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Pride and Prejudice. With a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by...
AUSTEN, Jane.London: George Allen, 1906. Fifth printing thus. 8vo. (xxviii), 476, (2) pp. Contemporary dark green half crushed morocco over matching cloth sides by Riviere, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt device repeated to the others, marbled endpapers, early Edinburgh booksellers' ticket to.....
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War Speeches. Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning;...
CHURCHILL, Winston S.London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory".....
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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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Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.
ADAM, (Robert).[London]: Printed for the Author, 1764. First edition, folio, iv, (7 List of Subscribers, 1), 33, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 60 plates on 53 leaves - 14 double page and/or extending. Armorial bookplate of James O'Byrne. Contemporary speckled calf, subtly rebacked with a gilt spine, a handsome copy. Already a......
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[The Novels]. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger...
AUSTEN, Jane.London: Macmillan and Co., 1904-09. Five volumes. 8vo. Recent dark blue quarter morocco over matching cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt device to the others, top edges gilt. Numerous illustrations throughout, "Pride" illustrated by Charles Brock, the others by Hugh.....
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The New Survey of London Life & Labour. Forty Years of Change...
(BOOTH). SMITH, Sir Hubert Llewellyn (Editor).London: P.S. King & Son, 1930-35. First edition, nine volumes, 8vo, volume IV and VII being map volumes. Photographic portrait frontispiece of Charles Booth in volume I. The map volumes containing 13 folding maps, plus 13 folding maps and a folding chart in the text volumes as well as further.....
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The Travels of... Translated with Revisions and Notes from the Arabic Text...
BATTUTA, Ibn.London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000. First editions. Five volumes. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets. Illustrations and maps. A little light wear to the jackets with some spotting to those of volumes I-II, very good overall. A complete set comprising volumes 110, 117, 141, 178.....
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Letters and Journals of... In My Hot Youth. Famous in My Time...
BYRON, Lord.London: John Murray, 1974-84, 1994. First edition, 13 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces in all but the index volume, two in colour. Cloth, d.w.'s, that to volume I slightly worn otherwise very good.
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. With original screen images designed by...
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.(Guildford): Circle Press Publications, (1978). Limited edition, no. 1 of 250 copies initialled by King, folio, (xii), 57, (3) pp. Vignette to title and 14 full page illustrations. Original blue cloth, darker blue cloth slipcase with very minor wear. Accompanying the book is a card folder containing 18 (of 20).....
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The Comet: Or, Letters to Bon-Accordians. No. I - To Mr. Thomas...
(COMET).Aberdeen: George Middleton, 1884-85. Eight issues in one volume, 8vo, 11, (1), 12, 12, 11, (1), 12, 11, (1), 13, (1), 10 pp. Bookplate of Edinburgh Public Libraries to paste down, marked "withdrawn", plus small ink stamps to the first and last pages. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides, neatly rebacked.....
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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by...
BEWICK, Thomas.Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791. Second edition, 8vo, x, 483, (1) pp. 212 engravings plus 107 tailpieces and one further engraving, later bookplate of the author Eric Quayle. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip. Tattersfield.....
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Bacon's Australian Atlas of the World. Containing... Maps, Letterpress Descriptions, Gazetter and...
BACON, G.W.London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Limited, 1910. Second edition. 4to. (iv), (4), 20, 16, 4, 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the upper panel, rebacked to style. Frontispiece illustrating the "flags of all nations", 6 full page maps including individual maps of the north and south polar regions.....
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