| A MAN OF MARK |
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pp. [vi], 270. Original grey cloth binding with black lettering and decoration to the front board, gilt lettering to the spine, a little general wear and some rubbing to extremities and joints, a couple of pin-prick holes to the front joint, cloth a little marked. Contents clean and tight, origin... £1,200.00
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| A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS (COMPLETE IN 6 VOLUMES) |
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With 394 fine hand-coloured plates, with original tissue guards. Original publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decoration to the spine, gilt vignette to the centre of the front boards, blind-stamped decoration. Bindings very good and fresh, a little general wear only, slight ... £700.00
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| A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS TOGETHER WITH A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS (COMPLETE IN 9 UNIFORM VOLUMES) |
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1895-1897. "A History of British Birds" with 394 plates coloured by hand and "Nests and Eggs" with 248 plates chiefly coloured by hand. Original publisher's olive green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt vignette to each front board, very good with a little general wear and ... £1,150.00
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| A MONOGRAPH OF THE LIAS AMMONITES (COMPLETE IN 8 PARTS) |
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A complete set 1878-1886 with superb lithographic plates. 88 plates plus 3 a & b plates = total of 91 lithographic plates; letterpress captions opposite each plate. Collation as follows: Part First, Pages 1-48; Plates I-VIII. Part Second, Pages 49-164; Plates IX-XVIII. Part Third, Pages 165-264; Pla... £650.00
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| A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS (COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES) |
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With 232 fine litographic plates finished by hand, with original tissue guards, half-titles and title pages to each volume. Original publisher's dark green-blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decoration to the spine, gilt vignette of a birds nest to the centre of the front boards, blind-stampe... £800.00
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| A STRANGER IN IRELAND OR A TOUR IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF THAT COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1805 |
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A very good "large paper" copy with uncut edges, leaf size approximately 285mm x 225mm, with a few additional items bound in. Pp. xiv, [2], 530, [ii] + [ii]. 16 hand-tinted aquatints, map, plus an additional contemporary hand-coloured map of Ireland as frontispiece. Contents: frontispiece (quarto f... £1,000.00
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| A SUPERB COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 50 OFFPRINTS ON THE GEOLOGY & HISTORY OF DEVON AND CORWALL INC. BIBLIOGRAPHIES, BOUND IN 3 VOLUMES |
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All the offprints are by R. N. Worth and dates vary between approximately 1872 and 1891, all printed wrappers are bound in with neat manuscript indexes to the rear of each volume, and a loosely inserted contents list for the whole, in the same hand. Approximately 500 pages per volume. Some of the ... £560.00
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| A SURVAY OF LONDON. CONTAYNING THE ORIGINALL, ANTIQUITY, INCREASE, MODERNE ESTATE, AND DESCRIPTION OF THAT CITIE, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1598. |
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pp. [8] 472, (missing pages 7-10 i.e. leaves B4 & B5, otherwise complete). Later polished calf binding, poor, spine covering missing, front board loose. Contents good, later marbled end papers. Original title page dated 1599 with woodcut device, loss to the top corner, just affecting the letters "... £750.00
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| A TREATISE ON FAMILY WINE MAKING CALCULATED FOR MAKING EXCELLENT WINES FROM THE VARIOUS FRUITS OF THIS UNITED COUNTRY |
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A very good uncut copy in publisher's original blue-paper covered boards with paper spine labe; pp. xv, [3], 19-158, ii.; half title and title pages both present, all edges untrimmed, original end-papers. Binding good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities, paper to spine ch... £295.00
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| A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS AND TO MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD : PERFORMED FROM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 1740 TO JUNE 1744 |
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Title continues "By Commodore Anson, In His Majesty's Ship The Centurion : Having Under His Command The Gloucester, Pearl, Severn, Wager, Trial, And Two Store-Ships / By An Officer Of The Squadron." This is a rare unofficial account, published a few years before Anson's account. Pp. x, 11- 402 (of 4... £900.00
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