Callard Ernest (3 results)

1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustrated oval shaped device to front board, no dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 6.5ins, xv, (i), 262pp, 2pp book adverts plus frontis and 8pp plates. Tiniest bit of foxing to half title and title pages. The book appears to have been skillfully rebound at some point, but whoever did it managed to replicate the oval device on the front board. VG.…

Hard Back. Condition: Good. First Edition. , xiii + blank + list of illustrations + 262 pages + 3 page Bodley Head ads + 9 illustrations. Condition Original red hardback binding, fair/good, edge wear, slightly faded spine, bumped corner tips, readable gilt embossed title to spine. Contents good, a couple of corner folds, small top edge damage to about 12 pages by spine, a couple of pages with small stain marks. Looks like recased about 20-30 years ago retaining original binding with new endpages front/rear, and the owners name Stephen J. Govier, Hoxne (a well known historian & author).The Bishops of Rochester have been Lords of the Manor from the time King Alfred gave the property to Burricus. In 1537, Bishop John conveyed the manor to Sir Ralph Warren who was the Lord Mayor of London. Size: 22 x 18cm Approx.…

(10140) Hardback. 262 pages. With Appendix of Early Documents and Nine b.w. photographs. Good in slightly grubby red cloth with gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering to dulled spine. Top edge of textblock coloured red. Front and bottom edges of pages uncut and internally a few pages are still joined together (uncut). Slight foxing to a few pages at front. External split in red cloth spine at rear due to poor quality cloth used and age, exposing the skim - internally the joint has been repaired with matching paper to rear pastedown and flyleaf making the rear joint now sound and tight. 'Office Copy Published Sept 12/24' written in ink on front pastedown. No other markings or inscriptions. Still a tight sound clean copy.…