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A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex. Including...
DALLAWAY, James & CARTWRIGHT, Edmund.London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1815, 30, 32, 19. Four volumes, 4to. First two volumes (Chichester and Bramber) first edition, third volume (Arundel) "New Edition", plus the very rare first edition of the Arundel volume, large 4to. 83 plates - two double page and four in colour, 19 maps and.....
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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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The Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation...
DARWIN, Charles.London: John Murray, 1895. Sixth edition, "with additions and corrections", forty seventh thousand. 8vo. xxi, (1), 432 pp. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered direct, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Folding plate. Mild sunning and rubbing to the spine, a little spotting to the front and.....
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Cruchley's Improved Environs of London.
CRUCHLEY, G.F.London: G.F. Cruchley, [c.1830]. Map dimensions 57 x 58 cm, overall 60.5 x 61.5 cm. Decorative folding map of London showing the extents from Cheshunt down to Banstead and Ranham across to Southall, original colour marking out the county boundaries, principal roads, parks and bodies of water, border mounted to.....
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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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The New Seaman's Guide and Coaster's Companion: Part I. Complete Sailing Directions...
CHANDLER, John; DOWNIE, Murdo; EUNSON, George [et al].London: Printed for Charles Wilson, 1842. 23rd edition, oblong 8vo, xxx, 440 pp. Frontispiece, later slip of paper stuck to paste down, contemporary signature to paste down and fly leaf. Contemporary hessian covered boards, OCLC lists one copy of the 1840 22nd edition, and two copies of the 1847 24th.....
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Gli Costumi, le Leggi, et l'Usanze di Tutte le Genti, raccolte qui...
BOEMUS, Johann.[Vicenza: Michele Tramezino], 1543. 8vo, (ix), 180, (3) leaves. Woodcut to the title page and final page, early manuscript name inked out to the title page, some minor marginal soiling and marks, small piece torn from the lower corner of leaf A4, 19th century armorial bookplate to the rear paste.....
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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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Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries with an Introduction and...
"ALEPH". [HARVEY, William Henry].London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1868]. Small 4to. (viii), (2) pp. Publisher's printed boards recently rebacked to style in maroon cloth, contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper along with the original bookseller's ticket of W. Whiteley of Westbourne Grove to the front pastedown. 12 anthropomorphic colour maps of European.....
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Passages from the Life of a Philosopher.
BABBAGE, Charles.London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. 8vo. xii, 496 pp., bound without the publisher's catalogue sometimes found to the rear. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, later pencilled ownership inscription to the front pastedown. Frontispiece showing Babbage's Difference Engine no. 1. Neatly rebacked preserving.....
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A Night in London. Story of London night in sixty-four photographs by.....
BRANDT, Bill.London: Country Life, (1938). First edition, large 8vo, (vi, 64) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Paperback, with recent repairs to the spine, held in a modern black folding box.
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
DICKENS, Charles.London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. 8vo. (iii)-xiv, (2), 609, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Later dark green full calf, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, title vignette (on which the sign title reads "Tony Veller") and 41 plates. Some foxing to the plates, relatively minor compared to other.....
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