Boston: Special Publications, 1959. 4to. First edition. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Spine slightly faded. Bottom corners a bit pushed. Worn slipcase, previously repaired with tape has come apart again. Very good +. Uncommon.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original brown buckram, gilt. Top edges stained brown. Colour frontispiece in each volume. Black and white photographic plate section in volume 2 and numerous drawings by the author. Nick to the top edge of the front panel of the.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Crown 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section and four maps. D/w spine a little faded and edges very slightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Fine in near fine d/w. The last volume of Hill's quartet, following Medieval Lincoln (1948), Tudor.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. Crown 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Two maps including one folding at the end showing Lincolnshire. Black and white plate section at the back. Top edge lightly spotted. D/w a little rubbed and slightly foxed in places. Near fine in very good.....
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1968. Folio. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained pink. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Book label of Gwyneth Anne Kenney on the front pastedown under the front flap. D/w a little rubbed, dust-soiled and nicked with a very small.....
New York: Dover Publications Inc, 1971. 4to. Reprint. First edition thus. First published in 1807. Original laminated paper covers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spine faded. Laminate lifting from the bottom corner of the front cover. Near fine.
London: John Tiranti Limited, 1946. Folio. Second impression of this edition (first impression in 1937). First published in 1807. Original quarter grey cloth with blue paper-covered boards. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Short tear to the cloth at the bottom of the spine. Boards a bit tanned and dust-soiled.....
London: Lawrence & Bullen, Limited, 1904-8. Folio. 4 volumes, set. Rebound in uniform navy buckram, gilt. With Plates in Colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous Illustrations selected and arranged by the Author. Bindings a bit faded. Contents clean. A fine set. The last volume was originally to be called, 'The.....
Washington, D.C. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1994. Landscape 4to. First edition. Original beige buckram, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine d/w. The third volume in the series of Dumbarton Oaks Reprints and Facsimiles in Landscape Architecture. This volume reproduces the text and.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1946. 8vo. Third impression, October 1946. First published in August 1945 and reprinted the same month. Original blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine. Spine cocked and faded. A little light foxing to the top edge and endpapers. Neat ink ownership of Edward John Kenney.....
London: Chapman & Hall, [1948]. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Stuart Boyle. Slightly cocked. Label on front pastedown for the Percy Pemberton Prize, Trinity College Cambridge. Neat ink ownership on verso of fly. Near fine. 'Mr Joyboy was waiting for.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Experiment in Autobiography (2 volumes) first published in 1934 and reissued for the first publication of H. G. Wells in Love. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Near fine in near fine d/ws. Experiment in Autobiography, subtitled 'Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1938. Original quarter green buckram, gilt, with paper-covered boards. Top edges stained grey. Map endpapers. Top edges lightly dust-spotted. Each volume has the attractive book label of Edward John Kenney (1924-2019), the Cambridge Latinist, on the front pastedown.....
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Small 8vo. 21 volumes, set. Reprints. First published (as the New Oxford Illustrated Dickens) in 1948. Original quarter maroon cloth over maroon paper-covered boards, silvergilt. With original illustrations by 'Phiz', George Cruikshank, etc. About half the volumes, the longer novels, are a bit sprung at.....
London: London Transport, 1936-80. 12mo. 39 volumes. A collection. Paperback originals. Cover and headpiece engravings by Eric Ravilious (unacknowledged until 1966). Photographic plates, including some by Eric Hosking. Line drawn route maps for each walk. Most volumes are a little rubbed, with some splits and small loss to the wrappers.....
London: London Transport, 1954-74. 12mo. 21 volumes. A run. Paperback originals. Illustrations in the text by Gareth Adamson; Edward Bawden; William Fenton; MacDonald Gill; Eric Ravilious; Peter Roberson; Bruce Roberts; Ray Tooby; R. Wilkinson and Althea Willoughby. Each guide from 1954 to 1967 has its 'How to Get There' guide.....
London: Profile Books, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original purple hardcovers. Black and white photographic plate section. Mint in d/w.
London: Richard Bentley, 1861-2. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First and Second Series each in 3 volumes. Uniform half green morocco with green cloth boards, gilt, by Hatchards. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Marbled endpapers. Folding pedigree of the Granville family, backed with linen, bound in at the front of.....
London: The Basilisk Press, 1976. Folio & 4to. 4 volumes, set. (3 quarto volumes and 1 folio). Limited edition facsimiles. #91 of 515 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Quarter red morocco with marbled boards, gilt, housed in individual slipcases within a brown box. The paper has been specially.....
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1924. 12mo. Reprint. First published in the Wessex edition in 1912. Publisher's maroon limp calf leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. With a Map of Wessex. Boards slightly bowed. Spine ends just a little rubbed. Near fine. A nice copy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1925. 12mo. Reprint. First published in the Wessex edition in 1912. Publisher's maroon limp calf leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. With a Map of Wessex. Short split to the back hinge at the bottom of the spine. Near fine. A lovely copy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1924. 12mo. Reprint. First published in the Wessex edition in 1912. Publisher's maroon limp calf leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. With a Map of Wessex. Boards slightly bowed. Near fine. A lovely copy.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1919-23. 12mo. 28 volumes (of 37). Publisher's limp red calf leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Just a little rubbing to the spine ends on some volumes. Contents clean. No ownership marks. Near fine. The missing volumes are A Book of.....
London: Country Life, 1937. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with photographs taken at Munstead Wood. Covers a little dulled and dusty. Slight foxing to the edges. Near fine.
London: Country Life & George Newnes Ltd, 1919. 8vo. Fourth edition. First published in 1908 as 'Colour in the Flower Garden'. Original blue cloth, gilt. Numerous black and white photographic plates and some folding garden plans. Covers a bit rubbed and dulled. A little scattered foxing. Very good +.