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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1934 A good copy of the 1st edition, lacking the wrapper but internally in very good clean condition. A fascinating attempt to assemble and publish a scientific study into the then early reports of a monster in Loch Ness. Illustrated with sketches, by witnesses and by Gould from witness accounts, and with photographs taken at the time. The yellow cloth binding has red titles to spine and front board. There is fading and some mottling to board edges, the bottom part of the spine and the lower half of the back board, which also has a small dark mark. The top corner of the back board is bumped and the other corners have a degree of turning. The top spine end is lightly pulled and the bottom spine end has a small cloth tear. Internally the pastedown endpapers are illustrated with a map of Loch Ness. Contents are complete and very clean with the occasional small mark and some slight foxing on p 198.

Edinburgh: Margaret Tait, 1959 Scarce original copy of The Grassy Stories in the original paper covered card binding. Margaret Tait is better known as a film-maker and as a poet, and was particularly inspired by the beauty of nature. Grassy Stories is a set of 9 short tales for children using names based around grasses and other plants. This copy has a bright binding. There is some darkening on the front board next to the spine and light rubbing to corners. Both boards have a warp at the open side edges which starts about a couple of centimetres from the edge. Internally the original typed price of 7/6 has been crossed out and a pencil 5/- written above. Contents are complete and in near fine clean condition. Book size 22.7 x 17.3 cm.

London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1913 A very good copy with numerous black and white illustrations by Charles Robinson. Rebound by Colin Kerr, an Orkney craftsman specialising in furniture-making, wood sculpture and book binding. He undertook a number of commissions for the local Council to rebind books in commemorative bindings as gifts and, as an avid book collector, rebound some of his own books too. This binding has raised bands, gilt decoration and decorative title label to the spine. There is a gilt design to the front board, and some gilt tooling to board edges. New paisley-style endpapers have been added. A new page marker has been added. Contents, with numerous illustrations of birds, are very clean, with just the occasional light mark or spot. There is a dedication 'To Clive from Mother, 1913' on a preliminary page.

Havniae: Literis Justini Hog, Universit, 1697 A very good copy of the 1st edition in recent full calf binding. Thormodus Torfaeus (1636-1719) was educated at the University in Copenhagen, and became Royal Antiquary of Iceland and Royal Historian of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway. This was his second work, published in 1697, and concerns the activity of the Vikings in Orkney - particularly the material of the Orkneyinga Saga. The binding is in near fine condition and has raised bands and gilt titles to spine. The endpapers are recent and marbled, with an old bookplate of J A Maconochie to the front pastedown, and a newer bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson (a noted Orcadian) to the fep. 2 new blanks have been added front and rear. Contents: original blank with latin note to top; rubricated title page with printer's device (small paper repair to verso); note of authority; dedication 5pp; Praefatio ad Lectorum 7pp; verses 2pp; Libri I pp 1-155 (some ink notes - generally dates in margins, some… Read More

London : James Cundee, 1806 A good copy of this scarce 6 volume work bound in 3 volumes. With 58 (of 60) hand coloured plates and 6 hand coloured vignette title pages. An account of natural history based around observation and reading mixed with anecdotes and tales relating to the animal in question. The illustrator (anonymous) has then produced some extraordinary illustrations including an orang utan at the dining table, a flock of herons attacking rooks, a boxing kangaroo, and a man riding an ostrich, and a sneaking crocodile. Rev Smith refers to himself as an 'editor' rather than an author - but there are no clues as to contributors. Originally planned in 4 volumes, Vol 5 and 6 (covering fish, amphibians, insects and other invertebrates) were added in 1807. Each volume has a frontispiece, a hand coloured vignette title page, and a plain title page. According to the directions to the binder at the end of Vol 6, there should be 60 plates - this copy is lacking a frontispiece of a turkey and… Read More

Edinburgh: William Brown, 1885 A very good copy of the limited edition, reprinted in 1885 from the original edition of 1760 by William Brown. 110 copies were produced of which 100 were for sale, and this is numbered 83 with William Brown's initials. This edition has a preface which gives the historical context to the letter. It was apparently written at the request of an anonymous individual (who edited and published the letter in 1760) to ascertain the background to a lawsuit brought against the Earl of Morton by his vassals. Rev Hepburn was the Minister of Birsay and therefore considered well placed to give a picture of local life and the causes of poverty in the area. This copy is in a probably original cloth binding with paper label to spine. The binding is sound and clean with wear to the top and bottom of the spine, corners and edges. Contents with title page to limited edition; note 5pp; title page 1760; advertisement by the Editor; letter; appendix; finis. Contents in very good to near fine… Read More

