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London: Navarre Society Limited, 1926. Limited Edition (2000 Copies Only). Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE FIVE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, FOUR COMPARTMENTS AND THREE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH ELABORATE GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME DISCREET REPAIRS TO HINGES, SOME LIGHT WEAR TO EXTREMITIES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. TOP EDGES GILT. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS OR FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED-FULL PAGE PLATES, FRONTISPIECES WITH CLEAN TISSUE GUARD, BOOKS MEASURE 9.25"x6". PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE NAVARRE SOCIETY LIMITED, 95 YEARS OLD. AN ATTRACTIVE SET..

J. Robins and Co, 1822. Hardcover. Near Fine. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH BLIND STAMPED DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, LIGHT SPORADIC SOILING AND FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE PLATES, 798 PAGES, BOOKS MEASURE 10.75"x9". 200 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING EXAMPLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

1784. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBACKED RETAINING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TITLE PAGE, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BOOKS MEASURE 8.25"x5.5". 238 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION.

Bickers & Son, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION WITH BEVELED BOARDS, BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT GILT PICTORIAL COVER AND SPINE WITH TITLE TO BOTH. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SOME LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. NICELY ILLUSTRATED, 404 PAGES, 8.5"x6". A VER NICE EXAMPLE.

London: Alex Hogg, 1784. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. First one-volume collected edition of the three Voyages. With engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding map, and 155 copper engraved maps, charts, and plates. Pp. iv, [5]-655, [656, directions to binder], [4, list of subscribers]. 1 vols. Folio. First one-volume collected edition. Contemporary reversed calf, red morocco spine label. Ownership signature of Joshua Baskitt. Title page shaved along foot with loss of part of a line in imprint, minor marginal paper flaws to plates facing 45, 450, 546, 643 (not affecting image). A sound and clean copy. Very good plus to near fine Beddie 19; Hill 18; Forbes 61; Sabin 52455. Large folio measures 16" tall x 10.5" wide. Scarce period leather binding. More details: A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Full, and Complete History of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last… Read More

1816. Hardcover. Very Good. MAURICE, Thomas (17541824). Observations connected with astronomy and ancient history, sacred and profane on the ruins of Babylon [with:] Observations on the remains of ancient Egyptian grandeur and superstition forming the appendix. London: printed for the author by John Murray, 1816 [and] 1818. 2 volumes in one, 4to. 4 engraved plates in the first section, 2 engraved plates in the appendix volume; advertisement and list of subscribers in the appendix. Half modern crushed niger, marbled sides, raised bands gilt, brown and green morocco lettering pieces gilt in 2 compartments, gilt centerpieces in remainder. (Some scorch marks to terminal text leaves of appendix volume, very occasional pale spotting to text and plates, mostly marginal). Provenance: Scottish Rite Temple (rubberstamp on sig. B). FIRST EDITIONS, of Maurices travel compendium on comparative religion and mythology, with a central focus on the civilizations of the ancient near East and the Indian subcontinent.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RIBS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND LITTLE TO NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, 369 PAGES, BOOK MEASURES 8.25"x6.25". 169 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE IN SCARCE TOUT AND SON BINDING..

London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. THIS COMPLETE FIVE VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN PUBLISHERS FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BLIND STAMPING AND BRIGHT GILT DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS, SOME LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BOOKS MEASURE 11"x7". FIRST EDITION, 191 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION..

London: John Stockdale, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE EIGHT VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME RUBBING TO LEATHER EXTREMITIES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SOME MILD SPORADIC FOXING. ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS, BOOKS MEASURE 9.25"x6.25". FIRST EDITION, 208 YEARS OLD. AN ATTRACTIVE SET IN GREAT CONDITION..

