descriptions of the bindings in which they were preserved, and the other items found in these bindings by Howard M. Nixon. The Gardyners Passetaunce is a propaganda poem promoting the newly formed Holy League which was proclaimed on 4 October 1511. It is a simplified version of a densely written Latin tract by James Whytstons which discusses the nature of a just war, the merit of fighting in defence of the Pope and compares Louis XIII of France to various tyrants and persecutors of religion. Pynson, the king's printer, published this 'tabloid' poetic version at the behest of the King and Court to spread the propaganda… Read More

Paris: G. Cres & Cie, 1922. 4to, 812pp., limited to 400 copies, this being out of series, numerous illustrs., orig. rd half morocco, a little rubbed, spine gilt.

Printed by J. Marshall, Newcastle. [c.1800]. 16mo (150 x 100mm), 8pp., woodcut vignette, folded as issued, uncut. Containing: 1. The Bay of Biscay, O. 2. All Well. 3. Poor Joe the Marine. 4. The Mid Watch. 5. The Sea-Boy. 6. The Sailor's Adieu.

London: Henley Colburn and Co., 1822. Second edition, 12mo, 19, 24-232pp., jump in pagination but complete, rebound in half calf, marbled boards. First published in 1814 under the title: 'The school for good living.' Oxford, p.142; Not in Bitting or Cagle.

Pune: The Government Photozinco Press, 1977. 3 Vols., maps and plans, orig. cloth, d.w.

Riga: Julius Conrad Daniel Müller, 1794. First edition, small 4to (214 x 177 mm), vi, 246, [2]pp., with terminal errata leaf, 14 copper engraved plates on 13 folding leaves, contemporary calf, peeling to base of spine. First edition of this account of horsemanship, which contains detailed information on the selection, purchase and maintenance of horses, and the duty of an officer in exercises. Count von Bennigsen, Russian name Leonty Leontyevich (1745-1826) was a Russian General of German origin who played an important role in the Russian army during the Napoleonic wars. Provenance: Two old oval library ink stamps to title of the 3 Dragonregiments Officersbibliothek. Not in Podeschi, Mellon or Huth.

Druck und Verlag von Seul und Mast, Basel. 1840. First Edition, 4to, [ii],78,[2]pp., title vignette of a printing press, printed with various styles of type, orig. boards, a little chipped. Poems celebrating the invention of printing chiefly in German, but also in English, French, Greek, Italian, and Latin. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.260.

Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. 8vo (203 x 145 mm), xvii, [1]pp., followed by 20 pages facsimile of the Dutch manual with English translation, with 4 original samples of marbling and 4 samples of gilding on paper, silk, velvet, and leather, one of 250 copies signed by the author, cloth-backed marbled paper boards.

London: Longman & Co., 1845. Fourth Edition, 8vo, xviii, [4], 438, [8] pp., engraved folding map of Derbyshire detached and with small hole on a fold, folding letterpress map of Intaglios, or Derbyshire Gems, 8 tinted lithograph plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, original embossed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, tear on upper hinge, spine faded, uncut, a good copy. Abbey, Scenery, 111.

Leeds: Leeds, W. H. Walker; London: G. Lamb, [1870]. First edition, small 8vo, x, 248, [4]pp., with half-title, photographic portrait, orig. cloth cloth decorated in gilt, slight abrasion to upper board but a very good copy. Dedicated to "The Filey Fisherman." and signed and dated "Pocklington, April 15th, 1870." Provenance: J. Little (presentation inscription from his brother, 1871); C. J. Sturman (bookplate). No copy on Copac, OCLC locates a single copy at Drew University Library.

London: Taylor and Co., 1872. First edition, 4to, 36pp., orig. green printed wrappers. Rare, JISC Locating the Bodleian and National Library of Wales copies only.

Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Co. 1813. First edition, folio, xv,575pp., title vignette, engraved frontispiece of John Earl of Sutherland slightly offset, engraved plate of the Sutherland Coat of Arms and a facsimile indenture, from the reference library of Professor T. A. Birrell, several related notes in Professor Birrell's hand inserted at the rear, engraved bookplate of William Middleton, cont. half calf,a little rubbed, rebacked with the orig. spine laid-down.

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. 8vo, viii, 471, 5 [adverts]pp., hand-coloured folding map frontispiece (offset onto title), 20 engraved plates (mostly folding), cont. half calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine labels chipped. Provenance: From the library of The Royal Agricultural Society of England with their bookplate.

London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1795. Second edition, [4], xii, 241, [1]pp., engraved folding map, 5 engraved plates (1 folding), 2 folding tables, neat early ownership signature of Ed. Standish to title, cont. calf-backed marbled boards, spine rubbed, morocco title label to spine.

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813. Third edition, [2], [2, advert leaf], [iii]-xx, 361, [1], [2, advert leaf]pp., engraved folding map frontispiece, 14 engraved plates (6 folding). 2 vols., in one, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), cont. half calf, old re-back, rubbed. Provenance: From the library of The Royal Agricultural Society of England with their bookplate.

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. Second edition, 8vo (230 x 135mm), vii, [1], 490, [6]pp., 3 hand-coloured engraved maps, 11 engraved plates (3 folding, cont. boards, rubbed and peeling, joints cracked, uncut.

London: Printed by C. Macrae, 1794. First edition, 4to (238 x 190 mm), 88pp., without the half-title, wide margin copy, disbound, a nice clean copy.