Recent Arrivals from Melmoth Books

FLEETWOOD : OR THE NEW MAN OF FEELING _______________ BY WILLIAM GODWIN _____________ LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY 1832. DESCRIPTION First Edition (ii) + xvi + 371pp + (ii) Book measures 170mm x 105mm approximately. Bound in full rich green calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with decorative motifs to compartments, and tan author / title label with date in… Read more about this item

THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY DESCRIBING IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT ELECTRICITY AND MANY OF ITS INTERESTING APPLICATIONS BY CHARLES R. GIBSON ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS WITH THIRTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS & ELEVEN DIAGRAMS LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED 1906 DESCRIPTION First Edition (iv)… Read more about this item

THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT BY CHARLES TURLEY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR J. M. BARRIE, BART. LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO. 1914 DESCRIPTION First Edition Signed Binding (ii) + viii + 440pp + (ii) Book measures 195mm x 135mm approximately. Very nicely bound by Bickers & Son in full crimson calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with gilt motifs central to gilt-boxed compartments and title and author in gilt. Double gilt ruled… Read more about this item

E M B L E M E S By Fra Quarles London Printed for J Williams at The Crowne in St. Pauls Churchyard 1684 DESCRIPTION (ii) + A1 to A4 + 381pp + (ii) Book measures 165mm x 115mm approximately. Bound in original full brown richly polished calf. Spine with four raised bands decoration to compartments and maroon title / author label. Boards with double blin-tooled fillet borders and further… Read more about this item

SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE BY WILLIAM PENN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ∙ EDMUND GOSSE ∙ LONDON Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd 1907 DESCRIPTION Bumpus Binding (iv) + xxv + 170 + (iv) Book measures 120mm x 95mm approximately. Beautifully bound by Bumpus in full russet calf. Spine with five raised bands and gilt-boxed compartments with title, author and date in gilt. Single gilt fillet border and inner gilt work to both boards. Small portrait… Read more about this item

THE OE C O N O M Y OF H U M A N L I F E, TRANSLATED FROM AN Indian Manuscript, WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN. ‗‗‗‗‗ LONDON : W. GARDINER 1806 DESCRIPTION (ii) + x + 116pp + (ii) Book measures 175mm x 110mm approximately. Beautifully bound in full rich very deep blue calf. Spine with wide gilt bands and decorative gilt blocks… Read more about this item

FRANCIS DRAKE THE SEA-KING OF DEVON BY GEORGE M. TOWLE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY SAVILE LUMLEY LONDON GEORGE G. HARROP & CO. LTD. 1927 DESCRIPTION Signed Binding (ii) + 254pp + (ii) Book measures 190mm x 130mm approximately. Very nicely bound by Bickers & Son in full navy-blue calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate… Read more about this item

FAIR WARNINGS T O A Careless World, O R, T H E Serious Practice of Religion Recommended by the Admonitions of Dying Men ___________________ By J O S I A H W O O D W A R D, D.D. _____________________ The Third Edition LONDON, W. Taylor 1717. DESCRIPTION (ii) + xvi + 210pp + (ii) Book measures… Read more about this item

THE GRAVER THOUGHTS OF A COUNTRY PARSON A. K. H Boyd LONDON ALEXANDER STRAHAN & CO. 1862 DESCRIPTION First Edition Signed Binding (ii) + 301pp + (ii) Book measures 180mm x 125mm approximately. Handsomely bound in full medium grained calf by R. Nelson. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate gilt decoration to compartments and maroon title / author label. Twin gilt fillet borders… Read more about this item

THE DIARY OF A CITIZEN OF PARIS DURING 'THE TERROR' BY EDMOND BIRÉ TRANSLATED & EDITED BY JOHN DE VILLIERS IN TWO VOLUMES LONDON : CHATTO & WINDUS 1896 DESCRIPTION (ii) + x + 389pp + (ii) (ii) + vi + 402pp + (ii) Books measure 220mm x 150mm approximately. Nicely bound in period medium tan half… Read more about this item

