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Les Regrets
by Du Bellay, Joachim
Paris: La Connaissance, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Full vellum over semi-rigid boards. Spine and boards gilt with onlays of red, blue and green. Top edge marbled. Vellum clasps. Finely printed by Charles Nypels, master printer of Maastricht. Frontispiece portrait of Du Bellay engraved by Henri Jonas. Printed letterpress with blue capitals and red verse numeration. The title page in red and blck and with a coat of arms in red and blue on a ground of silver leaf. One of 280...
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£595.58
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
by Lewis, C. S
London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press 1947. 8vo. First Edition. 220 pp. Bound in recent half dark green morocco over green boards with gilt lettering and borders to spine. New endpapers. Externally fine, internally clean. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1947.
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£225.00
OUR ANTIPODES: Or, Residence and Rambles in the Australian Colonies with a Glimpse of the Gold Fields
by MUNDY Godfrey Charles.;
London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Royal 8vo.pp.vii + 635 with 8 full page plates. Bound in full tree calf, raised bands, gilt in compartments with marbled endpapers with the bookplate of William Selwyn and an inscription on the free front endpaper. Some mild foxing to prelims Expertly restored.
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£419.97
Days and Hours in a Garden
by [BOYLE], Eleanor Vere ] E.V.B
London: Elliot Stock, 1898. A superb example of a vellucent binding. Cedric Chivers (1853 -1929) of Bath revived the technique of painting under vellum. Chivers would execute his paintings on paper which was covered with a translucent skin to form the binding, The covers were then lightly tooled with gold. It is rare to find such a finely preserved fine binding. Signed by Chivers. In 'Days and Hours in a Garden', 19th century Scotish artist and writier, Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 -1916) takes us...
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£2,608.50
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Fine Binding
by Le Sage, Alain Rene
London: Hurst, Robinson and Co, 1822. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4 vols, 12mo. Bound in full smooth tan calf with gilt on spine. Green calf title and authors labels. A very desirable set.
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£595.58
Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania
by Meredith, Louisa Anne
London: Day & Son, 1860. First edition. Impressive volume with stunning full page chromolithographic botanical plates of native Tasmanian flowers, in an embossed presentation leather binding. Natural history verse accompanied by illustrations, by an outstanding woman artist. The design of the book owes much to Owen Jones, the designer of the famed "Grammar of Ornament" and Edward LaTrobe Bateman, who worked with Jones on various projects as illustrator and designer. Bateman collaborated with Meredith on...
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£1,389.68
Beaux & Belles of England. Edition Magnifique, limited to 26 copies
London: Grolier Society, 1910. Edition Magnifique. 13 volumes of this extravagantly bound and produced set, the "Edition Magnifique" limited to 26 lettered sets. Bound in full gilt and inlaid crushed morocco, printed on vellum with each illustration appearing in triplicate. Titles include Mrs. Siddons by James Boaden, 2 vols; Lord Chesterfield by W. Ernst, 2 vols; Mrs. Mary Robinson written by herself, 1 vol; Count de Grammont by Anthony Hamilton,1 vol; Lady Blessington by J. Fitzgerald Molly, 1 vol;...
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£2,779.35
Rhymes and Roundelayes in Praise of a Country Life
by Various Authors
London: George Routledge 1875. Small 4to. 192 pp blue leather binding with gilt decorated spine and boards and gilt edged pagess, illustrated in b/w, some foxing. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1875.
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£150.00
Journal of a cruise among the islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty’s Ship Havannah
by Erskine, John Elphinstone
First edition. John Murray. London. 1853. 8vo. vi, (1), errata slip, 488pp. Chromolitho frontispiece, 3 further chromolitho plates, all with tissue guards, 3 uncoloured plates, folding map, text illus. Later half calf, marbled boards Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering, rules and motifs, leather label to spine. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Occasional marginal light foxing to plates. Short closed tear to attachment of map. A handsome volume.
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£380.00
Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches (Signed Edition)
by Bush, George H. W
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2009. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine blue leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers sewn-in, raised spine. Blank Easton Pres book-plate fixed to inside front cover. Index. 302 pages. Signed by President Bush on special page immediately following front end-paper. Original certificate of authenticity laid-in, also signed...
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£238.23
The Abbot. Being a sequel to the Monastery.
by Scott. Sir Walter
London : Oxford University Press, 1910. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original full limp red leather hardcover with spine lettered in gilt, top page edges gilt, illustrated, 518 pages, minor rubbing to extremities otherwise a very good bright copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.
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£8.00
Saint Ronan's Well & The Surgeon's Daughter
by Scott. Sir Walter
London : Oxford University Press, 1912. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original full limp red leather hardcover with spine lettered in gilt, top page edges gilt, illustrated, 471 & 173 pages, minor rubbing to extremities, small chip to outer hinge otherwise a very good bright copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.
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£8.00
Wonder Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very good/Very good. Arthur Rackahm. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Arthur Rackahm. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. H: 11", D: 9", W: 2" 1 Volume. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wonder Book. Limited Edition. Bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco with.....