London, 1760 A good copy of the extremely scarce 1st edition in later half morocco leather binding .The letter was first written in 1757, apparently at the request of an anonymous individual (who edited and published it in 1760) to ascertain the background to a lawsuit brought against the Earl of Morton by his vassals. Rev Hepburn was the Minister of Birsay and therefore considered well placed to give a picture of local life and the causes of poverty in the area. The binding is probably later 1800's and has a very rubbed spine with gilt titles. Spine ends are frayed. There is similar wear to corners. Boards clean. The endpapers are contemporary with the binding and have the decorative bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to the front pastedown. There is an initial blank and several end blank leaves. Top page edges gilted. Contents: title (with Rev Hepburn's name written in in pencil); advertisement by the Editor pp 3-6; and text pp 7-44 - Finis. Pages vary greatly in size and edges are untrimmed.… Read More

Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press Saint Aldgates and published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1933 A good to very good copy of the 2 volume limited edition of Malory's epic work, taken from the only remaining copy of the Wynkyn de Worde printing housed by the John Rylands Library in Manchester. In their original half morocco bindings with gilt titles to spine. Copy no 139 of 350 (370 originally published with 20 not for public sale). Both bindings are clean with very light marking to the cloth. In Vol I there is light rubbing to spine ends and corners, most pronounced at the top front corner. Vol II has some fraying at the top of the spine and a little leather loss at the joint with the top of the front board. There is more pronounced rubbing at the top corners. Both have rubbing to front edges. Top page edges gilt, remainder untrimmed. The endpapers are strongly marbled and there is a little splitting to the front endpaper of Vol II where the damage can be seen to the top of the… Read More

London: Sold by B and J White, J Walker and J Walker, 1797 A very good 3 volume set, rebound in recent quarter leather binding, of the 3rd and best edition of this work. Substantially revised by John Throsby with additional plates. This set has untrimmed pages so pages vary in size and have rough edges. Vol 1: small ink signature to preliminary; frontispiece portrait; vignette title page; dedication, preface etc 20pp; text 406pp plus 2pp index, containing 2 engravings in the text, and 22 plates. According to the plate list in Vol 3, it is missing a plate at p73 (Roman Route). Text lightly foxed in places; plates very clean. Vol 2: Vignette title page; 'To the Reader' 1p; blank; text 324pp with 2 engravings in the text, 5 folding plates, 39 single page plates and folding lists of knights - 4pp; list of sheriffs 1p; index 1p; index to Arms 3pp. Generally bright and clean. According to binding directions, this volume has 3 extra plates (facing pp 80, 84, and 98). Vol 3: folding map of… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for the Author by P. Neill, 1823 A very scarce original copy of the Reverend Walter Traill of Westope's furious response to Alexander Peterkin's Notes on Orkney and Zetland, published a year previously. Traill refutes a number of Peterkin's statements, accusing him of not knowing enough about his subject matter, and in the process provides a lot of useful information about farming and fishing practices. This copy is in a half leather binding with gilt title to spine and cobbled cloth boards with gilt title to front board. There is some scuffing to spine joints and the top and bottom of the spine, and some corner wear, but the binding is tight and sound. Contents: half title; title; advert; contents list; text pp 1-63; appendix pp 65-72. There are a couple of small splits at the front endpaper joint and small paper repairs to the gutter of the half title and advert pages. A nice clean copy.

Paris: Marc Orry, 1600 A good copy of the 2nd French edition of Joseph Acosta's important work on the New World first published in Spanish in 1590. Acosta was a Jesuit, who spent 17 years in South America and Mexico. His work, based on careful observation, formed one of the first accounts of the New World. This copy is in probably contemporary full vellum binding with yapp edges. The original ties have gone. It is difficult to say if the binding was hard or soft cover, because at some point in its history, it has had an old stiff embossed wallpaper with gilt birds and flowers, used to form new endpapers. There are no pages before the title page, which has had a strip added at the bottom and which is coming loose. Contents: title page; dedication pp ii-iv; advert; poems 4pp; Extrait du Privilege du Roi 1p; Text in 7 books pp 1-375; table of contents 34 pp. The text pages are numbered on the recto only. With decorative head pieces and initial capitals. The text is very clean with just the occasional… Read More

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909 A near fine copy of the 1st enlarged limited edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 750 copies were produced and signed by Rackham, of which this is copy number 490. Issued with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs. This copy has been recently rebound in full calf with raised bands, blind stamped designs and titles to spine, and blind stamped panelled design to the boards. Top page edges gilted; remainder untrimmed. The binding is in fine clean condition. New endpapers have been added. Contents are complete with bright clean uncreased plates. There is a slight paper ripple to the bottom corner of preliminary leaves, a couple of light creases to tissue guards, and a slight fold to the stock paper for the plate at p 236. The tissue guard to the plate at p 74 has a tiny top edge tear. There is the occasional mark: gutter pp xiv-xv; small brown mark appearing… Read More

