London, Grant Richards, 1897. The following is printed on the verso of the half-title, facing the title page: 'Of this book there is a very limited edition printed on Japanese vellum numbered and signed by the Author'. This copy is not numbered or signed, nor is it printed on Japanese..... More

London, Edward Lloyd, 1896 and 1897. The set comprises BOWDLER SHARPE, R.: British Birds (four volumes with 124 colour plates); OGILVIE-GRANT, W.R.: Handbook to the Game Birds (two volumes with 42 colour plates); KIRBY, W.F.: Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera (five volumes with 159 colour plates); FORBES, H.O.: Handbook to..... More

London, George G. Harrap and Company, 1913. With numerous illustrations and plates (some in colour) from photographs and drawings. A Derby School prize binding, with the school's crest in gilt on the front cover and armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; not stated as such, but we know the recipient..... More

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1882 (sixteenth edition). More

Paris, Editions de Mornay, 1930 (first thus). Number 186 of a total edition of 1000 copies, this being one of 852 copies on Rives paper (numbered 149-1000). The 53rd title in the Les Beaux Livres series. More

Paris, F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909 [first thus]. Number 816 of a total edition of 1200 copies, this being one of 1050 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper, intialled 'F.F.' by the publisher François Ferroud, who had succeeded his better-known uncle André Ferroud as head of the firm..... More

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879 (new edition). Prize binding of Merchant Taylor's School. Pigeon and Pugh Mercantile Prize, 1881. 'Merchant Taylors School, one of the major public (privately endowed) schools in England ... The school was founded (1561) by the Merchant Taylors Company of London, an incorporated group of..... More

London, Shoberl, 1852. 'I have endeavoured to give a general outline of my life and proceedings in the colony; pointing out the discomforts, annoyances, losses, and dangers to which the settler is exposed'; with 74 pages (and other scattered references) on the Aborigines. Ferguson 10365: 'Very interesting descriptions of various..... More

London, Ward, Lock and Co., 1889. One of the Minerva Library of Famous Books. More

Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1937 (first thus). Number 941 of a total edition of 3200 copies, this being one of 2870 copies on 'beau vélin' paper (numbered 330-3200). More

[Paris, Georges Crès and Éditions Les Arts et le Livre, under the imprint] L'Intelligence, 1926 (first thus). Number 1044 of a total edition of 1230 copies, this being one of 1000 copies on 'vélin de Rives' paper (numbered 231-1230). The fifth title in the L'Intelligence series. More

London, Printed for Hurst, Chance, and Co.... and Effington Wilson, 1830. Fortunately, the first paragraph of the lengthy preface to this very lengthy poetical work (replete with numerous footnotes) provides the context: 'Intending to compose a few lines to prefix a work* ["Hampden in the Nineteenth Century, or Colloquies on..... More

London, John Murray, 1875/ 1874. Provenance: James Richard Fowler (1865-1939), of the Adelaide-based wholesale grocery dynasty, with his ownership signature in ink in each volume (and his neat underlining and marginal marks in pencil on virtually EVERY page). More