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Italian Food. Drawings by Renato Guttuso
by DAVID, Elizabeth
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1963).. 8vo, 364, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author to Joan Baylis "...Greetings for Christmas 1963" on the half title, marginal browning throughout, original covers bound in at the end, marbled endpapers. Recent dark green full morocco, a.e.g.
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£350.00
A History of the Geneva Bible. Vision of God
by LUPTON, Lewis
London: The Olive Tree, 1973.. First edition. 8vo. 192 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout, red illustrated endpapers reproducing an early plan of London. Slight sunning to the spine, very good.
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£30.00
Catalogue of the Birmingham Library
by SCARSE, Charles E
Birmingham: Printed by W. G. Moore, 1883.. First edition. 8vo. x, 743, (1) pp. Later two tone buckram, original gilt lettered spine label preserved though slightly worn. Very good.
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£27.00
![Memoirs of the Life of Robert Cary [sic], Baron of Leppington, and Earl of Monmouth. Written by himself, And now published from an original Manuscript in the Custody of John, Earl of Corke and Orrery. With some explanatory notes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/599/200/1467200599.0.b.jpg)
Memoirs of the Life of Robert Cary [sic], Baron of Leppington, and Earl of Monmouth. Written by himself, And now published from an original Manuscript in the Custody of John, Earl of Corke and Orrery. With some explanatory notes
by CAREY, Robert
London: Printed by J. Hughs... for R. and J. Dodsley, 1759.. Second edition, 8vo, 236, (4 index) pp. Frontispiece, with a later manuscript genealogy bound in near the end. Modern maroon half morocco, marbled sides, a lovely copy. Carey was member of Elizabeth I's court and subsequently governor to the young Charles I.
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£120.00
The Downing Street Years
by THATCHER, Margaret
London: HarperCollins, 1993.. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 914 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Thatcher to a neatly tipped in leaf at the front. Photographic illustrations. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, very good.
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£160.00
The Geology of England and Wales
by Brenchley patrick J & Rawson Peter F (Ed)
London, Great Britain: The Geological Society, 2006. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Large Format. This is a 2006 2nd edition. Large format. 559 pages including detailed index. Splendidly illustrated throughout with maps, drawings and photographic plates. In original attractive pictorial card covers which are creased in a couple of places. Still a Very Good+ copy. This is a VERY substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
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£75.00
Pollen Street. The cookbook. With photography by John Carey
by ATHERTON, Jason
(London: Absolute Press, 2018).. First edition, 4to, 394, (4) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial cloth, some faint soiling otherwise near fine.
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£30.00
Loose Birds & Game. Foreword - Michel Roux. Introduction - Brian Turner. Wine Tasting Notes - Andrew Firth
by PERN, Andrew
Face, (2010).. First edition, 4to, 359, (3) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial cloth, wraparound band, a fine copy.
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£30.00
I Kept No Diary. 60 Years with Marine Diesels, Automobile and Aero Engines
by BANKS, Air Commodore F.R. (Rod)
(Shrewsbury): Airlife Publications, (1978).. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 247, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, folded flyer for the book loosely inserted. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy.
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£45.00
Handbook for the '303-In. Vickers Machine Gun (Magazine Rifle Chamber) Mounted on Tripod Mounting, Mark IV
by (VICKERS)
London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1914.. Small 8vo. (2)-16, 79, (1), 17-23 pp. Original brown cloth covers, worn gilt lettering to the spine. 4 full page photographic plates plus 17 folding plates, 13 diagrams and 4 photographic illustrations of machine guns packed in wagons for the various purposes. Covers worn but sound, some light staining to the plates, hinges tender at a few points but holding.
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£50.00
Lurssen 1875-1905
by (LURSSEN)
[n.p.], (2000).. Sole edition, 4to, 239, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy.
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£45.00
I Made My Own Dolls. A practical book on doll making with full sized patterns
by STOWELL, Thora
Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1944.. First edition, large 8vo, 30 pp. 5 colour plates, with 20 folded sheets containing patterns inserted into a paper envelope inside the upper cover, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, with mild fading, d.w. slightly foxed and marked with minor loss to the top of the spine. No other copy located.
