ACKROYD Peter

Milton in America.

Sinclair Stevenson,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition; tan cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 20903

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern firsts, peter ackroyd, peter ackroyd, modern first editions, milton, america

ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1805

An Act for vesting certain Estates, situate in the Counties of Essex and Surrey. devised by the Will of Sir William Burrell

T Collins,, 1805. Sm., folio, 28pp, on laid paper, with woodcut headpiece; disbound, some mild age-staining else a very good, bright, crisp copy. 45 Geo III. The estates include Great Bardfield, Bardfield Saling, Blewgate Hall and others in Essex; and Brickstables, near Mortlake, and Deepden, near Dorking, in Surrey.

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Book number: 28475

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, essex, great bardfield, bardfield saling, blewgate hall, finchingfield, surrey, brickstables, mortlake, deepden, dorking, william burrell

ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1819

[Middlesex, London, St. Pancras]. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes relating thereto. [Passed 19th May 1819].

Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan,, 1819. Sm. 8vo., First and Sole Edition thus, some very light and occasional marginal age-stains; contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in calf to style, leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy of a very scarce work. This copy was formerly in the possession of Charles Arrowsmith and bears his signed holograph inscription on front paste-down 'qualified as a Governor & Director of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Pancras. Dec. 4 1832.'The statute referred to is 59 Geo. III. Cap. xxxix. It is of unusual length (176pp inc. index) and complexity for an Act of this nature and includes a detailed and comprehensive index. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.

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Book number: 7489

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, middx, middlesex, london, st. pancras, kings cross, poor laws, act of parliament 1819, topography, london, middlesex, london, st., pancras

ACTON Sir John

Acton in America. The American Journal of Sir John Acton 1853. Edited by S.W. Jackman. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Patmos Press, Shepherdstown WV,, 1979. 8vo., First Edition; green marbled boards, green cloth back blocked and lettered in silver, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's glassine dustwrapper. DUSTWRAPPER NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 46647

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration0

Keywords: travel, americana, america, usa, acton, sir john acton

ACUTT D.G.F

Brigade in Action. The History of the Origin and Development of St. John Ambulance Brigade in Weymouth and of its Co-operation with THE Civil Defence Services during the War, 1939-1945. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Privately Printed], Sherren & Son, Weymouth,, [1945]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat contemporary inscription on front paste-down; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, covers unevenly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter wanting most of backstrip. With relevant cutting mounted on front free endpaper verso. Probably the most detailed account of any St. John detachment in action, this scarce work is an outstanding contribution to the literature of Dorset in WWII. The author provides extensive and detailed accounts of personnel, organisation, structure, training, actions, rescues and so, together with an unusually high complement of scarce photographs, the majority published here for the first time. SCARCE; we can find no record of the main work (or its scarcer index; not present here) in any standard bibliography. Not recorded by Enser

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Book number: 48212

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, home front, dorsetshire, dorset, weymouth, ambulance, st. johns ambulance, air raids, acutt

ADAIR Elizabeth

I bought a Windmill. NEAR FINE COPY

Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Blythman 307.

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Book number: 43246

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, adair, elizabeth adair

ADAIR Major General Sir Allan

A Guards' General. The Memoirs of Major General Sir Allan Adair. Foreword by the Earl of Stockton. Edited by Oliver Lindsay. [Maps drawn by Patrick Leeson]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 8 and 7 maps in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Brian Knight. Adair's own account, including command of Guards Armoured Division after D-Day and its controversial role in MARKET GARDEN. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48985

Catalogue: Military0

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ADAM Frank

The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Fifth Edition. NEAR FINE COPY

Johnston & Bacon, Edinburgh,, [1955]. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, 112 coloured plates of tartans and large folding coloured map at end; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 36176

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, scotland, highlands, scottish highlands, clans, septs, scottish regiments, frank adam, thomas innes

ADAM Frank

The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Eighth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Johnston & Bacon, Edinburgh,, [1970] [1977]. 8vo., Eighth Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted at fold-ins.

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Book number: 38312

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, scotland, highlands, scottish highlands, scottish clans, septs, scottish regiments

ADAMS James Truslow

America Faces the War. No. 2. An American looks at the British Empire.

Oxford University Press,, 1941. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Second in a series of booklets by distinguished Americans on problems raised by the war. A rare survival.

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Book number: 13761

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, home front, james truslow adams, james truslow adams, military, wwii, home front, america, faces, the, war

ADAMS Douglas

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [with] The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul [with] The Salmon of Doubt. [The Dirk Gently novels complete.]. DIRK GENTLY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Heinemann,, [1987-2002]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (blue/grey/black respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt or silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The much-loved sequence comprises: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987); The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988); The Salmon of Doubt (2002).

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Book number: 47648

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ADAMS T.

The Eye of Thomas Jefferson.

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC,, 1976. Roy. 4to., First Edition with a portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, gift inscription on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Catalogue of the exhibition that ran from 5 June to 6 September 1976. Lists a total of 609 items with extensive descriptions.

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Book number: 18022

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, thomas jefferson, exhibition catalogues, t. adams, fine art, exhibition catalogues, the, eye, thomas, jefferson

ADAMS Jack

Famous Regiments. The South Wales Borderers. (The 24th Regiment of Foot). [Edited by Lt.-General Brian Horrocks]. SIGNED BY HORROCKS

Hamish Hamilton,, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY HORROCKS ON TITLE. One of the most sought-after titles in Hamilton's notable Famous Regiments series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.154.

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Book number: 25963

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, south wales borderers, 24th foot, zulu war, rorke's drift, jack adams, brian horrocks, unit history, unit histories, famous regiments

ADAMS Kathleen

George Eliot. A Brief Biography. Illustrated by William J. Adams. NEAR FINE COPY

Warwickshire County Council, Warwick,, 1970. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.

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Book number: 29000

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, george eliot, mary anne evans, kathleen adams

ADAMS Douglas

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. DENT AND PREFECT IN FULL MOROCCO

Arthur Barker,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 32845

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