Search Results: Titles starting with R from GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS (PBFA)

An original hand-coloured lithograph for John Gould's Birds of Great Britain, 1862-73.
Beautifully mounted, glazed and framed ready for presentation. 50 * 70 cm.
There is a light pencil note indicating this is the "Red-throated Bluebreast", a couple of very minor chips to the frame, otherwise in fine condition.
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First Edition. Octavo, pp. [xvi], 461, [3, publisher's catalogue], erratic pagination, engraved portrait of the Grand Duke, engraved frontispiece-portrait of the Earl of Carlisle; mounted and the side slightly extended by hand. Bound in contemporary calf, re-backed with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, raised bands with gilt rules. Printed for John Starkey (London), 1669.
Some very minor rubbing to the boards, a small area of loss to bottom right corner of pp. 461 (not affecting any text). A near fine example.
In this work, Guy Miege, Under-Secretary to the English Ambassador Charles Howard, the first Earl of Carlisle; Ambassador to Russia, Sweden, and Denmark from 1663 to 1664, provides a first-hand account of the official English Embassy to Russia. Miege offers insight into Russian diplomacy and the reception provided to senior foreign dignitaries by the Russian state.
In 1668, Ambassador Charles Howard was "sent as ambassador-extraordinary with the Garter to Charles XI of Sweden. With the… Read More

Relative To Certain Charges Made By The Earl Of Dunraven Concerning The Recent Match For The America's Cup.
First Edition. Royal 8vo., pp. 556. Bound in contemporary half green morocco gilt, marbled sides, raised bands, gilt lettering and fillets in compartments, top edge gilt, stamp–signed by Stikeman & Co. Printed for the Club by Douglas Taylor & Co. (New York), 1896.
An almost imperceptible indentation to the spine of the binding, corners gently rubbed, otherwise a fine copy.
This copy has notable provenance, containing the bookplate of David B. Ogden (1895-1923) to the front free endpaper. "David B. Ogden had practiced half a century at the bar of New York City, where he had been born. Associated in legal partnership with John E. Parsons and Edward M. Shepard, he was counsel for important business enterprises, director in a number of companies, member of the Trinity Vestry and counsel for the Trinity Corporation. He was a man of many friends; of varied interests and pleasing conversation; a wide… Read More

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper: "Charles love Roald Dahl". Octavo, Publisher's blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, Publisher's dust jacket, profusely illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake, two printed postcards promoting the signing of the work at Harrods loosely inserted. Published by Jonathan Cape (London), 1989.
A fine example with just a very tiny bump to the bottom of the spine and slight ghosting of the Author's signature to front paste-down.
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A vintage matte-finish portrait photograph of the Explorer Richard E. Byrd by theesteemed Photographer Louis Fabian Bachrach.
Signed and Inscribed in fountain pen by Byrd, "Oct. 12, 1927, To Mr. Bachrach, with best wishes, R. E. Byrd."
A lovely portrait of Byrd, signed just three months after his famous transatlantic flight, and presented to a pioneer of portrait photography. Rare thus.
In fine condition, with lightly trimmed borders.
The Bachrach Photography Studio was established in 1868, in Maryland (US) by David Bachrach. His son, Louis Fabian Bachrach (1881-1963), was taught photography by his Father and started to run the business from the 1920s. Louis Fabian Bachrach expanded the business after taking over from his Father, setting up studios across the US, where he photographed many of the rich and famous of the time. He was awarded numerous honours for his contributions to photography, and under his stewardship, the Bachrach name became synonymous with fine portrait photography. (University of… Read More

First Edition. Small quarto, [8], 93, 30-191, 176-[184], [4] pp., text continuous despite pagination, title inscribed "Sum Ashursti..... 1649", Latin manuscript notes to folding blank leaf before title, English manuscript side notes, some on folding fore-edge flaps. Bound in full calf by Hatton of Manchester, binder's signature to front turn-in, ornate corner pieces, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, spine in six compartments with floral tooling, marbled endpapers, all edges sprinkled in red. Published by Richard Bishop (London), 1649. A little rubbing to the binding, some occasional minor browning, marginal repairs to L1 and final leaf. A very good copy of this scarce and important work. This copy has notable provenance containing the armorial bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield's North Library to the front pastedown, and also the armorial blind-stamp to the title page and second leaf. "The library of the earls of Macclesfield was created in the first fifty years or so of the eighteenth… Read More

First Edition. 8vo., lithograph-printed by McLagan & Cumming of Edinburgh, illustrated with 16 tipped-in colour plates within decorative calligraphic borders. Finely bound in Publisher's red morocco gilt, the cover picked out with four green leaf leather onlays, top-edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, housed in Publisher's pictorial box en suite with tissue guard. Published by George G. Harrap & Co (London), 1909.
Light spotting to the endpapers, the occasional very minor blemish, otherwise a fine copy. The rare original Publisher's pictorial box, a little rubbed and marked, very good.
This copy has an interesting and notable provenance, having previously been owned by the descendants of William Hamilton, an art-binder employed by the Harrap bindery.
A wonderful production of this magisterial work, and with the presence of the rare original Publisher's pictorial box.
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