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The Works of Samuel Johnson. 15 volume set

Johnson, Samuel · 1806

£560.00 (€670.73 | $753.24 | ¥119,011)

Covers rubbed with marking. Splits & nicks in some outer hinge ends (chip at vol.9 heel ) . Title labels missing. Inscribed. Slight age darkening. Lightly browned and foxed endpapers & prelims. Inscribed. Owner's name on label on front pastedown. Annotations on rear pastedown....

Thirteen Satires of Juvenal

Juvenal; Owen, S G [tr.] · 1903

£18.60 (€22.28 | $25.02 | ¥3,953)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Scattered foxing Edinburgh Methuen & Co First edition thus 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). xix, 120pp, 40pp.

A Voyage to Spitzbergen; Containing an Account of that Country, of the Zoology of the North; of the Shetland Isles; and of the Whale Fishery. With an Appendix ..

Laing, John · 1822

£920.00 (€1,101.92 | $1,237.46 | ¥195,518)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Modern rebind, new eps. Light indentations to leather, binding firm. Some light browning within. Pages untrimmed Edinburgh Printed by Balfour & Clarke for the author Fourth edition 200mm x 120mm (8" x 5"). 163pp.

The Life of Samuel Johnson. Three volume set. Associate copy. 1793. Dilly edition

Boswell, James (Francis Barber) · 1793

£1,300.00 (€1,557.06 | $1,748.58 | ¥276,275)

G : in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Minor rubbing and wear to boards - volume 2 with sm. area of loss to leather on front board. Previous owner's inscriptions to feps. Corner tear to pp17-18 (vol 1) with no loss to text. Ink dedication laid-in to volume 1 Lo...

The Royal Standard English Dictionary

Perry, William · 1798

£160.00 (€191.64 | $215.21 | ¥34,003)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Modern rebind with new endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to fep. Pages browned commensurate with age London J Walker and T N Longman / J Murray [printed for] Ninth Edition 140mm x 140mm (6" x 6"). 512pp + 33 pp index.

The Peak Guide

Glover, Stephen; Noble, Thomas [ed.] · 1845

£64.00 (€76.66 | $86.08 | ¥13,601)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned. Cover rubbed and bumped with ink mark to upper edge. Inner hinges starting Derby Henry Mozley and Sons First Edition 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xl, 130pp + index. Engraved frontis map; two foldout pedigrees; floor plans o...

The Napoleon Gallery, Or Illustrations of the Life and Times of the Emperor of France

Reveil; Vernet, C; Martinet et al [illus.] · 1837

£180.00 (€215.59 | $242.11 | ¥38,253)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Boards rubbed with wear to corners and spine ends. Leather scuffed. Hinges weak. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown . Occasional foxing within London Charles Tilt First Edition 180mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). [89 plates.]. B/w engraved pl...

The Earl of Chesterfield's Principles of manners and Conduct; Selected from his Letters to his Son [with] Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk. Two volumes bound as one

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of; Monk, Maria · 0

£86.00 (€103.01 | $115.68 | ¥18,277)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed and with inscribed label to front cover. Ink inscription to upper edge of title page Poughnill G Nicholson / H D Symonds Reprint 140mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 252pp + index; 161pp. One folding plate of the Hotel Dieu; engrave...

The History and Antiquities of the Town of Newark, in the County of Nottingham, (the Sidnacester of the Romans), Interspersed with Biographical Sketches, and Embellished with Engraving

Dickinson, William · 1816

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Rebacked and cornered. Covers rubbed. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Some edge tears and page repairs to prelim pages. Scattered light foxing. Occasional annotations in copperplate script and annotated contents page Londo...

The Studies of Nature to which are added The Indian Cottage and Paul and Virginia. Three volume set

Saint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de; Clarke, E [transl.] · 1836

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed and lightly worn. Corners bumped. Scattered browning an off-setting within London W Emans Reprint 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 340pp; 452pp; 213pp, 128pp, 62pp. Engraved frontisplates. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierr...

