Search Results: Authors starting with E from Roger Middleton

London, Longman, Brown and Co.; and 10 others, 1856.. Collected edition 1856, 12mo, 147 x 95 mm, 5¾ x 3¾ inches, blue morocco grain cloth with blind stamped decoration, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, yellow endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and added engraved title page with vignette, both designed by J. Buckley, 276 pages. Spine slightly rubbed, small splits at top and bottom of hinges, maximum 10 mm (½"), tiny nicks to cloth at head and tail of spine, board edges a little rubbed, inner paper hinges split and stuck neatly, neat early name on front endpaper, tiny ink mark to a couple of margins, 4 on text but no loss, otherwise clean, 1 gathering a little slack. A good plus copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

No publisher or date.. Circa 1850, 2 unframed brightly hand coloured lithographs, approximately 345 x 250 mm, 13½ x 10 inches, Edouard Travies' printed signature to the lower margin. A little pale age-browning to margins and blank sides, old ink name to blank side of male plate with slight show through, otherwise very good. Edouard Travies specialised in illustrations of natural history. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Ideal Publishing Union Ltd The National Temperance Publication Depot 33 Paternoster Row, 1898.. FIRST EDITION 1898. 8vo, approximately 185 x 120 mm, 7¼ x 4¾ inches, small illustrations in the text, pages: vii, 1-220, plus 2 pages of adverts, original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. Spine slightly faded, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, ink name on verso title page, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Faber, 1990.. FIRST EDITION WITH LE CAIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS 1990, small oblong 4to, 190 x 265 mm, 7½ x 10½ inches, colour illustrated boards, (24) pages. Wonderful lively full page coloured illustrations of stylised cats having fun. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. This book was the last picture book illustrated by Le Cain and was published posthumously. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, William Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, (1830).. Circa 1830. Contains the following 4 works listed on the general title page in English: La petite Entremetteuse (The Little Meddler); Le Nid d'Oiseaux (The Bird's Nest); Comment passer un Heureux Noel (How to spend a Happy Christmas); Les Animaux Muets (Dumb Animals); all translated into French by A. F. E. Lepee. 12mo, 145 x 90 mm, 5¾ x 3½ inches, pages: [4], 36, 36, 36, 36, publisher's adverts on pages [3]-[4], original red roan backed marbled boards, gilt title to spine, each tale with a title page in French, a very attractive 3 panel folding copper engraved frontispiece (175 x 145 mm, 5¾ x 7 inches), and 2 plates. Only the first tale is dated: 1829. Spine slightly faded, tiny chip to tail of spine, corners slightly worn, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, faint offsetting on title pages, fore-edge of frontispieces to Tales 2 and 3 slightly browned, not affecting image, No. 2 has a vertical misfold, a few light fox spots to 1 margin, otherwise… Read More

London, William Darton, (1830).. FIRST EDITION in French circa 1830, the first story dated 1829 on its separate title page, the other 3 undated. Approximately 143 x 90 mm, 5¾ x 3½ inches, original black roan spine, marbled boards, gilt title to spine in double ruled gilt frame, pages: (4), 36, 36, 36, 36. Double sided advert leaf for Elliott's works bound after general title page. Each of the 4 stories has a title page, a delightful folding copper plate frontispiece, image size 118 x 160 (4½" x 6¼"), plus 2 engraved plates. Spine and corners slightly worn, a little marbled paper chipped off along board edges, rear endpaper removed, occasional very neat ink correction to error in French text, very little pencil scribble erased from a couple of margins, early inscriptions on endpapers, tiny chip to lower margin of 1 folding plate. A very good copy. Moon, Elliott, No.415; The Dartons, page 398, No.H425; Gumuchian 2388, Oppenheimer 828 and 829. The book is inscribed to Emma Deane by her Aunt who has… Read More

