| A BRIEF HISTORICAL RELATION OF STATE AFFAIRS FROM SEPTEMBER 1678 TO APRIL 1714 |
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A fine set, uniformly bound by H. Sotheran & Co., London in contemporary full plished brown calf with five raised bands to the spine, red and green labels, gilt lettering and decoration. All edges dyed red, glossy. Bindings very good, strong and bright with a little general wear and rubbing, neat g... £640.00
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| A COMMENTARY UPON THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT [COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES] WITH [VOL. 3] THE BOOKS OF JOB, PSALMS, PROVERBS. ECCLESIASTES AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON PARAPHRAS'D: WITH ARGUMENTS TO EACH CHAPTER AND ANNOTATIONS THEREUPON [TOTAL 3 VOLS] |
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A very good set of two volumes with the third volume on Job, Psalms etc. (i.e. non-hostorical books of the old testament), all in matching full speckled calf bindings and all dated 1727; the third volume with different publishers - Printed for J. Walthoe, J. and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock et al.. Vol.... £450.00
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| A MAD VVORLD MY MASTERS: A COMEDY. AS IT HATH BIN OFTEN ACTED AT THE PRIVATE HOUSE IN SALISBURY COURT, BY HER MAJESTIES SERVANTS. COMPOSED BY T. M. GENT [A MAD WORLD MY MASTERS] |
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London: [By John Okes.] For J[ohn] S[pencer]. Sold by James Becket, 1640. 4to. pp. [78] A2-A4, (B-K)4. Lacks A1, blank (as in many copies] Leaf size 126 x 174mm. Superb, recent plain full vellum binding with manuscript title in sepia ink, all in the style of a 17th c. binding. Early 20th C. end pape... £7,900.00
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| 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 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 TRIP TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS; OR A PEEP INTO THE MENAGERIE |
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no date, circa 1831. An extremely scarce children's chap book with original printed paper covers and 8 internal printed pages (one side blank) each with hand-coloured wood engraving of a different animal. The first and last page make up the reverse of the covers. The first page carries the headlin... £280.00
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| A VIEW OF THE EARTH: BEING A SHORT BUT COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY |
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The second edition, with additions and improvements; pp. [iv], 45 + [iii publisher's adverts]; engraved frontispiece map of the world, five further engraved plates of maps and one engraved plate of globes, ten engraved figures and diagrams within the text. Contemporary half textured calf binding wit... £495.00
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| ALBUM DE ORO DE PUERTO RICO. GOLDEN ALBUM OF PUERTO RICO. OBRA DE DIVULGACIO?N CULTURAL EN PRO DE LA FRATERNIDAD AMERICANA. A WORK OF INTELLECTUAL PROPAGANDA FOR AMERICAN FRATERNITY |
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unpaginated (pp. 510) pages, colour frontispiece plate with tissue guard, b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Text in Spanish and English. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and stamped seal of Puerto Rico to the front board, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities... £1,250.00
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| AN ARCHITECTURAL DICTIONARY CONTAINING A CORRECT NOMENCLATURE AND DERIVATION OF THE TERMS EMPLOYED BY ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND WORKMEN. (COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES) |
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pp. vol. I: viii, 260; vol. II: 261-913,[general index ix-xlvi] + 281 copper-engraved plates; separate title pages to both volumes; preface and list of subscribers to vol I.; general index and directions to the binder bound in at the end of vol. II. Contemporary half polished calf binding with red ... £680.00
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