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AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
by SMITH, Adam
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- Used - Light pencil underlining and a few notes, text rather clean; owner ink stamp on title page of first volume. Near Fine
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- Early Edition
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- 1811
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£2,017.75
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London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke, 1811. Early Edition. Hardcover. Light pencil underlining and a few notes, text rather clean; owner ink stamp on title page of first volume. Near Fine. Three volumes (5-1/4" x 8-8/8") in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in attractive green blindstamped morocco leather with matching corners, all edges marbled (lxxi, 360; vi, 514; v,… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ACCOUNT OF SOUTH-WEST BARBARY: CONTAINING WHAT IS MOST REMARKABLE IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE KING OF FEZ AND MOROCCO. Written by a Person who had been a Slave there a Considerable Time; and Published from his Authentick Manuscript. To Which are added, Two Letters: One from the Present King of Morocco to Colonel Kirk; The Other to Sir Cloudesly Shovell: With Sir Cloudesly's Answer, &c
by OCKLEY, Simon
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- Used - Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1713
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,513.31
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London: J. Bowyer and H. Clements, 1713. First Edition. Hardcover. Small stains to title page; spine lightly chipped at tips, front joint partly split but covers tight. Very Good. Octavo (4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary full calf leather with elegantly tooled boards, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered spine label; xxxi, [i], 152… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO, UPON THE DEATH OF THE LATE EMPEROR MULEY ISHMAEL; Being a most exact Journal of what happen'd in those Parts in the last and part of the present Year. With Observations Natural, Moral and Political, Relating to that Country and People
by BRAITHWAITE, Captain [John]
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing; Leaf L2 (pages 147-148) lacking and supplied in a neat manuscript hand, the same hand that supplied the
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- First Edition
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- 1729
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£3,531.06
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London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing; Leaf L2 (pages 147-148) lacking and supplied in a neat manuscript hand, the same hand that supplied the additional material at the end. Wear to joints, especially the front which is just showing signs of splitting but covers still firm. Very Good. Large octavo (5-3/4"… Read more about this item Item Price
£3,531.06
A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, From the Year 1772, to 1776
by SPARRMAN, Andrew
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some
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- Second Edition
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- 1786
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,513.31
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London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some staining and several tears with no loss. Bindings firm but leather rubbed. Very Good. Two quarto (8" x 10") volumes bound in later half… Read more about this item Item Price
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PROPÄDEUTIK DER MORALPHILOSOPHIE NACH GRUNDSÄTZEN DER REINEN VERNUNFT
by HEYDENREICHS, Karl Heinrich
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- Used - Original cloth faded and worn; contents Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1794
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£100.89
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Leipzig: Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth faded and worn; contents Fine. Two octavo volumes in original cloth with remnants of paper spine labels. Engraved portrait of David Hume on title page of the first volume. The first two volumes (of three). The missing last volume was the shortest. Heydenreich was a German philosopher and poet… Read more about this item Item Price
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LES EPOUX MALHEUREUX OU HISTOIRE DE MONSIEUR ET MADAME DE ***
by [BACULARD] D'ARNAUD [(Francois)]
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- Used - Occasional toning to the text. Very Good
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- New Revised Edition
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- 1783
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£252.22
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Paris: Laporte, 1783. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Occasional toning to the text. Very Good. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes in contemporary marbled boards; [ii], xii, 288; [iv], 256 [last page numbered 238]. Augmented with two new parts, which are the conclusion of the History. Illustrated with 10 fine engravings after Eisen by Guttenberg and Macret. An English… Read more about this item Item Price
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A TOUR PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795-6, THROUGH THE TAURIDA, OR CRIMEA, THE ANTIENT KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS, THE ONCE-POWERFUL REPUBLIC OF TAURIC CHERSON and all the other countries of the North Shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the Peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ... Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie...
