(SURTEES, ROBERT A.)

Jorrocks's Jaunts & Jollities; the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks

London, George Routledge and Sons. [circa 1874], "New Edition". (Leatherbound) Near fine. 272pp. Frontispiece, illus. - 16 in colour. Full tan polished calf by Riviere? - Sotheran?; french fillets. Raised bands, gilt decorations & hunting motifs, black morocco label. Inner dentelles; cover edges gilt. T.e.g. Marbled endpapers. A very fine copy. Excellent plates. Illustrations by Henry Alken.

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Book number: 110081

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Keywords: Sport, Fine Bindings, Horse Racing, Hunting

(SCAFE, JOHN)

King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette... And the Council of Metals

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, and Brown; and J. Upham. 1819, 3rd Edition. (12mo, cloth) Good to very good. 119pp. Boards much abraded at extremities, rubbed, etc - spine repaired with tape. Some foxing within, and edge spotting, not affecting text, thus internally quite good indeed. This 3rd edition has BARON BASALT'S TOUR added.

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Book number: 203032

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: Britain - Geology, Geology, Literature - British - Verse, Poetry

(TWAIN, MARK)

Mark Twain Catalogue One

Sherman Oaks, Ca. Alan C. Fox. 1980, 1st Edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good plus. 141pp. Indexes, illus. Fox's printed name on cover and verso crossed out and replaced by the rubber stamp of Heritage Book Shop Inc. of Los Angeles. Some small pencilled marks within, else near fine. Fox was Dealer in Rare Books, this catalogue of the Jim Williams collection by and about Twain.

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Book number: 203403

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: Literature - American - Mark Twain, Book Related

(ANON.)

Poetical Chronology of Ancient and English History; with Historical and Explanatory Notes

London and Reading, [No Pub.]. 1804, 4th Edition. (16mo) Very good. 53pp. Leather covers aged, joints just starting - former owner's copper-plate handwritten name ("Wm Figgess, Andover, Hants") faintly discernible on covers. Repeated on endpaper. Last couple of signatures started. Otherwise internally very clean indeed.

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Book number: 202983

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: Britain - History, Classical History

(COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE LAW CONFERENCE)

Record of the Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference; London, 20th-27th July, 1955

London, Solicitors' Law Stationery Society. 1956. (Cloth) Near fine. 471pp. Illus. ports.

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Book number: 109718

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Keywords: British Empire, Law - British Empire

(COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE LAW CONFERENCE)

Record of the Second Commonwealth and Empire Law Conference, Ottawa, September 14-21, 1960

London, Sweet & Maxwell Ltd.. 1962. (Cloth) Very good plus. 533pp. Illus. ports. Bookplate.

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Book number: 109719

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: British Empire, Law - British Empire

(MAP)

The Tourist's Route Map of England and Wales. For All Cyclists and Roadmen; with the Routes of Thirty Tours Specially Indicated and Marked in Red

London, the Bazaar Office. [circa 1895]. (Map) Very good. Folding linen-backed map with adverts to verso, in hard covers, the latter somewhat soiled but remaining strong and bearing a contemporary former owner's name, repeated inside. The folds of the map show a minuscule amount of darkening but this item is very well preserved.

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Book number: 110375

Catalogue: Undetermined

Keywords: Travel, Britain, Cycling, Map, Wales

(ANON.)

Watts's Hymns

London, J. March. [circa 1890]. (Disbound) Fair. 16MO. Unpaginated, illus. Lacking front cover; the last page pasted down to the rear cover; the whole sewn into later wraps. Considerably tattered and soiled, but how precious!. The Juvenile Picture Library. Admonitions and verses of praise for children: "THE SLUGGARD - He told me his dreams, talk'd of eating and drinking; / But he scarce reads his Bible, and never loves thinking..".

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Book number: 203214

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Keywords: Victoriana, Hymns, Juvenile

STINETORF. LOUISE A.

White Witch Doctor

Philadelphia, Westminister Co.. 1950. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine in very good dust jacket. 276pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and stamped decoration on front. Illus. D-J shows small and close tears to front and rear, spine shows chipping to head and tail. Worn edges and cracking along foredges and spine. Book club edition.

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Book number: 113338

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Keywords: Literature - American, Africa, America, Fiction, Voodoo

ABBEY, EDWARD

Hayduke Lives!

Boston Toronto London, Little, Brown and Company. (ISBN: 0-316-00411-1). 1990, 1st edition, first printing. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 308pp. 8vo. The sequel to 'The Monkey Wrench Gang', published posthumously in what is considered as in a mildy unfinished state, as Abbey had not finished the revision prior to his death. Includes some unrefined reflections. Fine / fine copy.

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Book number: 128434

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Keywords: Literature - American, American Literature 0316004111

ADAMS, AGNES

Ella of Berry Farm

London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press. [no date]. (16mo cloth) Good to very good. 80pp. Frontispiece, illus. Illustrated cloth covers somewhat rubbed, bowed, soiled; very minor wear to head & tail, extremities. Colour frontispiece loose, but present. Foxing to edges, not affecting text. Illustrations by M.D. Johnston.

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Book number: 112403

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Keywords: Literature - Britain, Juvenile

ADAMS, W. DAVENPORT

Famous Statesmen; Or, The Men at the Helm

London, Gall and Inglis. [no date]. (hardcover) Very good. 255pp. Undated (c.1890?) 12mo. Pictorial olive cloth boards, illustration reminiscent of fall foliage. Boards rubbed, lightly dust dirtied, small pencil mark to bottom corner of bottom board. Some spotting to fore-edge, not at all through to textblock. Wonderful presentation inscription: "Primitive Methodist Sunday School. Heanwood Road. To, Herbert Addison for punctual & regular attendance. During 1895." Else internally clean. Frontispiece, illus engravings.

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Book number: 121045

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Keywords: Biographies, English History, Politics

ADAMS, A. LEITH

Field and Forest Rambles, with Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada

London, Henry S. King & Co.. 1873, 1st edition. (Decorative cloth) Very good. 333pp. Frontispiece, engraved illus. maps, one folding "Natural History Map of New Brunswick". Gilt / black printed and decorated green bevelled cloth shows abrasions to extremities, edges, minor damage to head & tail, without loss of dignity. Hinges tender. Contemporary holograph library notation verso endpaper. Faintly discernible blind stamp to title-page. Text page edges age spotted, but remaining clean and bright within.

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Book number: 110915

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Keywords: Maritimes, Canada, Eastern Canada, Natural History, New Brunswick

ADAMS, BRYAN

Made in Canada

Canada, Key Porter Books 1-55013--071-4. (ISBN: 1-55013--071-4). 1999. (Mass market paperback) Fine.

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Book number: 119261

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Keywords: Canadian, Canadian Art, Canadiana 1550130714

ADAMS, ALICE

Rich Rewards

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. (ISBN: 0-394-51101-8). 1980, 1st edition. (boards) Near fine in good dust jacket. 205pp. 8vo. bound in quarter cloth boards. The dust jacket is rubbed with some minor staining, spine sunned, price clipped, mylar protected. The "Borzoi Books" symbol is blind-stamped to the foot of the rear board, not a Book of the Month Club.

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Book number: 117360

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Keywords: Literature - American, Fiction, Literature 0394511018