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An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England. The...
[BACON, Nathaniel].London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate, 1647. First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 323, (13) pp. Engraved second title showing a map of Britain, light damp staining to the first 5 leaves. Booklabel of Kimbolton Castle Library to the paste down. Contemporary speckled calf, spine dull, joints recently repaired with a......
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Cary's New Pocket Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark:...
CARY, J.London: J. Cary, No. 181 Strand, Jany. 1, 1797. Map dimensions 30.5 x 60 cm, overall 41 x 61 cm. Folding plan of central London, original colour highlighting the bodies of water and the parks with a thin outline marking out the boundary of the City, dissected into 18 sections.....
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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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Grandes Constructions. Béton Armé. Acier. Verre.
BADOVICI, Jean.(Paris): Éditions Albert Morancé, [1927]. First edition, 4to, (40) pp, followed by 54 plates, the text partly unopened. Held loose in the original pictorial covers with ties intact, gilt to the spine rubbed away, some light marking, overall a very good copy. Construction using reinforced concrete, steel and glass...
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The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service recently achieved.
CHILDERS, Erskine.London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1904. Fifth impression, 8vo, xii, 336, (4 advertisement) pp. Four maps, with the folding frontispiece bound before the half title, some occasional light foxing, hinge marked from an old tape repair by the half title, armorial bookplate of Alexander David Seton of Mounie Castle, Aberdeenshire.....
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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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William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job. The Engravings and Related...
BLAKE, William.London: The William Blake Trust, 1987. Limited edition, one of five special sets from a total edition of 387 copies. Four parts, each containing subdivisions of text volumes and/or portfolios of illustrations. Dark blue half morocco, the text volumes and solander boxes over marbled boards with gilt labels, the portfolios.....
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[Greek Text - Book of Common Prayer. The Psalms of David]. Biblos...
(COMMON PRAYER).Kantabrigia [Cambridge]: Ioannou Phieldou [John Field], 1665, 1664. Two works in one volume, 12mo, xxxvi, 126, (2, ii), 115, (3), 117-171, (1) pp. Marginal loss to O6 in the second work without loss of text, contemporary signature to the title page of the first work. Contemporary calf, a little worn.....
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Jane Eyre. An Autobiography... A New Edition.
[BRONTË, Charlotte] BELL, Currer.London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Small 8vo. (viii), 467, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, printed to all sides with the lettering now very worn, signature to the front free endpaper, another owner's name to the head of the title page with a corresponding gift inscription from that owner to.....
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. With... Illustrations by John...
CARROLL, Lewis.London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twenty-ninth thousand. 8vo. (xii), 224, (4) pp. Contemporary half tree calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, early ownership inscription to the half title. Frontispiece and 49 illustrations. Covers worn, repairs to the joints, browning.....
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Poems.
AUDEN, W.H.London: Faber & Faber, 1937. Second edition, third impression. 8vo. 89, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, blue lettered to the spine, signed by Auden on the front free endpaper. Marking and wear to the cloth, else very good. Bloomfield and Mendelson, A2b. First published in 1930, the second edition originally.....
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The Comprehensive Family Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments... with copious...
(BIBLE).London: Blackie & Son, [c.1850]. 4to, (xxii), 1475, (1), 72 pp. Frontispieces, engraved second titles, 57 plates and 9 maps. Owner's name at the front, marbled endpapers. Original gilt titled black morocco, a.e.g., some mild marks otherwise an excellent copy.
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