The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks -
Elizabeth Raffald
1794 - R. Baldwin, London - Eleventh Edition
Eighteenth century edition in contemporary binding, illustrated with one folding plate of a copper stove, two folding plates of table settings, and engraved frontispiece of the author. Organised into three sections - I: Soups, Fish, Meat, Game... II: Confectionary, Puddings, Directions to set out a Table... III: Pickling, Wines, Catchups, and a Correct List of every Thing in Season for every Month in the Year.
The amazing Elizabeth Raffald [1733-81] of Doncaster, spent fifteen years as housekeeper to Lady Elizabeth Warburton, and married the gardener in 1763, she then opened firstly a confectioner’s shop and then three inns in succession as well as a cookery school. She is said to have had sixteen daughters in eighteen years, founded Salford's first newspaper, established a registry office for servants and compiled Manchester's first Directory which she brought out in 1772, 1773 and 1781.
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1794 - R. Baldwin, London - Eleventh Edition
Eighteenth century edition in contemporary binding, illustrated with one folding plate of a copper stove, two folding plates of table settings, and engraved frontispiece of the author. Organised into three sections - I: Soups, Fish, Meat, Game... II: Confectionary, Puddings, Directions to set out a Table... III: Pickling, Wines, Catchups, and a Correct List of every Thing in Season for every Month in the Year.The amazing Elizabeth Raffald [1733-81] of Doncaster, spent fifteen years as housekeeper to Lady Elizabeth Warburton, and married the gardener in 1763, she then opened firstly a confectioner’s shop and then three inns in succession as well as a cookery school. She is said to have had sixteen daughters in eighteen years, founded Salford's first newspaper, established a registry office for servants and compiled Manchester's first Directory which she brought out in 1772, 1773 and 1781.
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Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the first Railway in China - Inscribed -
Richard C. Rapier
1878 - E. &, London - First Edition
Richard Christopher Rapier (1836-1897), a pioneering railway engineer and specialist in narrow gauge railways, worked to promote the use of railways in China and in 1872 together with Jardine, Matheson, & Co. had a share in the construction of the controversial first railway in China, the Shanghai and Woosung Railway, also known as the ‘Woosung Road’ which began operating in July 1876.
All of this is described here, together with illustrations and photographs, in this scarce first edition inscribed by Rapier to the prominent French engineer Éloi Béral.
This work became the standard work on light gauge railways and describes in detail the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876.
Illustrated throughout with eight mounted Woodburytypes (high quality reproductions of original photographic negatives), nine folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams.
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1878 - E. &, London - First Edition
Richard Christopher Rapier (1836-1897), a pioneering railway engineer and specialist in narrow gauge railways, worked to promote the use of railways in China and in 1872 together with Jardine, Matheson, & Co. had a share in the construction of the controversial first railway in China, the Shanghai and Woosung Railway, also known as the ‘Woosung Road’ which began operating in July 1876.All of this is described here, together with illustrations and photographs, in this scarce first edition inscribed by Rapier to the prominent French engineer Éloi Béral.
This work became the standard work on light gauge railways and describes in detail the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876.
Illustrated throughout with eight mounted Woodburytypes (high quality reproductions of original photographic negatives), nine folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams.
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Poems -
Christina Rossetti, Florence Harrison (illustrator), Alice Meynell (introduction)
1910 - Blackie and Son Limited, London Glasgow Bombay - First Edition
An exquisitely Art Nouveau presentation of Rossetti’s lusciously pre-Raphaelite poems, with thirty six mounted colour plates and thirty four black and white illustrations as well as headings and other decorations, by Florence Harrison, and an introduction by Alice Meynell.
One-hundred and ten poems in total, including ‘Goblin Market’, ‘Remember’, ‘Dreamland’, ‘Echo’, and ‘The Prince's Progress’.
‘Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmed sleep:
Awake her not.
Led by a single star,
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her pleasant lot.’
Fine, and without the usual foxing or loss of gilt usually encountered.
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1910 - Blackie and Son Limited, London Glasgow Bombay - First Edition
An exquisitely Art Nouveau presentation of Rossetti’s lusciously pre-Raphaelite poems, with thirty six mounted colour plates and thirty four black and white illustrations as well as headings and other decorations, by Florence Harrison, and an introduction by Alice Meynell.One-hundred and ten poems in total, including ‘Goblin Market’, ‘Remember’, ‘Dreamland’, ‘Echo’, and ‘The Prince's Progress’.
‘Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmed sleep:
Awake her not.
Led by a single star,
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her pleasant lot.’
Fine, and without the usual foxing or loss of gilt usually encountered.
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Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set - 10 volumes with The Philosopher's Stone Signed by the Artist -
J. K. Rowling
1999-2008 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings, with the three supplemental works
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.
