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1234 - Book no. 244 is a counting book with simple pictures to illustrate the numbers, interestingly with drawings of toys made by Dean's at that time. It measures 140mm x 110mm and has 10 pages. Published in 1925 and illustrated by Gladys Hall it is in perfect condition, from a collection and well cared for. Please view the photographs for more information. Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

2 pages have been removed from Vol.I, they appear to be blank pages near the start and are of little relevance, all pages after are accounted for. Weakness to spines and looseness to covers, splitting also. This is reflected in the price. Vol I - 330 pages A - E Vol II - 337 pages F - M Vol III - 288 pages M - Z, plus explication and itineraire 319 pages. Please view the images for more information.Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

Very good condition with a gold Gilt engraved crest to the front cover, tightly bound, good pages with no damage, only slight tanning. Please view the photographs for more information.

8vo. x + (2) + 575 + (1) + 34pp including Publisher's list at rear. Publisher's plain dark blue cloth covers, gilt lettering with a small cartouche on spine, bevelled edges. Original black eps. Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, faint patchy marks. Contents : Internal hinges cracked, but tightly bound at gutter, a very Clean tight copy. Scarce copy. Please view the photographs for more information.All items will be posted within 1 to 2 working days after payment has been received. Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

8vo. Full leather binding, Illustrated with portraits, head and tale-pieces. Well bound, with raised bands, title missing from spine of Vol 1. The copy is clean and crisp, strong corners, and untoned, although there is very light print from some plates on the opposite page. 1800 grams, 20.5 by 13 cm's. Vol. I 294 pages. Vol. II 390pages. Vol. III 347pages. Includes Index and List of the Plates - 8 b&w, List of the Woodcuts and the artists 28 altogether. The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was written in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678 although an unauthorised edition came out in 1662. The Annotations are excellent, explaining the poem, and historical events that relate to the poem's text. Published only four years after Charles II had been restored to the throne and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell being completely over, the poem found an appreciative audience. Please view the images… Read More

Scarce first edition, Eight lectures, between 2 hard boards acting as a cover, a bit loose held by string, pages are uncropped and very clear and crisp (Very good), with ink inscription on blank page prior to the main page, 'To General. With the Author. Compliments'. Unsure if it is written by Elmes, a mention of Bloomfield? Dedicated to George the Fourth. 432 pages uncropped, 23 x 15 cm's, 575 grams. Please view the images for more information.

Vol I 374 pages, Vol II 411 Pages, 14.5 cm's by 22 cm's, 1328 grams. The first edition of this biography of Gregory the Seventh, Bowden was an English writer on church matters. He was a close friend of John Henry Newman, who described their relationship in his Apologia. In the spring of 1840 he published his Life of Gregory the Seventh. This work had been first suggested to him by Newman. Covers not attached Vol I, Front cover loose Vol II, full leather, slight foxing to just a couple of prelim pages and very good and better thereafter. Please view the photographs for more information.

Very scarce with the original covers, still in very good condition.The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Edition de Luxe Tennyson, Alfred Lord Published by Macmillan and Co: London 1898-1899, With 12 frontispieces, 4 plates,and 1 facsimile. 8vo. London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1898-99. One of 1050 copies of this de luxe edition, dedicated to the Queen. 24 by 16 cm's, weighing a heavy 9.5 kilograms. Lovely set and scarce in this condition, very good and better. Rare to get with full original covers all intact, the majority of this De Luxe Edition have been rebound due to the delicate originals. Deep green crushed morocco cloth on board with gold gilt decoration to center, elaborate design on spines, which are bleached from sun and pages darkened on top from dust. Probably left sitting on a shelf for decades, unread as with a lot of these editions some of the pages are uncut, some sporadic light foxing throughout. Please view the photographs for more information. All items will be… Read More

Hardback, original full leather on board, spine is good, very slight split developing along the center, some ink writing to first and last blank sheets. 760 pages plus index. Good, some wear to cover, a lot of pages are tanned from age, tears to 2 pages, see images, some corners are bumped and folded, no missing pages.Please view the photographs for more information.Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

Scarce soft Vellum covers in very good condition. Volumes 3 to 8, 6 volumes with numerous plate engravings. Pages uncropped, very occasional mark, very strong binding. Please view the photographs for more information.Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

