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A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRE OF GERMANY, HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, PRUSSIA, ITALY, SICILY, CORSICA, AND SARDINIA;
With a Gazetteer of Reference to the Principal Places in Those Countries. Compiled and translated from the German. To which are added, Statistical Tables of all the States of Europe; Translated from the German of J.G. Boetticher of Konigsberg. With a Supplementary Table, Showing the Changes Since the Commencement of the Present War. Illustrated with Twemty-Four Plates, and a large Three-Sheet Post Map of Germany, Holland, Italy, Etc.
Lo: John Stockdale, 1800. 4to., pp.390,viii,87, full contemporary speckled calf, 5 raised bands, red title label lettered in gilt, speckled edges, frontispiece map, 3 folding maps, 23 city plans; light evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, minor marginal worming, not affecting printed area, 4cm wear to foot of upper external joint, 1.5cm wear to foot of lower external joint, rubbing/superficial wear along upper joint and to lower inner corner of front board, a clean and handsome copy.
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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.
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, splitting along joints, though stitching remains firm, a little wear to extremities, with some loss to calf at upper section of upper joint, an internally clean and good+ copy.
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CURIOSITIES FOR THE INGENIOUS: Selected from the Most Authentic Treasures of Nature, Science and Art, Biography, History, and General Literature.
London: Thomas Boys, 1821. 12mo., pp.192,(iv)adverts, uncut, leather-backed marbled boards, unlettered spine, complete with 13 engraved illustrations in 12 plates, including frontispiece; worn to extremities, boards rubbed, with loss to paper covering at lower margin, a little scruffy within, with some foxing and light surface soil, a good copy.
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DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE: THE EXPOSITION OF THE TERMES AND DIFFICILL WORDES, CONTAINED IN FOUR BUIKES OF REGIAM MAJESTATEM, AND OTHERS, IN THE ACTES OF PARLIAMENT, INVESTMENTS, AND USED IN PRACTICQUE OF THIS REALME,
And with diverse rules, and common places, or Principalles of the Lawes.
Edinburgh: printed be Robert Walde-grave, Printer to the Kingis Majestie, 1599. 4to., pp. unpaginated (H1-S5), half calf, five raised bands, marbled boards, engraved head-piece and coat-of-arms to title; lacking the folding table, otherwise complete, ink annotation to lower margin of I1, loss to lower corners of final few leaves, darkening and light marginal wear to final text leaf, margins a little darkened throughout, water-marking near rear of volume, with light undulation to the leaves throughout, front free endpaper beginning to work loose, joints worn but holding, wear to extremities, with 1.5cms loss to head of spine, a good copy. [STC 21877.5]
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ETHIC AMUSEMENTS.
London: Printed by W. Faden, for the Author, 1768. 4to., pp.(xxv),x,260,86, uncut, just occasionally unopened, rebound with new endpapers, half calf, five raised bands, black title label, gilt-lettered, with gilt decorations to compartments, marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, titles and plates; small ink ownership autograph to title, tissue repairs to corners and edges of frontispiece, closed tears and light wear to margins of first few leaves, with water-staining to fore-margin of p.(vii) and some surface soil to fore-margins of opening leaves, clean within, a very good copy, with handsome modern binding in fine condition.
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ETUDE ET RECREATION, OU L'INTERIEUR D'UN PENSIONNAT.
Paris: Parmantier, Libraire, 1825. Small 8vo., pp.viii,327, rebacked marbled calf boards, red title label and gilt embellishments to spine, engraved frontispiece and four further engraved plates; neat ink ownership inscription, dated 1826, to front free endpaper verso, light foxing within, with slight wear to headband and wear to upper corner of rear board, a very good copy.
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HOYLE’S GAMES IMPROVED: Being Practical Treatises on the Following Fashionable Games, Viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Back-Gammon, Chess, Billiards, and Tennis. With the Established Rules of Each Game.
London: S. Bladon, 1775. 12mo., pp.iv,(vi),208, full calf, five raised bands, red title label to spine, gilt; partial loss to title label (’HOYL... GAME...’), light cracking to head (first compartment) of upper joint, else fresh and very good indeed.
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MR RUSKIN'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Delivered at Cambridge, Oct. 29, 1858.
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co./London: Bell & Daldy, 1858. First edition, scarce, 12mo., pp.(iii),40, calf-backed marbled boards, gilt; some foxing throughout, a very good, clean copy in fine modern binding.
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REYNARD THE FOX,
After the German Version of Goethe.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1887. First edition thus, 4to., pp.342, uncut, deluxe half red morocco Bickers binding, three raised bands, gilt, with pictorial gilt decoration to spine, marbled cloth boards, matching marbled endpapers, t.e.g., ribbon bookmark, b/w frontispiece and decorative title, engraved b/w plates and in-text illustrations, head- and tailpieces; heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, ex libris W.A. Foyle, with small gilt-lettered leather bookplate to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims and fore-edges, a fine copy.
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THE ANALOGY OF RELIGION, NATURAL AND REVEALED, TO THE CONSTITUTION AND COURSE OF NATURE.
To which are added Two brief Dissertations: I. Of Personal Identity. II. Of the Nature of Virtue.
London: James, John and Paul Knapton. First edition, includes half title, 4to., pp.(x),320, full pannelled calf, five raised bands; lacks title label, wear to calf, incuding loss of apx. 5x6 cms to front lower LH corner, with professional reinforcement and recolouring to boards, some neat pencilled annotation within, internally very good, a good copy overall.
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THE ART OF GARNISHING CHURCHES AT CHRISTMAS AND OTHER FESTIVALS. With Chromolithographs, Photographs, Lithographs, and Wood Engravings, illustrating the original designs of several Architects, and numerous Antient examples.
