Archive for January, 2009

Visitations of Berkshire


Victorian Life at the Cape, 1870-1900

Previous onwer’s details inscribed on front endpaper. Double sided map in back pocket.

Ullstein Fayencenbuch

Dust jacket has some tears at spine and corners, some marking, but otherwise in good condition. Text in German. Porcelain

Tribal Animal Covers from Iran

An exhibition held at the Iran America Society Tehran April 15 - May 13. Some discolouartion to cover. Previous owner’s name stamped in very small letters on the front free endpaper

Transactions of the Newbury District Field Club, Est 1870

Previous owner’s name on title page.

Three Years with Lobengula: And Experiences in South Africa

Rhodesia reprint library volume 1. Dust jacket is worn with losses at spine.Water staining to botton of pages. Minor foxing and staining to endpapers. With fold out maps.

The Way to Divine Knowledge

Cover is missing spine and leather is marked with some creasing and staining. Endpapers loose and browned with slight insect damage. Owners inscription in ink. Page 9 of grounds and reasons has a huge chip affecting the text

The Water Supply of Cities and Towns

Leather binding, with gilt title. Cover is worn, especially on edges and has a small tear on the spine. Marginalia in pencil. Wonderful illustrations of waterworks.

The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830

Fraying corners, tear to head of spine. A patch of bad fishmothing to tail of spine. Endpapers foxed

The Sick African

A clinical study book by Michael Gelfand, the consulting physician, Salisbury African hospital (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland).Blue cloth cover, worn on edges.

The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation. a Poem. Second Volume

Pages are in good condition, but the book itself is falling apart. Beautiful colour plates (81).

The Rivers of France

Gilt decorations on front and back cover. Damage to the tail of spine. Various degrees of foxing throughout.

The Practical Decoration of Furniture 3 Volumes

Volume 3 is fishmothed on cover. Some pages with minor foxing. Lotsof black and white plates.

The Last of the Annapurnas

Dust jacket has some scuff marks and water staining to the bottom spine. Previous owners inscription to free endpaper in pen.

The History of the Early Turkish Carpet

Label on dust jacket spine reading: P.B. 11

The Cornish Miner

Fraying to spine and corners. Sunned spine.

The Comic Almanack

First series 1835-1843. Sunned spine. A bit loose. Bit soiled, scuffed. Inscription on endpaper. Foxed. Bottom of spine is missing, and tear on rest of spine.

The Comic Almanack

Second series 1844-1853. Sunned spine. A bit loose. Bit soiled, scuffed. Inscription on endpaper.

The Book of Carpets

Dj torn around edges with some patches missing from corners. Price-clipped. Previous owner’s name stamped in small letters on pastedown endpaper. Tear to dj spine mended with tape. Label on dj spine reads: P.B 1

The Architecture of Denmark

Dust jacket well worn and repaired with tape. Binding slightly loose. Black and white illustrations and photos

The Archer Boy Sung By Miss Love in the Historical Play the Partizans.


The Alps from End to End

3rd edition. Cover is worn and bumped. Foxing to endpapers with slight foxing throughout. Previous owners inscription on half title page.

The Alpine Regions of Switzerland and the Neighbouring Countries

Spine is quite damaged. Torn all along back seam so that back cover is unattached, with fraying to head and tail. Bumped corners, slightly frayed. Foxing to first 5 or so pages, and last 2 pages.

Springboks … Past and Present : a Record of Men and Women Who Have Represented South Africa in International Amateur Sport, 1888-1947.

No dust jacket. Green illustrated cloth covers in firm condition displaying wear and staining, with a discoloured and edge worn spine. A preliminary page has come loose. No place or date of publication indicated, although the ”Preface is dated 1947

South African Sports

1897. First Edition. Original red cloth, cover is worn with water staining spots.Binding is loose and advertising pages are discoloured. The first book devoted to South African sports, and a mine of information relating to late 19th century activity in the sports covered.