Antal, Frederick.

FLORENTINE PAINTING AND ITS SOCIAL BACKGROUND. The Bourgeois Republic before Cosimo de’ Medici’s advent to Power: XIV and early XV Centuries.

Kegan Paul, 1947. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xxiv] + 388pp. 160 b/w. plates at rear. From the Library of Professor David Davies University College London, e.ps. spotted, original gilt lettered blue cloth, sl. soiled and lightly rubbed and with some fading, corners bumped, spine faded.
¶ Arntzen M315. ‘A scholarly history of Florentine painting during a period of social upheaval.’

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Book number: 283633

Catalogue: ART: EUROPEAN ART

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Antonescu, Dinu.

COLUMNA LUI TRAIAN. Architectura de pe Friza Sculptatã. Trajan’s Column. The Architecture on the Sculpted Frieze. Edited by Monica Mãrgineanu Cãrstoiu.

Editure A.R.A. - Arhitecurã. Restaurare. Arheologie, 2009. 4to. 290pp. 143 b/w. figures with drawings, diagrams and photos. Romanian text. Ex.-libris Sherban C. Cantacuzino with ink stamp to upper leading corner of title page, illus e.ps., original boards bumped and sl. split at tail of spine, in very lightly soiled and rubbed d/w.

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Book number: 283438

Catalogue: ART: EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE

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K[antzow], H[erbert] de.

SUMMER DAYS IN AUVERGNE.

Richard Bentley and Son, 1875. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. x + [i] + 170pp. 5 ills. Some very light browning, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. bumped.
¶ Inscribed ‘Augustus Beccly? from the Author 1901.’

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Book number: 234176

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: EUROPE

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Aoki, Bunkyo.

STUDY ON EARLY TIBETAN CHRONICLES. Regarding discrepancies of Dates and the Adjustments. A Report of Study for 1954-1955 by the aubsidy from The Ministry of Education, Japan.

Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Toky, Japan), 1955. Large 8vo. [iv] + 10pp. + vi + 161pp. + [i]. 3 folding tables. F.e.ps. and margins lightly browned, good in soiled and sl. chipped d/w. browned to edges and spine.

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Book number: 288597

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: CENTRAL ASIA

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Aparicio, Julia Méndez.

CATALOGO DE LOS IMPRESOS DEL SIGLO XVI de la Biblioteca Publica del Estado, Toledo.

Madrid Ministerio de Cultura/Castilla-la Mancha, Toledo, 1993-2010. Royal 8vo. 7 vols. Dec. title pages, many full page ills. Spanish text. From the Library of Professor David Davies University College London, very good in original gilt lettered green cloth, some very minor rubbing to spines..

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Book number: 284820

Catalogue: ART: ART OF THE BOOK

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[Apperley, Charles James].

THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. Of Halston Shropshire. Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry: With Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits by Nimrod.

George Routledge & Sons, 1870. 5th Ed. Revised and Enlarged with a Notice of Nimrod. xi + [i] + 234pp. + [ii]. Additional engraved t.p., 18 hand coloured plates including 16 aquatints by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins. With the ownership note of J.R. Dickinson Byfield to flyleaf, some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, inner gilt dentelles, inner gilt dentelles, contemporary full calf with triple gilt rule to edges of boards, leading corner of upper board sl. rubbed, minor marking to boards, intricate gilt tooled compartments with gilt lettered label to spine.

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Book number: 276009

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: SPORTS AND PASTIMES

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Appian’s

ROMAN HISTORY. With an English Translation by Horace White.

Harvard Univ. Press/William Heinemann, 1972-82. Reprints. 4 vols. Sm. 8vo. Clipped and sl. rubbed d/ws. with sl. surface loss.
¶ Loebs Classical LIbrary.

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Book number: 282558

Catalogue: LITERATURE: CLASSICS

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d’Arbeloff, Natalie.

THE WORD ACCOMPLISHED. A.B. Christopher [Pseudonym of Alexander D'Arbeloff], Etchings by ...

