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Virtue & Co.Ltd., London. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Virtue & Co.Ltd., London. 1st Edition . Good. Approx. 13.5'' tall, sympathetically rebound using the original decorative front cover & spine. All edges gilt, corners bumped a little. 92pp, complete with 20 full page plates of his paintings. Contents include a biography of Landseer with discussion of the pictures & also a list of his works & exhibited pictures at rear. Undated presumed first edition edition, probably late 19th century. Ex reference library with few markings, bookplate to front pastedown, number to reverse of title page, stamp to upper edge & a couple of blind stamps at front & rear. No other obvious library markings. One of the plate guards has been folded & has a couple of minor tears (see pictures). ***Heavy & may require extra overseas postage.***
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Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, Royal Academician, with Descriptions and a Biographical Sketch of the Painter
by Dafforne, James
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Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
by Dahl, Roald
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London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. Faith Jaques. First UK Edition. 4to, original glazed coloured pictorial boards. Some edge wear to boards, spine and corners. Tear to top of spine. Generally nice and clean inside, occasional marks. Scarce. 127pp illustrated with line drawings by Faith Jaques. Dahl’s classic tale of five children who get the opportunity to visit Wonka’s chocolate factory.
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Robert Burns
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G Bell & Sons Ltd, London, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. G Bell & Sons Ltd, London, 1952. 1st Edition . Good/Poor. First British Edition. 8vo. 376pp. Dust jacket with tears & 2cm square portion absent from front right corner. Ex reference library with some of the usual markings.
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Memorials and Letters Relating to the History of Britain in the Reign of James The First
by Dalyrmple, David ( Ed. )
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Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1762. Hardcover. Fair. Sm 8vo, half calf over marbled boards. Spine and edges rubbed and worn. Front board attached but loose. 152 pp. plus preface and list of contents. Ex reference library with pictorial and presentation bookplates, library number at front & reverse of title page, single stamp on front & rear endpapers, first and last page. Very good and clean inside.
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Green Corners
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London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Clare Leighton. 8vo, green cloth boards with silver decoration on front and titles on spine. Upper edge green. 191pp with 6 full page illustrations in colour by Clare Leighton. A novel of rural life and nature. Gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper.
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Up-To-Date Confectionary A Complete Guide To The Craft
by Daniel, Albert R
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Maclaren & Sons Ltd, London. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Maclaren & Sons Ltd, London. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. No published date, circa 1953. Brown cloth over board. x + 470pp with 104 monochrome plates. Packed full of trade recipes and pictures of cakes & biscuits. This covers cakes, pastries, desserts, marzipan, meringues etc, also taking into account the display, decoration, marketing & novelty aspects of sweet goods. Ex reference copy with book plate to front pastedown, stamps to endpapers, otherwise clean & tightly bound. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****
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Symbols of Power
by Davidson, H R E (Ed.)
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D.S. Brewer LTD, 1977. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. Folklore Society Mistletoe Series. 8vo, green dust jacket with vignette of Mistletoe on front, over green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 182pp. Contents include Religious Symbols and Indian Thought; The World to Come. A Two Thousand Year Old Painting from China; The Old English Paternoster; Icons as Symbols of Power; Quest for the Green Man; Protective Symbols in the Home; Symbols in Fairy Tales. Includes a tipped in letter at the front from Kathleen Basford, one of the contributors. Dust jacket with edge wear, inner book in excellent condition.
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The Criminal Mind
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London: Downey, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 1st Edition. Xx + 196pp plus 32pp publisher's catalogue. Chapters include 'The Brain of Man', 'Free Will', 'Crime, Remorse and the Idea of Justice', 'The Idea of Responsibility', 'The Repression of Crime' etc.
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Sketches by 'Boz'
by Dickens, C.
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London: R E King & Co., 1870. Hardcover. Good. Cruikshank, George. Red cloth boards with black titles on spine and front. 348pp with frontispiece and other illustrations throughout the text by Cruikshank. Undated circa 1870. Spine sunned and a couple of marks on cover.
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A Christmas Carol
by Dickens, C.; Sir A.T. Quiller Couch (Editor)
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London: J. M. Dent, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. C. E Brock. No. 32 in The Kings Treasuries of Literature series. Red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 189pp with 10 black and white illustrations by Brock in the text. With a brief biography of Dickens and Thoughts and Questions on the story itself, helpful for putting some of it context, explaining some of the older language / sayings. Also, Dickens and Drama plus The Tale of Valentine and Orson and book adverts for the rest of the series. Previous owners name and school handwritten on front pastedown and endpaper. Very good and clean inside, a nice little edition of this well known Christmas story.
