London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, [1886]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 170 pages plus 8 ad's (uncut pages). Black & white illustrations throughout. Blue decorative card covers printed in gilt & black. Measures approximately 24.5 x 19 cm. Re-spined in plain blue paper; Some foxing to endpapers; large bookplate to paste-down front endpaper; cover lightly soiled with slight wear to extremities; rear cover a little marked; else a very good copy.

London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [circa 1920]. 10 pages. Illustrated in colour by Richard James Williams. 135 x 114 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive with the original paper advert’ slip still loosely laid in. See Cope, page 88. However, this has a variant cover design with the titles in numerals rather than words.

London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [in print 1916 – 1930]. 10 pages, plus 4 half leaves. Illustrated in colour by Mittie Mildred Morris. Cover design by Richard James Williams. 190 x 124 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive with the original paper advert’ slip still loosely laid in. See Cope, page 93. This is a rare interactive rag book that requires the reader to turn over half-size answer pages.

London.The Company of Stationers. 1722. [xxii], 1-70 + [2]pp index. Title in Latin and English. Original full sheep with manuscript paper label to spine. 12mo. Binding very worn, with corners bumped and worn; spine split along lower board; small loss to both head and heel of spine; paper label rubbed with roughly half worn away; fore-edges browned; some old ink marks to endpapers; ownership inscription to 2nd front free endpaper; else a good plus copy.

17 Penny pamphlets relating to Rochester bound together as one, without wrappers, in 19th century cloth, the spine titled: 'Guide to Rochester.' Titles: Reminiscences of Old Rochester; The History of Rochester Castle; History of Rochester Cathedral; Bishops of Rochester; A Trip Down the River Medway; A Trip up the River Medway; Historic Houses of Old Rochester; The Life of Bishop Gundulph; The Priory of Rochester; Civic Rochester; Old Churches of Rochester; Local Legends; Quaint Kentish Epitaphs and Signs; Kentish Customs; The Guildhall, Rochester; Bygone Inns of Rochester; Guide to Rochester Castle. Binding a little faded, particularly at spine; name on endpaper; else very good.

Sandwich: J, Reynolds & H. J., Benstead, No date [circa late 1920s]. [12] leaves, two black & white post cards per leaf, each with a perforated edge. Only six cards are actually of Sandwich. Original printed wrappers. 188 x 150 mm. Staples rusting; else very good.

London.PL Editions Poetry. 1945. 36pp. Original grey/blue cloth gilt. Original unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Few light spots on the first few leaves; slight wear to the head of the spine of the wrapper; else a very good copy indeed.

London.Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1881. Unpaged, but 32 leaves, all but the last printed on one side only. Title and fourteen full-page plates all printed in colour. The final leaf is printed on both sides, the recto being ad's. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 4to. First edition. Head of spine with just a tiny amount of loss, heel of spine split on lower edge and sometime repaired; some rubbing to edges of boards; else a very good copy of a scarce title, attractively illustrated.

Zwikau.Johannes Hermann. No date. (1920's.). Oblong: 18x25cm. Illustrated with 30 full-page silhouettes. Boards a little worn at extremities; paper browning at edges; else a very nice copy.

London: Hutchinson, No date. 450 pages. Illustrated. Original pictorial red cloth, gilt. Al ledges gilt. Lacks two leaves of ad's at rear; spine rubbed and somewhat dulled; else very good.

London: Hutchinson and Co, No date [1910]. 400 pages. 8 full-page black & white plates. Original brown pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. First edition. A fine copy.

Auckland.Oxford University Press. 1987. Illustrated in colour throughout. Hardback. Original pictorial glazed boards. No dust-wrapper, as issued. 18.5 x 15cm. First edition. A very good copy.

London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1887]. Unpaged. 22 leaves printed on one side only. Illustrated throughout in colour by Kate Greenaway. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Fore-edges stained red. Oblong: 21.2 x 26.4 cm. First edition. Contemporary inscription on half-title; some occasional spotting; else a very handsome copy. Schuster & Engen 1[c].

Paris: Hachette & Cie, No date [circa 1911-1918]. A French issue of Dean ‘s 6d Patent Rag Book Series 1. Number 131. 6 pages. Illustrated in colour by David Brett, Eugenie Richards et al. 235 x 115 mm. A fine copy from the Dean archive. See Cope, page 79.

Stockholm: Fr. Huldberg, No date [circa 1840?]. A Swedish picture sheet for a child's nursery, illustrating the letters of the alphabet, etc. A lithograph of twenty four images all hand-coloured as issued. Splitting at centrefold; else near fine. Mounted in acid-free board. Exposed image size: 31.3 x 39.7 cm. Mount size: 45 x 53 cm.

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd, 1905. 128 pages.. Illustrated throughout in line. Sometime rebound in quarter morocco over paper-covered boards. 7.5 x 5.7 cm. A very handsome copy of a scarce miniature alphabet.

New York: Street & Smith Corporation, No date [circa 1929]. Softcover. Text block browned; spine worn & head & heel with small loss of paper; else a very good copy.

Manchester: The Simon Archery Foundation, 1974. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. A fine copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com

London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. Hardback in original unclipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like slightly dust-soiled dust-wrapper with one very short tear.

London.The Bibliographical Society. 1952. [i-ii] 3-288pp. 16 illustrations within the text. Original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. 16 black & white illustrations. Octavo. First Edition. Book plate; some browning to endpapers; slight soiling to spine cloth; else an excellent copy.