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THE TWINS A Story Book.
(Circa 1930's.). [12]pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Original pictorial card covers. Quarto. First edition. Spine a little worn and split at base; covers just a touch rubbed; margins a little browned; else a very good copy.A typical 'Woolworths' book from the pre-war period, Very attractively illustrated in a manner not dissimilar to that of H. C. Marsh Lambert.
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THE TWINS TABIFFA. Written by Constance Heward. Pictures by Susuan Beatrice Pearse.
London.George G, Harrap & Co Ltd. 1937. Unpaged. Title, frontispiece and 30 full-page plates all printed in colour. Text on alternate pages. Frontispiece and last leaf as pastedowns. Original paper-covered boards with pictorial full-colour pastedown. A very good copy of an early reprint.
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THE TWO CASES OF CONSCIENCE: resoved by the Right Reverend Father in God Robert Sanderson Late Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
London.Printed by E.C. for C. Wilkinson. 1668. [4], 92 pp. Original sheep binding. 12mo. First edition. Leather very rubbed on front board with loss at upper outer corner; extremities and spine rubbed and bumped and head and tail pulled with small loss to head. No paste-downs; cracking at inner hinges at front and back covers; lacks last blank page. A book-worm has burrowed through some of the text at the stitching otherwise the pages are clean apart from a dampstain at outer margin of p.79. Profuse ink scribblings, rubrics and writings to end paste-down and first and last two pages not affecting the text. A very good little book.
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THE TWO COUSINS, A Moral Story, for the use of young persons. I n which is exemplified the necessity of moderation and justice to the attainment of happiness. By the Author of The Blind Child and Dramatic Dialogues.
London.Printed for E. Newbery. 1798. vii, 9(1), 2 - 144, 4pp (ad's bound out of order). Engraved frontispiece. Original full sheep, no title, gilt. Cracking at hinges with boards coming loose, bumping to the corners; some signatures a proud of the text block. Name in ink to the half-title. Occasional spots; pages browned at edges and age-toning to the paper; some water-staining at start; lacks front free endpaper; exclamations such as 'My God!' have been inked through, presumably by a righteous parent. A good copy only in need of restoration.
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THE TWO COUSINS; or, The reward of Education. No. XIV. – One Halfpenny.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1825]. 16 pages., including wrappers. Illustrated with seven woodcuts, and a cut to both upper and lower wrapper. 83 x 58 mm. Spine expertly restored; else fine. Rare. Worldcat records one copy only at UCLA. .
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THE TWO DEATH-BEDS. By Mrs Cameron.
London: Wightman and Cramp, No date [circa late 1820's]. Softcover. 20 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on cover/title. 15 x9.3 cm. Dis-bound from a collection of tracts, and displaying evidence of such on the spine; unstitched, but held together at spine. Number 26 in the series. A very good copy. Mrs Cameron was the sister of Mrs Sherwood.
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THE TWO SHOEMAKERS. In Six Parts. Cheap Repository.
London.J. Evans & Son. No date [circa 1820]. 88 pages. Wood-engraving to cover/title. 12mo. A very good copy.
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THE TWO SISTERS; or, the History of Jane and Eliza Wentworth. Embellished with 15 fine Engravings on Wood.
London: Whitrow and Co. Jewry-street, Aldgate; and sold by all Booksellers, & c. in Town and Country, No date [circa 1815-20]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks, pasted to the wrappers. Paste-down wood-engraved frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. 116 x 75 mm. Spine splitting from base; else a very good copy of a scarce chapbook.
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THE TWO WIVES No. 33 and 34 of Houlston's Series of Tracts. Parts I and II.
London.Houlston and Son. No date. (circa 1835.). Each part 12pp. Wood-engraved vignette on each cover/title. Disbound from a collection, and consequently loose; else very good copies.
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THE TYGER VOYAGE. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
London.Jonathan Cape. 1976. 30pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial boards. Quarto. First edition. A fine copy.
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THE U-2 AFFAIR.
