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Mohamed Fayed 4th Time Lucky? A Compendium on the Life of the Citizen of Egypt, Haiti, and the...

Tiny Rowland

Mohamed Fayed 4th Time Lucky? A Compendium on the Life of the Citizen of Egypt, Haiti, and the United Arab Emirates. A boxed set of 16 bound documents, transcripts, interviews, and correspondence. Fully illustrated throughout.

London: Privately Published, c.1991. First Edition. Softcover. Privately produced by Tiny Rowland as part of his long running feud with Fayad. The slipcase reads, "The sixteen documents contained in this case give an account of the extraordinary story of Mohamed Fayed leading up to the takeover of House of Fraser..... More

Price: £125.00

The Rhineback Panorama of London, c.1810. 4 large coloured plates (63 x 48 cms), showing mid...

Introduction by Ralph Hyde

The Rhineback Panorama of London, c.1810. 4 large coloured plates (63 x 48 cms), showing mid Regency era London in fine detail. Published by the London Topographical Society, 1981.

London: London Topographical Society, Publication No. 125, 1981. First Edition. Not relevant. A high quality reproduction from 1981 of the rare Rhineback Panorama of London, originally created c.1810, together with three pages of explanatory text, and a title page. Original printed blue card covers. Some minor creasing, not affecting the..... More

Price: £50.00

Kennet & Avon Canal, Surveyed 1793, Completed in 1810. Plan of the Proposed Navigable Canal,...

John Rennie

Kennet & Avon Canal, Surveyed 1793, Completed in 1810. Plan of the Proposed Navigable Canal, between the River Kennet at Newbury, in the County of Berks; and the River Avon at Bath, in the County of Somerset: whereby a navigable Communication will be opened betwen the Cities of London and Bristol. Likewise of part of the Wilts & Berks Canal, from Semington to the Towns of Calne & Chippenham; to which is added a Plan of the proposed Somersetshire Coal Canal. Surveyed 1793, by John Rennie, Civil Engineer. Completed in 1810. Engraved by W. Faden, Geogr. to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.

Undated, c.1810. Not relevant. An especially large map, extending to approx. 50 cms tall, 204 cms wide. Outline colour showing the proposed route of the canal. Consisting of three sheets, expertly laid onto archival linen in a single continuous roll, with extensive wider plain margins. Old faint ink stamp of..... More

Price: £750.00

Charles Babbage's Calculating Engine. An original article contained in the complete Volume 59 of...

Dionysius Lardner.

Charles Babbage's Calculating Engine. An original article contained in the complete Volume 59 of the Edinburgh Review, 1834.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh Review, Longman, Rees, Green & Co., 1834. First Edition. Half Leather. The Babbage article runs to 64 Pages, including 5 diagrams, in a complete volume of 545 pages, covering another 24 varied topics by a variety of contributors. Contents very clean throughout. Contemporary binding of half leather, with..... More

Price: £750.00

1896. Ethnographical Survey of Great Britain. Forms of Schedule prepared by a Committee of the...

Francis Galton & Others

1896. Ethnographical Survey of Great Britain. Forms of Schedule prepared by a Committee of the British Associatuon.

Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1896. Disbound. 18 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (12.5 x 21 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 353755. More

Price: £25.00

Zeppelin Strafing 1917, World War 1. The Unlighted Coast: A Lost Article by Joseph Conrad. An...

Joseph Conrad

Zeppelin Strafing 1917, World War 1. The Unlighted Coast: A Lost Article by Joseph Conrad. An original lengthy newspaper clipping from The Times, London, August 18, 1925.

London: The Times, 1925. Not relevant. An uncommon news clipping from an original issue of The Times, consisting of a long double sided column, pasted at the top to a blank sheet, and folded into three. Total length around 130 cms. Only slightly browned, with no tears or anything missing..... More

Price: £35.00

1831 Bristol Riots. True causes of riot and rebellion. Petition to the King on behalf of the...

Bristol Queen Square Riots

1831 Bristol Riots. True causes of riot and rebellion. Petition to the King on behalf of the prisoners convicted under the late special commissions at Bristol and Nottingham.

