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A Catalogue of Works by Sir John Betjeman, from the Collection of.....
(BETJEMAN). CARTER, Ray.London: Warren Editions, 1983. Limited edition, no. 56 of 80 signed copies from a total edition of 380 copies, signed by Betjeman, Harte, Piper and Gili, 8vo, (28) pp. Cloth backed boards, d.w., a fine copy.
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Poemata Latina. In quibus Continentur, Sex Libri Plantarum, Viz. Duo Herbarum, Florum...
COWLEY, Abraham.Londini [London]: Typis T. Roycroft, 1668. First edition, 8vo, (xxxiv), 420 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 19th century quarter parchment, somewhat marked and with some scuffing to the upper board, red morocco label. A posthumous collected edition - Cowley having died the year before - with a life by Thomas Sprat, his.....
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Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of...
ABBOT, Charles.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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Black's General Atlas of the World. New Edition Containing the Latest Discoveries...
(ATLAS).Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1865. Folio. 32, 70 pp. Publisher's brown half morocco over cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, cursive gilt lettering to the upper cover, early owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Frontispiece of "The Flags of All Nations" plus 57.....
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Original Photographs].
[CORNISH MINING:[N.p., c.1880]. Ten original photographs mounted on card with printed maroon ruled borders, uncaptioned but for three photos having "Levant" or "Levant School Mine" written into the negative, one of the photos with the old handwritten name of "Mr J.B. Matthews" on the verso of the board. Significant fading and.....
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Letters and Journals of... In My Hot Youth. Famous in My Time...
BYRON, Lord.London: John Murray, 1974-84, 1994. First edition, 13 volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces in all but the index volume, two in colour. Cloth, d.w.'s, that to volume I slightly worn otherwise very good.
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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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The First of May, a Fairy Masque; presented in a series of...
CRANE, Walter.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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The Canterbury Tales of... Together with a version in modern English verse...
CHAUCER, Geoffrey.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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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There...
CARROLL, Lewis.New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901, 1902. Two volumes, first editions thus, 8vp. Photographic frontispiece portraits of Carroll and Newell plus 40 plates in each volume, decorative borders to the text, contemporary owner's signature to the fly leaves, later bookplates of the publisher Walter Kahoe. Original gilt titled parchment, t.e.g......
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The Complete Novels of... With an introduction by J.C. Squire.
AUSTEN, Jane.London: William Heinemann, (1928). 8vo, xiv, (iv), 1421, (1) pp. Faint creasing to the half title. Recent red half morocco, t.e.g., an attractive copy.
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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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