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Edward Lloyd Limited, 1897. Hardcover. Good +. Complete in 4 volumes. 8vo, paper covered boards with red cloth spine. Gilt titles on spine. Vol. I, xi + 340pp; vol II, xi + 308pp; vol. III, xii + 338pp; vol IV, xvii + 314pp. Illustrated with 124 coloured plates and other figures in the text. Detailed descriptions of male & female birds, range, nests, habits etc. Systematic index, list of plates at front of each volume and alphabetical index at rear. Beautiful plates of the birds and eggs, slightly bumped to corners, occasional chipping & marks, small tears to tissue guards, crack to inner binding in vol II, generally very good and an attractive matching set. ***Over 1kg and may require additional overseas postage***
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A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain
by Sharpe, R. Bowdler
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A Handbook of Textile Finishing
by Hall A. J
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The National Trade Press Ltd., London, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. The National Trade Press Ltd., London, 1952. 1st Edition . Good/Fair. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth with dust jacket. Vii + 244pp with 10pp adverts & 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated throughout with 150 figures. Ex reference library with some of the usual treatments.
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Handbook Of The Collections Illustrating Aeronautics -. I Heavier Than Air Craft A Brief Outline Of The History And Development Of Mechanical Flight
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London: Science Museum, 1929. First edition thus. Softcover. Good +. Pictorial card covers with an illustration of a plane flying over countryside. 115pp including index illustrated with 22 photographic plates. Contents include a historical survey of the development of flight from early experiments to post WWI, plus a catalogue of the exhibits in the museum and a bibliography. Some wear to the covers and occasional marks inside.
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The Hangmen of England
by Bleackley, Horace
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London : Chapman & Hall, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Damp staining to boards. Repairs to binding at front and rear. Xix + 272pp with frontispiece and 18 other plates in the text (2 are loose), including a folding plan of Newgate. A history of public executions and the hangmen of England during the 18th and 19th centuries. John Price, William Marvell, John Hooper, Thomas Turlis, John Langley, James Foxen, etc.
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Happy Hours Story Book
by Blyton, Enid
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London: Dean & Son, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. 8vo, blue cloth boards with black titles on spine. Decorative presentation bookplate from a Sunday school on front pastedown. Pictorial dust jacket is in fair condition, with part of the front inner flap detached and old selotape repairs. 185pp with numerous black and white line drawings throughout the text. A few of these have been coloured in, please see pictures. Classic Enid Blyton short stories.
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A Hard Winter
by Queneau, Raymond
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London: John Lehmann, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Vaughan. First English edition translated by Betty Asquith. 8vo, cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket generally good with some old repairs and in protective cover. Jacket design by Keith Vaughan. 128pp. Nice and clean inside, slightly cocked. A novel set in the French port of Le Havre in the winter of 1916
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Hedgehog's Waistcoat
by Pott, Prunella C
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Chatto & Windus, London, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Chatto & Windus, London, 1943. 1st Edition . Fair. First edition of this traditional story. Approx. 5.75'' by 7.75''. Yellow and black pictorial cloth binding, 39pp. Binding a bit grubby (see pictures), also signs of actual reading by a child inside, with accompanying marks. Still the silhouette pictures are lovely & the story's good too.
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Help For The Arts A REPORT TO THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION 1959
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London, 1959. Softcover. Near fine. 8vo, card wraps. 64pp. A review of the needs of the arts and artists in Britain. This is a discussion of the various methods used to fund the performing and visual arts.
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Heritage and Hope: The Episcopal Churches in the East Neuk of Fife 1805-2005
by Stuart George Hall
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Fife: Stuart George Hall, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo, softcover, 244pp illustrated with photographs, maps and plates. Signed by the author on the title page. ‘This book celebrates the spiritual heritage of the Episcopal Church’. Slight shelf wear to lower front corner, otherwise in near fine condition.
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The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children
by Kingsley, C.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very good. Charles Kingsley. 8vo, green leather with gilt titles on spine, all edges gilt, coloured endpapers. 175pp illustrated by the author. Frontispiece and seven other black and white plates. Greek myths written for children. Occasional spotting, generally very clean inside. Presentation bookplate on front pastedown. A good tight copy.
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Hetheringtons Affinity
by Margaret Macminn Gibb
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London : Arthur H Stockwell, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. 205pp. Undated presumed first, circa 1920. Scarce title.
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His Majesty's Regiments of the British Army
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Metro-Provincial publications Ltd, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Metro-Provincial publications Ltd, 1949. 1st Edition . Good. Approx 8 3/4'' decorated board with crest on front cover. Xvi + 152pp. Boards show some edge ware. Brief resume of each regiment headed by the regimental crest in colour. Many contemporary adverts. Ex reference library with bookplate to front pastedown & a couple of stamps within. Inner book clean in very nice condition.