Presented here is a complete, unique, and fine, seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe edition, together with first editions of the three additional Harry Potter works - Quidditch Through the Ages; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; and The Tales of Beedle The Bard.
‘The Philosopher's Stone’ is signed by the artist Thomas Taylor who produced the iconic artwork for the cover which launched the series.
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1999-2008 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings, with the three supplemental works
Harry Potter's award-winning wizarding adventures have had an unrivalled impact in popular culture today; indeed, some experts have referred to adults between the ages of roughly 20-30 years old as 'the Harry Potter generation'.Presented here is a complete, unique, and fine, seven volume set of first printings of the deluxe edition, together with first editions of the three additional Harry Potter works - Quidditch Through the Ages; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; and The Tales of Beedle The Bard.
‘The Philosopher's Stone’ is signed by the artist Thomas Taylor who produced the iconic artwork for the cover which launched the series.
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Saint Joan Of Arc -
Vita Sackville-West
1936 - Cobden-Sanderson, London - First Edition
A finely bound, first edition of Vita Sackville-West’s richly reported biography of one of the most unusual and extraordinary women in history.
Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint.
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1936 - Cobden-Sanderson, London - First Edition
A finely bound, first edition of Vita Sackville-West’s richly reported biography of one of the most unusual and extraordinary women in history. Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint.
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The Comedies; Tragedies; Histories and Poems -
William Shakespeare, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edward Dowden, W. J. Craig
1967 - Oxford University Press, London
A fine three volume set of Shakespeare in elegant bindings by Bayntun of Bath, housed together in a matching felt-lined slipcase.
The text prepared by W. J. Craig; with a General Introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburne; Introductory Studies of the several Plays and Poems by Edward Dowden, and full Glossaries.
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1967 - Oxford University Press, London
A fine three volume set of Shakespeare in elegant bindings by Bayntun of Bath, housed together in a matching felt-lined slipcase.The text prepared by W. J. Craig; with a General Introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburne; Introductory Studies of the several Plays and Poems by Edward Dowden, and full Glossaries.
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The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish d Gentlewoman s Companion -
E. Smith
1753 - Printed for R. Ware, London - Fifteenth Edition, with Additions
A wonderful early edition of Eliza Smith’s best-selling compendium of recipes, home remedies, and medicinal guidance, and complete with six engraved folding plates showing table settings. A great success in London, where it is was originally published in 1727, it later had the distinction of being the first cookery book printed in America, when it was printed and published in Williamsburg, Virginia, by William Parks in 1742.
Created as a household guide for the 18th century urban housewife, Smith’s extensive experience as a cook in various aristocratic houses, in addition to her chiding of the male culinary writers of the period, whom she claimed concealed their best recipes from the public, made her a popular figure amongst her contemporary female audience.
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1753 - Printed for R. Ware, London - Fifteenth Edition, with Additions
A wonderful early edition of Eliza Smith’s best-selling compendium of recipes, home remedies, and medicinal guidance, and complete with six engraved folding plates showing table settings. A great success in London, where it is was originally published in 1727, it later had the distinction of being the first cookery book printed in America, when it was printed and published in Williamsburg, Virginia, by William Parks in 1742.Created as a household guide for the 18th century urban housewife, Smith’s extensive experience as a cook in various aristocratic houses, in addition to her chiding of the male culinary writers of the period, whom she claimed concealed their best recipes from the public, made her a popular figure amongst her contemporary female audience.
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English Fairy Tales -
Flora Annie Steel, Arthur Rackham (illustrator)
1918 - Macmillan &, London - Deluxe Signed Limited and First Rackham Illustrated Edition
Fine deluxe signed edition, numbered 291 of 500 copies, in publisher’s stunning deluxe vellum and gilt binding.
Magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham with sixteen tipped on colour plates, and forty-two black and white illustrations and decorations throughout.
With forty one fairy tales including – ‘St. George of Merrie England’, ‘The Story of the Three Bears’, ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’, ‘The Golden Ball’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Mr. Fox’, ‘The Old Woman and her Pig’, ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’, ‘The Babes in the Wood’, ‘The Ass, the Table, and the Stick’, and ‘The Rose Tree’.
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1918 - Macmillan &, London - Deluxe Signed Limited and First Rackham Illustrated Edition
Fine deluxe signed edition, numbered 291 of 500 copies, in publisher’s stunning deluxe vellum and gilt binding.Magically illustrated by Arthur Rackham with sixteen tipped on colour plates, and forty-two black and white illustrations and decorations throughout.
With forty one fairy tales including – ‘St. George of Merrie England’, ‘The Story of the Three Bears’, ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’, ‘The Golden Ball’, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Mr. Fox’, ‘The Old Woman and her Pig’, ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’, ‘The Babes in the Wood’, ‘The Ass, the Table, and the Stick’, and ‘The Rose Tree’.
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