United Kingdom: John Hart & John Lewis, 1732. Hardcover. Folio. [14.50'' tall x 10.00'' wide]. Collates complete [4],974,[2]p. Engraved frontispiece and a further 29 full page engraved plates. Title page with marginal wear and re-laid on paper. A good, solid and sound copy in the main. Occasional marks, blemishes or reading wear commensurate with age. Light toning and occasional foxing spots else a good, solid copy in the main presented in an attractive restored period binding. Bound in full contemporary calf. Re-backed with raised bands and gilt lines. Contemporary label re-laid to the spine. A little wear to the edges or corners else a rather attractive restored contemporary binding..

Francis Westley, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF (BINDING IS UNSIGNED BUT APPEARS TO BE DONE BY BAYNTUN / RIVIERE) WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND TURN INS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS, SMALL AMOUNT OF SPORADIC FOXING. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES, TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE, viii, xii, 322 (iv), 384 PAGES, 8vo MEASURES 8.5"x5.5". ALMOST 200 YEARS OLD, FIRST EDITION. A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE BOOK.

A. Fullerton & Co, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND ARTISTRY TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS WITH BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SMALL INK STAIN TO TOP OF FIRST FEW PAGES, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE PLATES, 707 PAGES, BOOKS MEASURE 11.25"x9". NO PUBLICATION DATE STATED - CIRCA 1860. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806. Hardcover. THIS COMPLETE TWELVE VOLUME SET (PLUS BOOK OF PLATES) IS IN GREAT CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBACKED (EARLY) RETAINING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS IN FULL SPECKLED CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS-WITH SOME RUBBING/WEAR TO EXTREMITIES. SPINES COMPRISED OF SIX COMPARTMENTS WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE, WITH RED AND BLACK GOATSKIN LABELS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 8.5"x5.5". SECOND EDITION, 215 YEARS OLD. BOOK OF PLATES BOUND SEPARATE MEASURING 11" TALL, HINGES CRACKED TO BOOK OF PLATES, MILD FOXING TO PLATES (SEE PHOTOS) AN ATTRACTIVE SET IN GREAT CONDITION..

Henry G. Bohn, 1855. Hardcover. Near Fine. THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT ILLUSTRATION OF KNIGHT TO FRONT COVER, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR LITHOGRAPH PLATES, BOOKS MEASURE 9.5"x7". 167 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION, YOU WILL LOVE THIS SET.

London: J. Johnson, 1810. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. THIS COMPLETE 21 VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN PUBLISHERS FULL CALF WITH BLIND STAMPING AND BRIGHT GILT DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS, PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 9.5"x6". FIRST EDITION, 211 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION..

Stephen Dodge, 1811. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF WITH TITLE TO SPINES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 8.75"x5.75". 210 YEARS OLD. A SCARCE TITLE IN GREAT CONDITION ESPECIALLY FOR AGE.

T. & J. Allman, 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH MARBLING TO BOARDS, FIVE COMPARTMENTS AND FOUR RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MODERATE FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 8.75"x5.25". 195 YEARS OLD. AN ATTRACTIVE SET IN REMARKABLE CONDITION.

A. Roper, 1701. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN PERIOD POLISHED CALF WITH LEATHER INLAID COVERS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RIBS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SOME LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. TWO BOOKS BOUND IN ONE 427, 208 PAGES, BOOK MEASURES 7.75"x5". 318 YEARS OLD. A VERY NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION.

David Paterson, 1762. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH BLIND STAMPED DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE SHALLOW RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NEW END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TITLE PAGE AND FRONT FREE PAPER, MODERATE SPORADIC FOXING THROUGHOUT. ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO COPPER PLATES - ONE FOLDING - SMALL TEAR TO FIRST PLATE, 590 PAGES PLUS INDEX, BOOK MEASURES 12.5"x8.25". 259 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION.

London: W.B., 1716. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BINDINGS WITH LEATHER INLAID BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. TYPICAL WEAR TO LEATHER FOR AGE - SEE PHOTOS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, LEATHER HINGES DISCREETLY REINFORCED, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TITLE PAGE AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS COPPER PLATES AND FOLD OUTS, BOOKS MEASURE 8"x5.25". THIRD EDITION, 305 YEARS OLD. A NICE SET - SCARCE IN ORIGINAL BINDING..