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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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War Speeches. Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning;...
CHURCHILL, Winston S.London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory".....
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Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates. Edited, with a preface and some account...
BLUNT, Lady Anne.London: John Murray, 1879. First edition, two volumes, 8vo. 12 plates and a folding map plus a folding genealogy. Bookplates of Bath Municipal Library to paste downs, with accession numbers to the fly leaves and title versos, plus blind stamps to the frontispieces, titles and several other preliminary leaves in.....
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[Works]. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey...
AUSTEN, Jane.London: Robert Riviére & Son, [c. 1920s]. Six works in five volumes. 8vo. Contemporary red half calf over cloth sides, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and attractively decorated to the others, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Colour frontispieces. Some mild sunning and occasional mild rubbing.....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, Together with The Journal of a Tour...
BOSWELL, Samuel.London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. Limited edition, no. 48 of 104 sets signed by the printer Charles Whittingham, five volumes - with the Life in four volumes, large 8vo. Frontispieces and engraved titles plus 44 plates, contemporary signature to paste downs, mid-20th century catalogue slip for this set tipped.....
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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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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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La Plante. Cent vingt planches et héliogravure d'après des détails très agrandis...
BLOSSFELDT, Charles [Karl].Paris: Librarie des Arts Décoratifs, [1929]. First French edition, folio, xv, (i) pp, followed by 120 black and white plates. Mild browning to endpapers only. Original gilt titled green cloth, d.w. browned and a little soiled with some loss to spine ends and extremities. Scarce.
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Tales of the Classics: A New Delineation of the Most Popular Fables...
[CLASSICS].London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Sole edition. Three volumes. 8vo. 19th century dark blue buckram, gilt lettered olive spine labels. A little light scuffing to the covers, very good.
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Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On...
CARY, John (Publisher).London: Published by J. Cary, (1804). First edition, later impression, 4to, 81 leaves printed on one side only, followed by 14 "General Directions" and 88 "List of Places" pp. Five leaves (title, dedication, general map, explanation and scale) bound in at the front as called for. Hand coloured outlining and.....
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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
[CHAMBERS, Robert].London: John Churchill, 1847. Sixth edition. 8vo. iv, 512 pp. Later quarter brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label. The top inch of the title page neatly excised and subtly restored, mild sunning to the spine, very good overall. First published anonymously in 1844 for.....
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[Works]. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Emma. Mansfield Park. Northanger Abbey...
AUSTEN, Jane.London: J.M. Dent, 1907-9. Six volumes, small 8vo. Coloured title page and 23 coloured plates in each volume, one plate in Pride and Prejudice with wear to the outer edge. Publisher's maroon quarter calf, t.e.g., gilt decorated spines a little worn with some minor loss.
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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