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Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, Under Major (Now...
BELLEW, H.W.London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 480 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, gilt decoration to the other panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, school prize bookplate from St. John's Collegiate School to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 7.....
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Genius Genuine, by Samuel Chifney, of Newmarket. A Fine Part in Riding...
CHIFNEY, Samuel.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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Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus. With... drawings by Paul Nash...
BROWNE, Sir Thomas.London: (Printed... at the Curwen Press), Published by Cassell and Co., La Belle Sauvage, 1932. Limited edition, no. 64 of 215 copies, folio, xx, 146 pp. 32 coloured pochoir illustrations - 14 full page, marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in later vellum with yapp edges, without the morocco.....
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Sketches of Ceylon.
BRUCE, Lydia Beresford.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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Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. With an Introduction by David Sylvester and a....
ADES, Dawn.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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Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables... By......
BARTON, Benjamin Smith.London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1804. First British edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 344, 35, (1) pp. Early beaded cloth, gilt lettered spine label, contemporary owner's initials to the head of the title page. 30 fine hand coloured plates. Some fading and wear to the spine, small split to the head.....
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To Beauty. John Buckland Wright's work with Joseph Ishill of the Oriole...
(BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John). BUCKLAND WRIGHT, Christopher.(Upper Denby): The Fleece Press, (2006). Limited edition, one of 246 copies, 8vo, 56, (4) pp. 22 illustrations, 5 tipped in. Quarter cloth, marbled boards, folding cloth case, a fine copy.
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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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Sea Fights and Corsairs of the Indian Ocean. Being the Naval History...
AUSTEN, H.C.M.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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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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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. With... Illustrations by John...
CARROLL, Lewis.London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twelfth thousand. 8vo. (xii), 224, (4) pp. Later red full calf, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered labels, gilt to the other compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary ownership signature to the half title. Frontispiece and 49 illustrations. Occasional mild spotting, very good.....
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Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the...
CHANDLER, Richard.Oxford: At the Clarendon Press... London: Sold by J. Dodsley, J. Robson [et al], 1776. First edition. 4to. (iv), xiv, (ii), 304 pp. Contemporary full calf, rebacked, retaining one of the original gilt lettered red labels, early ownership inscription, "Somerset Bridge Club," to the front free endpaper. 7 plates -.....
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