London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. First edition. 4to. xii, 475, (1) pp. Bespoke designer binding of tan full morocco skilfully inlaid with panels of blue, russet, black and red in an abstract pattern, blind lettered vertically to the spine, top edge gilt, original printed covers bound in 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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London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860-1869. Twenty volumes. 8vo. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, endpapers and all edges marbled. Numerous black and white illustrations. Even fading to the spines, rubbing to the extremities, four volumes with neat joint.....

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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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New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. Limited edition, no. 278 of 924 copies from a total edition of 999, signed by Kent, two volumes, folio. 24 plates plus illustrations in the text. Original gilt titled cloth, some minor marks, slight browning to spines.

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First edition. 8vo. (iv), 204 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Map frontispiece and 8 pages of black and white photographs, map endpapers A little light spotting to the upper edges of the flaps, a lovely, bright copy.....

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London: W. Lee, at the Turks-Head in Fleet Street: and R. Roytson at the Angel in Ivie Lane, 1652. Second edition. 8vo. (xiv), 366, 84 pp. Recent full calf, gilt lettered to the spine. Wanting the frontispiece called for in some copies of this edition. Some marginal staining, though generally.....

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Port Louis: R.W. Brooks, 1934. First edition, no. 135 of 150 copies, 4to, xx, (ii), 231, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 34 plates - 3 folding, plus a map to the front endpapers, contemporary signature to front blank. Original half sheep, some rubbing to extremities otherwise very good.

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London: C. Smith. 172 Strand. Jan. 1st, 1851. Overall dimensions 165 x 130 cm. Very large map of England and Wales printed over four conjoined sheets mounted on linen and fixed upon original wooden rollers, printed brief title label to upper roller. Original colour demarcating the counties. Slight fraying to.....

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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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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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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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