World’s End Press, 1974. 1st Ed. 4to. Embossed double page colour t.p. + [ii] + colour plates II-XVI all numbered and signed in pencil by the Artist and each with a facing letterpress leaf + plain uncoloured unsigned and un-numbered plate + Limitation leaf. [Only lacking plate I]. Light marginal browning to e.ps., bound by Paul Collet in blind embossed fawn goatskin, light foxing to lower board, enclosed in leather backed fall back box with embossed design to upper board, mild soiling and wear.
¶ No. 61 of a Limited Edition of 75 Copies signed by the Author and artist. Designed and hand printed by Ms d’Arbeloff, the etchings were printed by the Artist, with 5 artist’s proofs. With two compliment slips from the artist loosely inserted. Numbers 51-75 of the copies were bound in goatskin, leaving only 50 copies loose and suitable for display of the leaves.

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Book number: 274408

Catalogue: ART: BRITISH ART

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Arber-Cooke, Alfred Theodore.

PAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF LLANDOVERY. Foreword by Francis Jones. Preface by B.P.M. Rooney. Prefatory Note D. Joshua Evans.

Friends of Llandovery Civic Trust Association, 1994. Revised Ed. 453pp. + [iii]. 4 ills., sketch map, pedigrees. Very good in original gilt lettered red buckram.

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Book number: 281494

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: WALES

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(Arbuthnot). Aitken, George A.

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ARBUTHNOT.

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xxii] + 516pp. + 8pp. adverts. Portrait frontis., folding pedigree. Light marginal browning, prelims. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered khaki cloth, some minor soiling, corners sl. rubbed, spine lightly browned and sl. bumped at head and tail.
¶ Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘The Rev. W.B. and Mrs. Salmon, with love from, G.A. Author.’

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Book number: 279670

Catalogue: MEDICINE: MEDICINE

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Archer, Sir Geoffrey and Godman, Eva M.

THE BIRDS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND AND THE GULF OF ADEN. Their Life Histories, Breeding Habits and Eggs.

Gurney and Jackson, 1937-61. 1st Ed. 4 vols. 4to. 28 colour plates by Archibald Thorburn and 6 coloured plates of eggs by Henrik Grönvold, 4 folding maps, 21 b/w. ills., photogravure port. Light browning in part to first two volumes, original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt bird in profile to upper boards, volumes 1 and 2 sl. faded to spines and with t.e.g.

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Book number: 275499

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: ORNITHOLOGY

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Archer, Mildred.

COMPANY DRAWINGS In the India Office Library.

HMSO, 1972. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. 298pp. 4 colour plates, 74 ills. Sl. rubbed d/w. with sm. tears to head of spine.

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Book number: 281445

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: INDIA

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Archer, Rosemary; Pearson, Colin and Covey, Cecil.

THE CRABBET ARABIAN STUD. Its History & Influence. Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Alice of Athlone.

Alexander Heriot & Co. Ltd., 1978. 1st Ed. 352pp. Profusely ills. Sl. chipped price clipped d/w.

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Book number: 287439

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Archer, Robert J.

UNITED STATES MILITARY AVIATION: The Air Force.

Midland Counties Publications (Aerophile) Limited, 1980. Landscape 8vo. 302pp. Many colour and b/w. photos., insignia, map and drawings. Good in lightly rubbed d/w., lightly browned to spine.

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Book number: 286428

Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: AVIATION

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Arima, E.Y.

INUIT KAYAKS IN CANADA: A Review of Historical Records and Construction, based mainly on the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s Collection.

National Museums of Canada, 1987. 1st Ed. Slim 4to. viii + 235pp. + [i]. Typed letterpress. 46 figures. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with sm label and inscription, some underlining and marginal marking, original black lettered cream limp card wrapps., some minor soiling and rubbing.
¶ Canadian Museum Civilization Mercury Series. Canadian Ethnology Service, Paper No. 110.

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Book number: 280599

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: NORTH AMERICA

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