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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THREE-FINGERED JACK, the terror of Jamaica. Giving an account of his persevering courage and gallant heroism in avenging the cause of his injured parents; with an account of his desperate conflict and death.
Otley: William Walker, No date [circa 1860]. 12 pages. Original printed wrappers. 181 x 110 mm. Probably dis-bound from a collection to judge from pinholes in the spine. Covers dust-soiled; light wear to corners; else very good. One copy only on Library Hub.
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THE WONDERFUL O. Illustrated by Marc Simont.
London.Hamish Hamilton. 1958. 72pp. Illustrated in duotone throughout. Original boards. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Top edges a little foxed; wrapper is lightly browned at spine and top edges with light chipping and creasing to top edge of rear panel and one small tear to lower corner of front panel. A very good, internally clean copy.
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THE WONDERS OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS; Being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. Ornamented with numerous Engravings.
London: Thomas Tegg, No date [circa 1820]. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, and seven other full-page wood-engravings, plus a two tail-pieces. Original semi-stiff wrappers with mounted engravings to both panels. Covers a little rubbed, else an excellent copy.
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THE WONDERS OF THE HORSE, recorded in anecdotes, and interspersed with poetry.
London: W. & T. Darton, 1808. 144 pages. Illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. Original quarter roan gilt. 137 x 85 mm. 12mo in sixes. First edition. Bookseller’s label to front pastedown; spine rubbed and cracking at bottom of front joint; a few blank corners lost; one manuscript erasure; some occasional water staining; else a good plus copy.
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THE WOODMAN, a comic opera, in three acts; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, with universal applause.
London: T. Cadell, 1791. [viii], 94pp. Engraved pictorial half-title. Unbound as issued. Octavo. Third edition. Front and back pages a trifle grubby; some page turning to corners; fore-edges uncut also with some turning; ownership inscription on both front and back pages; else a good copy.
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THE WOOING OF KING SIGURD, and the Ballad of the Page and the King's Daughter. Translated from Geibel by Ellen Cook. Illustrations by M. B. and M. IB., lithographed by M. I. Booth. Second edition.
London.Bell and Daldy. 1864. Unpaged, but 18 leaves, plus five full-page illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt. Spine damaged but complete, covers soiled & worn; inscription on half-title; internally clean. A good copy.
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THE WORKADAY WOMAN
London.T. Werner Laurie. No date [1906]. [viii], 301[302], 8pp. advertisements. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head & heel of spine a trifle worn; the occasional spot of foxing; small patch of browning in the blank margin of the first page of text. Else a very good and bright copy of this scarce novel.
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THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Poet Laureate.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1887. 640 pages. Bound in full calf with a nicely panelled spine with gilt decoration. Octavo. Some light foxing at start, else a very good copy.
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THE WORKS OF ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON (of Marlborough & Cambridge) Author of “The Light Green” together with his Life and Letters.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1904. ix, [3], 219 pages. Two illustrations. Original green cloth with black lettering and decoration. Octavo. Carte-de-visite of his grave mounted on blank recto of frontispiece. Notes on endpapers and a gift inscription on the half-title; bookplates; else very good. Has a chapter on Sandwich, Kent. Scarce.
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THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. Edited by George Saintsbury. In twelve volumes. IIlustrated by George Cruickshank.
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THE WORKS of Mr.Hogarth MORALIZED.
London: John Trusler, No date, but circa 1770s. Price Bound One Pound Eighteen Shillings. [4], viii, 212, v index, [3 ad’s] pages. Engraved frontispiece of William Hogarth; engraved title, and a total of 77 other engravings. Bound in full calf gilt. Octavo. First edition, but a later issue, bound without the letterpress title found Iin the first and second printings. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good, clean copy. This was Trusler’s first work compiled especially for children.
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THE WORKS OF MR. JOHN DRYDEN. The Third Volume. Consisting of the Author's Original Poems and Translations. No first Publish'd together.
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THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE, BAR. Complete in four volumes Octavo. To which is prefixed, The Life and Character of the Author. A New Edition.
London.J. Brotherton and W. Sewel. J. Whiston. C. Bathurst. J. and F. Rivington. T. Payne. W. Johnston. S. Crowder. B. White. L. Hawes and Co. C. Rivingto 1770. Vol I: [vii], xxviii, [29], 30-524pp. Vol II: [1], 2-568pp. Vol III: [5], 6-544pp. Vol IV: [i], ii, [3], 4-466pp + [87]pp index at rear. Original full calf, gilt, with twin labels in red and black, and elaborately decorated gilt panels. Octavos. Hinges of vols 1, 2, and 3 cracked and worn; front hinge of vol. 4 cracked and rear hinge just splitting at heel of spine; all 4 volumes have some loss of calf at head and heel of spines; each volume has a bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and neat previous owner's notes on front free endpapers and title-pages. All 4 volumes are internally clean and fresh. A good set.
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THE WORLD CRISIS [Volume 5] The Aftermath.
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1929. 474 pages. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Few light spots and start and end; else a very good copy.
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THE WORLD DISPLAYED; or, the characteristic features of nature and art exhibited. On a new plan. Intended for youth in general, as an outline of the most striking parts of useful information, and as a remembrancer to those of riper years.
London.C. Cradock and W. Joy. 1810. vi, 664pp. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf with gilt decoration to the spine and a red title label. 12mo. First edition. Spine cracked and splitting at both joints, and with some loss at head revealing headband; corners and edges a little worn and rubbed; prize inscription for 1812 on front fixed endpaper; last few pages of index have some light worming affecting a few letters; else a good plus copy.
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The World in Miniature. South Sea Islands. Being a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character, Religion and State of Society Among the Various Tribes Scattered over the Great Ocean, called the Pacific, or the South Sea.
Volume I only. xvi, 320 pages. Illustrated with 11 hand-coloured plates as called for. Contemporary half-morocco gilt. Head of spine pulled and worn; frontispiece offset onto title; else very good.
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THE WORLD OF ANTIQUE TOYS.
London.Mint & Boxed. No date. Number 4244 of a limited edition of 5000. A near fine copy in slipcase.
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THE WORLD OF ICE; or, Adventures in the Polar Regions. By Robert Michael Ballantyne. With Illustrations.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. [iv], 315 pages. Engraved frontispiece and two other full-page plates. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Front free endpaper stamped: ‘Mr Pennington Harford House School West Hackney.’ Inscribed beneath the stamp: ‘Master Palmer first class Arithmetic Prize Christmas 1860.’ Some slight discolouration to frontispiece; else a very good copy. Quayle [21a] states page 316 is an advert leaf, but in this copy page 316 is blank. He also cites four plates, though this copy has three as do others held in major collections. This title is scarce in first edition form.
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THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL.
London: Mitchell Beazley, 1983. 128 pages. Illustrated in colour. Hardback. Pictorial dust-wrapper. First U. K. edition. Folio. An excellent copy with no inscriptions or marks, etc.
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THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN; or, No News, and Strange News. Adorned with cuts.
York: J. Kendrew, Colliergate, No date [circa 1830]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved pastedown frontispiece, vignette on title, and 27 wood engravings within the text. Original printed terracotta wrappers. 103 x 65 mm. A fine copy of one of Kendrew’s scarcer titles.
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