History from Madoc Books

London: 17, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row: William Mark Clark, 1838. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LIZARS D. 119 Weekly parts, 2 columns per page, bound into 2 volumes, 1838 & 1840. In worn half calf, faded gilt tooling over worn blue marbled boards. Spines worn, some loss to both, faded,… Read more about this item

Edinburgh; London: George Ramsey & Company; and Archibald Constable and Company; and Longman, Hurst......, 1812. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LIZARS D. Comprises account of Wrecks, from the year 1421 to 1807. 3 volumes, respined, gilt tooling & titles, over contemporary worn tree calf, corners rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, half… Read more about this item

London. at the Three-Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain; and at the Angel without Temple-Bar.: J. Wilford; and T. Jauncy, 1720. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. KNELLER K. Clarendon's account of the events in Ireland after the death of Charles 1, the supplement to his famous History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars… Read more about this item

London: at the Angel and Bible in the Poultrey: Ben. Alsop, 1681. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In modern full calf to style, raised bands, gilt titles to red & green calf labels. Internally, [10], 11-396 pp, [1] adverts, [1] ms index, ms ink authors name & initials (JB) to… Read more about this item

London: dwellyng ouer Aldersgate: John Day, 1563. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. First edition, black letter, double column, 2 folding woodcut plates, 44 woodcut illustrations within text, woodcut historiated or decorative initials (including one large depicting Queen Elizabeth enthroned in her coronation robes) & tail-pieces, printed slip at foot of… Read more about this item

White-Lyon in Paules-Church-yard [London]: John Dawson, 1637. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition in English of the saint's most important work: DE OFFICIIS (On the Duties of the Clergy). 4 parts in 1, each with its own title. In contemporary blind tooled boards, tips repaired. Re-spined, to… Read more about this item

Lipsiae [Leipzig]: GROSSII Joh. & BRAUNIUM Frider; WITTIGAU Johannis & LANCKISII Friderici; LANCKISIANORUM Haeredum, 1709. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG+, 3 volumes in 1, 1709, 1690 & 1696, Latin, title pages with a printers device & in red & black inks. In near contemporary full vellum, a few small marks, faint ink… Read more about this item

London: George Bell and Sons, 1900. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In attractive half maroon morocco over maroon marble cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt title & date. Internally, limitation, half title, tissue guarded portrait frontis, title in red & black, [5], 204 pp, [1], 12 decorative initial letters,… Read more about this item

London Pancras Lane Cheapside: William Tegg & Co., 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. VG+ in ink printed maroon cloth gilt titles. Spine, no title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, lithographed title, [7], (viii-xvi), [1], 2-77 pp, 11 lithographed plates (printed in black, silver & bronze, with title captions, unsigned & without… Read more about this item

London: 23, Cornhill: Pelham Richardson, 1850. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PARKS Fanny & others. Not only is this one of the most readable travel memoirs of the day, but perhaps one of the most unique, with such female voices and perspectives infrequently found in print during the period.… Read more about this item

London:: Printed for the Author, 1724. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. STUKELEY William. Complete with 101 copper plates First edition, folio, rebacked, to style, over contemporary marked boards, corners bumped & worn. Raised bands & printed paper label to spine. Internally, frontis, [12], [1], 2-198 pp,… Read more about this item

London: The Strand: T Cadell, Jun. and W Davies, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PALMER MAULL HARDING JENNINGS R.H. HOARE GRIMM Etc. Superb extra illustrated copy of a Welsh Classic. First edition, all complete in 20c calf spines (to style) over contemporary sprinkled calf, corners… Read more about this item

London, Red Lion Passage : J Nichols, 1781. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. BALY. COOK.. VG+, Complete, First Edition, 1781, Quarto. [2], (iii-iv), [2], (iii-viii), [1], 2-342, (3), 344-470, 471*477*, 471-540, 547-557 pp, [1], some miss numbering but complete, one folding and one full page map, two portrait plates, 5… Read more about this item

Swansea, Beili Glas, 15 Chaddeslay Terrace: D. Rhus Phillips, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st ed, VG+, 27 illustrations. In green gilt printed cloth. Spine, faded slightly, gilt titles. Internally, half title, [5], (vi) only, [3], 10-816 pp, 27 illustrations (B&W, many with 2… Read more about this item

London St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C.: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivinton Limited, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. STANLEY Henry M. HARDY P. SCHONBERG. FORESTER. MONTBARD. HALL. OXENHAM. CARRERAS. etc. Ink signed & dated by Stanley, with one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps. Two… Read more about this item

Londini: : Guiliemi Bowyer, 1731. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. GULIELMIO Moses. VG+, 1731, 1st ed, 1 map, in modern (to style) half calf, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label, over blue paper boards. Internally, map frontis, [8], 117 pp [ie 171], [12] index, 1 map… Read more about this item

London Piccadilly: Chatto and Windus, 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near fine copy of the first edition of THE source of information on swords by the noted British traveler Sir Richard Burton with 293 illustrations. In the original pictorial boards, corners bumped slightly. Spine, silver tooling & titles,… Read more about this item

London: C. Hullmandel. etc, 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. TOWNSEND J. GREEN Wm. IC&SA. BAILEY T. PICKERING G. Etc. A Collection of Topographical Plates in aid of the Anti-Slavery Society In contemporary worn half maroon morocco over faded maroon cloth, corners worn. Spine, raided bands, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, no title… Read more about this item

Chepstow: C. Hullmandel. etc. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. COLEMAN John. 16 unrecorded Views in Monmouthshire c1833, Rare, 1st & only edition, in old style new half calf over contemporary boards, spine with gilt titles. Internally, 16 leafs of views, generally 25*165 mm, most (15) with the tissue guards, some printed by C… Read more about this item

London 26, Ivy Lane Paternoster Row : J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, 1894. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. TICKELL R. Eustace. The Flooding of the Elan & Claerwen Valleys VG+, 1894, in the publishers printed grey cloth, gilt & black ink titles, corners rubbed. Spine, re-laid,… Read more about this item