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| Author: | ARDIZZONE EDWARD: |
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| Title: | THE YOUNG ARDIZZONE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENT |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, STUDIO VISTA, 1970 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER, ILLUS. BY ARDIZZONE. |
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| Price (£): | 35.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26619 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ATKINSON D. H.: |
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| Title: | RALPH THORESBY, THE TOPOGRAPHER; HIS TOWN AND TIMES |
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| Publisher: | LEEDS, WALKER AND LAYCOCK, 1885 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, OCTAVO, TWO VOLUMES, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 488. FINELY REBOUND IN HALF BROWN LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS, RAISED BANDS, RED TITLE LABLES, NEW ENDPAPERS. TEG, UNCIT PAGE EDGES. VOL. 1, 446 pp, list of subscribers, index. VOL. 2, 443 pp, index. A FINE AND HANDSOME SET. Ralph Thoresby (16 August 1658 – 16 October 1724), born in Leeds and is widely credited with being the first historian of that city. He was besides a merchant, non-conformist, fellow of the Royal Society, diarist, author, common-councilman in the Corporation of Leeds, and museum keeper. |
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| Price (£): | 180.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24842 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BENTHAM GEORGE: |
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| Title: | GEORGE BENTHAM: AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1800-1834 |
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| Publisher: | 1997 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS INCORPORATED |
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| Description: | FINE HARDBACK IN FINE DUSTWRAP. EDITED BY MARION FILIPIUK. IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HIS EARLY LIFE, GEORGE BENTHAM, NEPHEW OF THE GREAT UTILITARIAN PHILOSOPHER JEREMY BENTHAM, OFFERS A LIVELY DEPICTION OF THE TIMES, BOTH IN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT, PARTICULARLY OF POST-NAPOLEONIC FRANCE, WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS FAMILY FOR TWELVE YEARS.HE WAS AN EMERGING FIGURE HIMSELF IN THE FIELD OF BOTANY. 5789 pp. |
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| Price (£): | 25.00 |
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| Stock No: | 19109 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BOOTH-CLIBBORN EDWARD: |
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| Title: | MY FATHER AND EDWARD ARDIZZONE- A LASTING FRIENDSHIP |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, PATRICK HARDY, 1983 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER (SOME SCRATCHING TO THE PLASTIC OF THE DW), ILLUS. WITH DELIGHTFUL EDWARD ARDIZZONE CHRISTMAS CARDS. |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26626 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BOSWELL JAMES: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, THE NAVARRE SOCIETY, 1924 |
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| Description: | THREE VOLUMES, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN HALF BROWN MOROCCO OVER MAROON CLOTH, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, TOP EDGES GILT, GILT TITLES, RAISED BANDS. PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE. THIS EDITION PRINTED BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS ON FINE QUALITY PAPER AND LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES. A FACSIMILIE OF THE FIRST EDITION, 1791, WITH THE APPENDIX AND ILLUSTRATED WITH 20 PHOTOGRAVURE ETCHINGS, 50 HALF TONE PLATES, AND A FACSIMILIE AUTOGRAPH LETTER. A VERY FINE AND HANDSOME SET. |
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| Price (£): | 135.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24839 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BOSWELL JAMES: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D |
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| Publisher: | BLISS SANDS. LONDON. 1897 |
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| Description: | QUARTO, VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN OLIVE GREEN CLOTH(WORN). PAPER TITLE TO SPINE - NOT COMPLETE. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. EDITED BY PERCY FITZGERALD. EXTRA POSTAGE MIGHT BE REQUIRED, IF POSTED OVERSEAS. |
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| Price (£): | 20.00 |
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| Stock No: | 8753 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BROWN WALLACE CABLE: |
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| Title: | CHARLES CHURCHILL |
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| Publisher: | UNIVERSITY ON KANSAS PRESS. LAWRENCE. 1953 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD SLIGHTY STAINED DUSTWRAP. POET, RAKE, AND REBEL. 1ST EDITION. |
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| Price (£): | 23.00 |
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| Stock No: | 21184 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BYLES C.E.: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R.S. HAWKER (SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW) |
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| Publisher: | JOHN LANE, BODLEY HEAD. LONDON. 1905 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, RED CLOTH, WEAR TO THE SPINE AND FRONT HINGE WEAK BUT A GOOD COPY. TWO SKETCHES BY THE EARL OF CARLISLE. LITHOGRAPHS BY J. LEY PETHYBRIDGE, AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM PORTRAITS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC. |
