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A SERMON Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday February 19, 1802. By the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Chichester.
London: S. Brooke, 1802. 83 pages. Quarto. All edges gilt. Disbound. A very good copy. Includes reports from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, Africa, Bahamas, etc.
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A SERMON Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday February 21, 1800. By the Right Reverend Henry Reginald Lord Bishop of Exeter.
London: S. Brooke, 1800. 75 pages. Quarto. All edges gilt. Disbound; stitching broken; two of the top outer corners lost and other turned and grubby; else very good. Includes reports from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada, Africa, Bahamas, etc.
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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES. With 29 illustrations.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1917. Hardcover. viii, 96 pages. Black & white illustrations throughout. Brown cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Measures approximately 25 x 19 cm. Some browning to endpapers; some light spotting to half-title; else a very good copy.
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A Short Historical Sketch of the TOWN OF DOVER, and its Neighbourhood; Containing a Concise History of the Town, from the Earliest Accounts to the present Time. To which is added, a Description of the Villages near Dover. Within the Distance of Six Miles. The Third Edition.
Dover: Printed by and for Ledger and Shaw, 1815. iv, 196 pages. Nineteenth century quarter calf over paper-covered boards. 152 x 100 mm. Binding a little rubbed and worn; bookplate; else a very good copy of a scarce early edition of this work.
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A SICILIAN IDYLL AND JUDITH A Conflict.
London.Duckworth & Co. 1911. lxxiipp. plus 4 leaves of adverts to rear. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some browning to endpapers and fore-edges. Dust wrapper browned and slightly distressed to outer edges with virtually all paper lost to spine. Else, a very good copy
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A SIMPLE STORY.
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1850. ix, [1], 264 pages. Bound in quarter cloth over marbled boards. Small water-stain at the lower margin of the first twelve leaves; spine dulled; lacks half-title; else a good plus copy.
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A SOLITARY WAR.
London: Macdonald, 1966. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. Ownership label on front fixed endpaper; wrapper, not price-clipped, but has minor loss at head of spine and corners; else a very good copy.
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A SON OF THE MIDDLE BORDER. With illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens.
London. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1917. Hardback. No dust-wrapper. Octavo. First U.K. edition. Some browning to endpapers; else a very good copy.
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A SONG about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevitch his young body-guard and the valiant merchant Kalashinikov. Translated by John Cournos with decorations by Paul Nash.
Kensington: The Aquila Press, 1929. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. [4], 24, [2 blanks], v, [1 blank], colophon pages. Illustrated. Original full morocco binding to a design by Paul Nash. Binding: 27.4 x 17.6 cm. No 3 of a limited edition of 750 copies on hand-made paper. Slight evidence of a bookplate being removed from first free endpaper; binding a little rubbed and marked; else a very good copy.
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A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Original pictorial glazed boards. Small, neat name on endpaper; else fine.
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A STAR IS BORN. With an Introduction by Henry Williamson and wood-engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe.
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1933. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. First edition. Original green cloth gilt. Small book label on endpaper and an inscription; few very small marks on cover; else a very good, fresh copy.
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A THATCHED ROOF. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the second page of the prelim's: '"There are dreams we share, and dreams we keep to ourselves" Beverley Nichols.' Small address label on front endpaper; some very light spotting on endpapers front and rear; small white spot on front small; head of spine just a touch bumped; else very good.
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A TOPOGRAPHICAL AN STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER; Containing an Account of its Situation, Extent, Towns, Roads, Rivers, Lakes, Mines, Minerals, Fisheries, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce, Agriculture, Fairs, Markets, Curiosities, Antiquities, Natural History, Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions, &c. To which is prefixed, A COPIOUS TRAVELLING GUIDE, Exhibiting The Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Inns, Distances of Stages, and Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats.
London: Sherwood & Co, No date. Also, A List of the Markets and Fairs, AND AN INDEX TABLE, Shewing, at one View, the Distances of all the Towns from London, and of the Towns from each other: The whole forming a complete County itinerary. Illustrated with Engravings, and a Map of the County. Hardcover. 180 pages. Black & white frontispiece and two plates; hand-coloured folding map. Half sheep, gilt over red cloth. Measures approximately 14.5 x 9 cm. New edition. Ownership inscriptions and small ownership label to front endpapers; some wear and soiling to cover; head of spine a little worn; slight foxing to frontispiece; else a very good copy.
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A TOPOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES. II: Maps.
Colchester. A Wake Newslitter Press, 1981. Lacks the text volume - maps only. Comprising twelve sheets of maps in a printed folder. Folder a little worn; else very good.
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A TORY PLOT: or the Discovery of a Design Carried on by our late Addressers and Abhorrers, to Alter the Constitution of the Government, and to Betray the Protestant Religion.
London: Printed for N.L. to be sold by Richard Janeway, 1682. [4], 40 pages. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets at some point. 4to. First edition. Water-staining at start to lower half of text block; some light browning; else a good copy of a scarce title. Wing T1946.
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A TREATISE OF THE ROMAN PORTS AND FORTS IN KENT. By William Somner. Publish'd by James Brome, M.A. Rector of Cheriton, and Chaplain to the Cinque-Ports. To which is prefixt the life of Mr. Somner. Oxord: printed at the Theater.
Oxford: James Brome, 1693. [10],118, [2],117, [15] pages. Engraved Portrait frontispiece. Bound in late half calf over marbled boards. 172 x 113 mm. First edition. Bookplates. A very good, fresh copy.
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A TREATISE ON ALGEBRA, In practice and theory, In two volumes, With notes and illustrations; Containing a Variety of Particulars Relating to the Discoveries and Improvements that have been made in this Branch of Analysis.
London: J. Johnson and Co.;, 1813. 2 Volumes. Volume I: [1-8], [i-v], vi-xxxvi, [1] 2-406pp plus 1pp advert to rear. Volume II; [i-iii], iv, [1], 2-428pp. Rebound into quarter cloth, grey boards, paper labels to spines. Octavo. First Edition. Volume one has 8pp of The Edinburgh Review of 1819, bound at the front. Edges very slightly browned with some light browning and spotting to interiors; else, an excellent and scarce set.
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A VINDICATION OF OLIVER CROMWELL, and The Whiggs of Forty One, To our Modern Low Churchmen. With some Reflections upon the Bar----r Treaty.
Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. Price Two Pence, 1712. 16 pages. Self-wrappers as issued. Octavo. First edition. First and last pages browned; else very good. One of many pamphlets current at the time attacking the Duke of Marlborough.
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A.W.N PUGIN, MASTER OF GOTHIC REVIVAL.
New Haven.Yale University Press. 1995. 415pp. Coloured, and black and white illustrations throughout the text. Original pictorial softback. Quarto. A fine copy.A heavy book, contact for shipping costs.
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A WALK IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF CANTERBURY, with many Observations not to be found in any description hitherto published. By Willam Gostling, M.A. a native of the place, and minor canon of the cathedral. A new edition with considerable additions, and embellished with numerous engravings.
Canterbury: William Blackley…, 1825. xxii, 366, [14 index] pages. Illustrated with a folding engraved plan of the city, and 34 engraved plates, plus several extra engraved plates. Contemporary black sheep gilt over cloth. Octavo. Lacks front free endpaper; Map has some tears neatly repaired; rub on front endpaper where a bookplate has been removed; binding a little rubbed at extremities; else a very good copy with some interesting additional plates.
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