Blackwoods' Edinburgh Magazine Vol CXIX January - June 1876

Wlliam Blackwood & Co, 1876. Hardcover. 788p inc index. Articles on the Aldershot Army corps, Bate's Tour of Edinburgh to Oban - Banavie Inverness, Quantity of beer consumed by German students, the pursuit of Bric-a -brac, Crimean war, Mountaineering in the Himalayas, Alphonse de Lamartine, Slave trade circulars, Lace and Bric-a-Brac and etc. Bound in original half leather with marbled boards and edges with raised bands on the spine. Hinges cracked but binding sound, bookbinders embossed stamp - Chivers Bath - Endpapers toned and boards rubbed but still VG. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 010409

Bonhams - Marcus, the Property of Lord Mowbray and Stourton & the Honurable James Stourton - 29th November 2012

Bonhams, 2012. Soft Cover. 142+p 457 lots described and many iIllustrated; Militaria, medals, furniture. See scans. . Near Fine

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Book number: 008989

Bonhams - Hensol - the Property of a Gentleman

Bonhams, 2012. Soft Cover. 146+p 615 lots described and many iIllustrated; Paintings. militaria, medals, furniture. See scans. . Near Fine

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Book number: 008990

Bonnie Scotland - Relief Panorama of the Caledonian Canal, the Great Glen and Glencoe

Valentine & Sons, Ltd, 0. Folded to 8vo. A folding panorama in Sepia extening from the Black Isle northofg Invernes to Tyndrum, south of Glencoe. with some explanatory text and scenic views - akll uin sepia - folding as issued. Unmarked and clean but smill creases at lower end of panorama. Undated c.1930? See scaans . Very Good

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Book number: 008922

Book Catalogue Newcastle 1844 Catalogue of an Extensive Collection of Books and Prints Consisting of Works on History, Divinity, Biography - (and Etc) William and Bell

William & John Bell, 1844. Soft Cover. 156p listing 3757 books. in different sections available in the attached scans. The front board hasa central fold awhich is superficially cracked. Both boards are dusty but internally the contents are a little tonrd biut the binding and the paper are strong. See scans. . Good

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Book number: 008011

Book Catalogue-the Bradford H. Gray Collection on the History of Social Thought

Bernard Quaritch Catalogue 1438, 2018. Soft Cover. Fine booksellers catalogue listing 144 items, many illustrated and all described in detail. Clean and unmarked. See scans. . Near Fine

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Book number: 009258

Book Handbook - an Illustrated Quarterly for Discriminating Booklovers - Near Complete Set 1947-51

The Dropmore Press, . Soft Cover. Precursor of The Book Collector 1947 - 1952. v.1/1-9. + index & v.2/1 &3 only. An Illustrated quarterly with authoritative & scholarly articles on all aspects of books & book collecting such as:- The Ghost stories of M R James, Bookplates, The Quaritch Centenary Catalogue, the works of Richard Ford, signed manuscripts in Sydney Cockerell's Collection, Herrick's Tercentenary, John Franklin & the North-West Passage, De Thou's Library, Samuel Rogers; Books on Cock Fighting; a table for identifying Shakespeare folios(!),etc. Contributors include G R Hamilton, C Sandford, G B Shaw, S Cokerell, O Lodge, E A Osborne, H Rycroft, etc. Profusely illustrated with a large number of facsimiles, reproductions of rare title pages, folding plates,etc. A near complete run of the 12 issues (one double issue) published & index together with the supplement for 1947. Vol. 2 Nos2 & 4 are missing. All in good to VG condition. The booklets have dusty coversand there is some bleeding of staples in early volumes causing the first few leaves of the first volume to be detached.Otherwise internally mostly VG - no significant marks or signatues. See scans . Good to Very Good

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Book number: 009507

The Book of the Red Deer and Empire Game the Provocation . ? Prospectus for the Above Title -for Private Circulation Only? the Afterrmath - the Combat Ross of Scotlamd V. Hose of Borneo Edited with Notes and Annotations by an Aged Oxford Scholar

Printed By A Walker & Son, . Soft Cover. 35p with illustration of locked stags on front card cover,.The book consists of a sparring narrative between Hose ofBorneo and Ross of Scotland with a background of Deer staking the Highlands of Scotland and sport in Borneo in poetry and prose. Sketches and photos The Editor writes a useful explanatory postscript: I am sorry that my nervous system collapsed under the conflicting emotions aroused by this task.I now, and only now, learn that the Combat began in a friendly way between Charles Hose of Borneo and John Ross of Scotland, each of whom collaberated with Hugh Gunn in writing The Book of Red Deer and Empire Game. Sewn binding card covers dusty with wear to the spine and edges Lower part of the spine torn on the hinge. Appears Rare. See scans. . Good +

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Book number: 009900

Booksellers Cataloue Rare Books of Science and Medicine from Sixteenth Century Presses and Early Italian Literature from Davis & Orioli London C. 1930