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| Price (£): | 55.00 |
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| Stock No: | 12701 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BYLES C.E.: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF R.S. HAWKER (SOMETIME VICAR OF MORWENSTOW) |
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| Publisher: | JOHN LANE, BODLEY HEAD. LONDON. 1905 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, HEAVILY EMBOSSED DARK BROWNCLOTH, WEAR TO THE SPINE EDGES AND FRONT HINGE WEAK BUT A GOOD COPY. TWO SKETCHES BY THE EARL OF CARLISLE. LITHOGRAPHS BY J. LEY PETHYBRIDGE, AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM PORTRAITS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC. |
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| Price (£): | 45.00 |
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| Stock No: | 28040 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | CHAMPNEYS BASIL: |
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| Title: | MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF COVENTRY PATMORE |
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| Publisher: | 1901 GEORGE BELL & SONS, LONDON |
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| Description: | REISSUES. GOOD HARDBACKS. VOLUMES 1 & 2. SOME LOSS TO TOPS OF BOTH SPINES, CORNERS BUMPED. GILT TITLES AND DECORATION ON BASE OF SPINE. WEAK HINGE TO VOLUME 1. FRONTISPIECE TO EACH VOLUME. |
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| Price (£): | 50.00 |
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| Stock No: | 22494 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | CHARPENTIER JOHN: |
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| Title: | ROUSSEAU - THE CHILD OF NATURE |
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| Publisher: | 1931 METHUEN & CO., LTD., LONDON |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN RED CLOTH, EX PRIVATE LIBRARY. |
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| Price (£): | 12.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24481 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | COLERIDGE HARTLEY: |
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| Title: | THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE |
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| Publisher: | LONDON. WARNE. |
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| Description: | NO DATE - BUT VICTORIAN. CONSIDERS THE LIVES OF RICHARD BENTLEY, MARVELL, LORD FAIRFAX, ANNE CLIFFORD, WILLIAM MASON, JOHN FISHER AND RICHARD ARKWRIGHT. OCTAVO, 480 pp. ORIGINAL BLIND STAMPED BEVELLED BOARDS, SOME LOSS AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, AND TWO INCH CRACK IN THE JOINT. SOME FOXING TO EARLY PAGES BUT OTHERWISE A TIGHT AND CLEAN COPY. |
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| Price (£): | 58.00 |
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| Stock No: | 21532 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | CROZIER BRIAN: |
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| Title: | THE MAN WHO LOST CHINA |
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| Publisher: | ANGUS AND ROBERTSON |
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| Description: | THE FIRST FULL BIOGRAPHY OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 25352 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | CUNDALL H.M. (EDITED BY): |
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| Title: | WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S. F.R.G.S. |
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| Publisher: | A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1908 |
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| Description: | 1ST EDITION. IN VERY GOOD GREEN ILLUSTRATED CLOTH. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY EDITED BY H.M. CUNDALL, FROM NOTES BY MRS. CALLOW. 22 COLOUR PLATES, 9 IN BLACK AND WHITE. FRONTISPIECE IS LOOSE. |
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| Price (£): | 34.50 |
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| Stock No: | 20189 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | DEVONSHIRE ANDREW: |
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| Title: | ACCIDENTS OF FORTUNE |
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| Publisher: | 2004 MICHAEL RUSSELL, NORWICH |
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| Description: | NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH A DUSTWRAP. ANDREW DEVONSHIRE WAS BORN IN 1920, AND INHERITED THE DUKEDOM IN 1950. |
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| Price (£): | 13.95 |
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| Stock No: | 25027 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | FRANCE ANATOLE: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, JOHN LANE, 1909 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES, OCTAVO, RED DECORATED CLOTH, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, VERY GOOD, FADED RED SPINES, TEG. |
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| Price (£): | 55.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24731 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | GILBEY SIR WALTER & E.D. CUMING: |
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| Title: | GEORGE MORLAND HIS LIFE AND WORKS |
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| Publisher: | A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1907 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN ILLUSTRATED GREEN CLOTH - GILT EMBOSSED TITLE ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. 1ST EDITION. 39 COLOUR PLATES, A BIOGRAPHY OF HIS LIFE AND ART. PREVIOUS OWNERS INK INSCRIPTION ON FEP 1913. |
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| Price (£): | 69.00 |
