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London: Sold by B and J White, J Walker and J Walker, 1797 A very good 3 volume set, rebound in recent quarter leather binding, of the 3rd and best edition of this work. Substantially revised by John Throsby with additional plates. This set has untrimmed pages so pages vary in size and have rough edges. Vol 1: small ink signature to preliminary; frontispiece portrait; vignette title page; dedication, preface etc 20pp; text 406pp plus 2pp index, containing 2 engravings in the text, and 22 plates. According to the plate list in Vol 3, it is missing a plate at p73 (Roman Route). Text lightly foxed in places; plates very clean. Vol 2: Vignette title page; 'To the Reader' 1p; blank; text 324pp with 2 engravings in the text, 5 folding plates, 39 single page plates and folding lists of knights - 4pp; list of sheriffs 1p; index 1p; index to Arms 3pp. Generally bright and clean. According to binding directions, this volume has 3 extra plates (facing pp 80, 84, and 98). Vol 3: folding map of…
Read More A Description Of the Isles of Orkney; To which is added, An Essay concerning Thule of the Ancients by James Wallace, Robert Sibbald - 1693
by James Wallace, Robert Sibbald
A Description Of the Isles of Orkney; To which is added, An Essay concerning Thule of the Ancients
by James Wallace, Robert Sibbald
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Edinburgh: John Reid, 1693 A fair copy of the 1st edition of James Wallace's account of Orkney, published after his death by his son. James Wallace (1642-1688) was a Minister, initially at Ladykirk and then at Kirkwall and his account of Orkney is one of the earliest published. The Essay on Thule, which has a separate title page, is credited to Sir Robert Sibbald. This copy is in a later full leather binding with elaborate gilt decoration to the spine and decoration to board edges. It is complete but with wear to edges and corners and is splitting at the front spine joint. The endpapers are marbled and have 'Reference Library' stamped on the fep. Contents: initial blank; title with ink signature to top corner; dedication 2pp; To the Reader 3pp; folding map; text pp 1-89 with folding plate; title to Thule; folding plate; text pp 3-36; table of the map and plates 2pp; contents 2pp; Finis. There is some staining, for example on the title page, and the paper is toned. The map has a couple of small repaired tears to the edge and the plates have crinkling to edges with light nibbling.
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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: Republished with Large Additions by John Throsby: and Embellished with Picturesque and Select Views of Seats of Nobility and Gentry, Towns, Village Churches and Ruins
by Robert Thoroton; John Throsby
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A DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND AND WALES. CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF EACH COUNTY, WITH ITS ANTIQUITIES, CURIOSITIES, SITUATION, CLIMATE, RIVERS, SOILS, FOSSILS, CAVERNS, PLANTS AND MINERALS, AGRICULTURE, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS, CITIES, TOWNS, SEATS, MARKETS, MANUFACTURES, SIEGES, BATTLES, AND THE LIVES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEN EACH COUNTRY HAS PRODUCED
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London : Newbery and Carnan, 1769 A very good set, complete in 10 volumes. It is profusely illustrated with copper plates of major landmarks and features described on the title pages as 'palaces, castles, cathedrals; the ruins of Roman and Saxon Buildings; and of Abbeys, Monasteries, and other Religious Houses, Besides a Variety of Cuts of Urns, Inscriptions, and other Antiquities.' In contemporary full leather bindings with raised bands to spine, red labels with gilt lettering to spine; gilt volume numbers; and gilt tooling on the side edges of the boards, only visible when the book is laid down on its side. With 240 copper plates as called for, and numerous engravings in the text. The contents are in superb and clean condition. There is some browning to pages opposite the plates because they are not tissue guarded. One volume only (7) has some very slight water damage to the top right corner of the last 14 pages. Volume 10 has a very small wormhole affecting the fep and first few leaves with…
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Britannia: or, a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging. And for The better perfecting of the said Work, there is added an Alphabetical Table
by Richard Blome
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LONDON: Tho Roycroft for Richard Blome, 1673 A fair copy of the 1st edition sadly lacking all but 2 of the maps. This work is rare. Richard Blome was heavily criticised at the time for producing the work - being accused of plagiarising Camden and Speed. He funded the work through subscribers but clearly sold few copies and ownership of it passed to John Wright in 1677. His work is now being reassessed and he is recognised for being the first to properly plan an illustrated description of London. This copy is in contemporary full leather binding which has been rebacked reasonably recently to provide a new spine with raised bands and gilt outlined title label. The boards have wear as you would expect - particularly to the corners - but are sound. With title page in red and black inks, dedication to Charles II, Preface to the Reader, alphabetical table of subscribers ('benefactors'), 12 leaves of coats of arms of the benefactors, portrait of Charles II pasted at the beginning of a general…
