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  • RUSSIAN PICTURES by MICHELL, Thomas.
    MICHELL, Thomas.
    RUSSIAN PICTURES

    London: The Religious Tract Society, 1889. 4to., pp.224, pictorial blue cloth, decorative gilt, gilt lettering, a.e.g., b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; prize presentation bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (dated 1907), toning to front free endpaper, spots of foxing throughout, particularly to initial pages, light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy.

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  • Compiled from SWAMMERDAM, BROOKES, GOLDSMITH, &c. Illustrations by J. Fraser.
    THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. Embellished with Copper-Plates. Intended as a Companion to Buffon’s Natural History.

    London: W. Law, A. Millar, R. Cater. 8vo., pp.(iv),210, full sprinkled calf, black gilt-lettered label to spine, complete with twenty illustrative copper-engraved plates by J. Fraser; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, 3cm tear to text of p.49/50 (not affecting legibility), small hole to text of p.45/6 (apx. 4x3mm; again, text remains legible), small closed tear to lower margin of final text-leaf (p.209/10), light foxing and a few light marks to plates, rubbing to spine and extremities, with slight loss to head and tailbands, spine worn and retouched, joints starting but remain firm, a good+ copy, which is internally very good.

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  • Composed by JOHNSON, Samuel, and published from his manuscripts by George Strahan.
    PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS.

    London: T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,233,(i), rebacked tree calf boards, spine in a modern tan leather, gilt-lettered; contemporary ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, without original free endpapers or replacements: begins at prelim blank, internally fresh with minimal marking or spotting, light wear at corners of boards, a very good copy.

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  • MONTAIGNE. Translated by FLORIO, John. Edited by J.I.M. Stewart.
    MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS. John Florio’s Translation.

    London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1018 of a total of 1375 copies, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxviii,724;vi,708, deckle-edged paper, full Niger morocco bindings by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding company, five raised bands, green leather title labels to spines and small inlaid medallions to front boards, gilt, t.e.g.; small scuff to title label and to uppermost band of Volume I, darkening to spines, slight marking to boards, a fresh and otherwise near-fine set.

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  • HOME DRUMMOND, Henry.
    OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE STRICTURES OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW UPON OXFORD; AND ALSO THE TWO REPLIES, CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE CHANGES IN THAT UNIVERSITY.

    Edinburgh: John Ballantyne And Co, 1810. 8vo.,pp. iv,90, half calf with decorative gilt and lettering to spine, marbles boards, new endpapers; toned and lightly foxed to margins, ownership autograph in pencil to title page, lightly rubbed to corners of boards, a very good, bright copy.

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  • THE CORRESPONDANCE OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND HUBERT LANGUET. by Now First Collected and Translated from the Latin with Notes and a Memoir by, PEARS, Steuart A.
    Now First Collected and Translated from the Latin with Notes and a Memoir by, PEARS, Steuart A.
    THE CORRESPONDANCE OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND HUBERT LANGUET.

    London: William Pickering, 1845. First edition, 8vo., pp. lxxxii,240, full calf, with decorative gilt to spine with burgundy title label and gilt lettering and five raised bands, b/w frontispiece and marbles endpapers and edges of text block; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, mottled water damage to frontispiece, rubbed to extremities with light wear to head of spine and corners, otherwise very good.

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  • WALPOLE, Mr. Horace.
    HISTORIC DOUBTS ON THE LIFE AND REIGN OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD.

    London: J. Dodsley, 1868. 8vo.,pp. xv,134, full calf boards, decorative gilt and lettering to spine, five raised bands and burgundy title band to spine, b/w illustration and frontispiece; toned and lightly foxed to endpapers with light foxing to margins, text mildly off set to leaves throughout, minor cracking to hinge, webbing very slightly visible but all contents firm, boards rubbed to extremities with wear to corners and lower corners slightly knocked, otherwise a very good copy.

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  • Collected and exponed be: SKENE, John, Clerke of.
    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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  • THE TRIAL OF HELEN WATT, WIDOW OF THE DECEASED ALEXANDER KEITH OF NORTHFIELD, AND WILLIAM KEITH, by KEITH, William.
    KEITH, William.
    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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  • PASQUIN, Anthony. [John Williams]
    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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  • CHOICE EMBLEMS, by WYNNE, John Huddlestone.
    WYNNE, John Huddlestone.
    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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  • HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911] by [Harrods]
    [Harrods]
    HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911]

    London: Harrods Limited, 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, pictorial adverts; rebacked with original spine laid down, preserving the original endpapers, crease to upper corner of front board, gilt depleted, cloth worn away along edges of boards, clean within, a very good copy of this stunning compendium, which offered goods for sale internationally, and for collection at any local railway station. Included is an Army & Navy Stores Auxiliary Supplementary Catalogue, dated 1892, large 8vo., pp.28, in stapled wrappers. Dating the catalogue: Includes the first available Jemima Puddleduck soft toy, which was patented by Beatrix Potter…

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    London: Harrods Limited, 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, pictorial adverts; rebacked with original spine laid down, preserving the original endpapers, crease to upper corner of front board, gilt depleted, cloth worn away along edges of boards, clean within, a very good copy of this stunning compendium, which offered goods for sale internationally, and for collection at any local railway station. Included is an Army & Navy Stores Auxiliary Supplementary Catalogue, dated 1892, large 8vo., pp.28, in stapled wrappers. Dating the catalogue: Includes the first available Jemima Puddleduck soft toy, which was patented by Beatrix Potter and first produced in 1910, as well as the most current titles by the author, up to The Tale of Timmy-Tiptoes, published in 1911, but not including The Tale of Mr. Tod, which was to be published the following year. The Managing Director of Harrods is listed as Burbridge, who was awarded the position in 1889, and was succeeded by his son in 1917.

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  • HOFLAND, Mrs.
    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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  • ETHIC AMUSEMENTS. by Mr. BELLAMY. Edited by his son, D. Bellamy.
    Mr. BELLAMY. Edited by his son, D. Bellamy.
    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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  • RUSKIN, John.
    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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  • THE ANALOGY OF RELIGION, NATURAL AND REVEALED, TO THE CONSTITUTION AND COURSE OF NATURE. by BUTLER, Joseph.
    BUTLER, Joseph.
    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, including 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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  • ETUDE ET RECREATION, OU L'INTERIEUR D'UN PENSIONNAT. by Mme CARROY.
    Mme CARROY.
    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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  • DYER, John.
    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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  • ARNOLD, Thomas James. With Sixty Illustrations from the Designs of Wilhelm von Kaulbach.
    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 WORKS OF JOHN DONNE, D.D., DEAN OF SAINT PAUL'S, 1621-1631. [Set of Six Volumes] by DONNE, John. With a Memoir of Donne's life by Henry Alford.
    DONNE, John. With a Memoir of Donne's life by Henry Alford.
    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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