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| Stock No: | 20187 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | GODDARD ANN: |
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| Title: | GOODBYE OLD PICK |
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| Publisher: | 2005 J. AND A. GODDARD, BELPER, DERBYSHIRE. |
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| Description: | NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. A COMPELLING TRUE STORY OF THE LIFE OF A COAL MINER FACING DAILY THE HAZARDS OF THE FIERY PITS OF STAFFORDSHIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A TRIBUTE TO HER GREAT GRANDFATHER - CHARLES LAWTON 1839-1921. |
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| Price (£): | 9.99 |
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| Stock No: | 18492 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | HOLLAND LADY: |
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| Title: | A MEMOIR OF THE REVEREND SYDNEY SMITH |
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| Publisher: | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS. LONDON. 1855 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES IN BLIND-STAMPED BROWN CLOTH. VERY GOOD COPIES APART FROM SMALL SPLIT AT TOP OF SPINE OF VOLUME 1. FOURTH EDITION. A SELECTION FROM HIS LETTERS EDITED BY MRS. AUSTIN. |
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| Price (£): | 55.00 |
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| Stock No: | 10217 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | JERDAN WILLIAM: |
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| Title: | NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS AND EMINENT PERSONAGES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, FISHER, 1830 |
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| Description: | QUARTO, FOUR VOLUMES, A VERY NICE SET IN HALF LEATHER, ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES. TIGHT AND CLEAN. WITH FINE ENGRAVED PLATES. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS. |
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| Price (£): | 200.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26827 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | LANE MARGARET: |
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| Title: | THE TALE OF BEATRIX POTTER |
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| Publisher: | WARNE,1952 |
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| Description: | REPRINT, VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL GREEN REXINE. ILLUS. |
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| Price (£): | 12.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26536 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | LEWIS R.W.B. AND NANCY: |
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| Title: | AMERICAN CHARACTERS |
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| Publisher: | 1999 YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW HAVEN AND LONDON |
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| Description: | NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. SELECTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, ACCOMPANIED BY LITERARY PORTRAITS. WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE OVERSEAS. |
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| Price (£): | 24.00 |
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| Stock No: | 22443 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | LUCAS E.V.: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF CHARLES LAMB |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, METHUEN, 1907 |
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| Description: | FOURTH EDITION REVISED IN ONE VOLUME WITH 28 ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL CALF PRIZE BINDING (ST. PAULS SCHOOL) GILT DECORATION TO SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, GILT SCHOOL CREST ON FRONT BOARD. MARBLED END PAPERS. PRIZE LABLE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN.VERY GOOD ATTRACTIVE COPY. |
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| Price (£): | 30.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26959 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | METEYARD: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD |
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| Publisher: | HURST & BLACKETT. LONDON. 1865 & 1866 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES IN GOLD EMBOSSED BLUE CLOTH - THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN REBOUND, WITH A NEW SPINE AND THE ORIGINAL FRONT AND BACK BOARDS USED IN THE REBIND. NEW ENDPAPERS. SOME FOXING TO FRONTISPEACE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE ART OF POTTERY IN ENGLAND BY ELIZA METEYARD. FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND FAMILY PAPERS, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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| Price (£): | 130.00 |
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| Stock No: | 11525 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | MORGAN CHARLES: |
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| Title: | EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE |
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| Publisher: | 1935 MACMILLAN & CO LTD |
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| Description: | SMALL BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH MARBLED BOARDS. 1ST EDITION. THIS ESSAY ON AN ARTIST WHO LOVED FRANCE IS DEDICATED BY ITS UTHOR TO EDMOND JALOUX IN FRIENDSHIP AND ADMIRATION, AND BECAUSE AN ARMISTICE, EVEN OF SEVENTEEN YEARS, CANNOT END A NATURAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLES AMONG WHOM IT IS STILL NOT CRIMINAL TO THINK. SERRATED EDGES TO PAGES. 56 PAGES. |
