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The Trinity College Apocalypse. [with] An Introduction and Description by Peter H....
(APOCALYPSE).London: Eugrammia Press, 1967. An out-of-series copy from an edition of 600. Two volumes. Folio. Facsimile bound by Zaehnsdorf in period style gilt tooled full vellum, housed in plain black slipcase, introduction (56 pp.) bound in red cloth, gilt to upper cover, loosely inserted is the original prospectus for the.....
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Hints for Picturesque Improvements in Ornamented Cottages, and their scenery: including some...
BARTELL, Edmund.London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1804. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 140 pp. 6 aquatint plates. Contemporary tree calf, mild wear to edges, neatly rebacked in plain calf.
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William Blake's Watercolour Inventions in Illustration of The Grave by Robert Blair...
(BLAKE, William). BUTLIN, Martin and PALEY, Morton D.Lavenham: The William Blake Trust, 2009. Limited edition, one of 36 special copies from a total edition of 186 copies. Folio. 95, (1) pp. Publisher's wine red half calf over black moiré silk, gilt lettered to the spine with a matching gilt lettered label to the upper board, slipcase in.....
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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 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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The Works of...
ADDISON, John.London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741. Third edition thus, four volumes, 4to. Frontispiece and an engraving above the dedication plus 6 pages of medals at the end of volume I and a few more in the text. Some worming at the beginning and end of each volume, armorial bookplates of.....
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The Book of Beauty.
BEATON, Cecil.London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition. 4to. xii, 67, (1) pp. Pink beaded cloth backed white boards, these decorated with large gilt circles, early pencilled gift inscription. Colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text plus 27 photographic portrait plates. Slight sunning to the spine, two small marks to the cloth.....
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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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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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The Origin and Progress of Writing, as Well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated...
ASTLE, Thomas.London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1803. Second edition, "with additions". (viii), xxiv, 240 pp. 19th century maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel and richly decorated to the others, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait and 32.....
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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 Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. Or An Impartial Survey...
[ALLESTREE, Richard].London: R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, at the Sign of the Bible in Chancery Lane, near Fleet Street, 1677. 8vo. (20), 449, (3) pp. 8vo. Later half calf, rebacked with close matching, marbled boards, the earlier spine label preserved. Title page vignette plus two plates. Small closed tear to the.....
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