E., H.

THE HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL & ROYAL FAMILIES OF AUSTRIA & BOURBON, Trac’d down from their Original, to this Present Time. With an Account of their Rise, Advancement and Decay; Their Differences, Wars and Quarrels; Their Treaties, Alliances and Marriages; and all the Considerable Incidents and Alterations that have happen’d to either; With a View of the present State of their Controversies and Affairs; and of their Several Pretentions to the Crown of Spain. By an Impartial Hand.

London: Printed for R. Boroughs and J. Baker ..., 1708. 1st and only Ed. Sm. 8vo. [viii] + 424pp. + [viii]. Some browning, institutional bookplate and ink stamp to t.p. and last leaf of text, bound in gilt lettered lib., cloth.
¶ ESTC T131189 ‘The publisher to the reader’ signed: H. E. With four final contents leaves.’

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H.M.S.O.

INVASION EUROPE. Operation Neptune, Landings in Normandy June, 1944; Invasion of the South of France, Operation Dragoon, 15th August 1944; The Campaign in North-West Europe, June 1944-May 1945.

HMSO, 1994. 3 text vols. + 2 plan wallets. 31 figures, 34 folding plans in separate wallets. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, original gilt lettered blue cloth with gilt device to upper boards, plans in limp card folders, all 5 items together in pictorial slipcase as issued.

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Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: WORLD WAR II

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(1929 Newcastle).

NORTHUMBRIA’S SPACIOUS YEAR 1929.

Andrew Reid & Co., 1930. xi + 190pp. Numerous ills.
¶ North-East Coast Exhibition.

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Catalogue: ART: EXHIBITION

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Abbot, Willis J.

PANAMA AND THE CANAL IN PICTURE AND PROSE. A complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world-famous canal-the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Approved by leading officials connected with the great enterprise.

Syndicate Publishing Company, 1913. 4to. [ii] + 414pp. Colour folding frontis. map, profusely ills., many colour plates by W.J. Read and Gordon Grant. Some light browning, institutional bookplate with ink stamps to verso of plates, rebound in blind stamped institutional cloth, faded to spine with gilt accession stamp to tail of spine.

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Abbott, Jacob.

HARPER’S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives, Dialogues, Biographies, and Tales, for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young.

Harper & Brothers, 1854. Sm. 8vo. 160pp. Many ills. Sl. browned, ownership inscription, blind embossed cloth, stain to upper board, light dampspotting, corners frayed, faded spine chipped with loss.

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Abbott, Derek and Pollit, Kimball.

HILL HOUSING. A Comparative Study.

Granada, 1980. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xii + 308pp. Profusely illus. with drawings, diagrams, plans, photos. etc. Good in lightly rubbed and very sl. chipped d/w. lightly faded to spine with with selotape mark across tail of spine.

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(Abdul Hamid). McCullagh, Francis.

THE FALL OF ABD-UL-HAMID. With a Preface by his Excellency Mahmud Shefket Pasha.

Methuen & Co., 1910. 1st Ed. xiii + 316pp. + 47pp. publ. adverts. 10 ills., map. Some light browning, paper split to upper hinge, original gilt lettered cloth, sl. cloth loss to corners, spine faded and chipped with loss across head.

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Aberigh-Mackay, George.

TWENTY-ONE DAYS IN INDIA. Being the Tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B.

London W. Thacker & Co. ... Calcutta Thacker, Spink & Co., 1902. 7th and Enlarged Ed Sm. 8vo. x + 284pp. Ills. Some light browning, blind Thacker and Co. stamp to front f.e.p., original gilt lettered cloth with gilt ills. to upper board, spine sl. faded, minor marking.
¶ Originally published in Vanity Fair.

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(Abernethy). Thornton, John L.

JOHN ABERNETHY. A Biography.

Printed for the Author ..., 1953. 1st Ed. 184pp. 8 plates, 5 figures. Chipped and soiled d/w. with marginal loss.
¶ Inscribed to front free end paper ‘To James Hardman with sincere thanks John L. Thornton Nov. 30 1966.’

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(Abernethy). Macilwain, George.

MEMOIRS OF JOHN ABERNETHY, F.R.S. With a View of His Lectures, Writings and Character.

Hurst and Blackett, 1853. 1st Ed. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo. xii + 342pp. + 32pp. publ. adverts. + 376pp. Engraved port. frontis., 1 plate. Some light browning, ink stamp to pastedowns, rebound in gilt lettered cloth, minor wear.
¶ A pencil note to front free end paper of volume 1 ’From the Library of Sir William Paton.’

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Abernethy, John.

MEMOIRS of ... With a View of His Lectures, Writings and Character by George Macilwain.

Hurst and Blackett ..., 1854. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. xvi + 346pp. + [i] + 378pp. Light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary half calf with cloth boards, corners sl. rubbed, dec. gilt raised bands with gilt lettered labels to spines.

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About, Edmond.

GREECE AND THE GREEKS OF THE PRESENT DAY. Translated by Authority.

NY Dix, Edwards & Co. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. ..., 1857. 1st US Ed. xvi + 360pp. With ownership inscription of G Eddy and E.F. Leonard of Illinois, some light marginal browning, original blind embossed cloth, some fading particularly to sl. chipped spine.

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Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: EUROPE

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Abraham, George D.

MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1910. 1st Ed. x + 308pp. + 47pp. publ. catalogue. 26 plates from photos. Some browning, original gilt lettered cloth, gilt ills. to faded spine chipped with loss to head.
¶ Neate A06 ‘Personal and other adventures.’

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Abraham, Ashley P.

ROCK-CLIMBING IN SKYE.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxii + 330pp. + [i]. 30 full page ills. in collotype, 9 diagrams of the chief routes, folding map in rear pocket. Some light browning, modern e.ps., ex.-Manchester Free Lib. with blind stamps, original gilt lettered cloth, rubbed, recased with repairs and faint signs of label and gilt accession no. to tail of spine.
¶ Neate A01 ‘Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy. The author was a mountain photographer who, with his brother George and O.G. Jones, was largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles.’

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Accilien, Cécile; Adams, Jessica and Méléance, Elmide. (Editors).

REVOLUTIONARY FREEDOMS. A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti.

Caribbean Studies Press, Fl., 2006. 4to. xxiv + 266pp. Colour map, 44 colour plates by Ulrick Jean-Pierre. Sm. unobtrusive label to front f.e.p., otherwise very good in original laminated coloured pictorial boards very lightly faded to spine.

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Book number: 270104

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: WEST INDIES

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