Search Results: Titles starting with O from Madoc Books

London, 20 Thread Needle Street.: F.G. Moon, 1848. No Binding. Very Good. HAGHE Louis 1806-1885 after ROBERTS David. Litho Titled: Obelisk at Heliopolis. 1839 David Roberts. R.A. L Haghe lith. Original tinted half-page lithograph, published in 1848. Sheet 597*415 mm, Image 304*262 mm, marginal spotting, tiny pinhole to 2 corners. Abbey Travel 272.72. 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 Thread Needle Street.: F.G. Moon, 1846. No Binding. Very Good. HAGHE Louis 1806-1885 after ROBERTS David. Litho Titled: Obelisk at Alexandria, commonly called Cleopatra'a needle. David Roberts. R.A. L Haghe lith. Original tinted half-page lithograph, published in 1846. Sheet 597*414 mm, Image 352*250 mm, tiny pinhole to corners, occasional spot, No 9 in bottom left corner. Abbey Travel 272.21. 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.

Denbigh: Thomas Gee, 1834. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare Cholera Observations with author's dedication VG+, 1834, first edition, in green embossed cloth, corners bumped. Spine, soiled printed paper title, edges bumped. Internally, [3], 4-84 pp, dedication from the author to Sir R.W. Vaughn, in the same year as publication to fep, some faint edge browning, (126*205 mm). Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, 2nd Baronet (29 March 1768 - 1843) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 40 years from 1792 to 1836.

London: 15, Paternoster-Row: Allen & Co, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG+, Uncommon travel gem! First and only edition. In early 20c half calf over green cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to calf labels. Internally, [3], (iv-xvi), [1], 2-384 pp, printed by M. Allen, top edge cut, remainder not, 20C red marbled endpapers, original printed paper label tipped in. VG+ Title continues: I. From London to the land's end in Cornwall ; II. From London to Lancaster ; III. From London to Edinburgh ; and IV. From London to Swansea. Performed by Land, By Sea, by Various modes of Conveyance, and Partly in the Pedestrian Style. (226*136 mm). (Cambridge Modern History p838).

No 11, Strand, London: E Williams, 1802. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, Good. In contemporary half calf with brown marbled boards, some blind tooling, worn, corners and edges bumped and worn. Spine, blind tooling, no title, edges bumped and wornl. Internally, red marbled endpapers, hinges weak, [4], [1], 2-193 pp, [1], [6] index & errata, ink names and stamp to ffep, contemp ink name to tp also small oval stamp (JE Williams), printed by S Collingwood, Oxford, between each leaf of text there is a blank blue leaf for notes?, occasional MSS note. (Libri Walliae 5524. COPAC + WorldCat) Title continues: With Some Account of The Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants to Which is Added a Genealogical Account of the Penrhyn Families. WILLIAMS , 'of Llandygìi ', antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry. Whose retirement gave him leisure to indulge his literary tastes, and in 1802 his… Read More

London; in the Strand.: R Blamire, 1789. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [JUKES F]. VG+, 2nd ed, 1789, 17 pls. In long grain green morocco, decorative gilt edge tooling, Spine, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, [3], (iv-xvi), [1], 2-152 pp, 17 pls (oval sepia aquatints), gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, red marbled endpapers, a.e.g., armorial bookplate to fpd (Lord Gray), both pls & txt leaves watermarked J Whatman, but no dates. A lovely copy, very clean, first published in 1782. (231*185 mm). (ESTC T149236. Anderson 341). Gilpin, writer on art and headmaster, illustrated many other titles. ODNB.

London: Strand.: Published by his Trustees for the Benefit of his School at Boldre. T Cadell and W Davies., 1809. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, two volumes in one. In full calf, re-backed to style, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to maroon & green labels, over contemporary calf, gilt edge tooling. Internally, North Wales, 1809, 1st ed, [3], (iv-x), [2], [1], 2-208 pp, 19 pls (of 20, mezzotints). South Wales, 1800, 5th ed, [5], (vi-xvi), [1], 2-154 pp, 16 pls. Octavo. pps (x+) 208, and (xvi+) 154, red marbled endpapers, ink name to ffep, some very light offsetting, text block edges marbled red. (221*136 mm). (Lowndes 895. Graesse 85). Gilpin, writer on art and headmaster, who with the proceeds from his first three picturesque books (amounting to about £400), built and endowed two little schools at Boldre. He established a fund for the maintenance and operating expenses of the schools, and in 1802 a sale of his drawings,… Read More