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She Died A Lady
by Dickson, Carter
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London: Penguin, 1951. First edition thus. Softcover. Fair. First edition thus in the green ‘Mystery and Crime’ series Penguin, no.816. 221pp plus publisher’s catalogue at rear. Edge wear to spine and some grubbiness. Handwritten name and date on front.
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The Reader is Warned
by Dickson, Carter
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London: Penguin, 1951. First edition thus. Softcover. Fair. First edition thus in the green ‘Mystery and Crime’ series Penguin, no.812. 250pp plus publisher’s catalogue at rear. Edge wear to spine and some grubbiness. Generally good.
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The Water Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
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London: Ernest Nister, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Dixon, Arthur A.. Octavo, green cloth boards with very attractive coloured decorations on front and spine, water babies riding on fish and gilt titles. Boards with bevelled edges. All edges gilt. 336pp with 6 full page colour plates, 11 full page monochrome plates and numerous black & white vignettes throughout the text by Arthur Dixon. Tear to spine at top rear, some other edge wear at spine and corners. Some marking to rear board. Pictorial blue endpapers. Binding cracked inside at front endpapers, a couple of minor tears and chips and very occasional marking. Generally very good and clean inside. Undated circa early 1900s.
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The Early Cave-Men
by Dopp, Katharine Elizabeth
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London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1930. Hardcover. Good +. Howard V Brown.. Khaki cloth boards with dark green decoration on cover and dark green titles on spine. Some bumping / shelf wear to edges. 154pp with frontispiece, map and numerous other illustrations by Howard V Brown. Occasional marks, but generally clean. Part of the Industrial and Social History Series. Intended for a juvenile audience.
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More Pick of Punch
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London: The Folio Society, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. London: The Folio Society, 2001. Very Good +/near fine. A selection of witty extracts and cartoons from Punch with contributions from Graham Greene, Thackery, P. G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, Gerald Durrell, Sylvia Plath and many more. Beautifully bound as you would expect from the Folio Society. Illustrated gold covers with black line drawings and complete with the original olive green slipcase. Suitable as a gift item.
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Sally Seal's Summer
by Drake, Joan
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London: Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Biro, Val. London: Hutchinson Junior Books Ltd, 1967. First edition. Good +. Biro, Val. First edition hardback picture book, illustrated by Val Biro of Gumdrop fame, unpaginated. Inner pages nice & clean. Outer boards have some shelfware to edges & top of spine, colours still bright. A story about a seal with a taste for adventure who wants to see the world.
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Clyde River and Other Steamers
by Duckworth, Christian L D ; Langmuir, Graham E
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Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Some loss of colour to the binding on covers. 254pp including index, illustrated with photographs of some of the steamers. Contains a list of the boats with the acquisition, build and disposal date, the class of steamer, length of service and other information. Frontis loose.
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The Caledonian Phalanx: Scots in Russia
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Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1987. Softcover. Very good +. An overview of the connections between Scotland and Russia. The essays illustrate the more important contributions made by Scots to the varied history of Russia. Published to coincide with the 1987 exhibition by the Scottish Library. 105pp illustrated throughout in black and white.
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British Shells
by Duncan, F.M.
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London: Penguin, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Slim 8vo, paper covered boards with shell illustration on front. 32 pp with16 coloured plates. Tear to spine at rear board, edge wear and some marking to covers. Inner book is generally in very good clean condition. No. 6 from the attractive King Penguin series edited by Pevsner. Written for the layman in an informative and engaging style with beautiful illustrations.
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Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow, During the Greater Part of Last Century
by Duncan, William James \(Editor\)
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Morison, Glasgow, 1886. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good. Morison, Glasgow, 1886. 2nd Edition . Good. Reprint of the 1831 edition and limited to 350 copies. Additional appendix of books printed by the Foulises. Quatro, library rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine & library name on cover. Xii + 156pp. Ex reference library with minimal markings, pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, single stamp on front endpaper & a couple of blind stamps (see pictures). Generally in very good condition with a very occasional mark or two.
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