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Image for The Scots Magazine 1811 Volume LXXIII Edinburgh magazine, or, Literary miscellany for ... Scots magazine, or, General repository of literature, history, and politics.

The Scots Magazine 1811 Volume LXXIII Edinburgh magazine, or, Literary miscellany for ... Scots magazine, or, General repository of literature, history, and politics.

By: N/A

Price: £100.00

Publisher: Published by Edinburgh 1811:

Seller ID: 82879

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In Quarter-Bound calf Leather binding, marbled paper boards, gilt and banding to spine, with lettering to maroon leather label. In good condition. Some rubbing and handling to boards, corners bumped. Inside pages lightly tanned, pencil inscription front endpaper, a few corners slightly creased. Else overall a clean and tight copy. 974pp. Illustrated with 12 steel-engraved plates 1 is a fold out plate. Engravings List. Kilconquhar House, Priory of Iona, Balcarras House, Forneth, Lesile House, Durie House, Lathallan, Torie House, Valleyfield House, Hawkhead, Arniston,...
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The Ice-Maiden, A Novel. SIGNED.

By: "LADY FRIVOL":

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Greening & Co. Ltd. 1903:

Seller ID: 78995

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Light green cloth with white lettering and design to front, gilt to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners. Spine darkened. Author’s inscription to front “With the author’s compliments and kindest regards, M.D.R.” Some dark foxing spots to pages else a tight copy. 215 + 8pp cat.
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The Works of Charles Dickens.

By: (DICKENS)

Price: £250.00

Publisher: The Caxton Publishing Company No date Ca 1906:

Seller ID: 82932

Complete 30 vols.; Bound in publishers dark green cloth, complex light green geometrical frame on front cover with Dickens initials at center. A very good set. Nice bright cloth. One volume tiny split head of one spine. Each front endpaper has small private label top corner. A few very light foxing, else generally very clean & tight. Size 21cm x13.5cm Profusely illustrated frontispiece (some are reproductions on coloured drawings with scenes of characters from the novels, others and black and white pictures and photographs of the author), title page and occasional throughout. The London Ed...
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Image for "Jack Archer". Complete in 25 parts in: THE UNION JACK. Vol.4 ( Oct.3,1882 - Sept.18, 1883). A Magazine of Healthy, Stirring Tales of Adventure by Land and Sea. Edited by G.A. Henty.

"Jack Archer". Complete in 25 parts in: THE UNION JACK. Vol.4 ( Oct.3,1882 - Sept.18, 1883). A Magazine of Healthy, Stirring Tales of Adventure by Land and Sea. Edited by G.A. Henty.

By: (HENTY)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Griffith Farran... 1883.:

Seller ID: 78371

Tall 8vo. Red pict.cloth gt. Profusely ill.,incl. 6 very nice col.chromo. plates (one folds out). Many other b/w ills.; 832 pp. In good condition, some minor rubbing on edges, with a few tiny nicks ends of spine. Nice bright front cover. A few small marks on rear board. Lacks front endpaper. Inside some light foxing & a little light browning. 8 pages in one section are tatty on edges, with a number of tears. Else generally clean & tight.
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52 Stories of Life and Adventure for Boys. Illustrated.

By: (HENTY) MILES, A.H. (ed):

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. n.d. 1895 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 75703

Tall 8vo. 8x5 ins. In brown bevelled cloth covers with illustrated design and gilt lettering to spine and front. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners bumped and extremeties rubbed. Neat inscription to front endpaper and top of title page. Some gaps between gatherings Else a very clean and tight copy. 450pp; cat.2pp; Numerous illustrations. Authors include: G.A.HENTY, G.Manville Fenn, H.Frith, A.E.Hooper, K.Munroe, D.Kerr, and many others.
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“Sir Sala Jung and the Berars”. In: TINSLEY’S MAGAZINE. Vol. 18. XVII. From January to June 1876.

By: (HENTY,G.A)

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers, (Jan. - June.) 1876.:

Seller ID: 78697

Leather Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound maroon/purple calf leather to spine and corners, green pebbled cloth boards. Black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Panelled numbering. Raised and gilt banding. Marbled page edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded, edges and corners rubbed, some rubbing to boards and scratches to rear. Some foxing spots to front endpapers/title pg. A couple of very minor spots else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 711pp. Including also: James Grant: Did She Love Him? (complete), Duchess of Rosemary Lane, and many other stori...
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Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome. Popular Edition. New Impression.

