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VISIONS IN VERSE, for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds. The ninth edition, Revis'd and Enlarg'd.
London.J. Dodsley. 1776. [7], 8-141pp + [2]pp. Engraved black & white frontispiece. Original full calf. 12mo. Ninth edition. Binding rubbed; board corners a little worn; edges of spine just splitting with some small loss to head and heel; edge of both front and rear endpapers and fore-edges browned; loss of small section of outer margin of frontispiece and inoffensive stain to inner margin; lacks a front endpaper; bookplate to front paste-down endpaper and ownership stamp to rear paste-down endpaper; else a good plus, internally clean copy.
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VISIONS IN VERSE, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds. The Third Edition, Revis'd and Enlarg'd.
London: Printed for R.Dodsley. and M(ary) Cooper. 1752. [iv], [1] 2-132, [8 cat'] pages. Original full calf, gilt. 12mo. Short split at spine head; browning to margins of title with light spotting; else a near fine copy.Tremendously popular in its day, the first three editions were published in the same year. The third edition is expanded by the addition of a ninth 'Vision'. A reproduction of this edition was issued by Herbert Land of Bern in 1973, sponsored by the Toronto Public Library. See Osborne 627.
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VOCES POPULI [Reprinted from "Punch"] With Twenty Illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge.
London.Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890. Bound with VOCES POPULI [Reprinted from "Punch"] With Twenty-five Illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge. Second Series. 1892. The two volumes bound together as one, each leaf window-mounted into a folio size leaf, and bound together with thirteen of the original pen an ink illustrations to the first series, each signed or initialled by Bernard Partridge. The original illustrations are mounted opposite their much smaller printed reproduction. Bound in full blue morocco, with elaborate gilt panels and inside dentelles, by Riviere & Son. Bookplate of C. F. J. Beausire. A very handsome and unique copy.
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VOGUE. November 1960. British edition. No. 15. Whole Number 1885. Volume 116.
1960. Crease-mark in top outer corner of front cover; else very good.
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Volume VII. Of the Author’s Works, containing LETTERS to and from Johnathan Swift, D. D, D.S.P.D.
Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1746. [2 ad’s], [xiv], 302, [iv], 32 pages. Bound in contemporary calf. Octavo, Contains at the rear, ‘Some Free Thoughts upon the Present State of Affairs.’ Written in the year 1714. Dublin. George Faulkner, 1741. Spine label chipped; neat name on title; binding rubbed and worn and with a short split in the upper joint, but remains firm.
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VOYAGES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN, Indian Ocean, and Chinese Sea.
Dublin: Bentham and Hardy, 1825. 178 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and six full-page wood-engravings. Slightly later untitled plain half-calf over marbled boards. 138 x 89 mm. Old crease to the corner of frontispiece, few light spots to title, the occasional mark, else a very good copy.
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W. J. Cox’s GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE and its Surroundings. Copyright.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. 1876. 61, [21 ad’s]pp. One wood-engraved illustration. Octavo. A very good copy. This copy has never been bound into wrappers. It is one of a number of copies, presumably remainder stock, that were stitched ready for binding into the usual paper wrappers, but for some reason never were.
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W. J. COX'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE-ON-SEA and the Surrounding Neighbourhood.
Whitstable. W. J. Cox. No date [1884]. [2] 18 [1] 19 - 42 [11 ad's] pages. Illustrated with 8 plates. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. Edition unknown. Small hole through the lower wrappers extending into the blank lower margin of about half the text block; rear wrapper a little soiled; else a very good copy of this scarce guide.
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W. J. COX'S ILLUSTRATED POPULAR GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE and its Surroundings. Copyright.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. 1876. [61, [21 ad's]pp. Illustrated with one wood-engraving in the text. Octavo. Pages all unopened; lacking wrappers, but we suspect this is a bound up bookblock that have never been bound. Endpapers somewhat dusty; else a very good copy.
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W. J. COX’S NEW ALBUM OF WHITSTABLE-ON-SEA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. No date. (Circa 1890). Folding panorama of 18 views printed black & white & blue, folding into decorative blue card covers. Folded size: 13.7 x 9.3 cm’s. Extended: 13 x 77.5 cm’s. Slight wear to covers; else a very good copy.
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WAGON LOAD OF GOLD.
Derby: (Thomas) Richardson, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages., including wrappers. Illustrated with eleven small woodcuts, including a cut to lower wrap, where the text continues, and a cut to the upper cover. 85 x 53 mm. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy.
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WALKER'S HERTFORDSHIRE.
London: By J. & C. Walker, No date [circa 1870]. Hand-coloured engraved map divided into 15 sections and mounted on linen, 34.5 x 42 cm, folding into green cloth covers with mounted paper label; printed sheet of statistics relating to the County to front endpaper. Covers: 12.5 x 9 cm. Some light browning; else very good.
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WALKING ROUND CAMBRIDGE WITH WILLIAM BLAKE.
Oldham: Incline Press, No date [circa 2007]. No. 26 of a limited edition of a hundred and sixty copies. Illustrated throughout. Quarter green cloth over leaf-patterned boards; paper label to spine. A mint copy.
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WALKS IN A FOREST: or, Poems descriptive of scenery and incidents characteristic of a Forest, at different seasons of the year. The third edition, corrected, and enlarged.
London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1797. vi. [2]. 124, [3 ad’s] pages. Illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. Original two-tone paper-covered boards. 170 x 108 mm. Boards rubbed, and paper cracked on spine, but a very good, clean copy.
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WALKS IN BELGIUM.
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, No date [circa 1873]. 456 pages. Original pictorial cloth. Octavo. First edition. Embossed ownership stamp to flyleaf; boards rather faded and worn at corners; else very good. Scarce
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WALKS WITH MAMMA, OR STORIES IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.
London:John Harris, Corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, 1824. [3], 4 to 63, [64] pp. 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, the first one being tipped in on to the stub of the first free endpaper. Pink cloth boards with title label on front board. Small 8vo. Boards faded with circular mark on back perhaps where there was once a label; bookseller's label; previous owner's note in pencil on title page and front fixed endpaper; lacks front free endpaper; else a very good copy.Moon 963
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WALKS WITH MAMMA; or Stories in words of one syllable; and instructive conversations. New and Enlarged edition.
London: John Harris, 1839. [1], 92 pages. Illustrated with eight hand-coloured engravings. Original limp cloth gilt. 177 x 109 mm. Some marking; corners a little bumped; gift inscription on title; else very good. Quite scarce. See Moon 964. An expanded version of Moon 963.
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WALLER'S WONDERS A Collection of Practical Effects.
London. George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, 1927. 94 pages, plus one ad's. Original cloth gilt, with outline map of Australia to front board, and leather title to spine. Octavo. First edition. A very good copy.
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WALLIS’S NEW GAME, exhibiting a Voyage round THE WORLD.
London: Published by E. Wallis, 12 Skinner Street, and 12 High Street, Islington, No date [circa 1823]. An engraved sheet with hand-colouring, divided into 15 sections and mounted on linen. Original gilt titled slipcase. Lacks original rules. Unfolded: 408 x 630 mm. A fine copy.
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Wallis’s TOUR THROUGH ENGLAND AND WALES A New Geographical Pastime.
London: Published 24th December 1794 by John Wallis at his Map Warehouse. A hand-coloured engraved sheet, divided into 16 pieces and mounted on linen. Folding so that It fits into a slipcase. The slipcase bears the label for the later edition of 1802. Slipcase restored; some wear to the joints of the game; some light water-staining; else very good.
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