Periodicals
ALMANACK: The Illustrated London Almanack for 1847.
London: at the Office of the Illustrated London News, 1857. Woodcut illustrations. 4to (10 3/4 x 8 inches), 64-pages, original pictorial wrappers printed in brown and green, all edges gilt; wrappers foxed, lower wrapper stained, else good.
The illustrations for the tweve monhs of the almanack comprise National Sports, i.e. England, Stag Hunt; Scotland, Otter Hunt; Ireland, Fox Hunt; France, Wolf Hunt; Germany, Wild Boar Hunt; Persia, Wild Ass Hunt; Africa, Lion Hunt; India, Tiger Hunt; South America, Wild Horse Hunt; America, Buffalo Hunt; Norway, Bear Hunt; & Switzerland, Chamois Hunt.
£30.00
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ALMANACK: The Illustrated London Almanack for 1853.
London: at the Office of the Illustrated London News, 1853. Woodcut illustrations. 4to (10 3/4 x 8 inches), 64-pages, original pictorial pink wrappers, all edges gilt; good. The illustrations for the tweve monhs of the almanack comprise: Recreations on the Ice; The Evening Party; The Palm-House at Kew; The Thames Seaward; The Pleasures of the Garden; Life in the Parks; The Pic-Nic; The Excursion: The Sea-Side; The Zoological Gardens; The Charade; & The Christmas Tree.
£35.00
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN: The Archaeological Journal [of] the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland for the Encouragement ... of Researches into the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages. Volume XX.
London: Archaeological Institute of Great Britain, 1863. Plates & plans, some folding.. 8vo, pp.viii:422, contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, sipne gilt, all edges gilt; joints, headbands and corners rubbed, binding otherwise sound.
£20.00
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ISLE OF MAN POST OFFICE AURTHORITY: Isle of Man Post Office Authority. Newsletters, Nos. 1-41, Nov. 1973-May 1985.
The later issues illustrated in colour. Contained with other related brochures etc. in a purpose vinyl case, gilt. (9 1/2 x 7 inches). Very good
£35.00
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PERIODICAL: Australia To-day 1939. The Commonwealth's Pictorial National Annual. Special Number of The Australian Traveller.
Melbourne: United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia, October 24th 1938. Profusely illustrated, partly in colour. Folio, original coloured pictorial wrappers; backstrip chipped, corners a trifle bumped, else very good.
£30.00
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PERIODICAL: The Freemason's Magazine or General and Complete Library. Volume III. Being six issues, July to December 1794. Each with printed title and contents leaf. With an engraved general title "The Free-Mason's Magazine".
Printed for the Proprietor and Sold by J. Parsons, London, 1795. 8vo (8 1/2 inches), 450-pages plus unpaginated index. Contemporary mottled brown calf, corners rubbed. Recently rebacked in sympathetic calf with raised bands and burgundy lettering piece. Original marbled endpapers retained. The binding very sound, internally some foxing and browning but overall very good. With engraved plates, as under, all with tissue guards:
1). Portrait of His Royal Highness Henry Frederick, late Duke of Cumberland & Strathern dedicated "To the Grand Lodge of England".
2). H.R.H. Prince Edward.
3). Mr Andrew Brice.
4). "Fortitude".
5). The Rev'd William Peters, Provincial Grand Master of the County of Lincoln. &
6). Tipping Brown M.P. P.S.G.W. for the County of Durham, Master of the Phoenix Lodge, Suderland.
Whilst there is much Masonic content there is much else of a more diverse nature, e.g. an interesting, "Account of Norfolk Island [ In a letter from an Officer dated Norfolk Island November 19, 1793"; "Anecdote of Kamhi Emperor of China"; & an "Authentic and Interesting Narrative of the Adventures of the Mutineers who piratically seized his Majesty's Ship Bounty. Never before published", etc. Uncommon.
£700.00
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PERIODICAL: The Freemason's Magazine or General and Complete Library. Volume VI. Being six issues, Jan. - June 1796. Each with printed title and contents leaf. With an engraved general title "The Free-Mason's Magazine".
Printed and Published by G. Cawthorn, London, 1796. 8vo (8 1/2 inches), 452-pages plus unpaginated index. Contemporary mottled brown calf, corners rubbed. Recently rebacked in sympathetic calf with raised bands and burgundy lettering piece. Original marbled endpapers retained. The binding very sound, internally some foxing and browning but overall very good. With engraved plates, as under:
1). Wm. Henry Lambton Esq. M.P. Prov.l Gr. M. for Durham.
2). The Jewel of the R. W. M. of the Lodge of the Nine Muses.
3). Mrs. E. Caslon.
4). The Jewel of the S.W. of the Lodge of the Nine Muses.
5). The Jewel of the S.W. of the Lodge of the Nine Muses.
6). Inserted from another work of smaller format? With stab marks on upper margin. "Westm'r & Keystone Lodge".
7). The Secretaries Jewel of the Lodge of the Nine Muses.
Whilst there is much Masonic content there is much else of a more diverse nature, e.g. "Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the North-American Indians" over 3 issues. Uncommon.
