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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY YORK: CULTURE, SPACE AND SOCIETY.
Borthwick Text and Calendar 30.
York: Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York, 2003. Oblong 4to., pp.x,93, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; very good indeed.
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EASTWARD BOUND: TRAVEL AND TRAVELLERS, 1050-1550.
Manchester University Press, 1550. 8vo., pp.xv,270, navy hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket.
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A GUIDE TO THE ROWNTREE AND MACKINTOSH COMPANY ARCHIVES 1862-1969. Borthwick Texts and Calendars 22.
York: Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York, 1862. Large 8vo., pp.xiv,239, paperback; light shelfwear to wrappers, internally clean, a very good copy.
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W.S.W. A VOYAGE IN THAT DIRECTION TO THE WEST INDIES.
London: Kerby and Son. 8vo., pp.v,135, brown cloth, gilt, 14 monochromatic plates including frontispiece; foxing to prelims, front inner hinge cracked, cloth split along upper joint, board still holding, contents slightly shaken with one section re-inserted and another with stitching loose and so slightly proud, otherwise a good copy.
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES, FORMERLY SITUATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIVER WITHAM:
Being the Substance of Certain Papers Read Before the Lincoln Topographical Society, in the Year 1842.
London: R. Spencer/Uppingham: C.W. Oliver. Small 8vo., pp.xviii,187,(iv)adverts, decoratively blindstamped red cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning with occasional light foxing throughout, wear to cloth at head and tailbands (2mm loss at tailband, apx.5mms at headband), further small spots of wear to cloth at extremities, else very good.
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THE WONDERS OF ELORA; Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings Excavated out of a Mountain of Granite,
And Extending Upwards of Mile and a Quarter, at Elora, in the East Indies, by the Route of Poona, Ahmed-Nuggur, and Toka, Returning by Dowlutabad and Aurungabad; With Some General Observations on the People and Country.
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TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN ASIA MINOR, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVINCE OF LYCIA.
London: John Murray. 8vo., pp.xvi,510,(i)publisher’s advert, uncut, publisher’s pictorial green textured cloth, gilt, 6 folding plates and 2 folding maps (one of which as frontispiece), in-text illustrations; light marking to cloth, light wear to extremities, neat repair at head of spine, a very good copy.
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THE ANNALS OF HAWICK
A.D.M.CC.XIV.- A.D.M.DCCC.XIV, With An Appendix, Containing Biographical Sketches, and Other Illustrative Documents.
Edinburgh, Thomas George Stevenson. Limited edition of 500 copies, 8vo., pp.xii,398, uncut, textured green cloth, gilt, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title; pp.187-90 8cm closed tear repaired from fore-edges to centre of pages and margin trimmed, title and frontispiece foxed and toned, occasional light foxing throughout, slight wear to upper corners of boards, otherwise a very good copy, which is bright and vg externally.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.
Fourth Edition, (Now First Published Separately) With Additions, and Illustrative Remarks Upon the Scenery of the Alps.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. 12mo., pp.iv,144, printed paper wrappers, b/w folding map as frontispiece; light foxing to folding map and to title, two short tears (without loss) to the map, front wrapper has surface loss (rubbed) for apx. 7.5 x cms at upper margin, corners a little light creasing, partial loss to spine, partial cracking to front joint, otherwise a very good copy of a delicate item. [First separately published in 1822; this edition includes an enlarged and revised text, including 27 lines from the then unpublished Recluse.]
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PATERSON’S TWENTY-FOUR MILES ROUND LONDON, WITH REFERENCE TO SEATS OF NOBILITY AND GENTRY.
London: Bowles and Carver. Hand-coloured map in twenty sections, 665 x 665mm, linen-backed, in original marbled slipcase with printed title label to front and advertisement to rear; light soiling to reverse, otherwise near-fine, slipcase worn to extremities, with loss of apx.3cm x 1.5cms to head of RH side-panel, good only. J.Howgego. The Printed Maps of London,
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THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOLUME XXV.
