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Royal College of Physicians of London : Catalogue of the Library.

London: Spottiswoode & co, 1912. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 17cm), v, 1354pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board. The binding is a little rubbed, there is a short ownership inscription, and there is some foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 72471

Catalogue: 3

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Rural Housing; third report of the housing management sub-committee of the central housing advisory committee.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1945. Second impression (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 15cm), 67pp. Original printed card wrappers. Covers a little dusty, contents a little thumbed; overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 34374

Catalogue: 3

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Sacred Stories.

London: Ernest Nister, no date [c. 1890]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 20cm), [36pp], 3pp adverts. Illustrated throughout in b&w, plus a colour frontispiece. Original green cloth spine, laminated boards with colour illustration to the front board. Rubbing to the rear board, some chafing to the edges of the boards, endpapers browned, bookplate to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Undated; this is Nister Publication number 1330.

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Book number: 65313

Catalogue: 3

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Sammlung des Herrn Prof W L Schreiber, verassers des Manuel de la Gravure sur Bois et sur Metal au XVe Siecle, Monumenta Xylographica.

Frankfurt: Joseph Baer & co, 1909. Catalogue of an auction of books held in Vienna on 3 and 4 Marz (March) 1909 (hardback). 4to (28cm x 21cm), ix, 89pp, Colour frontispiece, 39pp plates (tafeln). Rebound in half blue cloth, marbled boards, gilt titling to the spine. There is a bump to the head of the spine, the text pages are tanned, and the upper corner of the text block is lightly bumped. Overall, this book is in good condition. Text in German.

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Book number: 41111

Catalogue: 3

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San Giovanni della Croce 1542-1591; ricordo del III centenario.

Parma: Stabilimento Tipografico Battei, 1891. First edition (hardback). 4to (32cm by 23cm), 30pp. 60 illustrations (two per page). Rebound in brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board, with the original preinted yellow card wrappers bound in. This copy formerly belonged to Prinknash Abbey, with their bookplate to the front pastedown, and there is some staining of the boards. The contents appear to be browned, but are generally in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 28052

Catalogue: 3

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The Scottish Psalmody, instrumental edition.

London: T Nelson and sons, 1873. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 18cm), [iii], 72pp. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board. Rubbing and light chafing to the extremities of the binding, inner hinges cracked (and repaired), preliminary pages foxed. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

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Book number: 42764

Catalogue: 3

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Sculture Antiche : catalogo del III al XV secolo [Centro Studi Piero della Francesca].

Venezia & Milano : Centro Studi Piero della Francesca, [1967]. First edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm x 17cm), c. 100pp. 24 plates (tavoli). Original laminated card wrappers. There is some rubbing of the covers, and some light tanning of the contents; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Text in Italian.

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Book number: 61899

Catalogue: 3

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Sculture Antiche : catalogo del II secolo a C al XV [Centro Studi Piero della Francesca].

Milano : Centro Studi Piero della Francesca, 1969. First edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm x 17cm), c. 100pp. 28pp plates (tavoli). Original laminated card wrappers. There is some rubbing of the covers, and some light tanning of the contents; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Text in Italian. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Milan in 1969.

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Book number: 61900

Catalogue: 3

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The Search for Franklin : a narrative of the American Expedition under Lieutenant Schwatka, 1878 to 1880.

London: T Nelson and sons, 1888. First edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 127pp. 9 plates. Original illustrated blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rubbed and dusty, lacks the front free endpaper, foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 67653

Catalogue: 3

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The Sedbergh School Reginster, 1546 to 1895.

Leeds: Richard Jackson, 1895. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), viii, 446pp. Folding sketch plan of the school buildings, folding facsimile of the school charter. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Binding rubbed, light foxing of the preliminary pages, short ownership inscription. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 37889

Catalogue: 3

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The Silber & Fleming Glass & China Book.

Ware: Wordsworth Editions, 1990. First edition thus (hardback). Folio (37cm by 27cm), 283pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. ISBN 1853269441

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Book number: 55849

Catalogue: 3

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Single Storey Housing: design guide.

London: NBA (The National Building Agency), [1970]. First edition (softcover). Oblong folio (30cm by 42cm), 72pp. Text illustrations throughout. Original plastic comb binding, laminated covers. This copy was formerly in a reference library, with a bookplate to the title page and occasional stamps, there is some minor damage to the plastic spine, and the covers are a little rubbed and dusty, but this copy is nonetheless in good condition overall. ISBN 0901502200

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Book number: 33601

Catalogue: 3

[Walter Armstrong]:

Sir Henry Raeburn; plates on India Paper.

[London: Heinemann, 1901]. A portfolio of 66 plates printed on India paper. The mounts for the plates measure 38cm by 29cm; the printed images themselves vary in size, but are typically about 19cm by 15cm. The portfolio itself is made of red cloth, with gilt titling to the front board. The portfolio is rubbed and scuffed; the plates are in very good condition. This portfolio was originally printed to accompany the deluxe limited edition of Walter Armstrong's monograph on Sir Henry Raeburn; the text volume is not present here.

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Book number: 35112

Catalogue: 3

[A Lady of Distinction and Piety]:

A small collection of Private Devotions for persons of all ages.

London: printed by Bunney and Gold for T Reynolds, 1802. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), 103pp. Bound in full green morocco, spine unlettered, marbled endpapers. Binding somewhat rubbed, lengthy ownership inscription to the blank pages at the front of the book, endpapers lightly foxed, pp3-14 have some scuffing and chipping to the gutter edge. Overall, this copy is in good condition. A prayer book of extreme rarity, not in the British Library Public catalogue, and with no copies listed on COPAC. WorldCat lists just one copy, in the United Library in Evanston, Illinois. Parts of this book would appear to have been published earlier under a different title, as the preface begins "a considerable portion of the following collection of prayers was originally written by a Lady of Distinction and Piety. They are now re-published with many alterations and additions"

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Book number: 36510

Catalogue: 3

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Some Account of the Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury.

Manchester: E J Morten, 1972. Facsimile of the 1808 edition (hardback). 16mo (17cm by 10cm), viii, 557pp. Original red cloth, no dustwrapper. Some spotting to the edges of the text block, and the upper corner has been cut away from the front free endpaper; overall, this book is in good condition. ISBN 090159846X

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Book number: 54992

Catalogue: 3