No printer or place of publication given (nor has research discovered one), 1832. Likely the only edition. Disbound. A very rare contemporary pamphlet giving a particular slant on the Reform Riots of 1831. 16 pages. Very clean and bright throughout. Disbound. Size: Octavo (14 x 21 cms). Quantity Available: 1..... More

Price: £100.00

1744. Apollo; a poem: or the origin of the world assign'd. With reflections upon human nature....

Mr. Cannon of Gray's Inn

1744. Apollo; a poem: or the origin of the world assign'd. With reflections upon human nature.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd, against St. Clement's Church in the Strand; and J. Fox, in Westminster Hall, 1744. Disbound. Disbound. Complete. Title page, pages 1-18. Stain at head of title page. Close cropped at foot of pages, with slight loss of footnotes. Size: Folio (20.5..... More

Price: £50.00

1775 Gothic Poetry [Defective]. Flights of Fancy: The Helmets, A Fragment. The scene of the...

Thomas Penrose

1775 Gothic Poetry [Defective]. Flights of Fancy: The Helmets, A Fragment. The scene of the following event is laid in the neighbourhood of Donnington Castle, in a house built after the Gothic taste upon a spot famous for a bloody Encounter between the Armies of Charles and the Parliament.

London: Printed: and sold by J. Walter, 1775. Disbound. Defective; missing Title Page. Consists of pages 3-22. Disbound. Page 3/4 detached. Worn at edges and corners. Rest of contents clean. Size: 21 x 26 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 353746. More

Price: £30.00

1767 [Defective]. Tunbridge Epistles, from Lady Margaret to the Countess of B**. Satires in verse...

[Lady Margaret, Satires in verse]

1767 [Defective]. Tunbridge Epistles, from Lady Margaret to the Countess of B**.

London: Printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by T. Cadell, 1767. Disbound. Defective; missing all before page 5. Consists of pages 5-30. Disbound. Page 5/6 torn at inner margin, without loss. Rest of contents clean. Size: 20 x 24.5 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian..... More

Price: £30.00

1763 [Defective]. The three conjurors, a political interlude. Stolen from Shakespeare. As it was...

[John Wilkes related]

1763 [Defective]. The three conjurors, a political interlude. Stolen from Shakespeare. As it was performed at sundry places in Westminster; on Saturday the 30th of April, and Sunday the 1st of May. Most humbly dedicated to that distressed and unfortunate Gentleman, John Wilkes, Esq; Late Prisoner in the Tower, and late Colonel of the Militia for the County of Buckingham, But Still Member of Parliament for Aylesbury.

London: Printed for E. Cabe, in Ave-Mary-Lane, Undated, [1763]. Disbound. Defective; missing half of pages 23 & 24, and anything beyond [25 & 26 ?]. Consists of title page, pages 1-22. Disbound. Page 22, and as earlier noted p23-24 torn with loss of the lower half of the leaf. Title..... More

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1685 [Defective]. The Observator prov'd a trimmer:, or, Truth and justice vindicated : in the...

Popish Plot

1685 [Defective]. The Observator prov'd a trimmer:, or, Truth and justice vindicated : in the history of the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and the several popish shams since made use of to amuse the world about it. Being a full answer to certain late pamphlets, intituled, Observators; wherein the evidence of that gentlemans being murthered by papists, is very falsly stated; and the positions and practices of the Church of Rome, too favourably represented.

London: Printed for J. Allen, and are to be Sold by most Booksellers, 1685. Disbound. Defective; missing pages 7 to 12 inclusive. Consists of title page, dedication, pages 1-6, 13-43. Disbound. Stained throughout. The Observator referenced in the title is Sir Roger L'Estrange. Size: Folio (18 x 28 cms). Quantity..... More

Price: £75.00

1738 [Defective]. The Tryal of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer, who was lately Try'd and...

Trial

1738 [Defective]. The Tryal of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer, who was lately Try'd and Acquitted for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government. With the Pleadings and Arguments on both Sides.

London: Printed for J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1738. Fourth Edition. Disbound. Defective; missing pages 13 to 24 inclusive. Consists of title page, pages 1-12, 25-32. Disbound. Close cropped at top edge, but without loss. Page corners worn and turned. Text quite clean. Size: 16.5 x 21.5..... More

Price: £75.00

1650. An Act for the more frequent Preaching of the Gospel, and better maintenance of the...

Interregnum Act

1650. An Act for the more frequent Preaching of the Gospel, and better maintenance of the Ministers in the City of Bristol.

London: Printed by Edward Husband and John Field, Printers to the Parliament of England, 1650. First Edition. Disbound. Folio, title with fine woodcut of the Commonwealth Arms, initial woodcut letter, 4 pages of text, printed mostly in black letter. Disbound. A very scarce Cromwellian era Act from the Interregnum. Subsequently..... More

Price: £100.00

1726 Satire]. A Scheme Humbly offered, for making R-l-g-n and the C-rg-y Useful. With the...

[Satire writer. Jonathan Swift ?]

[1726 Satire]. A Scheme Humbly offered, for making R-l-g-n and the C-rg-y Useful. With the Author's Observations on the Cause and Cure of the Piles: And some useful Directions about wiping the Posteriors.

