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Folkstone, J. English, 1880 1st. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Green cloth with black lettering and decoration to front, blind embossed on rear. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to cloth, corners rubbed, minor dark mark to edges of boards, chip/split to cloth on rear leading edge. Some minor darkening to endpapers, else inside pages all very clean and tight. 157pp.

n.d. ca1800. In Ivory mount, with two line gilt border. Total Size 15 x 21 inches. Engraved area approx 8 x 10.5 inches. In very good condition. No creases. No spots or marks just a faintly darkened area in the top left. Else a very bright & clean, crisp engraving. With later hand colouring.

Ca 1850. Size 35cm x 27cm. In very good condition. Some very light tanning, one small closed tear top corner.

George Allen and Unwin. 1981 1st.. 9.0 x 7.5 inches. In black cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded and bumped at bottom end. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 78 pp. With b/w photographs. The story of the development of the Railways in Britain after the Great War until 1939.

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1899 2nd. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. In full maroon morocco leather binding, with raised banding and gilt lettering to spine, blind paneled boards, with gilt College crest to front. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded on cover, else clean and smart. Prize label to front endpaper "W.A. Ogden, Mechanical Engineering, University College London 1901-2." Some mild foxing to blank preliminary pages, one or two minor handling/thumb marks to pages, else pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 455pp. Illustrated with a photo frontispiece, 4 fold-out B&W plates, and over 180 B&W figures in text.

CA, USA Nomis Press, 1990 1st Ltd Ed. 72/390. Tall hardback, 10.25 x 7 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and grapes design to front. In matching dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition. With near fine Dustwrapper. No inscriptions or marks. A very good clean and tight copy. 345pp. With illustrations of early publications and two portraits of Andre Simon. Limited Edition of 390 Hand-Numbered copies. Printed by Thomson-Shore on Acid-Free paper. Cover designs by Rebecca Dwan.

Andre Deutsch. 1984 1st.. 6.0 x 9.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (d/w. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). A very clean and tight copy. 316 pp. Three women on Rhode Island meet a man who becomes their master as they practice witchcraft.

Alfred A. Knopf. Everyman’s Library. 2001 1st thus.. 5.0 x 8.0 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to black title label on spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (d/w Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Author’s signature to front endpaper. Gold silk book mark. A very clean and tight copy. 509pp. The complete stories of Henry Bech, John Updike’s playful alter ego, are here collected for the first time.

USA, The Franklin Library, 2000 1st thus, Limited Subscribers Edition 1000 copies.. Hardback. approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Dark brown full morocco leather covers with decorative gilt pictorial designs to boards, raised banding gilt lettering and decorations to spine. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good near fine condition. Lovely smart clean cover. Author’s Signature to endpaper at front. No other penned inscriptions or marks. Pages all clean and tight throughout. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 212pp. Illustrated with a frontis plate by S. Thomas Belton.

1807. Picture Approx 8 x 4.75 inches (engraved area.) Mounted & framed behind glass. Frame Size 8.75 x 5.5 inches In very good condition. Frame chip lower edge.

Phillimore. 1993 1st edition.. Size 7.5 x 10.0 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; NOT price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 218pp. With b/w photographs, illustrations, maps and plans.

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf / Hogarth Press, 1938 1st. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Blue cloth with black lettering to spine. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap (DW spine and edges darkened, edges and ends of spine rubbed with split to rear spine edge. In protective sleeve. Later 2nd impression dustwrap.) Some minor rubbing to edges of cloth. Slight darkening to front endpaper. A couple of minor spots to pages, Else a very clean and tight copy. 256pp.

London, Printed for John Nichols, and Sold by Elizabeth Newberry, 1794 1st. Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. Half bound calf leather to spine and corners, and marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering, banding and decoration to spine, with red speckled page edges. Brown endpapers. In very good condition. Some wear to cover; Corners bumped and chipped, some rubbing to boards and spine, small chips to top end. Ex Library copy “Newport Public Libraries Reference Department.” with stamps to back sides of plates, corner of title page, and bookplate to endpaper. A couple of occasional minor foxing spots and handling marks, else pages all very clean and tight. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. Begins at page 586 - 1212pp. Illustrated with 19 (ex.22) B&W engraved plates, (Lacks: 689 Aberdeen Cathedral; 801 Dovedale pt1; 1161 Newton Butts Parsonage; & 1183 Ledbury Monument.) A couple of blank pages bound in at 672, 689, 1161.

London, Printed for John Nichols, and Sold by Elizabeth Newberry, 1797 1st. Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. Half bound calf leather to spine and corners, and marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering, banding and decoration to spine, with red speckled page edges. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. In later fine binding. (Newport library, with bookplate to front) Stamp to title page. Some occasional minor foxing spots and handling marks. Some minor offsetting to plates. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. Begins at page 266 - 1158pp. (895pp. Including Titles.) Illustrated with 24 B&W engraved plates, some fold-out.

