Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, from Pictures, Drawings, and Scarce Prints in the possession of Samuel Ireland, author of this work; of a Picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, &c, and of The Picturesque Beauties of the Rivers Thames and Medway. by Ireland, Samuel - 1794

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, navy paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean violet cloth has gilt title on spine. Gilt embellished front cover with a centered paper paste-on. Top edge gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Each page is printed within a broad ornate border. Color illustrations by Harrison Fisher and decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood. Prior owners inscription dated 1909. Beautiful women in color. Women; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C, 1898; First Edition; 8vo, 792 pages; illustrated; blue cloth; gilt titles; embossed front board seal. Enormous U.S. Department Of Agriculture yearbook for 1897 containing a wealth of authoritative articles and technical reports designed to aid the American farmer. Sample subjects include Public Education For The Farmer In The United States, The Fruit Industry, Birds That Injure Grain, Fertilizers, Lawns And Lawn Making, Hybrids And Plant Breeding, Leguminous Forage Crops, Dangers Of Importing Insect Pests, Agricultural Production And Prices, Soil Problems, Edible And Poisonous Fungi (by W.G. Farlow), etc. Profusely illustrated throughout with photos, in-text figures, and full-page color lithographic plates by D.G. Passmore of grapes, prune plums, figs, olives, almonds, hybrid carnations, and an Amanita mushroom, plus nine additional black & white lithographic plates of numerous other mushroom species. Near Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp, binding tight,… Read More

New York: Meredith Press, 1967. 6 1/4 x 6 1/4". First Edition, Pictorial dust jacket and boards with a few ships near the spine top, not price-clipped, in very good condition. Pictorial boards with slight indentation near top spine edge, full-color illustrations throughout, pages clean and unmarked, otherwise in very good condition. (Toledano A25)A humorous story about a cat, a doll and a moth. Delightful and quite less macabre than Gorey's usual style

Gloucester: Gloucester: printed by D.Walker, for Cadell and Davies, London, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xv,278, [1]pp. In original mottled half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered leather spine label to second compartment, binders ticket and early engraved ownership label to front pastedown, a very clean copy of this first edition.

London: T Cooper, 1742 pp viii + 80. Account of a parliamentary enquiry into conduct of the Earl of Orford ( formerly Sir Robert Walpole). Recently rebound; internally in very good condition.

London: British Government. Good+. 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Index pp 579-647 followed by Appendix No. 1. - No. 3. Index Items of Note: Mines and Collieries, Railways, Corn Laws. Appendix No. 1: Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, 14 pp; Appendix No.. 2: Ventilation and Warming of the New Houses of Parliament, 8pp; Appendix No. 3: Evidence on Divorce Bills, 78 pp. Light blue paper covered boards. Brown leather protected front corners. Spine has raised bands and title & volume labels. Text tight & intact. Leather edges rubbed/scuffed, light shelf wear. First & last 4 pages lightly foxed. Front internal hinge has a small paper tear, with cover firmly attached. Condition G+. Please inquire if interested in other 19th Century Journals. United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland. Rare Section; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 710 pages .

London / Birmingham: Longman And Co, Paternoster Row / J Drake, New Street, Birmingham, ND. First edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. pp. 80, + fold-out table, Expenditure of a Working Man. Disbound slim pamphlet in very good condition, some fraying around spine, some turning to a few page corners at bottom, but a clean, firm copy with sound binding. The TP lists Frederick Hill as the author, not Frederic as he was baptised. Hill was one of the most notable Victorian prison reformers and politically involved throughout his career, including working towards the Reform Bill of 1832. The pamphlet would have been written just prior to Hill joining the Birmingham Political Union, which campaigned for the extension of the vote. His brother Rowland, inventor of the postage stamp, had an equally illustrious career. To tp, in a Victorian hand, in pencil, 'First Composition in print by Frederic Hill' and in ink, the date 1828. The date is notable, as there is no date to the TP and the BL - and other holdings -… Read More

Dessins de Charles Delort, gravés par Mongin. 300 pp.+7 planches et un portrait de l'auteur d'après une photo de Nadar h.t. 20,7x13,3 cm. Collection Bibliothèque Artistique Moderne / Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris, 1883. Tirage limité.
--- Some edgewear. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Very light occasional foxing. Beautiful engravings.

London: Hutchinson, 1994-2001. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/very good. Years of Hope 1940-1962, Out of the Wilderness 1963-67, Office Without Power 1968-72, Against the Tide 1973-76, Conflicts of Interest 1977-80, The End of an Era 1980-90, Free at Last! 1991-2001. Lacks the More Time for Politics 2001-2007, issued in 2007, after his retirement from parliament in 2001. All first editions, first printings. All jackets in protective transparent removable sleeves, so very well kept, all unclipped. Pages to Free at Last somewhat toned; some faint discolouration to page edges of a few copies, traces of finger soil to lower page tips on most copies, light edgewear to some jackets, chiefly head of spine. Free of any inscriptions or marks, a very bright, sound set.