London rare books and prints

First edition, first impression; 2 volumes; 8vo (20 x 13 8 x 5 in); armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., numerous illustrations by George Cruickshank, with ads. to end of vol. I; early half morocco, green cloth boards, gilt spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, spine faded, very minor areas of wear to extremities, original pink cloth and spine bound in; xix, [3], 263, [1], 36; xix, [3], 288pp. An excellent set.

First one-volume edition; 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown, 40 illustrations by George Cruickshank including frontispiece, light toning to margins of plates; brown morocco, covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, very minor wear to extremities; viii, 526pp.

Fifth edition; 2 volumes; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm, 8.75 x 5.75 in); armorial bookplates to front pastedown of each vol., light foxing to endpapers; contemporary vellum, covers with gilt centrepiece armorial of the Hulme Bequest ('munificentia hulmiana'), gilt spine with contrasting green and red morocco lettering-pieces, edges stained red; xvi, 536; xii, 550pp. An excellent set.

First edition; 2 volumes; 8vo (25 x 17 cm, 10 x 6.75 in); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper verso of vol. I, numerous illustrations including an engraved frontispiece by Horace Vernet, woodcut initials and various textual ornaments throughout, foxing to frontis and occasionally thereafter; contemporary mottled calf, cover gilt ruled with dentelles in blind, gilt spine in raised banded compartments, contrasting title-pieces in morocco, marbled edges, extremities with very minor areas of fraying; lxxii, 576; vi, 634pp.

2 volumes; 8vo (18 x 12.5 cm, 7 x 4.75 in); armorial bookplates to front fly-leaf of both vols., light spotting to prelims; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine with raised bands, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, extremities lightly rubbed, areas of minor wear to covers, internally sound; xxxix, [1], 502, [2]; [2], vi, 552, [2]pp. An excellent copy.

The 'South Seas' issue; 2 vols bound as one; folio (35.5 x 29 cm, 14 x 11.5 in); two armorial bookplates to front pastedown; hand coloured etched frontispiece, two engraved parallel titles in English and French (the first with imprint also in French), engraved dedication to the King, two engraved explanatory tables, half-title, engraved plate of medals (undated), 80 hand coloured engraved plates numbered in a contemporaneous hand, with two loose contemporaneous single leaf prospectuses in English and French; contemporary full red morocco by L. Staggemeier and Welcher (with ticket), gilt-ruled borders of a Greek key roll and gilt-dotted rule, gilt spine with emblematic and classical tools offset by two green morocco contrasting lettering-pieces, all edges gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, a few minor stains to binding, very occasional spotting internally; 39, [1]pp (pagination begins half-title verso). A very fine copy.

Second edition; partially coloured folding plan of London, dissected and laid on linen as issued; size: 39.5 x 56 cm, 15.5 x 22 inches (open); scale: 4 inches : one mile; extending from Islington in the north to Newington Butts in the south, and from Hyde Park in the west to Stepney Green in the east; with Table of References to the Church and Principal Buildings; marbled slipcase with publisher's printed label and date '1797', a little worn to the edges, and map with very minor fraying to extremities, otherwise in very good condition.

Partially coloured folding map, laid on linen as issued; size: 41.5 x 62 cm, 16.25 x 24.25 inches (open); scale: 4 inches : 1 mile; extending from Islington in the North to Newington Butts in the South, and Hyde Park in the West to Stepney Green in the East; with indexes for Hackney Coach Fares, Penny Post Receiving Houses, General Post Office Receiving Houses, and Public Offices & Buildings; green card slipcase with publisher's printed label, a little worn to the edges, map with very minor fraying to extremities, otherwise in very good condition.

12mo (17 x 11 cm); contemporary annotations to endpapers, numerous MS notes in contemporary hand, interleaved throughout, without the final three leaves of ads; contemporary vellum binding, MS title to spine; xii, [2], 136, 83, [1]pp.

Third edition; 8vo (21 x 14 cm); armorial bookplate, half-title, folding plate, appendix with thirteen tables, p.xix incorrectly numbered xxi, p80 marginal notes in a contemporary hand, p.389 misnumbered 386; contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece; xxi [ie.xix], [3], 564, [4]pp. An excellent copy.