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WILLIAM ETTY: THE LIFE AND ART.

ROBINSON, Leonard. With a Foreword by ETTY, Tom. · 2007

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

USA: McFarland & Company, 2007. 8vo., pp.,xv,493, pictorial hardcover, colour and b/w illustrations, a near fine copy. No dust-jacket.

NARRATIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY THROUGH RUSSIA AND SIBERIAN TARTARY, FROM THE FRONTIERS OF CHINA TO THE FROZEN SEA AND KAMTCHATKA. Third Edition.

COCHRANE, Captain John Dundas. · 1825

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London: Charles Knight, 1825. Third edition, two volumes bound as one, 8vo., pp.xxvii,428,iv,336, half dark brown calf with contrasting green label, marbled boards and endpapers, hand-coloured frontispieces, 2 b/w plates, 3 folding maps (‘Map of the Country between St....

SCIENCE FICTION AS EXISTENTIALISM.

WILSON, Colin. · 1978

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Hayes, Middlesex: Bran’s Head, 1978. First edition, 8vo., pp.16, paperback stapled wrappers; rubbing to spine, a very good, clean copy.

THE OLD BOY'S BOOKS: A HISTORY OF THE OLD TIME JOURNALS FOR BOYS, THEIR PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND EDITORS/ A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOYS' JOURNALS, WITH INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE WRITERS OF BOYS' STORIES.

ROLLINGTON, Ralph. · 1913

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Leicester: H. Simpson, 1913. 8vo., pp. 111, grey pictorial wrappers, b/w illustrations, portrait frontispiece; tiny chip at foot of spine, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

SCANDINAVIAN AND RUSS, Or By Way of the Baltic. Being an Account of the Cruise of the S.S. St. Sunniva to the Northern Capitals, Illustrated with Map and Forty Original Photographs and Thumb-Nail Sketches.

MANTON, John Albert, · 1895

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London: Gay and Bird/Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1895. Pocket 8vo., pp.viii,93, printed paper wrappers, b/w plates, folding frontispiece Cabin Plan, b/w map; closed tear and creasing to fore-margin of frontispiece, light wear to extremities of wrappers, paper covering ...

MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE & GARDENS.

MITCHELL, George & PASRICHA, Amit. · 2011

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Suffolk: Antique Collector’s Club, 2011 4to., pp.402, black hardback, gilt, colour photographs throughout; attractive bookplate loosely tipped onto front free endpaper verso, a near fine copy in dust-jacket.

TOPSY-TURVY TALES.

SMEATON MUNRO, Elsie. Illustrated by, ROBINSON, Heath. · 1923

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition, Scarce, re-cased, 8vo., pp. x,177, pictorial blue cloth, black lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership autograph and small inscription to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to ...

MUTINY AT THE MARGINS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE INDIAN UPRISING OF 1857, VOLUME 6: Perception, Narration and Reinvention: THE PEDAGOGY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE INDIAN UPRISING.

BATES, Crispin. · 2014

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2014 8vo., pp.xxx, 217, black hardback, gilt, light indentation to top edge of front board, very slight creasing at head of spine, a very good, clean copy in very good dust-jacket.

THE CULTURE OF SECRECY: BRITAIN 1832-1998

VINCENT, David · 1998

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998 8vo., pp.xxi,364, black hardcover, gilt, a very good, clean copy, in a very good dust-jacket.

SOVEREIGN

SANSOM, C.J. · 2006

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan, 2006 First edition, 8vo., pp.583, blue hardcover, gilt, two small marks to fore-edge slightly affecting a few margins, otherwise a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, covered with adhesive plastic which has some wrinkling.

RELIGION AND RURAL SOCIETY: South Lindsey 1825-1875.

OBELKEVICH, James. · 1976

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Oxford University Press, 1976. 8vo., pp.xiii,353, navy cloth, gilt, b/w maps; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light rubbing to extremities, else very good, in good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine, with small closed tears to extremities.

PEAKLAND AIR CRASHES. The South.

CUNNINGHAM, Pat. · 2005

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing, 2005. Large 8vo., pp.192, paperback, b/w illustrations; very slight shelfwear, internally fine, a very good copy indeed.

Richard Strauss: A Critical Commentary On His Life And Works [Set of Three Volumes]

Del Mar, Norman. · 1978

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1978. Corrected reprint, three volumes, 8vo., pp.xv,462;xi,452;xxi,552, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispieces and plates; top edges a little dusty, else a very good, fresh set, in unclipped dust-jackets, which are sunned to spines of Volumes II ...

A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. [Set of Four Volumes:] Volume I. The University to 1546; Volume II. 1546-1750; Volume III. 1750-1870; Volume IV. 1870-1990.

LEADER, Damian Riehl; MORGAN, Victor; SEARBY, Peter; BROOKE, Christopher N.L. · 2004

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Cambridge University Press, 2004. Four volumes, reprints, 8vo., pp.xxi,399;xxii,613;xviii,797;xxiii,652, blue cloth, gilt; ex libris D.E. Luscombe, with ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a fresh and near-fine set, in near-fine unclipped dust-jackets, with small clo...

CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN AND ALI IBN AL-ABBAS AL-MAGUSI. The Pategni and Related Texts.

Edited by: BURNETT, Charles; JACQUART, Danielle. · 1994

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994. 8vo., pp.ix,364, red cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

Themes and Movements: SURREALISM.

CAWS, Mary Ann. · 2004

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Phaidon, 2004. 4to., pp.304, black hardcover lettered in blind, colour-illustrated; ownership autographs to half title and to front pase-down endpaper (concealed by dust-jacket), slight bump to lower edge of front board, an otherwise fine copy, in fine unclipped dust...

MEDIEVAL TEXTILES OF THE BRITISH ISLES AD 450-1100. An Annotated Bibliography. BAR British Series 445.

COATSWORTH, Elizabeth; OWEN-CROCKER, Gale R. [Author’s presentation copy] · 2007

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007. 4to., pp.201, paperback, colour plates and b/w figures; ex libris Penelope Walton Rogers, with dedication inscription from G.R. Owen-Crocker to prelim blank, a very good copy indeed.

PRESERVED IN PEAT. An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context.

JONES, Andy M., et al. · 2016

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2016. 4to., pp.xiii,290, pictorial hardcover, colour plates and b/w figures; a fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

UGO BENZI. Medieval Philosopher and Physician, 1376-1439.

LOCKWOOD, Dean Putnam. · 1951

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

University of Chicago Press, 1951. 8vo., pp.xvi,441, green cloth, gilt; a very good, fresh copy, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has two 4cm closed tears and some creasing to upper margin, 2cm closed tear to front lower margin, toning and light chipping to spine, and is ...

READING BUSINESS PARK: A BRONZE AGE LANDSCAPE. Thames Valley Landscapes: The Kennet Valley, Volume 1.

MOORE, J.; JENNINGS, D., et al. · 1992

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1992. 4to., pp.xii,128, paperback, b/w figures and folding plans; bump to upper edges at inner margin of both wrappers, else very good.