T H E H A N D ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMWNTS AS EVINCING DESIGN BY SIR CHARLES BELL K.G.H. F.R.S. L. & E. LONDON WILLIAM PICKERING 1833 DESCRIPTION (ii) + xv + 288pp + (ii) Book measures 225mm x 140mm approximately. Handsomely bound in full speckled tan calf. Spine (possibly later) with five raised gilt-ruled bands with elaborate blind-tooled decorative work to gilt-boxed compartments and title and author in gilt. Single… Read more about this item

METAPHYSICS OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS PHENOMENAL AND REAL BY HENRY LONGUEVILLE MANSEL, B.D. SECOND EDITION EDINBURGH ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1866 DESCRIPTION Signed Binding (ii) + viii + 408pp + (ii) Book measures 195mm x 135mm approximately. Nicely bound in full medium tan calf by Seton & Mackenzie. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate gilt decoration to compartments and… Read more about this item

The Poems of J O H N C L A R E Edited with an introduction by J. W. Tibble LONDON J. M. DENT & SONS LIMITED 1935 DESCRIPTION (ii) + xxxii + 569pp + (ii) (ii) + 567pp + (ii) Books measure 210mm x 145mm approximately. Dust jackets over red cloth covered boards. Portrait frontispiece to title page verso of vol I, and similar to vol II. Top page edges coloured… Read more about this item

JOHN LE CARRÉ Smiley's People FIRST EDITION HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON 1980 DESCRIPTION 327 pages. Book measures 225mm x 145mm approximately. Hardback book complete with dust jacket. CONDITION In overall very good general condition. The book is strong and tight and in very good condition. In superb clean condition throughout. Just one very minor 'dent' to a few of the top edge pages. Without any inscriptions. The dust jacket is in good condition. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item

RICHARD J. ALDRICHGCHQ The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency Harper Press LONDON 2010 DESCRIPTION First Edition Book measures 240mm x 160mm approximately. 666pp. Hardback book with dust jacket. Illustrated end-papers, and with several pages of illustrations and photographs throughout. CONDITION In very good condition indeed. The book is strong and tight. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with only a few tiny creases to the… Read more about this item

THEPOETICAL WORKSOFALEXANDER POPE,WITH HIS LASTCORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS,ANDIMPROVEMENTS. IN FOUR VOLUMES. E D I N B U R G : Apollo Press Anno 1780. DESCRIPTION (ii) + lxxvii + 79pp to 250pp + (ii) (ii) + 249pp + (ii) (ii) + 260pp + (ii) (ii) + 280pp + (ii) Books measure 130mm x 85mm approximately. Bound in period dark tan speckled calf. Spine gilt-ruled bands and green… Read more about this item

RODERICK,THE LAST OF THE GOTHS. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. POET LAUREATE __________ IN TWO VOLUMES FIFTH EDITION LONDON : LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN. 1818 DESCRIPTION (iv) + 297pp + (iv) (iv) + 292pp + (ii) Books measure 170mm x 105mm approximately. Handsomely bound in full tan calf. Spine with four dual gilt-ruled raised bands with intricate gilt… Read more about this item

STUDIES OF NATUREON THECOAST OF ARRANBYGEORGE MILNER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. NOEL JOHNSON LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1894 DESCRIPTION first edition Worsfold Binding (ii) + 189pp + (ii) Book measures 185mm x 120mm approximately. Exquisitely bound by Worsfold (signed to upper front end-paper) in full polished tree… Read more about this item

LEGENDSANDLYRICSADELAIDE PROCTER ASPREY & CO; LTD L O N D O N circa 1900 DESCRIPTION Asprey Binding (ii) + 331 + (ii) Book measures 185mm x 120mm approximately. Assumed to be an Asprey binding but not signed. Bound in full dark green slightly textured calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate gilt decoration to each compartment. Elaborate panelled gilt fillet borders to… Read more about this item