S., J.

ANGLING: A Poem.

London : Printed for H. Slater, in Clement’s-Inn, and F. Noble, at Otway’s Head in St. Martin’s-Court, near Leicester-Fields, 1741., 1741. Reissue of 1713 2nd Ed. Sm. 8vo. [iv] + [viii] + 87pp. Copper plate frontis. (shaved along tail with loss to engraver), dec. headpieces. Light browning, intriguing bookplate with Large letter L and two cherubs - one cavorting one playing a horn, marbled e.ps., inner blind dentelles, double gilt and blind fillet edged boards, some loss to edges and darkening, nicely rebacked in C19th leather, gilt fishes, saddle bag and insects with gilt lettered title label and gilt date to spine.
¶ ESTC T65283 ‘A reissue, with cancel titlepage, of ’The innocent epicure’, 2nd ed., 1713. The dedicatory poem is headed From J.S. to O.S. - The preface, recommending the work, is signed N. Tate. Ill. = frontis. Foxon, I42 First published in 1697.’ Foxon 141 (1713 2nd Ed.) ‘Put here for convenience for though Tate’s preface to the 1st Ed. is here, he did not contribute to this 2nd Ed.’ The Author’s preface states that the poem was ‘the issue of my more juvenile Minutes ...’ going on to explain that he submitted it ‘to the censure of Mr Tate ...’ Tate’s preface begins ‘The copy of this poem being sent to me from the unknown author ...’ Wing is alone in attributing this work to Tate.

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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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(1851 LONDON).

THE YEAR IS 1851. By Patrick Howarth.

Collins, 1951. 1st Ed. 256pp. Many ills. Original cloth, some browning.

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Book number: 152745

Catalogue: ART: EXHIBITION

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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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(1939 NEW YORK).

NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR 1939. A Collection of Ephemeral Material, comprising 32 items consisting of Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors, a Draft Copy of the Official Programe of Events, Department Press Releases (in typescript form), the 1940 Annual Report, Maps and plans of the World’s Fair and contemporary magazines and newspapers.

, Various sizes. Original paper wrapps, some signs of wear.

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(1964 NEW YORK).

NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. Opening Day Press Kit April 22, 1964.

..., 1964. Fall back Pocket file containing ticket price details, hotel and motel guide, Avis leaflet, Time Life Official Preview, Daily Programme of Events, Speech of Mrs Gandhi, news releases, details of various speeches, souvenir map, photograph, etc. Some soiling and chipping to file.

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Book number: 153006

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ABBEY, J.R.

SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND I Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. From the Library of ... A Bibliographical Catalogue.

Dawsons of Pall Mapp, 1972. Reprint. 4to. xx + 399pp. Numerous ills. Ink stamp to pastedown, chipped repaired and sl. soiled d/w.

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ABBEY, J.R.

TRAVEL in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of ... I. World, Europe, Africa. II. Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America. A Bibliographical Catalogue.

Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Reprint. 2 vols. 4to. [xiv] + 299pp. + [i] blank + xiv + 675pp. Colour frontis., 36 b/w. plates, 52 figures. Some minor soiling and rubbing to cloth, in lightly browned and sl. chipped d/ws. with some sl. waterspotting to spines.

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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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ABDULLAEVA, FIRUZA AND MELVILLE, CHARLES.

THE PERSIAN BOOK OF KINGS: Ibrahim Sultan’s Shahnama.

Bodleian Library/University of Oxford, 2008. 1st Ed. Slim Royal 8vo. 142pp. 84 coloured figures, several coloured dec. head pieces. Very good in very lightly rubbed d/w.

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Book number: 253506

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ABELLS, CHANA BYERS.

THE CHILDREN WE REMEMBER. Photographs from the Archives of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Kar-ben Copies, Inc., Rockville, 1983. Slim sq. 8vo. [48]pp. 39 ills. from photos. Very good in original pictorial limp card wrapps.

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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, 1953. 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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Book number: 256253

Catalogue: MEDICINE: MEDICINE

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ABRAMSON, DANIEL M.

BUILDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Money, Architecture, Society 1694-1942.

Yale University Press/Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005. 1st Ed. 4to. [x] + 282pp. Double-page colour t.p., 267 ills. including several in colour. Very good in d/w.

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Book number: 258678

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

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ABSE, DANNIE.

WALKING UNDER WATER.

Hutchinson, 1952. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. 47pp. + [i]. From the library of Anthony Lejeune, with review slip loosely inserted, fore-edge uncut and sl. spotted, good in lightly spotted d/w.

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Book number: 268452

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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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(ACT).

