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BRYANT, T HUGH Suffolk Churches 2 Volumes
London George Allen 1912 First Edition Very Good 12 Mo
Original blind-stamped green cloth covers with gilt titles, bw plates, pp 174; 246 inc index to both volumes. A tidy set apart from small area of discolouration to front cover of Vol. I.
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709 |
BUCHAN, JOHN Oliver Cromwell
London Hodder & Stoughton. 1934 First Edition Very Good No Jacket Large 8vo.
Bw frontis portrait, coloured battle plans, 554pp inc index. Ex Oundle School library with classification marks on spine and cancellation stamp title page verso.
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712 |
BUCKERIDGE, ANTHONY The Trouble with Jennings
London Collins 1960 First Edition Fair Poor. 8vo Mays
Colour frontis plate and bw illus, 256pp. Dw (torn and creased). The first blank, half title and frontis have parted company from the text block the remainder of which is tight. There is a gift inscription.
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714 |
BUCKMASTER, JC Edited By A Village Politician the Life-Story of John Buckley
London T Fisher Unwin 1897 First Edition Very Good 8vo
As A J Mundella (Introduction) states, "The following pages are an interesting record of..a practical and active worker in all social and eductional effort." In his autobiography names of places and people have been changed to avoid identification. Original green cloth covers, gilt, 337pp. Prelims browned otherwise contents bright. Light wear to ends of spine.
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716 |
BUDMIGER, GEORG Die Walser
Stuttgart Huber Frauenfeld 1982 3719308545 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to
Colour and bw photographs, 221 pp.Heavy book which will require extra shipping. German text
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722 |
BULLIVANT, CECIL H Every Boy's Book of Hobbies
London T C & E C Jack 1911 Presumed First Edition Very Good No Jacket Large 8vo
What every boy needs to know from constructing a flagstaff to rearing silk worms, from wood-carving to simple surveying. Illustrated cloth covers, numerous figures and illustrations, 534pp including index. Front endapers parted but text block tight, dampstaining mainly to back cover, contents clean, gift inscription dated 1911 on ffep.
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729 |
BUNSON, MATTHEW Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
New York Facts on File 1994 0816031827 First Edition Fine Fine 4to
"One of the most studied periods of all antiquity, the Roman Empire encompasses an extraordinarily rich cultural legacey. Roman-wrought changes in literature, philosophy, law, architecture, politics, religion and war altered immeasurably the physical, spiritual and intellectual lives of all who followed." Leatherette covers, Black white illustrations and maps 494pp inc index. Heavy book which will require extra shipping.
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731 |
BURGE, LEN Cornish Church Sundials
Truro The Aurhor 2002 095422390 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to
...." a unique record of all the church sundials in the county of Cornwall. It is based on a survey, parish by parish, conducted according to the method of the British Sundial Society." Bw illustrations, 265pp inc index. Errata slip laid in loose.
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736 |
BURLEIGH, THOMAS D Birds of Idaho
Idaho Caxton Printers 1972 0870042084 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to
Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs, 467pp inc index. Light staining to covers, dw (joined tear, discoloured on reverse side).
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BURTON, EF An Indian Olio
Spencer Blackett Very Good 8vo
Gilt illustrated cloth covers. AEG. With illustrations from sketches by the author and by Miss C G M Burton, 388pp. Original backstrip has been professionally re laid.
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744 |
BURWASH, DOROTHY English Merchant Shipping 1460-1540
London David & Charles 1969 Reprint Cloth Fine Fine 8vo
"Between 1460 and 1540 the development of merchant shipping was of vital importance to thte growth of England as a European power. In this work Miss Burwash offers a complete history of the English merchant marine in the late middle ages and early renaissance period." Illustrations and figrues, 259pp inc index.
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748 |
BUTCHER,ROGER W Further Illustrations of British Plants
London L Reeve 1930 First Edition Fair 12 Mo Florence E Strudwick
Hayward's Botanist's Pocket Book : containing the Chief Characteristics of British Plants; with botanical name, Common Name, Soil or Situation, colour, Growth, and Time of Flowering of Every plant, Arranged under Its Own Order. Bw illustrations, 476pp inc index. Bookplate of Allen Wedgwood on ffep verso and dedication to "Mrs Wedgewood" (sic) signed by author and illustrator. The covers have been repaired. inner hinges parted and spine leans.
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751 |
BUTLER, SAMUEL An Atlas of Ancient Geography
London Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 8vo
Undated but publisher's catalogue at the back is dated October 1842. Original marbled paper covered boards with original label on front board. Back strip has been professionally replaced with faux leather to match maroon leather corners, modern spine labels. 21 coloured double page maps, + double page of bw plans, extensive index. Contents crisp and clean.
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759 |
BYNG, DOUGLAS Byng Ballads
London John Lane First Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket Tall 8vo Clarke Hutton
Decorated in colour and line, pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine, inscribed and dated by the author. Further gift inscription on FEP. Hinges cracking, covers worn.
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761 |
BYRON The Works of Lord Byron 8 Volumes
London John Murray 1829 Small 8vo
Six volumes - works published by John Murray together with 2 volumes - Don Juan published by Thomas Davison in 1828. All 8 volumes in uniform full calf bindings with twin labels and decorated spines, marbled page edges. All the bindings are tirm and the contents crisp and bright. Frontis engraving to the first volume of Don Juan. Books measure 6.5 X 4 inches.
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762 |
BYRON Byron
London Collins 1941 First Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good 12 Mo
Published for Penns in the Rocks Press - The English Poets in Pictures series. Colour plates, bw illustrations. Foxing to dw and endpapers, pp 80 inc index.