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Historical Record of the Fifty Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the Year 1755 to the Year 1858
by Moorsom W S Ed
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Richard Bentley, London, 1860. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Richard Bentley, London, 1860. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. 10'' tall, library rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine & library name on front. Xvi + 437pp with frontispiece & 24 other plates. (3 coloured, 19 maps colour tinted). Ex reference library with bookplate to front pastedown, 2 stamps to front & rear endpapers, library number & stamp to reverse of title page. Minor foxing on plates. This copy is made more interesting by the contemporary dedication to the museum library by Major General Day Hort Macdowall of Garthland dated May 1860. ****** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****
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The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Near Dublin, From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819
by Mason, William Monck
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Dublin: Printed for the author, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dublin: Printed for the author, 1820. First edition. Very Good. Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral and to its Members; and Biographical Memoirs of its Deans.' First edition, 4to, approx. 11.25'' by 9''. Library rebound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine & library name on front. 478pp + xcvi pp of appendices with additional notes & illustrations. Illustrated with frontispiece of the cathedral and 6 other engraved plates of the interior, Jonathon Swift, monuments & a map. Some foxing on plates, occasional marks (see pictures), but generally the inner book is clean & in very good condition. Ex reference library with minimal markings, pictorial bookplate & number on front pastedown, handwritten number to the reverse of title page, single stamp to upper edge & rear pastedown. No other obvious library markings. ***Heavy & may require extra overseas postage***
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History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton
by Glen, John
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Dumbarton: E D Ogilvie, W Conolly and J Neilson, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, library rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine. Viii +150pp, covering the history of Dumbarton until the 1840s. Ex reference library with presentation bookmark & single stamp on front free endpaper upper edge, first and last page, blind stamp and handwritten number on title page. Number on spine, no other obvious library markings. Marks on front pastedown, possibly where a bookplate has been removed. Very good + and clean inside.
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The History of Christianity From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. Complete in Three Volumes
by Milman, Henry Hart
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London : John Murray, 1863. A New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, half calf binding with marbled paper on boards, matching marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. All edges red. Vol. I viii + 472pp, slight crack to binding and some shelf wear, vol. II iv + 474pp, vol. III iv + 518pp, including index. Contents include chapters on State and Forms of Pagan Religion and of Philosophy, the Life of Jesus Christ, Christianity and Judaism, Christianity and Paganism, Christianity to the close of the first century, constitution of churches, Christianity and Orientalism, during the Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius, the Persecution under Diocletian, Foundation of Constantinople, Abolition of Paganism, the Monastic System, Christian Literature, Christianity and the Fine Arts etc.. These volumes were followed by Milman’s History of Latin Christianity, a further 6 volumes, which we also have in almost matching bindings.
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The History of Freemasonry (vol. III)
by Gould, R. F
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London: The Caxton Publishing Company. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, undated, decorative blue cloth boards with gilt tiles on front and spine. 248pp illustrated with two coloured plates, also illustrations of arms and portraits. Vol III Early British Freemasonary.
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A History And Description Of Chiswick House And Gardens
by Charlton, John
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London: H.M.S.O, 1970. Softcover. Very good +. Gordon Cullen. Slim stapled paperback with pictorial cover. 32pp illustrated with drawings by Gordon Cullen plus plans and photographs. Attractive vintage guidebook in very good condition.
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A History of the Rarer British Birds with a Catalogue of British Birds
by Eyton, T.C
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. Good. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836 Hardcover Good 8vo Dark green quarter leather binding with textured cloth boards, gilt titles on spine Spine shows shelf wear, particularly at base & top (see pictures) Vi + 101pp dealing with the history of the birds, illustrated with numerous woodcuts in text; vi + 67pp of the catalogue Ex reference library with pictorial bookplate on rear pastedown, sticker mark on front pastedown, single stamp on front endpaper & upper edge, handwritten number on reverse of title page & front pastedown, occasional blind stamps Inner book is clean and in very good condition
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History of Latin Christianity; Including That of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. ; Complete in 6 Volumes.
by Milman, Henry Hart
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London: John Murray, 1857. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, full calf binding with marbled endpapers, with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Emblem of Trinity College in Oxford in gilt on front and back boards. From the collection of George Gilbert Ramsay of Glasgow University with his personal bookplate on the front pastedowns. Ramsay studied at Trinity College, Oxford and graduated with a First Class both in Classical Moderations and in the Final Classical School, before moving on to Glasgow University. All edges red. Vol. I xvii + 491pp, wear to spine, a couple of small cracks and some shelf wear, occasional pencil marks in text. These volumes are a continuation of Milman’s History of Christianity originally published in 3 volumes, of which we have a matching set.
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