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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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An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England. The...
[BACON, Nathaniel].London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate, 1647. First edition, 8vo, (xvi), 323, (13) pp. Engraved second title showing a map of Britain, light damp staining to the first 5 leaves. Booklabel of Kimbolton Castle Library to the paste down. Contemporary speckled calf, spine dull, joints recently repaired with a......
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The Comet: Or, Letters to Bon-Accordians. No. I - To Mr. Thomas...
(COMET).Aberdeen: George Middleton, 1884-85. Eight issues in one volume, 8vo, 11, (1), 12, 12, 11, (1), 12, 11, (1), 13, (1), 10 pp. Bookplate of Edinburgh Public Libraries to paste down, marked "withdrawn", plus small ink stamps to the first and last pages. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides, neatly rebacked.....
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Baigneuses. Introduced by Christopher Buckland Wright.
BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John.Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, (1995). Limited edition, no. 6 of 30 specially bound copies signed by Christopher Buckland Wright, from a total edition of 240, folio, 28, (4) pp. 9 illustrations tipped in plus the frontispiece and 24 wood engraved illustrations. Gilt titled full vellum, folding cloth box, the.....
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Danny the Champion of the World. Illustrated by Jill Bennett.
DAHL, Roald.London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. First edition. 8vo. 206, (2) pp. Publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped. Black and white illustrations in the text. Slight spine slant, a little light edge wear to the jacket with a small triangular surface loss to the foot of.....
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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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Cary's New Pocket Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark:...
CARY, J.London: J. Cary, No. 181 Strand, Jany. 1, 1797. Map dimensions 30.5 x 60 cm, overall 41 x 61 cm. Folding plan of central London, original colour highlighting the bodies of water and the parks with a thin outline marking out the boundary of the City, dissected into 18 sections.....
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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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The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from...
CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA, Miguel.London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and R. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1742. First edition thus. Two volumes. 4to. xxxii, (xii), vi, (ii), 355, (1); xii, 388 pp. Nineteenth century full calf, the boards with gilt ruled panels with blindstamped decoration, rebacked to style in a......
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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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Ten Little N*****s.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, (1939). First edition, 8vo, (ii), 252, (2 advertisement) pp. Contemporary inscription to fly leaf almost completely faded. Original cloth, spine dull, rather marked, top of the upper joint with some wear. Published in the US as "And Then There Were None."...
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The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems.
CLARE, John.London: Taylor and Hessey, and E. Drury, 1821. First edition, two volumes bound in one, 8vo, (iii)-xxviii, 216, (iii-viii), 211, (1) pp, bound without the half titles and 4 pp of advertisements at the end of volume II. Frontispiece portrait of the poet, engraved by Scriven after the portrait by.....
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