Cheltenham: and LOndon: G.A. Williams, Librarian, and Messrs. Longman and Co, 1820. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, 1820, inscribed by the author. In modern, to style, half calf over marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [5], (vi-xviii), 231[1] advert, authors ink dedication to ffep, text block edges uncut, some leaves not cut. Uncommon, OCLC list 4 copies in the US & 4 in the UK only. (227*140 mm). M'Cabe (fl. 1820's) was a little-known physician at Cheltenham

London: The Strand.: T Cadell, Junior & W Davies, 1800. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. WATTS WH 1776-1842. 3 vols (2 of text, 1 of pls), VG, 1st ed, 53 pls 1 map, 1800. Modern calf spine, with contemporary basket weave calf boards, attractive gilt edge tooling, tips repaired. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Vol 1, [4], (v-ix), [1], [1], 2-338 pp, 1 map (folding), ink note stating Rebound 1976 Falkirk to ffep. Vol 2, [2], [1], 2-275 pp, [1], [10] index, [2] pl list. Vol 3, 53 pls, (tissue guarded). Internally, gilt tooling to turn-ins, hinges professionally strengthened, red marbled endpapers, each volume has the armorial bookplate of James Johnson to fpds, and of Thomas B Scott to feps, light foxing and browning, watermarked C&S 98, red speckled text block edges, printed by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. A second edition was published in 1811 for John Stockdale. A wonderful offering with plates that are… Read More

London: E Williams, 1802. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In modern half calf, marbled boards, gilt tooling. Spine, lightly faded, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt title to maroon calf labels. [4], [1], 2-193 pp, [1], [6] index, paper watermarked 1801, bookplate to fpd (Robert Myddleton of Gwaynynog), with short ms note by him above, new end papers, ink name to title page & tiny tear, some light edge browning & finger soiling, text block edges uncut. (Libri Walliae 5524). Title continues: With some account of the customs and manners of the inhabitants. To which is added A Genealogical Account of the Penrhyn families. WILLIAMS, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry. His retirement gave him leisure to indulge his literary tastes: in 1802 was published, at Oxford , his Observations on the Snowdon Mountains , which contains interesting notes on local customs and folk-lore, including (as was natural)… Read More

London: Adelphi, Strand: T Becket, 1780. First Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1780. In contemporary calf boards, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. New calf spine, to style, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, [12], [1], 2-247 pp, [1] advert, book labels of Luke Noble 1784 & Robt. Douglas Taunton to fpd, hinges strenghtened, some offsetting & light edge browning, gilt tooling to board edges, text block edges sprinkled red. A series of 25 letters, anonymous but by Sir Richard Joseph Sulivan. (ESTC T145703. Allibone 2299) Sullivan, was a British MP and writer, also wrote a number of books on political issues. See Wiki.

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1887. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG, 1887. In cream DW over cream card covers, lightly marked, gilt title to upper cover, no spine title. Internally, [4], (viii), [1], text block edges uncut. Not often seen! (257*192 mm).

London: Printed for at the Buck against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet. : J. Pemberton, 1720. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Uncommon poetical Welsh Mining piece First edition in black boards, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt title & tooling to black calf label. Internally, [2], 8 pp, title with woodcut, interesting header & initial letter to p 1, horizontal crease to some leaves, some browning, numerous blank leaves after. (328*209 mm). (ESTC T126031. Foxon N263. Kress S.3021).

First Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Duflos, De Lignon, De Launay, and De Ghendt, after C.P. Marillier.. In uniform polished tree calf, gilt tooling, corners and edges a little bumped and worn, small edge leather chip to V2. Spine, gilt decorative tooling and title, edges bumped and worn. Internally, marbled endpapers, a little light water staining, all text block edges in gilt, no publisher or date given, but Paris c1778-1782. Vol 1, title page, portrait frontis present, additional engraved frontis, [4], (xx), 219 pp, 9 leaves of plates. Vol 2, title page, additional title page present, [4], (iv), 232 pp, 7 leaves of plates. Vol 3, [4], 290 pp, 2 leaves of plates.