The Family Mansion

Taylor [Ann] · 1819

£84.00 (€100.61 | $112.99 | ¥17,852)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Browning and off-setting to title page and frontisplate. Marbled endpapers London Taylor and Hessey First Edition 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 206pp + ads. Engraved frontisplate.

The World in Miniature. Russia. Being a Description of the Character Manners, Customs, Dress, Diversions... of Different Nations. Four volume set

Shoberl, Frederic; Ackermann, R · 0

£780.00 (€934.23 | $1,049.15 | ¥165,765)

G : in good condition without dustwrapper. Covers rubbed. Volume I - hinges weak but holding. Spines worn with loss to lower half of vol IV and upper edge of vol II. Sporadic light foxing and off-setting London R Ackermann, Repository of Arts [First Edition] 150mm x 90mm (6" ...

Synopsis Noslogiae Methodicae. [With Translation and appendices] [Nosologia] [Methodicae]

Cullen, Gulielmo; Thomson, John [trans.] · 1814

£66.00 (€79.05 | $88.77 | ¥14,026)

Worn condition. Boards detached. Spine flaking. Foxing and darkening to some pages, but content in overall good condition.. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library London John Anderson & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown Reprint 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 322pp.

A Treatise on the Process Employed by Nature in Supressing the Hemorrhage from Divided and Punctured Arteries; and on the Use of the Ligature; Concluding with Observations on Secondary Hemorrhage

Jones, J F D · 1805

£160.00 (€191.64 | $215.21 | ¥34,003)

G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Half of title-plate missing. Sporadic foxing within Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library London R Phillips Reprint 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xv, 237pp. With 15 plates. The whole deduced from the extensive series of...

A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds. Two volumes

Hunter, John · 1812

£160.00 (€191.64 | $215.21 | ¥34,003)

Worn condition. Boards detached. Spines missing. Some foxing, but content in overall good condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library London Cox, Sherwood, Neely & Jones Reprint 220mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). x, 487; viii, 511pp + plates. 8 b/w plates.

The Anatomy of the Foetal Brain; With a Comparative Exposition of its Structure in Animals

Tiedemann, Frederic; Bennett, William [trans.] · 1826

£260.00 (€311.41 | $349.72 | ¥55,255)

Worn conditiont. Cover rubbed. Spine missing. Plates darkened. Some foxing, but content in overall good condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library London John Carfrae & Son/ Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green First Edition 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xv, 324pp...

A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to Other Languages; and Occasional Notices of Local Custioms and Popular Superstitutions. Two volumes bound as one. 1846. Association copy

Brockett, John Trotter (Howard pease) · 1846

£180.00 (€215.59 | $242.11 | ¥38,253)

G : in good condition with marbled eps. Cover rubbed with weara to joints. Scattered foxing, particulary to prelms. Heraldic bookplate of Howard Pease to front pastedown and his inscription to fep Newcastle upon Tyne Emerson Charnley Third Edition 200mm x 135mm (8" x 5"). xxv...

The Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education

Combe, Andrew · 1844

£36.00 (€43.12 | $48.42 | ¥7,651)

G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed with cracks to hinges. Slight foxing Edinburgh Maclachlan, Stewart, & Co Tenth edition revised and enlarged 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xix, 420pp + ads. With thirteen woodcut vignettes.

Galatee, Pastorale; Imitee de Cervantes

de Florian, Jean Pierre Claris · 1788

£24.00 (€28.75 | $32.28 | ¥5,100)

G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards rubbed and edgeworn. Spine rubbed but gilt still visible. Hinges creacked. Some foxing Paris Chez Guillaume 5th Edition 130mm x 90mm (5" x 4"). 214pp. 5 b/w plates.

Amelia. Volume 1 only

Fielding, Henry · 1771

£28.00 (€33.54 | $37.66 | ¥5,951)

G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and edgeworn London Printed for S Crowder, C Ware, and T Payne Reprint 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). v, 284pp.