Davis & Orioli, 0. Soft Cover. 85p listing 384 books; of interest is a large collection of earlty Italian literature including many books from the libraray of Prince Ginori--Conti. Some toning to covers and staples rusting but all tight. See scans. . Good

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Book number: 007554

Bound Volume of 10 Illustrated Railway Guides Published by Morton & Co in Vg+ Condition. 1884

Morton & Co., 1884. Hardcover. A bound volume titled Iron Roads on the spine containing ten original copies of Morton's Illustrated (Railway) Guides each profusely illustrated with engravings - some full page some in the text; maps and adverts.: 1) Midland Railway p.105-136; 2) Great Northern Railway & East Coast Route p.73-104; 3) Great Eastern Railway p.41--72; 4) London and North Western Railway p.137-168; 5) Great Western Railway p.169-200; 6) London and North Western Railway p.201- 232; 7) South Eastern Railway p.297- 328 includes Express to Paris; 8) London, Brighton and South Coast Railway p.1-32; 9) London, Chatham & Dover Railwayp.265-296; 10) Metropolitan Railway includes Underground p.9-40. There follows an extensive but unpaginated Railway Guide Advertisements for 1884 (64p). Clearly privately bound in the late 1800's. Bound in pebbled pale purple cloth with a faded spine and some para-spinal wear. The bound booklets are clean, unmarked and in VG+ condition. See scans and email for many more. . Very Good +

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Book number: 011415

Bradshaw's (Illustrated) Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland in Four Sections, Each Section Forming a Complete and Distinct Handbook, with Maps, Town Plans, and Steel Engraved Illustrations. Section No. III

W.J. Adams, 1873. Soft Cover. Undated but 1873 from adverts.Section No. III contains tours in the English and Scottish Lake Districts, Ayr (the Land of Burns); also a comprehensive hand book to the following Railways:.Ayrshire, The Caledonian, The London and North Western , Lancashire and Yorkshire , Western section, North Stafford and the railways north of the Clyde and Forth. 116p+84 p of adverts on yellow paper. 7 folding maps and engavings. In VG original condition - light foxing and toning of card covers, some edge and corner wear; some hand written words inside rear cover - Hotel de Paris and similar on p.54 of the adverts.Generally tight,clean and robust. All maps in VG+ condition. Some inobtrusive damp staing on rear cover. This edition not mentioned on the Bradshaw wiki page.See scans and email for more. . Very Good +

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Book number: 010473

Breadalbane Academy Magazine 1929 (Aberfeldy)

Breadalbane Academy, 1929. Soft Cover. School Magazine.20p. Some illustrations. University and other succeses and sporting commentary - names listed. The school now caters for childlen from age 2-18 and has a vast catchment arae - from Rannoch Moor to Dunkeld and Pitlochry. In VG unmarked condition; staples rusting but tightly bound. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 008524

Breadalbane Academy Magazine 1931 (Aberfeldy)

Breadalbane Academy, 1931. Soft Cover. School Magazine.28p. Some illustrations. University and other succeses and sporting commentary - names listed. The school now caters for childlen from age 2-18 and has a vast catchment arae - from Rannoch Moor to Dunkeld and Pitlochry. In VG unmarked condition; staples rusting but tightly bound. See scans. . Very Good

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Book number: 008525

Bridgend, Glamorgan - West House or Ystrad-Fawr - Auction Sale Catalogue 1928 with a Photo and a Coloured Folding Plan Cf31 4rj

Mr.Harry F.Lambert, 1928. Soft Cover. Full title: Bridgend in the County of Glamorgan. Sale of Freehold Residence known a West House or Ystra-Far together with outbuildings, garden, grounds and several enclosures of excellent pasture land the whle contaonng an area of 73 acres 1 rood 21 perches. which will be offered for sale at the Wyndham Hotel, Bridgend Saturday, March 17th, 1928 at three o clock in the afernoon by Mr.Harry F.Lambert, F.A.I. Photo of the house on front card cover; the property detailed; folding plan measuring 24 x 17. The catalogue is near VG with a central fold and signs of handling. The map is clean but some creases in the folds at the edges. See scan CF31 4RJ - now Cefn Glas, a top end restuaant in Bridgend. . Near Very Good

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Book number: 009921

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Brignal (Brignall) Slate Quarries - Early ?C. 1840 Finely Detailed Pencil Sketch

, 0. . Detailed original pencil drawing of the now long since disused slate quarries at Brignall, County Durham now in the in the Yorkshire National Park. Shows a trestle platform spanning a gully to slate makers huts beneath wooded cliffs. Pencil title and brief note at the rear by M.W.. Undated . c.1840??Size: 31cm by 23.5cm. (mount). Sketch on card measures 18.5 x 11cms (4 1/4 x 7 1/4). Fine condition in a new mount from which it can easily be removed. . Very Good

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Book number: 003872