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Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Pacific Ocean.: Composed from Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked, in Antelope, a Packet belonging to the Hon. East India Company

by KEATE, George

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UNCOMMON IRISH EDITION - A PACIFIC EXPLORATION CLASSIC
first Irish edition tall 8vo. xxx, 378pp., large folding map, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), contemporary calf, smooth spine panelled by gilt fillets and with a plum red morocco label gilt, some scattered light dusty fingering in margins, minor wear and bruising to binding, but generally a very good copy in original condition.
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ESTC t121530 locating copies in B.L., Cambridge, Dublin City, N.L.I., Oxford, National Trust; Berlin; 8 locations in U.S.A and 5 in Australasia. Some copies with 4 advertisement leaves at the end.After their ship was wrecked on the Pelew or Palau islands in the western Pacific the crew succeeded in reaching the shore where they were well treated by the natives who had not previously encountered Europeans. Using a small boat built from the wreckage the crew got to Macao and thence to England, taking with them Prince Lee Boo, the son of King… Read More
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An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton,
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An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton,: revised and corrected by several of the Knights. Illustrated by representations of the various scences, from Sketches taken on the spot, by Mr. W. Gordon; with a Biographical Notice of the Eglinton Family; to which is prefixed a Sketch of Chivalry, and

by EGLINTON TOURNAMENT] AIKMAN, James

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AN EVENT TO STIR THE GOTHIC IMAGINATION - HAND-COLOURED PLATES folio [2 (title)], xii, 20pp., 4 double-page hand-coloured plates, black & white drawings on frontispiece, original purplish cloth, front cover blocked in gilt with the title inside a shield design surmounted by a head and shoulders in armour, some foxing of the plates, a few splash and other minor marks on cloth, but generally very good. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of William Hugh Logan. A fine contemporary record of the great re-enactment of a medieval joust and revel held that was held at Eglinton Castle in Scotland on Friday 30 August 1839. The event which attracted numerous highly distinguished visitors and participants from both Britain and Europe and drew 100,000 spectators was marred by heavy rain on the day. The event was a significant occasion in the contemporary rise of Romanticism and the associated vogue for the Gothic.Logan, a member of the contemporary Scottish literary society the Abbotsford Club,… Read More
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Adventures in the Moon,
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Adventures in the Moon,: and other Worlds.

by RUSSELL, John Russell, Earl (1792-1878)?]

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EARLY SCIENCE FICTIONfirst edition tall 12mo. [6 (half-title, title & contents)], 447, [1 (printer's slug)]pp. plus at the rear (smaller & separately printed) 4 pages (of 12) of Longman &c. advertisements dated 'November, 1836', original pale greyish olive green horizontally fine-ribbed cloth, large decorative design blind blocked on sides, spine with a gilt blocked decorative panel incorporating the title, pale yellow endpapers, central 8 leaves of the advertisements lacking, dark mark at top edge of front board and a few minor dark marks on spine, neatly recased with the original endpapers reused, generally a very good copy.Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 17 Locke Voyages in Space 3 Bleiler Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction (1978), p. 172This rare and anonymous early science fiction work is usually attributed to Russell. "Collection of dialogues and essays, together with a short novel, A Journey to the Moon (pages 3 to 148). In this, the narrator uses a mechanical spacecraft of… Read More
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Adventures of a Bookseller

Adventures of a Bookseller

by ORIOLI, Giuseppe

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FLORENTINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER &FIRST PUBLISHER OF LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVERfirst edition tall 'squarish' 8vo. [6], 434pp., original mustard wrappers with fold-in flaps, front pane titled and with a vignette in black, small clipped extract from a bookseller's catalogue for a copy of this book pasted to head of half-title, else a fine copy in its original card slipcase.One of 300 copies numbered and signed by the author. This no. 185. Armorial bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers on verso of the first preliminary blank.Giuseppe "Pino" Orioli (1884–1942), a Florentine antiquarian bookseller, is now primarily remembered for privately publishing the unexpurgated first edition of D. H. Lawrences's Lady Chatterley's Lover and for his long association with Norman Douglas. He became a close friend of Douglas after the latter settled there is 1922 and privately published many of Douglas's subsequent writings. It was Douglas who, after Lawrence had failed to find a publisher in Britain or… Read More
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The Advocate of Conscience Liberty,
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The Advocate of Conscience Liberty,: or, An Apology for Toleration rightly Stated: shewing the Obligatory Injunctions and Precepts for Christian Peace and Charity.

by WALSH, Peter]

