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A DEFENCE OF THE ANSWER TO THE REMARKS UPON DR. CLARKE'S EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM. Wherein The Difference between moral and positive Duties is fully stated. Being a reply to a Pamphlet entitled, The nature, Obligation, and Efficacy of th4e Sacrament consider'd.
London.J. and J. Knapton. 1730. 102, 2pp. [catalogue.] First edition. Disbound. 8vo. Uncut as issued; tatty at the edges with loss of corners to title-page; title and last leaf of ad's a little soiled; else a very good copy.
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A DESCRIPTION OF A SET OF ANCIENT HISTORY, contained in a set of easy lessons. In two parts.
London: Printed and sold by john Marshall, No. 4 Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, Cheapside, No date [between 1795 and 1800]. Part I: 120 pages. Part II: title and 32 engraved plates, all printed on one side of the leaves only. Original full, sometime re-backed. Closed tears in two plates (no loss); the blank backs of the first twenty-four plates have been used by the owner for notes written in copperplate; binding rubbed and worn; endpapers replaced; else a very good set
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A DESCRIPTION OF A SET OF PRINTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY; contained in a set of Easy Lessons. In two parts.
London: John Marshall, No date [inscribed on titlepages 1795]. Two volumes. Vol. I: [iv], 261 pages; Vol. II: [ii], 244 pages. Original semi-stiff marbled wrappers with paper tile labels to the upper boards of both volumes. Lacks the volumes of plates. A few small turned corners; else excellent. Rarely found in the original wrappers.
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A DESCRIPTION OF ABOVE THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects. With a particular Account of the Manner of Catching Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the use of all capacities. Illustrated with copper-plates: Whereon is curiously Engraven every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent, and Insect, described in the whole book.
Glasgow: J. & M. Robertson, 1794. Engraved frontispiece. 8; 210 pages, as numbered, but the book actually has 112 pages of letterpress text, and 98 plates which are numbered as leaves and included in the pagination. Complete with all the engraved plates, including the folding plate of the ‘Greenland Whale Fishery.’ Bound in recent quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. 198 x 122 mm. First published in 1730, this copy is probably about the twelfth edition. Untrimmed; with many of the plates being of significantly smaller size than the letterpress leaves. Some corners turned; the occasional small mark; else a very good copy. .
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of FOLKESTONE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. By J, Mackie, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.A. Etc., Etc. (second edition) with Gleaning from the Municipal Records, reprinted from the Folkestone Express.
Folkestone: J. English, 1883. vi, [2], 352 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth gilt. Octavo. Couple of signatures beginning to spring; else a very good copy.
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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF PLAYING AND OTHER CARDS in The British Museum accompanied by a concise general history of the subject and remarks on cards of divination and of politico-historical character.
London.British Museum Publications Limited. 1975. 2 volumes bound as one, being a facsimile reprint of the 1876 edition complete with Supplement. Illustrated. Original cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine wrapper.
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A Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Northamptonshire A.D. 1576-1900.
Northampton: The Northamptonshire Records Society, 1948. Softback. 216 pages. Illustrated. A very good copy.
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PULPIT AND A READING DESK: By a member of the Church of England.
London.W. Nicoll. 1767. [2], 3-93, [1]pp. Disbound, probably from a collection. 12mo. First edition. Title-page a little spotted and browned at margins; light spotting here and there throughout; else very good copy.
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A DICTIONARY, English-Latin, and Latin-English; containing All Things necessary for the Translating of either Language into other. To which End, Many Things that were Erroneous and Rectified, many Superfluities Retrenched, and very many Defects Supplied. And all suited to the meanest Capacities, in a plainer Method than heretofore: Being (for Ease) reduced into an Alphabetical Order, and explained in the Mother-Tongue. And Towards the Compleating the English Part (which hath been long desired) here are added Thousands of Words, Phrases, Proverbs Proper Names, and many other useful Things Mentioned in the Preface to the WORK. The Eighth Edition, Enlarged.
