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A Latin Anthology
London Macmillan 1909 First Edition Very Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
First edition. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. Engraved frontis plate of Caesar. Original blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles & decoration. Golden Treasury Series. Fore edge uncut. Includes Lucretius, Virgil, Horace etc. Complete with index. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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75.00 GBP
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The London Mercury
London 1919 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
First editions. Original, frayed wraps. No marks or inscriptions. Contents include poems by Thomas Hardy, Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Walter de la Mare, James Elroy Flecker, Robert Graves and Frances Brett-Young. Articles by Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, G K Chesterton etc. Includes November 1919 Vol 1 No. 1 * December 1919 Vol 1 No. 2 * January 1920 Vol 1 No. 3 & February 1920 Vol 1 No. 4. Nice and clean internally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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75.00 GBP
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The Purgatorio of Dante Alighieri
London Dent 1903 Reprint Good++ 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Temple Classics. No marks or inscriptions. Detatched spine, repaired with sellotape. Tissue guarded frontis. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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12.00 GBP
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A Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet Makers, Etc. With a New Introduction By Christopher Gilbert Genteel Houshold Furniture in the Present Taste
UK EP 1978 0715812408 / 9780715812402 First Thus Very Good+ Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition. Unclipped dustwrapper with slight creasing. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. Nice and clean internally and externally. A facsimile of the second edition, published by Robert Sayer, London, [1764 or 1765]. Made from a copy belonging to the Chippendale Society. Genteel houshold furniture in the present taste. By a society of upholsterers, cabinet-makers, etc. Containing upwards of 350 designs in four parts. This volume is one of the few eighteenth century furniture pattern books never to have been reprinted in modern times. The reason for this is undoubtedly its great rarity. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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155.00 GBP
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Armstrong, Nancy A Collectors History of Fans
London Studio Vista 1974 0289703948 / 9780289703946 First Edition Very Good+ Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Author
First edition. Unclipped dustwrapper with some edge creasing. Sunned spine. Owners bookplate on ffep. Gilt lettering to spine. Nice and clean internally and externally. SIGNED by author. Nancy Armstrong documents the long and fascinating history of the fan. Extensively illustrated. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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65.00 GBP
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Attwell, Henry A Book of Golden Thoughts
London Macmillan 1888 Reprint Very Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
No marks or inscriptions. Slight foxing. Gilt lettering to spine. Blue cloth, gilt medallion profile. Golden Treasury Series. Tissue guarded frontis. Top edge gilt. Translations. Subject and name index. Nice and clean internally and externally. A lovely item. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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50.00 GBP
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Bate, H Maclear Report from Formosa
London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1952 First Edition Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition. Unclipped dustwrapper with minimal edgewear. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. This book is completely frank. After an account of the history, geography, economy and social life of the island, he examines the contemporary situation from all angles. Essential reading for all who would be well informed on Far Eastern affairs. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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17.00 GBP
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Belden, Jack China Shakes the World
London Gollancz 1951 Very Good Good++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
3rd Impression. Unclipped dustwrapper with lightly chipped spine. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. Beyond doubt one of the most valuable books ever written about China. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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18.00 GBP
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Burns, Jim Beats, Bohemians and Intellectuals
Trent 2000 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good
Pictorial wraps. No marks or inscriptions. Expatriates in Paris in the 1920s, radical writers in the 1930s, New York Intellectuals in the 1940s, Beat poets in the 1950s: these are just some of the subjects covered. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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17.00 GBP
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Dickens, Charles The Life of Our Lord
London Associated Newspapers 1934 Very Good Very Good
Unclipped dustwrapper with NO LOSS, slight wear to extremities. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. Variant blue cloth with top edge gilt and marbled endpapers, in original dustjacket. Dickens last book to be published. Written for his children, Dickens stated that it was not to be published during their lifetimes. Extensively illustrated. Lovely and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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90.00 GBP
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Doblin, Alfred Alexanderplatz the Story of Franz Biberkopf
London Secker, Martin 1931 Reprint Hard Cover Fair No Jacket
