Buckham, George.

Notes from the Journal of a Tourist. Volume 1: Egypt, The Holy Land, Syria, Turkey, Austria, Switzerland. With Illustrations.

First Edition. New York, Gavin Houston, 1890. 20 x 14 cm. vii, (3), 535 pages. Complete with 21 Illustrations, as listed. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Brown end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner and ‘Author’s Compliments’ sticker on front paste down. Front free end paper missing. Internally bright and clean.

White, Gilbert (author) & Nash, John (artist).

The Natural History of Selborne. With Drawings by John Nash R.A. and an Introduction by The Earl of Cranbrook.

Limited Edition. Copy 456 of 1500. Signed by the Artist. Ipswich, Printed by W.S. Cowell for the Limited Editions Club, 1972. 29 x 22 cm. 275 pages. Original quarter calf over decorated paper boards. Hard cover in matching slip case. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to book and slip case. Internally a bright and clean copy. Signed by the artist on the colophone page.

Boccaccio, Giovanni / Young, Bartholomew (translator) / Leone, M. (illustrator).

Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.

Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.

Boccaccio, Giovanni (author) / Aldington, Richard (translator) / Kent, Rockwell (artist).

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

Limited Edition. Copy 154 of 1500. Signed by artist. New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1949. 24 x 17 cm. Vol. 1: xvii, 309 pages / Vol.2: xv, pages 310 to 562. Both volumes complete with all Plates, as listed. Original marroon cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Light grey end papers. Top edge gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. See images.

Madame Guyon [Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon] / Allen, Thomas Taylor (translator).

Autobiography of Madame Guyon. Translated in Ful by Thomas Taylor Allen, Bengal Civil Service (Retired).

First English Edition. Two Volumes – complete. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co. 1898. 22 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xxx, 338 pages / Vol.2: xiii, 336 pages. With a losely inserted handwritten letter by Dr. E.M. Hummel to ‘Miss Allen, Bray, Ireland’, the daughter of the translator Thomas Taylor Allen. Original dark blue cloth. Gilt titles on spines and front boards. Top edges gilt. Fore edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Volume 1 with some inscriptions, possibly by the Author?

Published by Authority [Zephaniah Swift – editor].

The Laws of the United States of America. In Three Volumes.

Three volumes – complete. Philadephia, Printed by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Mulberry-Street, 1796, 1796 & 1796. c. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 494 pages / Vol.2: 576 pages / Vol.3: 477 pages, (1), (130) [Index]. A few small Vignettes. Contemporary full sheep with blind decorations to boards and spine. Red morocco spine labels with gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Some small material losses to spine ends and boards (see images). Front board of volume 3 repaired, but weak. Some water staining to first and last pages of volume 3 only. Internally clean. A nice complete set.

Goldsmith, Oliver.

A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. In Four Volumes.

Four Volumes – Complete. London, Printed by Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, [1822]. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xii, 416 pages w/ four coloured Plates / Vol.2: 416 pages w/ 13 coloured Plates / Vol.3: 424 pages w/ 4 coloured Plates / Vol.4: 452 pages w/ 4 coloured Plates. 25 coloured Plates in total, incl. coloured Frontispieces and title page in volume 1. Contemporary full calf. Gilt and blind decorations to spine. Good condition only, due to missing Plates and missing pages (pages 221 – 228 in volume 2 & 341 – 346 in volume 3). Bindings rubbed and bumped. A few joints cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened / dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Some dog ears and missing small corners (not affecting text readability).

Le Clerc, Sebastian.

Exercises for Free and Accepted Masons. Being A Treatise of Architecture. By that Excellent Master thereof Mon’r. Sebastian Le Clerc, of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Paris. In Two Hundred Plates. Published Monthly, Pl. XX for March MDCCXXIII. Translated by Mr. Chambers.

London, Sold by Mr. Bateman & Mr. Taylor et al. 1723. 20 x 13 cm. vii, 40 text pages interspersed by 20 numbered Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Old inscription by previous owner. Name of previous owner on Title Page, dated 1765. See images.

Oakley, Edward.

Every Man a compleat Builder. Or, Easy Rules and Proportions for Drawing and Working the several Parts of Architecture. Containing, Practical Geometry… The Five Orders of Architecture… et al.

London, Printed for Henry Webley, 1766. 20 x 13 cm. Engraved frontispiece, TP, 32 text pages (lacking page 5/6) plus 51 engraved Plates (lacking Plate 1). Plate 50 is double spread. Plate 51 is folding. Four pages publishers list. Full calf binding with gilt line decorations to boards and spine. Very good condition. Lacking one page from the text section and one Plate. Sound binding. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally age darkened, otherwise clean. See images.

Collins, James K.

Details of Gothic Architecture. Measured and Drawn by James K. Collins, Architect.

First Edition. Volume 1 (of 2) only. London, B.T. Batsford, ND [c. 1860-1880]. 32 x 24 cm. TP, 8 pages TOC, followed by c. 95 full page Plates. Original textured brown cloth with gilt decoration to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Rebacked with new black end papers in 2024. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A very nice copy.