By: (MACAULAY)

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co. 1909 New Impression:

Seller ID: 83659

Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. In full tree calf leather fine binding by “Relfe Brothers, London.”. Raised banding and gilt decorations to spine, with gilt lettered spine label. Decorative gilt paneled boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Gilt “Bull & Crown” school crest to front. In very good condition. Some light handling marks with some light rubbing to edges else boards lovely and bright. Prize label and bookplate to front endpapers “Boys Grammar School Ashby-de-le-Zouch, Cecil M.B. Boulter, 1912.” Binders stamp to bottom corner of blank endpaper side ...
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The Golden Link of Friendship “Sesame Booklets.”

By: A.E.S.:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, George Harrap & Co., no date circa 1920:

Seller ID: 80995

Pocket hardback, 4 x 3 inches. Polished light brown leather binding with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed decoration to front. Top page edges gilt. Brown endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to corners. Neat inscription to front endpaper “Aileen Geddes Smith 1920.” Else a very clean and tight copy. 96pp. Illustrated with a B&W frontis.
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Image for Catalogue de Livres Anciens Rares et Precieux. Catalog of rare old and precious books. Poets Francais des XVIe et XVIIe Siecles... &c. &c... Provenant de la Bibliotheque.

Catalogue de Livres Anciens Rares et Precieux. Catalog of rare old and precious books. Poets Francais des XVIe et XVIIe Siecles... &c. &c... Provenant de la Bibliotheque.

By: ALPHONSE WILLEMS, De Feu M.;

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Paris, Libraire Henri Leclerc, 1914 1st edition:

Seller ID: 77538

Hardback, approx 10 x 6.5 inches. Half bound in grey cloth to spine and corners and marbled paper boards. Leather title label in gilt to spine. Bound with original paper covers. In very good condition, some minor rubbing to edges of boards, some minor darkening to cloth, spine label rubbed with small chips. Bookplate to endpaper “David Worth.” Later hard covers. Original paper covers bound inside (darkened). A couple of small spots and handling marks else pages very clean and tight. 268pp. With decorative chapter headers and tailpieces.
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Spectrum: A Science Fiction Anthology COMPLETE Set 5 Volumes

By: AMIS, KINGSLEY: Robert Conquest (Editor)

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1961-1966 (1st.UK ed.).:

Seller ID: 83118

Five Volumes In the original publisher's cloth binding and held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. In very good condition. (Dw slightly rubbed on edges.) Not price clipped. One volume its yellow jacket has the white promotional band. Inside generally clean & tight. Size 19.5cm x 13cm
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Addressbook, Notebook. Containing Notable Dates Such as The Death of King George VI 1952. In Mauchline Ware Binding.

By: ANDERSON Mrs. (attrib.);

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Sussex. Unknown. n.d. circa 1950:

Seller ID: 76662

Hardback. Size approx 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Half bound in red leather to spine and varnished wooden ‘Mauchline Ware’ boards with illustrated vignette to front of ‘Derwentwater From Castle Hill.’ Decorative gilt detailing to inner edges of boards. Yellow endpapers. Ruled handwritten pages and Alphebetised sections. In very good condition. Boards very good but leather on spine is rubbed and partially split at front hinge. Front endpapers missing. Although most pages are handwritten many are still blank. Address book attributed to “Mrs. Anderson, 8 Normandy Lane, Angmeri...
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Fragments: In The Manner of Sterne.

By: ANON:

Price: £80.00

Publisher: London, printed for the author. 1797:

Seller ID: 62845

8vo. In marbled hard card boards with leather spine and black morocco title label. In good condition. Spine slightly rubbed and chipped at ends. Splits to both edges. Front board almost detached. Boards and corners slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly marked. Owner’s neat inscription to half title page. Occasional foxing spots. 139pp. With b/w engraved plates. Written in imitation of Laurence Sterne. There are eight Fragments; Address to the Shade of Yorick, War, Prosperity and Humanity, Justice, Religious Missions, The Gentoo Story, Necessity, Anna.
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The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller.

