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1890-93 Her Majesty's Navy
By Charles Rathbone Low
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound first edition set of this brilliant history of the Royal Navy, complete with striking chromolithographs.
The first edition.
Complete in three volumes.
An expansive...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1859 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser
By Edmund Spenser
Located in Bath, GB
A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross, binder to Queen Victoria.
Complete in five volumes.
In half calf b...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1807-13 Rural Sports
By William Barker Daniel
Located in Bath, GB
One of the most important works on rural sports of its time, written by William Barker Daniel, and in a decorative half morocco binding.
Volume I-III slightly later editions. The fi...
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Antique Early 19th Century British Books
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$1,803
1834-1850 The Works of Thomas Arnold
By Thomas Arnold
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound nine volume collection of works by and about the Anglican educator and theologian Thomas Arnold, including first and early editions of his works.
Uniformly bound...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1853-1863 The Works of Thomas De Quincey
By Thomas De Quincey
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound full calf fifteen volume set of the works of English writer, essayist, and literary critic Thomas De Quincey.
Uniformly bound in full calf signed bindings by M. ...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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2020 Norman Mailer The Fight: George Foreman - Muhammad Ali
By Norman Mailer
Located in Bath, GB
The very scarce, signed, limited edition Collector's Edition of this tribute to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s 1974 boxing match, written by Norman Mailer, who witnessed the fight...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books
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1952 Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison
Located in Bath, GB
The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime.
The first edition, fir...
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Vintage 1950s American Books
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$5,362
1894 The Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent uniform collection of the 'Crown Edition' of Charles Dicken's works, bound in signed calf by Bumpus.
A lovely set comprising the complete seventeen volumes that make up...
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Antique 1890s British Books
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1859 The Life of John Milton
By David Masson
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound set of this biography on John Milton, from the library of Andrew Carnegie.
Very scarce complete in seven volumes.
The first edition.
A sweeping biography on th...
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Antique 1850s British Books
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1986 Five Original Illustrations for 'When the Wind Blows' by Raymond Briggs
By Raymond Briggs
Located in Bath, GB
Five original concept storyboard illustrations by artist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, for his animated film 'When the Wind Blows'.
A fantastic collection of five original graphit...
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Vintage 1980s British Books
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1950 The Great Synagogue, London, 1690-1940
By Cecil Roth
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful limited edition work on the Great Synagogue of London, an important institution in the city that was destroyed in the Blitz. A illustrated work signed by the author.
A l...
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Vintage 1950s British Books
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1964 Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
By James Baldwin
Located in Bath, GB
A smart first edition of this collection of essays from Baldwin, following on from his first collection Notes of a Native Son, signed and inscribed by the author.
First edition.
Si...
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Vintage 1960s British Books
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1951-1973 The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo
By David Ricardo
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of this complete eleven volume set of the works of British political economist and politician David Ricardo, in the original dust wrappers.
The first edition of th...
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Mid-20th Century British Books
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Paper
1997-2007 The Harry Potter Series
By J.K. Rowling
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent complete set of the wildly popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, including four first impressions.
A terrific set offering all seven books from the magical 'Har...
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1990s British Books
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Paper
1853-88 The Sporting Novels of Robert Smith Surtees
By Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Bath, GB
A smart set of the sporting novels of Surtees, a set of eight volumes including three first edition, colourfully illustrated by hand throughout.
The collected sporting novels of Rob...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Books
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Paper
1868-1901 The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron Veralum
By Francis Bacon
Located in Bath, GB
A fine fourteen volume collection of the works of Sir Francis Bacon, uniformly bound in half morocco, and from the library of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
A bea...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1812-1826 The History of England
By David Hume
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively bound set of Hume and Smollett's history of England, with Hume's work in eight volumes, and Smollett's in five.
Hume and Smollett's 'The History of England' uniforml...
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Antique Early 19th Century British Books
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1855-92 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
By Alfred Tennyson
Located in Bath, GB
A strikingly bound first edition set of the poetical works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, a lovely set of the popular Victorian's works.
A striking uniformly bound set of the poetical works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Bound by Wood of London.