London, William Darton, no date (1825).. Circa 1825-1830, 12mo, 140 x 90 mm, 5½ x 3½ inches, thin card covers with repeat of title page printed on upper cover and adverts for all Elliott's French editions on lower cover, large folding engraved frontispiece and 2 charming engraved plates, all 3 plates showing little girls and a doll, 36 pages. Expertly restitched with new matching spine, covers slightly stained, inscription to inside of upper cover, offsetting to title page from frontispiece, a couple of small light stains to text, 1 tiny hole with loss of 1 letter, all easily legible. Acceptable copy of scarce title. See Marjorie Moon, Bibliography of Elliott, page 128, No. 435; The Dartons, page 406, No. H466. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, printed for R. Baldwin at the Rose in Pater-noster-Row, 1754.. TITLE CONTINUED: Shewing, I. The Benefit of making Plantations with the right Sort of Cyder Apple and Perry Pear-Trees. II. Of the various Soils, and proper Situations for Plantations of the Hereford and Southams right Cyder Apple and Perry Pear-Trees. III. Of raising and planting the right Sort of these Trees. IV. Various Methods of dressing and pruning these Trees. V. Of gathering, hoarding, and sweating, Cyder and Perry Fruit. VI. Of fermenting and racking Cyder and Perry. VII. Several Ways of preparing Casks to preserve these Liquors sound and pleasant. VIII. To make a sweet Cyder out of a rough Cyder. IX. Several Ways to make Cyder stronger than ordinary. X. Of making a good Cyder from Crab Apples. XI. Of improving Cyder made from greenish Fruit. XII. Of making bad Cyder Apple-Trees become good ones. XIII. Two Cases, shewing how to recover damaged Cyders. XIV. Various Methods of making Cyders in different Countries. XV. Of… Read More

London, David Nutt, 1898.. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1898, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES (THIS IS COPY 202) AND SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHER, P. H. EMERSON. Large 8vo, approximately 265 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, illustrated with 4 photogravures with tissue guards, 1 being a portrait of P.H. Emerson, nine line drawings and seventy-six illustrations from photographs, and including eighteen sheet pedigrees, pages: xiv, 1-168 plus large Appendix of Authorities numbered in roman numerals, i-cxxxv, bound in publisher's pale green cloth. Slight wear at head and tail of spine, cloth faded, spine darkened, corners slightly worn and 1 corner bumped, endpapers and half-title foxed, title page lightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Paris, a Leide (suivant la copie de Paris), Pierre van der Aa, Marchand Libraire,1685.. TITLE CONTINUED: Ouvrage tres utile & necessaire a toutes sortes de personnes, pour la conservation de leur vie. Experimentez & composez par le Sieur d'Emery. DERNIERE EDITION, beaucoup augmentee, revue, corigee et enrichie de tailles-douces. 1685, printed in Holland, much enlarged, revised and corrected, in 2 parts, the second part with its own title page, French text, 12mo, approximately 140 x 80 mm, 5½ x 3 inches, engraved additional pictorial title page divided into compartments showing a kitchen, gardening, an artist's studio, and the laboratory of an alchemist, plus 8 ENGRAVED PLATES by A. Schoonebeek, pages: [10], 1-398, [40]; [2], 441-648, followed by 16 pages of tables, bound in full antique speckled calf, expertly rebacked to match, raised bands with blind rules, gilt lettered red morocco label, all edges speckled red. Covers very slightly worn, slight wear to corners, small bookplate on front pastedown,… Read More

London, Tinsley Bothers, no date, circa 1881.. SECOND EDITION circa 1881 (British Library accession date), 8vo, approximately 180 x 120 mm, 7 x 4¾ inches, portrait frontispiece of author, 10 full page illustrations, 73 pages, with an extra leaf inserted after page 58, numbered 58 A, followed by 21 pages of adverts, original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to upper cover, original coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, printed for P. Elmsly in the Strand. MDCCLXXXVIII (1788).. FIRST EDITION 1788. Lacks half title. Slim 4to, aproximately 260 x 190 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, 2 plates, 1 folding, pages: iv, 1-25, bound in marbled boards with new endpapers. Spine lightly rubbed, 1 tiny repair to folding plate, not affecting image, tiny stab holes to inner margin of other plate, otherwise a very good copy. See: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, Volume 2, page 525. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1933.. FIRST EDITION 1933, miniature book 84 x 73 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, frontispiece of African elephant and 32 illustrations, 9 full page, all by Englefield, (76) pages, bound in original publisher's red stiff boards, cut flush, coloured illustration of polar bear on both covers, lettered white, double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover, vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. Stories about wild animals, tigers, camels, rhinoceros, kangaroo etc. No inscriptions, spine very slightly rubbed, a couple of small light score marks to covers, faintest foxing to page edges, 1 inner joint slightly cracked, binding tight and firm. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, J. Saville, 1929.. FIRST EDITION 1929, LIMITED EDITION OF 220 COPIES, THIS COPY No. 171 SIGNED BY JACOB EPSTEIN. Oblong approximately 260 x 320 mm, 10 x 12½ inches, title page and 4 pages of introduction followed by seventy-five pencil and ink drawings of the female nude, bound in full vellum, title to spine and upper cover in black lettering, gilt top edge, the others uncut. Very good copy, lacking slipcase. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Paris, S.E.M.I. (Societe d'Editions Musicales Internationales) (1947).. FIRST EDITION (1947), 240 x 160 mm, 9½ x 6¼ inches, colour printed light blue illustrated paper wraps now bound into white cloth boards colour printed with red, yellow and blue pattern of little dogs and flowers, (no lettering), 16 pages, French text. 16 little songs each surrounded with charming coloured illustrations by Estachy. Cloth slightly darkened around edges and on spine, tiny hole at centrefold of last 2 blank endpapers. No inscriptions, a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Bodley Head, 1960.. FIRST UK EDITION 1960, 8vo, blue boards gilt, 320 pages. Charming line illustration throughout by Louis Slobodkin. Tiny bump to top corner of upper cover, no inscriptions. Near Fine in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, slightly faded on spine, very slightly worn at head of spine, slightly dusty on lower panel with a couple of small light stains). First published in the US in 1943. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Printed by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton and John Bill, 1606.. SECOND EDITION 1606. Translation into English by Richard Surflet of: L'agriculture et maison rustique. 8vo, approximately 215 x 155 mm, 8½ x 6 inches, 35 woodcut text illustrations of varying sizes, woodcut vignette on title page, woodcut headpieces and woodcut initials, printed marginalia, title page has Contents on verso. Pages: [30], 1-901, plus 27 pages of Tables with last page blank, lacks first page A1 blank except for signature mark, signatures: A8, b8, B-3N8, jump in pagination "374-376" no leaf missing, catchwords and signatures correct, pages 28, 373-379 & 638 misnumbered, See: Library Hub Discover, Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries, for good description. Bound in full calf, gilt lettered title and date to spine, blind decoration to spine and covers, new endpapers, oval bookplate of Carl Franz George Richard Schwerdt to first free endpaper, bibliographer of Hunting, Hawking and Shooting Books and another engraved… Read More

