A little light foxing, ink name to front pastedown; cloth very good; jacket rather worn at head of spine and upper fore-corners, spine very slightly sunned, otherwise very good.
Photographic illustrations.
£250
A Guide for the Amateur
London, OUP, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive work on the evolving technology of television.
In stock
A little light foxing, ink name to front pastedown; cloth very good; jacket rather worn at head of spine and upper fore-corners, spine very slightly sunned, otherwise very good.
Photographic illustrations.
Non-Fiction
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1932.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
The Count was a member of the ancient Sforza dynasty, descendant from a branch of the Dukes of Milan, and related to the Pallavicini family as well as other Italian families such as the Medici and Orsini.
Non-Fiction
London, Walter Scott, 1899.
First edition. 8vo. Original red gilt-pictorial cloth.
A bright attractive copy of this mournful reflection on British society at the turn of the century, by a then well-known socialist, novelist and campaigner.
Non-Fiction
Report of a Survey
London, OUP, 1939.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt.
Sir John Hope Simpson (1868–1961) was a British civil servant and Liberal politician, known for his work on refugee and immigration issues, including publishing this comprehensive survey of refugee issues post-World War I, examining causes, demographics and potential solutions.
London, The Scientific Press, 1898.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt.
Uncommon. The author's journey took him from Constantinople, to Batumi, Baku, Krasnovodsk, Ashabad, Merv, Bokhara, Samarkand and back home via Odessa, utilising the Transcaspian Military Railway. "Until quite recently the very greatest difficulties were placed in the way of any foreigner who tried to penetrate the region... [and this book] is probably the last of a series that has dealt with Central Asia as a sort of terra incognita" (author's preface).
edited with introduction and notes by H.A. Rose
London, OUP, 1927.
First edition thus, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
A study of Sufi orders and ceremonial practice in the Ottoman Empire, originally compiled by Brown (a U.S. diplomat in Istanbul) in the mid-19th century and reissued here with scholarly additions by H.A. Rose.