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IAMBLICHUS: ON THE PYTHAGOREAN LIFE. Translated Texts for Historians Volume 8.

Translated with notes and introduction by CLARK, Gillian. · 1989

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Liverpool Liverpool University Press 1989. 8vo., pp. xxi, 122, paperback, b/w map; a near fine copy.

NEGRO. An Anthology.

Collected and edited by CUNARD, Nancy; edited and abridged, with an introduction, by FORD, Hugh. · 1984

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1984. Reprint, third impression, 4to., pp.xxxii,464, hardcover, gilt and black lettering, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations accompany the text throughout; paste-action (toning) to paste-down endpapers, foxing to edges and very ligh...

THE MUSIC OF HUMANITY. A Critical Study of Wordsworth’s Ruined Cottage incorporating texts from a manuscript of 1799-1800.

WORDSWORTH, Jonathan. · 1969

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1969. 8vo., pp. xvi,293, dark green hardcover, gilt; very light foxing to front free endpaper, foxing to top edge, otherwise internally clean, minor bruise to tail of spine, a very good copy, in a vg price-clipped dust-jacket with light fo...

THE POEMS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.

Edited by: SMITH, David Nichol; MCADAM, Edward L. · 1974

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974. First printing of the much revised second edition, 8vo., pp.xxviii,496, navy cloth, gilt; slight spotting to top edges, else very good indeed, in vg price-clipped dust-jacket,

THE STORY OF DAVID. Reprinted from the authorised version with 11 wood-engravings by John Farleigh.

Illustrated by FARLEIGH, John. · 1934

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London: A & C Black Ltd. 1934. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.140, yellow cloth, black lettering, eleven b/w wood engravings by John Farleigh; neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to top edges, some foxing within, largely to early leaves, slight to...

THE POEMS OF WILLAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN [Two Volumes]. The Muses’ Library.

DRUMMOND, William; edited with a memoir and notes by WARD, William C. · 1894

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London/New York: Lawrence and Bullen/Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 1894. Limited edition, no. 14 of 100 large paper copies, 12mo., pp.cxxv,245;348, uncut, quarter brown morocco with stamped title-bands, gilt, brown cloth boards, t.e.g., marbled paste-down and endpaper, illumi...

THE NOTEBOOKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. [Two Volumes in Four] I. 1794-1804 (2 Parts: TEXT and NOTES); II. 1804-1808 (2 Parts: TEXT and NOTES).

Edited by COBURN, Kathleen. · 1957

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London/New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul/Bollingen Foundation 1957;1961. Four volumes, 8vo., pp.xlii,546;xlv,615;xx,478;xxxiv,548, burgundy cloth, gilt, coloured top edges, ribbon bookmarks to b/w plates (Vol I. (Text) contains four b/w plates, Vol. II (Text) includes b/w...

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.

ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz; translated by GRAVES, Lucia. [Signed by the author] · 2005

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First illustrated edition, limited and signed, no. 430 of 1000 copies, pictorial hardcover, map design to endpapers, marble design to title and chapter titles, 14 monochromatic plates; very slight bruise to head of spine, very slight ...

BYGONE KING'S, Being A Collection of Historical Views of the Buildings at King’s College, Cambridge, With Descriptive Notes.

AUSTEN LEIGH, R.A. · 1907

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Eton College: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd., 1907. Folio, unpaginated, grey-blue paper-covered boards backed in cream cloth, lettering stamped in black, 21 tipped-in plates with tissue guards; water-marking to lower margins of boards, with tear to lower margin of front board ...

RAILWAY MACHINERY: A TREATISE ON THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF RAILWAYS. Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant; Illustrated by a Series of Plates on a Large Scale, and Numerous Engravings on wood. Volume Second - Plates.

CLARK, Daniel Kinnear. · 1855

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1855. Volume II only, folio, pp.iv,(numbered plates), half calf, five raised bands, gilt-lettered label, claret cloth boards, marbled edges, comprises 60 engraved plates, double-page, and a further 10 engraved diagrams; engraved heraldic bookplate t...

LYDGATE AND BURGH'S SECREES OF OLD PHILOSOFFRES. A Version of The ‘Secreta Secretorum’. Edited from the Sloane MS. 2464.

LYDGATE, John; BURGH, Benedict; introduction, notes and glossary by STEELE, Robert. · 1894

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Early English Text Society/Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1894. First edition, 8vo., pp.10,xxxiv,121, uncut and partially unopened, lilac paper wrappers; wear to wrappers, an otherwise very good, fresh copy.

ANGLO-SAXON DISC AND COMPOSITE BROOCHES [In Two Parts]. Part I. Discussion Part II. Catalogue and Plates.

RICHARD AVENT. · 1975

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 1975. Two volumes, 4to., pp.xiii,126;v,52, paperback, Part I. contains six colour plates, Parts I and II contain b/w illustrations and plates; rubbing and some wear to extremities of wrappers, Part I. has closed tear at foot of upper f...

A NEW CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON GREAT SQUARE-HEADED BROOCHES.

HINES, John. · 1997

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 1997. Large 8vo., pp.vii,374,124, black cloth, silver lettering, fold out chart, b/w illustrations, 124 b/w plates; from the library of Penelope Walton Rogers, light pencilling to a couple of pages, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped du...

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ECONOMIC DOCUMENTS.

Edited by THIRSK, Joan and COOPER, J.P. · 1972

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1972. 8vo., pp.xvii,847, navy cloth, gilt; light water staining to fore-edges, with undulation to contents else very good, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, also with light undulation.

HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911]

[Harrods] · 1911

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London: Harrods Limited, (undated, circa 1911). 4to., pp.lxviii,(iv) self-measurement forms,525, pictorial cloth, gilt, world colour map to front endpapers, b/w pictorial advertisements to rear endpapers, pictorial woodcuts and engravings illustrate goods for sale throughout...

ENGRAVED GEMS OF THE CAROLOINGIAN EMPIRE.

KORNBLUTH, Genevra. · 1995

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

University Park, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. 4to.,pp. xxv,139, burgundy cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations to rear, colour frontispiece; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities.

THE ANGLO-DUTCH MOMENT. Essays on the Glorious Revolution and its world impact.

Edited by, ISRAEL, Jonathan I. · 1991

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 8vo.,pp. xv,502, hardover, gilt, b/w illustrations; foxing to upper edge of text block, sunned to edges of boards, otherwise a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities ...

FROM VIKING TO CRUSADER. The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200.

Foreword by, OLSEN, Olaf. · 1992

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Nordic Council of Ministers, 1992. 4to.,pp. 429, pictorial wrappers, b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece, maps to rear; rubbed to extremities, creasing to spine and corners, otherwise a very good copy.

PERSIUS: The Satires.

Text with Translation and Notes by, JENKINSON, J.R. · 1980

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Warminster, Aris & Phillips, 1980. 8vo.,pp. vii,131, pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering to spine; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed and soiled to extremities.

CICERO: The Letters of January to April 43 BC.

Edited with an Introduction, Translation & Commentary by, WILLCOCK, M.M. · 1995

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Warminster, Aris & Phillips, 1995. 8vo.,pp. 154, hardcover, gilt; light sunning to extremities of boards, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped to head of spine.