London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1920. First Edition. Small, thick octavo; publisher's dark green cloth, upper cover embossed in gilt; 912pp.; illus. throughout, including color advertisements. Light shelf-wear to cloth extremities, brief soiling to upper cover, gilt dulled, rear hinge repaired and a bit tight, textblock toned due to inferior..... More

London: Printed by Richard Badger, and are to be sold by Robert Allot, at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Beare, 1632. Second Edition. Thick folio (34.5cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, spine in seven compartments, all edges stained red; mixed pagination, collated and by all appearances..... More

Manchester: George Simms, 1853. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 16pp. Light wear and toning, otherwise in clean, stable condition, Very Good. Pamphlet on the need for education reform and advocating for the development of a national education system in 19th century Britain. More

[Exeter? Short Run Press, 2005]. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; 40pp.; illus. throughout. Very light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Small, uncommon work devoted to the short life and output of English inventor and photography pioneer Tom Wedgwood, uncle of Charles Darwin..... More

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1931-2. First Edition. Two volumes + folding maps in separate slipcase; publisher's purple cloth, gilt-lettered spines, maps housed in matching slipcase; lx,334; xiv,[335]-754pp. Ex-Oxford History Faculty Library with usual markings throughout, light wear to cloth extremities, spines toned to tan, corners bumped, else a Good..... More

London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1876. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards; xii,[2],220pp. Boards a bit scuffed at extremities, smallish square white stain mid-spine as well as faint old manuscript spine titling, contemporary ownership signature to front cover and bookseller ticket to front pastedown, endpapers toned, front..... More

New York: Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, [1915]. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Frontispiece + 15 additional black and white illustrations on yellow background. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards rubbed at corners, edges and spine ends, with darkening to spine, some soiling..... More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's goldenrod pictorial cloth stamped in red and black, in illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); 310pp. Creasing, wear, and chipping to the top and bottom edges and corners of jacket, shallow losses to spine ends, cloth a bit dust-soiled..... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's light blue cloth lettered in black; 328pp.; five leaves of illus. Slightly sun faded spine, cover with some fading and soiling, tapped corners. Clean interior with sound binding and no signs of foxing. By Francis Beeding (pseud. John Leslie Palmer)..... More

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. First Mariners Library Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price, blue topstain; 219pp.; frontispiece, four leaves of plates. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, rear panel a shade toned, light soil to upper cover cloth, topstain unevenly faded, else a Very Good..... More