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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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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Lavenham: The William Blake Trust, 2009. Limited edition, one of 36 special copies from a total edition of 186 copies. Folio. 95, (1) pp. Publisher's wine red half calf over black moiré silk, gilt lettered to the spine with a matching gilt lettered label to the upper board, slipcase in.....

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London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twenty-ninth thousand. 8vo. (xii), 224, (4) pp. Contemporary half tree calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, early ownership inscription to the half title. Frontispiece and 49 illustrations. Covers worn, repairs to the joints, browning.....

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London: John Murray, 1918. First edition. 8vo. xviii, (ii), 316 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, inscribed on the front free endpaper "Doctor J. Milne. With the Authoress' kindest regards & best wishes. Malta 5th April, 1924", her calling card inscribed with her "kindest regards".....

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London: Cassell and Company Ltd., (1941-46). Seven volumes bound in three, first editions, 8vo. Volume I with a frontispiece portrait, volumes II-VI each with a frontispiece and 4 plates, volume VII with 16 plates. Recently bound in red half morocco, t.e.g., an excellent set.

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Printed at the Caxton Works, Bombay by G.W. & A.E. Claridge. Published by Sakharam Sadashiv Manohar, for the Proprietors of the Vividhakala-Mandir, Raopura, Baroda [Vadodara], [n.d.]. Small oblong 4to. (ii), (20) pp. Publisher's full morocco, gilt lettered to the upper cover, patterned coated endpapers, presentation inscription to "A. Menton Esq.".....

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London: J. and R. Tonson, 1741. Third edition thus, four volumes, 4to. Frontispiece and an engraving above the dedication plus 6 pages of medals at the end of volume I and a few more in the text. Some worming at the beginning and end of each volume, armorial bookplates of.....

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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. First edition, 8vo, xl, (ii), 648, 24 advertisement pp. 4 fine coloured lithographs and 2 maps, the plates with some mostly marginal soiling, original endpapers with advertisements bound in. Modern red half morocco, black spine label. A famous account of Burton's journey to.....

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London: Odhams Press Limited, 1951. First edition. Large 8vo. 190, (2) pp. Publisher's fawn cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, Beaton designed dust jacket, price clipped, inscribed by Beaton on the front free endpaper "To Bill with all good wishes from..." 60 pages of black and white photogravure illustrations, some.....

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London: Printed for Charles Wilson, 1842. 23rd edition, oblong 8vo, xxx, 440 pp. Frontispiece, later slip of paper stuck to paste down, contemporary signature to paste down and fly leaf. Contemporary hessian covered boards, OCLC lists one copy of the 1840 22nd edition, and two copies of the 1847 24th.....

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Glasgow: A. Fullarton, 1834. Four volumes, 8vo. Folding general map and 44 smaller folding county maps, bound at the front of each volume. Contemporary inscription to fly leaves of Anne Turnell, Dallington Grange, who has numbered each map and written a list of them to each paste down. Some foxing.....

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