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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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THE VALE OV BRUKLI, A Tale bei a litel gerl.
London.Jamez Davis, Eizak Pitman Fonetik Institeut. 1880. [i-vii] [7] 8-48pp. Green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Bookseller's stamp to rear free endpaper. Pencil shorthand note to front free endpaper; stained to endpaper edges; minor bumping to head and heel of spine; front board a trifle rubbed; else an excellent copy.Very Scarce. Written by an 11 year old girl.
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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE. With illustrations by Stuart Tresilian.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Pictorial price-clipped dust-wrapper. First U.S. edition. Slight wear to the extremities of the dust-wrapper with three minor chips; else a very good, fresh copy.
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THE VAUXHALL MOTORIST. June 1939. Vol 6. No. 8. Price Fourpence.
1939. Pages 325 – 376, as issued. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. 4to.Small tape repairs to rear & front wrappers; old vertical crease-marks to front wrapper; else very good.
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THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Or How Toys Become Real. With Illustrations by William Nicholson.
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THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1877. Hardback. vii, 452 pages. Contemporary half blue calf over marbled boards, with red labels to the spine. Octavo. New edition. Cover edges and corners slightly rubbed; else a very good copy.
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THE VICAR OF NIBLESWICKE. Illustrated by Quantin Blake.
London.Random Century Group Ltd. 1991. ISBN 0712649913. Original boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First Edition. A near mint copy in a like unprice-clipped wrapper.
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THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. Edited by William Page.
London. Volumes one, two, & three: Archibald Constable [volume one] The St. Catherine's Press [volumes two & three], 1908. 1926. 1932. Three volumes. 518; 388; 452 pages. Each illustrated throughout. Original red cloth, gilt. Large 4to. Volume one top edge gilt. First editions. Inner joint of volume one cracked and some spotting to the endpapers and half-title; light spotting to the fore-edge of volume three; else a very good set. Signature of the Kent historian Philip Rogers to the front endpaper of volume one. This set is very heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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The Victoria History of the Counties of England WARWICK.
London. University of London Oxford University Press. No date. Hardback. 24 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth, gilt. 4to.A very good copy.
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THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. Volume Three.
London: The St. Catherine's Press, 1932. Hardcover. 452 pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt. Some spotting to fore-edges; binding very lightly rubbed and one corners a touch bumped; else very good. This is the third and final volume in the History of Kent, the first volume being published in 1908.
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THE VICTORIAN CHURCH. Part I Second edition and Part II. First edition.
London.Adam and Charles Black. 1970. Part I: x, 606pp. Part II: viii, 510pp. Both volumes original blue cloth, gilt. (No wrappers.) Octavos. From the library of Emmanuel Amand de Mendieta (Canon of Winchester Cathedral), with his ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, detaining the books as gifts from his wife. Loosely laid in is a letter dating from 1962 from the author to Mendieta. Some tanning of the paper; else very good copies.This is a heavy set, so please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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THE VICTORIAN HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WARWICK. Volume Five Kington Hundred.
London.Oxford University Press. 1949. xiii, [1], 224pp. Illustrated throughout. Original decorative red cloth, gilt. Small folio. A very good copy.
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THE VILLAGE CARPENTER. A Tale of Poverty & Injustice. In Two Parts. Parts I and II. New Penny Histories. No's 2 & 3.
Morpeth.J. Mackay. No date. (Circa 1830.). Both parts 24pp. Woodcut on title/upper covers. Uncut and unstitched, but folded as issued. 12mo. Little dusty at edges, else very good copies.
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THE VILLAGE: containing and account of some of the young people in it.
London.The Religous Tract Society. No date. [Inscribed 1876, but probably earlier]. [3], 4 - 128 pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. Original grey cloth, gilt. Small 8vo. Previous owner's note on front free endpaper. A very good copy.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL; or, a Collection of Entertaining Histories, for the Instruction & Amusement of all Good Children. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed & Sold by J. Marshall & Co. No. 17 Queen Street, Cheapside; and No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard in Bow Lane, No date [1789]. (Price 6d. in Gilt paper. – 9d. Bound.) Volume I: 92, [2 booklist] pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and nineteen woodcuts. Volume II: [4], 7 – 106 pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and twenty woodcuts. Recently re-bound in 18th century Dutch flower paper-covered boards, Each: 122 x 82 mm. Piece torn from the blank margin of one leaf in Volume I resulting in the loss of one letter to each page; name on endpaper of volume II; juvenile scribble on title and on blank verso; else a very good set of a rare title contained in a morocco backed folding box. Three woodcuts show scenes relating to cricket.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL; or, a Collection of Entertaining Histories, for the Instruction and Amusement of all Good Children. In Two Volumes.
London: Printed & Sold by J. Marshall & Co. No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow Lane. [Price Six Pence, Bound and Gilt.]. No date [between 1779 and 1789]. Volume II only. 105 pages. Engraved frontispiece and title, and twenty-two woodcuts. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. 124 x 82 mm. Contained in a cloth gilt folding box. Lacks front endpaper; short tear in frontispiece but without loss; some paper lost from spine; else a very good copy. Two woodcuts show scenes relating to cricket.
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THE VIOLIN: ITS HISTORY & CONSTRUCTION ILLUSTRATED & DESCRIBED FROM MANY SOURCES. Together with a list of Italian and Tyrolese violin makers. 29 illustrations and folding example of the first music for lute, fiddle and voice. Translated in full from the German of Abele and Niederheitmann.
LondonWilliam Reeves, Music Publisher. No date. [1907]. [i-v], viii, 207 pages. 29 black and white illustrations. Hardback in original tan cloth. Small octavo. First edition. Small run on front endpaper; owner's ink stamp to front endpaper, else a very good copy.
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THE VIOLIN-MAKERS OF THE GUARNERI FAMILY (1626-1762) Their Life and Work. By William Henry Hill Arthur F. Hill and Alfred Ebsworth Hill. With an introductory notes by Edward J. Dent...
London: William E. Hill & Sons, 1931. Hardcover in slipcase as issued. xxxvii, [3 blank],181, [1 blank], [4 ad's] pages. Illustrated in with 17 colour plates, plates in photogravure and many other illustrations in the text. Original quarter vellum over green cloth, with coat of arms to the upper panel. One of approximately 500 copies for subscribers. A fine copy in a slightly worn slipcase.
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THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY.
Florence: G. Orioli, 1930. Lungarno Series No. 4. 216 pages. First edition. Number 690 of a limited edition, printed on hand-made paper, of an edition of 810 copies. Original white boards with pictorial phoenix device to upper cover. Octavo. Text block largely unopened. Original printed dust-wrapper. Head of spine bumped with consequent crack to the upper joint extending some 5cm's from the top of spine; else a very good fresh copy, in a very good wrapper with just a small amount of wear to the head & heel of spine; spare spine label tipped-in at rear.
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