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A PLEA FOR LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE - A LEADING MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IRISH CATHOLIC first (sole) edition 8vo. [8], 310pp., contemporary mottled calf, front free endpaper renewed, neatly refurbished at ends of spine and front board edge, very good. Later bookplate of the Augustinian Monastery Ramsgate loosely inset at rear. WING W627 ESTC r17873Published surreptitiously without naming place of publication, the author or the printer, but authorship is usually ascribed to Walsh. Peter Walsh (Mooretown, Co. Kilkenny, ca.1618 - 1688), a Francisan priest, on his return from Louvain in 1646 wrote against the Papal Nuncio Rinucinni, and allied himself with the pro-Ormonde party. He thenceforth was a leading actor in the controversies, intrigues, and negotiations between the Catholic Church and the government, especially in those periods when Ormond was in power. He argued that the Pope had power in religious matters only and not in matters of secular politics. He was loathed by large sections of… Read More
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Ahiman Rezon:
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Ahiman Rezon: or, a Help to a Brother. Shewing, the Excellency of Secrecy, and the first Cause of the Institution of Freemasonry; the Principles of the Craft ... The Fifth Edition, with Additions

by DERMOTT, Laurence

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VERY INFLUENTIAL EDITION OF A MASONIC CLASSICHIGH POINT IN MASONIC INVOLVEMENT IN 'PATRIOT' POLITICSA MAJOR TROVE OF 18TH CENTURY VERSE[Full title] Ahiman Rezon: or, a Help to a Brother. Shewing, the Excellency of Secrecy, and the first Cause of the Institution of Freemasonry; the Principles of the Craft, and the Benefits arising from a strict Observance thereof; the Sort of Men that ought to be initiated into the Mystery, and the Kind of Masons that are fit to govern Lodges, with their proper Behaviour in and out of the Lodge. The ancient Manner of Constituting new Lodges, with all the Charges, &c. Likewise the Prayers used in Jewish and Christian Lodges. Also, the Old and New Regulations, the Manner of choosing and installing Grand-Master and Officers, &c. To which is added, a Large Collection of Masons Songs, entertaining Prologues and Epilogues, and Solomon's Temple: An Oratorio. By Brother Laurence Dermott, Sec. The Fifth Edition, with Additions.first edition thus 12mo. xxiii,… Read More
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American Patriotism farther confronted with Reason, Scripture, and the Constitution:
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American Patriotism farther confronted with Reason, Scripture, and the Constitution: ... The Second Edition. [with 2 other Fletcher works, details below]

by LA FLECHERE, Jean Guillaume de] FLETCHER, John

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AMERICAN PATRIOTISM 1776 - A PROMINENT METHODIST'S OPPOSING POLEMICS
LA FLECHERE, Jean Guillaume de] FLETCHER, John American Patriotism farther confronted with Reason, Scripture, and the Constitution: being Observations of the Dangerous Politics taught by the Rev. Mr. Evans, M.A. and the Rev. Dr. Price. With a Scriptural Plea for the Revolted Colonies. The Second Edition.London: Printed by R. Hawes and sold at the Foundry .. and at Rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching-Houses in Town and Country: 1777 12mo. viii, 130, [1 (blank)], [1 (publisher's advertisement)], [4 (blank)]pp. ... [bound with]LA FLECHERE, J. G. de] FLETCHER, John A Vindication of the Rev. Mr. Wesley's 'Calm Address to our American Colonies:' In Three Letters to Mr. Caleb Evans. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madelay .. Third Edition Corrected.London: Printed by R. Hawes and sold at the Foundry .. and at Rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching-Houses in Town and Country: 1776 12mo (in sixes) 71, [1 (blank)]pp. ... [bound with]LA FLECHERE, J. G. de] FLETCHER,… Read More
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The American Commonwealth
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The American Commonwealth

by BRYCE, James

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"MOST AUTHORITATIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS" first edition, first printing 3 vols. tall 8vo. xxxii, 592; xii, 683; xii, 699pp., folding map, original royal blue cloth, gilt lettered, bookplates and a few stamps of First Belfast Presbyterian Church Library, trace of old removed paper labels on endpapers, very slight marks on spines, else an unusually nice fine bright copy. HOWES U.S.iana (1650-1950), B906 This first edition includes the chapter in vol. III on the Tweed Ring which was later suppressedAn important work by this Irish traveller, writer, politician, government minister, ambassador and key figure in the forming of the League of Nations. During intervals in his holding of government office Bryce made three wide ranging tours of the United States. Their product was this book whose aim was "to portray 'the whole political system of the country in its practice as well as its theory', to explain 'not only the National Government, but the State… Read More
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The Architecture of the Park.
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The Architecture of the Park.: A Series of Designs, comprising Plans, Elevations, Perspective Views, and details for Buildings required by the various dependants and purposes on an Estate, and usually embraced within the Park, with descriptive letterpress

