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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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THOUGHTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF RICHARD JEFFERIES.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1917. 8vo., pp.vii,127, untrimmed edges, pictorial buckram cloth with pictorial spine, gilt, t.e.g., capital letters and title to upper margins in red; owner’s ink inscription, dated 1917, to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims, cloth has cleanly broken along front joint and been neatly re-glued, light wear to headband, darkening to spine and margins of rear board, overall a very good copy.
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. New Series, vol.IX: History of the Birds of Durham.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, W.L.Large & Sons. 8vo.,pp.296, printed wrappers, b/w fold-out map to rear; lightly rubbed to extremities, with some discolouration to extremities, lightly worn at head and foot of spine, small stain to front of wrappers near hinge, a very good copy.
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TREATISES OF FISTULA IN ANO.
Haemorrhoids, and Clysters. From an Early Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Translation.
London: Published for The Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1968. Reprint, 8vo., pp.xxxvii,156, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 4 further b/w plates (one of which reprises frontispiece; one folding plate); ex publisher’s Printer’s Library, with small plate to front paste-down endpaper, and inkstamp to title verso, a fresh and near-fine copy.
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TROPICAL DISEASES. A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1909. 8vo., pp.xx,876, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w figures; ink ownership autograph (twice) and blindstamp (thrice) to prelims, toning to front endpapers, light foxing to rear endpapers and fore-edges, paper cracking to rear inner hinge (joint remains firm), rubbing to extremities, a good+ copy.
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UNEMPLOYMENT: A Social Study.
London, Macmillan, 1911. First edition, author’s presentation inscription, ‘with love from Seebolm’ and dated ‘9.xi.1911’, 8vo.,pp. xx,317, burgundy cloth, gilt, b/w tables, with 7 fold-out tables and advertisement page to rear; author’s presentation inscription to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to endpapers, with occasional light foxing to margins, small knock to upper margin of front board, lightly sunned to spine and rubbed to extremities, a very good bright copy. No dust-jacket.
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VISTA: The Culture and Politics of Gardens.
London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. 8vo., pp.191, orange hardcover, gilt; ex library, with remnants of removed plates to front endpapers, and sticker to title verso, else clean and unmarked, with sunning to top edges, an otherwise very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine and has remnant of paper label to foot of spine.
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WILD FOOD FROM LAND AND SEA.
Ebury Press, 1994. Folio, pp.160, grey hardcover, gilt, colour plates and illustrations; signed by the author to front free endpaper, slight tone to fore-edges, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which has crease and small closed tear to head of spine, light creasing to edges, and slight surface soil to pale paper at rear of jacket, else very good..
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WISDOM, MADNESS AND FOLLY: The Philosophy of a Lunatic.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition, 8vo., pp.254, terracotta cloth lettered in black; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, light rubbing and slight sunning to edges of boards, else a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to the spine and margins, with water staining to fore-margins, closed tears and light chipping to upper edge. Now in a protective cover.
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