| SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART (VOLUMES1 & 2) WITH LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS WITH LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA (4 VOLUME SET) |
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A fine four volume set superbly bound in uniform contemporary full vellum with three raised bands to the spine and gilt decoration, brown title labels. "Sepia" frontispiece plates to each volume with tissue guards, further "sepia" plates throughout and numerous in-text wood-cut illustrations. All e... £295.00
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| SINBAD THE SAILOR & OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS |
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No Date. (1909). Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is number 181signed by Dulac. With 23 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Original Publisher's full vellum, with gilt decoration and lettering, very good with minimal wear, slight rubbing to edges, vellum has devel... £2,500.00
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| SONG OF SONGS TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDWARD WOLFE RA |
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A fine set of 12 illustrations tipped into twelve separate signed and printed "folders" all contained within the original Solander box. "250 sets numbered 1-250, (this set numbered 14/250) Signed Wolfe in pencil. Twelve illustrations printed offset lithography by Adrian Lack at the Senecion Press... £1,100.00
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| SOUTH COL ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE ON THE ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953 (SIGNED BY NOYCE) |
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A fine first edition copy signed to the title page by Wilfrid Noyce. Colour frontispiece and b/w plates. Original dust jacket fine with slight rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight,... £345.00
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| SOUTH COL ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE ON THE ASCENT OF EVEREST 1953 (SIGNED BY NOYCE) |
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A fine first edition copy signed to the title page by Wilfrid Noyce. "U. P. Townend, Best Wishes Wilfred Noyce, 20.5.58" Colour frontispiece and b/w plates. Original dust jacket fine with slight rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve... £345.00
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| STUDIES FROM NATURE |
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1875-1876. A very good complete copy of this rare photographic work. A series of 24 mounted woodburytypes of romantic landscape scenes, (c.185 x 150mm, but some larger), mounted on card with printed titles, each with its original tissue guard and accompanying page of descriptive letterpress opposit... £1,600.00
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| THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON (IN TEN VOLUMES) |
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1823-1826. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I. A handsome set bound in uniform polished brown calf with 4 raised bands to the spine, gilt tooled decoration to the bands and compartments between, sepia title and vol. No. labels to the spine, blind stamped and gilt pannelled boards, gilt edge a... £345.00
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| THE ANIMALS' PICNIC |
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No date [1901]. Nister No.754. unpaginated but [52], with 8 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations some full-page. Original glazed, cloth backed boards, very good and bright, slight rubbing to edges and corners a little worn, otherwise fine. Contents clean and tight, neat contemporary gift ... £480.00
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| THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE ADJACENT PAPUAN ISLANDS, INCLUDING MANY NEW SPECIES RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA. COMPLETED AFTER THE AUTHOR’S DEATH. VOLUME 1 [BIRDS OF PREY; BIRDS OF PARADISE; CROWS]. |
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First limited facsimile edition thus, (No.168 of 750 copies). Original brown-red Japanese Saifu cloth gilt, preserved in the original numbered carton. Pp. vi, plus 56 fine coloured plates with accompanying text. Endpapers with a repeating pattern of BM library stamps. One of series of remarkably ex... £1,000.00
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| THE BOOK OF CAKES |
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no date but [1903], pp. 288, 48 Colour plates, b/w advert illustrations at rear, text in red border, original patterned end papers. Original green to front board, black stamped lettering to spine, black stamped decoration to boards and spine, bevelled edges. Binding very good with a little genera... £850.00
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