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A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, by FIELDING, T. H., & J. Walton.:

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A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, by FIELDING, T. H., & J. Walton.:

A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs,

by FIELDING, T. H., & J. Walton.:

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London, R. Ackermann, 1821.. TITLE CONTINUED: and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of that part of the Country, &c. &c. Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views drawn during a Two Year Residence among the Lakes. 1821. Quarto, approximately 270 x 210 mm, 10¾ x 8 inches, illustrated with a hand-coloured vignette to title page and 48 hand-coloured aquatints which includes frontispiece, all with tissue guards, plates drawn by Fielding, and Walton during a two years residence among the lakes, dated 1820 or 1821 under the caption. Pages: viii, 1-288 pages, including half-title, pages water marked 1818 and 1820, examples on pages 64 and 261, bound in half wine coloured morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown of the Molineux family. Spine lightly rubbed, lower board scuffed with slight loss to marbled paper, minor shelf wear to edges and corners, small pale brown stain affecting the margins of 2 leaves and 2 plates, not affecting images, several plates have pale offset to skies, lacks first tissue guard, many tissue guards replaced, a little creasing and pale age-browning and foxing to the original tissue guards, occasional pale spot to margins, otherwise a very good copy. See: J.R. Abbey, Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, page 119, No.192; R. V. Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860, page 183; Martin Hardie, English Coloured Books, pages 108,109 & 312; S. T. Prideaux, Aquatint Engravings, page 275 and 336. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE...
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

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London, John Murray, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424… Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy...
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is… Read More
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UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE.  A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND...
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UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE. A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLAN OF ESTABLISHING A COLONY OF CONVICTS AT BOTANY BAY.

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London, W. Bent, 1787.. Small section of the Universal Magazine (no title page) 1787 including 3 pages on early Australia with summary of plans for the convict settlement at Botany Bay, also several mentions of Captain Cook, pages 137-139. Slim 8vo, approximately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved portrait of Jonas Hanway and engraved folding chart of New Holland dated 1787, pages: 113-168, nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (their name in gilt at the foot of first pastedown), in half calf, gilt lettering and rules to spine, marbled boards with dividing gilt rules, new cream endpapers. Lacks original wrappers, printing on page 137 a little pale, but all text legible, pale age-browning, 2 small neat edge repairs, otherwise a very good copy. One article outlining early Dutch discoveries and the landfalls of William Dampier before Captain Cook's survey of the east coast. The folding chart is based on Fielding's map of 1786, though the 3 page article is short it details early Dutch discoveries… Read More
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THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S DIALLING, containing such ELEMENTS of the said Art, as are mostly useful...
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THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S DIALLING, containing such ELEMENTS of the said Art, as are mostly useful and easy to be known.

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London, printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1712.. FIRST EDITION 1712. Part 3 only from "The Young Gentleman's Astronomy, Chronology, and Dialling". 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, 11 engraved folding plates, 9 numbered and 2 unnumbered, pages: [8], 1-56, bound in quarter modern calf, pale brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, bookplate to first free endpaper of Arthur Frank. Repairs to blank side of plate 8, no loss to image, pale stain to tops of last three plates and lower margins of pages 47-56, 3 pale spots to lower margin of plate 9, not affecting image, slight creasing to the larger folding plates, ink name and notes to last 2 blank endpapers, small repairs to inner lower margins of same, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE DOLDENHORN AND WEISSE FRAU, Ascended for the First Time.
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THE DOLDENHORN AND WEISSE FRAU, Ascended for the First Time.

by ROTH, Abraham and Edmund Von Fellenberg.:

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Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, 1863.. FIRST EDITION 1863 with BOOK-PLATE OF HERMANN WOOLLEY, (see below for details). LACKING FRONTISPIECE, a facsimile inserted before half title. Slim 8vo, approximately 250 x 170 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, 13 plates of which there are 11 colour lithographs, 1 double page, 2 black and white full page woodcuts, 2 woodcuts in the text and a folding colour lithograph map, 82 pages plus contents page, rebound in plain dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, red speckled edges. Cloth faded, slight wear to head and tail of spine, 6 pages have tiny stain to tip of lower corners, some pale offsetting to text from plates, pale age-browning and light foxing to endpapers, half-title and title page, contents leaf has small light stain, otherwise a very good copy. See Jill Neate, Mountaineering Literature, revised edition 1986, page 137, R77. Neate makes a mistake in calling for 13 colour plates instead of 13 plates. This finely illustrated book includes accounts of earlier attempts.… Read More
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THE WORLD TURNED UP-SIDE (upside) DOWN; or the comical metamorphoses: a work entirely calculated...
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THE WORLD TURNED UP-SIDE (upside) DOWN; or the comical metamorphoses: a work entirely calculated to excite laughter in grown persons, and promote moralily (sic), in the young ones of both sexes:

