[A Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, from the 1920s concerning the early days of Broadcasting in the UK] by [Various] - 1923-1935

London: Longmans, Green & Company, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 10 Volumes, 12mo, 5 x 7.5 inches. Blue cloth covers, occasionally chipped; paper labels worn (nearly to the point of illegibility); interior moderately toned, but supple. Clean.

Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth history of the city which also includes sections on the Company of Golfers, the Society of Bowlers, the Royal Company of Archers and the Company of Hunters. Some wear to extremities, small stain to front board, two old repairs to map and front hinge, joints partially split, two small mends to page 163. Internally very clean. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.

London: George C. Leighton 1861. (Folio) 678pp. Very good. 3 / 4 leather with marbled boards. Profusely illustrated. Lacking the colored engravings. The boards are worn at the edges. (History--England, Illustrated London News).

Printed by B Dewhirst for Robinson, Son, and Houldsworth, Leeds and John Hurst, Wakefield, Leeds; Wakefield, 1816. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I. Loidis and Elmete: Or, An Attempt to Describe Districts Described in those Words by Bede; and Supposed to Embrace the Lower Portions of Aredale and Wharfdale Together with the Entire Vale of Calder in the County of York. Volume II. Ducatus Leodiensis: or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes and Parts Adjacent, in the West-Riding of the County of York. With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts; Extracted from Records, Original Evidences, and Manuscripts. To Which is Added, at the Request of Several Learned Persons, A Catalogue of His Museum, with the Curiosities Natural and Artificial, and the Antiquities, Particularly the Roman, British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Scotch Coins, With Modern Medals. Also A Catalogue of… Read More

London : Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808 A fair to good copy of the second revised edition of Dr Barry's comprehensive account of the Orkney Islands in contemporary full leather binding. With folding map and 11 full page plates. The binding has gilt-lined raised bands, decorative gilt compartments and title label to spine, with titles and gilt border to front board. It is clean, but with wear to corners (with leather loss), and the top and bottom of the spine. There is splitting at the front spine joint. The endpapers are marbled, with the armorial bookplate of F Monteith Ogilvie to the front pastedown, and the decorative bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson, a noted Orcadian book collection to the fep. There are some loose newspaper cuttings relevant to Orkney at the front endpapers. large fold out map of the Orkney Islands; title with signatures to top; dedication, preface to 2nd edition and contents listing pp xvi; text pp 1-398 withh 11 plates; appendix pp 401-498; Index 499-513. The… Read More

London: William Smith, 1840. Two volumes handsomely bound in contemporary unsigned American full calf, backs ornately gilt and with two morocco labels with gilt lettering and gilt tail date, covers double gilt ruled borders with gilt ruled edges, marbled end pages and page edges, the armorial bookplates of John G. Watmough and David Milne. Near Fine, shelf rubbing bottom edges, small rubs at raised bands and corners, joints showing light wear, the engravings moderately toned. 51 engravings. . Later British Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.

London: Printed for John Major and Robert Jennings, 1829. Tall 8vo, half crushed red morocco over marbled boards, matching marbled end pages, top edge gilt, small bookplate of Frances Evelyn Paton front paste down, pencil signature of David Paton 2nd free front end page. Very Good, front joint starting to open at bottom edge, top corners bumped, moderate toning to frontis illustrated page only, rest of pages clean and free of toning. A quite handsome copy of one of the standard works on the Great Charter, and rather uncommon in the first edition. . First Edition. Half Morocco over Marbled Boar. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers , 1864. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, the backs with intricate gilt tooled decorations and red and brown morocco labels, end papers and edges marbled. Very Good, light rubbing to calf at edges and corners. . First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman , 1841. SCARCE in contemporary fine binding, two volumes in polished calf, the backs with black and red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooling, marbled end papers and edges, the bookplates of Walmer Castle and a later 20th c. owner front end papers, prior owner inscriptions in pencil and ink concerning Walmer Castle and Cattermole's engravings, "considered to be some of his finest". Very Good, the calf rubbed and soiled. Both volumes with frontis engravings and engraved title pages, Vol. I with 7 engravings in text, Vol. II with 13 in text. The title pages call for 15 in Vol. I and 13 in Vol. II, leaving the possibility of 4 missing engravings, however no evidence of removal. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tyron, Thomas. (1634-1703) A Dialogue Between an East-Indian Brackmanny, or Heathen-Philosopher, and a French-Gentleman, Concerning the Present Affairs in Europe. London: Printed for D. Newman, and R. Baldwin; at the King's—Arms in the Poultrey, and near the Oxford– Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1691.
Octavo, 4.25 x 7.2 in. Kk3-Kk8, Ll4; (This work was extracted from the title: The Way to Health.) This copy is bound in modern quarter calfskin and marbled paper boards. Quite scarce.
Thomas Tryon (1634-1703) , who had at various times in his life worked as a shepherd and a hatter, was greatly influenced by the writings of Behmen. It was a result of his familiarity with Behmen's work that Tryon adopted a lifestyle of self-denial. In his words, "My drink was only water, and food only bread and some fruit. But afterwards I had more liberty given me by my guide, Wisdom, viz. to eat butter and cheese. My clothing was mean and thin, for in all things self-denial was now become my real business. "(Some Memoirs p.… Read More