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£75.00
The Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1854, and its effect on the Lieut.-Colonels of the Army, who had obtained that rank before the 20th of June, 1854
by LINDSAY, Colonel the Hon. James
London: William Clowes and Sons, 1857.. First edition, 8vo, viii, 41, (1) pp. Modern cloth.
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£45.00
The Pronunciation of Greek; Accent and Quantity. A Philological Inquiry
by BLACKIE, John Stuart
Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1852.. First edition, 8vo, 84 pp. Some light foxing. Original gilt titled dark green blind stamped cloth, corners and spine ends rubbed, one small patch of rubbing to the lower joint also.
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£45.00
An Act to Enlarge the time for the Purchasers of the Forfeited Estates in Ireland, to make the Payments of their Purchase Money
by [PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS]
[London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703].. Small folio, 209-216 pp. Mostly printed in black letter. Disbound.
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£20.00
The London Midland & Scottish Railway
by EYRE-TODD, George
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1926.. Second edition. 8vo. (iv), 91, (1) pp. Publisher's black lettered and decorated blue cloth, early owner's inscription to the front pastedown, colour illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece and 7 colour plates plus a general railway map to the front endpapers. Jacket edge worn with losses to the spine ends and corners, some discolouration to the cloth, occasional foxing to varying degrees.
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£45.00
Jean-François Piège. Photography by Stéphane de Bourgies
by (PIEGE)
Paris: Flammarion, (2014).. First English edition, small folio, 239, (1) pp. Well illustrated. Cloth, paper band to the back cover, a fine copy.
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£30.00
The Holy Bible Conteyning the Old Testament and the New
by (BIBLE)
Norwalk: The Easton Press, [c.2010].. Folio. Gilt decorated maroon leather, a.e.g., an excellent copy. A handsome facsimile of the 1611 King James Bible.
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£300.00
An Act for the Finishing and Adorning the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's, London
by [PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS]
London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1702.. Small folio, (ii), 427-434 pp. Mostly printed in black letter. Disbound.
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£20.00
History of the 91st Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders. Now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 1794-1894. Illustrated by Harry Payne
by GROVES, Lieut.-Col. Percy
Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1894.. First edition, 8vo, 43, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates of uniforms and one of the regimental tartan, patterned endpapers, later bookplate from the Mollo Collection. Original gilt titled red cloth with bevelled edges, spine faded and torn and repaired.
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£90.00
A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes, of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign, in all classes of Literature and the Fine Arts... by Willis and Sotheran, 136, Strand, London
by SOTHERAN
1862.. 8vo, (iv), 594 pp. Modern maroon quarter morocco, retaining the original spine titles, very good.
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£35.00
Yehudi Menuhin. The Story of the Man and the Musician
by MAGIDOFF, Robert
Paris: Éditions Buchet/Chastel (Corréa), 1957.. 8vo. 269, (3) pp. Fine contemporary full vellum, gilt and black lettering and ruling to the spine, the upper board decorated with musical notation in gilt and black, original card covers bound in at the front and rear, gilt speckled endpapers, lengthy inscription to the front flyleaves regarding Menuhin signed by a Madeline Guigou, whose initials, dated 1960, also appear on the spine. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. A...
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£125.00
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term 32 George III to Trinity Term, 33 George III, both inclusive
by ANSTRUTHER, Alexander
London: A. Strahan, 1796-7.. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines a little worn, red spine labels.
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£60.00
Three Years War. (October 1899 - June 1902)
by DE WET, Christiaan Rudolf
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1902.. First edition, 8vo, 520 pp. Folding map at the end plus some maps in the text, prize label to paste down with the inscription to this and to the fly leaf neatly erased, upper hinge tender but sound. Original dark green cloth, spine ends and top of upper hinge slightly worn.
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£30.00
West Sussex Protestation Returns 1641-2. Transcribed, Edited and Indexed by..
by RICE, R. Garraway (Editor)
(Lewes): Sussex Record Society, (1906).. 8vo, xvi, 246 pp. Original gilt titled brown cloth, mild rubbing to spine ends, very good. Sussex Record Society volume V.
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£30.00
