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Valuable Artistic Property Belonging to the Estate of the Late Stanford White
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the "Supplementary Sale" Catalogue of Valuable Artistc Property belonging to the Estate of Stanford White which took place on November 25th, 26th and 27th 1907 - Consisting o...
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Early 20th Century England Books
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Paper
Arredamento Mobli Ambienti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare Italian furniture, lighting and interiors books. 668 black and white illustrations and 14 color plates showing the work of Arteluce, Paolo Buffa, Chiesa Pietro...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams by Patrick Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful hardback book and dustjacket, published in 1991 to coincide with an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, 288 pages with over 600 lavish illustrati...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Gio Ponti, Una Collezione Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's auction catalogue of a sale of works by the influential and one of the most important Italian designers of the 20th century. There are pieces of furniture, ceramics and arc...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book
By Harry Craddock
Located in Bath, GB
A signed, first edition of this iconic and definitive cocktail recipe book.
Signed by the author to Arthur Strange with a presentation inscription wishing them 'all the best'. His signature to page 6 with the phrase "Here's How".
With the errata slip to page 25 as called for.
A first edition, first impression, with the pagination to the preliminary leaves.
The Savoy Cocktail...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
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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1850s British Antique England Books
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Paper
2012 Pomerol
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally scarce, signed copy of Neal Martin's definitive book on Pomerol, the smallest of Bordeaux's five fine wine-making regions.
The first edition.
Signed by the author ...
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2010s British England Books
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Paper
$6,511
Erte by Roland Barthes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifully produced book by Franco Maria Ricci, published in 1972 in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies. Hardback binding in the publishers beautiful black silk covers...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Les Vitrines Hermes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful hard backed book which celebrates the legendary Hermes shop windows designed by Leila Menchari who is the chief stylist for the flag...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Georg Jensen: Holloware The Silver Fund Collection Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey
This book presents hundreds of pieces of Jensen holloware which are taken from The Silver Fund's collection. The...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Wegner 100 YEARS Auction Catalogue 2014 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in English. This is a sale catalogue for an auction held in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Live And Let Die First Edition by Ian Fleming 1954
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A first edition, second impression Ian Fleming 'Live and Let Die' as part of the James Bond series. Original dust jacket.
Origin: English
Date: 1954
Item Number: 1001255
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Mid-20th Century English England Books
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Paper
Irish Georgian Silver by Douglas Bennett (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the standard and essential reference book for any collector or dealer of rare Irish Georgian silver. 369 pages profusely illustrated with...
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19th Century Georgian Antique England Books
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Paper
Arne Jacobsen by Tobias Faber (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Arne Jacobsen is today probably best remembered for his chair and furniture designs but he was primarily an architect and that had been his training. This book deals mainly with the ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Marcel Baugniet - 2 Exhibition Catalogues (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The first is a 32 page catalogue which was published in a very small number of only 50 copies in 1942. Text is in French and includes 19 black and white photographs and one page of s...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
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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1920s French Vintage England Books
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Paper
$1,907
1892-1901 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally beautiful thirty volume set of the works of Scottish novelist and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in sumptuous half crushed morocco bindings.
Very rare in an vibrant...
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Late 19th Century British Antique England Books
Materials
Paper
1921 Monday or Tuesday
By Virginia Woolf
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of Virginia Woolf's breakout story collection 'Monday or Tuesday'. Being one of a small 1,000 copy print run.
Illustrated, with four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Woolf's elder sister. Bell designed a number of dust jackets for books published by the Hogarth Press...
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1920s British Vintage England Books
Materials
Paper
$4,633
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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Late 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
Old Telescopes by Reginald J. Cheetham, Scientific Instrument Book December 1997
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Old telescopes by Reginald J. Cheetham is the well respected, definitive guide to antique telescopes.
A rare book and a must-have for the serious coll...
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Late 20th Century English England Books
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Paper
Jean-Michel Frank: L'Etrange Luxe du Rien by Pierre-Emmanuel Marin-Vivier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) is a mythical figure in the decorative arts. His style described as "poor luxury" is just as paradoxical as his life between parties and solitude, with ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1900 The Grey Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
Andrew Lang's grey collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with H. J. Ford's plates.
The first edition, first impression.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and in-text illustrations throughout.
Collated, complete.
'The Grey Fairy Book' is Lang's sixth book in his successful and colourful 'Fairy Book' series.
The grey volume contains stories from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.
Containing 'The Goblin Pony', 'Udea and her Seven Brothers', 'Herr Lazarus and the Draken', 'The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles', 'The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch', 'Prunella', and more.
Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic.
Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford...
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Early 1900s British Antique England Books
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Paper
$1,008
ANTiQUE REGENCY CIRCA 1810 HARDWOOD NEVER USED NOTEPAD SAFE WITH ORIGINAL BOOKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Antique circa 1810-1820 Regency Rosewood notepad or diary safe with pe...
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1810s European Regency Antique England Books
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Hardwood, Paper
1927 The Sun Also Rises
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Bath, GB
A smart early edition of one of Ernest Hemingway's best known novels, a brilliant leather bound example of the great American novel.
An early printing, published the year following the first, with 'stopped' spelt correctly to page 181 line 26, 'down-staris' to page 169 line 34, and 'BOOK THREE' to page 235, rather than 'Book III'.
A popular work, this went through three printings in 1926, and an additional four printings in 1927, two each in January and February, and one printing in March. The printings were stated to the spine of the dust wrapper, not seen in this smartly rebound copy.
Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding, with the original cloth boards restored.
'The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Vintage England Books
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Paper
$2,582
GYPSIES - Josef Koudelka - 1st U.S. edition, New York, 1975
Located in CA, CA
An Aperture publication, 1st U.S edition, New York, 1975. Hardback, English text.
