Boot P H (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. George Whalley "Portrait Of A Bibliophile VII:Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834" / J C T Oates "An Old Boot At Cambridge" / Boies Penrose "Contemporary Collectors XXVIII - The Library At Barbados Hill, Devon, Pennsylvania" / P H Muir "Further Reminiscences XIV" /Howard M Nixon "English Bookbindings XXXVIII".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Fine, in a stunning full calf binding, by F Bedford, gilt edge tooling. Spine, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vii-xviii), [2], [1], 2-432 pp, complete with all 23 full page illustrations, 92 illustrations within text & 5 maps (4 folding & 1 coloured),t.e.g., remainder uncut, red marbled endpapers, elaborate gilt tooling to turn ins and board edges, binders stamp to verso fep, along with a tipped in catalogue listing stating that this copy was from the authors own library. Published in the same year as the first edition. Whymper, mountaineer and wood-engraver. The book is entirely personal, all ego', Whymper told a friend in 1869. 'It will have a hundred illustrations-the best your humble servant knows how to produce, and they will contain enough sensations for half a dozen volumes' (Smythe, 225). The book is written with simplicity, directness, and verve, and is profusely illustrated with his woodcuts. (225*160 mm). Neate 897. BOOT HJ; MAHONEY J; NORTH JW; SKELTON P; SMITH WG; STANILAND CJ. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine, rebound in a blue calf, gilt tooling and titles to spine. Internally, frontis, [3], (vi-xviii), [2], [1], 2-432 pp, complete with 21 full page illustrations, 90 illustrations within the text & 5 maps (folding & 1 coloured), bound without the half title, occasional spot, faint edge browning, bookplate to fpd (Thomas Clifford Allbutt Carr Manor Meanwood - 1836-1925). Whymper, mountaineer and wood-engraver. The book is entirely personal, all ego', Whymper told a friend in 1869. 'It will have a hundred illustrations-the best your humble servant knows how to produce, and they will contain enough sensations for half a dozen volumes' (Smythe, 225). The book is written with simplicity, directness, and verve, and is profusely illustrated with his woodcuts. ODNB. BOOT HJ; JOHNSON C; NORTH JW; SKELTON P; etc (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Features: Stourbridge Shed; Fog on the Tyne - the complex of lines owned by the Tyne Improvement Commission (TIC); Death of a Bridge - more West Coast civil engineering; Down and Out - Crosti 9Fs; Gresley Pacifics at Edinburgh; Photos of Jubilee 45647 Sturdee; War Report - Southern Home Guard (patrolled the railways); and much more. 44 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with archival black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to. Illustrated by Cotterell, Paul; Heiron, George (illustrator).…