The History of Hungary, Holland, & Switzerland - Vol. 9 …, Bristol
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£85.00
MAVOR, William. The History of Hungary, Holland, & Switzerland - Vol. 9. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. Hardback edition in very good condition. Leather boards with gilt lettering. Complete with maps. Page edges tanned and slightly foxed. Inscribed to 'Joy Dean 1948'.
[First Edition] From a Holiday Journal. Cook, Mrs E. T. …, Bristol
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£20.00
217pp, illustrated with sketches & photographs by the author. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles. Slight wear at the spine ends, faint stain to the front cover. Internally, occasional light spotting. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC A HISTORY. COMPLETE IN THREE …, Bristol
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£260.00
…RUBBING TO COVERS, SOME CORNERS BUMPED, VERY OCCASIONAL TEXT PAGE LIGHTLY FOXED, VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE UNCUT [EASY FIX WITH A SHARP BLADE]. OVERALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH NO CRACKED HINGES & MAJORITY OF TEXT PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL…
[First Edition] The Six Mountain Travel Books Eric Shipton …, Bristol
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£25.00
Excellent compendium of legendary mountaineer Shipton's expedition books - Nanda Devi/Blank on the Map/Upon that Mountain/Moutains of Tartary/Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951/Land of Tempest. With an introduction by Jim Perrin. Book is in in good condition with no marks or inscriptions.…
A New History of England in English and French By Question …, Bristol
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£100.00
Hardback, original full calf. 17 x 10cm. [12], 240pp. 1739 fourth edition. Bookplate of Edwin Sandys to the front end-paper. Slight wear only. Contents clean.
THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE DAWN …, Bristol
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£42.00
1855. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 316 pages plus 4 page publisher adverts to rear. Reprint. Boards a little scuffed, worn at edges. New endpapers (grubby). Text block browned. Some hinges pulled. A few grubby marks …
[First Edition] Pickle the Spy (Jacobite History) Lang, …, Bristol
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£35.00
ix (3) 308p.The follow up to Lang's "Pickle the Spy" which revealed that Pickle the spy was Alastair Ruadh MacDonell, which had been a secret agent of the Hanovarians since his release from the Tower of London in 1747.Intermally clean and tight without marks or signatures. Spine faded and boards …
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original …, Bristol
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£175.00
A smart set of the journal of Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright, Sir Walter Scott. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page. Volume one also contains a map of Abbotsford. Collated complete. The journal of Sir Walter Scott, a …
[First Edition] William Shakespeare: A Biography A. L. …, Bristol
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£15.53
Stated first edition on the copyright page. No other printings are listed. Laid in is a facsimile letter from Harold Macmillan to Rowse praising the book. The DJ states this is a Book of the Month Club edition. Clean text. Solid binding. Sharp corners. The spine's crown and foot are slightly …
[First Edition] Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece …, Bristol
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£451.50
VG : in very good condition. Rebound with new eps. Stamps on title pages. Some slight darkening to page edges. Plate 1 with repairs at outer fold, and plate 11 with some dust marking to lower edge with no impact on illustration. All maps bright and overall VG. 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 3304pp; 51pp …
William Shakespeare: A Biography Charles Knight [Used - …, Bristol
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£120.00
Pictorial biography of Shakespeare by Charles Knight, complete with two books in one volume. This pictorial biography, richly decorated in text with numerous engravings from original drawings by W. Harvey, was originally published in parts between 1838 and 1841. The present copy complete with two…
[First Edition] The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal …, Bristol
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£23.20
Clean firm brown cover, gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Original card covers are bound in. Contents include: Romano-British Disc-brooches derived from Hadrianic Coin-types by R G Goodchild; The Iron …
[First Edition] THE ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY AND OBITUARY FOR THE …, Bristol
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£100.00
1st edn. 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt tooled in six compartments (corners a little bumped - otherwise bright VG). Pp. x + 606, illus with silhouette cameos in text (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).
Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh …, Bristol
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£65.00
NEW EDITION. Complete in two volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19 x 12 cm); pp. [4], 434; vi, [2], 414. English text in double columns. Handsomely bound in contemporary full tan calf gilt by W. Nutt; marbled page edges and endpapers; printed footnotes; rear index. Printed in Great Britain …
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World …, Bristol
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£90.00
A handsome, leather-bound copy of Jonathan Swift's beloved novel 'Gulliver's Travels', featuring the wonderful illustrations by the renowned artist Arthur Rackham. The Temple Press edition.Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Illustrated by renowned English book illustrator, Arthur Rackham, known …
[First Edition] A History of British Fossil Mammals, and …, Bristol
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£296.00
A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations of various fossils and bones belonging to …
[First Edition] Woman: A Journal of Information, Entertainme …, Bristol
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£70.00
A vanishingly scarce copy of this weekly women's penny paper. First edition.A vanishingly scarce copy of this journal, being No. 881 (Seventeenth Year), November 14, 1906.Published weekly, this high class women's penny paper offers news, discussions and advice relevant to female readers of the …
[First Edition] Fabulous Flying Boats A History of the …, Bristol
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£24.00
*** BOOK in as new condition. Black Boards with gilt title on Spine. xiii prelims, 320 pages, numerous b&w illustrations in the text, index and comprehensive general appendin. *** DUST JACKET unclipped and as new. *** CONTENTS: This is a very comprehensive history of flying boats; their golden age …
[First Edition] History of Arabia and Its People an Account …, Bristol
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£850.00
Edinburgh cabinet library new edition. Book measures 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. Collation, engraved frontis, engraved vignette title page, printed title page, xvi,652pp, folding map, and a futher 5 plates. Bound in full period black extensively embossed leather, full gilt gauffred edges, inner dentells, …
Macaulay's Essays Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] …, Bristol
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£98.00
Three of Lord Macaulay's essays contributed to the 'Edinburgh Review' bound in one volume. A collection of critical essays by Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally appeared in the influential magazine The Edinburgh Review. Three volumes in one.Essays include 'Warren Hastings,' 'Lord Clive,' and …
THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF …, Bristol
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£95.00
4to., pp.xxxii,32,18,(2), half claret leather, neatly rebacked, with original spine overlaid, five raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments, original marbled endpapers, with cloth-tape reinforcement to inner hinges, textured claret cloth boards, a.e.g., frontispiece and pictorial half …
[First Edition] Thomas Beecham. An Independent Biography …, Bristol
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£17.58
Hardback 1961. 1st edition. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear & a few short tears. Front flap is not price-clipped: 21/- net. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in …
The Student's Synopsis of English History [Used - Near …, Bristol
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£16.00
Title: The Student's Synopsis of English History Based on: Professor Oman's History of England Publisher: Edward Arnold, London Year: 1902 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 163 Illustrations: Tables and chronological charts. Condition: Near fine Tight binding and clean legible text. No markings. No dust …
British Agriculture and Farming: The History of the Royal …, Bristol
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£55.00
Two charming works on British Agriculture and Farming, one a centenary celebration of the Royal Agricultural Society, and the other an insightful record into pedigree Friesian breeding. Two charming works on British Agriculture and Farming, both privately printed and published between 1939-1947.The …