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Catalogue of Fine Oriental Miniatures, Manuscripts, Qajar Paintings and Lacquer, part two - Indian Miniatures.

London: Sotheby's, 1977. Catalogue of an auction held at Sotheby's in London on Wednesday 4 May 1977 (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 34pp. Several plates. Original printed green card wrappers. This book is in very good condition.

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Book number: 56327

Catalogue: 2

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Catalogue of Fine Oriental Miniatures, Manuscripts, and Qajar Paintings.

London: Sotheby's, 1976. Catalogue of an auction held at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 April 1976 (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 91pp. Numerous plates. Original printed green card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. A printed list of estimates is loosely inserted.

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Book number: 56454

Catalogue: 2

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Catalogue of Fine Oriental Miniatures, Manuscripts, Qajar Paintings and Lacquer, part one.

London: Sotheby's, 1977. Catalogue of an auction held at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday 3 May 1977 (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 72pp. Numerous plates. Original printed green card wrappers. This book is in good to very good condition (contents a little thumbed). A printed list of estimates and a printed list of results are loosely inserted.

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Book number: 56455

Catalogue: 3

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Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection: part I.

London: Sotheby & co, 1974. Part 1. Catalogue of an auction held at Sotheby's in London on 26th March 1974 (hardback). 4to (30cm x 22cm), xi, 382pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in b&w, but a few pages in colour. Original green boards, dustwrapper. Foxing to the top edge of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (rubbed, some fraying of the extremities). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. A photocopied list of prices realised is loosely inserted.

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Book number: 56991

Catalogue: 3

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Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Fan Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: part II.

London: Sotheby & co, 1975. Part 2. Catalogue of an auction held at Sotheby's in London on 26th March 1975 (hardback). 4to (30cm x 22cm), viii, 442pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in b&w, but a few pages in colour. Original green boards, dustwrapper. Foxing to the top edge of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (a little rubbed).

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Book number: 56992

Catalogue: 3

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A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Library of the Revd Mr Beighton of Egham, lately deceas'd.

[London: Sotheby's, no date, c. 1990]. Facsimile of the 1772 edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 12cm), title, 82pp. Original brown cloth spine, printed boards. This book is in very good condition. This auction was held by the firm Baker and Leigh, which subsequently became Sotheby's.

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Book number: 63434

Catalogue: 2

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Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum, volume II (2).

London: British Museum, 1844. First edition (hardback), volume 2 only. 8vo (26cm by 17cm) 483pp. Bound in black cloth, gilt titling to the spine. This copy was formerly in an institutional library, with occasional stamps, and the contents are a little tanned; overall, this book is in good plus condition. Please note that this is volume 2 only.

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Book number: 66191

Catalogue: 30

[Gelli & Tani]:

Catalogue Illustre de Timbres-Poste, Telegraphes et Colis Postaux de Belgique et du Congo Belge.

Bruxelles: Gelli & Tani, 1921. Seconde edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm x 12cm), 128pp. Text illustrations. Original mauve cloth. There are a few neat annotations in pencil; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Text in French.

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Book number: 68240

Catalogue: 3

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Catalogue of the printed books in the library of the University of Edinburgh [complete in 3 volumes].

Edinburgh University Press, T & A Constable, 1918, 1921, 1923. 3 volumes, first editions. 4to, x, 1383pp; [iv], 1405pp; vi, 1334pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to spines, gilt motif to front boards. Some rubbing of bindings, some spotting of endpapers and page edges, but still a very good set.

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Book number: 7808

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Catalogue of Surgical Instruments and Appliances.

Manchester: James Woolley, sons and co, [1931]. No edition stated. 8vo, xxviii, 392pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to front board and spine. Endpapers browned, some spotting of page edges, but still a good to very good copy overall.

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Book number: 9532

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The Centenary of the Keighley & District Photographic Association 1889 - 1989.

Keighley & District Photographic Association, [1989]. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 15cm), [27pp]. Text illustrations. Original illustrated card wrappers. Light spotting of the title page, else this book is in very good condition.

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Book number: 66659

Catalogue: 2

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Ceramic Sculpture from Han and Tang China.

London: Eskenazi, 1997. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Eskenazi in New York from 19-26 March 1997 (hardback). 4to (30cm by 22cm), 55pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition.

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Book number: 57912

Catalogue: 2

[Merewether]:

Ceremonials to be observed by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Officers of the City of London.

London: Arthur Taylor, 1845. First edition (hardback). 4to (36cm by 23cm), xvi, 111pp. Blue morocco spine, marbled boards. Boards rubbed and scuffed, some staining of the endpapers, some thumbing of the contents. Overall, this copy is in good condition. According to COPAC, later editions were published in 1848, 1850 and 1864, with the later two editions in a smaller (octavo) format.

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Book number: 29593

Catalogue: 3

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Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing Tracts, volume III.

London & Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, no date [c. 1854]. No edition stated, volume 3 (of 6) only. 12mo (18cm by 11cm), c. 350pp. Text engravings. Half red calf, marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Binding somewhat rubbed, shor townership inscription, some tanning of the text pages. Overall, this copy is in good condition. Volume 3 contains tracts 17-24, covering Lighthouses, The War in Algeria, The Wooden Spoon, Writings of Macaulay, The Retreat of the Ten Thousand, Cute M'Quade and a story of two lives, Holyrood, Persian Poetry.

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Book number: 40226

Catalogue: 3

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Change is Inevitable : the story of St James's Church Idridgehay 1855 - 1955.

Idridgehay: St James's Church, [1955]. First edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 18cm), 23pp. Frontispiece illustration. Original printed cream-coloured card wrappers. Light rubbing of the covers, light thumbing of the contents, else this book is in very good condition.

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Book number: 66226

Catalogue: 3