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THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF TETBURY, In the County of Gloucester, Compiled From Original Mss. and Other Authentic Sources.

Lee, Rev. Alfred T. · 1857

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

John Henry & James Parker 1857. 1st Ed. xxii + 320pp. + [i]. publ. advertisement. With 6pp. Subscribers. Chromolitho. frontis., 3 plates of Autographs, 1 engraved plate, 6 tinted lithographs, text ills. Light browning, some offsetting due to loosely inserted newspaper cutting...

THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale.

Johnson, Samuel. · 1818

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London: Published John Sharpe ... 1818. Sm. 8vo. viii + 184pp. Additional vignette t.p. (dated 1817) and 4 plates from the designs of Richard Westall. Ex.-libris James Cook, some browning, marbled e.ps., blind tooled dentelles, contemporary calf, blind ruling with gilt devices...

“SESTRA” (Sister) Sketches from the Russian Front.

Liddell, R. Scotland. · 1917

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Hodder and Stoughton 1917. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. viii + 244pp. Edges spotted occasionally intruding onto margins, ex-libris Frank Bird, original black lettered cloth, minor marking. Robert Scotland Liddell (1885-1972) British reporter and photographer for The Sphere newspaper, who...

DIRECTORY OF ESSEX 1929. (Excluding those places within the London Postal Area).

Kelly’s · 1929

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

... 1929. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 40pp. adverts. xxiv + 829pp. + [iii] adverts. Colour folding map (with sm. tear to hinge). Light browning, original gilt and black lettered cloth, spine faded and bumped.

A NEW DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY, Explaining the Terms us’d in that Science, with their Etymology, and different versions into Latin. Containing all the Rules of Blazon, with Reasons for the same. The original Signification of Bearings. And A concise Account of the most noted Orders of Knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil or Military. The whole design’d to make that Science familiar.

Coats, Mr James. · 1747

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Aaron Ward ... 1747. Revised and Corrected with a Recommendatory Epistle. [xiv] + 352pp. + [ii] adverts. Historiated initial letters and vignette chapter headings, 7 folding plates. Some light browning, pp.133-40 shaved along tail, with the armorial bookplate of Harry Percy B...

WODEHOUSE IN WOOSTERSHIRE.

(Wodehouse). Ring, Tony and Jaggard, Geoffrey. · 1999

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Porpoise Books 1999. [xx] + 310pp. Illus. by Bernard Canavan. From the library of Anthony Lejeune with 2 related letters to him from John Fletcher of Porpoise Books loosely inserted, very good in d/w. The Millennium Wodehouse Concordance Vol. 6: Jeeves & Wooster.

THE WEST BANK PALESTINIAN FAMILY.

Ata, Ibrahim Wade. · 1986

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

KPI Limited 1986. 1st Ed. [xiv] + 166pp. + [i] adverts. + [iii] blank. Very good in d/w.

ANECDOTES OF THE LIFE OF ... BISHOP OF LLANDAFF; Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814. Published by His Son, Richard Watson.

Watson, Richard. · 1818

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

T. Cadell and W. Davies ... 1818. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. T.p. + 440pp. + T.p. + 476pp. Half title present. Port. frontis. engraved by W.T. Fry after Romney. Browning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, minor wear to extremities, gilt rule edged compartments with gilt letter...

OLD LEAVES TURNING. Fans. [With] Albums and Album Leaves.

Moss, Paul. · 1995

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Sydney L. Moss Ltd. 1995. 2 vols. 4to. 180pp. + ([181]-377pp. + [iii]. Profusely illus. throughout in colour from photos. by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. Very good in d/ws., together in black lettered cloth slipcase as issued. Chinese paintings.

TERTULLIANI OPERA ad vetustissimorum exemplarium sidem locis quamplurimis emendata, Nicolai Rigaltii I.C. Obseruationibus & Notis illustrata. Cum Indice Glossario Stili Africani.

[Tertullian]. · 1634

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Lutetiae : [Paris] Sumptibus Mathurini du Puis ... 1634. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. [xx] + 862pp. + 123pp. + [78]pp. + [i] Summa Privilegii + [i] Printers device. Rubric T.p. (chipped), dec. initial letters and dec. headpieces. Latin text. Half title silked to verso, light water...

LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES DAVID FORBES, F.R.S.

(Forbes). Shairp, John Campbell; Tait, Peter Guthrie and Adams-Reilly, A. · 1873

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 598pp. + [ii] adverts. Port. frontis., vignette t.p., 2 ports., 4 tipped in ills. from photos., folding map. Some light marginal browning and sporadic spotting, hinges tender but firm, from the library of Jack Meadows,...

