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Boswell in Holland: 1763 - 1764, including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide] (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell)
by Boswell, James [ Frederick A.Pottle -- editor]
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- Fair
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1952
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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William Heinemann, London, 1952. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. editorial committee, advisory committee, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, five appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, of Holland at the time of Boswells' visit. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, showing the Tower of " The Cathedral and part of Cathedral… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson
by Smith, William G. ( Introduction ]
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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- 9780900123337
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£24.06
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Bibliophile Books, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Thomas Rowlandson. 1.055 kg.; X, 42 pages of text, last blank then 100 pages following not paginated. The text is illustrated with 50 full coloured erotic illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson. Dark red coloured boards with gilt writing to the backstrip.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boswell in Holland ; 1763 - 1764, including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide]
by Boswell, James [ Frederick A.Pottle -- editor]
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£10.69
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Heinemann, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. XIX, 430 pages, last 2 blank, editorial committee, advisory committee, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, five appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, of Holland at the time of Boswell's visit. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, showing the Tower of "… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Four Londons of William Hogarth
by Berry, Erick
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- Used - Good
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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David McKay, New York, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Fair. Illustrator: William Hogarth. xv, [ii], 232 p. + 8 plates (16 black & white photographic reproductions.) Includes index. Illustrated with engravings of Hogarth's works. the dust jacket has a tear at the top left and bottom left of the spine, and associated rubbing,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boswell in Holland ; 1763 - 1764, including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide]
by Boswell, James [ Frederick A.Pottle -- editor]
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Heinemann, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 800 g.; XIX, 430 pp., last 2 blank, editorial committee, advisory committee, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, five appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, of Holland at the time of Boswells' visit. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, showing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The First Scientific American; Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius
by Chaplin, Joyce E
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9780465009558
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Basic Books, New York, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 750 g.; X, 422 pages, last page blank, list of illustrations, notes, acknowledgements and index. Yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 32 black-and-white contemporary illustrations (facsimiles of documents and experiments etc.]. 1/4 green coloured backstrip with gilt titles. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Purefoy Letters 1735-1753
by Mitchell, L.G. -- Editor
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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St. Martin's Press, New York, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 750 g.; (10) 178 pages (2), introduction by editor, a chronology 1714-1760 and index. Dark brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the back strip. Light age toning of the text block edges. Photographic dustwrapper, with cream coloured background, with black titles to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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the ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh; A Woman in World History
by Colley, Linda
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Softcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Harper Press, London, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 600 g; XXXII, 368 pages, text illustrated with double page map, and 4 other maps, and text illustrations, and both colour, and black-and-white plates. Colour illustrated softcover binding shows no damage. This is a book about a world in a life.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boswell in Holland ; 1763 - 1764, including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide]
by Boswell, James [ Frederick A.Pottle -- editor]
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Heinemann, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 800 g.; XIX, 430 pp., last 2 blank, editorial committee, advisory committee, list of illustrations, introduction by editor, five appendices and index. Map illustrated endpapers, of Holland at the time of Boswells' visit. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, showing the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Madame De Stael ; Her Life As Revealed in Her Work 1766-1800, A Biographical Study of a Mind and Soul
by Larg, David Glass
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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George Routledge and Sons Ltd, London, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XII, 332 pages, preface by author, 3 appendices and index. Green coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Slight fading of the spine section, previous owner's name in ink on front paste down, offset… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Portrait of Lord Nelson
by Warner, Oliver
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1959
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£6.80
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The Reprint Society, London, 1959. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. 365 g.; XX, 332 pages, last page blank, acknowledgements, Letters & Signatures, Battle Plans, Nelson's Ranks and index. Illustrated endpapers, both different, front end paper: -- slowing Plan of Attack of the Battle of the Nile, First of August, 1798, rear end… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art of the Embroiderer
by de Saint-Aubin, Charles Germain
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1983
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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- 9780875871103
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£32.07
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Association with David R. Godine, Boston & London, 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. 1.430 kg.; V, 6-192 pages, Trustees and Supervisors, Director's Preface, acknowledgements introduction by Edward Maeder, and index. Dark red coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Eighteenth Century Novel; The Idea of the Gentleman
by Shroff, Homai J
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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- 9780713163995
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£13.12
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Edward Arnold, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. preface by author, notes, key to the notes, select bibliography and index. Green coloured endpapers. Bright green coloured cloth with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a "typical" 18th-century gentleman, against a green coloured background… Read more about this item Item Price
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Voyages of Delusion: The Search for The Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason
by Williams, Glyn
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780002571814
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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HarperCollins, London, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. II appendices, list of illustrations and maps, introduction by author, and index. Map illustrated endpapers, showing the Arctic region around Canada circa 1580s. The text is illustrated with 51 black and white illustrations throughout the text, and seven maps drawn by John Gilkes. Blue coloured boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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Studies in the Eighteenth-Century: papers presented at the David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar in Canberra 1966
by Brissenden, Robert Francis
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 9780708100691
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£8.75
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Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 850 g; XX, 328 pages, indexed, with list of subscribers, and illustrated with black-and-white plates (X), with black boards, and illustrated dust jacket. Slight age toning of the page edges, and ownership inscription on front end page, rubbing of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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English People In the Eighteenth Century
by Marshall, Dorothy
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Longmans, London, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XVI, 288 pages, preface by author, list of plates, and index. The text is illustrated with 57 black-and-white contemporary illustrations, drawings or cartoons. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing illustration by Hogarth " The Beggar's Opera "… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Felonry of New South Wales; Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance of Life in Botany Bay with Anecdotes of Botany Bay Society and a Plan of Sydney
by Mudie, James Esq. ( Walter Stone -- Editor ]
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Thus
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£29.16
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Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 400 g.; XIV, 218 pages, last 3 blank, preface by editor, introduction by author, appendix -- original marginal annotations, both recently discovered and already published incorporated by editor and addenda. The text is illustrated with one foldout map of Sydney as of 1836. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Edmund Kean; The Story of an Actor
by Macqueen-Pope, W
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Thomas Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Robert Hodgson. 84 pages. Illustrated endpapers, showing various scenes of theatrical life in the 1800s. Illustrated frontispiece by Robert Hodgson. The text is illustrated, again by Robert Hodgson, with both black-and-white and coloured illustrations from Edmund Kean's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poor Richard's: The Almanacs for the Years 1733-1758, by Richard Saunders, Philom
by Franklin, Benjamin
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1976
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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- 9780846701200
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£16.04
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Paddington Press Ltd, New York, 1976. First Edition Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Norman Rockwell. introduction by Van Wyck Brooks, publisher's note, a note on the text, translations of foreign aphorisms and notes. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with six full-page ( 2 double page ) illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Discovery of Tahiti; A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, under the Commmand of Captain Wallis, R. N., in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768, Written By Her Master George Robinson
by Robertson, George (Hugh Carrington -- editor)
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Reissued, 1st thus
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- 1948
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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£87.47
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The Hakluyt Society, London, 1948. Reissued, 1st thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LI, 292pp., list of plates, list of maps, foreword by Hakluyt Society members, editor's preface, select bibliography, one folding map, 9 appendices and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, which folds out, showing H. M .A .S. Dolphin in Matavai… Read more about this item Item Price
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