Graham York Rare Books

Graham York Rare Books

225 High Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1LB, UK.
Tel: 01404 41727 or 07831 138 011

The shop is normally open from Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 4pm; earlier or later by appointment. However, we may be closed from time to time in order to attend book fairs or buying trips - for instance we are closed Thursday 1st of May for one such trip, but still exhibiting at the PBFA London Rare and Antiquarian Book Fair on Saturday and Sunday May 17th and 18th - why not come to see us there? Download a complimentary ticket from the link.

Established in 1982, we have over 20,000 books in stock, including large collections on Spain, Gypsies, Travel, Local History, Literature, Theatre, Music, Art, Architecture, Cookery and a particular leaning for the works of George Borrow. We also stock objects that appeal to us, like microscopes, stereoscopes, zograscopes, old maps, prints and ephemera, and we have some bookcases for sale.

A large part of our stock is available online here.

For more information, or to order a book, email books@gyork.co.uk or phone 07831 138 011.

Francisco de los Santos. DESCRIPCION BREVE DEL MONASTERIO DE S. LORENZO EL REAL DEL ESCORIAL. UNICA MARAVILLA DEL MUNDO. FABRICA DEL PRUDENTISSIMO REY FILIPO SEGUNDO, NUEVAMENTE CORONADA POR EL CATOLICO REY FILIPO QUARTO EL GRANDE CON LA MAGESTUOSA OBRA DE LA CAPILLA INSIGNE DEL PANTHEON Y TRANSLACION A ELLA DE LOS CUERPOS REALES. DEDICADA A LA CATOLICA, Y REAL MAGESTAD DE LA REYNA NUESTRA SEÑORA DOÑA MARIA ANA DE AUSTRIA, UNICA GOVERNADORA DE LOS REYNOS DE ESPAÑA. POR EL PADRE FRAY FRANCISCO DE LOS SANTOS, LECTOR QUE HA SIDO DE ESCRITURA SAGRADA, Y RECTOR EN EL COLEGIO REAL DE LA MISMA CAS, PRIOR DEL CONVENTO DE SAN GERONIMO DE BORNOS, VISITADOR GENERAL DE CASTILLA, Y AORA ACTUALMENTE HISTORIADOR GENERAL DE SU ORDEN.
Año 1667, CON PRIVILEGIO, en Madrid, Por Joseph Fernandez de Buendia.1667, Madrid, second edition, small folio, pp [xvi], 204 ff, [viii], engraved portrait frontispiece and ten engraved plates, mostly folding complete as called for, bound in an early twentieth century half blue buckram, marbled boards. Splendid engravings by Pedro de Villafranca, the folding ones particularly charming, the work consists of two parts; the first part is a resumé of the description of Sigüenza in his history of the Escorial; the second a more original detailed description of the construction of the Pantheon and its ornament. First published in 1657, four editions were printed, culminating with that of 1698. An English translation by "a servant of Lord Sandwich" appeared in 1671, and another by George Thompson in 1760. De los Santos (Francisco de la Plaza Cuéllar, 1617 - 1699) was a teacher at El Escorial, chaplain to King Philip IV (whose splendid good looks adorn the frontispiece), writer, historian, musician and painter. Several manuscripts of his musical compositions are preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, and two of his paintings, copies of works by Raphael, are in El Escorial. See Palau, Volume 6, page 462.
Faint water stain affecting the frontispiece, some pages a little browned, generally a very good copy. £950.00

In July we see the Hot Pennies Ceremony, celebrated for over 800 years - come along and watch the local children get their fingers burned - oh how we laugh! This painting by Andrew Stacey and David Johnson, 1981, used to hang above the bar in the White Lion pub opposite the shop, but was rescued from a skip when the pub was being renovated in the 1980s.

...but clearly Lottie, the shop dog, disapproves!

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