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London, printed for & sold by Edward Ryland, at No 67 in the Old Bailey, no date, (1790).. Title continued: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved. Price 1s Plain, 2s Coloured. Edition not known, circa 1790, 16mo in eights, approximately 120 x 90 mm, 4¾ x 3¾ inches, LACKS 2 COLOUR PLATES, Nos 9 (School Boys correcting their Master) and 27 (Old Women ground Young) hand coloured facsmiles inserted (see images), AND LAST LEAF OF TEXT FOR PLATE 31 (D8, 63/64), facsimile inserted for page 63 but lacking final page 64. Hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette, unnumbered hand coloured plate facing Introduction, the rest numbered 1-31, pages: (2 - title page, verso blank), ii (2 page verse introduction), (3)-62 numbered on versos only, collation: pi1, A-D8 (-D8), verse text, quarter brown roan, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, endpapers inscribed by 2 early owners (1802) and 1 20th cent., lacking rear endpaper, light creasing to… Read More
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE...
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

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London, John Murray, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424… Read More
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THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. ORIGINAL PROOF PRINTING OF THE FIRST BIFOLIUM FROM THE KELMSCOTT...
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THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER. ORIGINAL PROOF PRINTING OF THE FIRST BIFOLIUM FROM THE KELMSCOTT PRESS PRINTING OF CHAUCER'S WORKS.

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Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, circa 1893.. KELMSCOTT BIFOLIUM circa 1893 (i.e. pair of conjugate leaves). Proof sheet of the opening page from the KELMSCOTT CHAUCER. This proof page was typeset in 1893 in a very small number and distributed to William Morris's friends. It contains a variant type setting of the text, eventually rejected by Morris. Bifolium pages approximately 415 x 285 mm, 16¼ x 11¼ inches, [1]-2 and [15]-[16] comprising 2 illustrated pages and 2 text pages, printed in Chaucer type with side-notes in red, 2 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved borders and one very large initial plus 5 large and 7 smaller initials by William Morris, folio Proof of one of the most famous pages in printing history, with variations in the typesetting from the final version. A shallow crease due to folding the sheets to house in a another Kelmscott book, a little pale foxing, mostly to margins, edges slightly dusty, otherwise very good… Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy...
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is… Read More
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UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE.  A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND...
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London, W. Bent, 1787.. Small section of the Universal Magazine (no title page) 1787 including 3 pages on early Australia with summary of plans for the convict settlement at Botany Bay, also several mentions of Captain Cook, pages 137-139. Slim 8vo, approximately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved portrait of Jonas Hanway and engraved folding chart of New Holland dated 1787, pages: 113-168, nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (their name in gilt at the foot of first pastedown), in half calf, gilt lettering and rules to spine, marbled boards with dividing gilt rules, new cream endpapers. Lacks original wrappers, printing on page 137 a little pale, but all text legible, pale age-browning, 2 small neat edge repairs, otherwise a very good copy. One article outlining early Dutch discoveries and the landfalls of William Dampier before Captain Cook's survey of the east coast. The folding chart is based on Fielding's map of 1786, though the 3 page article is short it details early Dutch discoveries… Read More
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Ancient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country,

by Fielding, T. H. ., and J. Walton

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London: R. Ackermann, 1821. Paperback. Poor. DISBOUND AND LACKING ACQUA COLOR PLATES. Original binding is lost, missing all 48 color plates, lacking title page and half-title page (if called for) and preliminary text (Preface) pages. Otherwise all pages collated, including Direction for placing the plates, and Contents pages. Begins with page one.Text block falling apart, paper unmarked and generally clean and bright. I belive this is the large paper edition [?], leaves measure 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. Selling as-is.
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes,containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire...