London: Printed by Joseph Streater, for sale by T Basset, J Robinson, B Aylmer, Joh Southby And W Canning, 1688 A very good copy of this important work on comparative anatomy with engraved title; rubricated title and 30 plates. The original publication had 2 separate parts, both complete in themselves - the second section 'The Measure of the Earth' translated by Richard Waller, is not present. Alexander Pitfeild undertook to translate this work, originally led by Charles Perrault for the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Animals, mostly from the royal menageries at Vincennes and Versailles, were supplied to the Royal Academy, for detailed study and dissection. The first publication including 13 species, appeared in 1671 with a second volume 5 years later. The publications had very short print runs and were very expensive being elephant folio with detailed art work mainly by Sebastien Leclerc. There was a growing desire to learn about natural history and the nature of animals and copies of… Read More

London: Printed by T. N. for Thomas Basset, Samuel Lowndes, Christopher Wilkinson, William Cademan, and Jacob Tonson, 1683 A fair copy of the first English translation of this classic work by the then Historiographer of France, Francois Eudes de Mezeray 1610-1683. Classed as 'fair' because it lacks the frontispiece and the contemporary full leather binding is worn, with some splitting at the joint between the spine and the front board. The contents are generally very clean and sound. The binding has raised bands to spine and the remains of lining to the boards. The endpapers appear contemporary. Contents: title page (small repaired tear to bottom edge; some older reinforcement to the gutter; very small ?worm track to top); dedication to James of York 2pp; To the Reader 2pp; text to book I ;; 1-353 (some light marking to pp 51, 97/8; small tear to bottom margin p 325 with a little loss); blank; title page Book II; text pp 357-654 (small worm track in gutter of bottom margin to p 425; loss of… Read More

London : Methuen London Ltd, 1988 A near fine copy in very good wrapper. A fantasy re-telling of Irish myth 'The Expulsion of the Desi'. The wrapper is complete without price-clipping. There is a little crumpling to the top edge and a very small repair. It is in a removable protective wrap. The cloth binding with gilt titles to spine is in near fine clean and bright condition. Contents near fine - light toning to pages, very light fold to fep and half title.

London: J Dodsley, 1766 Volume 2 only of 2. Original full leather binding with raised bands on spine. Knocked and a little scuffed with a couple of darker marks but still sound.Bookplate of James Dick inside both boards. Contents very clean and bright. A very early thesaurus - predating Roget's now standard work. Rare.

LONDON : John Van Voorst, 1856 A VG copy of the first edition in the original blind stamped decorative cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. With colour printed fold out frontispiece, 5 further colour plates and one plain plate as called for. The Revd Tugwell unashamedly addressed this work to 'the amateur rambler about our English coasts' and provides an account in plain language for the rambler to follow. The result is a charming example of victorian natural history - written to encourage the reader to understand nature better. With a listing of locations at the rear. The binding and the original endpapers are in very good clean condition with only a very slight marking to the top of the boards. The contents are also very clean and bright. The reverse of the plates have shadows of the plate images but there is little offsetting to the text. Small light book, please enquire if you would like us to assess postage at cost.

London: John Murray , 1821 A very good copy in new half leather binding with large folding map, coloured in outline. Written by Tulisen, the Chinese Envoy, and translated by Sir George Thomas Staunton. The binding is in near fine condition, with gilt lines and titles to spine and marbled boards. New endpapers. Internally: large folding map; title page; preface; contents; chronological index; narrative pp 1-223; half title - Appendix; 4 appendices pp 227-330; The End. The map is complete and clean with some repair. There a couple of repaired paper edge tears and a brown mark in the bottom margin of p165. Light spotting to title page. Contents in very good clean condition.

London: Houlston and Wright, 1860 A good to very good copy of the large paper edition 'revised' which includes both series of Favourite Field Flowers, and contains 24 hand coloured plates by James Andrews. In the original decorative cloth binding with all edges gilted. The binding has bright boards with bevelled edges and elaborate gilt flower and leaf design. The corners have wear and some cloth loss and there is wear to edges which have slight grubbiness. The spine has a lot of wear to the spine ends, particularly the top, with fraying. It is dulled. Internally there is a birthday inscription to Mary Eggers on the verso of the fep dated 1862 and a loose sepia photograph of Mary Eggers taken by G T Millichap of Liverpool. Contents: frontispiece with guard; title; Preface 4pp; Contents 4pp (pagination out of order as contents pages lifted from the single vol editions); text 1-189 with 12 plates; index pp 191-196; half title to second series; text pp 1-186 with 11 plates; index pp 187-192. Contents are… Read More