London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 161, [2] adverts; including a portrait frontis and many text illustrations. Contents very good, with a few small stains at pp75-81. In the original binding of carmine cloth, top edge gilt: firm, upper board illustrated and titled in gilt..... More
London: Cassell, 1923. First edition. Paperback. [iv], 152pp, illustrated. Contents clean, with some soiling to title page. 8vo, with thin red card covers, battered but made good, illustrated to the front, adverts to rear and inside. With new red spine and label. More
![Little Embroidery Book [cover title: Little Book of Embroidery]. Gladys M. Spratt](/pictures/thumb/19323090.jpg?v=1542314828)
London: Girl's Own Paper Offices, n.d. [1930s]. Presumed first and only edition. Hardcover. 48pp, illustrated. Contents very clean with new matching endpapers. 167x121mm, in the original paper-covered boards, with plain back and attractive pictorial front, and a new cloth spine. A few minor marks to upper board, and slight wear..... More
London: [Boy Scouts Association (Great Britain)], April 1934 to October 1937. Hardcover. [The book titled 1934-36 comprises Vols I & II, from April 1934-March 1936, each Volume followed by an Alphabetical Index, but lacking issues #2, #4 and #7 from Vol I, and #12 is mis-bound into Vol II #1..... More
London: Batsford, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 143pp, packed with illustrations. Contents fresh and immaculate, unread. Quarto, in the original blue cloth-textured binding titled in silver, sharp and bright. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, which has a faint crease, but is otherwise as new. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. 432pp, plus many plates. Contents fresh and immaculate. Tiny brown smudge to closed fore-edge (see photo). In the original binding of navy cloth, spine titled in gilt: bright, corners sharp. In the protected pictorial dust jacket: fresh and bright, with two small snags to..... More
London: Rowland Ward Ltd, 1906. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. On the art of doing well a century ago what would now often be viewed as glorifying crass and reprehensible activities. 272pp, with many illustrations, including a frontis of the author and a foldout plate. Some pencil to the first and final..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge, at the University Press, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. xviii, 330, with many illustrations, including a number of guarded plates. Very neat 1902 gift inscription to front free endpaper, pencilled notes to the foxed rear endpapers. Contents in very fresh condition, a few pages with some foxing. Quarto, 27x18cms..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Company, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 518pp, illustrated with charts and photographs. Contents firm, clean, and unmarked. 23x15cms, in the original binding of navy cloth, spine titled gilt. Knock to foot of upper joint, and some puckering of spine ends. Firm, in the unclipped protected dust..... More