by Fielding, T.H. and J. Walton

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London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Quarto, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (270 x 210 mm). Half-title, title page with colored vignette, pp. (ii)- vi, 1-288, with 48 hand-colored colored aquatint plates. Old half leather, gilt, over marbled boards. Binding extremities rubbed, slight offset from the plates to facing pages, with an occasional spot in a text leaf, but internally fine. Lewis Richard Ashhurst bookplate. Abbey, Scenery 192; Tooley 219.
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of That Part of the Country, &c. &c Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views ..

by Fielding, T.H., and J. Walton

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London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Title-page vignette and 48 aquatint engravings, all finely hand colored. [viii], 288 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Half chestnut morocco, t.e.g., by Stanley Bray for Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Small stain at foot of title with ghost in margin of frontispiece not affecting the image, still a fine copy with the plates fresh and bright. First edition. Title-page vignette and 48 aquatint engravings, all finely hand colored. [viii], 288 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Choice copy of this beautifully illustrated book on the Lake District, handsomely bound. Abbey, Scenery 192; Tooley 219
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A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ROMANTIC SCENERY OF...

A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ROMANTIC SCENERY OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, AND LANCASHIRE, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History of Antiquities of that part of the country, &c. &c

by FIELDING, T. H., and WALTON, J

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London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Neat owner name in ink of A. M. Crossley dated 1825 at top of title page with engraved bookplate of William F. Ross on the front pastedown; plates lovely and bright with strong coloring. Light rubbing and wear to binding. Near Fine example of this beautiful book. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in full crimson morocco leather; gilt rules and gilt-lettered spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; vi, 288 pages. Illustrated with a hand-colored title page vignette and 48 hand-colored aquatint plates drawn by Fielding, and Walton during a two years residence among the lakes. One of only 850 copies printed of what is considered the greatest illustrated book on the Lake District. Abbey, SCENERY 192; Tooley 219.
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes,
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes,: Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of that part of the Country, &c. &c. Illustrated wi

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London: R. Ackermann, , 1821. The greatest illustrated book on the Lake District First edition of this splendid book on the Lake District, long recognized as the finest illustrated work ever published on the region. This copy is possibly one of 100 large-paper copies (similar to Abbey's copy measuring 14 by 11.5 inches) from a total print-run of 850, originally issued in 12 monthly parts; all watermarks are pre-publication (the plates 1818 and 1820, the text 1818). Ackermann's intention was to combine the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a description of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country... combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers... with much new and original information" (publisher's introduction). Fielding and Walton spent two years in the Lake District making drawings and collecting information to produce the book, aimed… Read More
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A picturesque tour of the English lakes: containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire......

by FIELDING T.H. [Theodore Henry] 1781-1851. and WALTON J

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London: 101, Strand: R. Ackermann [Rudolph] 1764-1834, 1821. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. FIELDING T.H. and WALTON J.. A Wonderful Large Paper Copy First edition, one of 100 large paper copies, large quarto, vi, [2, contents and pl list], 288 pp, hand coloured vignette title and forty eight superb hand coloured aquatint plates of rural views, plates with Whatman watermark of 1819/20. In contemporary half brown calf over green cloth, expertly rebacked to style with raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and the original morocco gilt lettered label, marbled endpapers, minor foxing to preliminaries, small neat repaired marginal tear to 202 (not affecting any text), marginal stain to p257 (text leaf, not affecting lettering). Overall, an excellent copy. (352*286 mm). (Tooley 219. Abbey Scenery 192. Prideaux p336. Martin-Hardie p108/9). This spectacular work was the fruit of a two year sojourn by Fielding & Walton in the Lake District. This reflected in the… Read More
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)

Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)

by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)

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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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The Birth and Death of Meaning:  An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man

by Becker, Ernest

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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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More Than Forever

by McLean, Jay

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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide

by Marcus, Phillip

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New
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Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780744009552 / 0744009553
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations

by Shoemaker, J. W

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Used - Good+
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None
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1906
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Hardcover
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Million Miles from Boston
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A Million Miles from Boston

by Day, Karen

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Used - Good
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Good
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First
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780385738996 / 0385738994
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits… Read More
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The Republic Of Plato
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English

by Richards, I.A

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Hardcover
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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint

by Elizabeth Harrison

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4th
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Hardcover
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
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Kane & Abel
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Kane & Abel

by Jeffrey Archer

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  • first
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Used - Book Club
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Has Jacket
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Book Club
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Hardcover
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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