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£360.00
Les Chants Modernes. Nouvelle Edition.
273p very decorative half morocco binding with marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, a ...
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£120.00
La Chandelle d'Arras. Poème Héroi-comique en 18 Chants.
xix 155p in the original; original paper cover with typographical title, 19 engraved plates
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Eléments de Calcul Infinitésimal.
2 vols in bright full calf with college arms to front board, marbled endpapers and edges (bright), ...
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Messages. September 3, 1977. Quote King and Prophet Unquote. Written in Jail by the Sacred Ginko Trees and by the Sacred Oak.
(15p) Limited edition of 100 copies, bound in blue buckram with morocco spine lettered "Messages" ...
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Establishing Belief: The Process of Proving.
130p paperback with brown cover, very well preserved, fresh copy, paginated forward on rectos only, ...
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Representative Men
223p full suede leather binding green, gilt lettering and "cogito ergo sum" device to front (in ...
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[Emblem Book] Lucis Evangelicae, sub velum sacrorum emblematum reconditae. Pars tertia hoc est Caeleste Pantheon sive Caelum Novum in festa et gesta sanctorum totius anni, selecta historia, & morali doctrina etc. Pars primus et posterior.
2 parts in one vol, allegorical engraved titlepage, typographical title (for each part, the first ...
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£46.00
La Campagne Genevoise d'après nature.
113p large heavy pale blue hardback with attractive Art Nouveau titles to front board and spine, ...
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Buch-Leinen: Der Qualitäts-Einband aus natürlichem Gewebe.
47p brown cloth binding, colour illustrations, very good
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Aunt Judy's Annual Volume.
764p buff cloth with elaborate gilt and brown decorations, gilt edges, colour frontispiece by ...
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Goethe's Hermann und Dorothea. Mit acht Bildern in Lichtdruck nach den Original-Oelgemälden von Arthur Freiherr von Ramberg, und Text-Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Weimar. Jubiläumsausgabe.
67p large format red cloth, beautiful copy with elaborate floral pattern in gilt, green, red and ...
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Memorie di Carlo Goldoni per l'Istoria della sua Vita e del suo Teatro, Vols 1 -2.
668p 673p miniature green cloth with leather spine and corners, 6cm x 10cm, beautiful set of 2 ...
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Memoirs of the Count of Grammont with Notes and Illustrations. Second Edition, Revised. Vol 1 ONLY.
x 378p Vol 1 only, lush red morocco binding with gilt rule and intricate dentelles, spine hinge ...
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The Cardinal's Snuff - Box.
274p brown limp suede with gilt lettering to cover and spine, spine lettering dulled, front ...
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The Charm of Gainsborough.
47p unusual softcover, beautiful, decorated parchment covering plain paper showing padded square ...
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Charles the Great.
x 251p blue cloth, original faint green dustjacket well preserved, a nice copy with the very ...
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Poems. With an Introduction by Alice Meynell.
374p small brown full leather with gilt lettering to sunned spine, overlong edges, extremities of ...
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Little Novels of Italy.
256p full suede leather binding brown with gilt floral design, top edge gilt, endpapers display ...
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The Essentials of English - French Translation for Certificate Classes.
144p small hardback, lime-green cloth with gilt lettering and art nouveau design, good condition, ...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography.
428p small hardback, half black calf over dark green cloth, three raised bands, gilt titles to ...
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The Survival of God in the Scientific Age.
original paperback with minor ex library markings, binding fault as endpaper is printed with the ...
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Underneath the Bough. A Posie of Other Men's Flowers. Fifth Edition.
461p green limp suede binding very attractive, gilt title to spine, Art Nouveau style design to ...
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£240.00
The Justice of the Peace and County, Borough, Poor Law Union, and Parish Law Recorder. Nice half leather set. 1902, 1904 - 1909, 1911, 1912.
decorative set in half leather, nine large volumes, spines well preserved, intact with title label, ...
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Corpus Juris Civilis. Volume 1. Digestus Vetus.
large volume, original green suede type binding with floral ornaments to boards, old title labels ...
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An Account of the Ceremony in Westminster Hall on Thursday May 9th 1935 on the Occasion of the Presentation of Addresses by Both Houses of Parliament to King George V Congratulating Him on the Celebration of the Silver Jubilee.
Unpaginated full morocco with gilt lettering to front panel ("Westminster Hall 9 May 1935" ), ...
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The Disciples.
vii 288p full burgundy calf binding in very good condition, gilt lettering to spine and front, ...
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£16.00
Livres Illustrés Modernes Reliures du XXème Siècle. Geneve Lundi Novembre 1988.
