London: Marcus Ward, 1880. 12 chromolithographs, 74 b/w Illus. 4to, original green cloth, edges of corners lightly worn and bumped, spine ends rubbed, cloth lightly soiled, browning to margins of title-page. London: Marcus Ward, 1880. More
New York: Random House, 1970. Photographs by Wim Swaan, in color and in black & white. 304 pages, 4to red cloth, dust wrapper (some text worn off dust wrapper, one tear to head of spine). New York (1970). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. 32 color plates, many text illustrations. xx + 208pp., large 8vo, decorative green cloth, t.e.g; corners and spine ends bumped, book plates inside front cover, ownership signature front free endpaper. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Internally fine, a very good (+) copy. More
London: Royal Collection, 2004. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs by Christopher Simon Sykes, plus many historic black-and-white photos, drawings, engravings, etc. 223pp., 4to, green cloth, d.w. London: Royal Collection Publications, (2004). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Batsford, 1954. Many Illus. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib, cloth lightly soiled. London: Batsford, (1954). More
New York: Putnam, 1904. Illustrated. 460pp. 8vo, gray pictorial cloth, cloth lightly soiled, spine ends lightly worn, corners bumped, front inner hinge weak. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. More
London: Percival, 1892. 2 volumes. Illustrated, including two folding maps and one large genealogical table. xxiv + 287 pages and xvi + 279 pages, 12mo, blue cloth with gilt lettering and armorial decoration front cover; covers rubbed, genealogical plate foxed, creased. London: Percival and Co., 1892. A very good copy. More
London: Rivingtons, 1920. Illus., folding map, folding genealogical chart. 2 volumes. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled on both volumes, head of spine and corners bumped on volume II. London: Rivingtons, 1920. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Photo Illus. 4to, green cloth, cloth rubbed on spine and edges of covers, spine sunned, pages throughout are slightly wavy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. More
New York: Dutton, 1925. 48 plates, 7 plans. 215pp. 8vo, blue cloth, front cover warped, corners lightly bumped, cloth spine lightly dampstained. New York: Dutton, (1925). More
New York: Scala Books, 1990. Illustrated with color photographs by Nicolas Sapieha. 208 pages, slim 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Scala Books, 1990. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper (just a slight touch of wear). More
London: Odhams Press, 1951. Over 130 photo Illus. 128pp. green cloth, d.w. slightly chipped and lightly soiled, spine ends of cloth faded, corners of cloth lightly bumped. London: Odhams Press, (1951). Photographic survey of architecture in England. More
London: Methuen, 1911. 46 Illus. 8vo, red cloth, a few pencil marks in a few margins, lightly browning to front flyleaf and last blank page, cloth very lightly soiled, corners very lightly bumped. London: Methuen, (1911). More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. Illustrated in black and white. Large 12mo, orange cloth, dust wrapper. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1965). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Source material for this book comes from the roll of Eleanor de Montfort, Countess of Leicester, which is the oldest private account of the kind that has come down to us. de Montfort's writings covered a period of months in 1265 at Dover Castle. More
New York: Macmillan, 1896. 2 volumes. Forty plates, 158 text plans and 70 plans. xxii + 475pp. and 448pp., thick 4to, gilt-lettered blue cloth; foxing to end papers and title pages, and a few instances in the text, spine ends torn, covers rubbed, several scratches to spine of volume II. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1896. Overall a very good(-) pair, internally clean. More
Zurich: Editions Ex Libris Lausanne, 1978. Text in French. Many illustrations in color. 320 pages, 4to, green cloth with white stamping (corners bumped), dust wrapper. Zurich, Editions Ex Libris Lausanne, 1978. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Paris: Hachette, 1966. Preface by Michale de Saint-Pierre. Hundreds of photographs, primarily black-and-white gravure, with maps at rear. 327 pages with text in French. Thick 4to, pale blue cloth with decorative front cover illustration, spine faded. Paris: Hachette, (1966). First edition. A very good(+) copy, lacking dust wrapper. Collection Realites. More
London: Longmans, 1894. Well illustrated. 2 volumes. xx + 433pp. and viii + 419pp., 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, t.e.g.; ownership signature both title pages, a few of the first pages have some staining, covers of both volumes rubbed, of volume, slightly warped. London: Lomgmans, Green, and Co., 1894. A very good set. More
Munich: Franz Speiser, 1905. Translated by Franz Speiser. Extensively illustrated, including several color plates and fold-out maps. Separate pagination for each castle, 8vo, flexible red pictorial cloth; lightly worn at corners and spine ends. Munich: Franz Speiser, 1905. A very good copy. More
Palermo: 1968. ix + 207pp. plus table of contents, 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; spine ends and corners dented, dust wrapper worn and torn. Palermo, 1968. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. One of 1300 copies. More
Cologne: Konemann, 1999. Many color photo Illus. Small folio, blue cloth, d.w., corners of cloth lightly bumped. (Cologne): Konemann, (1999). Very good. More
London: Cassell, 1892. Patterned endpapers. 328 pages, all edges gilt. Illustrated with black and white engravings and floorplans. 4to, brown cloth (spine a bit scuffed), decoratively stamped in gilt, black, and pink. London: Cassell & Company. A very good(+) bright copy. Light foxing on title page. More
Montreal. Print. Page size 16.5" x 23" Initialed in the lower right corner of print. Signed by artist just below lower right corner of print. Caption lower margin: "The earliest representation of Curling is in a painting by PIETER BRUEGAL around 1550. The Royal Montreal Curling Club dates from 1807 and celebrated its 150th anniversary by a BONSPIEL in 1957. The Grand Caledonian Curling Club was founded in Edinburgh in 1838./ The Oldest Club in United States is the Orchard... More
I've just received by post, this morning, the book I expected: "The Memory of Certain Persons", by John Erskine. Thank you very much, I'm very glad.
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