Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Roger Middleton

Upsaliæ: per J. H. Werner, [1705].. TITLE CONTINUED: In auditorio Gust. maj. ad diem 9 Decembris anni M.D. CC. V. horis ante merid. solitis. FIRST EDITION (1705), text in Latin, 16mo in fours, approximately 145 x 80 mm, 5¾ x 3½ inches, pages: (4), (1)-91, collation: pi2, A-L4, M2 (M2v blank), typographic ornament to first and final page, 1 woodcut initial. Amateurishly bound into marbled sides with pale blue linen spine. Title page lightly soiled, faint ink name in lower margin, neat strengthening to slightly soft fore-edge, a few margins lightly browned, inner margins of 90/91 slightly soiled, occasional small spot to margins, neat repair to a few soft margins, and some slighlty trimmed, first 3 leaves slightly trimmed at fore-edge, not affecting text. A fair tight copy of a very scarce work on duelling, not listed in Carl Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling, 1 copy only listed in Library Hub Discovered in the the British Library, we found 2 copies listed in libraries in… Read More

London, John B. Day, 3 Savoy Street, Strand, 1876.. TITLE CONTINUED: The Original Spelling and Language Being Retained, with Editorial Notes and Patterns of Flies, and Samples of the Materials for Making Each Fly. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE 1876, 4to, approximately 270 x 215 mm, 10½ x 8½ inches, 2 chromolithograph plates by John Day of watercolours after James Poole, 6 thick cards displaying 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts, title page printed red and black, pages: xiii, [4], 1-91, text and mounts within 2 red borders, attractively bound in half green crushed morocco, matching cloth covers, gilt lettering, gilt rules and gilt flies between raised bands to spine, gilt rules to covers, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine, pale age-browning to title page, pale foxing to 15 pages and to most of the boards holding the flies, plus small brown spot to 1 lower margin, small neat repair to 1 inner margin of text at rear, almost… Read More

London, Andersen Press, 1984.. FIRST EDITION 1984, small 4to, 235 x 205 mm, 9¼ x 8 inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination. Brilliant zany coloured illustration throughout. Wildly humorous tale set in the South of France. Faintest yellowing to spine and on upper cover next to spine, no inscriptions, a Fine copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Chatto & Windus (1886).. FIRST EDITION (1886), small 4to, 220 x 165 mm, 8¾ x 6¼ inches, original unbleached linen, different coloured illustrations on upper and lower covers, gilt title and rules on upper cover, plain white endpapers, all edges yellow, 58 pages. Very pretty coloured frontispiece, coloured title illustration and delightful coloured illustrations throughout. Very slight faint foxing to endpapers and top margin of prelim pages. Near Fine lovely copy. As Schuster 165, 1(g) except ours has white endpapers. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Julia MacRae, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 8vo, green boards gilt, 130 pages. Beautiful story about a family of travellers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when the father is accused of vagrancy. No inscriptions, book leaning slightly, lower corners just slightly bumped. A very good plus clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Chatto & Windus (1886).. FIRST EDITION (1886), small 4to, 220 x 165 mm, 8¾ x 6¼ inches, in the original publisher's unbleached linen, different coloured illustrations to upper and lower covers, gilt title and rules to both covers, all edges gilt, dark green endpapers, 58 pages. Pretty coloured frontispiece, coloured title illustration and coloured illustrations throughout. Top corners of boards bumped (see image), a few faint fox spots to upper cover, small bookplate and bookseller's tiny label on front pastedown, very slight shallow crease to top corners of pages 15 mm (¾") from corner tip, due to bump to cover corners, no inscriptions, faint offsetting opposite a few coloured illustrations, no foxing. Clean bright very good copy of delightful children's book, quite common in first edition. Our copy collates to Schuster, Printed Kate Greenaway, 165 1(f) who lists no fewer than 10 variants of the first edition. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST.… Read More

London, Blackie, (1905).. REPRINT circa 1905, (first published in 1901), 180 x 115 mm, 7 x 4½ inches, purple cloth, royal arms in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettered spine, green lettered to upper cover, gilt and green decoration to spine, 260 pages. Frontispiece and numerous engravings, some full page. Spine cloth faded to tan and slightly spotty, gilt bright, corners just very slightly bumped. Traces of bookplate removal on front pastedown. A very good copy. As Newbolt No. 94.4 except that the imprint reads London Glasgow and Bombay (without Dublin). The first edition which was an up-to-date reissue of The Sovereign Reader (1887 and 1900), was published in 1901 in the same format but with white blocking rather than pale green. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