Printed for the Society by John Whitehead and Son Ltd. 8vo., pp.viii,479, cloth-backed card wrappers, printed paper label to spine, b/w plates and one plate in colour; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, small ink inscription to rear free endpaper recto, wear to paper label, o/w very good.
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THE YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOLUME XXXVI.
Printed for the Society. 8vo., pp.v,508, cloth-backed card wrappers, printed paper label to spine, b/w plates; lacks title page, light foxing to endpages, label worn, light wear to head and tailbands, light creasing to wrappers, o/w very good.
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A PASSAGE TO CHINA.
Colin Campbell’s Diary of the First Swedish East India Company Expedition to Canton, 1732-33. (Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis - Humaniora 37).
Goteborg: Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. 8vo., pp.liv,260, pale grey hardcover lettered in black and brown, 20 colour and b/w illustrations and maps; a fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. (Folded linen-backed map in marbled slipcase).
Divided into its Hundreds, and laid down from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps, with various Improvements. Illustrated with Historical Extracts relative to its Natural Produce, Trade, Manufactures, and present state of its Principal Towns.
London, Robert Sayer. Folding map in 16 sections, linen-backed, housed in a marbled slipcase, with small printed label to front panel; toning and light foxing to map, slipcase worn, else very good.
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NI BRAHMANES NI ANCETRES: Colporteurs musulmans du Nepal.
Nanterre, Societe d’ethnologie. 8vo.,pp.470, paperback, with pictorial dust-jacket, b/w illustrations; ownership autograph to endpaper and ownership inscription to title page, foxing to upper edge, a very good copy.
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SPRINGTIME IN THE BASQUE MOUNTAINS.
London, Grant Richards. 8vo.,pp.xx,297, blue cloth, green lettering, b/w plates, figures and maps; author’s presentation copy with signature to title page, lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly toned to spine, foxing to endpapers and frequently foxed to margins occasionally affecting text and illustrations, o/w very good. No dust-jacket.
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FEDERATED AUSTRALIA.
Photographs Depicting the Scenery, the Cities, the Industries, and Interesting Phases of Australian Life. Gems of Natural Beauty in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Southern Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
London: Charles Taylor. Oblong 4to., pp.17-160, red cloth lettered in black, b/w plates throughout (printed rectos only); title creased with slight chipping to upper edge, gutter visible between pp.17/18, partial cracking to front inner hinge (apx.4cm at foot), slight loss to lower corner of rear paste-down endpaper, 2cm closed tear to lower margin of front free endpaper, light partial sunning, splash-marks, and surface soiling to cloth, a sound copy. [apparently as published because other copies also begin with pagination beginning at 17 following title - no pages removed.] one plate torn withou loss, a good copy
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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS CHIEFLY RELATING TO THE HISTORY, ART, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF INDIA AND THE FAR EAST,
Followed by a small collection of Oriental miniatures, Drawings, Paintings, and some Arabic, persian, and Siamese MSS. (No.462).
London: Bernard Quaritch. Bookseller’s catalogue, 8vo., pp.119,(ix)adverts, brown printed wrappers, 22 single-page b/w plates plus one folding plate; surface soil to wrappers, rear wrapper with series of light creases to upper corner (last 3 plates have single crease to upper corners), small closed tear to fore-margin of 2 leaves of plates (not affecting printed area), otherwise very good.
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MAP COLLECTORS’ CIRCLE. No.44: THE PRINTED MAPS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1773-1873. Map Collectors’ Series (Fifth Volume).
London: Map Collectors’ Circle, 1773. Large 8vo., pp.49,xxx(b/w plates), printed wrappers; extended closed tear to front wrapper, some loss to head of spine, upper corners of wrappers creased and lightly worn, internally clean, a good working copy.
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AN HISTORICAL CURIOSITY: ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE WAYS OF SPELLING BIRMINGHAM.
London/Sheffield: J. Ward. 8vo., pp.22, printed blue paper wrappers; light surface soil and some staining to wrappers, internally clean, a good copy.
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