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Nabokov's Dozen
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Nabokov's Dozen

by NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977)

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London: William Heinemann, 1959. [Modern Literature in translation]. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Publisher's hardback blue cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. No inscriptions, minor toning, jacket with a few small nicks; very good indeed.
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Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325)
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Burgesses and Burgess Law in the Latin Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1099-1325)

by NADER, Marwan

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Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. [Crusader States Legal History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 225 [3]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Lacks the jacket. Light handling only, essentially fine.
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The Mimic Men

The Mimic Men

by NAIPAUL, V.S. [Vidiadhar Surajprasad] (1932-2018)

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.301; [3], blank. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. Edges dusty/spotted; jacket near fine. A presentable copy of this challenging novel. Set on the fictional tropical island of Isabella, the author's sixth book was his first to explicitly address issues of a sexual nature. Winner of the 1968 WH Smith Award, also David Cohen British Literature Prize, winning author 1993.
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Finding the Centre

Finding the Centre

by NAIPAUL, V.S. [Vidiadhar Surajprasad] (born 1932)

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1984. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Fine in like jacket.
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Manuscript letter responding to an editor's request

by NAIPAUL, V.S. [Vidiadhar Surajprasad] (1932-2018)

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London [105 Great Russell Street, WC1] 1972. A brief signed letter, written in black ink, nine lines in total including handwritten address and salutation, declining an offer to contribute material. Single sheet of writing paper (25 x 20cm), folded twice. Near fine, in a grey cloth folder with gilt lettering to spine. Letters from the Nobel Laureate are uncommon in commerce. This letter (dated November 10, 1972) was written the year after Naipaul had won the Booker Prize for his novel In A Free State.
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Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of...

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London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. [Polar Travel] FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. Quarto (25 x 18 x 12cm) Numerous illustrations and 4 folding maps, several in colour. Publisher's blue/green cloth with gilt illustration to upper. A used but presentable set; contents shaken within case, owner inscription to first volume, bindings with acceptable wear and soiling, spines a little frayed, tear to head of joint (volume two). An inexpensive and presentable copy of the first edition. Fridtjof Nansen; Zoological scientist; Polar Explorer; Norwegian Delegate- Société des Nations; and originator of 'Nansen passports' (for refugees), was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1922. Listed number 11 in National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure books.
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The Lanox of Auld. An Epistolary Review of The Lenox, by William Fraser.
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The Lanox of Auld." An Epistolary Review of "The Lenox, by William Fraser.

by NAPIER, Mark (1798-1879), [NAPIER-FRANCIS, F., editor]

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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1880. [Scottish Family History] PRIVATELY PRINTED, the only edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[4] xii; 153 [1]. With a genealogical scheme, occasional small in-text illustrations, and three engraved plates showing charter seals. Publisher's brown pebble-grained cloth, with gilt titles to spine and gilt armorial devices stamped to boards. Brown-coated endpapers. A presentation copy showing a pencil inscription to verso of fly-leaf: 'given by F. Napier.' Moderate spotting to title page and rear leaves, with light spotting throughout. Moderate wear and a few marks to cloth, with some fraying to head and tail of spine. A scarce book available in only a handful of libraries in the UK. Very good.
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The Court of Queen Elizabeth: Originally Written by Sir Robert Nauton, under the title Fragmenta...

The Court of Queen Elizabeth: Originally Written by Sir Robert Nauton, under the title "Fragmenta Regalia." With considerable Biographical Additions by James Caulfield

by NAUNTON, Robert (1563-1635), and CAULFIELD, James (1764-1826)

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London: Printed and Sold by G. Smeeton, and J. Caulfield, 1814. [Elizabethan Biographies] NEW REVISED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] 127 [1]. With 18 of the 21 engraved portraits, including a frontispiece of Elizabeth I, but lacking Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Francis Knowles, and Lord Brooke. Publisher's blue / grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untirmmed. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Fly-leaf cancelled. Light toning and a tobacco scent. Moderate wear to binding, with a repair to head of spine. Lacking three plates. Good. A short popular account of the reign of Elizabeth I, with biographies of her principal ministers, first published posthumously in 1641.
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Americans Abroad: An Anthology. With Autographed Photographs and Biographic Sketches of the Authors

Americans Abroad: An Anthology. With Autographed Photographs and Biographic Sketches of the Authors

by NEAGOE, Peter (Editor)., [CUMMINGS, E.E., HEMINGWAY, Ernest, MILLER, Henry, POUND, Ezra, STEIN, Gertrude et al, contributors

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The Hague: The Servire Press, 1932. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xi; [1] blank; 475; [1] blank. Publisher's orange paper covered boards, grey cloth spine, titles in red to spine and upper, top edge dark blue, grey endpapers. Some spotting to preliminaries and endpapers, textblock a little shaken. Binding rubbed to extremities, some marking to spine, spine titles faded. Very good. Includes Mademoiselle Claude, the first book appearance of Henry Miller.
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The Holy Maid of Kent. The Life of Elizabeth Barton, 1506-1534
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The Holy Maid of Kent. The Life of Elizabeth Barton, 1506-1534

by NEAME, Alan (1924-2000)

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. [Tudor Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.390 [2]. With four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge brown, with family trees to endpapers. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, priced at £3.95. Jacket slightly sunned to spine, with just a touch of edge wear. Near fine.
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[Materia Medica] Medicines, Their Uses and Mode of Administration. A Complete Conspectus of the...
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[Materia Medica] Medicines, Their Uses and Mode of Administration. A Complete Conspectus of the Three British Pharmacopoeias, an Account of all the New remedies, and an Appendix of Formulae

by NELIGAN, J. Moore (1815-1863)

