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Paris (Lutetiae): Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great.. Small quarto (23.5x14mm) half 19th century morocco on 5 bands gilt ruled with Greek title and brown marbled boards, marbled endpapers with neat Greek Athens bookseller's label, 357pp +[3]pp Variae Lectiones & Errata. Beautifully clean and crisp, handsome Greek typography. *Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80, dealing with events from 47 B.C. to 235 A.D. Robert Estienne issued this epitome to compliment his folio edition of Dio Cassius of 1548. Printed in the gros-romain font of the "grecs du roi", cut by Claude Garamond.
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of his Life and Writings Composed by Himself. by Edward Gibbon; John Lord Sheffield - 1796
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DIONIS NICAEI RERUM ROMANARUM A POMPEIO MAGNO AD ALEXANDRUM MAMAEAE EPITOME Authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [and same in Greek above this Latin title]. EX BIBLIOTHECA REGIA.
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Annales Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, ad Annum Salutis M D LXXXIX. Tomus Alter Annalium Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, Qui nunc demum prodit: Sive Pars Quarta
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Londini [London]: Guilielmi Stansbij,Impensis Simonis Watersoni, 1615 2 volumes bound in one, in contemporary full leather binding, 1615 and 1627 respectively. 1st edition of Annales and 1st London edition of Tomus Alter. The binding retains the original boards and spine which has been rebacked, retaining the title label. It is slightly worn at the top of the spine joint with the front board and there is wear to corners with some loss of leather. Internally there is a label of Wimbledon College Community Library pasted to the rear of the front board and a small circular stamp of 'The Sacred Heart, Wimbledon' at the side of the Annales title page together with a very faint signature at the top. Contents: 2 blanks; title page; Lectori 6pp; Apparatus pp 1-15; Pars Prima pp 17-20; Pars Secunda pp 171-314; Pars Tertia pp 315-459; Index 20pp; Title page Tomus Alter; tribute to Camden 2pp; Pars Quarta p 1-186; Index 10pp; blank. All with decorative head and tail pieces and initial capitals. Generally…
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The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke (Complete in 16 Volumes)
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London: F. And C. Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1803. Early Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Complete in 16 Volumes. Publisher's half dark green leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, 5 gilt decorated raised bands on spine, gilt lettering in two of the compartments on the spine, gilt decoration in the remaining four. The first eight volumes are dated 1803, with the remaining eight volumes dating from1812 to 1827. . Leather spines are brittle and chipped with some loss at the heads of the spine on about five of the volumes, rubbing but no loss at the bottom of the spines and the tips, hinges are rubbed, but holding, former owner's name in elegant cursive at top of title page, else unmarked, square and clean. GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats, which give Light to many Curious Parts of English History, extracted from the Doomsday Book, and other valuable Records. And A Copious Genealogical Account of Three Hundred of the Principal Families
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LONDON: J Wilcox , 1732 First edition of Coker's Survey of Dorsetshire - with the original county map and 6 copper plates of Arms as called for. Stated to have been written originally by Thomas Gerrard in the 1620's and then first published by Coker in 1732. In contemporary full leather binding with newer spine with gilt titles. With title page; dedication 1p; folding map of Dorsetshire; text with decorative head and tailpieces and initial capitals 128pp; Names of Persons/plate listing 4pp; 6 plates of Arms; Index 16pp; blank. The original leather boards have wear to corners and the newer spine (which is of poorer quality leather) has fraying at the top and bottom and some wear along the spine joints - particularly the front joint. The contents are very clean and in good order with just the occasional mark. The map has a crease from poor folding but is complete and clean. The endpapers have some marking and the front endpaper has not been repaired along the joint when the new spine was added.
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ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION: A treatise containing the elementary part of fortification, regular and irregular. With remarks on the Constructions of the most celebrated Authors, particularly of Marshal de Vauban and Baron Coehorn, in which the Perfection and Imperfection of their several Works are considered. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. Illustrated with thirty-four copper plates. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification
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London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.
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DIONIS NICAEI RERUM ROMANARUM A POMPEIO MAGNO AD ALEXANDRUM MAMAEAE EPITOME Authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [and same in Greek above this Latin title]. EX BIBLIOTHECA REGIA.