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The Description of Leicestershire: containing matters of Antiquity,History, Armoury, and Genealogy
by William Burton
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London and Leicester: R Baldwin, T Payne and Son, Benjamin White, H Gardner and J Gregory, 1777 A very good copy of the second, 'enlarged and corrected' edition with 2 plates of arms and a folding map of Leicestershire' engraved by Pyle. Recently rebound in half leather with marbled boards with new endpapers. There is a loose portrait of the author, William Burton, presumably extracted from another book as it is octavo size. With title page, dedication to Lord Villiers, preface, list of subscribers, and detailed description of Leicestershire. Contents are very clean and in very good condition. There is some extensive annotation to the genealogy on pages 54-56 presumably from local or family knowledge. There is a pencil note on p 192 referring to personal knowledge of Thomas Hazelrig of Fawdon in Northumberland. The map has a very small repaired hole. 298 pp plus list of sheriffs and index.
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The New, Comprehensive, Impartial and Complete History of England: from the very first period of Authentic Information, to the End of the Present Year
by Edward Barnard
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London: Alexander Hogg, 1790 A good copy in recent quarter leather binding, with frontispiece, folding map of England and Wales, maps of Scotland and Ireland, and 103 further full page plates. Like many attempts to cover 'earliest history' to 'the present day', this is somewhat sketchy on the early sections, but increasingly detailed almost to a diary approach on 'the present day'. This is a later edition - undated - but the last entry is for June 10th 1790. The author simply added pages to update so although the text pagination runs to p714, the index section starts at p709 reflecting the smaller initial version. Known particularly for its lavish engravings - especially the later ones covering the American War of Independence. This copy has been recently rebound: the binding has a leather spine and title label and marbled boards and is in very good condition. New endpapers. Contents with frontispiece, title page, dedication, table, preface with decorative tailpiece, folding…
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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: Republished with Large Additions by John Throsby: and Embellished with Picturesque and Select Views of Seats of Nobility and Gentry, Towns, Village Churches and Ruins
by Robert Thoroton; John Throsby
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London: Sold by B and J White, J Walker and J Walker, 1797 A very good 3 volume set, rebound in recent quarter leather binding, of the 3rd and best edition of this work. Substantially revised by John Throsby with additional plates. This set has untrimmed pages so pages vary in size and have rough edges. Vol 1: small ink signature to preliminary; frontispiece portrait; vignette title page; dedication, preface etc 20pp; text 406pp plus 2pp index, containing 2 engravings in the text, and 22 plates. According to the plate list in Vol 3, it is missing a plate at p73 (Roman Route). Text lightly foxed in places; plates very clean. Vol 2: Vignette title page; 'To the Reader' 1p; blank; text 324pp with 2 engravings in the text, 5 folding plates, 39 single page plates and folding lists of knights - 4pp; list of sheriffs 1p; index 1p; index to Arms 3pp. Generally bright and clean. According to binding directions, this volume has 3 extra plates (facing pp 80, 84, and 98). Vol 3: folding map of…
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A DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND AND WALES. CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF EACH COUNTY, WITH ITS ANTIQUITIES, CURIOSITIES, SITUATION, CLIMATE, RIVERS, SOILS, FOSSILS, CAVERNS, PLANTS AND MINERALS, AGRICULTURE, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS, CITIES, TOWNS, SEATS, MARKETS, MANUFACTURES, SIEGES, BATTLES, AND THE LIVES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEN EACH COUNTRY HAS PRODUCED
