Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of England & Wales with The Antiquities of Scotland.

First Editions. Six plus Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1777 & 1787 / 1789, 1791. Folio c. 32 x 24 cm. Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, ii, 83 pages [Preface], (116) 63 Engravings / Vol.2: FP, Engraved Title Page, (202), 97 Engravings / Vol. 3: FP, Engraved Title Page, (248), 118 Engravings / Vol.4: FP, Engraved Title Page, (230), 101 Engravings / Supplement Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, (336), 132 Engravings & 32 colour outlined Maps / Supplement Vol. 2: Engraved Title Page, (344), 119 Engravings & 23 Maps / Scotland Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, xxiii, large folding colour outlined Map, 176 pages plus two pages publisher’s list, 87 Engravings / Scotland Vol.2: FP, TP, iv, pages numbered 171 to 308, 105 Engravings. A total of 838 Engravings and 56 colour outlined maps, including a large folding Map of Scotland. Uniform recent fine crimson levant over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. Bindings, as new. Internally age darkened and foxed to various degrees. Some mild damp staining and dust dulling, mainly in the Scotland volumes. Some interesting neat notes in an old hand, commenting on the book’s content. Scotland title pages with small damages. Overall a very nice set in very attractive bindings. See iadditional images on our web site.

Guy, Joseph.

Guy’s Geographia Antiqua: or, School Treatise on Ancient Geography. Upon a New Plan, adapted to the Classical and the English Learner, both in Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Schools.

Second Edition, Corrected. London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1834. 16 x 9 cm. vii, 216 pages. With five folding Maps. New (2024) cloth. Hard cover with spine label. Gilt title. New end paper. Blue speckled edges. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. Short closed tear to Italy map. All maps in very good condition.

H.I. Powell-Edwards.

The Sussex Yeomanry and 16th Sussex Yeomanry Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919.

Second Edition. London & New York, Andrew Melrose, ND [1921]. 21 x 14 cm. 398 pages. With B&W photos and folding maps in the back. Original red decorated cloth. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. In very good dust jacket. A nice clean copy.

Haig-Brown, Captain Alan R. / Ward, Colonel Sir Edward (introduction).

The O.T.C. and the Great War.

First Edition. London, The Offices of “Country Life”, 1915. 23 x 14 cm. xi, 245 pages, 18 pages publishers list. Complete with ten Plates, as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding somewhat faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Front hinge started to crack, but binding remains sound. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Hallam, Henry.

The Constitutional History of England [George Bellew Binding]. From the Accesion of Henry VII to the Death of George II.

Fifth Edition. Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1846. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xv, 719 pages / Vol.2: viii, 624 pages. Uniform green morroco by G. Bellew, Dublin. Binders stamp in gilt on front past down. Elaborate gilt decorations. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubing and bumping. Occasional mild staining to edges. Prize paper label on front paste donw. Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice set in a lovely sturdy binding.

Halliwell, James Orchard.

Letters of the Kings of England. Now First Collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and from other authentic Sources, Private as well as Public. Edited with an Historical Introduction and Notes.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Henry Coburn, Publisher, 1848. 20 x 13 cm, Vol.1: xlii, 403 pages with a frontispiece showing Henry the Eights. / Vol.2: xv, 477 pages + 2, with a frontispiece showing Charles the First. Original highly decorated red cloth. Gilt title, author and volume number on spines. Armorial and decorative blind stamping to front and rear boards. Very good condition. Tight bindings. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to binding. Some age darkening and foxing internally. Book is unopened and has not been read. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume one is loose. Tissue guard for frontispiece in volume 2 is missing. Edges age darkened and a little foxed. Heads dust dulled.

Harris Stone, J.

Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Clonbur – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Dephi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renvyle – Salruck – Sligo – Westport – Etc.

First Edition. London, Health Resort Publishing, 1906. 21 x 14 cm. 422 pages with many maps and photographs in B&W. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to end papers. Neat owners name inscribed. Binding weak. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Hazlitt, W. Carew.

English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. Collected from the Most Authentic Sources Alphabetically arranged and annotated by W. Carew Hazlitt.

First and Limited Edition. London, John Russell Smith, 1869. 23 x 15 cm. xxix, 505 pages. Title page Vignette. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and author on spine. Foreedge deckle. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boads and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Neat gift inscription on half title page. Internallty bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Hermannides, Rutgerus.

Rutgeri Hermannidae Britannia magna sive Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae & adjacentium insularum geographico-historica descriptio.

[First Edition]. Amstelodami, Jansonii Valckenier, 1661. 13 x 7.5 cm. (3) Blank, Title page with Vignette, 28 pages, 645 pages, (4), (36) [Index]. Includes 28 (out of 32) folded Maps. See list of maps below. New quarter morroco over marbled paper boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened. Missing four Maps and pages 347-350.

Hernaman, Irene.

West Grinstead and our Sussex Forefathers.

First Edition. London and Edinburgh, Sands and Company, 1924. 16 x 10 cm. 98 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with white title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. A nice copy.