London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 338; viii, 319, (1) pp. Contemporary brown full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red labels, blindstamped decoration to the panels and an ornate border to the boards, marbled endpapers, prize bookplates from the Royal Masonic Institution.....

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[London]: Printed for the Author, 1764. First edition, folio, iv, (7 List of Subscribers, 1), 33, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 60 plates on 53 leaves - 14 double page and/or extending. Armorial bookplate of James O'Byrne. Contemporary speckled calf, subtly rebacked with a gilt spine, a handsome copy. Already a......

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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826, 1827, 1831. Together thirteen volumes, eight for the "History", three for the "Life" and two for the "Religion and Policy". Large 8vo. A handsome and rather curious uniform 19th century binding of full Russia boards with close matching morocco spine and corners, the transition.....

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Manchester: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., [c.1906]. Map dimensions 92 x 118 cm, overall 94 x 120 cm. A large folding colour printed chart of the world, decorated with 46 flags across the upper edge, six tables of data to the lower edge, a larger inset map of the British.....

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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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London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Limited, 1910. Second edition. 4to. (iv), (4), 20, 16, 4, 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the upper panel, rebacked to style. Frontispiece illustrating the "flags of all nations", 6 full page maps including individual maps of the north and south polar regions.....

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London: Blackie & Son, [c.1850]. 4to, (xxii), 1475, (1), 72 pp. Frontispieces, engraved second titles, 57 plates and 9 maps. Owner's name at the front, marbled endpapers. Original gilt titled black morocco, a.e.g., some mild marks otherwise an excellent copy.

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Manchester: G. Bradshaw, 1830. Two large decorative folding maps of the northern and midland counties of England, both with bright original full hand colouring. I. Map dimensions 98.5 x 126.5 cm, showing the extents from Lancaster down to Nantwich and Tadcaster across to the Irish Sea; II. Map dimensions 131.....

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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to.....

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London: Putnam, (1937). First edition, 8vo, (x), 416 pp. Recent red full morocco, a lovely copy. The true first edition, the book being written in English and only later translated into the author's native Danish. The American first edition appeared under her pen name, Isak Dinesen.

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(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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London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Small 8vo. (viii), 467, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, printed to all sides with the lettering now very worn, signature to the front free endpaper, another owner's name to the head of the title page with a corresponding gift inscription from that owner to.....

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