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London: J. N. 1711. 8vo.Illustrated. (viii), 351, (15) pp., Full embossed speckled calf with gilt decorated spine. Some wear to the corners and loss to the head of the spine. Crack to the head and tails of the joints. Binding firm with darkening to some of the front leaves and endpapers. Illustrated throughout with 19 copper engraved plates and folding frontis by W Holler depicting the buildings architecture. Ink inscription to the front endpaper by the original owner dated 1711, notes the owners name, date and the price paid for the book: "Daniel Baker, 1711, Pretium 03s6 (price 3s 6d). ESTC number: T72143. . Very Good. Speckled Calf. First Edition. 1711.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated 2000. 4to. 256 pp., illustrated throughout. This handsome work explores the work of 100 leading factories in detail. There is also a section at the end on marks. Still shrink wrapped. 0847822532 . As New. Hard Cover. 2000.

London: John Murray 1987. 4to.Illustrated. [vi.], 154 pp., Illustrated throughout. Some sunning to the spine and small stain to the head. Boards clean with bumping to the head of the spine. Internally clean. The London so graphically described by Dickens was almost totally ignored by contemporary artists. It was George Scharf (1788 - 1860) who filled the gap between Hogarth, Rowlandson and Gillray and the era of photography and pictorial journalism. Scharf recorded changes to buildings and streets long vanished, for example, whole areas were torn down to make way for Trafalgar Square and New London Bridge. There is also much detail of street hawkers and beggars, milkmaids and musicians. A fascinating collection. 0719543797 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1987.

London: Pocket Books Ltd. 1950. Small 8vo. First Pocket Book edition. [vi], 246 pp. Illustrated softcover, which is clean aside from very minimal wear to extremities with creased spine. Red burnished edges. Illustrated endpapers. Internally clean. Bestselling debut novel. . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Thus. 1950.

London: Methuen & Co. Limited 1938. 4to. First Edition. xix, 155, [22 plate pages of illustrations] pp. Red cloth with black silhouette illustration to front board and black lettering to spine in illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket has a few small tears, with sections of loss to spine ends and marking. A few stains to spine of book. Internally clean. 10 plates illustrated in colour, 96 in monochrome. A beautiful collection of silhouette portraits and art, especially useful for a collector. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1938.

London and New York: Transatlantic Arts Ltd. 1945. Oblong 8vo.Illustrated. Unpaginated. Original gilt-decorated cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Dj slightly edgeworn. Heavy spotting to endpapers. Boards clean. Internally clean. No ownership names. Lovely colour and b&w lithographs throughout by Sheila Jackson. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1945.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1916. 8vo. 116 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Slight fading to spine lettering. Boards clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1916.

Paris: L'Imprimerie du Jaguar 1982. 4to. Unpaginated. Large format paperback. Very clean copy. Numerous b&w photographic illustrations. Thirty-five years of the Cannes Film Festival from 1946 to 1981. Text in French. . Very Good. Paperback. 1982.

Paris: ABC Collection 1985 - 1990. 4to. In 13 volumes. Le Nouveau Tardy complete in six volumes, and with additional supplementary volumes. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt decoration & lettering to front boards and spines. Cloth very clean and fresh on all but one of the volumes. Volume 2 C-G has lots of surface damage to the cloth of the rear panel (see photo). All internally very clean and unmarked. No ownership names. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w illustrations. Text in French language. 2857400195 . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1985.

London: Methuen & Co. 1908. 8vo. pp, vii, 309, 40, [publisher's catalogue],. Several b/w ilustrations, one loose. Pretty, green, gilt decorated publisher's cloth. Binding slightly worn, one corner bumped, Gilt slightly rubbed., small split to lower extremity of rear board. Includes letter from W. W. Jacobs. . Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1908.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Art Media Resources Ltd 1999. 4to. 247 pp illustrated, hardback w/dustjacket in slipcase. Still shrinkwrapped. 1878529609 . As New. Hardback. First Edition. 1999.

London: Faber and Faber 1971. Large Square 8vo. First Edition. 222 pp. Hardback in jacket. Jacket slightly worn at ends with some marks. Light spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Bookplate to ffep. With EP vinyl disc recorded by Vilayat Khan on the sitar. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1971.

London: Bliss, Sands and Foster 1895. 8vo. 319, 16 pp. Original pictorial cloth with black lettering to front board & spine. Boards & spine rubbed & edgeworn. Lean to spine. Lacks front free endpaper. Ink owners' names to half-title. 16-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Good reading copy. Uncommon. . Fair. Pictorial Cloth. 1895.

london: weidenfeld and nicolson 1982. 8vo. 178 pp, illustrated in b/w, slight fading to dustwrapper, reprinted august 1982. 0297779885 . Very Good. Hardback. Reprint. 1982.

London: Simms & McIntyre 1850. 2 vols bound as 1 372 & 304 pp, green leather spine boards are marked . Good. Leather Spine. 1850.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd 1939. 8vo.Illustrated. 272 pp., Pink cloth with pictorial jacket. Slight chipping to the jacket. Some sunning to the boards and slight lean to the binding. Generally internally clean. Illustrated in black and white. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1939.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1910. 4to.Illustrated. First edition. pp. viii, 281, (2) pub. ads. Original publisher's blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to front board & spine. All edges blue. Slight marking to boards with wear to corners and spine. Splitting to hinges but binding firm. Endpapers slightly darkened. Internally clean, minor foxing throughout. With forty tissue-guarded tipped-in colour plates by Warwick Goble. Plates complete, slight creasing to four. No ownership names. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1910.

London: W. Collins Sons & Co, Ltd. [1917]. 8vo.Review Copy. 118 pp., Gilt lettered blue cloth binding. Minor marks to the boards and sunning to the spine. Binding firm and internally clean and bright, with some darkening to the title page. Review copy with review stamp to the title page. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1917.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1962-1964. 8vo. Twelve volumes. Bound in green-gray cloth with burgundy title labels. Slight darkening and rubbing to the spine and minor marks to some boards. Volume 1 is slightly bumped in the corner. All clean and bright internally. Title pages printed in red and black. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Cloth. First Editions. 1962.

New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1899. 8vo. 457, (2) p. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front & rear covers. Now protected in a clear acetate jacket. Slight rubbing to extremities. Internally fresh and clean. Two pages of adverts at rear. BAL 10636. A Fine copy. . Fine. Cloth. First US Edition. 1899.