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Anne of Geierstein. Vol. XXIII of the Waverley Novels

by Scott, Walter

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Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1851. A nice copy in original brown cloth, with blind stamped border decorations on both upper and lower boards and a gilt illustration on upper (bust of Scott) and lower board (stone gateway to Abbotsford?) (both bright), gilt lettering on spine (dulled). Cloth is worn at the tips and also ends of spine, bookseller's (S. Eccles) ticket affixed to front pastedown, previous owner name and date (1854) top of title page, and minor spotting and soiling throughout. Subtitled "The Maiden of the Mist", this is volume 23 of a 25 volume set published by Cadell between 1841 and 1851 (based on title page dates), the half-title page is dated 1847 and has an illustration of "Death of Queen Margaret". Small octavo, pp: (iv) + 404, including an introduction by Scott dated Sept. 17, 1831 and eight pages of notes at rear.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Armurier [ Armour ] from Encyclopedie

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Paris: Diderot, 1762. Three sheets carefully disbound from the 1762 edition of Diderot's Encyclopedie, the first edition to contain this section on Armour. Two plates (copper engravings) illustrating elements of Armour, and one page of text describing these elements. Sheet size: 24 cm x 37.5 cm (9 1/2" x 14 3/4"). A few small spots of foxing on the text page, but no significant defects to the two illustrations.. First Edition. Sheets. Near Fine..
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Arquebusier [ Firearms] from Encyclopedie

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Paris: Diderot, 1762. Nine sheets carefully disbound from the 1762 edition of Diderot's Encyclopedie, the first edition to contain this section on Firearms. Six plates (copper engravings) illustrating elements of Firearms and three pages of text describing these elements. Sheet size: 24 cm x 37.5 cm (9 1/2" x 14 3/4"). A few inconsequential spots of foxing on a few of the sheets.. First Edition. Sheets. Near Fine..
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The Bounder: His Book

by The Bounder

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London: Clarion A paperback rebound in textured maroon cloth covered boards. There is cracking between most of the signatures, but still holding well, and owner name and date (May / 07) on blank page on recto of frontispiece "The Bounder and His Private Chaplain". Subtitled: Being an Exposition of Home and Foreign Travel. With many moving Adventures by Sea and Land." Undated; the inside of the original front cover state "second edition". Preface by Robert Blatchford is dated 1895.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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Brakespeare; or, the Fortunes of a Free Lance

by [Lawrence, George Alfred]

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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. Half bound in red leather with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed through on the tips, rubbed along edges, a few faint spots on fore edge of pages, and two owner names on title page; internally nice and tightly bound. Binder's ticket (Bolton, Knightsbridge) at bottom of front pastedown. A novel by the author of "Guy Livingstone", "Barren Honour", "Sword and Gown", etc.; 378 pages.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Bruce's Travels Through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, Into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile

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Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1854. Small, royal thirty-twomo, bound in brown cloth with blind stamped design on both boards and blind stamping and gilt lettering on spine. Cloth partially split along outer rear joint, front endpaper partially cracked, binding solid, pages unopened along top edge. "The Cottage Library" edition of James Bruce's (1730-1794) travels in Abyssinia; 463 pages.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.
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The Choice of Books

by Richardson, Charles F.

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New York: American Book Exchange, 1881. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt design and lettering stamped on upper board. Wear to ends of spine and to tips, and owner name and date (June 1881) on front free endpaper; internally clean and tightly bound. 94 pages with index.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Compendium Theologiae Moralis Sancti A.-M. De Ligorio

by Neyraguet, Deod.

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Lugduni: Apud Guyot Fratres, Typographos et Bibilopolas, 1853. Full mottled calf with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Top of spine chipped and edges of boards worn, though not unattractive. Ex theological library with "Withdrawn" stamp on initial blank page, and pocket and label on rear pastedown. Marbled endpapers, a few spots of foxing, and a few underlines and marginalia, but basically a sound copy. Text in Latin; 509 pages. Full Leather. Good..
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The Complete Works of George Farquhar (in Two volumes)

by Farquhar, George. Charles Stonehill (editor)

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London: Nonesuch, 1930. Two volumes bound in grey paper over boards with navy cloth backstrip and paper label. Spines faded, corners worn through, some moisture staining of boards, offsetting of free endpapers, some foxing of pastedowns; yet internally solid, clean, and unmarked; some leaves unopened. Limited to 900 sets on machine-made paper numbered 101 to 1000 (this is copy 902). Farquhar was born in Ireland in 1677 and died in 1707. Volume 1: 401 pges; volume 2: 443 pages. Large and heavy set, and buyer will probably be asked for additional postage.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket.
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Correspondence Between Schiller and Goethe, from 1794 to 1805, Vol. 1

by Calvert, George H. (translator)

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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. Original brown cloth bumped and worn at tips, frayed with some loss at the ends of spine, front free endpaper adhered to front paste down, foxing to first three pages (including the title page) and last three pages; otherwise internally quite nice. This first volume includes correspondance through to 30th December 1797.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.
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The Door

by E. H. W. M. [Meyerstein]