£700.00
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PERIODICAL: LITTLE, WILLIAM (Publisher): Illustrated London News, Volume 26, January - June 1855.
London: William Little, 1855. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings throughout. Folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches), 672-pages. Handsomely bound recent half tan morocco, tan cloth sides, spine gilt ruled and with double black gilt lettering pieces. Last leaf silked, one leaf re-margined, one fold of one folding plate reinforced. Some soiling to title, a little staing to a couple of leaves else internally excellent. Much, of course, on the Crimean war.
Very heavy, extra overseas postage will be requested.
£240.00
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PERIODICAL: The Illustrated London News. The major part of volume 56 being January 22nd to June 11, 1870.
London:1870. Profusely illustrated. Folio (15 3/4 x 11 inches). pages 85-620; disbound, the text block firm however apart from 4 leaves which are detached and worn on margins. Heavy, thus extra overseas postage will be requested.
£40.00
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PERIODICAL: L'Illustration. No. 4891. 28 Novembre 1936.
Paris: Hebdomadaire, 1936. Illustrations. 1 tipped-in coloured plate. Folio (15 x 11 inches), pages: 429-458 plus illustrated advertisement leaves, original wrappers. Some damage to left hand margin on one coloured advertisement, rub mark on upper wrapper. Cover illustration is titled " Le Siege de Madrid: Mansions Incendiees par un Bombardment Aerien...."
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: L'Illustration. No. 4893 12 Decembre 1936.
Paris: Hebdomadaire, 1936. Illustrations. Folio (15 x 11 inches), pages: 462-488 plus illustrated advertisement leaves, original wrappers. Some soiling to wrappers. Cover illustration is titled " Mrs Simpson qui a mis L'Empire Britannique en Etat de Crise".
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: L'Illustration. No.4807 20 Avril 1935.
Paris: Hebdomadaire, 1935. Illustrations. Folio (15 x 11 inches), pages: 445-474 plus illustrated advertisement leaves, original wrappers. Some soiling to wrappers. Cover illustration is titled " Apres une Seance de la Conference de Stresa", Ramsey Macdonald, Mussolini etc.
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: L'Illustration. No.4896 2 Janvier 1937.
Paris: Hebdomadaire, 1937. Illustrations. Folio (15 x 11 inches), pages: 1-25 plus illustrated advertisement leaves, original wrappers. Some soiling to wrappers. Cover illustration is titled " L'Espagne Tragique: Deblaiement d'une Rue de Madrid apres un Bombardment".
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: L'Illustration. No.5003 21 Janvier 1937.
Paris: Hebdomadaire, 1937. Illustrations. Folio (15 x 11 inches), pages: 61-88 plus illustrated advertisement leaves, original wrappers. Some dustmarking to wrappers. Cover illustration, and within, Chamberlain's arrival in Rome.
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: The Little Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, for 1844.
London: Samuel Gilbert, 1844. 12mo, pp. viii:376, contemporary half tan calf with lettering piece; a little rubbed, some spotting.
£18.00
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PERIODICAL: The Dolphin, a Periodical for all people who find pleasure in fine books. No. 4, Pt. 1 Fall1940.
New York; Limited Editions Club, 1940. Illustrations. 4to, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, unpaginated, original wrappers which are a little browned else god. Edward Lear, Laureate of Nonsense by Holbrook Jackson and much else.
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: BEILENSON, PETER (Editor): The Dolphin. A Periodical for all People who find Pleasure in Fine Books. Number 4 Part 2.
New York: Limited Editions Club, Winter 1941. Illustrations. Folio (12 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches), pages 110-232:16, original cloth; paper of inner joint cracked but firm, 2-inch chip out of base of backstrip else vey good.
£15.00
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PERIODICAL: The Retrospective Review, Volumes 1-14 & Volumes 1 & 2 New Series (complete)
London: Charles & Henry Baldwin, later volumes Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1820-1828. 16 volumes, engraved titles. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf , spines floral gilt and with black lettering and numbering pieces; a little rubbed, a few headbands slightly chipped, lower joint of vol. 16 cracked, attractive on the shelf however.
£300.00
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RAVEN-HILL, L. (Editor): The Butterfly, a Humorous and Artistic Monthly. No.3.
London: Walter Haddon, July 15th 1893. Illustrations. Tall narrow 8vo (91/4 x 5 inches), pages: 133-192, original printed wrappers; a little dusty, backstrip partly chipped. Internally very good.
£21.00
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RAVEN-HILL, L. (Editor): The Butterfly, a Humorous and Artistic Monthly. No.4.
London: Walter Haddon, August 15th 1893. Illustrations. Tall narrow 8vo (91/4 x 5 inches), pages: 197-256, original printed wrappers; a little dusty, backstrip partly chipped. Internally very good.
£21.00
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RAVEN-HILL, L. (Editor): The Butterfly, a Humorous and Artistic Monthly. No.5.
London: Walter Haddon, Sept. 15th 1893. Illustrations. Tall narrow 8vo (91/4 x 5 inches), pages: 262-320, original printed wrappers; wrappers with some staining and lacking lower blank fore-corner. First two leaves corner creased, backstrip chipped, internally good.
£15.00
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