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765 |
CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH Gleanings from the Graphic
London George Routledge 1887 First Edition Very Good Landscape Folio
Numerous colour and bw plates, 84pp. Illustrated boards with cloth spine -covers somewhat rubbed and grubby with tear at foot of spine but contents reasonably bright, no inscriptions.
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767 |
CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH Last Graphic Pictures
London George Routledge 1887 First Edition Very Good Landscape Folio
Numerous colour plates, 71pp. Illustrated boards with cloth spine -covers somewhat rubbed and grubby but contents reasonably bright, no inscriptions.
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769 |
CALLOW, PHILIP Louis a Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
London Constable 2001 0094801800 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo
"With the power of a novelist and grace of a poet.....Philip Callow captures this great writer and his many contradictions. He was a born exile longing for home; a northerner who thrived on tropical sunshine; a near atheist who organized Sunday services for his Samoan workers. He has been called Scotland's finest writer of English prose, a more economical Walter Scott. As an essayist he equalled Hazlitt....." Bw plates, 336pp inc index.
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770 |
CALTHROP, DION CLAYTON The Guide to Fairyland
London Alston Rivers 1905 First Edition Fair. 4to The Author
Original cloth covers with gilt decoration and titles, coloured plates and bw illustrations, 206pp. The volume has been subjected to damp at some time which has caused one or two instances of bubbling to the covers and some white flecking, internally unaffected apart from the bottom corners of first few leaves. Endpapers parted at hinges and binding slightly shaken. Book plate of Frida Mond on pastedown
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774 |
CAMDEN, WILLIAM Britannia or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland Together with the Adjacent Lands...written in Latin By William Camden Clarenceux King at Arms and Translated Into English By Edmond Gibson
Folio
2 volumes. Printed for James & John Knapton et al. Undated (1722) - Second edition stated on title page. Contemporary leather covered boards but spines of a later date, raised bands, gilt decoration and titles. Armorial book plates. Vol I has two title pages and Vol II 1 only, printed in red and black, frontis portrait of Camden to Vol I, pp 1526 + Appendix I Annals of Ireland; II History of the O'Neals and their Rebellions in Ireland ; II Chronicle of the Kings of Man + index. All the maps are missing but plates showing Coins and Runes etc are present as well as engravings in the text, decorated head and tail pieces and initial letters. Covers are cracking along the joints but holding and the leather is worn with some loss of surface, occasional loose leaf as a result of map removal. There is some water staining at the beginning and end of each volume but the main contents are remarkably clean and crisp. Multiple volumes which will require extra shipping.
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777 |
CAMMELL, CHARLES RICHARD The Poems 1911-1929
London Grant Richards 1930 First Edition Cloth Fair No Jacket 8vo
cloth covers, printed paper label, title page printed in red and black, 267pp inc index. Label is worn but there is a new one at rear, back strip faded and damaged. Digital image available on request.
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780 |
CANNY, M J Phloem Translocation
Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 1973 0521200474 First Edition Hard Cover Nr Fine. Very Good Large 8vo.
Bw plates and figures, 301pp inc index. Dw (price clipped).
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CAREW, TIM The Royal Norfolk Regiment (The 9th Regiment of Foot)
London Hamish Hamilton 1967 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo
Famous Regiments series. "In this short history..Tim Carew describes the interesting story of one of the most famous regiments of the line. From 1685 to the sad day in 1959 when the Royal Norfolks were amalgamated with the Suffolk Regiment to found the 1st East Anglian Regiment..theirs has heen a record of uninterrupted service in nearly every campaign fought by the British Army since its early days." Black and white photographs and maps. Signed by Brian Horrocks (editor of the series).
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785 |
CARNIE, T WEST In Quaint East Anglia
London Greening & Co 1899 First Edition Ilustrated Cloth Very Good Tall 16 Mo W S Rogers
Bw frontis plate showing three views: Woodbridge Market Place; Framlingham Castle; and Walberswick Station. Numerous advertisements, railway timetable for The Great Eastern Railway, 113pp. Some wear to head and tail of spine.
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787 |
CARPENTER, EDWARD Westminster Abbey
London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Nr Fine 4to David Gentleman
"The story is told of how this magnificent building, nowconfronted by the office blacks of busy Victoria Street, emerged from a small wooden church on what was once Thorney Island. The special relationship with the Crown and the long tradition of coronations inthe Abbey are traced in detail. " Colour plates, bw illus, 138pp inc index. Dw (price clipped). Gift inscription on ffep verso from Michael Mayne (Dean of Westminster) to Arthur Hammond previous owner who was the Chief Commandant of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. There are also two letters between the two men laid in loose.
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CARR, FRANK G G Sailing Barges
London Hodder & Stoughton 1931 First Edition Very Good Large 8vo. C. Bingham
black cloth covers with coloured illustration, Mudie's library label, colour frontis plate, sepia photographs, bw illus and folding plate showing flags, 328pp inc index. Clean and bright internally, minor stain on front cover.
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799 |
CARTLEDGE, PAUL The Greeks Crucible of Civilization
London BBC 2001 1563537647 First Edition Hard Cover Nr Fine. Fine 8vo
"With an engaging blend of personal history and meticulous scholarship, Paul Cartledge tells the unforgettable story of classical Greece's rise and fall through the stories of fifteen heroes and heroines of ancient Greece. " Colour plates and bw illustrations, 253pp inc index. Small coffee stain affecting bottom page edges.
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