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Schedule for Sale of the Corston Estate Pembroke, South Wales

1919

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Jackson Stops & Staff, 1919. Hardcover. Comprises two sheets of duplicated tall A4 detailing The Corston Estate, Pembroke with 476 acres, Georgian and Queen Ann House with an asking price of £18,000. Acompanying sheet lists Tenants, farms and acerage and rent. Undated but ? 19...

The Melfort Estate Auction Sale Particulars - July 1919

1943

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Mesrs, Jackson Stops & Staff, 1943. Hardcover. Original prospectus for Auction sale of The Melfort Estate: To Yachtsmen, Sportsmen and Others - Argyllshire - On the West Coast of Scotland where the Braes of Lorne shelve down to the Sea.A uniqe and charming residential and spor...

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh Vol. X 1888-90

1890

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Printed for the Society, 1890. Hardcover. Bound Proceedings from 1888-1890. 526p inc. index;16 plates with two coloured folding maps. Articles on Sowerby's whale, Asterolepidae, theory of the parasitic habit of the cuckoo, plumage of the rook, birds of Paraguay, Palla's Sand G...

Highly Spiced Tales

De Bourdeille, Pierre · 1930

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Libraire Des Editions Modernes, . Soft Cover. Undated c.1930? 123p+4p catalogue. Illustrated front wrapper. Printed for Private Circulation. Uncut. Covers grubby and some wear at edges and corners. Flimsy binding failing. No other marks or signatures. Two others in the same se...

Lascivicious Love - Lives of Gallant Ladies

De Bourdeille, Pierre · 1930

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Libraire Des Editions Modernes, . Soft Cover. Undated c.1930? 123p+5p catalogue. Illustrated front wrapper. Printed for Private Circulation. Uncut. Covers grubby and some wear at edges and corners. Flimsy binding failing. No other marks or signatures. Two others in the same se...

How to Become a Perfect Lover - the School of Love

1930

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Libraire Des Editions Modernes, . Soft Cover. Undated c.1930? 126p+2p catalogue. Illustrated front wrapper states: The suppressed english edition, not to be send in England Uncut. Covers grubby and some wear at edges and corners. Flimsy binding failing. No other marks or signa...

A Physical Essay on the Senses

le Cat, M. · 1750

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

R.Griffiths, 1750. Hardcover. First English Edition of Traite des Sens. (4)+288p.Title with woodcut device, 12 engraved plates on 9 folded sheets. Please note plates IV and V are not bound in.Text block firm and recently professionally and beautifully rebound by Bovill in half...

Tales and Travesties

Webber, Harry · 1934

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Printed by the Author, 1934. Hardcover. 146p of poetry - light, amusing - Printed by the Author at 66, Paisley Road, Bournemouth, for Private Circulation only, 1934. Book clean and tight with gift inscription from Author dated 1934 on fep. Gilt titling on front board rubbed. S...

The Clan Macnab - a Short Sketch - (Tartan Cloth Boards)

1907

£76.00 (€91.10 | $100.41 | ¥16,029)

The Clan Macnab Association, 1907. Hardcover. 27p with coloured plates of the Macnab Arms and tartan; 4 other monochrome portrait plates. Book tight and internally clean without marks or signatures. Original woven tartan cloth boards have a gilt coat of arms on front board. Sp...

Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids. [with Coloured Illustrations].

Cowie, Peter (Editor) · 1913

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Gay & Hancock Ltd, 1913. Hardcover. A Book Containing Decorous Entertainment for General Humanity Including Jingoes Knaves Lunatics Magistrates Nincompoops Oafs Politicians Quacks Reporters Sabbatarians Teetotalers Undergraduates Viceroys Welshers Xylocephals Yahoos Zealots. E...

Vintage Wick: A Photographic History of the Royal Burgh of Wick and Its People

Richards, Clive · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

North of Scotland Newspapers Ltd, 1988. Soft Cover. 166 crowded pages of photographs. Soft illustrated covers. Near fine unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 1871704014).. Near Fine

Minute Book of the Board of Green Cloth 1809-1820 with Notices of the Members

1891

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

James Maclehose & Sons, 1891. Hardcover. xxii+207p. Hardbound in black buckram with a paper label to upper spine. 150 copies printed of which this is No. 94 (numbered by hand). An insight into the ways of life of the members of a Whist and Supper club in Glasgow which, at the ...

An Act for Making Perpetual an Act for the Better Preventing the Counterfeiting the Current Coin of This Kingdom.

1709

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Charles Bill - Printer to the King., 1709. Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.4p; p.317-318. Toned and wormholes at bottom of leaves not affecting text.but otherwise unmarked. See scans. . Near Very Good

An Act for Rendering More Effectual the Laws Concerning Commissions of Sewers.

1709

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Charles Bill - Printer to the King., 1709. Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.4p; p.217-218. Toned but otherwise unmarked. See scans. . Near Very Good

An Act to Preserve the Rights of Patrons to Advowsons

1709

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Charles Bill - Printer to the King., 1709. Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.4p; p.263-264. Toned but otherwise unmarked. See scans. . Near Very Good

An Act for the Queen, Most Gracious, General, and Free Pardon

1709

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Charles Bill - Printer to the King., 1709. Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.14p p.291-302. Toned but otherwise unmarked. See scans. . Near Very Good

Act of Parliament for the Buying and Selling of Cattle in Smithfield and for Giving Leave for Bringing Up Calves Dead to London As Formerly

1709

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Charles Bill - Printer to the King., 1709. Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.Toned and a worm line at bottom away from text. 4p p.143-144.but otherwise unmarked.Two leaves almost detached. See scans. . Good +

An Act for Preventing Delays in the Execution of the Trust Reposed in the Governors of the Hospital of King James, Founded in Charterhouse, at the Charges of Thomas Sutton Esq ; for the Benefit of the Said Hospital

1721

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

, . Disbound from a larger Book. Disbound from a larger volume.Undated but c.1721. 2p.Toned but otherwise unmarked. See scans. . Near Very Good

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh Vol. IX 1885-88

1888

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Printed for the Society, 1888. Hardcover. Bound Proceedings from 1885-88. 586p 21 plates. Articles on the Bottle-nosed or beaked whale, spores in the carboniferous formation of Scotland, abnormal limbs in Crustacea, hatching of herring ova in deep water, birds of Skye, Harvie-...

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh Vol VII. 1881-1883

1883

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Printed for the Society By M'Farlane & Erskine, 1883. Hardcover. Bound Proceedings from 1881-1883.372p; 7 plates. Articles include:the Paleozoic conchology of Scotland, the Chough in Scotland, birds of Glenurquhart, Natural History of Madagascar, Zoology of Mid-Lochaber, fossi...