Sydney: "Messenger Office", Riverview College, 1894. A monthly magazine for Roman Catholics in Australia. Includes prayers, essays, Catholic news, In Memoriam, lists of converts etc. Occasional woodcut head-piece and vignette. Original red calf gilt, a little rubbed at the edges, small split at the rear edge of the head of the spine, joints firm and contents clean, a very good copy. Slightly rubbed to the spine. Bookplate to the inside cover stating "Library of Syon Abbey". Gift inscription to the verso of the end paper. " To dear Rev. Mother from the Srs of Mercy at Gambus (?) Jan 14th 95"
576 pages.

London: J.G. & F. Rivington, and J. Booker, 1836. First edition. Hardback. Contemporary half calf rebacked, book-plate of the Tottenham Collection, Bath Guildhall Library. Signature of Ed Tottenham at the head of the title, "sold" stamp of Bath Municipal Libraries on the title. Lithographic frontispiece with the facsimile signatures of the two short-hand writers, T.J. Brown and Ed, Tottenham.
The marbled boards are somewhat rubbed, but clean and tidy. There is chipping to the spine, and the top panel (1 inch) is detached (inside book awaiting repair). The title label to the spine has gone. Internally clean, but with some foxing spots. (ii) 484 pp.

London: Kogan Page Ltd, 1982. Signed First edition. Hardback in original unclipped dust jacket. The Labour Party in turmoil. Drawing on hitherto unpublished interview material and documents. An original and fascinating account of The Labour Party in the early 1980s. Signed dedication to front by David Kogan. Book and jacket in very good condition. 160 pages. 225 x 140 mm.

David Kogan OBE is a British media executive, historian and journalist, who is an expert on the history of the Labour Party.

London: Printed for the proprietor; and sold by Wetton and Jarvis, 1818. First edition. Scarce. Hardback mottled boards with paper title label. Part of the title page is printed in gilt letters. Boards are quite rubbed, and the front board is a little loose but holding well. Inside the book has some age toning but is otherwise good. viii, 136 pp. With illustrated frontis. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches).

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796 - 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte was to ascend the British throne after the deaths of her grandfather, George III and her father, but died in childbirth - at the tender age of 21.

Calcutta: D. K. Lakin, 1953. First edition. Prepared to mark the centenary of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. It attempts to compress in to just over 200 pages the important contribution made by the Chamber in those 100 years to the growth of India's trade and industry. Original hardback in blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to front and spine. The illustrations and photographs include a b/w fold out photograph of the Chamber Office Staff of 1952. Boards show signs of handling, neat previous owner's name to FFEP. Otherwise clean and tidy. Very good. 203, xii pages - appendices and index. 220 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Limited, 1937. First edition. Hardback in original green cloth, with gilt title to spine. Frontispiece in b/w from a bust by F. Doyle-Jones. Cloth on boards with rubbed, and has a partial ownership stamp to front board. FFEP has a neat ex-libris. Otherwise inside book is very clean and tidy. 303 pages. 210 x 145 mm (8¼ x 5¾ inches).

Mícheál Ó Coileáin (Michael Collins) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician. During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 and commander-in-chief of the National Army from July until his death in an ambush in August 1922.

London: Oxford University Press, 1972. In pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Dust jacket is price clipped. Book is in a very good condition, and appears virtually unread. 95 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. First edition, clean and tidy dust wrapper, with a little edgewear to the wrapper only. Clean and tidy red hardback boards, with gilt titles. Book itself is in excellent condition, with almost no wear. Colour illustrations throughout. 152 pages. 295 by 230mm (11½ by 9 inches).

London: Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1855. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, decorated and lettered gilt. All edges gilt. Frontispiece by Alfred Crowquill, decorative title page and numerous illustrations through the text by Richard Doyle, Alfred Crowquill and John Leech. A handsomely illustrated book of verse, first published in 1849. 180 by 140mm (7 by 5½ inches). 254, [x ads]. pp

London: Thomas Baskett and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1746. Full leather binding, There is substantial wear to the binding. Exposed binding to edge of spine, and small loss to bottom of spine. Binding is a little shaken, Marbled endpapers. Some small marks and darkening to the pages. Neat owner's inscription to the top of the title page. The Whole Book Of Psalms has a separate title page, and was printed London: A Wilde for the Company of Stationers. 1748. The last few pages are trimmed a little close to the bottom edge. 235 by 185mm (9¼ by 7¼ inches).

Manchester: J. Gleave: 1813. Contemporary full leather binding, with blind stamped decoration to the spine and boards. Frontispiece. Lovely engraving of "The Royal Psalmist" facing the psalms. Unpaginated. An attractive copy of an early Manchester printing. Joseph Gleave, 1773-1828, was born in Tabley, Cheshire. He was a bookseller and printer, particularly interested in promoting Sunday Schools. The business was taken over in 1828 by his youngest son, also called Joseph. An early Manchester imprint, Manchester was a small town until Arkwright opened the Cotton Mill in 1780. From around 1800, Manchester grew at an astonishing rate, becoming a city in 1835. Collation: A-4N2, [plate], A-P4. pp

New York: Park Lane, 1982. Brown cloth hardback with gilt title on spine, brown end papers, contents fresh and clean. Over 70 colour illustrated plates, plus others. In an unclipped dust jacket. 192 pages. 315 x 235 mm (12½ x 9¼ inches).

Munich - Paris: Schirmer / Mosel, 1991. First edition. Burgundy cloth hardback boards in original unclipped dust jacket. 140 full-page b/w portrait photos. A whole range of celebrities from Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, and Bette Davis, to Kathleen Turner, Grace Jones and Dolph Lundgren, and Diana Ross. Book boards, dust jacket and contents all in very good condition. 355 x 270 mm (14 x 10¾ inches).

Kansas City, MO: H. Alfred Fowler, 1911. First edition. Illustrations throughout including tipped-in specimens; well preserved in original silk-sewn printed card covers. 16 pages. 200 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches). H. Alfred Fowler was a printer who lived in Kansas City, Missouri. He published many books in the early 1900's about bookplates.

London: Henry Pordes, 1964. Reprint. Small pink paperback. Fully illustrated with b/w cartoons, no text. In a very good condition.  Originally drawn by Bateman in 1916, these wordless images record a boy's visit to the British Museum, his arrest, trial and conviction, imprisonment, release, and final visit to the Museum; as an old man. 32 pages. 155 x 125 mm (6 x 5 inches).