Alfred Tennyson was the Poet Laureate for most of Queen Victoria's reign, securing great success during his lifetime. His poems still live on, with him becoming one of the most popular British poets ever. His poems include 'Ulysses', 'The Lady of Shalott', and 'Lady Clara Vere de Vere...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Books
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1847 The Plays of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound complete eight volume edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare.
A charming eight volume edition of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, ...
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Antique 1840s British Books
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[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
By William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott.
Complete in twelve volumes.
A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
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Antique 1890s British Books
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1902-08 History of England, and, Short Studies on Great Subjects
By James Anthony Froude
Located in Bath, GB
A uniformly bound set of works by James Anthony Froude, including his important history of England.
Complete in sixteen volumes, being twelve volumes of 'History of England', and fo...
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Antique Early 1900s British Books
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1901 A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound edition of this Shakespeare play, a finely bound copy by Asprey for Bayntun-Riviere.
A superbly bound edition of Shakespeare's beloved play, finely bound in crus...
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Antique Early 1900s British Books
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1970 A History of Magic and Experimental Science
By Lynn Thorndike
Located in Bath, GB
The scarce eight volume 1970 edition of Lynn Thorndike's fascinating history of 'Magic and Experimental Science', with five volumes retaining the exceptionally scarce original glassi...
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Vintage 1970s American Books
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1963 The Bell Jar
By Sylvia Plath
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical magnum opus, in the desirable publisher's original dust wrapper.
The true first edition, first impression. Published under ...
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Vintage 1960s British Books
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$16,366
1808 The Works of John Dryden
By John Dryden
Located in Bath, GB
A complete, eighteen-volume set of the collected works of John Dryden, the first Scott edition, uniformly bound in straight-grain morocco.
The collected works of John Dryden, with n...
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Antique Early 1800s British Books
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1864-96 The Works of R. D. Blackmore
By Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Located in Bath, GB
A superb set of mostly first editions of the novels of R. D. Blackmore, a nice set uncommon to see of the late Victorian's writings.
Fourteen works by R. D. Blackmore in thirty-five volumes. Very scarce to see Blackmore's works in a set.
Smartly bound in a half morocco binding by W. J. Mansell.
This smart set includes almost the complete works of Blackmore.
Blackmore was one of the most famous novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century, best remember today for his 'Lorna Doone'.
This set includes;
'Clara Vaughan', complete in three volumes, published in 1864. The very scarce first edition. Half-title is present to each volume. Original publisher's cloth bound in the rear of each volume. Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume III.
'Cradock Nowell', complete in three volumes, published in 1866. The uncommon first edition.
'The Maid of Sker', complete in three volumes, published in 1872. The very scarce first edition. Half-title is present to each volume.
'Alice Lorraine', incomplete in two volumes, being Volumes II and III of a total of III volumes, thus lacking Volume I. Published in 1875.
'Cripps the Carrier', complete in three volumes, published in 1876. The very scarce first edition.
'Erema', complete in three volumes, published in 1877. The uncommon first edition. Half-title is present to each volume.
'Mary Anerley', complete in three volumes, published in 1880. The uncommon first edition. Half-title is present to Volume I.
'Christowell', complete in three volumes, published in 1882. The scarce first edition.
'Tommy Upmore', complete in two volumes, published in 1884. The spine of Volume II mistakenly numbered it as Volume III. The uncommon first edition.
'Springhaven', complete in three volumes, published in 1887. The fourth edition. Half-title is present to Volumes II and III.
'Springhaven', complete in one volume, published in 1889. A new and cheaper edition with illustrations by Alfred Parsons...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Books
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1788 The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and scarce 'Bell's Edition of Shakespeare', the vanishingly scarce large paper variant, illustrated with engraved plates.
The very scarce complete twenty volume set. A large paper edition, uniformly bound in full morocco.
In 1785, John Bell began to issue the 36 separate plays of Shakespeare individually, collecting them here in twenty volumes in 1788 as the 'Dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere'. The set is scarcely found complete.
The first two volumes here are a remarkably comprehensive and broad 'Prolegomena' to Shakespeare's works, and offer interesting analysis of Shakespeare from an era where many of his plays were often interpreted differently, both in their production and in their critical reception.