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| Price (£): | 13.00 |
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| Stock No: | 13270 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | MOTLEY JOHN LOTHROP: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, ADVOCATE OF HOLLAND |
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| Publisher: | 1874 HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK |
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| Description: | IN 2 VOLUMES. WITH A VIEW OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE THIRTY YEARS` WAR. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 2 VERY GOOD HALF LEATHER/MARBLED BOARDS. MARBLED END-PAPERS AND MARBLED PAGE EDGES. RAISED BANDS TO SPINES. |
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| Price (£): | 150.00 |
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| Stock No: | 13300 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | NICOLSON BENEDICT: |
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| Title: | JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY: PAINTER OF LIGHT |
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| Publisher: | 1968 THE PAUL MELLON FOUNDATION FOR BRITISH ART, LONDON, ROUTLEDGE AND KEGAN PAUL |
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| Description: | QUARTO. 2 VOLUMES IN SLIP CASE. BOTH VOLUMES ARE FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPS EXCEPT 1 VOLUME HAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOSS ON THE DUSTWRAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. VOLUME 1 IS THE TEXT AND CATALOGUE, VOLUME 2 THE PLATES. THE STANDARD WORK ON WRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. |
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| Price (£): | 100.00 |
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| Stock No: | 11602 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | OGDEN CHRISTOPHER: |
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| Title: | LEGACY - A BIOGRAPHY OF MOSES AND WALTER ANNENBERG |
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| Publisher: | 1999 LITTLE, BROWN & CO, LONDON |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDCOPY WITH DUST WRAP. UNAUTHORISED BUT WRITTEN WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE ANNENBERG FAMILY AND THEIR PRIVATE PAPERS, BOOK IS A MOVING STORY OF A FAMILY'S TRIUMPH. |
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| Price (£): | 11.50 |
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| Stock No: | 20910 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | PARRY MELANIE (EDITOR): |
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| Title: | CHAMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY |
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| Publisher: | 1997 CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH |
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| Description: | NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. 6TH EDITION. UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26412 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | RABEL GABRIELE: |
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| Title: | GOETHE UND KANT |
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| Publisher: | BERLIN, 1927 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES, SMALL OCTAVO, HALF LEATHER, CLEAN AND TIGHT, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR., SIGNED 1940. TEXT IN GOTHIC GERMAN. |
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| Price (£): | 50.00 |
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| Stock No: | 27565 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | RAY CYRIL: |
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| Title: | MERRY ENGLAND |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, VISTA, 1960 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER, ILLUS. BY ARDIZZONE. |
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| Price (£): | 20.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26622 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | RENNIE SIR JOHN: |
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| Title: | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN RENNIE |
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| Publisher: | 1875 E & F N SPON, LONDON |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, SOME WEAR TO BOARDS AND SPINE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. AUTHOR WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, HE WRITES HERE OF THE HISTORY OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE TOGETHER REMINISCENCES DATING FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTURY. SCARCE. |
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| Price (£): | 115.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26164 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | REYNOLDS M.E.: |
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| Title: | MEMORIES OF JOHN GALSWORTHY |
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| Publisher: | ROBERT HALE AND CO., 1936 |
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| Description: | EARLY SECOND IMPESSION, QUARTER VELLUM, BLUE/GREEN CLOTH, A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. A BIOGRAPHY BY HIS SISTER. |
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| Price (£): | 16.00 |
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| Stock No: | 12771 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | RINAKER CLARISSA: |
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| Title: | THOMAS WARTON |
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| Publisher: | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 1967 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAP. A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDY, FIRST REPRINT OF 1916 PUBLICATION. |