A4 colourfully illustrated paperback catalogue produced to accompany 1988 exhibition, excellent ...
£16.00
£48.00
A Stitch in Time; or, Pride prevents a Fall and Love's Progress or The Education of Araminta. 2 volumes.
27p, 30p first editions, limited edition, number 1272 and 1191 of 1525, attractively produced A4 ...
£48.00
£124.00
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A new Translation by the Author of Roderick Random. Fourth Edition. 4 Volumes.
4 volumes in full calf with five bands to spine, title and volume label (one detached but present), ...
£124.00
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La Biblioteca di Eugenio de Beauharnais, Vicere d'Italia. Parte 2: Scienza, Letteratura, Storia, Viaggi, Arte, Costumi, Legislazione, Militaria, Napoleonica, Legature.
large format, contains 226 items, 32 full page b/w plates of bindings mounted on normal paper in ...
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£14.00
The Pleasures of Life. Parts 1 and 2.
iv 199p, 280p full red leather binding with 5 bands, gilt lettering and arms (Schola Regia ...
£14.00
£26.00
Life of William Lord Russell. Letters of Rachel Lady Russell (vol 2 ONLY).
Life: xxi 470p; Letters: viii 231p uniformly bound in full calf, gilt rule, dentelles, all edges ...
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Blumen am Wege. Fünf Erzählungen für Mädchen. Zweite Auflage.
158p bound in original white cloth lavishly illustrated with colour illustration of girl's head ...
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Edward the Second.
(122)p 4to format, full vellum binding with heraldic arms to front, limited edition of 500 copies, ...
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The Broken Road.
461p full burgundy reverse calf, gilt lettering to front and spine, binding still well preserved, ...
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£120.00
Francesco Matarazzo: Chronik von Perugia, 1492 - 1503.
258p full parchment, printed on Bütten paper, map in back, additional plates, errata inserted, two ...
£120.00
£360.00
Opere, Vols 1 - 16.
complete run of 16 volumes, approx 300 - 400p each, beautiful set in need of some attention, full ...
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£46.00
Lettres du Prince du Metternich à la Comtesse de Lieven, 1818 - 1819. Publiées, avec une introduction, une conclusion et des notes par Jean Hanoteau. Préface de Arthur Chuquet.
a-j, lxxiii 420p original paperback rebound in a full vellum binding, original paper cover bound ...
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£320.00
London in Miniature. With Engravings from its Public Buildings and Antiquities.
96p miniature hardback, red leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, light wear, binding ...
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£68.00
The Poetical Works of John Milton. Tome First, Volume Second, Volume Third.
263p, 281p, 308p, small format, spine height 11,5 cm, full green leather with 3 raised bands, gilt ...
£68.00
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The Blue Baby and Other Stories.
272p pictoral pink cloth with gilt, blue and yellow illustration, extensive publisher's catalogue ...
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Select Essays.
96p elongated format, grey paper covered boards a little dusty, gilt lettering to front, printed on ...
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£42.00
Oeuvres Completes de Montesquieu. Tome Premier, Seconde.
769p, 632p each contains two parts in one vol with continious pagination, this was a very nice full ...
£42.00
£24.00
Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset: Poésies 1828 - 1833: Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie, Poésies diverses, Spectacle dans un Fauteuil, Namouna.
404p small format, navy blue full moroco binding with spectacular fresh gilt edges, front hinge ...
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Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River.
170p first edition, bound in full calf with two title labels to spine, light library markings, map ...
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A collection of 5 Plays by Gerhard Hauptmann in publisher's Art Nouveau bindings designed by Emil Orlik.
titles included are: Die Weber (brown), Florian Geyer (green), Der Rote Hahn (red), Vor ...
£30.00
£380.00
A Survey of the Six Days of Creation: Philosophically proving the truth of the account thereof, as deliver'd by Moses in the first chapter of Genesis.
304p large octavo with engraved frontispiece and red and black title page, bound in full period ...
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The Great Case of Tithes Truly Stated, Clearly Open'd, and fully Resolv'd. With an Appendix thereto, to which is Added: A Defence of some other Principles held by the People call'd Quakers (…), by J M.
viii 292p plus 8 page publisher's catalogue in back, full calf binding with blindstamped ornaments ...
£160.00
£12.00
Bibliothèque Henri Petiet, Huitième Partie: Livres Anciens (MS de Rousselet), Livres Romantiques, Livres Illustrés fin de Siècle, Importantes Reliures.
approx 80p, card cover, 240 items, large brown card cover, many colour illustrations, almost as new
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