Recent Arrivals from Chris Phillips

London: Privately Published, 1919. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Members of the Battalion. The extensively illustrated account of these machine gun companies in the first world war. Illustrated by members of the companies with coloured illustrations, fold out maps, aerial photographs and other subjects. Very good in original grey cloth, a… Read more about this item

Leek: Fergyson & Son, 1872. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An uncommon victorian auction catalogue relating to the liquidation of the Prospect & Heath House Nurseries of Cheddleton, near Leek. Spread over 6 days the sale consisted of 30 acres of fruit trees, noble forest trees, standard and dwarf roses,… Read more about this item

London: Kealy and Co., 1850. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A delightful, illustrated, slim catalogue of agricultural implements with price list. Internally very good in good, worn, printed wraps held by two staples. Mild vertical folding crease A delightful, illustrated, slim catalogue of agricultural implements with price list.

London: Offices of "ENGINEERING, 1890. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A shaken copy of the detailed study of the construction of this iconic bridge with a presentation inscription from one of its principal contractors. Collated complete, but shaken, with an old tape repair used to retain plate III. Plate… Read more about this item

Althorp Estate, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is a privately produced copy of the full text of the tribute given by the Ninth Earl Spencer at the funeral of his sister Diana, Princess of Wales. A fine copy in moire silk within a clam shell box. The box… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co., 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Format 8" X 10. P.P.. A first edition of this book of curious illustrated rhymes by Lord Alfred Douglas. Internally very good but in shaken cloth with top hinge almost detached. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown along with bookseller's label. Uncommon A… Read more about this item

London: Privately Published, 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The privately published genealogical history of the Ulster branch of the Savage family with illustrations of arms, mansions, ruins of castles, and ancient sites and monuments connected with them. Internally very good with some foxing to title page and endpapers.… Read more about this item

Terling: Privately Published, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first edition of this privately published history of the village of Terling in Essex. Very good in blue cloth with a small amount of damp staining to lower front corner with a few photographs. Uncommon. The first edition… Read more about this item

1954. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Approx. 10.5" X 9. A four page letter to Edith Sitwell from Susanna Walton, wife of composer Sir William Walton. Dated June 2 and written on headed notepaper from the Walton's home on the Island of Ischia. The content expresses sympathy for Edith in her dealings with the "Hollywood Boys" and tells… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. J. G. Millais, F. Z. S.. The first edition of this book about the author's hunting trip to Newfoundland. Internally very good with many illustrations, some in colour with tissue protection intact, and mainly relating to his hunting.… Read more about this item

London: Egmont, 2003. Special Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brett Helquist. This is the first edition, thus, of the illustrated edition of the first volume in this popular series of children's books. Published in a "Limited Edition" with faux leather boards and a very good cloth slipcase with a tipped in… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1929. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first UK edition of this work, translated by Arthur Chambers, recounting the author's travels among the Orang-Utan tribes of Malaya. A very good copy in red cloth with sunned spine. Prize label on front endpaper and… Read more about this item

Oxford: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914. 1st edition thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Square Format - 9.5 X 8.5. Chloe Preston. One of the uncommon Peek-A-Boos, Play Book, series printed on very thick card for very young readers. Complete in 6 boards with illustrations and with three hinges of linen all through the boards. Good condition but… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first edition of this play taken from Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows". A very good copy in blue cloth, T.E.G., with a very good wrapper which has some minor repair to top of spine area… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1931. 1st edition thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ernest H. Shepard. The 38th edition but the first edition illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard with his iconic illustrations. A very good copy in original green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to top board. Inscription to previous… Read more about this item

Lincoln: Ruston & Hornsby Limited, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Folio 31 X 24cm. An extensively illustrated album of the war productions of this Lincoln engineering company during the First World War. The company, before the war, produced agricultural machinery and oil engines, traction engines, etc. Its productions during the war consisted of munitions… Read more about this item

London: Stationery Office, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good copy of this definitive study of the history of British Barracks prior to the first World War. Extensively illustrated and in very good condition in black cloth with illustrated wrappers with light creasing to top of rear… Read more about this item

Pari: Theodore Lefevre, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Folio 31 X 24cm. A French atlas consisting of 35 modern maps and 15 maps of the Ancient world. All plates hand coloured apart from the first 2 plates of the mountains of the world and astronomy. Very good in marbelled boards with title label to top board. Recently… Read more about this item

London: David Bogue, 1850. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John Hayter. A collection of 14 engravings of pictures of female aristocrats at the Court of Queen Victoria. Very good in green cloth with gilt decorations to boards, A.E.G. Some very light foxing in parts. Each illustration has an… Read more about this item

London: David Bogue, 1854. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A collection of 11 engravings of pictures of female aristocrats at the Court of Queen Victoria. Artists include John Hayter, W. S. Herrick, H. Weigall and A. Weigall. Very good in green cloth with gilt decorations to boards, A.E.G.… Read more about this item