Search Results: Titles starting with J from Madoc Books

170, Boulevard Saint-Germain Paris: La Hune, 1949. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In blue printed soft covers, upper cover detached but present, black ink titles. Internally, not paginated, numerous illustrations, 611 entries. An edition limited to 1500 copies. (212*163 mm). An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition held in Paris, October-November, 1949.

Cracked Bell Press: Author, 1976. Limited Edition . Paper Covers. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Author. In brown paper covers with 3 B&W images, black cotton stitched spine, no title. Internally, title page in black ink, 5 pp, + colophon which states that it was written for the members of the SPP and limited to just 70 copies.

Poultry, London.: George Cowie and Co., 1816. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, 1816, in contemporary blue printers boards, a little marked, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. New blue paper spine, title in ink to paper label. Internally, old book description tipped to fpd, [9], (x-xv), [1], [1], 2-342 pp, printed by J Drakard, small piece cut out of titlepage (old name?), text block edges uncut, some light spotting to eps. (224*142 mm). Title continues: From the earliest times to the present: shewing, First-How John Bull's stewards seized into their own hands his Manor of Albion, and became Masters both of him and of his Estate. Second-By what steps the Bull family have recovered, at least the nominal possession of their Manor and rights. With some strictures on the notorious commerce of Prostitution and Adultery, carried out between the Clerks and Scriveners of the Steward's Office and Mrs Bull's Domestics; by… Read More

Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London. 416, Broome Street, New York.: George Routledge and Sons, 1869. Third Edition . Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN Henry Thomas 1784-1851. 3rd ed, Good condition, 16 pls. In gilt pictorial cloth, colour faded, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, relaid, faded, titles in gilt, joints cracked, edges bumped and worn. Internally, coloured frontis, the additional coloured titlepage, [5], (vi-vii), 291 pp, 16 [pls (coloured), some occasional spotting, printed by John Childs and Son. Title continues: The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr John Jorrocks. With sixteen coloured illustrations by Henry Alken

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In red cloth, gilt spine titles, in printed wraps, red ink titles. Internally, half title, frontis, (vii), 96 pp, 54 illustrations (including 4 coloured), top edge reddened, yellow endpapers, ink name to fep, small chip to wrap. (273*181 mm).

London:: Charles Dilly, 1785. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 2nd state, 1785. In modern calf, to style, over tree calf boards, tips repaired. Spine, gilt tooling, original gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, half title, [4], (v-vii), [1], [1], 2-254 pp, [1] errata/advert, some light spotting to eps & half title, very faint edge browning, short margin tears to p509-514, text block edges yellowed. (Folio, 124*210 mm), (ESTC T53594. Pottle 114). Boswell was and remains a divisive personality, even for modern readers who find the fluent, precise, demotic prose of the journals compelling: an unstable amalgam of vibrant self-advertising vanity and self-tortured insecurity; an able but reluctant Edinburgh lawyer who marred his chances for judicial promotion with over-zealous and occasionally frenetic defences of poor criminal clients, with whom he felt a particular sympathy; a loving but erratic husband; a lenient,… Read More

London: Albemarle Street;, and Dublin.: W. Miller and J. Archer, and M. Mahon, 1807. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. HOARE Sir Richard Colt. NEWTON WP.. In speckled boards, tips repaired. New spine, to style, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red morocco label. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], [1], (ii-cix), [1], [2], [1], 2-336 pp, 1 pl, ink ownership name to fpd, efp chipped along base, occasional spot, text block edges reddened. (8vo, 127*211 mm). (Lowndes 1076). Hoare, landowner and antiquary, whose ambition, was to be an author, not just a collector of books. In this he had the invaluable assistance of William Cunnington of Heytesbury, a tradesman turned antiquary, who was excavating the prehistoric barrows in his neighbourhood. He was the moving spirit behind the team that produced the first volume (in three parts) of The Ancient History of South Wiltshire in 1812. ODNB.

