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Genius Genuine, by Samuel Chifney, of Newmarket. A Fine Part in Riding...
CHIFNEY, Samuel.London: Sold only for the Author, 232 Piccadilly, [1795]. First edition. 8vo. 170 pp. (i-v), vi-vii, (viii-xi), 12-170 pp. Contemporary red full straight grained morocco, neatly rebacked to style, gilt tooled compartments with a gilt lettered green label. Some light wear and marking to the boards, occasional browning within, very.....
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Sea Fights and Corsairs of the Indian Ocean. Being the Naval History...
AUSTEN, H.C.M.Port Louis: R.W. Brooks, 1934. First edition, no. 135 of 150 copies, 4to, xx, (ii), 231, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 34 plates - 3 folding, plus a map to the front endpapers, contemporary signature to front blank. Original half sheep, some rubbing to extremities otherwise very good.
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
ADAMS, Douglas.London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1979). First edition, 8vo, 158, (2) pp. Cloth, second state d.w., a little rubbed with some loss to the spine ends and corners.
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Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of...
ABBOT, Charles.Bedford: Printed and sold by W. Smith, 1798. First edition. 8vo. xii, 351, (1), (12) pp. Nineteenth century green half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered maroon label, recent bookplate to the front free endpaper, all edges marbled. 6 black and white plates. Rebacked preserving much.....
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The Maze Maker.
AYRTON, Michael.New York: Bantam Books, (1969). Paperback edition, small 8vo. (x), 277, (1) pp. Limited edition, no. 30 of 50 copies with a custom made cover, signed and pasted on by Ayrton. Handwritten postcard from Ayrton also loosely inserted. Some mild bumping to the top of the upper wrapper, otherwise fine.....
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Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and...
BAHR, A.W.London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1911. First edition. (viii), 160, (2) pp. Publisher's green morocco cloth, gilt lettering in English and Chinese to the spine and upper board. Frontispiece and 120 plates - 108 black and white photographs plus 12 colour printed plates with tissues. A few trivial marks to.....
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Peloponnesus: Notes of Study and Travel.
CLARK, William George.London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858. Sole edition. 8vo. xiv, (ii), 344, (8) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, inscribed on the front free endpaper "The Rev. The Master of Trinity College with the author's kind regards". 5 maps - 4 full page another folding.....
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The Second World War. The Gathering Storm. Their Finest Hour. The Grand...
CHURCHILL, Winston S.London: Cassell & Co., 1948-54. First editions. Six volumes. 8vo. Recent russet half morocco over matching cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the feet, lion rampant device in gilt to the other compartments, top edges gilt. Numerous maps, some folding. An.....
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Gli Costumi, le Leggi, et l'Usanze di Tutte le Genti, raccolte qui...
BOEMUS, Johann.[Vicenza: Michele Tramezino], 1543. 8vo, (ix), 180, (3) leaves. Woodcut to the title page and final page, early manuscript name inked out to the title page, some minor marginal soiling and marks, small piece torn from the lower corner of leaf A4, 19th century armorial bookplate to the rear paste.....
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The Station. Athos: Treasures and Men.
BYRON, Robert.London: Duckworth, 1928. First edition. 8vo. 292 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, the ownership inscription of an Ianthi Zygounas dated July 1928 to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece and 32 black and white plates, mostly photographic and including many taken by the author. The.....
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Stieler's Atlas of Modern Geography. Adapted for the use of the English-Speaking...
(ATLAS).Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1909. Ninth edition, folio, (iv, 2), 236 index pp. 100 double page coloured maps bound on stubs, some light wear to the first and last few leaves with some professional restoration to the edges of the final two leaves, new endpapers excepting the fly leaf, some stains.....
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which...
CLARENDON, Edward [HYDE], Earl of.Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826, 1827, 1831. Together thirteen volumes, eight for the "History", three for the "Life" and two for the "Religion and Policy". Large 8vo. A handsome and rather curious uniform 19th century binding of full Russia boards with close matching morocco spine and corners, the transition.....
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