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£4,367.55
The Life of Wellington : the Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain. In Two Volumes
by Maxwell, Sir Herbert
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1900. 8vo.Illustrated. 2 volumes. Full red calf with gilt and raised bands to the spines., bound by Bumpus. All edges gilt and endpapers marbled. With illustrations throughout, including fold out maps and battle plans. Scratching and rubbing to the calf. Some foxing to both volumes. An ink inscription on blue paper pasted to the first free endpaper of vol. 1. Bookplates to the front pastedowns of both volumes. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1900.
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£195.00
Theatre choisi illustre; notices et annotations par Henri Clouard.
by >>BIRDSALL OF NORTHAMPTON BINDING<
Bibliotheque Larousse. Paris., 1912 Complete three volumes in one in French. 200; 238, (1); 222, (1) printed pages. 13 plates, 11 text illustrations. Sixth thousand printing. Three frontispieces with tissue guards. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of John Ponsonby on front paste-down endpaper. Binders printed signature on verso of front free endpaper "Birdsall, Northampton" (preliminary and end blank pages slightly foxed). 14 x 19.5 cm. Full contemporary speckled...
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£120.00
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, & Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
by Strutt, Joseph
London: William Tegg and Co. 1849. 8vo. lxvii, 420 pp. Crimson half morocco over red boards with raised bands, gilt devices and gilt lettering to spine - a Bayntun-Riviere binding. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A history of historical customs, traditions, processions, plays, card-games, etc. as well as more well-known sporting like horse-racing (it was first published in 1801). Some marking to the cloth boards; minimal faint foxing to early and late couple of pages, but otherwise internally clean. ....
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£150.00
The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain
by Hall, Samuel Carter, ed
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Fazakerley of Liverpool. Three octavo vols. 304; 304; 304pp. Engraved titles with vignettes, as well as nearly 150 engravings throughout the set. A testament to British literature and artistry, with the poetic pillars of Chaucer, Spenser, Donne, Shakespeare, Dryden, Burns, Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, and myriad other writers comprising the anthology. Along with these are brief biographical sketches, facsimile autographs, and portraits rendered after paintings and...
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£22,830.38
The Complete Works of Adelaide A. Procter
by Procter, Adelaide A. and with an introduction by Charles Dickens
London: George Bell and Sons 1905. 8vo. xxvii, 471 pp. Contemporary red full morocco with gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Bound by Bumpus. Boards clean. Early ink owner's inscription to first blank. Internally clean. Frontis portrait. Procter (1825-1864) was an English poet and philanthropist. She was actively involved in feminist groups and journals, and through her charity work helped unemployed women and the homeless. She died of TB. A nice copy. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. 1905.
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£125.00
A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties
by Robert B. Brough
London: David Bogue, 1852. Leather bound. Very good condition. London: David Bogue, 1852. Leather bound. H: 6 3/4" D: 5 1/4" W: 1/2" 1 Volume. Robert B. Brough. A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, For Private Representations & Other Seasonable.....
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£218.38
The Outline of Art
by Orpen, William, edited by
London: George Newnes, Limited N.d. [c. 1923]. 8vo.Prize Binding. 677 pp. Black full calf with raised bands to spine and gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Prize binding with gilt school device of St. Bees to front board and prize bookplate to front pastedown. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bickers. Spotting to prelims. Internally clean. B&w illustrations. Boards clean and gilt bright. In VG to Near Fine condition. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1923.
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£48.00
Abrégé de l'histoire des Suisses, d'après Jean de Muller, Zchokke, etc., suivi d'un précis de l'histoire de Bavière, d'après les meilleurs Auteurs
by Savagner, Auguste
Paris: Parent-Desbarres, 1841 Two volumes. First edition. Finely bound in tan calf, boards decoratively ruled in gilt, centrally stamped to front boards with Institution Savouré emblem in gilt, green calf spine labels lettered in gilt, blue marbled endpapers and text block edges. A very good set with some rubbing to extremities and wear to front hinges, light scattered foxing to both volumes, damp staining to outer edge of text block in Vol. I. Overall, a handsome set. This two-volume set...
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£158.82
Oliver Cromwell
by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
London, Paris, New York: Goupil & Co, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good condition. A rather grand production of the life of the controversial British figure regarded by some as a military dictator and by others as a champion of liberty. Printed by Goupil, with plates engraved by Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyat & Co. with handsome portrait chapter headings and initial capitals. A limited edition, no. 144, limited to 1475 copies. Bound by Birdsall for Charles Scribner's Sons, the full maroon crushed...
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£297.79
Vers un équilibre nouveau. Forces et faits éconimiques. Angleterre. États-Unis. Allemagne. Les réactions. La France. L'équilibre prochain crise économique et crise spirituelle
by Lacoin, Maurice
Paris: Payot, 1933. First edition. Three quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Near fine copy with very minor scuffing on backstrip, leaves just browning. A beautiful binding.. 327 pp. pp. Illus. with 2 b/w graphs. 8vo.
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£39.70
Gulliver's Travels
by Swift, Jonathan
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1977. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt decoration and borders on covers, a.e.g., moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W drawings by Jerry Pinkney.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, aside from some...
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£31.76
The Lawson History of America's CVP
by Thompson & Lawson
Boston: Thomas W. Lawson, 1902. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very good/Very good. Boston: Thomas W. Lawson, 1902. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. H: 11 1/4", D: 7 1/2", W: 3" 1 Volume. Thompson & Lawson, The Lawson History of America's CVP. Limited Edition. Bound in full blue morocco.....
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£2,779.35