London: 93, Fleet-Street, and 13, Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall: Taylor and Hessey, 1825. New Edition . Cloth. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Events based on the life of the author. A new edition, in contemporary full diced calf, gilt edge tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf label, edges rubbed. Internally, frontis, title with woodcut, [3], (iv-x), [1], 2-446 pp, 1 pl, 1 woodcut, ink name to ffep (Walters), upper hinge cracked, brown marbled endpapers, marbled text block edges, 178*109 mm. First published in 1815, in four volumes. An anonymous narrative, edited by John Eagles, based upon incidents in the life of the author, whom Thomas Eagles, the father of the editor, has befriended. Williams bequeathed the manuscripts to his benefactor. (Cf. Magazine of art, v. 37, p. 243).

London: Bond-Street.: Rodwell and Martin,, 1820. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG+, 1820, 1st ed, 1 large folding map. Modern calf spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to black calf label, over worn contemporary blue marbled boards, vellum tipped. Internally, [3], (vi-xx), [3], 4-548 pp, 1 map (large folding, some minor browning), lacks the half title, hinges strengthened, Worcester Library label to fpd. (Signatures [3]ff, b-c2, B-4A2). (295*236 mm). (Abbey Travel 498. Prideaux p 336. Lowndes V2, p. Bobins 247). Intended to accompany Fraser's own "Views in the Himala Mountains" published in the same year, 1820. "Scottish explorer and author James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) published this account of his Himalayan journey through Nepal and India in 1820. (His 1826 book describing his travels in the lesser-known provinces of Persia is also reissued in this series.) Part I begins with a historical sketch of Nepal, the… Read More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GRANT Captain. WILFORD Lieut Francis. First edition, 1863, VG In modern half calf over marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-xxxi), [1], [1], 2-658 pp, 75 illustrations, 2 maps (1 coloured,1 folding), printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, new endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate, ink name to verso of frontis, some occasional light spotting. map dated 1863 with short gutter crease tear, marbled text block edges, faint embossed owners oval stamp to tp. (219*139 mm). After an expedition into eastern Africa in the company of Sir Richard Burton, Speke returned to England to announce his hypothesis that the Nile issued from Lake Victoria Nyanza. His fellow geographers, however, including Burton, were doubtful of his claim. Under the sponsorship of Sir Roderick Murchison, Speke returned to… Read More

98, Pall-Mall, London: Edward Harding, 1801. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NIXON John. TOMKINS E. TURNER. GROSE F.. 1st ed, 1801, 2 Vols, 37 pls (of 49) . In modern half calf to style, over contemporary blue marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spines, no titles. Internally, Vol 1, London to Dovert, 1801, half title, [5], (vi-ix), [1], [1] pl list, [1], [2], [1], 2-205, 26 pls (lacks 1 pl & 1 map). Vol 2, Dover to the Isle of Wight, 1801, half title, map frontis, [8], [1], 2-217 pp, 1 map (folding), 10 pls (of 20), small oval stamp to to margin 1 pl & 1 text leaf. Blue marbled endpapers, text block edges reddened, occasional light spotting & offsetting, printed at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co, Wild-Court, Lincoln's Inn. (221*271 mm). (Lowndes 1824. Allibone 1554. Graesse 192). Pennant, naturalist, traveller, and writer whose many travels were published during his lifetime, but this and 2 other titles were published… Read More

Birmingham Bridgnorth: Benjamin Haslewood, 1746. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In three quarter faded green morocco over green marbled boards (by Blackwell), corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [3], 84 pp, the title page is tipped to a leaf, paper repairs to edges of M2 & preface, front joint a little weak, t.e.g.. bookplate to fpd (Elizabeth & Clifford Brown Plough Penny Farm), front joint cracked, binders stamp to verso fep. Preface signed Rusticus, it was published again in the same year in London. (169*100 mm). (ESTC T205257. Payne-Bibliothica Granvillia p378).