AN ACT to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleaning, watering, repairing, and keeping in Repair, Finsbury Square, in the Parish of Saint Luke, in the County of Middlesex, and Part of the Manor of Finsbury, and certain other Streets and Places communicating with or near to the said Square; and for preventing or removing Nuisance and Annoyances within the same.

..., 28th April 1795. Slim folio. Pamphlet. (563-568)pp. Rebound in modern buckram backed limp card wrapps.

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(ACT).

AN ACT for amending and reducing into One Act of Parliament Two several Acts, passed in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the better ordering the Militia of the City of London; and for the further regulating of the Trained Bands, or Militia, of the said City.

..., 14th May 1796. Sm. slim 4to. Pamphlet. (1291-1315)pp. First leaf sl. torn without loss of text, disbound.

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(ACT).

AN ACT for the better paving, cleaning, and enlightening, the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, and for preventing Obstructions and Annoyances within the same, and for other Purposes therein mentioned; and for repealing an Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign for those Purposes.

..., 1768. Slim folio. Pamphlet. (327-378)pp. Some sporadic very light browning, disbound.

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(ACT).

VICTORIÆ BRITANNIARUM REGINÆ ... Acte concernant l’Unin et le gouvernment du Canada, de la Nouvelle-Ecosse et du Nouveau-Brunswick, ainsi que les objets qui s’y rattachent. Québec ... George Thomas Cary ... N.d. c.[1867]. xxxixpp. [Bound with]. STATUTS DE LA PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC ... La Reine Victoria ... Quebec ... 1868. 172pp.

, Bound in 1 vol. Some light browning, sheep backed cloth, spine worn, upper board detached.

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(ACTON). IONIDES, JULIA L. AND HOWELL, PETER G.

THE OLD HOUSES OF SHROPSHIRE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. The watercolour albums of Frances Stackhouse Acton.

Dog Rose Press, Ludlow, 2006. 1st UK Ed. Sm. slim landscape 4to. 222pp. Colour port. frontis., profusely illus. throughout mainly in colour, with several photos. Ex.-libris Sir Roy Strong, very good in coloured pictorial boards.
¶ Signed by both the Authors.

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Book number: 245867

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ADAMS-ACTON, MURRAY.

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE & OLD FURNITURE.

Geoffrey Bles, N.d. c.[1929]. 1st Ed. 4to. [xvi] + 123pp. + [i] blank. Frontis., 183 ills. from photos. E.ps. lightly spotted, booksellers ink stamp to front f.e.p., original gilt lettered cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, 2 sm. stains re-touched to upper board, corners and head and tail of spine bumped.
¶ Murray Adams-Acton (1886-1971), English historian of art and architecture.

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ADAMS, FRANK (ILLUSTRATOR).

THE STORY OF JACK AND JILL. Illustrated by ... (From an Old Chap Book).

Blackie & Son, N.d. c.[1930]. Thin 4to. [xxxii]pp. 12 colour plates, many ills. Colour ills. e.ps., some light browning, original cloth backed ills. boards, extremities rubbed, minor soiling.

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ADAMSON, JOHN.

MUMFORD MANOR.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. 1st Ed. 300pp. + 32pp. publ. catalogue. Some light browning, original bright black lettered dark blue cloth, spine sl. bumped, minor marking.
¶ Scarce.

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[ADDISON, JOSEPH].

THE OLD WHIG. Numb. I. On the State of the Peerage With Remarks upon the Plebeian.

London: Printed and Sold by J[ames] Roberts , 1719. 1st Ed. [iv] + 24pp. With half title. Dec. initial letter. Some browning, inscription to half title chipped with marginal loss, disbound.
¶ Apparently Four Numbers were issued. ESTC T115515 ‘Attributed to Joseph Addison (cf. DNB). With a half-title. At end of imprint in square brackets: Price 6d. Published in response to Richard Steele’s ’The Plebeian’; cf. also ’The Patrician’, by ’One who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons’, which is sometimes attributed to Robert, Viscount Molesworth. Although numbered, suggesting it was published serially, the presentation appears to ape that of ’The Plebeian’ and also suggests that these were simply numbered tracts published in response to ’The Plebeian’. Burney 2008 SHM; NCBEL, II:1276;’

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ADES, DAWN.

DADA AND SURREALISM REVIEWED. With an Introduction by David Syvlester and a supplementary essay by Elizabeth Cowling.

Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xi + 475pp. Profusely ills. including many in colour. Rebound in modern trendy fawn morocco with random coloured pieces of morocco in brown, red blue green and black laid down, enclosed in worn fall back clam box, morocco spine rubbed and lacking significant portion.

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Book number: 261580

Catalogue: ART: EUROPEAN ART

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