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THE ROYCROFT BOOKS. A Catalog and Some Remarks
without prejudice concerning the publications issued from the shop this year. Herein is included and appreciation of East Aurora and its folks, the same casting some light on the origins, workings and possible final destiny of the Roycroft idea.
East Aurora: Roycroft Books, 1908. 8vo., pp.(iv),32,(ii), reverse calf wrappers with blind-stamped insignia and gilt lettering, endpapers done in silk, mounted monochromatic plates, decorative border in red to title page; presentation inscription to opening blank, ownership bookplate (dated 1908) to same leaf, front inner hinges cracked, light wear to extremities of leather, with the leather flaking at the margins, o/w very good.
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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA. [Set of Six Volumes].
MONOCOTYLEDONS - Volume I: Pteridophyta; Gymnospermae; Angiospermae (Alismataceae to Iridaceae). Volume II: Juncaceae to Orchidaceae. DICOTYLEDONS - Volume III: Casuarinaceae to Aristolochiaceae. Volume IV: Dilleniaceae to Leguminosae. Volume V: Limnanthaceae to Olieaceae. Volume VI: Loganiaceae to Compositae.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Six volumes, of which volume I is a reprint, the others first editions, 4to., pp.xv,430;x,318;xv,474,xvii,602;xix,646;xv,739, printed paper-covered boards, maps and illustrations; uniform slight sunning to spines, a little light rubbing to extremities, knock to fore-edge of rear board Vol.VI, lower corners of VI a little bumped and rubbed, o/w fine, a very good set indeed.
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FLORA OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA. [In Four Volumes].
I: Lycopodiaceae-Rosaceae; II: Leguminosae-Rubiceae; III: Polemoniaceae-Compositae; IV: Alismataceae-Orchidaceae.
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division. Fourth edition, four volumes, large 8vo., pp.2248, red cloth, gilt, colour plates and numerous b/w figures; a fine set.
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LAMENESS IN THE HORSE: With Coloured Plates, Illustrative of the Different Species of Lameness.
Being Part II, Vol.IV, of the Author’s “HIPPOPATHOLOGY” or, “Treatise on the Diseases and Lameness of the Horse”, Now Complete in Four Volumes, With A Copious Index to the Entire Work.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans. Part II, Vo.lV, 8vo.,pp.vi,274-514, red cloth, black title label to spine, gilt, b/w illustrations, colour plates, colour frontispiece; rubbed to extremities, chipping to head and foot of spine, wear to head of spine, and corners, foxed to margins, with heavier foxing to first few pages, off-setting to endpapers, ownership inscription to front-free endpaper, a good+ copy.
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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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MECHANICS’ MAGAZINE, Volume Fourth.
Comprising Issues No. 85 - 112.
London: Knight and Lacey. 8vo., pp.vii,454, recent brown calf spine, gilt, over brown paper-covered boards, new endpapers with brown linen tape reinforcement to inner hinges, wood engraved frontispiece showing Mr. Peter Nicholson, b/w figures to text; bookseller’s pictorial label to front paste-down endpaper, foxing and occasional soiling to contents, rubbing to extremities of boards, overall a very good copy in a rather rudimentary binding
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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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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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CHRONICLES OF CRICKET.
Nyren Cricketer’s Guide, Lillywhite’s (1844) Illustrated Hand-Book of Cricket and Denison (1846) Cricket: Sketches of the Players.
London: Maurice. 3 facsimile volumes bound together, 8vo., pp. (Nyren) 101, (Lillywhite) 24, (Denison) 76, frontispiece illustration to first title, 4 full page illustrations of cricketers to second title, green cloth, gilt; a very good copy.
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