Gift Ideas
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ROBINSON, Alan James (artist), and Laurie BLOCK.
An Odd Bestiary, or, a Compendium of instructive and entertaining Descriptions...
[Easthampton (MA),] Cheloniidae Press, 1982.
First edition, numbered 69 of 200 copies from a limited edition of 300 and signed by the artist.
£500
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BRIDGES, Robert.
Eros and Psyche, a Poem in XII Measures … with Wood-cuts from Designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
[Gregynog], The Gregynog Press, 1935.
One of 300 copies, one of the most beautiful works from this press, with three-colour initials and a new typeface (used only in this volume) by Graily Hewitt.
£1500
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ANDREWS, Mark E.
The Science and Engineering of Materials: Theatre of Machine Books, 1472–1800.
Toronto, A.E Publications, 2023.
One of twenty-five finely bound numbered deluxe copies, with four original leaves bound in, of this extraordinary survey of four centuries of machine books, tracing the evolution of printing techniques and draughtsmanship alongside the development of the machines themselves.
£950
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ANDREWS, Mark E.
The Science and Engineering of Water: An illustrated catalogue of books and manuscripts on Italian hydraulics,...
Toronto, A.E. Publications, 2022.
A finely bound deluxe copy, one of twenty copies, of Mark Andrews’s lavishly illustrated catalogue tracing the development of science and engineering through the early modern period.
£675
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DREYFUS, John.
Aspects of French Eighteenth Century Typography. A study of type specimens in the Broxbourne Collection at Cambridge...
Cambridge, The Roxburghe Club, 1982.
A history of French type design in the eighteenth century based on the author’s detailed examinations of French type ornaments and typefounding methods.
£120
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[LABOURS OF THE MONTHS &c.]
Januarius. Februarius. Merz. April …
Nuremberg, Joh. Andreae Endterische Handlung, [second half of eighteenth century].
A scarce popular print depicting the labours of the months and signs of the zodiac, four continents, the four classical elements, and the four seasons.
£475
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MILBANK, Augustus Sussex.
A Treatise upon the political & social Condition of Europe, from the Fall of the Roman Empire, down to...
[Richmond, M. Bell for] London, Messrs Hatchard & Son, and Richmond, M. Bell, 1847.
First and only edition of a rare Yorkshire-printed treatise of social history by an amateur historian and educational enthusiast, inscribed by the author to the Countess of Sandwich.
£125
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[GREATTI, Giuseppe.]
L’Educazione. Poemetto in ottava rima.
Padua, 1796.
Only edition of this poem on the theme of education, dedicated to the Paduan noblewoman Arpalice Savorgnan di Brazzà, well-known in the city for her embrace of radicals and revolutionaries, which led her salon to be known as ‘l’unione dei giacobini’ (see di Brazzà, p. 714).
£350
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[BROUN, Richard, Sir.]
Memorabilia curliana Mabenensia.
Dumfries, John Sinclair, 1830.
Uncommon first edition of this charming work on the sport of curling by the eccentric Scottish baronet Sir Richard Broun (1801–1858), with a focus on his native Lochmaben, being one of the earliest books on the sport.
£450
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REID, Thomas.
Essays on the powers of the human mind; to which are prefixed, an Essay on quantity, and an Analysis of Aristotle’s...
[Edinburgh, W. Aitchison for] London, Ogle, Duncan & Co., and Edinburgh, J. Dick & Co. and W. Hunter, and Glasgow, M. Ogle, 1822.
A beautiful set of this small format edition of the principal philosophical works of the Scottish enlightenment philosopher Thomas Reid (1710–1796).
£750
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KEATS, John.
The Poems … arranged in chronological Order with a Preface by Sidney Colvin.
London, The Florence Press for Chatto & Windus, 1915.
No. 145 of 250 copies, in the deluxe vellum binding (for 45s); it could also be purchased in japon for a reduced price, and there was a trade edition on normal paper.
£1200
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VALERIANI MOLINARI, Luigi.
Discorsi concernenti la pubblica economia il gius pubblico e l’antico gius romano.
Bologna, Masi, 1809.
First edition of Valeriani’s (1758–1828) rare work of political economy presented as a science which stands as an organic complement to a nation’s set of legislation.
£750
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[POEMS ON DRINKING.]
Raccolta di brindisi per tutte le occasioni; apostrofi al vino; inni in lode di Bacco, canzoni da tavola;...
Milan, Emilio Croci, 1875.
First edition of this compact font of inspiration for all partygoers, containing odes to Bacchus, endless praise of the merits of wine, drinking songs, and toasts for every occasion, including a party of printers.
£200
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YRVEN, Marcelle.
La comédienne et le féminisme.
Paris, L. Pichon, 1914.
First edition of this feminist work on the necessity of a thorough literary and cultural education for women in theatre, by the celebrated actress Marcelle Yrven, presented to the editor-in-chief of Le Figaro’s literary supplement.
£250
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[BRITISH LIBRARY.]
The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue.
[London,] British Library, 1983.
First and only microfiche edition of ESTC, subsequently expanded into the English Short-Title Catalogue and made obsolete by digitisation.
£175
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[ANON.]
Quia Amore Langueo.
[Colophon:] Chiswick, Caradoc Press, 1902.
One of 250 copies on paper (there were also 20 on vellum), printed from a fifteenth-century manuscript at Lambeth Palace Library.
£75
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HARDY, Thomas.
Selected Poems … with Portrait & title page design engraved on the wood by William Nicholson.
London, [Ricciardi Press, Chiswick Press, for] The Medici Society, 1921.
No. 332 of 1025 copies. Also found bound in full vellum.
£150
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DURRELL, Lawrence.
Collected Poems.
London, Faber and Faber, [1960].
First edition, inscribed ‘For Geoff from Larry Durrell 1962 / “too much tape [?]” Eliot’.
£400
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MYERS, Robin, Andrew BURNETT, and Renae SATTERLEY.
‘I do not eat the bread of idleness’: Dr Andrew Coltée Ducarel 1713–1785,...
The Garendon Press, 2023.
This volume brings together revised versions of four of Robin Myers’s papers on aspects of Ducarel’s life and work published between 1994 and 2002, and ‘The Life and Times of the Ducarel Brothers’, her recent introductory essay to Two Huguenot Brothers: Letters of Andrew and James Coltée...
£45