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London : Newbery and Carnan, 1769 A very good set, complete in 10 volumes. It is profusely illustrated with copper plates of major landmarks and features described on the title pages as 'palaces, castles, cathedrals; the ruins of Roman and Saxon Buildings; and of Abbeys, Monasteries, and other Religious Houses, Besides a Variety of Cuts of Urns, Inscriptions, and other Antiquities.' In contemporary full leather bindings with raised bands to spine, red labels with gilt lettering to spine; gilt volume numbers; and gilt tooling on the side edges of the boards, only visible when the book is laid down on its side. With 240 copper plates as called for, and numerous engravings in the text. The contents are in superb and clean condition. There is some browning to pages opposite the plates because they are not tissue guarded. One volume only (7) has some very slight water damage to the top right corner of the last 14 pages. Volume 10 has a very small wormhole affecting the fep and first few leaves with…
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The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines, and Seales: with y Successions, Lives, Acts, and Issues of the English Monarchs from Julius Caesar to the most gracious Sovereign King James
by John Speed
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Popes-head alley, at y signe of y White Horse: Imprinted by William Hall and John Beale. Sold by John Sudbury and Georg Humble. , 1611 A good copy of the extremely rare 1st edition of Speed's comprehensive work. In full leather binding which has been rebacked retaining the original boards which have blind tooled decoration, and replacing the spine, which has raised bands and gilt title label. This work continued Speed's 'Theatre of Great Britaine' - and the page numbering is continuous with it - the text starting at p155 and finishing at p 894, although the book is complete on its own. With engraved decorative title page; 4 page preface and text completing at p 894; Summary conclusion of the whole - 4 pp; The Second Index - 46 pp; and a one page 'Faults etc Sped'. The work has numerous engravings of coins, seals and coats of arms; and is embellished throughout with decorative head and tailpieces and decorated initial capitals. The binding has been expertly repaired with some…
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The Description of Leicestershire: containing matters of Antiquity,History, Armoury, and Genealogy
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London and Leicester: R Baldwin, T Payne and Son, Benjamin White, H Gardner and J Gregory, 1777 A very good copy of the second, 'enlarged and corrected' edition with 2 plates of arms and a folding map of Leicestershire' engraved by Pyle. Recently rebound in half leather with marbled boards with new endpapers. There is a loose portrait of the author, William Burton, presumably extracted from another book as it is octavo size. With title page, dedication to Lord Villiers, preface, list of subscribers, and detailed description of Leicestershire. Contents are very clean and in very good condition. There is some extensive annotation to the genealogy on pages 54-56 presumably from local or family knowledge. There is a pencil note on p 192 referring to personal knowledge of Thomas Hazelrig of Fawdon in Northumberland. The map has a very small repaired hole. 298 pp plus list of sheriffs and index.
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The New, Comprehensive, Impartial and Complete History of England: from the very first period of Authentic Information, to the End of the Present Year
by Edward Barnard
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London: Alexander Hogg, 1790 A good copy in recent quarter leather binding, with frontispiece, folding map of England and Wales, maps of Scotland and Ireland, and 103 further full page plates. Like many attempts to cover 'earliest history' to 'the present day', this is somewhat sketchy on the early sections, but increasingly detailed almost to a diary approach on 'the present day'. This is a later edition - undated - but the last entry is for June 10th 1790. The author simply added pages to update so although the text pagination runs to p714, the index section starts at p709 reflecting the smaller initial version. Known particularly for its lavish engravings - especially the later ones covering the American War of Independence. This copy has been recently rebound: the binding has a leather spine and title label and marbled boards and is in very good condition. New endpapers. Contents with frontispiece, title page, dedication, table, preface with decorative tailpiece, folding…
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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The Mudlark
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
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Nobody's Fool
by Russo, Richard
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The History of King Richard the First of England: With Engravings
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The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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The History of King Alfred of England: With Engravings
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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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The Bone People
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).
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