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| Price (£): | 23.00 |
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| Stock No: | 20562 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ROSCOE WILLIAM: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, BOHN, 1864 |
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| Description: | EIGHTH EDITION, PRIZE BINDING FROM HARROW SCHOOL, FULL RED LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, MARBLED END PAPERS AND GILT EDGES. ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. A VERY GOOD COPY, WITH SCUFFING TO THE FRONT AND REAR BOARDS. |
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| Price (£): | 36.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24668 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ROSCOE WILLIAM: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE' MEDICI |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, STRAHAN, 1796 |
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| Description: | SECOND EDITION, TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE. QUARTO, QUARTER LEATHER, MARBLED BOARDS. FRONTISPIECE. EXTERNALLY WORN, JOINTS CRACKED, FRONT BOARD OF VOLUME 1 ALMOST DETACHED, BUT INTERNALLY VERY CLEAN. |
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| Price (£): | 100.00 |
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| Stock No: | 28182 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ROSEBERY LORD: |
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| Title: | CHATHAM, HIS EARY LIFE AND CONNECTIONS |
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| Publisher: | ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS. LONDON. 1910 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN RED CLOTH. GOLD TITLE ON FRONT BOARD AND EPWORTH COLLEGE, RHYL. WEAK SPINE. SOME FADING ON BACK COVER. |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 6365 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ROTHSCHILD LORD: |
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| Title: | RYLANDS |
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| Publisher: | HACKNEY. THE STOURTON PRESS. 1988 |
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| Description: | FINE COPY IN DARK RED CLOTH. PRIVATELY PRINTED, LIMITED EDITION - NUMBER 187 OF ONLY 200 COPIES PUBLISHED, SIGNED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FRONTISPEACE BY VICTOR (LORD) ROTHSCHILD. A CELEBRATION FOR GEORGE RYLANDS, FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. |
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| Price (£): | 115.00 |
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| Stock No: | 22005 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | ROUSSEAU J. J.: |
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| Title: | THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU |
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| Publisher: | PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1904 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES, NICE ORANGE/YELLOW CLOTH, PAPER LABLES, ILLUSTRATED WITH A SERIES OF ETCHINGS BY ED. HEDOUIN, AND TWO PORTRAITS. PRIVATELY PRINTED. LEPLAY HOUSE STAMP ON FEP. A VERY NICE, ATTRACTIVE, CLEAN SET. |
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| Price (£): | 55.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24665 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | SKEAT W. O.: |
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| Title: | GEORGE STEPHENSON THE ENGINEER AND HIS LETTERS |
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| Publisher: | INSTITUTE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1973 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD WITHDUSTWRAPPER. OVER 70 ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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| Price (£): | 12.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26533 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | SPIELMANN & G.S. LAYARD: |
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| Title: | KATE GREENAWAY |
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| Publisher: | A. & C. BLACK, LONDON. 1905 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH WHICH IS FADED ON SPINE AND PART OF FRONT AND BACK BOARD. TOP OF SPINE HAS SMALL NICK. FRONT CORNER BUMPED. FEP HAS SMALL PIECE MISSING, SOME USUAL FOXING, END PAPERS SLIGHTLY CRACKED IN SPINE, 53 COLOUR PLATES, 3 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES, MANY OTHERS AS SKETCHES, ALSO FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS. 1ST EDITION. A FULL BIOGRAPHY OF HER LIFE AND ART. |
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| Price (£): | 69.00 |
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| Stock No: | 20186 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | STANLEY A. P.: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, FELLOWES, 1858 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. PRIZE BINDING FROM HARROW SCHOOL, FULL GREEN LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, RED LABLE, MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. A VERY GOOD GOPY, WITH SCUFFING TO PART OF THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT BOARD. |
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| Price (£): | 42.00 |
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| Stock No: | 24667 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | STANLEY ARTHUR PENRHYN: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD - LATE HEAD MASTER OF RUGBY SCHOOOL, AND REGUIS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD |
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| Publisher: | LONDON, FELLOWES, 1868 |
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| Description: | 2 VOLS. VERY GOOD CONDITION, GREEN CLOTH, GILT. |
