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THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND: 2 VOLUMES

£175.00

FIRST EDITION. HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS RAISED BANDS ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY IN COLOUR AND ETCHINGS BY JOHN PEEL. VOLUME 1 HAS SLIGHT TEAR TO GUARD PAPER OPPOSITE FRONTISPIECE. VOLUME 2 IS WORN AT THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. A VERY GOOD HANDSOME SET.

Author: A'BECKETT GILBERT ABBOTT
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON. BRADBURY, AGNEW & CO. C 1860
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMMON LANDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

£75.00

1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN LIKE DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 45 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES.

Author: STAMP L. DUDLEY AND HOSKINS W.G.
Place, Publisher, Date: 1963 COLLINS LONDON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMMON TERN

£12.00

VERY GOOD SOFTBACK. HAMLYN SPECIES GUIDES. ILLUSTRATED.

Author: HUME ROB
Place, Publisher, Date: HAMLYN, LONDON, 1993
Binding: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE: OR, ACCOMPLISH’D GENTLEWOMAN’S COMPANION.

£450.00

LACKS TITLE PAGE AND HENCE THE EXACT DATE AND PUBLISHER ARE NOT KNOWN BUT MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. THIS IS A HANDSOME VOLUME REBOUND IN FULL BROWN LEATHER RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE GILT TITLE NEW ENDPAPERS SOME ORIGINAL PAGES FOR EXAMPLE IN THE INDEX STRENGHTENED WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME MARGINAL LOSS. CONTAINS: 4 PAGE PREFACE; A BILL OF FARE FOR EVERY SEASON; THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE (354 PAGES); 4 PAGES OF AN INDEX (SEVERAL PAGES MISSING HERE); 3 PAGES OF TABLE SETTINGS (WITH SOME LOSS). THE BOOK IS TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN FOR THE AGE.

Author: SMITH ELIZA
Place, Publisher, Date: UNKNOWN
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE ANGLER

£100.00

OCTAVO SOMETIME REBOUND IN GREEN CLOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN (WITH SMALL LOSS). FRONTIS. OF WALTON 395 PAGES TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. WITH NOTES BIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPANATORY AND THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS. VERY GOOD.

Author: WALTON IZAAC AND COTTON CHARLES
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, WASHBOURNE, 1842
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN’S RECREATION BEING A DISCOURSE OF RIVERS FISH-PONDS FISH AND FISHING.

£450.00

SECOND EDITION. QUARTO TWO VOLUMES. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER (RUBBED) OVER MARBLED BOARDS. WITH INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ANGLE FOR TROUT OR GRAYLING IN A CLEAR STREAM BY CHARLES COTTON. WITH ORIGINAL NOTES BY SIR HARRIS NICOLAS. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS AND ENGRAVED PLATES TENDERNESS TO THE JOINTS OF VOLUME 1 OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET.

Author: WALTON IZAAK
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON. NATTALI AND BOND.1860
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE BIRDS OF THE WORLD

£12.00

1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.

Author: WALTERS MICHAEL
ISBN: 0715376667
Place, Publisher, Date: NEWTON ABBOT, DAVID AND CHARLES, 1980
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BIRDS

£85.00

5TH IMPRESSION.NEAR MINT HARDBACK BOOK WITH A NEAR MINT DUSTWRAP CONTAINED IN A NEAR MINT SLIPCASE. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR. BOOK WEIGHS OVER 4KG SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

Author: GINN P.J., MCILLERON W.G. AND MILSTEIN P. LE S.
Place, Publisher, Date: CAPE TOWN, STRUIK, 1996
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: NEAR FINE
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THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CHECK LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD

£90.00

FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 367 COLOUR PLATES BY THE AUTHOR. VERY SCARCE.

Author: WESTOLL TIM
ISBN: GLINGER
Place, Publisher, Date: CARLISE, GLINGER,1998
Binding: FINE
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THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS OF REMBRANDT

£15.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR.

Author: MARTIN GREGORY (INTRODUCED BY)
ISBN: 297995324
Place, Publisher, Date: 1973, WEIDENFELD AND NICOLSON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND IRELAND GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

£1,200.00

14 VOLUMES QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH. DATED 190-1940. VOLUME 12 IS IN TWO PARTS. VOLUME 13 IS THE PEERAGE CREATIONS 1901-1938. THERE IS SOME VARIATION IN THE COLOUR OF THE GREEN CLOTH FROM VOLUME TO VOLUME. SOME VOLUMES HAVE TOP EDGES GILT. A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A SCARCE SET. EACH VOLUME WEIGHS WELL OVER 2Kg GIVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF AROUND 30 Kg. POSTAGE AT COST.

Author: GIBBS VICARY (EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, ST CATHERINE PRESS, 1910-1940
Binding: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY JANE BRONTE

£40.00

A VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS.

Author: HATFIELD C.W.(EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS)
Place, Publisher, Date: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1941
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE STALKY AND CO

£14.00

FINE COPY IN FINE SLIPCASE. ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID ECCLES.

Author: KIPLING RUDYARD
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1996
Binding: HALF LEATHER
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER

£250.00

7 VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EDITED BY SKEAT WALTER W. ALL IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPS BUT VOLUME ONE HAS SOME DUSTWRAP DAMAGE. SLIGHT FINGERING TO TOP OF SOME OF THE DUSTWRAPS: ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE MINOR POEMS BOETHIUS TROILUS HOUSE OF FAME LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN ASTROLABE SOURCES OF CANTERBURY TALES THE CANTERBURY TALES (TEXT) THE CANTERBURY TALES (NOTES) INTRODUCTION GLOSSARY INDEXES CHAUCERIAN AND OTHER PIECES. SECOND EDITIONS.

Author: CHAUCER GEOFFREY
Place, Publisher, Date: 1972 CLARENDON PRESS, OXFORD
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE FARQUHAR

£100.00

TWO VOLUMES LIMITED TO 900 SETS. THIS BEING NUMBER 191. EDITED BY CHARLES STONEHILL. VERY GOOD. CARD COVERS BUCKRUM SPINE. OVERSEAS POSTAGE WILL BE EXTRAQ.

Author: FARQUHAR GEORGE
Place, Publisher, Date: NONSUCH PRESS, LONDON, 1930
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE SAVILLE FIRST MARQUESS OF HALIFAX

£45.00

FIRST EDITION FULL CRUSHED LEATHER BINDING WITH ‘H’ MONOGRAPH TO BOTH BOARDS RAISED BANDS ALL EDGES GILT SOME WEAR AND FADING TO THE SPINE WEAKNESS TO FRONT HINGE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.

Author: SAVILLE GEORGE
Place, Publisher, Date: OXFORD, CLARENDON PRESS, 1912
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD