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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the Territories Under British Influence North of the Zambezi.

Johnston, Sir Harry H. · 1969

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Negro Univ. Press 1969. Facsimile Reprint. Royal 8vo. xix + 544pp. Frontis., t.p. device, profusely ills., 6 maps including 1 folding. Gilt lettered cloth.

LIVES of Illustrious Men. Translated from the Original Greek: With Notes, Critical, and Historical; and a Life of Plutarch. By J. Langhorne and W. Langhorne.

Plutarch’s · 1853

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Henry G. Bohn 1853. New Ed. 2 vols. xxx + 1138pp. Engraved frontis., numerous portraits. Some very light browning, monogrammed bookplates, faint ownership inscription of ‘Edgar Phillips Brighton’, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth, spines faded (intruding sl. onto bo...

THE LAND OF GREECE. Described and Illustrated.

Hanson, Charles Henry. · 1886

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

T. Nelson and Sons 1886. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. 400pp. 44 full page ills., 3 double page colour maps. Light marginal waterstain to fore-edge, light wrinkling, inscribed ‘Abraham Colles from his wife Xmas /86.’, dec. e.ps., original gilt lettered dec. cloth, some marking, light sta...

THE DEMI OF ATTICA.

Leake, William Martin. · 1841

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

J. Rodwell ... 1841. 2nd Ed. iv + 307pp. 4 folding maps. Some light browning, partially unopened, ownership inscription mainly erased from pastedown, original blind embossed cloth, gilt lettered spine chipped, fading and minor marking. The Topography of Athens, and the Demi V...

LANDSCAPE & PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS to the Life and Works of LORD BYRON.

(Byron). Finden’s · 1833

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

John Murray 1833-4. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Engraved vignette t.ps., 123 engraved plates (6.1” x 8.8”). Some light browning, marbled e.ps., gilt tooled dentelles, black gilt tooled morocco, minor rubbing with boards sl. warped, a.e.g. The Landscape Illustrations were issued in par...

THE POEMS. Including Salmagundi, Topsy-Turvy, Bubble and Squeak, and Crambe Repetita. With Corrections and Original Additions.

Huddesford, George. · 1801

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Printed for J. Wright by W. Bulmer and Co. 1801. 2 vols. in 1. viii + 145pp. + [i] + [ii] errata + [iv] + 176pp. Some sporadic light spotting, contemporary ownership signature, marbled e.ps. and edges, half morocco with cloth covered boards, some rubbing, gilt filleted...

THE MECHANICS OF INTERNATIONALISM. Culture, Society, and Politics from the 1840s to the First World War.

Geyer, Martin H. and Paulmann, Johannes. (Editors). · 2001

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

OUP 2001. 1st Ed. [x] + 471pp. + [vii]. 5 tables, 26 figures. Good in very sl. chipped d/w. Studies of the German Historical Institute London.

METAPHYSICAL INQUIRY into the Method Objects and Result of Ancient and Modern Philosophy. II. MYTHOLOGICAL INQUIRY into the Recondite Theology of the Heathens; III CHRONOLOGICAL INQUIRY into the Ancient History of Egypt.

Cory, Isaac Preston. · 1833

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

William Pickering 1833-7. 3 vols. in 1 as issued. Sm. 8vo. Some very light browning, original cloth, paper label to spine, fading, spine sl. bumped.

HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE 91ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS, Now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its Subsequent Services to 1881. Arranged by ...

Goff, G.L. · 1891

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Richard Bentley and Son 1891. 1st Ed. xvi + 361pp. Colour frontis., 1 chapter heading, 21 plates including 1 colour. Some light marginal browning, marbled e.ps., gilt tooled dentlles, turn-ins, paper split to firm hinges, full gilt tooled morocco with gilt armorial shield to u...

A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS: With Remarks upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, and Usages of the Inhabitants. John Snow 1841. 36th Thousand. x + 154pp. Engraved port. frontis., t.p. vignette, ills. [Bound with] LECTURES ON REVIVALS OF RELIGION. by Charles G. Finney. With Introductory Prefaces by Rev. John Angell James et al. With Notes, and Carefully Revised by Rev. William Patton. John Snow 1840. 5th Thousand. ix + [i] + 150pp. [Bound with]. NATIONAL CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS EXAMINED: A Course of Lectures, Delivered in London, During April and May MDCCCXXXIX. By Ralph Wardlaw. Thomas Ward and Co. iv + 95pp.

Williams, Rev. John.

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

3 works in 1 vol. Some light browning, e.ps. foxed, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, extremities rubbed, gilt motifs and lettering to spine.

ORIGINES BRITANNICÆ: Or, the Antiquities of the British Churches. With a Preface, Concerning, Some Pretended Antiquities Relating to Britain, in Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph. By the Right Rev. Father in God ...

Stillingfleet, Edward. · 1837

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

William Straker ... 1837. New Ed. lxxviii + 374pp. Occasional underlining and marginalia, some light browning, inscription to bookplate of Jack Rob Hope Scholar of Merton, hinges taped, gilt rule edged tree calf, some surface loss to upper board, rebacked and recornered in mo...

HISTORIOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THE REPUBLIC. Provincial Perspectives on Roman Rule.

Yarrow, Liv Mariah. · 2006

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

OUP 2006. 3rd Imp. xiv + 396pp. Very good in d/w. Oxford Classical Monographs.

HISTOCHIMIE ANIMALE Méthodes et Problèmes.

Lison, L. · 1936

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Gauthier-Villars Paris 1936. 1st Ed. Square 8vo. vi + 320pp. French text. Some light browning, rebound in gilt lettered half morocco with cloth boards.

THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS, Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second After the Battle of Worcester, and His Subsequent Adventures, &c.&c.&c. William Blackwood Edinburgh and T. Cadell ... London 1830. [iv] + [i] + 347pp. 6 plates, 1 map, 1 plan. Pencil annotations and underlining. [Bound with]. THE ROUND TABLE. The Order and Solemnities of Crowning the King: And the Dignities of His Peerage. With Remarks in Vindication of Both. Printed for W. Goodhugh ... 1820. [iv] + 108pp. Frontis. [Bound with]. MONARCHY REVIVED; Being the Personal History of Charles the Second, From His Earliest Years to His Restoration to the Throne. Reprinted From the Edition of 1661. Printed for Charles Baldwyn ... 1822. 262pp. [Lacking 14 portraits].

Hughes, J. (Editor).

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

3 works in 1 vol. Front f.e.p. and verso of frontis. with pen and pencil notes, some light browning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, light surface wear to boards, sl. calf loss to corners, dec. gilt compartments and gilt motifs with gilt lettered title label to lig...

SIÈCLE DE LOUIS XIV. Suivi de la Liste Raisonnèe des Enfants de Louis XIV, des Princes de la Maison de France de son temps, des souverains contemporains, des Maréchaux de Frace, des MInistres de la Plupart des Écrivains et Artistes qui ont Fleuri dans ce Siècle.

Voltaire. · 1900

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Librairie de Paris N.d. c.[1900]. Sm. 8vo. [iv] + 609pp. French text. Marginal browning, signed by E.G. Besant to flyleaf, marbled e.ps., gilt edged morocco dentelles, bound by Wilson & Son of Cambridge in morocco, gilt lettered faded spine, a.e.g.

PAUL PERIWINKLE: Or, The Pressgang. In Three Books.

[Neale, W. Johnson]. · 1857

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Willoughby & Co. N.d. c.[1857]. 2 vols. viii + 322pp. + pp.(323-640). 20 engraved plates by Phiz, ills. Vol. 2. without t.p. as issued? Without half title to vol. 1., some browning, signed ‘John Bishop to t.p. and first leaf of vol. 2., first leaf of vol. 2. adhered sl. at gut...

LEWIS ARUNDEL; Or the Railroad of Life.

Smedley, Frank E. · 1870

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

George Routledge and Sons N.d. c.[1870]. New Ed. viii + 663pp. Frontis. vignette title and 40 engraved plates by Phiz. Some browning, hinges cracked, contemporary half morocco with cloth boards, gilt filleted raised bands with gilt lettering to spine, very light fading. First...

PSALMAU DAFYDD O’r vn cyfeithiad a’r Beible Cyffredin. The Psalms Translated into Welsh by ... And Originally Printed in the Year 1588; Reproduced in Photographic Facsimile for Thomas Powel

Morgan, William. · 1896

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

By Charles J. Clark 4 Lincoln’s Inn Fields ... 1896. Facsimile Reprint of 1599 Ed. 4to. With 5pp. of subscribers. Frontis., folding facsimile t.p., 2 plates. E.ps. foxed, gilt rule edged japon, lettered in gilt, soiled, t.e.g.

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER Or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers.

Walton, Izaak. · 1907

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Privately published 1907. Facsimile reprint of 1653 first Ed. Sm. 8vo. [xvi] + 246pp. Port. frontis., dec. t.p. (detached to tail), many plates. Some foxing, dec. e.ps., inscription to front f.e.p. penned over, leather over boards, blind lettered and ills. to upper board, some...

A TOUR IN GERMANY, And Some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822.

Russell, John. · 1825

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh 1825. 3rd Ed. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo. x + 406pp. + x + 406pp. Some foxing, marbled e.ps. and edges, ex.-libris Richard Hanbury Gurney, gilt fillet edged half calf with marbled boards, light wear to boards, gilt motifs and gilt lettered...