Bristol, Geo. Gordon & Son, Printers, 19 Old King Street, Bristol, [1913].. TITLE CONTINUED: in which perished Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, R.N., C.V.O., F.R.G.S., Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson, B.A., M.B., F.Z.S., Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Dragoons, Lieut. R.H. Bowers, Royal Indian Marine, Petty Officer Evans. Photographic portrait of Captain Scott pasted on front cover. FIRST EDITION [1913]. Thin 8vo, approximately 220 x 140 mm, 8½ x 5 ½ inches, map on title page and 8 photographic illustrations, 16 pages, last leaf adverts, original grey card wrappers with mounted photograph, pages stapled in and staples now rusty. Mounted photograph slightly wrinkled with tiny crease to lower corner, tiny spot to lower margin and some pale browning to advert leaf, otherwise a very good copy of an ephemeral item. See Sydney A. Spence, Antarctic Miscellany, page 54, No. 429. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shop at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCLXIV,1664.. TITLE CONTINUED: As it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the xvth of October, MDCLXII, Upon Occasion of Certain Queries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honorable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. To which is Annexed POMONA: Or, an Appendix Concerning Fruit-Trees in Relation to CIDER, with contributions on the making of cider by other writers: John Beale, Sir Paul Neile, John Newburgh, Doctor Smith, and Capt. Taylor, and The Making and Several ways of Ordering it. Published by Express Order of the ROYAL SOCIETY. Also, KALENDARIUM HORTENSE or GARD'NERS ALMANAC Directing what he is to do Monethly, throughout the Year. FIRST EDITION 1664 IN 3 PARTS, each with its own DATED TITLE PAGE. 4to, approximately 300 x 200 mm, 12 x 8 inches, 2 woodcut illustrations in the texts, first and third titles printed in… Read More

London, printed by T[homas] R[oycroft] for Benj. Tooke, at the sign of the Ship in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1674.. TITLE CONTINUED: with special regard to the English nation; their several voyages and expeditions, to the beginning of our late differences with Holland; in which His Majesties title to the dominion of the sea is asserted, against the novel, and later pretenders. By J. Evelyn Esq; S.R.S. From the ROBERT PIRIE COLLECTION. FIRST EDITION 1674. Small 8vo, approximately 185 x 115 mmm, 6¾ x 4¼ inches, woodcut headpiece and initial, pages: [8] including initial blank, 1-120, followed by Table [14], errata and 2 pages of adverts, collation A1-K4, A1 is a blank, K3 Errata on recto, verso blank, K4 advert leaf, Robert S. Pirie's bookplate to first pastedown, plus an old ink name (George Spens) dated September 15th 1684 on rear pastedown. Bound in full contemporary leather with modern reback, gilt lettered title label, gilt rules and date to spine. Slight damage repaired to top corner of upper cover,… Read More