by GUTHRIE, (Mrs. Maria)
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- Used - Moderate foxing; library bookplate and small stamp on the front pastedown with red ink stamps on the dedication page. No other l
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- First Edition
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- 1802
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£504.44
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London: T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing; library bookplate and small stamp on the front pastedown with red ink stamps on the dedication page. No other library markings but for white numbers on the spine. Large folding map with several splits and a small piece detached but present. Binding firm. Good. Quarto… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN SWEDEN, Occasion'd by the Change of Religion, and Alteration of The Government, in that Kingdom bound with THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL
by VERTOT [René Aubert de Vertot d'Aubeuf]
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- Used - Many lousy copies of these titles are available online, but few in the Near Fine condition of this volume. Contents clean and cr
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- Fifth Edition/Early Edition
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- 1723/1724
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£252.22
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London: M. Poulson, W. Taylor, et. al./W. Taylor and C. Rivington, 1723/1724. Fifth Edition/Early Edition. Hardcover. Many lousy copies of these titles are available online, but few in the Near Fine condition of this volume. Contents clean and crisp, interesting old bookplate pasted over another interesting bookplate on the front pastedown; binding lovely with the spine darkened and minor… Read more about this item Item Price
£252.22
TIBERII CAVALLOS FULLSTÄNDIGA AFHANDLING OM ELECTRICITETEN. Öfversättning Jemte Tillägg Och Anmärkningar af Carl Gust. Sjöstén, Carl Pet. Ohrling. 1-3
by CAVALLO, Tiberius
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- Used - Moderate to heavy foxing throughout, the folding plates generally clean. While the spine is in very nice shape, the boards are h
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- First Edition
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- 1795-96
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£353.11
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Lund: Prof. Joh. Lundblad, 1795-96. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout, the folding plates generally clean. While the spine is in very nice shape, the boards are heavily rubbed with loss. Good. Three parts in one small octavo (4-1/4" x 7-1/8") volume in calf-backed boards with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels; [14], 207, [2]; [2], 387,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, BRABANT, AND PART OF FRANCE; Made in the Autumn of 1789. Volume I only of II
by IRELAND, Samuel
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- Used - Slight foxing to some plates with offsetting to facing text pages. Joints split but covers secure holding by cords; small piece
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- First Octavo Edition
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- [1790]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£151.33
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[London]: [T & I Egerton], [1790]. First Octavo Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to some plates with offsetting to facing text pages. Joints split but covers secure holding by cords; small piece of leather lacking from spine. Good. Octavo (6" x 9") in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with a heavily gilt-decorated spine; xvi, 213, [1] pages. The complete first… Read more about this item Item Price
£151.33
A NEW UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES, CEREMONIES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE WHOLE WORLD: OR A COMPLETE AND IMPARTIAL VIEW OF ALL THE RELIGIONS IN THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE...
by HURD, William
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- Used - Dampstain affecting a good portion of both text and plates but fortunately mostly quite faint. Firmly bound with only light wear
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- New Edition
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- [1785]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£756.66
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London: Alexander Hogg, [1785]. New Edition. Hardcover. Dampstain affecting a good portion of both text and plates but fortunately mostly quite faint. Firmly bound with only light wear. Very Good. Folio (9" x 13-3/4") bound in contemporary tree calf leather; (iv), [3] 6 - 704, xii [4] pages. Illustrated with 60 copper engravings. Hurd covers, among others, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ART OF SPEAKING. containing: I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, which occur in Reading, or Public Speaking; And II. Lessons taken from the Ancients and Moderns ... to which are added, a Table of the Lessons; and an Index of the various Passions and Humours in the Essay and Lessons
by [BURGH, James]
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- Used - Endpapers lacking, generally grubby with some staining throughout, 3 leaves with tears at the outer margin resulting in the loss
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- Fifth Edition
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- 1782
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£302.66
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Newbury-port and Boston: John Mvcall for William Green, 1782. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers lacking, generally grubby with some staining throughout, 3 leaves with tears at the outer margin resulting in the loss of just a few letters; binding intact. Good and an uncommon early American imprint. Small quarto (5" x 7-3/4") in contemporary sheep with a gilt-lettered morocco… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of the Old and New Testament
by BEDFORD, Arthur
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- Used - Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean
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- First Edition
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- 1730
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£353.11
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London: James and John Knapton et. al., 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean with a closed tear about 3 inches to one plate with no loss. Early signature of Benjamin Hale on the front pastedown. Leather very dry, front… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY, BEING AN EXPLANATION AND VINDICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS
