Scalloped vellum land indenture, particularly nice condition, with wax seal and affixed embossed blue paper tag, measures approximately 26 x 21 inches. The land sold by Henry Brydges (described by George II as "hot headed, passionate, half-witted coxcomb") is in rural Somerset County, somewhat west of Bath. Signed by Chapman.....
London: His Majesty's Printers / Edward Sayer / R. Gosling, 1732. First printing. Hardcover. Volume 8 only. Full leather, raised bands, 324+ pp., clean unmarked text, about Good copy, previous owner's inscriptions on the outer pages, light foxing to some pages, front board detached but present, wear to the covers.....
London: The Times Weekly Edition, 1936. First printing. Paperback. Folio, original color wraps, our copy loosely laid in plain buckram covers, clean unmarked text, xxxi + 48 pp., illustrated, ex-library with minor marks (like stamps, etc.), Good copy, seems like it might be missing a few of the advertisement pages.....
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1898. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. 1898. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover, 8vo. in brown cloth. 333, 326pp. frontis. Very good. Boards mottled, top edge foxed. Contents unmarked.
Boston: Gambit, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. 1973 Hardcover in Near Fine condition, with very light shelf wear. In a Near Fine dust jacket that also shows the lightest shelf wear. Pages: 498.
London: J. Bumpus, et al. 1819. Later edition. Hardcover. Complete in eight volumes. 1819. Later edition. Hardcover, 4to. in full leather with decorative gilt on spine and boards, gilt edges and dentelles. Varying paginations, with an engraved frontis in each volume and engravings throughout. Good. Volumes 1, 4, 5, and.....
London: Grant Richards, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Personal copy of banker and journalist Frank A. Vanderlip, with his bookplate adhered to the front endpaper. 1903. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in black cloth, top edge gilt, without dust jacket. 367pp. with frontis of Balfour and 22 illustrations. Very good. Shallow chipping.....
Leeds, UK: Walpole Society, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by contributor David Alexander on the flyleaf. 2008. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in blue cloth. 508pp. illustrated. Very good. Light rubbing to boards. Contents unmarked.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1975. Hardcover, in a dust jacket, 261 pp. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
London: RK Hudson, Publisher, 1994. First printing. Paperback. 1994 Softcover, in Very Good condition, showing some wear, and also this is volume shows stamps and tagging that indicate that it was once part of a library collection.
Athens, GA, USA: University Of Georgia Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 1992 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 238 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket, previous owner's blindstamp on the half-title page, some age-toning to the dust jacket, wear to the edges of the dust jacket including creasing.....
Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1993. Hardcover. 8vo. 261pp. Illus. A couple of notes in ink to front endpapers, else Fine in Fine dustjacket.
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Hardcover. 1960, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear and handling soil.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 2001 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket that shows the very lightest shelf wear.
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1970, hardcover, octavo, 314pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild toning and creasing to front flap.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 2001 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. Condition rates as Fine, in a Fine Dust Jacket that shows the very lightest shelf wear.
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1978, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 326pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with handsome boards and tight binding, text has underlining and marginalia in ink. DJ VG with rubbing, mild edgewear. Reading/Study copy only...
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2001. First edition thus. Paperback. 2001, First Paperback Edition. Softcover, in Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear. With a previous owner name stamp, neat, to the front free end paper.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1999. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, 357 pp., illustrated, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1950. Red cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 494pp. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Signature on flyleaf removed with White-Out. Light soiling and age toning to dustjacket, front bottom edge lightly creased, short tear at foot of spine.
London: J. Roberts, 17140. Paperback. Pamphlet, 1740, disbound from bound volume of English pamphlets from the 1740s. Title page, 58 pp. VG, still shows some leather fragments, on spine, very good. Anglo-Spanish War took place in 1718-20.
London: W. Weaver, 1744. Paperback. Disbound pamphlet, 1744, very good, bit of leather still left on spine, 27 pp.
London: M. Cooper, 1745. Paperback. Disbound pamphlet, 1745, very good with a bit of leather still left on spine, xii, 52 pp. VG, light soil to title page. A defense of Lord Carteret's Secretary of State achievements in the War of Austrian Succession and agreements forged with Prussian nobility.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1937. Paperback. Treaty Series No. 6, 1937. Blue staplebound 8vo, 29pp. + large folding map inserted into rear pocket. In VG+ condition with minor age mellowing to wrappers. With contemporary underline and marginalia, possibly from a British Officer. Scarce.