By: ANON:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd, London 1931 first.:

Seller ID: 84570

5.25 x 8.0 inches. In green cloth covers with paper title label to spine. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges, browning to paper title label and front endpaper. Back endpaper missing. Some pages uncut. Else a clean and tight copy. 306pp.. The foreword claims that the book is composed of the found papers of a bookseller who’s business had failed. Published anonymously.
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Image for The Works of Petronius Arbiter. Translated by Several Hands. With a Key by a person of honour, and also His Life and Character, by Monsieur St. Evremont. The Fourth Edition. To which is added some other of the Roman Poets... and Translations from the Greek of Pindar... With a Poem on Telemachus by the Duke of Devonshire, and an Essay on Poetry by John Duke of Buckingham. The Whole Adorn’d with Cuts.

The Works of Petronius Arbiter. Translated by Several Hands. With a Key by a person of honour, and also His Life and Character, by Monsieur St. Evremont. The Fourth Edition. To which is added some other of the Roman Poets... and Translations from the Greek of Pindar... With a Poem on Telemachus by the Duke of Devonshire, and an Essay on Poetry by John Duke of Buckingham. The Whole Adorn’d with Cuts.

By: ARBITER, PETRONIUS:

Price: £160.00

Publisher: London, Printed for Sam Briscoe, Sold by J. Morphew and Ja. Woodward, 1713 4th:

Seller ID: 84088

Hardback 8vo. approx 8 x 5 inches. In polished fine calf leather binding, with decorative embossed paneled boards. Raised banding and gilt lettering to maroon leather spine label. Speckled page edges, plain endpapers. In very good condition. Later rebound spine, with original spine label. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, new leather under corners. Bookplate to front endpaper “Edward Wilfrid Fordham.” Some minor darkening and handling marks to pages, one or two minor foxing spots. Some neat pencil numbering to first 75 paragraphs. Else a very clean and tight copy. 360pp + contents etc....
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The League of Youth: The Pillars of Society: A Doll's House. Authorised Translation. Edited by William Archer. Fourth Edition.

By: ARCHER, William; IBSEN, Henrik;

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, The Water Scott Publishing Co. 1907:

Seller ID: 78017

Hardback, 7.5 x 5 ins. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, blind embossed decoration to front. Top edges gilt. In good condition, some rubbing to edges and corners, minor rubbing to boards, foxing to endpapers and title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 389pp + adverts at rear. With frontis portrait.
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Injury Time. Signed copy.

By: BAINBRIDGE, BERYL:

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Duckworth. 1977 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73347

Size 5.25 x 8.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). Small marks to top edge. Slight browning of some pages towards back. Author’s inscription to main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 158pp. Signed copy of a novel by Beryl Bainbridge.
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Ancient Light Signed copy.

By: BANVILLE, JOHN:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 2012 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 84983

In maroon hard card covers with gilt to maroon cloth spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Innear fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Author’s signature to main title page. Edges neatly cut. A very clean and tight copy. 288pp. A moving meditation on love and loss, on how invention shapes memory and memory shapes man.
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The Book of Evidence. Signed copy.

By: BANVILLE, JOHN:

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg. London. 1989 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 84977

In dark brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Light brown endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Author’s signature to bookplate on front endpaper. Slight browning to edges throughout. Else a clean and tight copy. 219pp. Novel consisting of a monologue by a convicted murderer as he tries to make sense of both the crime and his aimless life.
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Mrs Osmond. Signed copy.

By: BANVILLE, JOHN:

Price: £58.00

Publisher: Viking. London. 2017 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 85075

5.5 x 8.5 inches. In illustrated hard card covers with small label to front. Marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Author’s signature to main title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. 376pp. Henry James pastiche, a sequel to ‘Portrait of a Lady’.
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Punch and Judy and Other Essays.

By: BARING, MAURICE:

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London. William Heinemann. 1924 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73330

Size 5.75 x 8.0 inches. In light brown cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Bookseller’s stamp to front endpaper. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper, dated 1924. 370pp. Collection of essays on a variety of subjects. Includes Authors and Books, The Stage.
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