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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There...
CARROLL, Lewis.New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901, 1902. Two volumes, first editions thus, 8vp. Photographic frontispiece portraits of Carroll and Newell plus 40 plates in each volume, decorative borders to the text, contemporary owner's signature to the fly leaves, later bookplates of the publisher Walter Kahoe. Original gilt titled parchment, t.e.g......
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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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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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Black's General Atlas of the World. New Edition Containing the Latest Discoveries...
(ATLAS).Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1865. Folio. 32, 70 pp. Publisher's brown half morocco over cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, cursive gilt lettering to the upper cover, early owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Frontispiece of "The Flags of All Nations" plus 57.....
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A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman, from the Collection of.....
(BETJEMAN). CARTER, Ray.London: Warren Editions, 1983. Limited edition, no. 56 of 80 signed copies from a total edition of 380 copies, signed by Betjeman, Harte, Piper and Gili, 8vo, (28) pp. Cloth backed boards, d.w., a fine copy.
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To Beauty. John Buckland Wright's work with Joseph Ishill of the Oriole...
(BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John). BUCKLAND WRIGHT, Christopher.(Upper Denby): The Fleece Press, (2006). Limited edition, one of 246 copies, 8vo, 56, (4) pp. 22 illustrations, 5 tipped in. Quarter cloth, marbled boards, folding cloth case, a fine copy.
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Mount Zion, or In Touch with the Infinite.
BETJEMAN, John.London: The James Press, [1931]. First edition, 8vo, 57, (1) pp. Dedication leaf and 7 full page illustrations on pink paper, text on light blue paper with light marginal browning throughout, some other small illustrations, with the initials of the writer and artist Wilfrid Blunt on the fly leaf, Betjeman's.....
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Our Coaching Trip. Brighton to Inverness.
CARNEGIE, Andrew.New York: Private Circulation, 1882. Sole edition, 8vo, (iv), 275, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the dedication leaf to the chemist Sidney G. Thomas and his sister, Lilian, with her and her husband's bookplate to the fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, spine sunned with some wear to.....
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Near East.
BEATON, Cecil.London: B.T. Batsford, 1943. First edition. 8vo. viii, 149, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, yellow lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket, inscribed by Beaton on the front free endpaper "To Hugh Francis, without whose help...", an autograph letter signed from him also affixed to the verso of.....
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. With... Illustrations by John...
CARROLL, Lewis.London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twelfth thousand. 8vo. (xii), 224, (4) pp. Later red full calf, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered labels, gilt to the other compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary ownership signature to the half title. Frontispiece and 49 illustrations. Occasional mild spotting, very good.....
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The Chinese Drama, from the earliest times until to-day. A Panoramic Study...
ARLINGTON L. C.Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1930. Limited edition, no. 77 of 750 copies signed by the author, 4to, xxxi, (i), 177, (11) pp. Coloured frontispiece and 115 plates, mostly in colour, patterned endpapers. Original cloth backed patterned boards, spine slightly dull, recently rebacked retaining the original backstrip.
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Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of...
ABBOT, Charles.Bedford: Printed and sold by W. Smith, 1798. First edition. 8vo. xii, 351, (1), (12) pp. Nineteenth century green half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered maroon label, recent bookplate to the front free endpaper, all edges marbled. 6 black and white plates. Rebacked preserving much.....
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week.All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association