Ophthalmic Surgery
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887. One of the 'Clinical Manuals for Practitioners and Students of Medicine' series. More
British Isles
Wallis's Tour through England and Wales. A New Geographical Pastime
London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More
Locomotives of the British Railways. Southern Group. A Pictorial Record. [Together with] ... London, Midlands & Scottish Group. A Pictorial Record
London, Andrew Dakers Limited, [1950s] and 1955. More
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Locomotives at the Grouping. [Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4]
London, Ian Allan, [1965], 1966, 1966 and 1966. The complete set. Titles are; Volume 1: Southern Railway; Volume 2: London & North Eastern Railway; Volume 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway; and Volume 4: Great Western Railway. More
The History of the University of Oxford. Volume II: Late Medieval Oxford
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. The front free endpaper has a short gift inscription signed 'Leonard' (Oxford, 1 February 1993): we know it to be from Father Leonard Eugene Boyle OP, OC, scholar, palaeographer, and Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997. More
Wickets and Goals. Stories of Play
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
The Old-World House. Its Furniture & Decoration
London, A. and C. Black, Ltd., 1924. Provenance: [Sir] Edward Wheewall Holden (1885-1947), the influential motor-body builder whose business became a household name. His armorial bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown of each volume (along with the small paper label of the contemporary Adelaide bookseller F.W. Preece). [2 items]..... More
Freedom of Speech
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1990 (facsimile edition)/ 1920. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
A Journal or, Historical Account of the Life, Travels and Christian Experiences, of that Antient [sic], Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley, who departed this Life in the Island of Tortola, the Fourth Day of the Ninth Month, 1741
London, Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1751 (second edition)/ 1749. Offered with a copy in similar condition of the first edition of a companion volume, 'The Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley ... containing his Epistles and Other Writings' (London, Luke Hinde, 1751). London-born..... More
An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns, and of the Losses of her Trade from every War since the Revolution. A new edition to which is prefixed a dedication to Dr James Currie, the reputed author of 'Jasper Wilson's Letter'
London, John Stockdale, 1794 [new edition]/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns, and of the Losses of her Trade from every War since the Revolution. A New Edition to which is prefixed a Dedication to Dr James Currie, the Reputed Author of 'Jasper Wilson's Letter'
London, John Stockdale, 1794 (new edition)/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
A History of Currency in the British Colonies
Colchester, John Drury, 1972 [facsimile]/ 1893. One of 500 copies. More
Uniforms and Equipment of the British Army in World War I. A Study in Period Photographs
Atglen, Schiffer Military History, 2005. 'Royal Flying Corps, Field Infantry, MGC and Tank Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Infantry Weapons, Insignia' (sub-title). More
The Little Sister
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1949 [first British edition]. More
The Narrow Boat Book
Weybridge, Whittet Books, 1978. More
Field-Marshal Earl Haig
London, Cassell and Company, 1929. With a foreword by John Buchan. More
Canterbury Tales. In Contemporary Verse by J.U. Nicolson
Franklin Center, The Franklin Library, 1981 (first thus). John Urban Nicolson (1885-1944), notable translator and author; the woodcut illustrations originate 'from a facsimile of Samuel Pepys' own copy of Chaucer's works'. More
Roger, Bishop of Worcester 1164-1179
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980. 'An English Bishop of the Age of Becket'. More
The Evolution of British Town Planning
Heath and Reach, Leonard Hill Books, 1974. More
Facsimile Editions of Early English Children's Books from the Osborne Collection, Toronto Public Library. [35 facsimile volumes in 28 slipcases, plus the descriptive companion volume]
London, Bodley Head, 1983/ [the originals date from the 1700s and 1800s]. The 35 titles are: Orbis Sensualium Pictus; Goody Two-Shoes; A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses; The Birth-Day Gift, or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers cut by a Lady; The Death and Burial..... More
Rock Gardens and Rock Plants. Report of the Conference held by the Royal Horticultural Society and the Alpine Garden Society..
London, The Royal Horticultural Society, 1948 (second impression)/ 1936. More
The Complete Miss Marple Short Stories
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (fifth printing)/ 2003. Introduction by Stella Duffy. More
Blood and Thunder. The Boys of Eton College and the First World War
Brimscombe Port, The History Press, 2014. 'Thousands of Old Etonians flocked to the front, with many of them stepping out of the classroom, into the army and onto the battlefields before they had left their teenage years behind. Over 1,200 of them would not return. Historian Alexandra Churchill's groundbreaking narrative..... More
Two photographs of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at the Bradford Town Hall on 6 December 1942
The first one shows Churchill arriving, standing in the rear of an open vehicle. In the second one, he is seen addressing the huge crowd from the steps of the Town Hall. His informal speech, a warning against complacency, was widely reported at the time. The full text is readily..... More
Arms and the Covenant. Speeches ... Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. [Speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defence (cover sub-title)]
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938 (first edition). 'Churchill has, during the six years 1932-38, achieved an extraordinary ascendancy in the House of Commons.... This book ... comprises more than forty of the speeches which he has delivered during this time on the paramount topics of foreign affairs..... More