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THE AFGHAN HOUND
A Definitive Study
Edlington: K & R Books Ltd, 1980. Signed first edition; 4to., pp xviii,440, pictorial blue faux leather, gilt, top edges blue, colour frontispiece, further colour plates as well as numerous b/w illustrations; author’s signed presentation inscription to title page, spot of rubbing to upper corner of rear board, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket.
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HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911]
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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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ON THE LOSS OF TEETH; And on the Best Means of Restoring Them.
London: Simpkin And Marshall, 1856. Small 8vo.,pp. 59, brown cloth, gilt lettering to front board, monochrome frontispiece; light toning to margins, soiling and scuff mark to front paste down endpaper, rubbed and toned to extremities, webbing becoming slightly visible to inner hinge, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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SYNTONY AND SPARK - THE ORIGINS OF RADIO.
Princeton University Press, 1985. 8vo., pp.xvi,347, purple cloth with stamped title label to spine; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed, without dust-jacket.
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CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN AND ALI IBN AL-ABBAS AL-MAGUSI.
The Pategni and Related Texts.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994. 8vo., pp.ix,364, red cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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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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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.
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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BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS AND WAGTAILS.
The New Naturalist Library, No. 78.
London: HarperCollins. 8vo., pp.320, green cloth, gilt, 4 colour plates, b/w plates; ink ownership to front free endpaper, slight mark to foot of spine, a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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The New Naturalist No. 73: THE NEW FOREST.
London: Collins, 1986. First edition, 8vo., pp.300, green cloth, gilt, colour plates; a near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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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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WENTWORTH CASTLE AND GEORGIAN POLITICAL GARDENING.
The Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust, 2012. 4to., pp.ix,198, paperback, colour plates; a fine copy.
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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS FOR THE GARDEN, CONSERVATORY, AND STOVE. [Two Volumes:] Describing and Giving Explicit Cultural Directions for the Best and Most Striking Ferns and Selaginellas in Cultivation. Illustrated with Coloured Plates and Numerous Wood Engravings, Specially Prepared for this Work. Volume II. From Blechnum to Nothochlaena; III. From Ochropteris to Woodwardia, and Selaginella.
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1894. Volumes II and III only (of three), 4to., pp.viii,621,(ii);vii,457,(iii), decorative pictorial bevelled green cloth, gilt, a.e.g., colour frontispieces, colour plates, b/w plates and figures; light foxing, superficial paper splitting to inner hinges, light rubbing to extremities, light dampstaining to boards, a very good (partial) set.
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CONFRONTING NATURE.
The Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection.
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (Kluwer), 1986. Reprint, 8vo., pp.xi,268, cloth, gilt; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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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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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]
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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BRITISH BATS. The New Naturalist, Volume 93.
London: HarperCollins. First edition, 8vo., pp.218, green cloth, gilt, 8 colour plates and over 120 b/w illustrations (photographic and drawn); a fine copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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A MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE, DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSES, AND TREATMENT OF THE MOST COMMON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL AFFECTIONS; The Whole Intended as a Family Guide in all Cases of Accident and Emergency, and to give Directions as to the Proper Method of Proceeding in Those Cases Where the Surgeon’s Aid is Obtained After Difficulty and Much Delay.
London: Virtue and Co, 1867. Pocket 8vo., pp.viii,204,10 (publisher’s adverts), red cloth wrappers with unlettered spine and front cover stamped in gilt and blind; crosses marked to margins, corners have been folded, marking to wrappers, with light wear to edges, darkening to cloth, a good copy.
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