London: The Cresset Press, 1963. 276 pages. Illustrated. Hardback; dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper is torn at the head of spine, but without loss; small rub on front panel; else a very good copy.
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THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE. An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of south latitude and the fifth degree of north latitude.
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1902. In two volumes. 1018 pages. 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others. 48 coloured plates by the author, and 9 maps by J. G. Bartholomew and the author. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Ex-libris, with some evidence of the removal of a library mark to the spines; three small neat blacking pieces laid over ownership names; inner joints repaired at some time; some spotting to the blank verso of some of the maps; else a very good set.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING.
Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press, 1997. Number 114 of a limited edition of 210 copies. Bound in full red sheep, gilt. 23 x 18 mm [15/16 x 11/16 inches]. A mint copy in the original polythene envelope with printed slip.
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THE UGLY DUCKLING. Pictured in Colours by T. Van Hoytema.
London: David Nutt, 1894. Title, plus 31 pages (butterfly style) of colour lithographed illustrations in the Dutch Art Nouveau style. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Quarto. First and only English edition. Probably an early edition as the last page has the English title laid down over the Dutch. Re-backed and re-cased, but a very good copy of a very scarce title. This copy bears the bookplate of the noted collector of Andersen''s work, Dr. Richard Klein. The first Dutch edition was published in 1893. The book is considered to be Hoytema's finest work.
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THE ULTIMATE BRACE A Unique Product of Victorian Sheffield.
Erica Jane Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 4to. First edition. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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THE UNDER=SHERIFF: Containing the Office and Duty of High Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs and Bailiffs, in the following Order, viz. Arrest, County-Court, Bail, Return of Writs, Venire Facias, Habeas Corpus Corpora Juratorum, Distringas, Juries, Habeas Corpus, Writs of Inquiry, Gaols and Prisoners, Execution, Rescue, Escapes, False Imprisonment, Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Assizes and Sessions of the Peace, Fees, Bonds, Covenants, &c. Members of Parliament, Sheriff's Accounts. With an Appendix
London.W. Owen. 1766. [1page advert], 601pp. Recent two-tone paper-covered boards with printed paper label to spine. Octavo. First edition. Neat ownership name on title; occasional old corner crease-mark; else a very good copy.
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THE UNIVERSAL DIRECTORY FOR TAKING ALIVE AND DESTROYING RATS, And all other Kinds of Four-footed and Winged Vermin, in a Method hitherto unattempted: Calculated for the Use of Gentleman, the Farmer, and the Warrener. By Robert Smith, Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia.
London: Printed for the Author, 1768. vii, [1 blank], 218 pages. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates- some folding. Contemporary sheep sometime re-backed, with a red gilt label. Octavo. First edition. Residue of an old label to the blank verso of the title; binding rubbed and worn but sound and firm. A very good copy.
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THE UNIVERSAL PASSION. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. Price One Shilling and Six Pence.
London: J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1737. Disbound from a collection. [8], 77 pages. First edition. Small library stamp to blank verso of title, and to foot of last page; else a very good copy.
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THE UNLUCKY FAMILY A book for children. Illustrated by E. T. Reed.
London.Smith, Elder & Co. 1907. [xi], xii, [1], 2-328pp + [4]pp catalogue at rear. 28 black & white illustrations including frontispiece and vignette on title. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Spine is slightly cocked; rear board is a little damped at top corner and lower edge, but without discolouration; some spotting to endpapers and fore-edges; half-title has loss of approx 2cm to lower corner and has previous owners signature; else a very good copy.
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THE USEFUL ARTS EMPLOYED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD.
London.John W. Parker. 1844. [i-iii], iv-vii, [viii], [1], 2-183, [1] pp. Wood engravings throughout. Full calf gilt Stamped gilt coat of arms to upper cover. Repeat blind stamped to lower. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate. School prize notation to front free endpaper. Previous owner's note on front blank. Slight ink soiling to p83. Binding generally worn and some splitting to head and heel of spine. Corners a trifle bumped; else a very good copy of a scarce book.
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