by STARFORTH, John

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HOUSE DESIGNS FOR ALL CLASSES ON SCOTTISH ESTATES first edition 4to. [6 (half-title, title & dedication)], [6 (preface)], [50 (index & description of plates)] leaves (all printed on recto side only), 100 numbered plates including tinted views and plans, original blue cloth over bevelled boards, large gilt title panel on front board, spine gilt lettered, binding trifle marked and slightly scuffed at corners, else a very good clean copy. Starforth (1822-1898), English-born architect and architectural author, was apprenticed to a Scottish architect as a youth and remained there for the rest of his life. He set up an independent practice around 1850, specialising in churches, and country villas, and farmstead and his many significant buildings are located mainly in Lothian, Dumfries & Galloway, and the Scottish Borders. The tinted frontispiece view is of Drumlanrig Castle, seat of Duke of Buccleuch, so it may be that some of the other buildings shown here such as entrance lodges and gates,… Read More
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The Astrolabes of the World
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The Astrolabes of the World: .... Volume 1 The Eastern Astrolabes Volume 2 The Western Astrolabes

by GUNTHER, Robert T.

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"SINGLE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM ON THE SUBJECT" - FINE COPY WITH A.L.S. FROM THE AUTHOR first edition 2 vols. large 4to. (30 x 23 cms.) xviii, [2], iii, [1 (blank)], 304; viii, (305)-609, [1 (printer's slug)]pp., frontispiece plate in each volume plus 153 plates (some folding), 216 figures and photo illustrations through the text, original cream buckram, front covers handsomely gilt blocked with astrolabe design, spines gilt lettered, spine just a trifle darkened, lovely copy.Autograph letter from Gunther relating to the book loosely inset. Later neat ex-libris stamp of Christopher St J. H. Daniel. Related press clipping and other material also loosely inset.Rare, according to Charles Batey (printer to the O.U.P.) only 250 sets were ever produced. Acknowledged by Professor Owen Gingerich (1930- ), Research Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University, as "the single most comprehensive compendium on the subject which everyone seriously interested in… Read More
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Aucassin and Nicolete
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Aucassin and Nicolete: done from the Old French by Michael West. Depictured by Main R. Bocher. Music by Horace Mansion. Decorated by Evelyn Paul.

by AUCASSIN & NICOLETE]

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LIMITED TO 125 COPIES ONLYATTRACTIVELY ILLUSTRATED & DECORATED first edition thus, edition limited to 125 copies 4to. [124]pp. including 21 pages of music, 12 tipped-in colour plates by Main R. Bocher mounted inside elaborate decorative borders in terracotta, elaborate decorative borders and illustrations and decorative initials throughout in black and teracotta, full-page illustrations in black, four elaborate coloured pages decorated by Evelyn Paul, publisher's full vellum, front board with an elaborate decorative title panel [by Paul?] in colours and gilt, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers, some very light toning and offsetting, boards a little marked, else a very good copy.This No. 39 of 125 copies signed by Evelyn Paul and with a very small and neat former owner's signature below that of Evelyn Paul on limitation leaf.Aucassin & Nicolette is medieval French romance. It deals with the love of Aucassin for the Saracen captive Nicolette. Count Garin, Aucassin's father is bitterly opposed… Read More
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Australasia: Edited and Extended by Alfred R. Wallace. .... with Ethnological Appendix by A. H. Keane.

by WALLACE, Alfred Russel

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MINOR SCIENTIFIC CLASSIC HANDSOMELY BOUND first edition tall 8vo. xx, 672pp., 20 coloured maps (most folding), numerous wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary dark blue polished calf prize binding, double gilt fillet border on sides, spine panelled by gilt decorated raised bands with the panels very richly gilt tooled, maroon morocco title label, gilt blocked arms of St. Columba's College on sides, marbled end papers, edges marbled to match, spine trifle rubbed at ends, else a nice copy. Engraved prize label of St. Columb's College, Dublin, on front endpaper completed in manuscript as a prize to Edmund Knox in 1878. Ferguson Bibliography of Australia 18146Minor classic by one of the era's leading scientists and naturalists whose researches in the region covered by this book were a central his work.Wallace (1823 - 1913), co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of natural selection as the mechanism for the evolution of species, had in 1858 announced his discovery of an important zoogeographical… Read More
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