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The Dramatick Works of the late Sir Richard Steele | Containing, Conscious Lover, Funeral, Tender...
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The Dramatick Works of the late Sir Richard Steele | Containing, Conscious Lover, Funeral, Tender Husband, Lying Lover

by Steele, Sir Richard

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  • Hardcover
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1736 (date on title page, differs from spine); attractive original calf binding in excellent condition; raised bands, title and date (1735) to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges stained red - please see images; this is a compendium of four plays, each with its own title page and frontis. , as follows | 1. The Conscious Lovers (Jacob Tonson MCCCXXXV), 2. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode ( Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 3. The Tender Husband (Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 4. The Lying Lover ( W Feales, MDCCXXXVI) | this copy is in above average condition for a title of its age and type - clean and sound throughout, appears very little read or perhaps unread; name inside otherwise free of notes or other defacement | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched .
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Representative British Freemasons | A Series of Biographies and Portraits of Early Twentieth...
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Representative British Freemasons | A Series of Biographies and Portraits of Early Twentieth Century Freemasons

by The Publishers

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
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Dod's Peerage. 1915, massive ( 11 x 13 x 3.5 inches approx), bound in 2 tone leather boards and decorated with gilt wreath and crowns, 374 pages on thick paper and fine sepia-toned photographic plates on thin board, each with tissue guard; a collection of biographies of approx. 300 prominent masons; around half are accompanied by a portrait (photograph); image reproduction is excellent | this volume is square and securely bound; covers show some general wear with rubbing along edges, hinges, raised bands on spine, and at head of spine | upon opening the volume, blue endpapers are sound across hinges, but do show some dark discolouration, probably dust -marking; no name, notes or other ownership marks are present; scattered foxing is present throughout, but is not such as might impair reading enjoyment; a small tear in lower margin p339-40 has been mended with sellotape which is now yellowed with age; upper text block is gilded, which has protected the upper margin from dust wear and foxing; lower… Read More
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Flora Agaricina Neerlandica vols 1 - 6
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Flora Agaricina Neerlandica vols 1 - 6

by C Bas, Th. W. Kuyper. M E Noordeloos, E C Vellinga (eds); R Van Crevel & J Van Os (illus.)

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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A A Balkema / Rotterdam / Brookfield ( & Taylor & Francis). Hardcover. Vols 1 -5 published by Balkema 1998 - 2001, hardbacks in blue cloth board covers with gold lettering and mushroom motif, 9 x 11. 5 inches approx, pp 120 - 190 pages each; vol 6 published by Taylor & Francis . 2005. hardback in printed board covers, 8.5 x 11.5 inches approx ; text is in English | vols 1 - 4 are very lightly read or unread - pristine covers, tight spines; each has former owner's address label on reverse front board, otherwise free of notes etc : vol 5 shows light signs of reading wear, just marginally lesser condition than earlier volumes; no address label on this volume ; vol 6 is gently read or unread, clean and bright, free of name, notes etc; laminate layer (top layer on board covers) is puckered at spine - looks like a manufacturing issue, rather than the result of mishandling | in summary, a really nice set of these indispensible and very hard-to-find volumes | professional booksellers based in the UK | we… Read More
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XII Caesares.or, The Lives of The Twelve First Roman Emperors writ by C Suetonius Tranquillus...
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XII Caesares.or, The Lives of The Twelve First Roman Emperors writ by C Suetonius Tranquillus with a Free Translation, wherein due Regard has been had to the propriety of the English Tongue ( 12 Caesars )

by C Suetonius Tranquillus & John Clarke, Late Master of the Public Grammar School in Hull

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
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2nd edition, 1739, parallel text (Latin and English ), 364 pages + index, title page in red and black, main text black only; engraved panels at head of each chapter and small decorative images at end of preface, main text, and index | this copy is in leather binding with engraved panels and five raised bands; boards are in poor condition, very dried out and badly worn at edges, with front board completely detached; text block is intact; there is some evidence of a water spill along outer vertical edge, most conspicuous on title page (please inspect image), barely discernible by p.70 | reverse of title page has a handwritten (pencil) list of the emperors, and there are a few more pencil notes on the final page, which is otherwise blank; main text is clean and free of notes etc; in summary, this is an attractive copy of a scarce title, in need of rebinding, otherwise very good condition bearing in mind its age | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days
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