1726 ? Disbound. The text commences at A2, and completes at B1, and is paginated [3,4,] 5-12, [13, blank]. Apparently complete based on later 1731 editions available online. No binding. Quite clean throughout. Size: 10.5 x 16 cms.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 353739..... More

Price: £50.00

12 Woodcut Engravings by S.L. Fildes, disbound from the 1870 edition of Edwin Drood by Charles...

S.L. Fildes, Illustrator

12 Woodcut Engravings by S.L. Fildes, disbound from the 1870 edition of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First Edition. Disbound. 12 engravings. Each leaf a little ages, with some foxing marks here and there. No text. Size: Octavo (13 x 21 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Prints; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 353736. More

Price: £20.00

Observations on the Atmospheres of Venus and the Moon, Their Respective Densities, Perpendicular...

John Jerome Schroeter

Observations on the Atmospheres of Venus and the Moon, Their Respective Densities, Perpendicular Heights, and the Twi-Light Occasioned by Them. By John Jerome Schroeter, Esq. of Lilienthal, in the Dutchy of Bremen. Translated from the German. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1792.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1792. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 309-361). 53 pages, 4 folding plates. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page, or cover. All pages are detached. Size..... More

Price: £200.00

On the Ring of Saturn, and the Rotation of the Fifth Satellite upon Its Axis. TOGETHER WITH...

William Herschel

On the Ring of Saturn, and the Rotation of the Fifth Satellite upon Its Axis. TOGETHER WITH Miscellaneous Observations. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1792.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1792. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 1-22, 23-27). 22 pages, 1 folding plate, + 5 pages. Some offsetting from the plate. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding..... More

Price: £200.00

Farther Experiments Relating to the Decomposition of Dephlogisticated and Inflammable Air. By...

Joseph Priestley

Farther Experiments Relating to the Decomposition of Dephlogisticated and Inflammable Air. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1791.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1791. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 213-222). 10 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page, or cover. All pages are detached. Size: Quarto (20.5 x...... More

Price: £75.00

On the Satellites of the Planet Saturn, and the Rotation of Its Ring on an Axis. By William...

William Herschel

On the Satellites of the Planet Saturn, and the Rotation of Its Ring on an Axis. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 427-495). 69 pages, 1 very large folding plate. Small tear at one margin, just impacting on the image, but no loss. Foxing to plate and final few pages of text. Note; this is an original article..... More

Price: £300.00

An Account of the Trigonometrical Operation, Whereby the Distance between the Meridians of the...

William Roy and Isaac Dalby

An Account of the Trigonometrical Operation, Whereby the Distance between the Meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris Has Been Determined. By Major-General William Roy, F. R. S. and A. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 111-270). 160 pages, 4 folding tables, 11 folding large plates: featuring the scientific instruments used in the measuring, the plan of the base of verification, telescopes, and machinery used. Plus, also present is the 24 page..... More

Price: £275.00

Some Account of the Strata and Volcanic Appearances in the North of Ireland and Western Islands...

Abraham Mills

Some Account of the Strata and Volcanic Appearances in the North of Ireland and Western Islands of Scotland. In Two Letters from Abraham Mills, Esq. to John Lloyd, Esq. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 73-100). 28 pages, 1 folding plate. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page, or cover. All pages are detached. Size..... More

Price: £100.00

Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn; With Remarks on...

William Herschel

Account of the Discovery of a Sixth and Seventh Satellite of the Planet Saturn; With Remarks on the Construction of Its Ring, Its Atmosphere, Its Rotation on an Axis, and Its Spheroidical Figure. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1790. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 1-20). 20 pages, 3 folding plates. Some foxing, and offsetting from the plates. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page..... More

Price: £500.00

Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; With a Few Introductory...

William Herschel

Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; With a Few Introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens. By William Herschel, L L. D. F. R. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1789.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1789. First Edition. Disbound. (pp. 212-255). 44 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page, or cover. All pages are detached. Size: Quarto (20.5 x...... More

Price: £150.00

On the Conversion of a Mixture of Dephlogisticated and Phlogisticated Air into Nitrous Acid, by...

Henry Cavendish

On the Conversion of a Mixture of Dephlogisticated and Phlogisticated Air into Nitrous Acid, by the Electric Spark. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S. An original article from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1788.

London: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1788. First Edition. Disbound. (pp 261-276). 16 pages, 2 folding plates. Note; this is an original article separated from the larger annual volume, not a reprint or copy. There is no binding, title page, or cover. All pages are detached. Size..... More

Price: £150.00

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