London: S. Collins, for R. Bonwick, 1716. Not paged. Contemporary quarter calf, over marbled boards; vellum-tipped corners; red title label. Binding: 20 x 13.5 cm. Label newly replaced; spine expertly repaired. A very handsome copy.
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A DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE EXHIBITED WORKS IN THE PRINCIPAL LONDON EXHIBITIONS FROM 1760 TO 1893. Third Edition with Additions and Corrections.
Bath.Kingsmead Reprints. 1969. [i-iv],v-xiv, [1], 2-314pp. Original green cloth gilt. Dust wrapper. 12mo. Facsimile of 1901 third edition. Front board has faint cup stain. Boards a trifle rubbed and bumped to corners. Dust wrapper a trifle distressed to extremities; else an excellent copy.
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A DICTIONARY OF KLEINIAN THOUGHT.
London.Free Association Books. 1989. ISBN 0946960828. [10], 482pp. Original red boards, black lettering. Original printed dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like wrapper.Quite a heavy book. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Knowledge. Comprising the pure sciences of mathematics, geometry, arithmetic, algebra, &c;- the mixed sciences of mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics, and astronomy;- experimental philosophy;- the fine arts;- agriculture and its implements;-manufactures, and their various processes;- commerce and domestic economy;- natural history;- with biographical and histroical notices of eminent men, who have adorned science
London.Henry Fisher, Son, and Co. 1835. Two volumes with continuous paging. 1066, [2]pp. Illustrated with 72 full-page plates ( one more than called for, there being and extra plate of horses), and numerous engravings within the text. Bound in contemporaray cloth, gilt. 4to. Volume I water-stained throughout to the top inch or less; bindings rather worn; else a good plus set.
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A DICTIONARY OF THE KENTISH DIALECT and Provincialisms in use in the County of Kent.
London: English Dialect Society, 1887. xxiv, 194, plus ad’s and blank leaves. Softback. Original printed blue wrappers. Octavo. First edition. Spine worn and chipped; book a little shaken; embossed ownership stamp to half-title; else a very good clean copy.
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A DICTIONARY OF THE WORLD: or, a geographical description of the earth; with an historical and biographical account of its principal inhabitants, from the Earliest Ages to the present Time. Including whatever is most useful in Geography, and most interesting in Sacred and profane History.
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A DIRECTORY OF LONDON PHOTOGRAPHERS 1841 – 1908. Revised and expanded edition.
Watford: PhotoResearch, 1994. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper, as issued. 140 pages. Original glazed board. Octavo. A very good copy.
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A DISPLAY OF HERAULDRY of the particular Coat Armours now is Use in the Six Counties of North-Wales, and several others Elsewhere; with the Names of the Families, whereby any Man knowing from what Family his is Descended, may know his particular Arms.
Chester Roger Adams for the Author, 1739. Hardcover. A late mid 19th century facsimile edition of this rare work, probably published by John Camden Hotten. 24 pages. Illustrated. Original roan backed paper-covered boards. 22 x 17 cm Spine worn; covers rubbed; internally clean; bookplate of Harold Sands to front endpaper. A very good copy.
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A DRAGON APPARENT. Travels in Indo-China.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1951. 317 pages. Colour frontispiece and many black & white plates. Original red cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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A DRAKE AT THE DOOR.
London.Michael Joseph. 1963. Hardback. Illustrated. Dustwrapper. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'Best wishes from Derek Tangye.' A very good copy in a like unprice-clipped wrapper.
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A DRIVE IN THE COACH Through the Streets of London. A Story founded on Fact. By Mrs. Sherwood… Sixth edition.
Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston and Son. And sold by Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Marie Lane, London, 1821. 35 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and five wood-engravings throughout. Original printed wrappers. 140 x 90mm. Spine rubbed; small piece of surface paper missing from rear cover; else a very good copy.
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A DRIVE IN THE COACH THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON. A Story Founded on Fact. Fourteenth edition.
London: Houlston and Son, 1836. 35,[1 blank] pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title, and five full-page wood-engravings. Original printed buff wrappers. 14.2 x 9.2 cm. Just splitting at heel of spine; acquisition number at foot of title; else a very good copy.
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