by (BASKERVILLE PRESS) BARCLAY, Robert
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- Used - Old bookseller description pasted to the top of the front pastedown which has evidence of a bookplate removal; ink number "5196"
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1765
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,513.31
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Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1765. First Edition. Hardcover. Old bookseller description pasted to the top of the front pastedown which has evidence of a bookplate removal; ink number "5196" at the top corner of the verso of the front endpaper; mild spotting toward the beginning but mostly very clean. Light wear along spine edges and tips, no spine label present… Read more about this item Item Price
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A HISTORY OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION. CONTAINING, THE OUTLINES OF A BODY OF DIVINITY, In a method entirely new
by EDWARDS, Jonathan
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- Used - Early ink name scratched out at top of title page; one leaf with short tear with no loss; lacks front endpaper, otherwise comple
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- First American Edition
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- 1782
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,513.31
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Boston: Draper & Folsom, 1782. First American Edition. Hardcover. Early ink name scratched out at top of title page; one leaf with short tear with no loss; lacks front endpaper, otherwise complete with the Advertisement leaf and blank at the end; occasional pencil notes, early ink stamp of John Clark on recto of rear endpaper, text evenly browned. Binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED Q. ELIZABETH AND THE E. OF ESSEX, by a Person of Quality
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - Margins shaved not affecting text. Trivial wear. About Fine
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- 1725
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,513.31
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London: J. Darby, 1725. Hardcover. Margins shaved not affecting text. Trivial wear. About Fine. Duodecimo (3-1/4" x 5-1/2") in a lovely, unsigned binding of full dark green morocco leather with gilt floral decorative devices with small white morocco onlays, the spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gilt dentelles, scarlet silk endpapers and doublures, all edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HISTORY OF JAPAN: GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIENT AND PRESENT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THAT EMPIRE ... TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM
by [JAPAN] KAEMPFER, Engelbert
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- Used - Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1728
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7,566.56
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London: for the Publisher, and Thomas Woodward and Charles Davis, 1728. First Edition. Hardcover. Light dampstaining in second volume. Generally clean and bright, Near Fine. Two folio (8-1/2" x 13-3/4) volumes in contemporary calf leather, neatly rebacked preserving the original gilt spine labels. First edition in English, second issue (with the additional appendix in volume 2), translated from… Read more about this item Item Price
£7,566.56
A NEW AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS...
by MOORE, John Hamilton
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- Used - Occasional marginal notes in ink or pencil, a minor tear here or there but contents very clean. Front board of the first volume
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- First Edition
- Published
- [1785]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£3,026.62
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London: Alexander Hogg, [1785]. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional marginal notes in ink or pencil, a minor tear here or there but contents very clean. Front board of the first volume detached, others secure. A Near Fine set. Two folio (9" x 13-3/4") volumes bound in contemporary marbled calf leather with gilt rules and decorated spines and matching gilt-lettered… Read more about this item Item Price
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SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF IMPORTANCE BY JOHN WOOLMAN OF MOUNT HOLLY, IN THE JERSEYS, NORTH AMERICA, DECEASED. WITH SOME OF HIS DYING EXPRESSIONS
by WOOLMAN, John
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- Used - Early owner name of Maria Gurney on the front endpaper and remnant of early bookplate of Henrietta Gurney on the front pastedown
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1773
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£756.66
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London: Mary Hinde, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Early owner name of Maria Gurney on the front endpaper and remnant of early bookplate of Henrietta Gurney on the front pastedown. Light wear to the spine tips and edges, but a clean, Near Fine copy. Duodecimo (4" x 6-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with blind rules and stamping on… Read more about this item Item Price
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PROPOSALS FOR ENGRAVING BY SUBSCRIPTION. THE BRITISH MONARCHY: OR, A NEW CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE DOMINIONS SUBJECT TO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN... COMPREHENDING THE BRITISH ISLES, THE ELECTORAL STATES, THE AMERICAN COLONIES, THE AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS... THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES...
by BICKHAM, George
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- Used - Four vignettes partially hand-colored, browning and occasional moderate waterstaining, final leaf trimmed, a few contemporary ma
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- First Edition
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- August 1743
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£4,539.94
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London: Benj. Dodd, August 1743. First Edition. Hardcover. Four vignettes partially hand-colored, browning and occasional moderate waterstaining, final leaf trimmed, a few contemporary marginal notes. A Very Good, attractive example, nearly complete but for the missing half of the table, of this uncommon early title with much on the American colonies. George Bickham. Folio (7-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound… Read more about this item Item Price
£4,539.94