The subsequent eighteen volumes consist of the plays themselves, along with notes from Samuel Johnson and George Stevens, a highlight of this particular edition.
Volumes I & II: Prolegomena To The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakespeare. Nine plates to volume I, and eight to volume II.
Volume III: The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Four plates.
Volume IV: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Much Ado About Nothing. Four plates.
Volume V: Measure for Measure and A Comedy of Errors. Four plates.
Volume VI: Love's Labour's Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Four plates.
Volume VII: The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. Four plates.
Volume VIII: The Taming of The Shrew and All's Well That End's Well. Four plates.
Volume IX: Twelfth Night and Winter's Tale. Four plates.
Volume X: Macbeth and King John. Four plates.
Volume XI: King Richard The Second...
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Antique 1780s British Books
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1803 An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of its Past and Present
By Thomas Robert Malthus
Located in Bath, GB
The important and heavily revised second edition of Thomas Robert Malthus's discussion of the problems of a growing human population.
First published in 1798, this is the substantia...
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Antique Early 1800s British Books
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1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four
By George Orwell
Located in Bath, GB
The first U.K. edition of George Orwell's important and culture defining dystopian novel, a superb finely bound copy.
The first UK. edition, with 'First published 1949' stated to th...
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Vintage 1940s British Books
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1999-2007 The Harry Potter Series
By J.K. Rowling
Located in Bath, GB
A striking set of the complete deluxe editions of the 'Harry Potter' series, beautiful editions published from 1999-2007. 'Goblet of Fire' signed by J. K. Rowling.
The first deluxe ...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books
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1926 Ulysses
By James Joyce
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively rebound eighth printing of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, 'Ulysses'.
First published by Shakespeare & Company in 1922, this is the May 1926 eighth printing of ...
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Vintage 1920s French Books
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$1,950
1877 The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts
By Wilkie Collins
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful example of Wilkie Collins's very scarce stage adaptation of 'The Moonstone', a work never widely published, and 'privately printed for the convenience of the Author'. In ...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1894-97 The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'.
Complete run of all first edition thirteen volume...
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Antique 1890s British Books
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1994 The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By Douglas Adams
Located in Bath, GB
The first illustrated edition of this popular sci-fi, a colourful edition signed by the author.
The first illustrated edition, a incredibly striking edition, with colourful and uniq...
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Late 20th Century British Books
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1905-1906 The Biographical Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
The complete Biographical Edition of this Charles Dickens collection, profusely illustrated and bound in attractive signed half calf by Bayntun.
The Biographical Edition. Complete i...
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Antique Early 1900s British Books
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1995-2000 His Dark Materials
By Philip Pullman
Located in Bath, GB
A complete first impression set of Philip Pullman's popular fantasy series, each volume is signed by the author to a bookplate.
The complete 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, each volum...
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1990s European Books
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1846-1889 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson
By Alfred Tennyson
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound set of early and first editions of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Including seven first edition works.
A highly attractive set, in half morocco Zaehnsdorf b...
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Antique 19th Century British Books
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1902 The Natural History of Plants
By Anton Kerner von Marilaun
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent set containing this profusely illustrated natural history of plants, translated from the German of Austrian botanist, Anton Kerner von Marilaun.
A new edition of this w...
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Antique Early 1900s European Books
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1989 Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
By Cormac McCarthy
Located in Bath, GB
The first UK edition of Cormac McCarthy's great American novel, an epic historical western set in the American Frontier.
The first UK edition, first impression. The work was first p...
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Vintage 1980s British Books
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1871 The Works of George Berkeley
By George Berkeley
Located in Bath, GB
A smart Morrell bound set of the collected works of Bishop George Berkeley, alongside a life of the Bishop, and a selection of his letters.
Complete in four volumes.
Bound by Morrell.
The collected works of George Berkeley, alongside a short biographical account of his life, and a selection of his letters.
George Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop, who advanced the theory of immaterialism through his writings, and also critiqued abstraction.
These volumes include the most important writings of Berkeley, such as 'A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge', 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous', 'An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision', and 'De Motu', in which he argues against Isaac Newton's theories on absolute space, time, and motion. The views expressed in 'De Motu' were a precursor to the views of Albert Einstein.
