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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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: John Lehmann, (1950). First edition, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped but with the top of the upper flap clipped, old tape strengthening to the reverse of top edge with some subtle colour restoration to several spots. The Author's first book.

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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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London: Printed by Cassell and Company, 1914. Sole edition, 4to, (6) pp, followed by 12 colour plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original pictorial card covers bound in. Modern quarter cloth with marbled sides. Scarce - OCLC lists only one copy, at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, with one.....

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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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Florentiæ [Florence]: Apud Iuntas [Giunta], 1552. First separate edition. 8vo. (12), 96, (2) pp, bound without the final blank as often. Later, probably 18th century full calf, spine with raised bands, blindstamped decoration to the boards, the early ownership inscription of a Danto Maria di Franco del Besso to the.....

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London: Sold only for the Author, 232 Piccadilly, [1795]. First edition. 8vo. 170 pp. (i-v), vi-vii, (viii-xi), 12-170 pp. Contemporary red full straight grained morocco, neatly rebacked to style, gilt tooled compartments with a gilt lettered green label. Some light wear and marking to the boards, occasional browning within, very.....

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London: John Murray, 1860. Second edition, second issue, fifth thousand, 8vo, x, 502 pp, bound without the advertisements. Folding table, leaf N2 (pp. 267/8) with some marginal loss and old tape repairs. Modern green half calf, marbled sides and endpapers. Freeman 376. First published the previous year. The first issue.....

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London: John Murray, 1868. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, 473, (1); x, 495, (1) pp. Contemporary half calf over dark blue cloth sides, all edges speckled red, a shadow on each of the front pastedowns showing faintly where a prior owner's bookplate has been removed. 43 illustrations in the.....

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Paris: Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1682. First edition, folio, (xiv), 323, (1) pp. Engraved title page and 137 plates, 21 of which are double page, later bookplate. Early 20th century half morocco, marbled sides, recent repair to the foot of the joints. A handsome copy of the first accurately measured.....

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London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1881. Limited edition, no. 24 of 200 India proofs signed by Crane, oblong folio, (1), 56 leaves. Limitation leaf with the lower half spotted and some other marks, otherwise a clean copy with only some occasional faint foxing. Unbound.

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