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A GUIDE TO THE LAKES in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, by the author of the antiquities of Furness.
Kendal.William Pennington. 1802. 312pp. Two engraved plates plus hand coloured folding map. Inexpensively rebound into two-tone paper-covered boards with paper label to spine. Octavo. Eighth edition. Spare label loosely tipped-in. Some light interior occasional spotting with small tear to fore-edge of pp. iii; else, a very good copy.
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A HANDBOOK OF THE LITERATURE OF THE REV. C. L. DODGSON ( LEWIS CARROLL). With supplements and illustrations.
Oxford University Press, 1931. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Number 270 from a limited edition of 754 copies. Complete with loosely inserted 'Corrigenda and Addenda,' 1935, and a printed notice addressed 'To Lovers of 'Alice' announcing a forthcoming exhibition of Carroll's works in London. Paper a little cockled; wrapper worn, chipped and torn and head of spine; else a very good copy complete with the laid in errata slip.
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A HERO OF LIÉGE. A Story of the Great War. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
London: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. [iv], vii, [viii], 9-250pp + 22pp adverts at rear. 4 colour plates including frontispiece. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head and heel of spine a trifle rubbed; else a very good, clean and bright copy.
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A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 1841 - 1941, and A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 1941-1970.
Sydney: Wentworth Books, 1969. 1971. Two volumes. xii, 212 and xi, 316 pages. Both illustrated. Hardcover with unclipped, original pictorial dust-wrappers. Volume one has hand-written note affixed to front loose endpaper; some light spotting to front loose endpaper; dust-wrappers have sun-lightened spines and slight wear to extremeties; else very good copies.
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A HISTORY OF EGYPT From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 634 pages. Illustrated with 220 maps and illustrations. Original decorative cloth gilt. Dust-wrapper. A facsimile reprint of the second edition published in 1909. A fine copy in a very good dust-wrapper.
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A HISTORY OF INDIA
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1955. xv, [1] 679 pages. Illustrated with 63 black and white plates and 25 maps. Original brown buckram. Octavo. First edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper, 'From JC Powell-Price 26th March 1955.' Beneath is the stamped name: 'The Hon Harry Vaisey.' A fine copy. Sir Harry Vaisey (1877-1965) was a senior judge in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
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A HISTORY OF ROCHESTER.
Rochester: John Hallewell Publications, 1976. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 523, [4] pages. Illustrated. One of a 1000 copies of this reprint of the original 1928 edition. Wrapper dulled on the spine; and just a little rubbed at extremities; else a very good copy.
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A HISTORY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES. With 316 illustrations.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1950. [xxiv], xxvii, [xxviii], [1], 2-692pp. 316 black and white illustrations throughout including frontispiece. New edition prepared by Douglas McKie. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. Spine edges a trifle rubbed; endpapers lightly browned; ownership inscription and small booksellers label to front paste-down endpaper; else a very good copy.
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A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
London: Sheed & Ward, 1952 - 56. Reprints. Three volumes in dust-wrappers. Some pencil annotation in volume I; wrappers a little tired and worn; else a very good set.
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A HISTORY OF THE GAMBIA. With a Foreword by Sir Thomas Southorn Governor of the Gambia.
Cambridge at the University Press, 1940. x, 508 pages. Folding map of Gambia at the rear. Original red cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Re-backed with the original spine laid down; new endpapers; some pink staining to the edges of the first three leaves blank leaves; small faint mark on title; else a good copy. Inscribed on one of the endpapers; ‘To the Right Honourable Malcolm Macdonald from the Author.’ Malcolm MacDonald was the son of former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald. He was the Governor of Kenya in 1963.
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A HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF PERCY from the earliest times down to the present century. Edited by W. A. Lindsay, Esq., K.C., M.A. (Windsor Herald). In two volumes.
London.Freemantle & Co. 1902. Two volumes. De-luxe large paper edition, bound in full vellum gilt. volume I: ix, [1], 393pp. Illustrated with 21 plates and 4 genealogies. Volume II: vii, [1], 495pp. Illustrated with 20 plates and 6 genealogies. Original decorative full vellum gilt. Top edges gilded. Silk bookmarks. Large octavo. First edition. Small split at the head of the spine of volume II (less than a centimetre); bindings a little marked and dust-soiled; free endpaper of volume II a little creased and with a short tear; else an excellent set of the scarce de-luxe issue.Very heavy! Contact us direct for a shipping quote.
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A HISTORY OF THE NONESUCH PRESS. With an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes & a Descriptive Catalogue by David McKitterick, Simon Rendall & John Dreyfus.
London. The Nonesuch Press, 1981. Hardback in original pictorial dust-wrapper. Number 325 of a limited edition of 950 copies. A fine copy in a very good dust-wrapper.
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A JOURNEY ROUND THE COAST OF KENT; containing remarks on the principal objects worthy of notice throughout the whole of that interesting border, and the contiguous district; including Penshurst, and Tunbridge Wells; with Rye, Winchelsea, Hastings, and Battle, in Sussex: being original notes made during a summer excursion. With a Map.
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Iv, 304 pages. Folding map. Original blue paper-covered boards, recently re-backed with a printed paper label. First edition. Octavo. Edges untrimmed. First edition. Corners a little worn; else a fine, clean copy.
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A LIFE FOR A LIFE. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's CCCCLXXV & CCCCLXXXVI.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1859. 324; 320 pages. Both half-titles present. Bound as one volume in quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Spine a little rubbed; some light browning; else a very good, clean copy.
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A LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIRFAX Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England. With portrait, maps, plans, and illustrations.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1870. Hardcover. 480 pages. Original red cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some spotting; head & heel of spine worn; inner joints cracked; else good plus.
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A LIST OF PRICES for Materials and Labour, and Labour only. By William Pain.
London: Printed for the Author…, 1793. [2], 52 pages. Dis-bound with the remains of leather to the spine. Quarto. Rare. ESTC records a copy of 1799 only.
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A Manchester Book; THE SONG OF THE CAT; illustrated with wood-cuts: A legend of the Chancery Court, not contained in any of the records: in three fits. With Notes and Annotations collected for the Rolls’ Office; Edited by A Master out of Chancery.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, No date [1858]. 133 pages. Illustrated with a separate pictorial title and six full-page plates. Original red pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 19.2 x `12.4 cm. First edition. Very slight wear to head & heel of spine; else an excellent copy. Presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper: ‘Henry Austen Whitney Esq Sept11th 1866 from the author.’
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A MANUAL OF MONUMENTAL BRASSES, with an Introduction, Biographical Note and Bibliography by Richard J Busby.
Bath.Adams and Dart. 1970. Black & white portrait frontispiece of the Rev. Haines. Black and white line drawings throughout the text. Original blue boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. Facsimile edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped wrapper.
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A MINGLED MEASURE Diaries, 1953 - 1972.
London. John Murray, 1994. Hardback in an unclipped dust-wrapper. First edition. Impressed blind ownership stamp in endpaper; else a fine copy in a like wrapper.
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A MORAL ENDING And Other Stories, with a Frontispiece by William Kermode and a Foreword by T.F. Powys Being No. 8 of the Furnival Books.
London.William Jackson (Books) Ltd. 1931. [i-vi],7-50pp. Black & white frontispiece by William Kermode. Original red buckram gilt. t.e.g. Octavo. First Edition. Signed limited first edition No. 490 of 550 copies. Tipped-in publisher's sheet to title-page. Bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper and rear paste-down endpaper. Some minor browning and spotting to interior; else a very good copy.
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