This edition was collected and edited, with prefaces and annotations, by Alexander Campbell...
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Antique 1870s British Books
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1896-1897 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
By William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A twelve volume edition of the complete works of William Hickling Prescott, in half calf signed bindings from Morrell.
A twelve volume edition of the complete works of William Hickling Prescott, edited with the author’s latest corrections by John Foster Kirk.
William H. Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized as the first American scientific historian and one of the most eminent historians of his era.
This set features:
'The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Books
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1971 Attacks of Taste
By Agatha Christie
Located in Bath, GB
A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy bei...
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Vintage 1970s American Books
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$2,089
1999 Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles: Studies in Words and Pictures
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuous study of the wildfowl of the British Isles, one of only twelve review copies, sent to sporting and countryside author John Humphreys. Signed...
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1990s European Books
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1993 The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
By Oscar Wilde
Located in Bath, GB
A very attractive collection of works from popular Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, edited by his friend and literary executor, Robert Ross.
A lovely selection of the plays, ...
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Late 20th Century British Books
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1888-1891 The Bankside Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf.
One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bank...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Books
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1837-52 A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory
By William MacGillivray 1
Located in Bath, GB
A Zaehnsdorf bound set of this impressive work on the birds of Britain, the first edition, illustrated.
The first edition.
Complete in five volumes.
Bound by Zaehnsdorf.
A compre...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Books
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1908 The Writings of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound twenty-five volume large paper limited edition of the works of George Eliot, in half crushed morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout.
This set is number 85 ...
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Antique Early 1900s American Books
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1979 The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By Angela Carter
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent first edition of Angela Carter's collection of ten short stories based on traditional folk tales, including 'The Bloody Chamber'.
The first edition.
Bound in the publi...
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Late 20th Century British Books
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1907-1911 The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi
By Leo Tolstoy
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally handsome twenty-four volume set of the works of the Russian novelist, including both 'Anna Karenina' and 'War and Peace'.
An exceptionally beautiful twenty-four vol...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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2008-09 The Millennium Trilogy
By Stieg Larsson
Located in Bath, GB
The first impressions in English of Stieg Larsson's popular crime trilogy set in Sweden.
The first edition, first impressions, of these works in English.
In the original unclipped ...
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Early 2000s British Books
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1818-1820 Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque
By Plutarch
Located in Bath, GB
A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French.
French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...
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Antique 1810s French Books
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1815 Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects.
A very unusual and scarce edition of ...
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Antique 1810s British Books
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$1,775
1829-1833 The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Bound by Morrell, London.
Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vig...
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Antique Early 19th Century British Books
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1938 The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne
By Gilbert White
Located in Bath, GB
A smart two volume set of this collection of writings from English naturalist Gilbert White, with illustrations throughout.
Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' ...
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Vintage 1930s British Books
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1967 Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition, first impression of Andy Warhol's iconic pop-up book offering a glimpse into Warhol's world.
The first edition, first impression.
Bound in the publisher's origin...
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Vintage 1960s American Books
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1896 The Principles of Light and Color
By Edwin D. Babbitt
Located in Bath, GB
A vibrantly illustrated, second edition of this exceptionally scarce work surrounding colour and the science of chromotherapy, written by American physician Edwin Babbitt.
The secon...
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Antique 1890s American Books
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1902 The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Located in Bath, GB
A striking limited edition set of the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a beautiful and illustrated set.
A limited edition. The 'Author's Edition' limited to one-thousand s...
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Antique Early 1900s American Books
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1936 The New Testament: Volume 3 The Pauline and Pastoral Epistles
By M. R. James
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively bound copy of Volume 3 from The Aldine Bible Series, containing the Pauline and Pastoral Epistles.
Scarce work.
Bound in decorative full crushed morocco by J. H. da...
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Vintage 1930s British Books
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1883-1884 Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville
By Henry Greville
Located in Bath, GB
An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece.
The scarce first editions of both the fi...
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Antique 1880s British Books
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1837 Society in America
By Harriet Martineau
Located in Bath, GB
A complete set of the first edition of Harriet Martineau's nineteenth century study of American society, wonderfully bound in half calf.
The first edition.
Bound by Period Bookbind...
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Antique 1830s British Books
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$1,044