Aparicio, Julia Méndez.

CATALOGO DE LOS IMPRESOS DEL SIGLO XVI de la Biblioteca Publica del Estado, Toledo.

Madrid Ministerio de Cultura/Castilla-la Mancha, Toledo, 1993-2010. Royal 8vo. 7 vols. Dec. title pages, many full page ills. Spanish text. From the Library of Professor David Davies University College London, very good in original gilt lettered green cloth, some very minor rubbing to spines..

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Book number: 284820

Catalogue: ART: ART OF THE BOOK

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[Apperley, Charles James].

THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. Of Halston Shropshire. Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry: With Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits by Nimrod.

George Routledge & Sons, 1870. 5th Ed. Revised and Enlarged with a Notice of Nimrod. xi + [i] + 234pp. + [ii]. Additional engraved t.p., 18 hand coloured plates including 16 aquatints by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. With the ownership note of J.R. Dickinson Byfield to flyleaf, some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, inner gilt dentelles, inner gilt dentelles, contemporary full calf with triple gilt rule to edges of boards, leading corner of upper board sl. rubbed, minor marking to boards, intricate gilt tooled compartments with gilt lettered label to spine.

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Book number: 276009

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: SPORTS AND PASTIMES

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Appian’s

ROMAN HISTORY. With an English Translation by Horace White.

Harvard Univ. Press/William Heinemann, 1972-82. Reprints. 4 vols. Sm. 8vo. Clipped and sl. rubbed d/ws. with sl. surface loss.
¶ Loebs Classical LIbrary.

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Book number: 282558

Catalogue: LITERATURE: CLASSICS

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d’Arbeloff, Natalie.

THE WORD ACCOMPLISHED. A.B. Christopher [Pseudonym of Alexander D'Arbeloff], Etchings by ...

World’s End Press, 1974. 1st Ed. 4to. Embossed double page colour t.p. + [ii] + colour plates II-XVI all numbered and signed in pencil by the Artist and each with a facing letterpress leaf + plain uncoloured unsigned and un-numbered plate + Limitation leaf. [Only lacking plate I]. Light marginal browning to e.ps., bound by Paul Collet in blind embossed fawn goatskin, light foxing to lower board, enclosed in leather backed fall back box with embossed design to upper board, mild soiling and wear.
¶ No. 61 of a Limited Edition of 75 Copies signed by the Author and artist. Designed and hand printed by Ms d’Arbeloff, the etchings were printed by the Artist, with 5 artist’s proofs. With two compliment slips from the artist loosely inserted. Numbers 51-75 of the copies were bound in goatskin, leaving only 50 copies loose and suitable for display of the leaves.

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Book number: 274408

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ART

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Arber-Cooke, Alfred Theodore.

PAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF LLANDOVERY. Foreword by Francis Jones. Preface by B.P.M. Rooney. Prefatory Note D. Joshua Evans.

Friends of Llandovery Civic Trust Association, 1994. Revised Ed. 453pp. + [iii]. 4 ills., sketch map, pedigrees. Very good in original gilt lettered red buckram.

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Book number: 281494

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: WALES

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(Arbuthnot). Aitken, George A.

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ARBUTHNOT.

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xxii] + 516pp. + 8pp. adverts. Portrait frontis., folding pedigree. Light marginal browning, prelims. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered khaki cloth, some minor soiling, corners sl. rubbed, spine lightly browned and sl. bumped at head and tail.
¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘The Rev. W.B. and Mrs. Salmon, with love from, G.A. Author.’

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Book number: 279670

Catalogue: MEDICINE: MEDICINE

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Archer, Sir Geoffrey and Godman, Eva M.

THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN. Their Life Histories, Breeding Habits and Eggs.

Gurney and Jackson, 1937-61. 1st Ed. 4 vols. 4to. 28 colour plates by Archibald Thorburn and 6 coloured plates of eggs by Henrik Grönvold, 4 folding maps, 21 b/w. ills., photogravure port. Light browning in part to first two volumes, original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt bird in profile to upper boards, volumes 1 and 2 sl. faded to spines and with t.e.g.

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Book number: 275499

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: ORNITHOLOGY

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Archer, Mildred.

COMPANY DRAWINGS In the India Office Library.

HMSO, 1972. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 298pp. 4 colour plates, 74 ills. Sl. rubbed d/w. with sm. tears to head of spine.

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Book number: 281445

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: INDIA

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Archer, Rosemary; Pearson, Colin and Covey, Cecil.

THE CRABBET ARABIAN STUD. Its History & Influence. Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Alice of Athlone.

Alexander Heriot & Co. Ltd., 1978. 1st Ed. 352pp. Profusely ills. Sl. chipped price clipped d/w.

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Book number: 287439

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: SPORTS AND PASTIMES

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Archer, Mildred and Bastin, John.

THE RAFFLES DRAWINGS in the India Office Library London.

OUP, 1978. Reprint. Slim 4to. [xiv] + 106pp. Port. frontis., 38 plates including several in colour. Good in d/w.
¶ Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints.

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Book number: 288467

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: SOUTH EAST ASIA

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Archer, Robert J.

UNITED STATES MILITARY AVIATION: The Air Force.

Midland Counties Publications (Aerophile) Limited, 1980. Landscape 8vo. 302pp. Many colour and b/w. photos., insignia, map and drawings. Good in lightly rubbed d/w., lightly browned to spine.

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Book number: 286428

Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: AVIATION

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Arima, E.Y.

INUIT KAYAKS IN CANADA: A Review of Historical Records and Construction, based mainly on the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s Collection.

National Museums of Canada, 1987. 1st Ed. Slim 4to. viii + 235pp. + [i]. Typed letterpress. 46 figures. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with sm label and inscription, some underlining and marginal marking, original black lettered cream limp card wrapps., some minor soiling and rubbing.
¶ Canadian Museum Civilization Mercury Series. Canadian Ethnology Service, Paper No. 110.

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Book number: 280599

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: NORTH AMERICA

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Ariosto, Lodovico.

L’ORLANDO FURIOSO. Edizione Formata sopra i Testi antichi più accreditati, E Principalments sopra quello di Valgrisi del 1556.

Venezaia Vitarelli, 1811. 6 vols. 12mo. Engraved port. frontis. Italian text. Some light browning, inscription scratched out to pastedowns, contemporary calf backed marbled boards, some loss to marbled paper, gilt lettered labels and gilt tooling to spines.

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Book number: 274863

Catalogue: LITERATURE: PRE 1900 LITERATURE

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Arlen, Michael.

HELL! SAID THE DUCHESS. A Bed-Time Story.

William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. 1st Ed. [viii] + 181pp. + [i]. Light marginal browning, prelims. lightly spotted, f.e.ps. browned, original gilt lettered blue cloth with gilt ‘crown’ device to upper board, corner sl. sl. bumped, fore-edge of boards dampstained, spine darkened and sl. bumped at head and tail.

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Book number: 284045

Catalogue: LITERATURE: 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE

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(Armorial Album).

[ARMORIAL ALBUM]. 26 leaves of emblems artfully displayed within colour designs.

, Square 8vo. Many blank leaves to rear. Inner gilt dentelles, handsome contemporary album tooled in blind and gilt with ‘Matilda’ to upper board in gilt, minor marking, upper joint cracked, lacking locking part of brass clasp, a.e.g.

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Book number: 250323

Catalogue: HISTORY: HERALDRY

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