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London: Leader & Sons, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Nicely rebound using original leather boards with blind-stamped design. Raised bands to spine with gild titling and blind-stamped decoration. With charts and tables. Lacks map as is common. Advertisements to rear. 12mo. 764pp. +ads. Small repair to first page of preface. … Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Collins Library of Classics edition of Poet Southey's popular biography of Horatio Nelson, first published in 1813. Illustrated with b/w illustrations. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Macmillan & Co. , 1928. Hardcover. Good. Neat cloth edition of Keat's poems including the Endymion, sonnets and various other works published between 1817 and his death with further posthumously released pieces, arranged chronologically. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight, Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Neat cloth edition of Tolstoy's final novel of 1899. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and tight, Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Neat cloth edition of Keat's poems including Prometheus Unbound, Ozymandias etc,. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight, Very Good.

London: Longmans Green, And Co., 1898. Hardcover. Good. New impression of Nansen's 1890 account of his crossing of the interior of greenland. With numerous b/w illustrations within the text and a map. Bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. Inner and… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 'A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians and of the Dramatic Performances in Athens'. The second edition, Revised, enlarged and in part rewritten. A comprehensive, scholarly examination of the ancient Greek theatre. With b/w images. Full leather prize binding with manchester grammar school… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Simply and neatly recently rebound in half-leather. With a frontis-portrait of Henry VIII. Marbled edges. 8vo. Tanning to page edges. Some very light spotting to title page. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Good. 'With notes and a biographical sketch' by Cotterill. Toning to spine marking to covers. Tanning to page edges. Previous owner;'s name to ffep. Contents sound. Good overall.

London: W.& R. Chambers, 1860. Hardcover. Good. Splendid, hefty, generously illustrated volume detailing our exploration and cumulative knowledge of the physical world. From the practices of ancient astronomy to a description of the heavens and the geology the Earth. With numerous wood and steel engravings with fold out star charts. Full leather with raised bands… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. Hardcover. Fair. With the christmas issue of 1961. Contains the complete text of Lytton's mysterious novel, A Strange Story. Plus articles , verse etc. Green cloth covers are marked with rubbing to edges. Front gutter is split. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean and sound. Fair.… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good. Handsome Landsdowne Poets Edition of Walter Scott's complete poetical works, including verse from his novels. Elaborate pictoral cloth clovers with gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Bevelled edges. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Printed in double columns. No date but c. 1900. Bumping and rubbing to edges. … Read more about this item

London: Longmans Green, And Co., 1897. Hardcover. Fair. Handsome full leather prize binding. Charming guide to outdoor pursuits, including games, sports and wildlife. With numerous b/w images plus plates. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges, Inner and outer dentelles. Front board detached, rubbing and wear to edges. mild toning to covers.… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1855. Hardcover. Good. A biography and selection of letters of the influential reverend and man of letters. Bound in half leather with marbled boards with matching marbling to end-papers and page edges. Some heavy rubbing to leather. But bindings sound and contents clean. Good. *Due to size… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Tremendous illustrated 'Savoy' edition of Shakespeare's complete works. Including all his plays and his sonnets plus his longer poems, the Rape of Lucrece etc. Printed in double columns. With a brief biography. With 28 colour images, including the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare and fold out images of famous… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. With colour maps and b/w images within the text. Half leather with marbled boards with matching marbling to end-papers and page edges. Some rubbing to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Byam Shaw. Handsome illustrated edition of Bunyan's allegorical christian tale. With 28 rather romantic colour plates done by Byam Shaw, plus a frontis-portrait of Bunyan. With the author's apology. No date but c. 1930. Red cloth with gilt decoration and titling. Top edge… Read more about this item

London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1840. Hardcover. Good. 'with the Self-Interpreting and Explanatory Notes, and Marginal References, of the Late John Brown to which is Appended, A Complete Concordance of the Old and New Testaments'. Impressive full leather Bible. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. All edges gilt. With ornate illustrated title pages to… Read more about this item

London: J. Fuller, J. Rivington, W. Owen, L. Hawes and T. Longman etc., 1770. Hardcover. Very Good. Eighth edition, revised and correct. 'To which is added a supplement to his commentary on the wars in Gaul. As also commentaries on the Alexandrian, Africa and Spanish Wars by Aulus Hirtius or Oppius etc.' Quarter leather binding… Read more about this item

London: T. Woodward; C. Davis, 1745. Hardcover. Fair. Fourth volume (of four) of sermons by the Bishop, given in the early 18th century. With a preface and detailed contents pages. Full calf with raised bands. Outer dentelles. 8vo. Rubbing to edges, cracking to joints. Marking to covers. Previous owner's bookplate removed to… Read more about this item