[London], Printed for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1655.. TITLE CONTINUED: By the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof they were honoured with her own practice, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. Never before published. Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W. M. one of her late servants. FIRST EDITION IN 3 PARTS, ALL 3 TITLE PAGES DATED 1655: THE QUEENS CABINET OPENED, THE PEARL of PRACTISE, A QUEENS DELIGHT and THE COMPLEAT COOK. Small book, 12mo, approximately 145 x 80 mm, 5¾ x 3 inches, engraved frontispiece portrait of Henrietta Maria signed W Faithorne and laid down on paper, pages: The Queens Cabinet Opened and Queens Delight, [12] including frontispiece, 1-192, [2] title page to Queens Delight, 195-296 followed by [4] - blank pages, [22] - index followed by advert leaf; misnumbering to a few pages of Queens Delight affecting first number of 8 pages, nothing missing; THE COMPLEAT COOK, title page, 3-123,… Read More

London, Cape, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8¼ inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination (32 pages). Excellent coloured illustration to every page, some traditional rhymes, some by Blake. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 4to, 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8¼ inches, colour illustrated shiny red boards, (32) pages. Excellent coloured illustration to every page, some traditional rhymes, some by Blake. Minute bump to head of spine and top corners, pinhead rub to lower corners, a couple of small light score marks to boards, very small light scratch to front endpaper, no inscriptions, a near Fine clean crisp copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Evans, 1999.. FIRST EDITION 1999, the life and work of the artist written simply for children. Small 4to, 220 x 180 mm, 8¾ x 7¼ inches, shiny yellow boards with photo illustrations, 22 pages. Illustrated in colour and black and white, some photos. A Fine copy, issued without dustwrapper. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 4to, 320 x 230 mm, 12½ x 9 inches, colour illustrated shiny white boards with blue border, (30) pages, 26 wonderful zany humorous full page coloured illustrations with brief caption below. No inscriptions, small faint erasure mark on front pastedown, very small bump at tail of spine, minute bump at top of spine, otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 4to, 320 x 230 mm, 12½ x 9 inches, colour illustrated glazed white boards with blue border, (30) pages, 26 wonderful full page coloured illustrations with brief caption below. No inscriptions, tiny erasure mark on reverse of plain yellow front endpaper, otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8¼ inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination (32 pages). Excellent coloured illustration to every page, some traditional rhymes, some by Blake. No inscriptions, pinhead rub to top of each hinge (see image), faintest strip of yellowing to top of upper cover, a near Fine clean crisp copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8¼ inches, colour illustrated boards, no pagination (32 pages). Excellent coloured illustration to every page, some traditional rhymes, some by Blake. No inscriptions, a Fine unread crisp bright copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Cape, 1989.. FIRST EDITION 1989, 4to, 320 x 230 mm, 12½ x 9 inches, colour illustrated shiny white boards with blue border, (30) pages, 26 wonderful zany humorous full page coloured illustrations with brief caption below. No inscriptions, tiny faint erasure mark on front endpaper, a Fine crisp clean copy (no dustwrapper issued). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

In Venetia: per Nicolo de Bascarini ad instantia & requisitione & a proprie spese de Nicolo Tartaglia Autore, 1554.. SECOND EDITION 1554, imprint from colophon, Italian text, small 4to, approximately 220 x 150 mm, 8½ x 6 inches, large woodcut portrait of the author on the title page, 40 woodcut illustrations in the text plus an additional strip of paper bearing a repeat illustration pasted to fore-edge of leaf S3r as in all copies of the 1554 edition, numerous diagrams, 11 historiated initials, leaves: [4], 5-128 leaves, numbered on rectos only, making a total of 254 pages, signature H is duplicated i.e. pages 29-32, collated and guaranteed complete, bound in modern half leather over patterned paper boards, 3 raised bands, blind rules and gilt title to spine, new endpapers. Pale stain to margins throughout up to leaf 104, then slightly heavier stains with tide lines to leaf 125 which just touch the text, all still legible, also a smaller darker brown stain in the upper margins sometimes affecting… Read More

Leicester, Brockhampton, 1966.. FIRST EDITION 1966, 8vo, pink boards, 122 pages. Illustrations in line by Richard Rose. No inscriptions, a Fine clean copy in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, just very slightly rubbed on corners and at tail of spine, minute nick at bottom of lower hinge, lower panel very lightly soiled). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976. No inscriptions, a Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1993.. FIRST EDITION 1993, oblong 4to, 198 x 237 mm, 7¾ x 9¼ inches, colour illustrated glazed yellow boards, (32) pages. Delightul coloured illustration throughout for this picture book for young children. Enchanting dressed elephant family. Large print simple text. Tiny bump at head of spine, tiny rub at tail of spine and to lower corners, small superficial crease to title page. No inscriptions, near Fine copy (issued without dustwrapper). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.