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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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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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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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Bacon's Australian Atlas of the World. Containing... Maps, Letterpress Descriptions, Gazetter and...
BACON, G.W.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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The Immortal Hour. Music-Drama by... The Libretto being Adapted from the Play...
BOUGHTON, Rutland.London: Stainer & Bell, 1920. Two copies of the same publication, each large 8vo, (ii), 210 pp. Both copies from Boughton's own library, with his monogrammed ink stamp to the title page. Copy 1 otherwise unannotated, the printed wrappers strengthened with later black cloth. Copy 2 with his signature and.....
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Scapa and a Camera. Pictorial Impressions of Five Years Spent at the...
BURROWS, C.W.London: Published at the Offices of Country Life, Ltd., 1921. First edition. 4to. xx, 144 pp. Publisher's khaki boards, black lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket with black and white photographic illustration mounted to the front panel, signed by Burrows on the title page, supplied with an.....
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Prolusions; or, select Pieces of antient Poetry, compil'd with great Care from...
[CAPELL, Edward].London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1760. Sole edition, 8vo, (iv), xi, (i), 23, (1), 23, (1), 13, (3), 93, (15), 81, (3) pp. Some occasional foxing, marbled endpapers. Later gilt decorated black morocco, a.e.g., some faint rubbing, a very good copy. Including "The Wife" by John Overbury and.....
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. With original screen images designed by...
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.(Guildford): Circle Press Publications, (1978). Limited edition, no. 1 of 250 copies initialled by King, folio, (xii), 57, (3) pp. Vignette to title and 14 full page illustrations. Original blue cloth, darker blue cloth slipcase with very minor wear. Accompanying the book is a card folder containing 18 (of 20).....
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The Poetical Works of...
BYRON, Lord.London: John Murray, 1839. Eight volumes. 8vo. Contemporary purple straight grain morocco, spines faded to brown, twin olive gilt lettered spine labels, gilt decoration to the edges of the boards, endpapers and all edges marbled, armorial bookplate of Frederick Wildman Burnett to the front pastedowns. Frontispiece portrait and 8 engraved.....
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The Book of Beauty.
BEATON, Cecil.London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition. 4to. xii, 67, (1) pp. Pink beaded cloth backed white boards, these decorated with large gilt circles, early pencilled gift inscription. Colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text plus 27 photographic portrait plates. Slight sunning to the spine, two small marks to the cloth.....
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The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service recently achieved.
CHILDERS, Erskine.London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1904. Fifth impression, 8vo, xii, 336, (4 advertisement) pp. Four maps, with the folding frontispiece bound before the half title, some occasional light foxing, hinge marked from an old tape repair by the half title, armorial bookplate of Alexander David Seton of Mounie Castle, Aberdeenshire.....
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Blake's Illuminated Books. [I] Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. Edited...
BLAKE, William.London: The Tate Gallery in conjunction with The William Blake Trust, 1991-95. First editions. Six volumes. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets. Profusely illustrated in colour. An attractive set.
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