The Life and Character of Charles Duke of Shrewsbury. In a Letter to a Noble Lord. By a Gentleman That Was Privy to the Most Material Passages.

J Roberts, 1718. Disbound from a larger Book. 36p. Book toned and very dusty/grubby. Disbounb from a larger book but intact as such. Study copy. See scans. . Fair

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Book number: 008418

The Lillesden Estate, Hawkhurst, Kent - Sale Particulars - 1913 Now at Tn18 4qg

Messrs. Rider, Heaton & Co, 1913. Soft Cover. Auction Sale Prospectus Lillesden House and its Estate 1913. Full title: By Direction of Llewellyn F.Lloyd, Esq. - Hawkhurst, Kent - Particulars of the Residential Estate known as Lillesden extending to 491 acres with the most beautiful Gardens and Park in the District. To be offered by Auction as a whole or in eight lots.by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley in the Estate Room, 20 Hanover Square, London W. on Monday, June 23rd., 1913, at 2.30pm precisely. The Lillesden Estate was bought and built by Colonel Edward Loyd. The home was passed down to the son of Edward Loyd and was requisitioned and used in World War I as a hospital for wounded soldiers. After the World War the house and a few acres were sold separately to the Saint Wilfreds Boys Preparatory School in 1922. 14 years after it was sold again and became the Saint Cuthberts Girls School. Sadly, World War II occurred in 1940 and it was requisitioned as a hospital again. After the war was over it became a school again, this time the name was changed to Lillesden and expanded. By 1975, the school merged with Bedgebury and became the Bedgebury Lower School, but was close in 1999. In-keeping with its impressive legacy, this Grade II listed private residence has since been sensitively restored to creat a magnificent collection of individual luxury apartments, whilst creating an exciting next chapter for this historic address.28p describing the 8 lots - Lillesden House, Gardens, Grounds etc; East Heath Farm, The Beeches. The Smith's House and Forge; St. Margarets Cross and etc. With 9 plates 13 photos of the Entrance Lodge, Carriage Drive, Lillesden House (2), Views from the House, the Italian Terrace, South Terrace, from the Temms Courts, the Lower Lake, the Home Farm, Estate Cottages, the Beeches, St.Margaret's Cross etc. Key map on front pastedown and a large coloured folding map (26x40) in pocket in rear card cover. Sewn binding - a little foxing and some minor creasing to front board but still VG in original dark green card covers. Map in fine condition.Now at TN18 4QG. See scans and email for many more. . Very Good

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Linlithgow - the Prospect of Their Majesties Palace of Linlithgow - Slezar Engraving

Tim Jordan, 1693. . Apparently original Print by John Slezer which has been mounted on thin card.Image from Theatrum Scotiae by John Slezer, 1693. Measures 18 x 11 1/4 (46x28.5cms) Linlithgow Palace rises above loch and town, in this view from the west. Mary, Queen of Scots was born in the palace in 1542. In 1745, almost 50 years after Slezer's view was published in Theatrum Scotiae, the palace was gutted by fire, and it has remained a ruin ever since. The crown on the tower of St Michael's Church to the right was removed in the 1800s, but was replaced in1869 by a replica of the impressive crown seen here on the palace tower. Figures in this view include fishermen in boats and people walking on the palace embankment. The central fold and a long blind tear top right have been repaired with archival tape. Surface a bit duty but would frame well. Mounting has resulted in slight loss of the text bottom left. See scans. . Fair

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Book number: 011499

List of Gifts and Deposits in the Scottish Record Office. Volumes 1 & 2.

HMSO, 1971. Soft Cover. Both volumes published 1971 & 1976, First volume hardback fine in d/w; second volume in card covers with little creasing. No marks. 122p & 116p. . Good/Very Good

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A List of the Published Writings of Percy Simpson

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1950. Soft Cover. 30p biography and bibliography of Percy Simpson. No marks or signatures. VG. . Very Good

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Book number: 003242

List of Natural History Publications of the Trustees of the British Museum

British Museum (Natural History), 1937. Soft Cover. 72p in fine unmarked condition - though spine of card cover darkened and some toning; staples intact though a little rusted. . Very Good -

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Book number: 006244

A List of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst - Corrected to 1st May 1845

Sold By Parker & Co. Military Librarry, 1850. Hardcover. 32p with an attractive title page. Red title label on front board. Lists Board of Commissioners, Professors and Masters, Officers and Gentleman Cadets, Prize list and an alphabetical list of cadets.Regulations relating to the students covers 10 pages including annual subscriptions (30 guineas), study syllabus(includes all the books of Euclid), kit list (leather portmanteau, two pairs of white Berlin gloves etc) and a form of application. Boards and text in fine unmarked condition apart from some sunning of the spine especially on rthe front board. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 006347

A List of Travels, Tours, Journeys, Voyages, Cruises, Excursions, Wanderings, Rambles, Visits, Etc. , Relating to Scotland. From Psas 1900