Slightly sunned spine. Corners a little bumped. Slightly marked cover. Fore edge uncut. A masterpiece of German Literature, this was the first German novel to adopt the technique from James Joyce. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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33.00 GBP
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Earle, Mrs C W More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden
London Smith, Elder & Co 1899 First Edition Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition. Previous owner bookplates. Original cloth. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to darkened spine. Edges uncut. Mrs C W Earle gives advice on everything from the garden, cooking, to the education of the children. References to many early English cookbooks. 453 pages inc index. 14 pages of publishrs adverts. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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19.00 GBP
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Edgeworth, Maria Popular Tales
London Macmillan 1903 First Thus Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hammond, Chris
First illustrated pocket classics edition. No marks or inscriptions. Darkened spine. With an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Illustrated by Chris Hammond. Top edge gilt. Includes publishers advertisments at rear. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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35.00 GBP
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F A Pouchet UNIVERSUM. Det oandligt stora och det oandligt Lilla
Stockholm 1880 Decorative Cloth Good++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Ownership inscription on ffep. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt design to scuffed front board. Text in Dutch. UNIVERSUM. Det oandligt stora och det oandligt lilla. Skildringar fran naturens all omraden. Autoriserad bearbetning efter tredje franska upplagan. THE UNIVERSE Or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. Translated from the French. Extensively illustrated. Nice and clean internally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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75.00 GBP
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Fales, Winnifred S & Hunter, Janet The Housewifes ABC
London Harrap 1921 First Edition Good++ Good++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition. Unclipped, frayed and worn dustwrapper. No marks or inscriptions. Black lettering to spine. Nice and clean internally. Book in two parts. Part I. Practical Hints on the Details of Housework and Management. Part II. Simple Remedies for Emergencies and Directions for Rendering First Aid. Scarce in wrapper. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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45.00 GBP
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Fasold, David The Discovery of Noahs Ark
London Sidgwick & Jackson 1990 0283060069 / 9780283060069 First Edition Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
First edition. Unclipped dustwrapper with NO LOSS. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. The discovery of Noah's Ark is one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century, solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for many centuries. The story of the clues which led to its detection - not on Mount Ararat, as had been thought, but on Mount Mahser Dagi (the Doomsday Mountain) some 17 miles to the south - is astonishing, and the material uncovered reveals much about life in the Middle East thousands of years BC. David Fasold headed one of the last teams to be allowed excavation rights in Turkey, and he dedicated years of his life and considerable sums of his own money to searching for the Ark. This book recounts the story of his quest and the eventual realization that he had succeeded when the dimensions of his find matched up exactly to those given in the Book of Genesis. Drilling samples subsequently revealed that the boat had not been made of wood, as was commonly supposed, but of reed and a kind of cement. Fasold's site has now been sealed off and officially declared the landing place of Noah's Ark by the Turkish Government. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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65.00 GBP
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Fraser, Angus The Gypsies
London Blackwell 1993 0631159673 / 9780631159674 Reprint Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Reprint edition. Unclipped dustwrapper with NO LOSS. No marks or inscriptions. Gilt lettering to spine. Since their unexplained appearance in Europe over nine centuries ago, the Gypsies have doggedly refused to fall in with conventional settled life. From the Balkans they gradually spread over the entire continent. When, in the 15th century, they knocked at the gates of Western Europe in the guise of pilgrims, they aroused intense curiosity as well as suspicion, and theories proliferated about their provenance. They remain the people whose culture and customs are beset with misunderstanding, and to cling to their distinct identity in the teeth of persistent rejection and pressure to conform. This book describes their history. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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18.00 GBP
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John Mason Brown Through These Men
London Hamish Hamilton 1956 First Edition Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Unclipped dustwrapper. No marks or inscriptions. Gold lettering to spine. Nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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15.00 GBP
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King, Edmund Fillingham Ten Thousand Wonderful Things
London Ward & Lock 1856 Good++ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Neat ownership inscription. Gilt lettering to spine. Original binding. Comprising the marvellous and rare, odd, curious, quaint eccentric and extraordinary in all ages and nations, in art, nature, and science. Nice and clean internally and externally. First edition means first edition, first printing, unless otherwise clearly stated.
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40.00 GBP
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