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First Edition. 1790. Newcastle upon Tyne (see images).
Very scarce.
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was an English wood engraver and natural history author. He is much admired today for the quality of his wood engravings and is usually considered as the founder of wood engravings. This book contains many examples of such wood engraving.
This History is comprehensive dealing with 260 mammals from across the world and is particularly thorough on domestic animals.
Binding very good. Later half calf green morocco over marbled boards with morocco label on spine. Raised bands on spine with gilt tooling and lettering.Light wear with a little scuffing to leather, mainly one corner. Spine lightly sunned.
Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Text block good. Some damp staining mainly leaves 1 to 20 (not greatly significant) and occasional finger marks. Discreet repair to page 5 which had a tear. In general, leaves are clean.
No markings except for old sale price and "first edition" in pencil on first blank.
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First Edition (Third Impression)
Edward Arnold, London 1906
An excellent copy of M.R. James first collection of ghost stories in the publisher's original beige cloth binding. The third impression of the 1904 first edition with four illustrations, including frontispiece, by James McBryde who died leaving illustrations for the book unfinished.
The stories are: Canon Alberic's Scrapbook, Lost Hearts, The Mezzotint, The Ash-Tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, Oh, Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad and The Treasure Of Abbot Thomas.
Book is very good plus.
Boards are sturdy and are stamped in red and black. There are 2 red smudges on front board and a tiny tear to cloth at bottom corner of front board (barely perceptible when book is closed). Otherwise boards are Fine. Binding is sound.
Fore and bottom edges are untrimmed. Leaves are lightly age toned. Light age related brown spots to very early leaves and end papers. Otherwise, the leaves are remarkably clean.
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First Edition
Jonathan Cape, London 1971
Described as wickedly entertaining with Amis in his best and most rancid vein. Book is very good plus with clean cloth bound boards. Binding tight. Internally clean. Light toning to fore edge of text block. Top edge dyed red. No markings except for notation in pencil on first blank "1st Edition 1971".
DJ is not price clipped showing price of £1.50 net. There is a little wear at extremities. A small closed tear (approx. 2 cms) at top of front wrap has a tape repair to rear. Presents well in removable protective sleeve.
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Caliban Books 1983.
First thus. First published 1913 (Herbert Jenkins).
Written by Irish born writer, poet and journalist Patrick MacGill who was sometimes known as "The Navvy Poet". It tells of his experiences of sophisticated English upper middle class life and of how he rejected it in favour of a return to Ireland and to a warm, vital village community.
Book is Fine, like new except top edge a little dusty. Appears unread. DJ is near Fine and would be described as Fine were it not price clipped. In a protective removable sleeve.
Overall, a really lovely copy