London. Fleet Street.: B. White, 1782. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GRIFFITH Moses 1747-1819. CARTER J.. VG, 1782, 1st ed, 22 pls (of 22) + 1 woodcut. In modern, to style, half calf over blue marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to red morocco label. Internally, [2], [1], (ii-iv), [1], 2-452 pp, [6] index, 22 pls (1 folding), 1 large woodcut, text block edges yellowed, new old endpapers, some light offsetting, occasional spot, and some light edge browning. A very good copy. (189*236 mm). (ESTC T160571. Allibone 1553. Lowndes 1823. Graesse 192). Pennant's visits to London were frequent and he seldom went straight home. The record of these journeys, "formed from journals made at different times", he published in 1782, under the title of The Journey from Chester to London, this was the last of his Tours to be published in his lifetime. There was a 2nd edition in 1786 with a 3rd in 1811, and… Read More

London: Paternoster-Row.: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. SUTHERLAND James Captain. MORIER James Mr. RENNELL J Major. . First editions of both works (1812 & 1818); large-paper issue of the first, with the plates on india paper. Two volumes uniformly bound in half green morocco over green morocco cloth, decorative gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, sunned, raised bands gilt tooling & titles. Internally, Vol 1, 1st ed, large paper, folding map frontis, [5], (viii-xvi), [1] pl list, [1] errata, [1], 2-438 pp, [2] adverts, 24 pls (including 3 folding maps). Vol 2, The Second Journey, 1st edition, 1818, half title, frontis, [7], (viii-xix), [1] errata, [1], 2-435, 19 pls (includes 4 hand coloured & 2 engraved maps 1 folding), 47 wood engravings within text. (V1, 306*243 & V2, 310*244 mm). T.e.g., some light offsetting to a few text leaves, variable spotting and toning to some plates (generally light),… Read More

London:: Richard Bentley, 1858. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 2 Vols, 1 map. In the original red embossed worn cloth, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Rebacked, old spines laid down, gilt titles. Internally, Vol 1, half title, frontis, [7], (viii-lxxx), [1], 2-337 pp, 1 pl (folding map frontis). Vol 2, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-424 pp, most leaves uncut, printed by W Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, London. Occasional Archaeological Society circular stamp, ink no to fpds & verso feps, small label to verso fep, small binders stamp to epds. (Reeves - Sleeman in Oudh. Bhatnagar - Fermale Infanticide in India). (Folio, 19.5*12.5). Sleeman, army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India. See ODNB.

London: Henry Hughes, 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. GRIFFITHS Moses. EVANS I.. VG, 1 volume, bound as 2, 1781, 37 pls (B&W), 4 illustrations. In half calf over worn red marbled boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, Vol 1, 1781, engraved titlepage, [1], (ii) only, [2], [1], 2-197 pp, 11 pls, 2 vignettes, [1], [1], 2-7 supplement, 10 pls, 217-218, [1] erratum, [1] adverts. Vol 2, the Continuation, 184-487 pp, [8] index, 15 pls (1 folding depicting 2 images), 2 illustrations, ink date to fep (1783). Top edges cut, remainder not, evidence of removed bookplate to fpds, some edge browning & the occasional spot. Includes the extra 10 plate by Moses Griffiths. (199*264 & 202*261 mm). (ESTC N498600. Lowndes 1823).

London:: J Butterworth, 1795. First Edition . Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1795. In crude 20c half cloth with blue publishers boards, a little marked, law library stamp to center, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, ink tooling, titles in gilt to red calf label, edges bumped. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-xl), [3], 4-134 pp, [12] index, LA Law library label to fpd and their stamp to fep, lib perforated stamp at tp head, occasional spotting and some faint edge browning, top edge cut, remainder uncut. An uncommon item. (ESTC T63954). Practice of the Chester Circuit is broken down into 4 parts: Style of the Court. Pleas of the Crown. Proceedings in Civil Actions and Proceedings in Equity. Abbot, first Baron Colchester, speaker of the House of Commons, whose speakership had been distinguished by an unflagging determination to improve administrative functioning through rational reform. He had also ensured that his… Read More