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Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1874. 48pp., with half-title, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.

Mysore: Printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press, 1926. Oblong 8vo, xii, 110pp., folding map (minor tear at fold), numerous full-page illustrations, original printed wrappers frayed on outer edges, a good copy. Not recorded by JISC or OCLC.

Ipswich: Printed by John King, 1822. First edition, 12mo (140 x 130mm), xii, [1], 14-190pp., half-title, contemporary sheep, covers detached. Provenance: Contempory signature of Peter Clubbe, Newball. Copsey, 1374.

Ipswich: Printed by John King, 1822. First edition, 12mo (140 x 130mm), xii, [1], 14-190pp., half-title, prelims a little soiled, final 2 leaves a little stained, cont. calf, rebacked. Copsey, 1374.

New York: Nicholas T. Smith, (Reprint of the 1900 Edition) 1979. [4], 20pp., one of 300 copies, this being one of the de-luxe copies, 26 plates of books bound by this influential woman bookbinder, orig. morocco-backed marbled boards.

Victoria and Albert Museum. 1921. First Edition, 40pp., frontis., 16 plates, orig. printed wrappers, hinges slightly torn.

New York: Nicholas T. Smith, (Reprint of the 1900 Edition) 1979. [4], 20pp., one of 300 copies, 26 plates of books bound by this influential woman bookbinder, orig. cloth.

LondonL Duckworth & Co. 1909. First edition, small 4to, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth, worn, lower joint split. This is still a standard work covering the history of processes, the development of colour printing, Ackermann, aquatint in foreign travel, English topography, sport and natural history, caricature and costume.

W. Dresser, Darlington. [c. 1890]. Oblong 4to (200 x 340mm), 22 plates on 17pp., lacking lower wrapper. Lithographed images and text depicting point to point held at Diddersley Grange on 13 April 1892. Copac locates the Durham University Library copy only.

Cambridge University Press. 1956. First Edition, large 8vo, 14 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. The text of the Sandars Lectures for 1954 deals with aspects of eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century Cambridge publishing.

London. 1858. Folio, specimen title and list of purchases, 4pp.; specimen notice title (loose) and advertisement, 4pp.; title-page of vol. I of "Principia," with introduction and list of plates, 16pp.; index to vol. 3 of Principia, 13 leaves; 8 plates, slight spotting, with the bookplate of C.W. Loscombe, presented by Sotheby in acknowledgement of the assistance he had obtained in books lent from Loscombe in compiling this work, cont. half morocco, rubbed. Bigmore & Wyman II, 373-74. "The copies of the 'Principia' were not published in the ordinary way, but offered to the trade by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., at public auction, the upset price being nine guineas each copy. They were all disposed of in two hours." This specimen book was compiled from the remaining sheets of his 'Principia Typographica' and issued as a prospectus in conjunction with the 1858 auction.

Oxford University Press. 1971. [2],449-468pp., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers.

Publisher, Ram Narain Lal, printed by J. K. Sharma at the Allahabad Law Journal Press, published by Ram Narain Lal, 2 Katra Road, 1943. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, 24 plates, several gatherings becoming loose, [5], vi-xxii, 448, xxxviii (index) pp., original green cloth, printed on spine and upper cover.

Printed for J. Millan, 1752. First Edition, without the half-title, viii, 68 pp., disbound.

London. 1760. 2 Vols., in one, 8vo, cont. half-calf, marbled paper boards, rubbed. 1. The Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Held At the Horse-Guards on Friday the 7th, and continued by several Adjournments to Monday the 24th of March 1760; and of A General Court-Martial held at the Horse-Guards on Tuesday the 25th March, and continued by several Adjournmnets to Saturday the 5th April 1760, upon the Trial of Lord George Sackville. London: Printed for A. Millar. 1760. First edition, 224pp. 2. The Trial of the Right Honourable Lord George Sackville, at a Court-martial held at the Horse-Guards, February 29, 1760, for an enquiry into his conduct, being charged with disobedience of orders, while he commanded the British Horse in Germany. Together with his Lordship's defence. London: Printed for W. Owen, [1760.]. First edition, viii, 342pp., lacks the folding map.

Bombay: British India Press, Mazgaon. 1918. Fourth edition, 12mo (138 x 100 mm), 263, [1]pp., orig. red cloth, worn.

Bombay: British India Press, Mazgaon. 1919. Fifth edition, 12mo (138 x 100 mm), 262pp., orig. red cloth.

Paris: Paulin, 1836. 4to (265 x 170 mm), 972pp., frontis., illustrs., throughout, marbled endpapers, nineteenth-century green morroco, marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, slightly rubbed, top edge gilt. Provenance: From the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 5 April 1911.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. 4 Vols., large 4to (272 x 218 mm), LARGE PAPER COPY, [8], 462; [4], 454; [8], 467, [1]; [8], 456pp., 24 engraved plates after Robert Smirke, title page of volume I loose, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary vellum with marbled paper onlays on cover, red and green morocco labels to spine, wear and some soiling to covers. Provenance: Claude Meeker [Ohio investment broker and diplomat, 1861-1929] (bookplates).

London: London: Richard Bentley, 1846. First English edition, 12mo (205 x 125 mm), vii, [1], 284pp., engraved frontispiece partly water-stained, orig. embossed cloth, gilt lettering on spine, slightly rubbed.