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1901. Hardcover. p.431-638. extracted from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries Scotland Vol XI 1900-1901 and bound in mauve cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Valuable reference source. From Aberdeen University Elphinstone Institute: The starting-point is the bibliography of travels and tours in Scotland compiled by Sir Arthur Mitchell (1901, 1905, 1910). Born in Elgin and educated at the University of Aberdeen, Mitchell was a national authority on the treatment of the insane and no less eminent as an antiquarian and bibliographer. He was also a proto-ethnologist, investigating superstitions of the Highlands as they related to insanity. The value of his bibliography is enhanced by its preface, whose section headings alone reveal the problems he encountered (Difficulty as to Including or Excluding, Books of Little Value not Excluded, Narratives still in Manuscript, Narratives Hidden in Biographies or Magazines, Misleading Titles, Changes in Late Editions) and the variety of genres in which travels and tours could be found (Excursions of Scientific Societies, Guide Books and Itineraries, Botanical, Geological, and other such Excursions, Books showing state of North Britain, Travel with a Special Object). Under the heading Books entered with Hesitation Few, Mitchell explained that his principle had been to include rather than exclude. As a result, his bibliography runs to over 1,000 entries. Of these, 48 date from before 1600, 69 from the period 1600-1700, 49 from 1701-50; 128 from 1751- 1800; and 352 from 1801-50. The book is clean and tight with a few minor marks on the boards. Otherwise, clean tiht and unmarked. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 010713

Little Bampton, Cumberland Estate Sale 1902 - with Large Scale Map

, 1902. Folded to Quarto. Little Brampton, Cumberland - Particulars and conditions of Sale of a very desirable Estate situate at or near Little Bampton, in the Parish of Kirkbampton, in the County of Cumberland Sale with the Farm house, 3 cottages, farm buildings, appurtenances and arable, meadow, pasture land. To be be sold at Hope's Auction Rooms, Wigton.29th July 1902. The schedule folded as usual - unfolds to folio size and detailed map is 44 x 36. Se scans. Condition at least good with some wear to edges and a few words of longhand with a name and prices. Map, though very folded, in fine condition. . Near Very Good

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Liverpool & Wavertree -Whitechapel - Brunswick Road - Dryden Road - Pighue Laned - Particulars and Conditions of Sale with 3 Plans - to Be Sold 19th September 1877.

Arthur S. Mather & Francis D. Lowndes, 1877. Soft Cover. Auction prospectus - In the Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster (Liverpool District).Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Valuable Freehold and Leasehold Property. situate in Liverpool and Wavertree, to be sold by Auction. by Mr.Thomas Colclough Leete at the Law Association Rooms, 14 Cook Street, Liverpool.on Wednesday the 19th Day of September, 1877 Details of the 7 lots with Street names Whitechapel, north side of Brunswick Road, Liverpool, north-east side of Dryden Road, Pighue Lane, Wavertree. 3 folding plans with outline colour Plan 1 of the property No.28 Whitechapel measures 11x16 1/2; Plan 2 of the property at 29 Brunswick Road 12 1/2 x 20; Plan 3 Plan of Property Dryden Road & Pighue Lane 27 x 20. Adjacent owners Charles Read, Henry Fraser, Mathew Gregson etc. Condition overall VG though outer cover dusty. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 004981

Lives of Early Methodist Preachers (Chiefly Written by Themselves. ) Abridged by Mrs. Frank Stephens from the Edition [of T. Jackson]. Abridged from the Six Volumes by Mrs. Frank Stephens.

Horace Marshall & Son, 1903. Hardcover. 270p. Frontis plate of the Foundry, headquarters of Methodism from 1739 to 1778.Typed bookplate on the front pasedown - Rev. Wal. Jas. Gadsby Puriton Bridgewater Sonmerset. Some newspaper clippings are tipped in and there is much neat underlining and some handwritten annotations. Book dusty but binding sound. See scans . Good +

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Book number: 010319

Llanfairfechan - the Gem of North Wales - Official Guide (1953)

:Lllanfairfechan Town Advertising Association, 0. Soft Cover. Fairly substantial town guide of 48p. illustrated with a folding map and many local adverts. Undated but advert suggests 1953. Clean and unmarked but a plain sheet listing the illustrations has been very neatly has been tipped inside the front cover. Very collectable condition. . Very Good

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Book number: 011337

Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1932, Containing Particulars of Yachts and Motor Boats; an Alphabetical List of Owners, with Their Addresses; Distinguishing Flags of Yachts; Also the Flags of the Principal Yacht and Sailing Clubs, with the Names of the Officers, &C. , for the Year 19323. No. 1080

Lloyd's Registe of Shipping, 1932. Hardcover. 856p + 13p Announcements In original green buckram gilt boards with aeg. Extensive coloured section on distinguishing flags. The endpapers and binding are sound with an owners name on the half title but otherwise no significant marks or signatures.A little wear to the top of the spine but still in VG collectible or presentable condition. One page one time creased as seen. Heavy - may require extra postage at cost.See Scans and email for a few more. . Very Good

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Book number: 010832

Loch Rannoch Hotel Kinloch Rannoch - Advertising Plate with Engraving C. 1900

, 0. . Blind embossed oblong A5 sheet with inset engarving of The Loch Rannoch Hotel, Kinloch Rannoch with a man flyfishing in a small boat in front of the hotel. Telegraphic address and George Gow propieter recognised. Undated but George Gow was propieter in 1913. Size 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 (22x14.5 cms). Clean if slightly toned. Size: Oblong 8vo . Very Good

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Book number: 005706

Loch Etive and the Sons of Uisnach

MacMillan & Co, 1879. Hardcover. 376p plates. Book tightly bound but dusty with repaired folding plate and one plate apparently absent - Cross at Cleinnamacry - though other copies of the same date list only 19 plates omiting this one - likely never bound in. Boards worn at edges and backstrip detached and mostly missing. Reading or rebinding copy. See scans. . Poor

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Book number: 007294