History

Paisley. Alexander Gardner. 1886.

First edition. Second Series. Oringinal publishers cloth binding. Hardback. 8vo. (6 inches x 9 inches), xi/ 416 pages. Internal hinges cracked. Number removed from spine. Small tear to top edge of spine. Ex. Guildhall library.

Good + condition

London. John Murray. 1861.

First edition. Full period leather binding. Hardback. Large 8vo. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. lxxxvii/ 512 pages. Folding coloured map at rear. Marbled end pages and red page edges. Lacks label to spine. Slight suface wear. Small note to rear blank page.

Very Good condition

London. John Murray. 1868.

First edition. Half natural tan claf binding. Hardback. 8vo. (5 1/2 inches x 8 3/4 inches), xii/[1pp]/1pp errata/ 533 pages. Engraved portrait frontis. Illustrated. Marbled covers, end pages and page edges. Some wear to leather edges. Very clean internally.

Very Good + condition

London. J. Cooke. no date (circa. 1770).

Period full leather binding. Hardback. No dustjacket. Folio. 42 engraved plates by Dodd. 466 pages + 6 pages of index and dirctions for the binding. Some water staining and a little foxing. Rear hinge cracked and starting to loosen. Later (19th century) end pages. Some edge wear with a little loss. Spine rubbed.

Good + condition

London. Rivingtons. 1878.

First Edition. Two volume complete set. Full calf prize leather bindings by J B Hawes of Cambridge. Hardbacks. 8vo. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. xlviii/ 442 pages + viii/ 452 pages. Gift inscription from Cecil Henry Boutflower who was a former Anglican bishop. Marbled end pages and page edges. Some rubbing and wear to covers. Top edges of hinges repaired. Bindings are firm and in good order.

Very Good condition

London. Francis and John Rivington and Robert Folthorp. 1845-1848.

Part set. Volumes one and two only of three. Ex House of Commons library in armorial library bindings. Hardbacks. 8vo., 482 pages, 769 pages. Guildhall Library bookplates. Marbled end pages and page edges.

Very Good + condition

London. Thomas Barker, 1900.

Reprint. Hardback. No dust jacket. 8vo., xxv/ 122 pages. Ex. Guildhall library London. Also stamped twice, St. Mary's Priory, St. Ann's Road, London, N15. Wear to edges. Pages browning.

Good + condition

Paris. Librairie Ve Poussielgue et Fils. 1865.

Troisieme edition. Two volume set in quarter green morocco leather bindings with four raised bands. Blue marbled end pages. Small 8vo.. lxvii/ 624 pages. 672 pages. Some edge wear to boards. Slight foxing to prelims.

Very Good + condition

London. Alfred W. Bennett. 1865.

First Edition. Hard back. No dust jacket. 8vo.. xi/ 434 pages + 2 pages of press comments. Booksellers and book binders labels W. Whereat. Bound by Westleys & Co. Engraved frontis. of Swarthmoor Hall. by E. Evans. Three further plates + 4 fac similes of autographs. Elegant owners inscription dated 1872. Small tears to the hinge edges. Some foxing. Slight edge wear.

Very Good condition

London. Secker and Warburg. 1956.

First edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. 8vo. 435 pages. Map and a few photographs. Ex Guildhall library with usual marks.

Very Good + condition