A vindication of the conduct of the English forces, employed in the late war, under the command of Brigadier General Mathews, against the Nabob Tippoo Sultaun.

London: printed at the Logographic Press, by J Walter, [1787]. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 39, [i]pp. With the half-title present. []4, B8-C8. Disbound. ESTC T100607. Ordered to be printed by the General Court of the East India Company 19th of December, 1787. Three copies in UK - BL, Durham Cathedral Library, and Manchester Central Library; two in the US - College of William and Mary, and Columbia. Good.

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Book number: 2438

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books

A vindication of the memory of Mr. Chubb, from the scurrilous and groundless calumnies suggested by a late infamous libel. In two genuine letters to the scandalous libeller.

London: printed for J. Noon, at the White-Hart, near Mercer's Chappel, Cheapside; and C. Corbet, at Addison's Head, facing St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street; and sold by the booksellers in Sarum, 1747. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 43, [i]pp. Disbound. ESTC T50871. Good.

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Book number: 771

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books

The Violet, A Christmas and New Year's Gift.

New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 250pp. Contemporary red roan or morocco with blind fillet borders. Within, a stylized floral border, also in blind. In a central cartouche, an arabesque design in gilt and blue. Repeated on the lower cover. Spine also follows same pattern. All edges gilt. With six engravings after designs by Gilbert, hand-colored. Good.

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Book number: 2407

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Fine Bindings

Vite de' santi per ogni giorno dell'anno con ritratti in rame e meditazioni sul Vangelo corrente.

In Firenze: presso Lorenzo Bardi, e Angiolo Garinei, 1819, 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [iv], 180, [ii]pp. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards. Illustrated with 30 engraved plates. All the saints for the month of April are illustrated in full-page engravings. This is the April volume of an all-year set. Good.

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Book number: 327

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Religion

Keywords: Engraved Plates

Vocabularius utriusq[ue] iuris: difficillimas quasq[ue] voces iuxta receptos iuris interpretes edisserens: nu[n]c demum exactissima cura recognitus ...

Parisiis: Apud Johanem Petit, 1529. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [ii], 264 ff. aa4, a8-z8, A8-K8. Text in two columns. Printer's device on the title-page with motto: 'Petit à petit.' Modern half calf over marbled boards. Very good copy. Good.

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Book number: 732

Catalogue: Sixteenth Century Books

Keywords: Law

Western Books 1975.

n.p. [Los Angeles]: n.p. n.d. [1975]. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. No pagination. Printed paper wrappers. illustrated. Catalogue of an exhibition put together by the Rounce & Coffin Club, showcasing the work of fine and private presses in the Western United States during 1975. Very Good.

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Book number: 002844

The Whole Book of Psalms.

London: Printed by T.H. for the Company of Stationers, 1701. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 106, [viii]pp. Ruled in red. Contemporary calf, with acorn tool in blind. Not in ESTC. Bound with: The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments. Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes, printer to the University, 1701. Good.

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Book number: 2687

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Religion

The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre.

London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers, for the Company of Stationers, 1753. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. No pagination. All pages ruled in red. Contemporary red morocco, repaired. Not in ESTC. Bound with: The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University, 1753. Good.

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Book number: 2690

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Religion

Windsor, and its environs. Containing the curiosities of the town and palace, the Royal chapel of St. George, and the seats in the neigbourhood of Windsor. With a particular account of the ceremonies of the installation of the Knights of the Garter.

London: printed for Newbery and Carnan, at No. 65, the North Side of St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Blakeney, in Windsor, 1768. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [iv], 94, [ii]pp. First edition. With final leaf of addenda and errata. Below imprint in square brackets: price One Shilling. Nineteenth-century red morocco over marbled boards. With two frontispieces. ESTC T65422; Roscoe, A631 (1). With the armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, Second Baronet, as well as his signature and acquisition date, August 1771, on title-page. ESTC records copies at the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Bodleian, Harvard, McMaster, and Northwestern (the on-line catalogue does not record it). Good.

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Book number: 2746

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Architecture, Travel

Wordsworth Commemoration. [A.N.L. MUNBY'S COPY].

n.p. [Cambridge]: n.p. n.d. [1950]. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. Brochure for a 'Wordsworth Commemoration' at St. John's College, Cambridge on 22 April, 1950. Printed paper wrappers. Illustrated. A.N.L. Munby's copy, with a page of 'The Cambridge Review,' dated May 6, 1950, containing a review of the exhibition by him. Very Good.

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Book number: 002836

Wordsworth and His Circle: Books and Manuscripts from the Cornell Wordsworth Collection exhibited at the Pierpont Morgan Library in honor of the Centennial of Cornell University, 1965. [A.N.L. MUNBY'S COPY].

New York: Spiral Press, n.d. [1965]. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. No pagination. [xvi]pp. Printed paper wrappers. Munby's copy. Although there are no ownership inscriptions, this item came from a large collection of bibliographical items belonging to Lawrence Wroth, along with items from A.N.L. Munby and Thomas Streeter's collections. Very Good.

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Book number: 002839

The world as it goes: exemplified in the characters of nations, states, princes, peers, judges, counsellors, senators, gamblers, poets, players, pimps, and Parasites.

London: Printed for J. Fielding, 1781. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. 48pp. Later cloth with a leather label. With a frontispiece. ESTC T52812. Title-page and last leaf damaged and silked. Fair.

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Book number: 535

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Poetry

Xiling Collection.

n.p.: n.p. 2007. 0. Soft cover. Large quarto. 38 pages. Cloth. Dustwrapper. Illustrated. Exquisite book on Chinese Art. Fine. Very Good.

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Book number: 1399

Catalogue: Artbooks, Illustrated Books

Keywords: Chinese Art

Zehn Jahre Arbeit in Erez Israel.

Jerusalem: Keren Hajessod, 1931. 0. Soft cover. Oblong octavo. 14pp. Illustrated wrappers. Illustratated. Good.

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Book number: 2156

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Aboab, Yitzhak.

Menorat Ha'Maor.

Sulzbach: Under Licence of the Palatine Elector, 1789. 0. Hardcover. Folio. [x], [576]pp. []1, []4, 14-724. Title-page within an architectural border. Contemporary calf, very worn. Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum, p. 381 (1767 Fürth). With a letter from a previous owner to A.S.W. Rosenbach tipped in. A summary of Jewish Ethics from the Bible and Talmud. Good.

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Book number: 1068

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Religion