London.J.Nourse and T. Cadell. 1773. i-iii, [iv], [1], 2-138pp. Original full calf gilt. marbled endpapers. Small quarto. First Edition. Spine expertly repaired. A very good copy of a scarce work specifically designed for teaching young children.

London.Lawton Gilliver. 1733. [4], 13, [ 1 blank], [1 ad'], [1 blank]pp. Bound in twentieth century half morocco gilt, over cloth. Al edges gilt. Folio. Bound with 16 leaves to bulk the book out for binding. First edition. Half-title, 'Of the knowledge and Characters of Men' present. A fine copy.Griffith 359.

London.John Murray. 1921. [v], xx, 1659pp. Original cloth gilt. Large octavo. First edition. Publisher's complimentary copy, embossed stamp on front endpaper: 'With Mr. Murray's compliments.' Extremities of boards a trifle rubbed; hinges slightly weakened; some small water-stains to front endpapers; some pencil annotation; else a very good copy.

In The Savoy: Richard Sare, 1720. Hardcover. [2], 537 – 1120. [70 Table], [5 Advertisement, Emendanda & Corrigenda], [ 1 blank], [2 ad's] pages. Contemporary full calf, untitled, with plain raised hubs, '2' to the spine. Octavo. First edition. Endpapers and blank page at close used for notes and drafts of letters; binding worn at corners and at head & heel of spine; else a very good copy of the second volume of this two volume work.

Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co, 1885. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xxiv, 357 pages. First edition. Rebound in half-red morocco, gilt over marbled boards. Binder's label, 'Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Dublin' on front endpaper. Crease-mark to blank corner of one leaf; small piece missing from another blank corner, where carelessly opened; else very handsome copy, fresh and clean throughout.

Bradford.Redbeck Press. 1999. 64pp. Original pictorial softback. Issued without dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper, to the poet Paul Edwards; 'For Paul Edwards, a few notes from the North, Jim Burns.' A near fine copy.

Neuchatel: Editions Du Griffon, 1958. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Illustrated in colour and in black & white. Original red pictorial cloth, gilt. Original tissue wrapper, and original printed wrapper. Endpapers spotted; ownership details written on endpaper; else a fine copy in the rare wrappers. This book is heavy and will require extra shipping. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com

Paris: Art et Style, 1958. Unpaged. Illustrated in colour and in black & white. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Quarto. First edition. Blank lower cover lightly soiled; else a near fine copy.

Glasgow: Gilmour and Lawrence Limited, No date [late 1920's; early 30's]. Fifty-one pages. Illustrated throughout. Original semi-stiff wrappers. 25 x 19.5 cm. A very good copy of this 'album' celebrating 80 years of Braby's metal manufacturing for the building industry.

Jülich/West Germany: 1989. Hardcover. 264 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and in black & white. Original glazed pictorial boards. 4to. First edition. A fine copy of this history of the Steiff company.

New York. London: The Art Lithographic Co. The Artistic Lithographic Company, No date [circa 1900]. [36] pages. Religious verses illustrated throughout in colour. Original embossed pictorial covers with tassel ties at spine; silver fore-edges. Contained in the original box, with label to lid. Box: 13.5 x 12.5 cm. A fine copy.

London. Geo. Routledge & Sons, Ltd. No date [1921?]. xv, [1 blank], 134 pages. Black & white illustrations by Fred/ Mason, Bernard Sleigh, Arthur J. Gaskin, and others. Original two-tone cloth. Pictorial dust-wrapper. 4to. Wrapper a little worn with half an inch of loss to the head of the spine, and a few other small chips. A very good copy.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. Original pictorial cloth. Original price-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Wrapper chipped at head of spine and rather generously price-clipped; fore-edges browned; esges of boards a little rubbed; else a very good copy.

London: Castell Brothers, No date [ circa 1900]. A die-cut shaped book of 8 pages with 4 chromolithograph coloured illustrations. Original full-colour pictorial wrappers. Maximum height: 13.2 cm. A fine copy.

London: East Africa. (A weekly Journal.), 1930. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 205, xx ad's pages. Illustrated. Original brown cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some occasional light spotting, and some to fore-edges; else a very good copy of a scarce book.

Roterodami. Regneri Leers, 1693. [18], 537, [18] pages. Extra engraved pictorial title. Engraved portrait. Contemporary full yapped vellum; manuscript ink title and date to spine. Vellum a little darkened; bookplate on fixed front endpaper, plus twentieth century (1935) ownership inscription to front free endpaper; else a very good, clean copy.

Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1770. Four volumes. Folding Tables and one other plate in volume II. Quarto. Original calf expertly and finely re-backed by Charles Gledhill with red title labels to the spines. Ownership signature of S. Blachall to all front fixed endpapers. Some ink spotting to fore-edges; some spotting and water-staining to first four leaves to the outer margins of volume two; occasional light spotting in other volumes; else a very handsome set.

Bradford.Redbeck Press. 1996. 68pp. Original pictorial softback. Issued without dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. One from a limited edition of 500 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed on front free endpaper to the poet; 'For Paul Edwards, a few confessions, Jim Burns'. A fine copy.

London.Read & Co. 1865. Unpaged, but 66pp including ad's, but excluding wrappers. With 12 colour-printed illustrations and many others in line. Original coloured pictorial wrappers. Octavo. Spine worn, with loss of paper; else very good. Scarce.

London.Elliot Stock, 1884. viii, [3], 4 - 202pp. Illustrated with head and tailpieces throughout by E.V.B. Original art-vellum, gilt. 12mo. First edition. Binding stained and worn; endpapers foxed; front hinge cracked; the odd minor mark occasionally; else a good, uncut copy as issued, complete with tipped-in errata slip. Presentation copy, inscribed: 'Charles P. Davis With kind Remembrance, From the Author Feb. 1884.'A diary of a year's gardening, originally published in the Gardener's Chronicle.