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ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING; With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by Oxymuriatic Acid. In Two Volumes.

BERTHOLLET, C.L. and A.B. Translated from the French, with Notes and Engravings, Illustrative and Supplementary, by Andrew Ure. · 1824

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London: printed for Thomas Tegg; Simpkin and Marshall; R. Griffin & Co., Glasgow; J. Cumming, Dublin, 1824. Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxvii,408;vii,453, quarter leather, gilt-lettered labels, marbled boards, complete with 9 plates; a very good, fresh set, in ...

CHOICE EMBLEMS, Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral and Divine, for the Improvement and Passing of Youth. Ornamented with near Fifty Handsome Allegorical Engravings, Designed on Purpose for this Work.

WYNNE, John Huddlestone. · 1772

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Printed for George Riley, in Curzon Street, Mayfair, 1772. 12mo., pp.xii,192, full calf, five raised bands, red gilt-lettered title label to spine, engraved frontispiece, engraved emblems as headpieces to each chapter; occasional foxing, small closed tear to p.xi, sp...

HOLIDAY RAMBLES ON THE YORKSHIRE MOORS.

By Two Sunday School Teachers. · 1875

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

York: E.H. Pickering, High-Ousegate; Hope & Chapman, Castlegate, 1875. Small 8vo., pp.(iv),72, pictorial bevelled blue cloth, lettered in gilt to front board, with decorations in black, unlettered spine; crease to upper corner of p.45, and lower corner of p.54, rubbing t...

THE MIRROR OF THE STAGE. The Actor Prints of Kunisada.

TINIOS, Ellis. · 1996

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Leeds: The University Gallery, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, 4to., pp.48, paperback, colour plates and b/w illustrations; a very good copy.

GROWING OLD IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE. Cultural Representations.

CAMPBELL, Erin, ed. · 2006

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. 8vo., pp.xi,217, pictorial hardcover, 27 b/w illustrations; a fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

THE EVOLUTION OF ARTHURIAN ROMANCE. The Verse Tradition from Chretien to Froissart.

SCHMOLKE-HASSELMANN, Beate. · 1998

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge University Press, 1998. 8vo., pp.xlix,321, brown hardcover, gilt; ownership inscription to front pate-down endpaper (covered by dust-jacket), a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

NORRE SANDEGARD VEST. A Cemetery from the 6th-8th Centuries on Bornholm.

JORGENSEN, Lars; JORGENSEN, Anne Norgard. With contributions by Ulla Mannering and Claus Malmros. · 1997

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Kobenhavn: Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftselskab, 1997. 4to., pp.243, pictorial hardcover, b/w figures and colour plates; a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF TRADE IN MIDDLE SAXON ENGLAND. BAR British Series 376.

NAYLOR, John. · 2004

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Oxford: Archaeopress, 2004. 4to., pp.iv,171, paperback, b/w figures; a very good, fresh copy.

CRUCIBLE OF NATIONS. Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom.

MALDONALDO, Adrian. · 2021

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland, 2021. 4to., pp.xvi,240, paperback, colour plates; light shelfwear to wrappers, a very good, clean copy.

THE BOOK OF SAINTE FOY.

Translated with Introduction and Notes by SHEINGORN, Pamela. The Song of Sainte Foy translated by Robert A. Clark. · 1995

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995. 8vo., pp.xiii,329,(v), cloth lettered in blue, 11 b/w illustrations; a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.

ANGLO-SAXON BUTTON BROOCHES. Typology, Genealogy, Chronology.

SUZUKI, Seiichi. · 2008

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2008. 8vo., pp.xxxi,418,(40), blue hardcover, gilt, 234 b/w illustrations over 40 plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

MARKETS, MINSTERS, AND METAL-DETECTORS: The archaeology of Middle Saxon Lincolnshire and Hampshire compared. BAR British Series 307.

ULMSCHNEIDER, Katharina. · 2000

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Oxford, Archaeopress, 2000. 4to.,pp. viii,175, printed wrappers, b/w figures and 31 colour maps to rear; a very good, clean copy.

THE UNCORRECTED BILLY CHILDISH.

CHILDISH, Billy. Introduction by Dr Albirt Umber. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bill Hamper. · 2018

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: The Tangerine Press, 2018. Large 8vo., pp.187, paperback, b/w decorations; light shelfwear to wrappers, very good.

THE RENAISSANCE OF MARRIAGE IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY.

D'ELLA, Anthony F. · 2004

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. 8vo., pp.ix,262, grey cloth lettered in silver; a fine, fresh copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket with partial sunning.

STEICHEN'S LEGACY. Photographs, 1895-1973.

Edited and with text by: STEICHEN, Joanna. · 2000

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 4to., pp.xxxii372,(ii), brown cloth, gilt. b/w and colour plates; slight bruising to upper corner of front board, a fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

KEIMELIA. Studies in Medieval Archaeology and History in Memory of Tom Delaney.

Edited by: NEOCAILL, Gearoid; WALLACE, Patrick F. · 1988

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Galway University Press, Officina Typographica, 1988. Royal 8vo., pp.xvi,622, red cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; ownership autographs to front endpapers, else fresh and near-fine, in lightly worn dust-jacket.

TOPSY-TURVY TALES.

MUNRO, Elsie Smeaton. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. · 1923

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Square 8vo., pictorial blue cloth, 6 colour plates and 35 b/w illustrations; vertical crease to inner margin of colour plate opposite p.60, with repair to the margin, repaired closed tear to upper margin of b/w plate at p.112...

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: The Magical Car.

FLEMING, Ian. Illustrated by, BURNINGHAM, John. · 2008

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,443)

London, Puffin Books, 2008. First Puffin Edition, Signed by the Illustrator, 4to.,pp. 113, red hardcover, silver lettering, b/w and colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, pictorial title page; illustrators signature to half title page, light foxing to upper edge of text ...

LEACH POTTERY ST IVES. The Legacy of Bernard Leach.

WHYBROW, Marion. · 2006

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

St Ives: Beach Books, 2006. Large 8vo., pp.247, brown cloth, gilt, colour and b/w plates; small crease to lower corner of front free endpaper, a fine copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.

THE FAIRIES UP-TO-DATE.

Verses by, ANTHONY, Edward & Joseph. Pictures by, DE BOSSCHERE, Jean. · 1925

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1925. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 189, grey paper covered boards, burgundy lettering, colour plates, decorative borders to text; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, toning to margins and endpapers, some water damage to rear endpapers, with...