The constitution, statutes, laws and regulations of the Great Priory of Ireland as adopted at the conclave held on the 3rd October, 1924. Published by George Healy, Dublin, in 1925. 144 pages including many illustrations of insignia. The text is clean throughout, some wear to cloth covered boards. Overall crisp clean pages with good sharp corners, all images very clear, slight splitting within, pages still strongly held.Please view the images for more information.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Excellent Customer service is a priority. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

Paris Revisited, in 1815, by Way of Brussels: Including a Wall Over the Field of Battle at Waterloo by John Scott Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London Publication Date: 1817 Scarce, Hardback, half leather, slight wear to the original cover, stamp on title page, overall very good, very slight foxing and split on inner of first few pages, hence slight looseness to front cover. It measures 22 by 13 cm's. Please view the photographs for more information.Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser.

xxiv 1-767 pages, commentary by John Macleane First Edition , boards slightly rubbed, slight splitting inside boards, tightly bound, at least very good condition, full calf leather with gilt title and decoration on the spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, marbled edges, octavo, 22.5 by 15 cm's. Ex King Edwards Grammar School Birmingham.Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.Please view the images for more information

Wilhelm Von Kaulbach's illustrated edition. Half-title, frontispiece, engraved pictorial title-page and regular title page, 36 exquisite full page engravings of the animal characters by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. several pictorial head and tail pieces. 257 pages. Includes the plate after p. 42 which were banned subsequently for moral reasons, showing farmer girls in their nightgowns while hunting a intrusive cat. Wear to the original cover, splitting to front cover but still holding. Circular stain central to the first few pages, slight rip to top of first print. Strong pages with the prints, very good corners and edges throughout, slight degrees of foxing throughout. Please view the photographs for more information.

Another excellent price for such a scarce full set.First edition as a set of works by Walter Scott, Heavy set weighing 6132 grams, 14 by 22 cm's, Gold gilt on red, please view the images. Fine condition, very slight wear to covers, tightly bound, pages strong and crisp, very slight tanning from time and scarce spots of foxing in a couple of Volumes, At least fine. Books I to III - Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, two title pages, first is of the set and second of the book used - fifth edition 1812. Book IV - The Lay of the Last Minstrel - 1812 - two title pages - Thirteenth Edition. Book V - Marmion a Tale of a Flodden Field - 1811 - two title pages - Eighth edition Book VI - Sir Tristrem a Metrical Romance of the Thirteenth Century; by Thomas of Ercildoune, called The Rhymer - 1811 - two title pages - Third edition Book VII - The Lady of the Lake - 1811 - two title pages - Ninth edition Book VIII & IX - The Vision of Don Roderick and Other Poems - 1811 - two title pages - Second edition. Please… Read More

Very well priced for such a scarce book, even considering the condition.First 28 pages - Table of Statutes - An alphabetical table - Complete index, old and new Acts. Followed by 628 numbered pages. Hardcover, original full leather. Cover is worn and loose, still well held by the strings used in the binding. Pages are good, the first few blank pages bearing wear, see image, tanning from age to some pages and historical damp staining to a couple. Other pages are full with good corners and clear print, good overall condition. Measures 30 by 20 cm's, weigh 1886 grams. Please view the photographs for more information.

The history of the nine worthies of the world three whereof were Gentiles, I. Hector, son of Priamus, King of Troy, II. Alexander the Great III. Julius Caesar. Printed for Nath. Crouch, At the bell at the poultry near Cheapside. 1687. With an engraved image of each of the Worthies, 190 pages with a further six at the end with 'Books printed and sold by Nath. Crouch'. "R.B." are initials for "Robert Burton," a pseudonym of bookseller and publisher Nathaniel Crouch. Original full calf on board cover, Crouch's history books presented shortened and simplified versions of serious works to audiences that might otherwise never have read them. Very Scarce. Hardback, no DJ. Good, calf skin on board, wear to corners, well bound, pages are strong and still crisp, tanning from age, page corners bumped and some folded over, no major rips or tears. Please view the photographs for more information. Excellent Customer service is a priority.Items are guaranteed to be very well packaged prior to postage. Tracking… Read More

Fine copy of this scarce book, slight sunning to front engraved cover, all fine after. Four books in one complete. 356 pages plus adverts on yellow paste downs front and back.Please view the photographs for more information.John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722) was an important English soldier and statesman. He lived through the rules of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries. ... When Queen Anne came to throne in 1702, however, Marlborough secured his fame and lots of money.