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Paris (Lutetiae): Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great.. Small quarto (23.5x14mm) half 19th century morocco on 5 bands gilt ruled with Greek title and brown marbled boards, marbled endpapers with neat Greek Athens bookseller's label, 357pp +[3]pp Variae Lectiones & Errata. Beautifully clean and crisp, handsome Greek typography. *Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80, dealing with events from 47 B.C. to 235 A.D. Robert Estienne issued this epitome to compliment his folio edition of Dio Cassius of 1548. Printed in the gros-romain font of the "grecs du roi", cut by Claude Garamond.
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Annales Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, ad Annum Salutis M D LXXXIX. Tomus Alter Annalium Rerum Anglicarum, et Hibernicarum, Regnante Elizabetha, Qui nunc demum prodit: Sive Pars Quarta
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Londini [London]: Guilielmi Stansbij,Impensis Simonis Watersoni, 1615 2 volumes bound in one, in contemporary full leather binding, 1615 and 1627 respectively. 1st edition of Annales and 1st London edition of Tomus Alter. The binding retains the original boards and spine which has been rebacked, retaining the title label. It is slightly worn at the top of the spine joint with the front board and there is wear to corners with some loss of leather. Internally there is a label of Wimbledon College Community Library pasted to the rear of the front board and a small circular stamp of 'The Sacred Heart, Wimbledon' at the side of the Annales title page together with a very faint signature at the top. Contents: 2 blanks; title page; Lectori 6pp; Apparatus pp 1-15; Pars Prima pp 17-20; Pars Secunda pp 171-314; Pars Tertia pp 315-459; Index 20pp; Title page Tomus Alter; tribute to Camden 2pp; Pars Quarta p 1-186; Index 10pp; blank. All with decorative head and tail pieces and initial capitals. Generally…
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The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke (Complete in 16 Volumes)
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London: F. And C. Rivington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1803. Early Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Complete in 16 Volumes. Publisher's half dark green leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, 5 gilt decorated raised bands on spine, gilt lettering in two of the compartments on the spine, gilt decoration in the remaining four. The first eight volumes are dated 1803, with the remaining eight volumes dating from1812 to 1827. . Leather spines are brittle and chipped with some loss at the heads of the spine on about five of the volumes, rubbing but no loss at the bottom of the spines and the tips, hinges are rubbed, but holding, former owner's name in elegant cursive at top of title page, else unmarked, square and clean. GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats, which give Light to many Curious Parts of English History, extracted from the Doomsday Book, and other valuable Records. And A Copious Genealogical Account of Three Hundred of the Principal Families
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LONDON: J Wilcox , 1732 First edition of Coker's Survey of Dorsetshire - with the original county map and 6 copper plates of Arms as called for. Stated to have been written originally by Thomas Gerrard in the 1620's and then first published by Coker in 1732. In contemporary full leather binding with newer spine with gilt titles. With title page; dedication 1p; folding map of Dorsetshire; text with decorative head and tailpieces and initial capitals 128pp; Names of Persons/plate listing 4pp; 6 plates of Arms; Index 16pp; blank. The original leather boards have wear to corners and the newer spine (which is of poorer quality leather) has fraying at the top and bottom and some wear along the spine joints - particularly the front joint. The contents are very clean and in good order with just the occasional mark. The map has a crease from poor folding but is complete and clean. The endpapers have some marking and the front endpaper has not been repaired along the joint when the new spine was added.
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ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION: A treatise containing the elementary part of fortification, regular and irregular. With remarks on the Constructions of the most celebrated Authors, particularly of Marshal de Vauban and Baron Coehorn, in which the Perfection and Imperfection of their several Works are considered. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. Illustrated with thirty-four copper plates. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification
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London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield (2 Volume Set)
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London: A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. ; W. Davies. Very Good. 1796. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in brown cloth. Text is in English and French. Contents are "fine". ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 703+726 pages .
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London:: Strahan and Cadell,, 1796.. First edition.. modern blue cloth with red leather spine labels.. Ownership inscription at top of both titles; light foxing; but a very good copy in a respectable modern binding.. 4to,. Rothschild 948; Norton 131. U1 in Vol. I is a cancel, as usual. A supplementary third volume published in 1815 is not present. Frontispiece silhouette of Gibbon bound in the second volume instead of the first.
