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Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall. Consisting of Several...
BORLASE, William.London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: for S. Baker and G. Leigh...; T. Payne...; and Benjamin White, 1769. Second edition, folio, xvi, 464 pp. Two maps - one folding - and 25 plates - one of these also folding, plus 10 illustrations in the text, early owner's signature.....
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Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, Under Major (Now...
BELLEW, H.W.London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 480 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, gilt decoration to the other panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, school prize bookplate from St. John's Collegiate School to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 7.....
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Cruchley's New Plan of London and its Environs.
CRUCHLEY, [George Frederick].London: Cruchley Mapseller (from Arrowsmith's), 38 Ludgate Street, St. Paul's, 1830. A fine large plan of London in three horizontal parts, measuring approximately 121 x 134 cm if conjoined (including the large decorative border), full wash colour in block and outline, each third of the map dissected into 18 sections.....
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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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Original Photographs].
[CORNISH MINING:[N.p., c.1880]. Ten original photographs mounted on card with printed maroon ruled borders, uncaptioned but for three photos having "Levant" or "Levant School Mine" written into the negative, one of the photos with the old handwritten name of "Mr J.B. Matthews" on the verso of the board. Significant fading and.....
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Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: being a New Set of County...
CARY, John.London: Printed for John Cary, 1787. First edition, 4to. Engraved title and dedication, plus 46 maps on 47 sheets - the West Riding of Yorkshire being over two sheets, some light foxing. Modern gilt titled brown buckram, a very good copy. The first printing of Cary's popular atlas - Chubb.....
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(War Speeches). Into Battle. The Unrelenting Struggle. The End of the Beginning...
CHURCHILL, Winston S.London: Cassell and Company Ltd., (1941-46). Seven volumes bound in three, first editions, 8vo. Volume I with a frontispiece portrait, volumes II-VI each with a frontispiece and 4 plates, volume VII with 16 plates. Recently bound in red half morocco, t.e.g., an excellent set.
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Cruchley's Railway and Excursion Map 24 Miles Round London.
CRUCHLEY, G.F.London: Cruchley, 1857. Map diameter 63 cm, overall 66 x 66.5 cm. Circular folding map of the environs of London extending from Ware down to Dorking and Stanford-le-Hope across to Windsor, full original colour marking out the counties, dissected into 28 sections and mounted on linen, marbled paper to the.....
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found...
CARROLL, Lewis.London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. "People's edition", 20th and 13 thousands, 8vo, (xii), 173, (1, xii), 208, (1, 3 advertisement) pp. Black and white illustrations, original green cloth covers bound in at the end, some foxing, marbled endpapers. Attractively bound in slightly later red morocco, t.e.g., covers with a striking.....
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An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Principles of that Useful Science; and...
ADAMS, George.London: Printed by J. Dillon, and Co., for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, 1799. Fifth edition. 8vo. xiv, 594, 14, 2 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with double gilt rules, gilt lettered green label, gilt device of a bird to the other panels, the ownership inscription of a......
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel.
AUSTEN, Jane.London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. "New edition," 8vo, xvi, (i), 331, (1) pp. Light foxing to early leaves, contemporary signature to fly leaf, marbled endpapers. Slightly later green half morocco, spine faded to brown. Published as volume I of Austen's works in Chapman and Hall's Select Library of Fiction. "Retains.....
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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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