London: Chapman and Hall, 1841. First separate edition, large 8vo, (vi), (229)-306, 420 pp. Engravings in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Original blind stamped cloth, spine sunned, some minor marks, a very good copy. Smith I 6B. Originally published in volumes II and III of "Master Humphrey's Clock"; it...

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London: James Wyld, [1850s]. Large folding map of southern England extending from Bristol across to just beyond Chatham and just north of Banbury down to the Isle of Wight, presented in two halves (each 149 x 95 cm, i.e. 149 x 190 cm if joined) made up from nine conjoined...

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London: B.T. Batsford, (1953). Limited edition, one of 500 copies, of which 450 were for sale. 4to. xvi, 338 pp. Blue quarter morocco over cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels. 111 plates, of which 83 are in colour and 28 are black and white, further...

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London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory"...

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(London: Basilisk Press, 1974-5). Limited edition, no. 454 of 515 copies. Two volumes. Folio. ii, (2), 554, (2); 146 pp. Publisher's cloth using the Larkspur pattern designed by William Morris, vividly printed in red by Liberty, both volumes housed within the original grey board slipcase. Illustrations, initials and decorative borders...

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London: George Routledge, 1851. 12mo, (3)-286, (4 advertisement) pp. Ink signature to title, brief pencilled inscription to the next leaf, upper joint slightly cracked but sound. Contemporary cloth, gilt titled spine, some marks and rubbing. A scarce issue of "Sense and Sensibility" published in Routledge's Railway Library, not noted in...

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London: John Murray, 1879. Second edition, 13th thousand. 8vo, xvi, 693, (1), pp. Original dark green cloth, spine gilt. 78 illustrations in the text. Mild patchiness to the spine along with a gentle central vertical crease, one gathering slightly proud though the binding remains sound, very good overall. Freeman, 951.

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York: Printed by A. Staples... 1738. First edition, 8vo, xxiii, (1), 367, (1) pp. Signatures to title, one partly removed affecting a couple of the printed words, modern owner's ink stamp to fly leaf. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked with a red label, some repair to corners also. Burton lists the...

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Boughton Monchelsea, Kent: Ebeneezer Press, [1969]. Limited edition, no. 71 of 100 copies. Folio. 16 folio folded sheets bearing the text and the plates, each of the plates signed by the artist, all printed in colour on Mellotex High White Cartridge using a Cogger press. Original gilt lettered hide spine...

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[London] In the Savoy: Printed by T.N. for Henry Harrington, 1678. Second edition, folio, (iv), 734, (2, 17 index, 1) pp. Faint ink stamps of the Bradford Free Library to the first three leaves, title page with an old signature and several minor closed tears to the edges. 20th century...

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Amsterdamo: [Elzevir], 1665. First Amsterdam edition, later issue, 12mo, (xxiv), 744 pp. Title page printed in red and black, some light marks to first and last few leaves. Attractively bound in 20th century speckled calf, very slight sunning, red spine label, a.e.g., a handsome copy. A finely printed pocket edition...

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. First edition, first issue. Two volumes. 8vo. (xii), 308; (viii), 306, (6) pp., a few gatherings unopened. Publisher's blind stamped cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, early armorial bookplate of a Henry Birkbeck to the front pastedowns and his lightly pencilled ownership inscription to the...

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