Recent Arrivals from Wykeham Books

Mark Batty Publisher, LLC, West New York, first edition, 2003. Decorated laminated boards, 4to,. xx, 374 pp, colour plates, 180 ills. from the blurb: 'This book is the first in a planned series of anthologies from Mark Batty Publisher, drawing on articles in the respected journal Matrix, a review for printers and bibliophiles, produced annually for more than… Read more about this item

[Phillips, H.], n.p., 1823. Later half-leather and original boards with printed paper title-label, 8vo,. [4], 391 pp. 3960 lots of books and 1588 lots of furniture, paintings, drawings and other items. The full catalogue of the 37 days' sales, arranged in chronological order, and with the 20 days of book sales priced in manuscript. The sale was initiated… Read more about this item

Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, first edition, 2011. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 303 pp, colour ills. From the blurb: "The Bookplates and Badges of C.F.A. Voysey presents the designs for bookplates and badges by the English Arts and Crafts designer and architect C.F.A. Voysey. Perhaps the most recognised and influential designer of his age, Voysey created over one hundred… Read more about this item

Collins, [London], first edition, 1946. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. 320 pp. From the blurb: "Probably the characteristic difference between Mr. Blunden's book and other full-length studies of Shelley is that he does not assume his readers to be literary students nor his subject to have been simply a literary figure. His Shelley is a man of genius capable… Read more about this item

Dr. W. Junk B.V., The Hague, first edition, 1976. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 28 cm,. ix, 134, xvii, 605 pp, ills (some colour). Contents include: I STUDIES: Introduction; Printing in Colours; The Colourists; Colouring: Quality, Cost Price and Delivery Time; The Publishing Houses of J.C. Sepp & Zoon, E. Maaskamp, Frans Buffa & Zonen Publishing and Marketing;… Read more about this item

Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1901. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 149 pp. Manuscript title added to spine, browned otherwise Good.

J.W. McKenzie, Ewell, bookseller's catalogues, undated but c.2013-2020. 19 vols, laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. some illustrations, sometimes including some in colour. Typically about 850-1250 items per catalogue. A good group of catalogues from the longest-established cricket specialist, principally offering books but with miscellaneous memorabilia also appearing. Several catalogues in the group are focussed on particular topics, such as Tours,… Read more about this item

Archeologia, Paris, original journal issue, 1976. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 29 cm,, 4to, 29 cm,. 138 pp, ills (some colour) ;. Contents include: Illustration des livres de droit : les manuscrits des décrets de Gratien décorés d’enluminures, by Françoise Hospital; Entre l’Orient et l’Occident, la miniature sicilienne aux époques romane et gothique, by Angela Daneu Lattanzi; Les différents… Read more about this item

Sotheby's France, Paris, auction catalogue for the part of the sale held on 8th November 2011. Laminated pictorial boards, 4to, 27 cm,. 165 pp, colour ills. 89 lots. One of a series of 8 sales that concluded in 2019. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise Very Good.

Sotheby & Co., London, illustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th and 17th December, 1974. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 82 pp, 1 plate. 430 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Meredith's Modern love, 1891, inscribed for Lady Jean Palmer, Yeats's The shadowy water, 1900, inscribed for John Masefield, Joyce's The day of the rabblement, (1901), Hugh… Read more about this item

Hodgson & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 26th to 28th March 1929. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 73 pp. 924 lots. The highlights noted were the following: "An important 13th Century French MS. containing an Early Miracle Play - An Interesting 15th Century Medical Manuscript - Rare Medical Treatises, with the Autograph of… Read more about this item

R. R. Bowker Company, New York, first edition, 1954. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. x, 656 pp. 11,450 entries. First edition of this classic bibliography, which includes an indication of the relative scarcity of each title described and in many cases annotations commenting on the work's significance. From the introduction - "Complete coverage could be aimed at only for books… Read more about this item

Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc., New York, first edition, 1952. Edition limited to 500 copies. Imitation leather, gilt cover-title, , 4to, 28 cm,. 94 pp, ills. 33 items. Leather booklabel of Estelle Doheny. Copy No. 29. Small closed cut to one page, slightly rubbed, otherwise Near Very Good.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue devoted solely to the Atlas, sale date: London, 13th March, 1979. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 20 pp, several plates (most in colour). 1 lot. The catalogue for the first appearance at auction of this magnificent atlas, which was to pass through the saleroom a second time in 1996. The atlas is decsribed as follows: Atlas of… Read more about this item

Bonechi Editore, Firenze, first edition, 1968. Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover-title, folio, 35 cm,. 71 pp, ills, 53 colour plates (including several double-page). From the blurb: "Il Dott. Renzo Chiarelli, Direttore del Museo di San Marco in Firenze, ha inteso con questo libro ricondurre all'attenzione di un vasto pubblico, oltre che degli specialisti, l'antico e nuovo argomento… Read more about this item

Library Association, London, first edition, 1983. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm,. ix, 242 pp. 826 entries. A valuable and readable bibliography with over 800 entries which are intelligently annotated. Contents are arranged under the following headings: Librarians, Librarianship, Libraries (Universal, British Isles, Academical, Ecclesiastical, Mechanics' institutes and other workers' institutes, National, Private, Public, Special, Subscription) Reading, Study of library… Read more about this item

Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, first edition, 1991. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm,. 125, [3] pp ; colour ills. 51 entries. Near Fine.

Private Libraries Association, first edition, 2009. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 28 cm,. 328 pp, plates, ills. Contents: Section 1. History. Beginnings and first books, 1923-1926 - First years in London, 1926-1927 - Two boys from Queensland take on the London literary establishment, 1927-1929 - Hand-printing and hamstrung at West Hampstead, 1929-1930 - Retrospect. Contents: Section 2. Bibliography.… Read more about this item

Bloomsbury Book Auctions, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 13th March 2003. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 82 pp, 8 colour plates, ills. 673 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Books from the library of Geoffrey Barrow (lots 1-198), including Maffei's Commentariorum urbanorum octo et triginta libri..., 1515; Aristotle's Opera omnia quae extant, 1619; Spon's Recherches… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition thus, 1906 photo-facsimile of the 1477 edition. Limited edition of 250 copies. Cloth, gilt cover-title, small folio, 27 cm,. 1 leaf of letterpress and 33 leaves of photo-facsimile. From the introduction - "Among the books collected by John Moore, Bishop of Ely, and presented to the University of Cambridge in 1715 by… Read more about this item