Koudelka‘s first project in his photography career - The Gypsies, is considered a seminal work in t...
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1970s Vintage England Books
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Paper
1891-1896 The Novels of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations.
A seven-volume set, one containing two volumes bound in one, in h...
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1890s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1926 Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By John Wilmot
Located in Bath, GB
A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere.
Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation.
In a beautiful c...
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1920s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Before starting his career as an architect, Scarpa worked for more that ten years as artistic director at the Venini glass works where he gained an exceptional knowledge of raw mater...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
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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Early 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
$1,764
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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19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By T.S. Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew L...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
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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Early 1900s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Cricket Book, C.b Fry
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The Book Of Cricket, A Gallery of Famous Players', Edited by C.B. Fry
First edition (undated but published in 1899) cricket book, hard bound bevelled boards 'The Book Of Cricket, A N...
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1890s European Sporting Art Antique England Books
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Paper
1928 The Torrents of Spring
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound copy of this lesser known satirical novel by great American author Ernest Hemingway, the second edition.
The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1926.
Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards.
A lesser known work of Ernest Hemingway, this novella was written as a parody of 'Dark Laughter' by Sherwood Anderson.
Hemingway takes a satirical look at pretentious writers in this novel and in its publication. He wrote it in only ten days, and received a mixed reaction when first published, partly as it was published in the same year as 'The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Vintage England Books
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Paper
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 England Books
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Paper
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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1970s American Vintage England Books
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Paper
Jean-Michel Frank by Leopald Diego Sanchez (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
pp Text by Leopold Diego Sanchez. "A testimony of rigour and timelessness that today make us think that more than a decorator, Jean-Michel Frank is a precursor, who, starting with a ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Miro Artigas: Ceramics. Catalogue Raisonne 1941-1981 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding.
Limited edition, numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with pr...
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1880s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hounds & Dogs, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Hounds & Dogs, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric...
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1940s English Sporting Art Vintage England Books
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Paper
Elisabeth Frink Original Prints, Catalogue Raisonne by Caroline Wiseman, Book
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A beautiful 1st edition book in beautiful condition.
Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover
written by Caroline Wiseman.
Published by Art Books International
ISBN 10: 187404425...
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20th Century British Mid-Century Modern England Books
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Paper
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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Early 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
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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Late 19th Century American Antique England Books
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Paper
Nova 1955-1975 - David Hillman, Harri Peccinotti 1st Edition 1993
Located in CA, CA
Published by Pavilion Press 1st edition 1993
Nova 1965–1975 celebrates one of the most influential magazines in history. Known as ‘the thinking woman’s magazine’ Nova was a British ...
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1990s England Books
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Paper
1965 The Spectacle of Tokyo Olympics
Located in Bath, GB
A very scarce beautiful first edition volume commemorating the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, vividly illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout.
A very scarce first edition.
In ...
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1960s Japanese Vintage England Books
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Paper
Antique 19th Century Russian Solid Silver, Velvet & Leather Book Cover c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Russian solid silver book cover, featuring velvet and leather. The front is adorned with burgundy velvet and intricate silver de...
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19th Century Russian Other Antique England Books
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Silver
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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Early 1900s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1848 History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution
By Archibald Alison
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings.
A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh...
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1840s British Antique England Books
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Paper
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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Late 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
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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Early 1900s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1760 Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd
By John Milton
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful Baskerville edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regain'd', both epic poems bound here in one volume.
A Baskerville edition.
Complete as two volumes b...
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1760s European Antique England Books
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Paper
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 England Books
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Paper
1959 Goldfinger
By Ian Fleming
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart first edition copy of the seventh James Bond novel. With the original Richard Chopping dustwrapper in a fantastic condition.
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding...
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1950s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
$3,406
Asprey and Company Limited (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the luxury edition of Asprey and Company Limited Mail Order Catalogue from around 1930, with an imitation crocodile skin cover and velum spi...
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Mid-20th Century England Books
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Paper
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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1940s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
1947-1949 The Works of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful six volume edition of the works of Jane Austen, in calf bindings, and with the original glassine and slip case.
First and early printings of Hamish Hamilton's 'Novel Lib...
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1940s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
Vintage Book, Time I Was Dead, Autobiography, Cecil Aldin, English Language, Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Time I was Dead, an autobiographical book of the artist Cecil Aldin. In the English language, hard bound and published in London, dated 1934.
Cecil Aldin (...
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Mid-20th Century British England Books
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Paper
Pedro Cottage 1837, Stories & Sketchbook Illustrated by Joseph Scoundrel Square
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Early Victorian marble paper, hand written and illustrated book “Pedro cottage” likely a fictional publication
“illustrated London published by knobs and co No. 16 pledge hole plac...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique England Books
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Paper
Bookend Pair Royal Air Force Badge Pilot Squadron 341 FreeFrenchFlight Spitfire
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
One oak bookend with a polychrome Badge of the Royal Air Force and bearing the motto : Per Ardua ad Astra" (Latin) - Through Adversity to the Stars
The other bookend with a polychrome badge or shield of three crowns of Alsace the badge of no 341 Squadron, formed in 1943 out of the Free French Flight, who had been operating in the Western Desert. Its French name was Groupe de Chasse III/2 “Alsace”.
provenance : collector of war memorabilia...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern England Books
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Oak
1847 The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France
By William James (Author)
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful edition of naval historian William James's detailed and richly illustrated history of the Royal Navy.
A 'New Edition' of naval historian William James's impressive work,...
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1840s British Antique England Books
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Paper
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