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Dublin: J. Fannin and Co., 1844. [Medical science] REBOUND RARE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[XXXVI] 432. Tan half calf with marbled paper over boards and black rulings to tan borders. Black tooling, gilt titles, and label in black morocco to spine. Raised bands. Binder's label to rear paste-down. Spotting, toning, and some chipping to leaves, especially the first and last few gatherings. A large stain spans the lower margins of pages 28-33. Various old glue stains and marks. Inscriptions in both pencil and ink throughout leaves, rarely interfering with the text. Half-title archivally restored, page of anonymous notes to verso. Edges toned. Leather lightly scuffed in places, two light pen marks to lower board. Still very good. John Moore Neligan was physician at the Charitable Infirmary in Dublin until around 1855. He wrote this opus in response to discovering there existed no outstanding pharmaceutical guidebooks for medical students. Dictionary of Irish Biography.
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New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer

New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer

by NESBIT, E. [Edith] (1858-1924)

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. [Adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Illustrations throughout. Elegantly bound in full crimson morocco by Baytun-Riviere, with gilt titles, all edges gilt, combed marble endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, publisher's cloth bound in at rear. A fine copy, inside and out. The third novel featuring the Bastable children, following 'The Story of the Treasure Seekers' and 'The Wouldbegoods'. The Bastable books were a big influence on C.S. Lewis and Arthur Ransome, among others.
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Being the Adventures of the Barnstable Children in Search of a...

The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Being the Adventures of the Barnstable Children in Search of a Fortune

by NESBIT, E. [Edith] (1858-1924)

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London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1899. [Children's classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [2]; 296; [2]; [2 of advertisements]; [8 of publisher's advertisements]. Publisher's blue-green cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper board, all edges gilt. Illustrated with seventeen plates. Slight reading lean, contents shaken within case. plate facing page 85 slightly creased and soiled to the top few millimetres, top edge a bit dusty. Cloth shows well, slightly rubbed to extremities, gilt to spine a touch faded. A clean presentable copy. Very good. The first book in the Bastable family adventure series.
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Wet Magic

Wet Magic

by NESBIT, E. [Edith] (1858-1924), [MILLAR, H.R., illustrator]

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London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1958. [Children's Fantasy] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 274 [2]. With wood engraved plates by Millar. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Charming gift note to flyleaf, jacket a little edge worn and slightly sunned. A very good copy. The first impression of this reissue, which is apparently quite scarce in jacket.
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The Enchanted Castle
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The Enchanted Castle

by NESBIT, E. [Edith] (1858-1924), [MILLAR, H.R., illustrator]

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.352 [2]. With 47 engraved illustrations by Millar, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original publisher's gilt-decorated red cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Toned and a little thumbed to edges. Light occasional spotting and minor marks throughout. A clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. Three children can't bear the thought of being stuck all summer with a prim maiden aunt, and so end up instead at a half-closed-up girls school where they discover fantasy and adventure out on the estate, complete with a magic ring which grants wishes.
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by NESS, Patrick (born 1971)

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London: Walker Books, 2015. [Young Adult Novel] FIRST WATERSTONES EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.343 [9]. With the exclusive print bound in at rear. Publisher's blue cloth with titles and illustration stamped in colour to spine and upper, priced at £12.99 to rear. All edges yellow; animal patterned endpapers. No jacket as issued. 'Exclusive to Waterstones' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy.
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by NESS, Patrick (born 1971)

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London: Walker Books, 2016. [Young Adult Novel] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] 345 [7]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow illustrated soft covers priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. First published in hardback in 2015.
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by NESS, Patrick (born 1971)

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London: Walker Books, 2017. [Young Adult Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine, and brown endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Levente Szabo, priced at £12.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy.
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Demon Possession and Allied Themes, being an inductive study of phenomena of our own times
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Demon Possession and Allied Themes, being an inductive study of phenomena of our own times

by NEVIUS, Rev. John L. (1829-1893), [ELLINWOOD, Rev. F.F., introduction]

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London: George Redway, 1897. [Demon Possession in China] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 520. Including the supplement to the second US edition. Publisher's yellow cloth with red titles to spine and upper. Top edge red, others untrimmed. Theosophical Society library bookplate to front pastedown, with associated inscription to flyleaf. Gilt library shelf mark to spine. Heavy toning and some marks to spine. Moderate wear and toning to boards. Very good. An American Protestant Missionary in China from 1854, Nevius had significant firsthand experience of Chinese 'Demon Possession' which he here works into a general theory of spiritual phenomena. First published in Chicago in 1894, this first UK edition is equivalent to the second US edition.
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The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the old 43rd and 52nd Regiments)
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The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the old 43rd and 52nd Regiments)

by NEWBOLT, Henry (1862-1938)

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London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life" by George Newnes, 1915. [Military History] FIRST EDITION, in the Deluxe binding. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 224 [20]. With two colour plates including a frontispiece, seven further black and white plates, a folding map at rear, and numerous in-text plans and illustrations. Publisher's full vellum, with gilt titles to spine, gilt regimental badge to upper, and top edge gilt. Toning to edges and spotting to endpapers, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in a lightly worn binding showing some marks and mottling. Very good. A history of the united regiments from the time of Wolfe in Quebec in the mid eighteenth-century, up to the beginning of the Great War.
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