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward gibbon, esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed By Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, By John Lord Sheffield [3 Volume Set]
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London: A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies , 1796. Hardbacks, full-calf, spines relaid retaining original backstrips. Gilt borders to boards. Marbled end-papers. 3 vols 4to. xxv, 703pp; viii, 726pp; x, x, 691pp. Frontis in vol. 1 & 3, folding genealogical table in vol. 3. 1st edition 1796-1815. Bindings are rubbed and worn. Previous owner's small bookplate to front pastedown in each vol. A rather pleasing set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (bs33a). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative by John Lord Sheffield. A New Edition, with Considerable Additions
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London: John Murray, 1814. [Literature] LEATHER-BOUND SET. Octavo (23 x 14 x 18cm). Complete in five volumes. With a frontispiece portrait and other engraved illustrated plates. Contemporary binding of deep purple/dark brown full morocco. Spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt border to boards, and coated yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. Very light and occasional foxing, bindings pleasantly aged, with some light wear and toning to spines. A near fine leather-bound library set. First published in 1796 in two volumes, this work was heavily expanded for this 1814 'New' edition in five books.
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield. In Two Volumes.
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London; A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (Successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand; 1796.. First Edition; Demy 4to; Vol. I. pp. xv, [i] errata, 703; Vol. II. pp. viii, 726, (2) errata and advertisement; frontispiece silhouette portrait in volume one, uniformly bound in later quarter leather, with marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spines, small worm hole to outer margin of last few pages of volume one, hinges starting to crack but still a very clean sound set.
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, By John Lord Sheffield
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London. Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand. 1796. 4to, 28.5cm, The First Edition in 2 volumes, XXV,[1](Errata),703,[1] & viii,726,[2](Errata and publishers' ads.), in contemporary full diced calf boards, panelled with gilt rosettes borders, expertly reback in calf with gilt decorated raised bands, gilt decorations and borders in the panels, gilt titles, gilt roll inner dentelles, original marbled endpapers and edges, inner linen hinges, ownership signature on titles ("John Jefferys 1811") and armorial bookplate "William Henry Smith" on the front paste-down endpaper, frontis silhouette portrait in volume one, some occasional light unobtrusive damp staining in the text, some occasional wear on the boards, a fine set (ds1). ~ This is an invaluable autobiography of the controversial historian, Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788). Editor John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of…
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQUIRE With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield
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London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796 and 1815. 3 volumes. First Editions of the first two volumes issued in 1796 and first edition of the third volume, issued in 1815. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings in volumes one and three and with epitaph leaf and folding genealogical table in volume three. 4to, handsomely bound in full contemporary calf by White of Doncaster, the covers with gilt fillet lines at the borders around a more elaborate blind rolled frame, the spines with wide raised bands ruled in gilt creating compartments crosshatched in blind, contrasting red and black labels gilt lettered and numbered, additional gilt ruling at spine tips, gilt hatched board edges at corners, rolled blind tool repeated on the turn-ins, page edges marbled, silk ribbon markers bound in. xxv, errata, 703; viii, 726, errata, ad leaf; x, 691 pp. A very beautiful and proper set, the bindings extremely attractive with only some minor and expected evidence of age, the text in…
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters. With Occasional Notes and Narratives by John Lord Sheffield. 4to. Bound in original publisher's boards, rebacked in cloth, original paper labels on spines, with the price of 4 shillings preserved on the label for the third volume; in slipcases.London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. 1796. 2 volumes. Together with the third volume, London, Printed for John Murray . . . 1815. First Edition. Frontispiece in volume I and III. Rare errata leaf in volume II. Untrimmed throughout, with deckle edges. Comprising the first appearance in print of Gibbon's "Memoirs," one of the earliest and finest of literary autobiographies; plus the first published collection of Gibbon's correspondence. Also included is the "Essay on the Study of Literature" in English and in its French original; plus copious and entertaining notes on Buffon and Walpole,…
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Nobody's Fool
by Russo, Richard
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Random House, 1993. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Advance Reader's Edition. Fine copy.
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The History of King Richard the First of England: With Engravings
by Jacob Abbott
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The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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The History of King Alfred of England: With Engravings
by Jacob Abbott
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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).
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