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| Price (£): | 16.00 |
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| Stock No: | 5787 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | STANLEY ARTHUR PENRHYN: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD .D.D |
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| Publisher: | B. FELLOWS. LONDON. 1845 |
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| Description: | TWO VERY GOOD VOLUMES IN HALF RED LEATHER AND CLOTH, CROSSBANDED IN GILT AND TITLE, FOURTH EDITION, SLIGHTLY WEAK SPINES, SOME DAMP STAINING ON END PAPERS, VOL. II HAS FEP GLUE MARKED AND SMALL TEAR, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL RUBBER STAMP, PORTRAIT ON FRONTISPIECE. |
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| Price (£): | 47.00 |
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| Stock No: | 16875 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | STEUART J.A.: |
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| Title: | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MAN AND WRITER |
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| Publisher: | THE RYERSON PRESS. TORONTO. 1924 |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES IN BLUE CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAPS. GILT TITLES ON SPINES. TWO FRONTISPIECE PORTRAITS. YELLOWING TO THE EDGES OF PAGES WHICH ARE UNTRIMMED. HEAVY BOOKS, WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE. |
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| Price (£): | 46.00 |
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| Stock No: | 17742 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | STODDARD ANNA M.: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF ISABELLA BIRD (MRS BISHOP) |
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| Publisher: | 1908 JOHN MURRAY, LONDON |
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| Description: | THIRD EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MRS. BISHOP, PARTICULARLY HER MISSIONARY WORK IN THE FAR EAST. |
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| Price (£): | 69.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26159 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | TENNYSON: |
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| Title: | ALFRED LORD TENNYSON A MEMOIR BY HIS SON |
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| Publisher: | LONDON. MACMILLAN 1897. |
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| Description: | TWO VOLUMES IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS - RAISED BANDS. TEG. GILT DECORATIONS TO THE SPINES. MARBLED END PAPERS. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. FRONT HINGE OF VOLUME 1 WEAK - OTHERWISE A TIGHT AND CLEAN SET. |
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| Price (£): | 80.00 |
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| Stock No: | 16577 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | THE MARQUIS OF LORNE: |
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| Title: | V.R.I.: HER LIFE AND EMPIRE |
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| Publisher: | EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, 1901 |
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| Description: | 1ST EDITION. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN VICTORIA. SMALL FOLIO. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH WITH GILT DECORATION, BEVELLED BOARDS, PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE. 396 PAGES. VERY GOOD AND RICHLY ILLUSTRATED. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. |
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| Price (£): | 25.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26552 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | TOMLINSON H.M.: |
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| Title: | All Our Yesterdays |
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| Publisher: | 1930 William Heinemann Ltd., London |
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| Description: | Very good copy but some damage to the spine - also slightly loose front hinge. Limited and signed edition - this is number 702 of 1025. Boxed (grubby). With a portrait frontispiece from a drawing by Percy Smith |
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| Price (£): | 25.00 |
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| Stock No: | 657 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | TOMLINSON H.M.: |
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| Title: | ALL OUR YESTERDAYS |
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| Publisher: | WILLIAM HEINEMANN. LONDON. 1930 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN CREAM CLOTH, BEVELLED BOARDS, WITH SLIP CASE. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 1025, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 274. WITH A PORTAIT FRONTISPIECE FROM A DRAWING BY PERCY SMITH. |
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| Price (£): | 65.00 |
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| Stock No: | 19817 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | TUPPER THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES: |
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| Title: | RECOLLECTION OF SIXTY YEARS |
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| Publisher: | LONDON. CASSELL. 1914 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD HARDBACK. GILT EMBOSSED COAT OF ARMS ON COVER. TEG. INCLUDES 17 PLATES. RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA. |
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| Price (£): | 19.00 |
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| Stock No: | 6299 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | UNKNOWN: |
