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Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1988.. First edition thus. 8vo. xii, 780 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Very good. Part 3 [only] of the Collected Works, the general editors being Henry Summerfield and Colin Smythe.

New York: Rizzoli, (1995).. Second printing, 4to, 317, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with mild marks and browning.

London: Dean & Son, 1895.. 8vo, 62, (4 advertisement) pp. 8 photographic plates, piece torn from the outer margin of one leaf (pp. 25/6) without loss of text, early signature to frontispiece recto, mild marginal soiling. Original printed limp cloth wrappers, recently recased, some marking to the lower wrapper. First published under John Wisden's name in 1866, first appearing under Abel's name the year before. OCLC lists four copies of this issue.

Ashford: Kentish Express [and] London: Houlston and Sons, 1895.. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 95, (1) pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettered to the upper board. Double page map and two full page plates. Some very light rubbing to extremities, a little wear to the front hinge though it remains sound, else very good.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961.. First U.S. edition. 8vo. (vi), 184, (2) pp. Publisher's beige cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Tanning to the jacket spine with a little light wear to the edges, very good.

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1814.. First edition, two volumes, 4to. 115 plates - a portrait of Lord Grenville, 64 hand coloured aquatints and 17 hand coloured engravings of the various gowns plus the 33 Founders plates, all in excellent condition. Frontispiece and one further plate plus the text in volume I, with the bulk of the plates and the plate list bound in volume II. Handsomely bound in 20th century brown crushed half morocco, t.e.g., faint rubbing to the spines otherwise a handsome set. A well preserved collection of perhaps the most beautiful illustrations printed of the city; Ackermann utilising some of the finest artists of the day - men such as Pugin, Westall and Nash - to make the drawings. Abbey, Scenery, 278-80. Tooley 5. Of the points noted by the above two bibliographies, four plates are in the earlier state. The plate list is in its second state, including the Founders' plates.

London: Eames Fine Art, 2019.. First edition, square 8vo, 51, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, signed by Ackroyd on the title page, flyer for the preview of the show loosely inserted. Paperback, fine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.. Uncorrected proof. 8vo. xvi, 779, (1) pp. Publisher's printed card covers with their label regarding the full publication date to the rear panel, inscribed by Ackroyd on the title page. Issued without the illustrations of the first published edition. A few light marks to the covers, else very good.

London: Frederick Dangerfield, 1868.. Sole edition, 8vo, 26 pp. 9 plates, all but one folding. Modern half calf, marbled sides, an excellent copy. OCLC lists only seven copies.

London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1982).. First edition, 8vo, 161, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light browning otherwise a very good copy.

London: Pan Books, (1984).. First edition, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, light browning to the white lettering and barcode portions of the wrapper, small bump to the top of the upper wrapper otherwise a near fine copy.

London: Printed by J. Dillon, and Co., for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, 1799.. Fifth edition. 8vo. xiv, 594, 14, 2 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with double gilt rules, gilt lettered green label, gilt device of a bird to the other panels, the ownership inscription of a James Rule dated 1807 to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 5 plates, all folding. Repair to the head of the spine and adjacent part of the upper joint, a very good copy.

London: The University of London Press, 1920.. Fifth impression. 8vo. vi, 296 pp. Contemporary half dark green calf over cloth boards, the gilt crest of Queen's College, Oxford to the upper cover, the ownership inscription of a G.R. Sisson of that college concluding "Maths Finals 1921" to the front flyleaf, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight fading to the spine, else very good. An instructive guide for students offering advice on studying and writing techniques.

London: Allen Lane, 1980.. First edition. 8vo. 396, (4) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Adams on the title page. An excellent copy. The second issue, without the publisher's imprint on the title page and with the protagonist's name changed to Karin (from Kathe).

(Tucson): Nazraeli Press, (2007).. Folio, 27 loose sheets held in a cloth folder, including 24 black and white photographic plates. Light marking to the lower cover, otherwise fine.

London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741.. Third edition thus, four volumes, 4to. Frontispiece and an engraving above the dedication plus 6 pages of medals at the end of volume I and a few more in the text. Some worming at the beginning and end of each volume, armorial bookplates of T.H.H. Davies, Elmley Castle. 20th century full roan, gilt spines with red and black labels, boards with some marking otherwise a very good set. Including Addison's contributions to the Tatler, Spectator and Freeholder, as well as his play Cato.

(Doha): Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art & (Milan): Skira, (2014).. First edition, 4to, 561, (7) pp. Colour illustrations, several folding. Original pictorial boards, upper cover with a small patch of scuffing, otherwise very good.

London: David Nutt, 1889.. Volume I only (of II), limited edition, one of 550 copies, 8vo, xix, (i), 283, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of the journalist Asher I. Myers, later inscription to a front blank. Later half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, gilt spine with green and maroon labels, some mild rubbing.

London: The Scolar Press, 1976.. Limited edition, no. 436 of 500 copies. 4to. (8) pp. then (142) ff. Publisher's rough hessian, black lettered tan morocco spine label. An excellent copy.

Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1662.. 8vo, (xlviii), 864, (64) pp. Engraved title page with an old signature to the top margin, tissue repair to the outer edge, 19th century booklabel partly removed to the paste down with two other later inscriptions as well. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges, faint manuscript spine title, some marking and soiling, recently recased.