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Oxford / London: Blackwell / Simpkin Marshall, 1911. Black wraps with paper label with title on front; binding sewn. Tiny spots of foxing on most pages with the worst being at the gutter of the centre fold. Poems; 24 pages.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good..
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English Lyrics

English Lyrics

by Austin, Alfred. Edited and with a Preface By William Watson

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London: Macmillan, 1890. Olive green cloth with printed spine label. Spine label is lightly soiled and a bit ragged on one corner, there is offsetting of free endpapers and a few spots of foxing on leaves next to the endpapers; internally nice, some leaves are unopened.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Erotika Biblion

by Mirabeau

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Bruxelles (Brussells) Belgium: Gay et Douce, 1881. Originally a paperback, this copy has been rebound in black cloth (simulated leather) with author's name hand painted on upper board and title hand painted on spine with marbled endpapers; the original wraps are included. The rear board shows rub marks. Frontispiece illustration is printed on tissue-like paper and has light mositure staining. Originally published in 1783, and then again in 1833, this edition was published in 500 copies (this is no. 345). Text in French; 267 pages . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Espagne Occidentale et Portugal & Espagne Orientale [Two Antique Maps of Spain]

by Malte-Brun, M.

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Paris: Francois Buisson, 1812. Two adjoining maps from "Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Universelle", 1812, making for a complete Spain. Each sheet measures 9 3/4" x 13 1/4", engraved one side, mountains, rivers and city names, with hand coloured boundaries. Very nice condition without tears or staining. . Single Sheets. Very Good Plus.. Illus. by Giraldon (engraved by). Map.
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The Forty Five: Being the Narrative of the Insurrection of 1745, Extracted from Lord Mahon's History of England. To Which are Added, Letters of Prince Charles Stuart from the Stuart Papers, Copied By Lord Mahon from the Original Mss. At Windsor

by Mahon, Lord

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London: John Murray, 1851. Bound in brown cloth, with blind stamped design front and back and gilt lettering on upper board and on spine.. Normal wear to tips and ends of spine, owner name on front pastedown and another owner name rubber stamped to front free endpaper and again top of half-title page, and appears to be lacking the final leaf (before the endpaper, though the endpaper and the page containing the end of the text are present). The top right hand corner of the front free endpaper carries the small blind stamp of the bookseller "W.H. Smith & Sons, 136 Strand, London".. Limp Boards. Good..
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A Grammar of the Arabic Language, Translated from the German of Caspari, and Edited, with Numerous Additions and Corrections (Vol. 1)

by Wright, William (editor)

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London: Williams and Norgate, 1859. Brown cloth binding with printed spine label (a small portion is missing), splits to the cloth along the spine folds, especially noticeable at the top, corners bumped and worn through at the top, and there are a few neat notations in pencil on the first few pages. Past page 28, all pages are unopened along the top edge. Endpapers, which are a ruddy orange in colour, list the publications of this Williams and Norgate. This volume contains all that relates to the orthography and grammatical inflexions of the language; 257 pages. Hard Cover. Very Good..
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The Horse and His Ways: Stories of Man and His Best Friend

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Glasgow: Blackie & Son Decorative cloth binding with wear top of spine and some light marks to rear cover; some faint splotchy foxing to a few pages and red of cloth has bleed slightly at the gutter to top of pages. Smallish, a book for young people. Not dated but presentation inscription on front free endpaper is dated 1899. pp. [frontispiece] + 64 + (8 publisher's ads).. Hard Cover. Very Good./No Jacket.
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The Lady of the Lake: A Poem [in Six Cantos]

by Scott, Walter

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Edinburgh / London: John Ballantyne / Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and W. Miller, 1810. Full tan calf, rebacked to match original; border of Greek key (in blind) and gilt rules on both boards, original; spine with raised bands and six panels, including title panel in green leather, and five other panels with attractive designs in blind and gilt; all edges gilt. Worn through at corners, two bookplates on front free endpaper, foxing of endpapers and preliminary leaves; bookbinders ticket on verso of front free endpaper (Bellamy, Oxford). Octavo; pp: [10], 433, [1].. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good..
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The Life and Death of Jamie Fleeman: The Laird of Udny's Fool

by ( Pratt, J. B. )

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Aberdeen: Lewis Smith & Son, 1904. Smallish, 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", illustrated boards bound with binders tape on spine. Boards browned, owner name inside front board, and another owner name top of half-title page; internally clean and tight. Illustrated, Sixty-Seventh Thousand, Enlarged; 80 pages plus 10 B&W illustrations.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Life of General Sir William Napier, K. C. B. (in 2 volumes)

by Bruce, H. A. (editor)

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London: John Murray, 1864. Two volumes, complete. Half bound in light brown calf and pebbled brown cloth. five raised bands on spine with title, in gilt, on red leather inset and author, in gilt, on dark blue leather inset, marbled page edges, plain endpapers. "Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow" is stamped in gilt on the upper boards of both volumes. Leather rubbed along edges; internally clean and unmarked. Volume 1 frontispiece engraving of Napier in military uniform; Volume 2 frontispiece engraving of Napier at age 68. Overall a handsome set. pp. 556 & 578.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued.
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