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| Title: | THE ENGLISH PEERAGE OR, A VIEW OF THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF THE ENGLISH NOBILITY |
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| Publisher: | LONDON. SPILSBURY, 1790 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, QUARTO, THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. REBOUND IN FINE BROWN, HALF LEATHER, RAISED BAND, NEW ENDPAPERS, GILT TILES AND DECORATION TO THE SPINES. VOL 1. FRONTISPIECE, vii, iv, 487 pp.; VOL 2. FRONTISPIECE, iv, 310, appendix (224 pp), supplement (28pp); VOL. 3. ARMOURIAL PLATES (126pp). EACH VOLUME HAS TWO BOOKPLATES, ONE BEING THAT OF CHARLES RODEN FILGATE OF MATLOCK. SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS, OTHERWISE AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET IN A FINE BINDING. POSTAGE AT COST. |
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| Price (£): | 300.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26665 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | WALTON IZAAK: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF DR JOHN DONNE |
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| Publisher: | THE FOLIO PRESS, LONDON, 1988 |
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| Description: | A FINE COPY. BOUND IN QUARTER MOIRE PURPLE SILK AND HAND-MARBLED BOARDS, PRINTED ON MOULD-FREE PAPER, TOP EDGES GILT, GLASSERINE WRAPPER, INTRODUCED BY COLIN WARD, 74 PAGES, SOME UNCUT. |
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| Price (£): | 40.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26617 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | WHITE GABRIEL: |
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| Title: | EDWARD ARDIZZONE ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR |
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| Publisher: | NEW YORK, SCHOCKEN, 1980 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER, ILLUS. BY ARDIZZONE. |
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| Price (£): | 35.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26623 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | WILMOT JOHN: |
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| Title: | THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN HOUGH. BOUND WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT. |
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| Publisher: | LONDON. JAMES GILLET. 1812 AND 1802 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITIONS. TWO BOOKS BOUND IN ONE. QUARTO, FULL LEATHER, REBOUND AT SOME STAGE USING PART OF THE ORIGINAL SPINE. THE LEATHER IS WORN IN PARTS BUT THE BINDING FIRM AND SOLID. JOHN HOUGH (1651-1743) WAS SUCCESSIVELY BISHOP OF OXFORD, LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY, AND WORCESTER. CONTAINS MANY OF HIS LETTERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SEVERAL PERSONS WITH WHOM HE WAS CONNECTED. FRONTISPIECE OF HOUGH, PREFACE (xvi), LIFE (387 pp). ALSO BOUND IN IS THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, BY JOHN WILMOT, 1802, PRINTED BU LUKE HANSARD AND SOLD BY T CADELL. SIR JOHN WAS LORD CHIEF JUSTICE 1766 - 1771. FRONTISPIECE OF SIR JOHN, TITLE, ADVERTISEMENT, 77pp, FULL ENGRAVED PLATE OF SIR JOHN, 3pp BLANKS. THE BOOK CARRIES AN INSCRIPTION 'MARIA MASON WILMOT FROM HER AFFECTIONATE FATHER, 24TH DEC. 1811', PRESUMABLY FROM JOHN WILMOT TO HIS DAUGHTER. ALSO THE TITLE PAGE OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN WILMOT IS SIGNED 'JOHN WILMOT'. (THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK NOT BEING PRINTED ON THE TITLE PAGE). |
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| Price (£): | 1000.00 |
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| Stock No: | 21565 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | WINTLE JUSTIN AND KENIN RICHARD: |
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| Title: | THE DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHICAL QUOTATION OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN SUBJECTS |
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| Publisher: | 1978 ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL, LONDON |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THIS COMPLETELY NEW DICTIONARY IS DESIGNED AS A SOURCE BOOK TO TELL EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 26327 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | WOOD ANTHONY: |
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| Title: | ATHENAE OXONIENSES |
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| Publisher: | GEORG OLMS 1969 |
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| Description: | FOUR VOLUMES, QUARTO IN BROWN CLOTH. VERY GOOD COPIES. A FACSIMILE OF THE THIRD EDITION OF 1813. VOLUME 1 INCLUDES THE LIFE OF WOOD. AN EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE WRITERS AND BISHOPS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. |
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| Price (£): | 200.00 |
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| Stock No: | 23941 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | YEOMAN MYRTLE: |
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| Title: | RECALLED TO LIFE: CHRISTOPHER`S STORY |
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| Publisher: | 1995 ALDERNEY BOOKS, LONDON |
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| Description: | SOFTBACK BOOK. A STORY OF THE AUTHOR`S SON WHO WAS TERRIBLY INJURED IN A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT. DOCTORS PREDICTED THAT HE WOULD NOT SURVIVE BUT HE CARRIED ON WITH HIS MOTHER`S HELP FOR A FURTHER 14 YEARS. |
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| Price (£): | 8.99 |
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| Stock No: | 8857 Click to enquire |
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