FLAME, ELECTRICITY AND THE CAMERA. Man’s Progress from the First Kindling of Fire to the Wireless Telegraph and the Photography of Color.

Iles, George. · 1901

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1901. Large 8vo. [xvi] + 398pp. 22 plates including colour frontis., 93 figures. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription, very light marginal browning, f.e.ps. sl. waterstained, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, some minor soiling and rubbi...

SHOOTING TRIPS IN EUROPE AND ALGERIA. Being a Record of Sport in the Alps, Pyrenees, Norway, Sweden, Corsica, and Algeria.

Highton, Hugh P. · 1921

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

H.F. & G. Witherby 1921. 1st Ed. 237pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., numerous ills. from photos. Ex.-libris P.W.M. Copeman, f.e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered cloth lightly soiled and rubbed, lower leading corner of both boards sl. waterstained, sm. split at head of upp...

A POLITICAL AND MILITARY RHAPSODY ON THE INVASION AND DEFENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. To Which is Annexed, An Introduction, and a Short Account of the Author’s Life.

Lloyd, General. · 1790

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

T and J. Egerton 1790. 2nd Ed. [see note] xxxv + 104pp. + [ii]. Folding map, folding plan, folding formation plate (all with slight hand colouring). Leading corner sl. dampstained throughout with sl. fraying, with the bookplate of Rev. W Heath, early marbled boards, some wear ...

FAMOUS HARNESS HORSES. Illustrated by W.A. Rouch. With a Foreword by Bertram W. Mills. Volume 1 1900-1915 [only, of 2].

Bennett, Geoffrey D.S. · 1926

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Welbecson Press 1926. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. viii + 116pp. 40 photogravure plates. Some light browning, original cloth backed gilt lettered brown buckram boards, rebacked with much of original gilt lettered spine laid down, t.e.g. With the signature of ‘Helen Bourne? 14.12.26.’ and...

LAYS OF THE DEER FOREST. Illustrated by Ian Oates. Introduction by Lord Lovat.

Sobieski, John and Stuart, Charles Edward. · 1985

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Antony Atha Publishers Diss 1985. New Ed. Landscape 4to. 176pp. Profusely ills. from sketches, 12 colour plates. Gilt ruled buckram with gilt stags head to upper board, t.e.g., card slipcase sl. faded and rubbed with loss. No. 164 of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies.From the ...

THE SPORTSMAN’S DICTIONARY; Containing Instructions for Various Methods to be Observed in Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Hawking, Breeding and Feeding Horses for the Road and Turf; the Management of Dogs, Game and Dunghill-Cocks, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Doves, Singing Birds, Etc. and the Manner of Curing their Various Diseases and Accidents. Improved and Enlarged by ...

Pye, Henry James. · 1807

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

John Stockdale 1807. 5th Ed. 4to. v + [iii] + 547pp. 17 engraved copper plates. Light browning, marbled e.ps., contemporary half calf with marbled boards, corners rubbed, joints rubbed with sl. loss towards heads, dec. gilt motifs with gilt lettered title labels to spine, spin...

TALES OF SWORDFISH AND TUNA.

Grey, Zane. · 1927

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Hodder & Stoughton 1927. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [xii] + 203pp. + [iii] blank. Port. frontis., vignette t.p., 90 ills. from photos. taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. Illus. e.ps., lightly browned, t.p. and half-title very lightly spotted, original gilt lettere...

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE AFFAIRS OF EGYPT. Egypt No. 18 (1882). [C-3391].[In continuation of “Egypt No. 11 (1882.)”].

Foreign Office. · 1882

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

London, Houses of Parliament 1882. Sm. folio. xxii + 343pp. Some browning, rebound in modern blue wrapps. with paper title label to spine. Earl of Dufferin June 23 1882. First meeting of the Conference - To War Office Aug 14 1882 Instructions as to treatment of rebels in War.

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE AFFAIRS OF EGYPT. Egypt No. 11. (1882) [C-3295]. [In continuation of “Egypt No. 8. (1882).”]

Foreign Office. · 1882

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Houses of Parliament 1882. Sm. folio. xiii + 133pp. Some browning and chipping, rebound in modern blue wrapps. with paper title label to spine. Viscount Lyons May 31, 1882 Has repeated to M. de. Freyeinet Telegram to Her Majesty’s Representatives, stating that further...