London, And Dublin, in Clarendon-street,: Theo. Jones, 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. VG, 1735. In modern brown paneled calf, gilt tooling & titles to spine. Internally, [5], 6-24, 17-76 pp, (signatures: [1], A2-C4, C1-K2), C gathering inserted twice, corner loss at G1 (no text loss), headers & footers, p70 miss-numbered 07, top edge cut, remainder not, new endpapers. (172*107 mm). (ESTC T190410. Copland, Practical Medicine p160). Title continues: First, a letter to Sir Hans Sloan, baronet, about the cure of the gout. By Oyls externally apply'd; read before the Royal Society, February the 1st, 1733. Secondly, a treatise of the cause and cure of the gout. By William Stukley, M.D. fellow of the College of Physicians, London, S.R.S. and rector of All-Saints, Stamford. To which is added, Doctor John Rogers's account of himself, and his excellent remedy; which, for some years, he has prepar'd, for curing fitts of the gout, and all… Read More

London:: Printed for the Author., 1723. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. STUKELEY William. (Symoson. VanderGucht. Kirkall. VG, 1st edition, 1723, 16 pls. In half calf over contemporary worn green marbled boards, re-cornered, edges rubbed. Re-spined to style, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt tiles & tooling to red morocco label. Internally, portrait frontis (Hippocrates), [6], [4] Pindaric Ode, [2] Praeloquium, [1], 2-108 pp, 16 pls in total (5 folding, 2 dated 1722), 8 of the spleen, including 2 printed in colour monochrome by Elisha Kirkall after Stukeley, and 8 of the dissection of an elephant, paper repairs to frontis margins (not affecting portrait), some foxing to the elephant plates, staining to the lower margin of the text in the first half of the work, outer margin of D2 cut away with the partial loss of page numerals. With the Pindaris Ode on the Spleen by the Countess of Winchilsea (Finch [née Kingsmill Anne 1661-1720). Very Uncommon.… Read More

6 Bedford Square, London: The British Library, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In decorative printed paper wraps, black ink title to cover & spine. Internally, half title, portrait frontis, [4], 5-96 pp, 98 entries (+ 1 additional ms ink entry to margin p36), numerous illustrations, ink name to half title. The catalogue of an exhibition held in The Kings Library British Library Reference Division 9 August - 22 October 1978. (247*190 mm).

Tokyo, Japan: Kobokudo. Kodama Matashichi. Daikyodo, 1878. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Matsuzuki Hosei [Hayakawa Shozan]. 3 books, VG+, 1878, 1878 & c1875-80, are illustrated popular novels from the early Meiji Period (1868-1912). 1. Okubo Jinsei-dan [The Story of Okubo's Benevolent Rule] Vol 4 (of 2) only, coloured title page, cotton ties, 16 pp, B&W illustrations within text, vol 4 only (of 4), artist was Matsuzuki Hosei [Hayakawa Shozan], published in Tokyo, 1878. A Historical novel set in the Japanese civil wars in the late 16th/early 17 centuries. 2. Hyaku monogatari [A Hundred Tales], by Takenouchi Yoshihsa (1848-1920), coloured titlepage, 13 pp (all coloured), he also used the names Baido, Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunimasa, published by Kodama Matashichi in Tokyo, 1878. A collection of tales based on a Japanese custom where people sit by candlelight and tell each other ghost stories - the aim being to tell one hundred stories in… Read More

Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1906. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. G+, 1st ed, 18 illust. In full dark paper boards, title in red to white paper label, corners rubbed. Spine relaid, worn paper label with red ink titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [9], (x-xxv), [1], [1], 2-209pp, [1], [1] epilogue, [1], [1], (ii-v) subscribers, [1], 18 illustrations (B&W, photographic), 25 illustrations within text (mainly plans), with the addenda tipped in before the half title, occasional spot, some pencil marginalia, printed by Jarvis & Foster, Lorne House, Bangor, hinges strengthened, top edge red patterned, remainder uncut, ink name to half title (JG Hughes). Has become something of a rarity over the last few years. (Folio, 13*18.7 cms). NORTH, architect; published The old churches of Arllechwedd, Bangor, 1906, The old cottages of Snowdonia (1908, jointly with Henry Harold Hughes) and The Old Churches of Snowdonia (1924, with H.H. Hughes).… Read More

London 20 Tudor Street: Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1947In green cloth, gilt spine titles, Boots label to u/board. Internally, half title, [8], 141 pp, [1], 16 illustrations, occasional light spot, remains of Boots label to epd. (218*140 mm).