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Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables... By......
BARTON, Benjamin Smith.London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1804. First British edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 344, 35, (1) pp. Early beaded cloth, gilt lettered spine label, contemporary owner's initials to the head of the title page. 30 fine hand coloured plates. Some fading and wear to the spine, small split to the head.....
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Baroda Views.
(BARODA).Printed at the Caxton Works, Bombay by G.W. & A.E. Claridge. Published by Sakharam Sadashiv Manohar, for the Proprietors of the Vividhakala-Mandir, Raopura, Baroda [Vadodara], [n.d.]. Small oblong 4to. (ii), (20) pp. Publisher's full morocco, gilt lettered to the upper cover, patterned coated endpapers, presentation inscription to "A. Menton Esq.".....
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The Holy Bible, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by the Rev. John...
(BIBLE).Lewes: Sussex Press, Printed and Sold by John Baxter, 1811. 4to, (vi, 1118, 188, 418, 4) pp, including the Apocrypha, and a Subscriber's List bound in at the end. Wood engraved title pages and 30 plates plus two maps hand coloured in outline, some light foxing at the beginning and.....
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The Miscellaneous Works of... Some Gospel-Truths Opened. A Vindication of Some Gospel-Truths...
BUNYAN, John.Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1976-94. Thirteen volumes, 8vo. Contemporary signature to the fly leaf in volumes I, II, VI and IX. Gilt titled cloth, an excellent complete set.
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Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. With an Introduction by David Sylvester and a....
ADES, Dawn.London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. First edition. 4to. xii, 475, (1) pp. Bespoke designer binding of tan full morocco skilfully inlaid with panels of blue, russet, black and red in an abstract pattern, blind lettered vertically to the spine, top edge gilt, original printed covers bound in to.....
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With... illustrations by John Tenniel.
CARROLL, Lewis.London: Macmillan and Co., 1871. 27th thousand, 8vo, (x), 192 pp. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations in the text. Original gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g., rebacked with the majority of the original backstip still present.
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Blake's Illustrations of Dante. Seven Plates, Designed and Engraved by...
BLAKE, William.London: The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1978. Limited edition, no. 248 of 376 copies from a total edition of 440. Oblong folio. (14) pp. Publisher's brown quarter morocco over grey cloth sides, matching cloth slipcase. 7 plates and 11 further illustrations. An attractive copy.
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[Postcards].
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS.69 postcards relating to Palestine, including multiples: 141. General Sir Edmund Allenby & General Baillout at Ismailia - x 4 142. The Imperial Camel Corps entering Beersheba - x 3 143. One of the 5 Wells of Beersheba as left by the Turks - x 4 145. El Arish redoubt.....
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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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History of British Birds. The Figures Engraved on wood by... The History...
BEWICK, T.Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1804. Two volumes, third edition of volume I, first edition of volume II, demy 8vo. Wood engraved illustrations, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates. Contemporary calf,gilt banded spines with red and black labels, recent repairs to the joints. Tattersfield 1.16, 1.17...
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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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Geological Observations, on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited...
DARWIN, Charles.London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1891. Third edition, 8vo, (xiv), 648 pp. 2 folding maps and 5 folding plates, including a hand coloured geological section, light staining to the top edge of the plates at the end as folded, hinges slightly cracked but sound. Original gilt titled green cloth, mild.....
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