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Published by Lawlor and Quick, London, 1823. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1823 8vo (190 x 108mm.) Half title, excellent engraved frontispiece of 'La Roulette' with hand-colouring, 2 related newspaper articles lightly tipped-in to preliminaries. Contemporary maroon morocco over marble papered boards, t.e.g. edges rubbed, spine sunned. Collates half title; forntis; viii [9]-310pp not including pages311-438 which seem to have been expurgated from all copies, hoever this copy also excludes 439-456ppwhich is usually bound in at the end.Provenance: John Gerard Heckscher (bookplates to front pastedown and front-free endpaper).

Lund Humphries London, 2010. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fine copy in Fine Dustjacket exuberantly signed by Terry Frost to front blank. Signed by Author

London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle: First edition, 1874. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition1874. Frontis and folding map present and in VG order. Intermittent pencil annotations to margin throughout, cloth split along lower joint head of spine frayed, but overall a VG copy of this scarce work.

Curwen Press, 22 October 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition thus. signed and numbered in half title, copy 149 of a limited run of 250, 46 in text illustrations by Frink, 4 full page lithographs at end each tissue guarded. Uncut, original orange and yellow crushed morocco gilt by Mansell, green slipcase, oblong folio (270 x 370mm.), Curwen Press, 22 October 1968. Folio and slipcase in Fine condition. Signed by Author

Paris, Oriental Translation Fund, 1837-1842. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First and only edition of the French translation of al-Maqrizi's Kitab al-Suluk Fi Ma'rifat Duwal al-Muluk. 1837 Complete in two 4to volumes bound in elaborate gilt tooled green morocco, white silk endpapers. Ex Repton school library with a few ink stamps, spotting to titles and very lightly intermittently throughout, a few leaves creased or soiled but generally crisp and clean. 4to, Four volumes in two, Collates [ii], xix, [i], 253, [1,( errata)]; [iv], 278; [iv], 288; [iv], 324. Scarce

Lund Humphries London, 2010. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. No 215/250 Deluxe Signed editions with the corresponding screenprint also signed, titled "Stratford". Fine screenprint, Fine book in A Fine Dustjacket and slip-case. Mint. Signed by Author

Mexico: Carral y Carral, 1945. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First and only edition 1945. A complete set with frontispiece, 3 jokers and 52 playing cards. 5 of the plates have previously been wall mounted and are slightly toned and have adhesive residue to the corners (extending typically 1 cm - see photographs for an example). Else in a Fine condition. In the original portfolio with silk ties, spine worn with loss of paper.

Patavii, Padua Seminary Press, 1698. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Alcorani Textus Universus: Ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus, eademque fide, ac pari diligentia ex arabico idiomate in Latinum translatus ; appositis unicuique capiti notis, atque refutatione. Typographia Seminarii 1698. RARE COMPLETE copy.Arabic & Latin text. Second edition. Vol. I of II only, four parts in one, original blanks at front and rear text in Latin and Arabic, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces [4] 45 pp. [5], 46 pp, [2] 81 pp, [3] 94 pp [10], 126 pp[20], period half calf rebacked, corners repaired, general light wear and rubbing to extremities. Damp stain to first four leaves at gutter, and smaller, marginal damp stain to foot last few leaves. Folio 32 x 23 cms., Padua, Padova Patavvii 1698. The first scholarly printed Quran, edited by Ludovico Marracci, with a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first… Read More

Trianon Press 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Limited Edition thus, Trianon Press 1970. No. 11 (XI) of 36 of the Deluxe edition fully leather bound in green morocco, housed in the publisher's marbled slipcase. Internally as new.Note each copy of the Deluxe edition contains an original guide-sheet, stencil and copperplate, and a set of plates showing the progressive stages of the collotype and hand-stencil process. A Fine copy.

Sampson Low, Marston and Co, 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First and only edition 1894 Original decorated green clothOld Foyle's shop sticker and small tipped in patch on free endpaper (covering old name?), free endpaper partly torn along gutter, slight fraying to spine ends else a VG copy.

Mulhovium Leiden 1723. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1723 Leiden. 4 engraved plates one folding, later sheep backed papered boards. Near Fine [Wellcome III,80] 8vo Title, [xiv], 109pp, [3]

T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert and sold by J. Millan, T. Payne, Davis and Reymers et al London, 1768. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Second Edition 1768. The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, complete copy with 8pp of copper-engraved coats of arms, double-page map, plus 64 copper-engraved birds-eye views of country seats and estates by Johannes Kip, the plates now mounted on guards, a few minimal marginal repairs to foot of central fold, short early ink manuscript note to (original) blank, generous margins, exceptionally clean and crisp (the freshest copy we have ever seen), folio (11 × 17ins, 280 x 440mm) smart modern half calf with additional blanks, marbled boards. An excellent copy.The Second Edition (reduced text but identical illustrations to the First) of which, Lowndes suggests many were destroyed and damaged by fire. More photographs or a Whatsapp video available on request

Leipzig 1766 Heinsiuss. later edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Second edition Leipzig 1766 2 parts in 1 vol., 6 folding plates, contemporary marblehinged sheep gilt, a little worn and small chip to leather at foot of spine but overall still a Fine copy. Complete with 2 parts and 6 folding plates. 2 volumes (32, 320 pages, 5 leaves of plates ; [18], [323]-682, [22] pages, 1 leaf of plates) : illustrations ; 8vo. This the 2nd edition in German (from the original Latin "Elementa artis docimasticae" - standard work on ore examination.Poggendorf I, 494

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Light soiling to spine else a Fine square and crisp copy. Provenance: Birmingham Assay Office with their small ink stamp to blank.

Padua 1713. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio leaf from Alphonso Lasor à Varea's Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum Anglia, i.e. British isles oriented west, with Latin text above and to verso. Very Good.

Amsterdam 1628 -1651. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Excellent small format hand coloured map from Mercators Atlas Minor (1628 - 1651 editions) Fine outline colouring and clean paper. Page size 237 186 mm.

Edward Stanford 1921. later edition. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Map of Sudan ("The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan") printed Stanford 1921 (originally 1914 for War Office purposes). Fine coloured map on 24 sections on linen. Original decorative green cloth case and paper label. A fine copy of a scarce map

London: Smith, Elder & Co./ John Murray/ Leo Cooper/Celer et Audax 1879 - 1979 . First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. A Fine set of the History of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, a total of 10 volumes, being :The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 8 volumes, all first edition first printings. Published in this order :Vol 1 plus Appendix Smith Elder 1913Vol 2 - 5 John Murray 1923 - 1932Vol 6 Leo Cooper 1971Vol 7 Celer et Audax Club 1979 (with Fine Dustjacket)Earlier volumes with odd light intermittent spotting, otherwise a just about Fine set. Together with two further related volumes :Maj Gen Rigaud's Celer et Audax 1879. A Near Fine copy in original cloth. Celer et Audax its origin as the motto, 1882. Author's presentation copy "from the author GR" dated 1882, bound in buckram. A Near Fine copy.The last volume of the Annals in boards and dustjacket as issued, all the other volumes in the original blue or green cloth, all in excellent condition. Signed by Author

Nobody, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Deluxe edition. Number 85 of 100 copies. Softcover. 52 pages. A collection of 25 black and white photographs of folded toilet paper from hotels and various bed and breakfasts all over the world. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket and fine cloth chemise with original silk ties. Includes an original signed photograph on a sheet that measures 6.5" x 8.25" Mint Signed by Author

Nobody, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition, first impression, unnumbered from edition of of 1000 copies. Signed by the photographer. Softcover in original green jacket. Dust jacket with crease to flap else Fine Signed by Author