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The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Graham
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- Used - Fine
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£63.00
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Conneticut: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Arthur Rackham. Handsome full leather Easton Press edition of Graham's beloved 1908 novel, featuring the colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham and an introduction by A. A. Milne. All edges gilt. Silk moire end-papers. 8vo. Some very light shelf-wear but crisp and clean. Fine overall. … Read more about this item Item Price
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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy; Rosemary Edmonds (trans)
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- Used - Good
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£40.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Folio Society edition of Tolstoy's epic novel. With b/w illustrations by Feliks Topolsky. Quarter buckram with decorative cloth to boards. Decorated end-papers. Complete with slipcase. Rubbing to slipcase with scratch/mark to one panel. Previous owner's label to half-title. Small closed tear to title page. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Family History of England: Civil, Military, Social, Commerical & Religious (three volumes)
by James Taylor (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1880
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£150.00
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London: William Mackenzie, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Nicely rebound copy of James' hefty but readable history of Britain, from the earliest period to the present time. six volumes bound as three. With numerous excellent b/w plates, portraits and fold-out maps bound in at the start of each division. With significant appendices on subjects such English Literature… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments,: The Text carefully from the most correct copiesm of the present Authorised Translation, including the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes by Adam Clarke (six volumes)
by Adam Clarke
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- Used - Fair
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- 1836
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£94.00
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London: Thomas Tegg & Son, 1836. Hardcover. Fair. The Complete text of Clarke's great 1812 edition of the old and new testaments that include his copious notes and explanations. A methodist as well as a biblical scholar, some of Clarke's view may have been controversial but his erudition and detail was widely praised. Printed in double… Read more about this item Item Price
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Breviarium Romamum; officium s. indaletetii episcopi et martyris duplex; conversionis S. Augustini
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- Used - Fair
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- 1737
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£53.00
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Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1737. Hardcover. Fair. Roman Breviary, 'restored by the decree of the most holy Council of Trent'. Printed in red and black by the company of Christophe Platin, towards the tail end of its existence. With similar texts bound in to rear, including pieces on St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Gregory by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thysiasterion Vel, Scintilla Altaris - Primitive Devotion in the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England, with Additions upon the three Grand Solemnities, last annexed to the Liturgy
by Edward Sparke
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- Used - Fair
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- 1682
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£84.00
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London: T. Basset & J. Brome, 1682. Hardcover. Fair. 'The Alter, or, The spark of the altar'. Sparke's hugely influential Scintillula Altaris of 1652. In which Sparke describes the various feasts of the calendar and how they are to be celebrated. With engravings. Including the author's poem plus verse by Brome and Thomas Fuller, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Select Homilies for Holy Days and Seasons Translated from the Writings of the Saints; A Plea Of Conscience; Reasons for Feeling Secure in the Church of England; An Address to a Christian Congregation on the approach of the Cholera Morbus
by Caesarius of Arles; St. Bernard; Thomas Kempis; W. Sewell; Edward Monro
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1846
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£73.00
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London: James Burns, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. Numerous religious texts and sermons bound together. Includes Homilies by various saints (James Burns, 1846); Monro's Reasons for Feeling Secure in the Church of England (I. H. Parker, 1850); Sewell's The plea of conscience for seceding from the Catholic Church to the Romish schism in England (I. H. Parker, 1846);… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of the Holy Bible, from the Creation of our World to the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
by John Fleetwood
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- Used - Good
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- 1848
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£94.00
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Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1848. Hardcover. Good. Scarce volume by the influential bibical scholar and hebraist, describing the history of world as told through the bible, as well as the relevant historical events that contextualize that text. With tissue guarded b/w engravings and fold out maps and images. Half leather with marbled boards. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
by Alfred lord Tennyson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1911
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£153.00
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London: Macmillan & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Impressive leather binding of Tennyson's works, including Ulysses, English Idylls, Idylls of the King as well as his Juvenalia. Illustrated with b/w etching by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton. Bound by Riviere and Son in red leather with raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles.… Read more about this item Item Price
£153.00
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The Complete (Compleat) Angler
by Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£130.00
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London: The Navarre Society, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elegant leather binding of Walton's 17th century guide to fishing that ' breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of the heart.' Features 74 b/w engravings by a variety of artists interspersed within the text. Bound in half leather with raised bands… Read more about this item Item Price
£130.00
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Little Breeches and Other Pieces Humorous, Descriptive and Pathetic (Pike Country Ballads)
by John Hay
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£34.00
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London: John Camden Hotten. Hardcover. Very Good. Nicely bound edition containing the poetical works of american soldier and statesman John Hay, featuring his Pike Country Ballads, assimilating his experiences after the civil war. Half leather with marbled boards. Raised bands to spine. 12mo. Some rubbing to edges. Mild offsetting and spotting to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns
by Robert Burns
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- Used - Good
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£73.00
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London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Handsome leather binding of Burns' poetical works, done by Riviere and Son. Full calf with raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled end-papers. Tissue guarded frontisportrait. 8vo. Toning to covers. Mild foxing to front matter. Contents clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eugene Aram: A Tale
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Used - Good
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£11.00
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London: George Routledge & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Good. Nice Half leather binding of Lytton's historical novel. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. 8vo. Some rubbing to leather. Staining/toning to cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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The Heathen Chinee with East and West Poems and Parodies
by Bret Harte
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- Used - Good
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£23.00
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London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1890. Hardcover. Good. Leather bound edition selected works by the american satirist, including "Plain Language from Truthful James" also called the Heathen Chinee. Half leather. Rubbing to edges. Mild foxing within. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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£23.00
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (ten volumes)
by Thomas Moore
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- Used - Good
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- 1840
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£150.00
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London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840. Hardcover. Good. Handsomely bound edition of Moore's works, 'as collected by himself' with Moore's insightful introduction to each volume and its contents. Including Odes of Anacreon, Juvenalia, Poems of America, Lalla Rookh etc. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine with Gallic emblems. All edges gilt. … Read more about this item Item Price
£150.00
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The Last Days of Pompeii
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Used - Good
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£11.00
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London: George Routledge & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Good. Nice Half leather binding of Lytton's historical novel. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. 8vo. Some rubbing to leather. Staining/toning to cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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£11.00
Alice or The Mysteries
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Used - Good
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£11.00
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London: George Routledge & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Good. Nice Half leather binding of Lytton's novel. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. 8vo. Some rubbing to leather. Staining/toning to cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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£11.00
Paul Clifford
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Used - Good
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£11.00
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London: George Routledge & Co., 1877. Hardcover. Good. Nice Half leather binding of Lytton's novel. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. 8vo. Some rubbing to leather. Staining/toning to cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good+
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£11.00
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Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady (two volumes)
by Samuel Richardson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1862
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£61.00
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Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Half leather binding of the first Tauchnitz edition of Richardson's groundbreaking 1748 novel. Complete in four volumes, bound as two. Half leather with marbled boards, matching marbling to end papers and page edges. Previous owner's bookplate to end-papers. Some mild toning to spine. Light rubbing to leather… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History and Adventures of the Reknowned Don Quixote (four volumes)
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Tobias Smollett (trans)
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- Used - Good
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- 1796
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- Hardcover
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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£645.00
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Dublin: John Chambers, 1796. Hardcover. Good. Impressively produced edition of Cervantes' landmark work intended to echo the epochal 1780 Spanish edition by Joaquin Ibarra, using Smollett's 1755 translation. Featuring 22 engravings by Bromley after Spanish masterworks by Carnicero and Barranco. With a brief biography of Cervantes and Smollett's preface. List of subscribers. … Read more about this item Item Price
£645.00
