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URSULA'S LOVE STORY. A Novel. By the author of "Beautiful Edith," "Sun and Shade." Etc. Etc. New edition.
Ward, Lock and Co, No date [circa 1880's]. Yellowback. 397, [16 ad's] pages. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Octavo. Boards a little rubbed, and head of spine little worn; bookplate of Comte Louis de Segur on front endpaper; else very good.
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VESTIGES OF ANTIQUITY; or, A Series of Etchings & Engravings of the Ancient Monastery of St. Augustine, with the Cathedral, Castle, and other Antiquities, in the suburbs of the Metropolitan City of Canterbury: illustrated by a corresponding account taken from the best Authorities.
London: Published by the Author, 1813. [12] pages of letterpress, including title, text, and list of subscribers. 12 full-page plates chiefly etched by the author. Original paper-covered boards with pastedown title-label on upper cover initialled by Hastings. Imperial folio; binding: 47 x 30 cm. Binding repaired at spine; some foxing throughout; one plates a little damaged at the bottom of the blank margin, but a very good copy overall, and rarely found in the original boards. It is thought that less than 150 copies were issued.
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Victoria and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Volume I Keyboard Instruments. Volume II Non-Keyboard Instruments.
London: Her majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. Volume I xvii, 94pp. + 59pp of photographic illustrations. Volume II xiii, 121pp. + 94pp of photographic illustrations. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First editions. Dust wrappers a little worn at extremities; else a handsome set.
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VIEWS IN CAMBRIDGE.
Cambridge: W. P. Grant, No date [circa 1830]. Pictorial engraved title and 32 engraved plates, interleaved with blanks, engraved by R. W. Smart, after drawings by R. R. Harraden. Original pictorial card covers. All edges gilt. 110 x 90 mm. Spine strengthened neatly with tape; corners a little worn; else very good. Scarce.
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VILLAGE DIALOGUES [between Farmer Littleworth, Thomas Newman, Rev. Mr. Lovegood and Others.] A New edition, abridged.
London: The Religious Tract Society, No date [1858]. 472 pages. No imprint or date on the title-page, but the engraved portrait frontispiece bears the imprint of The Religious Society, 1858. Contemporary half calf. The title-page is slightly smaller than the book-block, suggesting that this is a new title-page on old sheets. Spine a little faded; else a very good copy.
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VILLAGE FANFARE or The Man from the Future. Illustrated by Fred Excell.
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 195 pages. Illustrated in black & white, Original green cloth with silver gilt; original unprice-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Wrapper a little worn at head of spine and with a very short tear in the upper panel and the spine is a little mellowed; else an excellent clean copy. Very scarce in dust-wrapper. £
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VIRGIN SOIL. BY Ivan Turgénieff. Translated with the author's sanction from the French version by T. S. Perry.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co, No date [1883]. Hardcover. 315 pages. Bound in a near contemporary binding of half calf, gilt over marbled boards. Binding a little rubbed; else a very good copy.
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VISION OF WAT TYLER.
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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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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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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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WATER ITS ORIGIN AND USE. Illustrations of Mountains and Glacier Scenery from the original pictures of Mrs Aubrey le Blond (Mrs Main).
London: Alston Rivers, Ltd, 1908. xxi, 483, [4 ad’s] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original prospectus and order form tipped-in at rear. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, and inscribed by the author to the Association on the half-title: ‘Presented to the Assn. of the Men of Kent by W. Coles-Finch.’ A fine copy.
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WATERMILLS AND WINDMILLS. A Historical Survey of their Rise, Decline and Fall as Portrayed by those of Kent.
Sheerness: Arthur Cassell, 1976. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Slight rubbing to head of wrapper; small ownership label on endpaper; else a very good copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postage. Please contact us directly at info@davidmilesbooks.com for a quote.
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WAVERLEY NOVELS. Twenty-five volume set.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1841. Illustrated half-titles; Bound in half green calf, gilt with twin red labels, over marbled boards. Octavo. 16 x 10 cm. Very occasional spotting; small bookplate on rear endpapers. A very handsome set.
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WE HAPPY FEW. An anthology by Owen Rutter. I: Britain at War. II: Britain at Sea. III: Britain in the Air. Printed in Great Britain, with eleven engravings by John O’Connor, at the Golden Cockerel Press.
Golden Cockerell Press, 1946. 150 pages. Original blue buckram backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Octavo Number 92 of a limited edition of 750 copies. Numbers 1-100 are specially bound. However, regardless of its number this copy has not been issued in the special binding. A fine copy.
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WEST HIGHLAND STEAMERS, Third edition.
Prescot.T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. 1967. xi, 204pp. Colour frontispiece, and illustrated throughout with 69 black & white reproductions of photographs. Original red boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. Third edition. A fine copy in a like wrapper.
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WEST SUFFOLK ILLUSTRATED. 500 Illustrations from Photographs. Giving an account of every town and village in the Western Division of the County... Complete in 14 fortnightly Parts.
Bury St. Edmunds: Langhorn, Pawsey & Co, No date [circa 1907]. Fourteen parts in their original yellow wrappers. Part one worn and the front cover is loose; some wear to the other spines; else a very good, complete set, much enhanced in the later parts by the illustrated advertisements. This set is heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a quotation info@davidmilesbooks.com
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WHAT WE SAW IN EGYPT. Profusely illustrated.
London.Religious Tract Society. (1873.). 128pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. Original decorative green cloth gilt. Small octavo. Ownership inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy.Takes the form of a travelogue during which all the major sights are visited.
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WHITSTABLE, SEASALTER AND SWALECLIFFE. The History of three Kent Parishes.
Canterbury: Cross & Jackman, Ltd, 1938. xi, [1 blank], 326 pages. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and with black & white plates throughout. Original blue cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men to front pastedown. A fine clean copy.
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