London: London, Cox & Son. Second Edition, with two mounted photographs, 8vo.,pp.vi,66, brown decorative cloth, gilt, b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece; wear to extremities, most heavily to head and foot of spine, and along front extremities at foot, foxing to endpapers, with occasional light foxing throughout, a very good copy.
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THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT; Comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House Maids, Lady’s Maid, Maid-of-All-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet, And Sick Nurses, Etc. Etc. Also, Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda; With a History of the Origin, Properties, And Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort.
London, S.O. Beeton, 1112. First edition, first issue with "Bouverie St" on the illustrated title page and the farmyard frontispiece, 8vo.,pp. xxxix,1112, contemporary half calf with marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckled edges, 12 colour plates, b/w figures; occasional foxing, mostly light, light staining to margins of title and frontipiece, frontispiece’s outer margin slightly shaved, small pen mark to front free endpaper, slight surface soiling to edges, light crack to leather along centre of spine professionally repaired, light wear to marbled paper covering, a very good copy.
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THE FLEECE: A POEM.
In Four Books.
London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. 4to., pp.(ii),156, contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked with gilt-lettered red title label, five raised bands, and gilt decorations to compartments, later endpapers; engraved heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, wear to extremities of boards (including expert repair to front upper margin at inner corner), overall very good, and internally fairly fresh.
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THE NEW BRIGHTON GUIDE, Involving a Complete, Authentic, and Honourable Solution of the Recent Mysteries of Carlton House.
London: H.D. Symonds; T. Bellamy, 1796. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp.68, quarter leather, gilt, marbled boards, pictorial title; light toning to half title, with two small holes to inner margin, spine neatly repaired with papers, a very good copy.
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THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. Containing his Original; a State of his Circumstances; his Conduct Publick and Private; The Various Turns of his Affairs, from Adam down to the Present Time; the Various Methods he takes to Converse with Mankind; With the Manner of his Making Witches, Wizards, and Conjurers; and how they fell their Souls to him, &c, &c. The Whole Interspers’d with many of the Devil’s Adventures. To which is Added, a Description of the Devil’s Dwelling, vulgarly call’d Hell.
London: John Brindley, Olive Payne, John Jolliffe, Alexander Lyon, Charles Corbett, 1734. Third edition, 8vo., pp.(viii),408, contemporary panelled calf, five raised bands, edges red, engraved frontispiece; joints neatly repaired with specialist papers, boards show rubbing to margins as well as edges, internally fresh, a good copy. Lacks title-label to spine, some cracking to spine.
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THE TRIAL OF HELEN WATT, WIDOW OF THE DECEASED ALEXANDER KEITH OF NORTHFIELD, AND WILLIAM KEITH, Eldest lawful Son procreated betwixt the said deceased Alexander Keith, and the Said Helen Watt; For the alleged Murder of the said Alexander Keith of Northfield. Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary held at Aberdeen, on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of September 1766, by the Right Honourable Lord KAIMS, one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary.
London: 1746. 8vo., pp.(xx) Introduction,(ii),9-54,(i), mispagination at p.xvii, though content is complete, bound in half calf with marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; indented area of apx. 18 x 18mms to upper margin of front paste-down endpaper, title darkened, with small area of superficial loss at upper margin where pages have been conjoined, just occasional light marking to margins within, with faint crease to upper corners throughout, rubbing and light wear at extremities, with loss at tailband and a little cracking with slight loss along upper joint, a very good copy. Scarce.
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THE TYROLESE: By the Author of ‘Claudine’ - ‘Always Happy,’ &c. &c.
London: Harris and Son. First edition, 12mo., pp.xii,156, b/w engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, quarter-calf, with pictorial paper boards, gilt; some rubbing at head and tail, corners bumped and worn, with small loss to upper rear corner, slightly pencil-marked, first free endpaper removed, contents lightly foxed, a good copy.
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THE WORKS OF JOHN DONNE, D.D., DEAN OF SAINT PAUL'S, 1621-1631. [Set of Six Volumes]
London: John W. Parker, 1839. Set of six volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxii,587;iv,588;iv,614;iv,590;iv,623;iv,569, uncut, lightly mottled half calf, five raised bands, contrasting dark green morocco labels, gilt, with gilt decorations to compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., frontispiece portrait to first volume; occasional light foxing to prelims, a fine and handsomely bound copy of this scarce set, ex libris W.A. Foyle, with small gilt-lettered leather bookplate to front paste-down endpaper of all volumes. A handsome set.
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THEODORE; Or The Crusaders.
London: John Harris, 1825. 12mo.,pp. viii,215, red calf spine, gilt lettering, marbled paper covered boards, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers, with toning and occasional light foxing to margins, rubbed to extremities with wear along edges of boards and to corners, spine lightly rubbed and toned, overall very good.
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VOYAGES & TRAVELS. An entertaining account of all the countries of the Known world. Defcribing the different religions, habits. Tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures. Of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiofities, amongft them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of ftrange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, etc. Adorn’d, occafionally, with cuts of the habits of the feveral people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, etc. all curioufly engraved.
London: R. Goadby, 1753. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp. 490, 18, reverse calf, mimic panelled calf boards, five raised bands, leather title inlay to spine, 13 of 14 b/w plates, contains: ‘A Voyage to Virginia in 1649’; several ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, foxing and light soil throughout, marginal damage to several plates, previous owner’s repairs to first plate, a large tear has been sewn up with white thread, gutter visible between some leaves, lacks pages 301-4, wear to boards, a good copy of this scarce volume.
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