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London: R. D. Dickinson 1885. Small 8vo. vi, 426 pp. Cloth with faded gilt lettering and decoration to the spine and board. Some bumping and wear to extremities, with two small chips to the joints and rear board. Foxing to fore-edge and throughout. A curious work consisting of short discussions of various concepts, approached from a scientific perspective. . Good. Cloth. 1885.

London: John Milne [1901]. 12mo. vii, 183 pp. Cloth spine with original illustrated boards. Rubbing to extremities and general discolouration. Small losses to a few corners of boards. Publisher's stamp to title page and light creasing to corner of pages, though internally clean and bright. Includes chapters on training of the soldier, the strategy of the war and the despatches of the generals. . Good. Original Boards. Ninth Edition. 1901.

London: Relfe and Fletcher 1838. 8vo. 175 pp., with a hand coloured lithographic additional title, and 2 plain lithographic plates. Blind stamped original cloth with gilt lettering to spine has some minor bumping and to extremities. . Near Fine. Original Cloth - Gilt Lettered. 1838.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1864. 8vo. Scarce. First Edition. viii, 306, [vi], 24 pp. Brick cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight marking to boards, minor rubbing to board edges. Embossed owner address to half-title. Internally clean. Publisher's catalogue at rear. OCLC records just five UK copies. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1864.

Oxford: Munday and Slatter 1821. Small 8vo. Two works in one. New edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. Presentation from the publisher Mr. Munday, with his inscription to the front endpaper. 216, 50 pp. Original boards with black-paper title label to spine. Damage to spine, lacking large area of lower spine. Spine joints firm. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of 'The Nursery Library'. The Nursery at West Fellon, Oswestry, was a beautiful estate that was later known as Dovaston Court. Contemporary newspaper article tipped-in to endpapers. Extra-illustrated title-page. Folding map and seven engravings. . Fair. Boards. New Edition. 1818.

Oxford: Munday and Slatter / J. Grosvenor and W. Hall 1818 / 1813. 12mo. Two works in one. xx, 196, iv, 168 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Decorative blind & gilt stamping to spine with brown leather title label. Boards rubbed and minor rubbing to spine. Wear to spine joints. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Extra-illustrated title-page. Two folding maps. Engravings. Binding firm. The second work is scarcer, with just 4 copies on Copac, and no BL copy. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1818.

London: John Murray 1811. 12mo. A new edition, corrected. xxx, 354 pp., Recently bound in dark brown half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices and maroon leather title label. New endpapers. In cardboard slipcase. Occasional staining. Leaves uncut. Frontis engraving and nine engraved plates. Publisher's adverts at rear. Generally very good. . Very Good. Half Calf. New Edition. 1811.

Cambridge: Published for the Society by W. H Smith 1836. 12mo. xvi, (vi), 287 pp. Original cloth with black leather title-label to spine. Spine label dulled and spine ends slightly chipped. Cloth clean. Internally clean. With eight portrait engravings and two folding lithograph facsimiles. List of subscribers. Copac records just 4 copies: BL; Ox; Cambs and Notts. Univ. OCLC adds V&A & numerous copies in USA. . Very Good. Cloth. 1836.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. [1879]. Small 8vo. xi, 184, [12] pp., Mustard publisher's cloth with gilt lettering. Some marks to the boards, which are otherwise fresh. Binding is slightly shaken with wear to the interior hinges. Publishers catalogue is bound to the rear. Inscription to f.e.p. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1879.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. [1881]. 8vo. xi, 184, [12] pp., Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering. Some marks to the boards which are otherwise fresh. Crinkling and some fading to spine, alongside to rubbing to spine and corners. Binding is shaken with wear to the interior hinges. Some markings scattered thtroughout. Publishers catalogue is bound to the rear. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. Tenth Edition. 1881.

London: Horace Cox 1898. 8vo. vi, 149 pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Spine darkened & boards marked. Internally clean. Frontis. 'Including over One Hundred and Fifty Quite Original and Unpublished Recipes.' . Good. Cloth. 1898.

London: The Religious Tract Society [1857]. 16mo. viii, 172 pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt- and blind-stamped borders and decorations to boards alongside gilt lettering to spine; all edges gilt. Prize bookplate of North London Collegiate School for Ladies to ffep. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Top edge has small stain to p. 116-119; otherwise internally clean. A guide to family prayer, through the various stages of a marriage. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1857.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1981. 4to. PP 240. 333 illustrations including 100 plates in full colour. Essays by twelve archaeologists, art historians and ethnographers. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. 0810907291 . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1981.

London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd 1933. Small 4to. xx, 498 pp. Hardcover with bevelled edges, gilt portrait to board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Blue page ribbon. Boards have patches of light wear, though they are clean. Sunning to spine. Gilt bright. Light foxing to prelims, otherwise internally clean. High quality paper. A comprehensive biography of John Coakley Lettsom, founder of the Medical Society of London in 1773. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Boards. 1933.

Damiani 2011. 4to. 328 pp. Publisher's hardback. Still in shrinkwrap. As New condition. The accliamed fashion and magazine photographer's candid black-and-white portraits. 9788862081382 . As New. Hardcover. 2011.

Belgrade: Editio Fundationis Mich. Pupin 1941. Folio. Two volumes. 242, lxxii; 97, lxxiii-ccci pp. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title to spines. Marbled endpapers. 301 full page plates of exterior, interior, stonework and wall paintings of the Serbian Orthodox monastery in Decani, Kosovo. Text in Serbo-Croatian with summaries in French and German. Very scarce. Both volumes in VG condition. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Cloth. 1941.

St. Petersbourg: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale 1786. 4to. (viii), 693; 694 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over patterned boards. Spines creased & worn with loss at spine ends. Lacking spine labels. One joint split. Boards clean. Internally clean. Bindings firm. Russian and French text. . Good. 1/4 Calf. 1786.

Venezia: Appresso Lorenzo Basegio 1705. 4to. (xvi), 43, 337-344, 694; 688, 348 pp. Later dark brown quarter sheepskin over marbled boards. Raised bands to spines with gilt lettering. New endpapers. Rubbing to board edges & spines. Internally clean. The Dictionary of Accademici della Crusca, the oldest linguistic academy in the world, followed by an index of Latin entries and phrases. Text in Italian and Latin. . Very Good. 1/4 Leather. 1705.

Birkhauser 2007. 4to. 190 pp, illustrated in colour, english/german text, some fading to spine, signed by Haberli on title page in ink. 3764380829 . Very Good. Hardback. 2007.

London: [Printed for and published by R. Ackermann] N.d. [1816]. Folio. 34 pp. Contemporary full blue morocco with blind and gilt-ruled borders to front & back covers. Initial leather onlays to front board. Maroon leather title label to spine. Top edge gilt and gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities and minor marks to boards. Minor spotting, not affecting plates. With two full-page hand-coloured aquatints, as called for. Binding firm. This is one part in the 'History of the Public Schools', originally issued by Ackermann in twelve monthly parts in 1816-1817. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1816.