BUNYAN. JOHN.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. From This World To That Which is To Come.

William Pickering. London. 1849. FIRST PICKERING EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). xii, 354pp. A very good copy in an attractive contemporary leather binding by J. Wright of London. Full black morocco. Spine with raised bands, each ruled in gilt. Compartments double ruled, fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Elaborate gilt panelled decoration on boards. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Neat previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. A neat professional repair to the binding hinges but overall a lovely copy.

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Book number: 11049

BETJEMAN. JOHN.

SUMMONED BY BELLS.

John Murray. London. 1960. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. A bright and clean copy in publishers green cloth binding with blind stamped Bells design to both boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Bell design endpapers. A fine copy of the book in the original, red and black printed on buff paper, dustwrapper which shows a little toning to the spine bt is overall very clean and bright.

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Book number: 10963

STOW. JOHN.

THE SURVEY OF LONDON. Contayning the Orignall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A[nthony] M[unday] in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A. M., H[enry] D[yson] and others. This present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: The first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names.

Printed by Elizabeth Pursloww, and are to be sold by Nichlas Bourne, at his shop at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange. 1633. Folio, in 6's. (13.5 x 8.9 inches).Woodcut coats-of-arms frontispiece, 8 unnumbered leaves, 939 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves (the 2 tables). Finely illustrated with coats of arms and decorative head and tail pieces. Frontis and Title pages laid down. Several pages with neat repairs to margins and a few to the text. Some staining, mostly to the page edges. Overall a good copy in nineteenth century binding of full dark brown calf. Spine with five raised bands. Burgundy label with gilt lettering. The compartments ruled and decorated in blind. Boards with blind ruled borders and floral corner pieces. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Some rubbing and wear to the binding but overall a complete and presentable copy.

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Book number: 11004

BUCHAN. JOHN.

THE THIRTY NINE STEPS.

William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. (7.5 x 5 inches). Some minor browning to page edges, as is often the case with this title, but less so than usually found. Publishers blue cloth which is rubbed and bumped to the edges and has a white mark to the front panel but overall a very good copy.

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Book number: 10856

JOHNSON. CROCKETT.

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON.

Harper Brothers. New York. 1955. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (5.9 x 4.9 inches). Illustrated with purple detailing on each page by the author. Original black cloth-backed printed pictorial boards with the spine lettered in white. In the original colour printed dust jacket with the price of $1.50 still intact at the top of the inner front flap but the bottom of the flap clipped. A very good copy of the book in good dustwrapper with loss to the bottom of the spine, affecting the last three letters of the publishers name. Some creasing and rubbing to the edges but overall a copy in collectable condition. The first book in the series, this is the charming story of what a good imagination and one crayon can bring.

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Book number: 9258

JOHNSON.SAMUEL.

THE WORKS.With an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy.

J.Nichols & Son.F & C.Rivington.London.,1810. TWELVE VOLUMES.New edition.Portrait frontis.Contemporary full tree calf,spines with black and green labels and gilt decoration.Tops and bottoms af some spines and hinges have been professionally repaired.Some minor chipping to a few labels but overall a very good attractive set. :

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Book number: 5077

SWIFT. JONATHAN.

ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN GULLIVER. In a Voyage to Lilliput

Printed and Published by G. Ross. Edinburgh. - (No date). Circa 1814.. Small 8vo. (3.9 x 2.5 inches). 48pp, including the first and last blanks which are pasted directly onto the inside leaves of the printed wrappers. Sewn text pages. Illustrated with a full page wood-engraved frontispiece of Captain Gulliver and 12 smaller woodcuts within the text. Original blue printed paper wrappers with upside-down double face illustration on lower cover. Neat ink title written on the front panel otherwise a fine copy of this scarce little edition, issued in Ross's Juvenile Library. A remarkable survivor. The work is undated but the British Library catalogue suggests a publication date of either 1814 or 1815, while the Bodleian Library estimates 1815.

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Book number: 10775

CONRAD. JOSEPH.

LORD JIM.

William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh and London. 1900. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.4 inches). Some foxing to the first and last dozen pages and a few small light marks to the odd page but generally this is a very good copy throughout. Finely bound in recent full dark green morocco, with five raised bands to the spine. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. The original publishers decorative front board and spine are bound in at the rear.

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Book number: 10899

JOSEPHUS. FLAVIUS. ; Lodge, Thomas. Translates.

THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS.-- Extra illustrated. A man of much honour and learning among the Jews. Faithfully translated out of the latin and French, by Tho. Lodge, Doctor n Physick. Whereunto are newly added the the references of the Scriptures throughout the History, and afterwards collected into a Table.

Printed by J. L. for Richard Tomlins, and are to be sold at his house at the sign of the Sun and Bible near Py Corner. London. 1655. Extra illustrated copy. (13.1 x 8.7 inches). 10, 812, 32(Table) pp. Curiously, the extra title page to part two (The lamentable and tragical history of the vvarres and utter ruine of the Jevves. Comprised in seven books) is dated 1656 and gives Abel Roper of Fleet Street as publisher. Some pagination errors but complete and this copy with six illustrations not called for, bound in at a later date. Some staining and toning to many pages. Title page with 2 previous owners names and addresses written in ink. A couple of pages with minor tears to the margins and neat strengthening to page edges but overall a very good copy in a 20th century full panelled calf binding. Spine with raised bands. Compartments decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. ---- Extra illustrated copy with six early pages bound in, not called for in the collation; 2 folding maps (A map of the Children of Israel's travels and marches in the wilderness from their going out of Egypt to their passage over the River Jordan, and The expedition of Shalmaneser King of Assyria against the Syrians and the Ten tribes of Israel) and four full page plates (The Tabernacle with its curtains; Golden candlestick with seven branches; The Brasen Laver or Bason; Table of Shen bread and Altar of burnt offerings).

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Book number: 10995

JOYCE. JEREMIAH.

A COMPLETE ANALYSIS, OR ABRIDGMENT OF DR. ADAM SMITH'S INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. The third edition.

G. & W. B. Whittaker. London. 1821. THIRD EDITION. 12mo. (7.8 x 4.7 inches). xii, 395pp. A very good, clean copy in the original publishers paper covered boards. Pages untrimmed. Chipping to the edges of the original printed paper label on spine. Previous owner has covered the spine and board edges with white paper, which is chipped and showing loss which allows the original printed label to be seen. Board edges a bit rubbed and bumped. An uncommon survivor in any condition but in the original publishers boards even more so.

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Book number: 9777

VERNE. JULES.

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.

Classics Book Club. London. 1950. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). Finely bound in half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. A fine and attractive copy of this classic adventure story. The leather binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

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Book number: 10969

JUNIUS.

STAT NOMINIS UMBRA.

Printed by T.Bensley;for Vernor and Hood.London.,1794. Two volumes.8vo.Tall,well margined copies.(8.2 x 5.1 inches).A very good copy of this useful edition,complete with index and notes.Bound in contemporary tan calf boards with green and dark brown mottling.Recently skillfully re-spined with tan morocco,fully ruled and decorated with gilt.Red and green labels,gilt.Overall a very attractive set.:bind.engl.

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Book number: 4449

KASSON. GRACIA. AND TSCHANTRE. E. JR.

TIN TANS AT PLAY. A book for Children.

Ernest Nister. London. No date. 1906. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.2 x 9.2 inches). An unusual book featuring 26 pp of verse, printed on one side of thick paper, each illustrated with full colour chromolithographs of anthropomorphised knives, pots and pans, tea kettles, clothes pegs, teaspoons, etc, in fact pretty much anything that you might find in an early twentieth century kitchen. Original thick card boards with full colour illustrations and lettering to the front panel, the rear plain red. Red cloth spine. There is some rubbing to the edges of the boards but overall this is a lovely, near fine copy of this scarce edition. J & F. Hunt- Peeps into Nisterland. A guide to the Children's books of Ernest Nister; page 284.

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Book number: 9674

KATAEV. VALENTINE. -- MALAMUTH. CHARLES, TRANSLATES FROM THE RUSSIAN.

LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.

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Book number: 10481

GRAHAME. KENNETH.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. With illustrations in colour by Wyndham Payne. Thirty-third edition.

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1930. REPRINT OF THE 1927 PAYNE EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 6.1 inches). Illustrated with 20 full page plates by Payne, line drawings with yellow colouring. Fore-edge and the first few pages affected by some very light foxing, otherwise a very good copy of this attractive edition. Publishers orange cloth with black lettering to the spine and front board. Small gilt stamped school badge to the front board. School prize label, dated 1942, on the front free endpaper. In the scarce original colour illustrated dustwrapper. A couple of small chips to the edge of the wrapper and the spine a bit toned but overall in very good condition.

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Book number: 10879