Edw.Cave , London 1745. Rebound in later light brown cloth, with spine maroon leather title label lettering in gilt. Binding in good Condition. Some rubbing on edges. Spine label chipped with loss. Top front corner bumped. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning, one corner a little turned over crease. Bookplate on front endpaper (The Society of Genealogists). Inscription on second blank page. Else clean & tight. Size 8.75 x 5.25 inches Text Title, verso blank 710pp With map & a few vignettes. including various indexes. Each month has a nice large engraving at the beginning, with a list of contents underneath. Scarce journal with lots of fascinating information on all subjects historical, literary, scientific and others. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Proceedings and Debates in the Senate of Lilliput. Battle of Toulon - fleet formations. etc. etc. Illustrations include Plan of the City of Edinburgh 512 & engraving Wright’s Comet disproven 200, Fleets Mediterranean 174, View of Carlisle 675,… Read More

Edw.Cave , London 1738. Professionally rebound in Half Leather with Marbled boards and six compartment spine with raised gilt bands and gilt lettering. Binding in FINE Condition. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning, one corner a little turned over crease. Else very clean & tight. Size 8.5 x 5.5 inches Text Title, verso blank ‘To the Reader’ spp; Text (I) -699 pp. including various indexes. Each month has a nice large engraving at the beginning, with a list of contents underneath. Scarce journal with lots of fascinating information on all subjects historical, literary, scientific and others. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Of a Right to inflict Capital Punishment (15p) Highway Robbery; Sheriff for Cumberland - John Gafkarth of Hiltop (53p) Observations on Boarding Schools (79p) Immoderate Drinking (149p) List of Merchant Ships taken or Plundered by Spanish since 1727 (163p) Parish feasts or country wakes (522p) Customs of Drinkallia (531p) Observations on Lapland (566) Dr. JOHNSON: Debates… Read More

London Nichols. SON. and BENTLEY. at Cicero's Head Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street; where Letters are particularly requested to be sent, Post Paid. And sold by J. Harris (Successor to Mrs Newberry), at the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, Ludgate Street 1813. Contemporary marbled boards with leather tips. Professionally Rebacked with gilt six compartment In very good condition. Slight wear to boards and tips, otherwise Very Good. Signature of J. Young, Barrow 1813 Text: Title; Dedication; Preface, (iii) - iv; Text [1]- 728. (p217-p224, p536-539, p425-426, missing) 10 ENGRAVINGS present: San Sebastian, Marqiis of Wellington San Sebastian, Marqiis of Wellington Obituary Zubictta, San Sebastian, Taxcs by Buonaparte Ancient Plate of Copper Prince William of Orange Church and Parsonage at Tarrant Gunvill. Dorset One division of the Nave of the Abbey Church of Malmesbury Wilts Frankley Chapel. S.E. - Worcestershire Blackfordby. S. W. Brigstock Church, Northamptonshire King Stag Bridge in the… Read More

Edw.Cave , London 1744. Rebound in later brown cloth, with spine lettering in gilt. Binding in very good Condition. Some minor rubbing on edges. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning. Bookplate on front endpaper (The Society of Genealogists). Inscription on second blank page. Else clean & tight. Size 8.75 x 5.25 inches Text Title, verso blank 716pp With map of Netherlands & a few vignettes. including various indexes. Each month has a nice large engraving at the beginning, with a list of contents underneath. Scarce journal with lots of fascinating information on all subjects historical, literary, scientific and others. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Samuel Johnson's Proceedings and 'Debates in the Senate of Lilliput. Fleet formations, and map of the Netherlands. etc. etc.

London John Gate & F Jefferies 1734. Contemporary grey boards, with six compartment leather spine, with gilt dated lettering. Original boards & binding. Some rubbing on spine. Marbled paper all but worn off from boards. Hinges firm & a tight binding. First three pages a little creased on edges, and a few corners a little turned over. First ca 100 pages lightly stained lower edge. A few other minor marks. Still good tight copy. With rare early illustration SOLAR System page 565 Contents Small Pox (p27), Sheriff of Cumberland John Benn Efq (p53) Highway Robbery (p47) Marriage of Prince of Orange to Prinncefs Royal (p160) Acts for repairing highways (171p) Sale of Late Earl of Derwentwater’s Estate (199p) A View of London (265p) (202p) Prices of Goods in London (454, 575, 221p) Members of Parliament Cumberland Sir James Lowther Sir Jof. Pennington (228p) Members of Parliament Westmoreland Anth Lowther Dan Wilson (229p) Laws against pulling down turnpikes (389p) Cherokee Indians… Read More

Edw.Cave , London 1741. Contemporary grey boards, with six compartment leather spine. Spine worn. Front hinge splitting but attached. Slight worm to bottom of first 35 pages, barely affecting teat. A quantity of contemporary marginalia. A few other minor marks. Still good tight copy. Engravings include Map of Austrian & French Netherlands pg 1, Map of Germany and Sweden, pg 444; Roman Altar Cumberland 650; Total of 706 pages plus various indexes. Each month has a nice large engraving at the beginning, with a list of contents underneath. CONTENTS INCLUDE: Dr. JOHNSON: Debates in the Senate of Lilliput (12 parts, plus Supplement). Johnson's contributions include the "Preface," the continuing "Debates in the Senate of Lilliput," which, after 1740, were his sole composition, and three other pieces. - Life of Admiral Drake 38; History of the Amazons 202; Bill for the Encouragement of Sailors 188; A Debate with Cromwell; Description of the Island CUBA 546; The Groans of… Read More