VOLUME 9 OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY. ORIGINAL CREAM BOARDS ISSUED WITHOUT A DUSTWRAPPER. NEAT BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. A VERY GOOD COPY.
EGYPT IN MINIATURE: VOLUME 1. OXFORD EXPEDITION TO EGYPT. FIRST EDITION QUARTO GREEN CLOTH 521 PAGES WITH 539 PLATES. A VERY FINE COPY OF A SCARCE WORK.
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
VOL 37 FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDED 31.12.90. VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN GREEN WITH GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE. VISITATION RETURNS FOR FIVE YEARS 1872 1875 1878 1882 1886. CONTAINS MAGEE-OVERSTONE CORRESPONDENCE AND BIOGRAPHIES OF INCUMBENTS. 125 PAGES.
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.
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.
THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG RED LEATHER LABELS TO THE SPINES GILT. EDITED WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPANATORY NOTES BY J P EARWAKER. CLEAN AND TIGHT. A VERY GOOD SET OF THIS WORK.
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