BROOMBERG. ADAM. AND CHANARIN. OLIVER.

HOLY BIBLE.

MACK & AMC. London. 2013. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. (8.7 x 6.5 inches). Illustrated with 512 images from the Archive of Modern Conflict, London, imposed over the text of the King James Bible. 4 page booklet, printed in black on red paper, and featuring Adi Opher's essay Divine violence, mounted into the inner rear cover. A fine copy in publishers black leatherette with gilt lettering to spine and both boards. Black endpapers. Red cloth ribbon page marker. All edges gilt.

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Book number: 9547

BROWNE.GORDON.ORIGINAL ARTWORK.; MEADE.L.T.

DADDY'S GIRL.

W.& R.Chambers,Limited.London.,1901. ORIGINAL ARTWORK for illustration on page 249 of the book.With;First edition of the book.Illustrated with 37 line drawings by Browne.Original blue cloth with spine and front board lettered and illustrated in black.Boards a little rubed to edges but still a very good copy.Artwork in black ink on white board.Image measures 7 x 5.5 inches.Initialed at bottom "G.B" and the title of the illustration is written in pencil.Double mounted in green and cream board.The image shows a little girl in her bed with an old man at the foot of the bed talking to her.Very good condition.:

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Book number: 3690

BROWNE. THOMAS.

RELIGIO MEDICI. Letter to a friend &c. And Christian Morals. Edited by W. A. Greenhill, M.D. Oxon. --- The Golden treasury series.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1926. REPRINT of 1881 edition. 8vo.(6.1 x 4.2 inches). Engraved portrait of Browne on the title page. A fine, clean copy in an attractive early leather binding by Bumpus. Full green calf. The spine with raised bands. Compartments with blind ruling and lettered in gilt. Twin gilt ruled borders on inner boards, around plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine is faded to brown but overall this is still a very presentable copy.

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Book number: 10485

BROWNING. ELIZABETH BARRETT.

SONNETS.

Astolat Press. Leopold B. Hill. London. No date. circa 1910. FINE BINDING BY BUMPUS. 16mo. (5 x 4 inches). 90pp. Illustrated with a mono frontis of G. F. Watts' Love and Life, with a tissue guard. Fine full dark brown morocco, spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in black and gilt. Boards with three gilt and one black ruled lines. Board edges with gilt ruled lines. Inner boards with double gilt ruled borders and previous owners inscription initials, dated 12th December 1927 in gilt. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Red silk bookmark. Small chip of loss to the top outer corner of the front blank free endpaper but Overall a lovely bright copy in a fine decorative binding.

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Book number: 10082

BRYANT. ARTHUR.

KING CHARLES II.

Longmans, Green and Co. London.,1931. New impression, one month after the first. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 full page mono plates, plus a folding map of Southern England and a folding plan of Whitehall. A very good copy in a fine early leather binding of half red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each ruled in gilt. Compartments ruled, decorated, and lettered in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. The bindng is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.:

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Book number: 7671

BUCKLAND. A. C.

LETTERS ON THE IMPORTANCE, DUTY AND ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RISING. Addresses to Heads of Families, the Man of Business, the Lover of Nature, the Student, and the Christian.

Taylor & Hessey. London. 1819. Second edition. First few leaves are a little foxed but overall a clean copy. Fore and lower edges uncut. Original publisher's brown paper covered boards with printed label to spine. The paper label is complete but the lettering has faded. Joints cracked but holding. Published anonymously, Buckland is listed as the author in Halkett and Laing's dictionary of Anonymous & pseudonymous literature.

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Book number: 5065

BULGAKOV. MIKHAIL.; GLENNY. MICHAEL. TRANSLATES.

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA. Translated from the Russian.

Collins and The Harvill Press. London.,1967. FIRST EDITION of this translation. A very good copy in the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper which is a little rubbed and creased to the edges but still overall a very good, clean example. The scarce first printing of Glenny's popular translation. Preceded in 1967 by an inferior translation, by Mirra Ginsburg, which was taken from the heavily edited Russian edition, the Glenny version translates the complete novel and has always been the prefered text.:.

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Book number: 7389

BULL. RENE, ILLUSTRATES.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.

Constable & Co. Ltd. London. 1917. REPRINT OF 1916 CHEAP EDITION. (Originally published in larger format and with more plates in 1912). Large 8vo. (8.5 x 7 inches). Beautifully illustrated with colour frontis, protected by a printed tissue guard, and 6 full colour tipped in plates, plus 98 line drawings and decorative borders throughout. Finely bound in early half red morocco leather binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind and lettered and decorated in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. There is a mild stain to the leather at the bottom of the book but overall this is a very attractive copy of this finely illustrated book.

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Book number: 10482

BULL. RENE, Illustrates. ; KHAYYAM, OMAR.

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.

Hodder and Stoughton, London. No Date. 1913. FIRST RENE BULL EDITION. 4to. (11.2 x 8.8 inches). First issue tan cloth binding with full decorative gilt and blue lettering and decoration to the front board. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Text translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. 10 full colour tipped-in plates, each with tissue guards, 19 smaller full colour plates, and numerous line drawings throughout. A little foxing to the first and last few pages and some light rubbing to the extremities of the binding with one small spot to the spine, but overall a bright, clean copy in near fine condition. A superior copy of one of the most beautifully illustrated Rubaiyat editions.

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Book number: 10723

BUNYAN. JOHN.; SELOUS. H. C. ; M. PAOLO PRIOLO. & D. H. FRISTON. ILLUSTRATE.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. & THE HOLY WAR 1st work; From this world to that which is to come. With notes by The Rev. Robert Maguire. 2nd work; A true relation of The Holy War made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus. and a Life of Bunyan by the Rev.

Cassell, Petter and Galpin. London. No Date.,circa 1870. William Brock. Two volumes bound in one. Large 8vo. (10.5 x 8 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with fine wood engravings by the three artists. A very good copy in an attractive contemporary leather binding. Half black morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt decoration. Compartments double ruled and lettered in gilt. Red title label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Morocco grained cloth on boards. Coated yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.:

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Book number: 7319

BURBURY. MRS.

FLORENCE SACKVILLE. Or, Self Dependence: An Autobiography.

Smith, Elder & Co. London. 1851. FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. (7.2 x 4.4 inches). iii-viii,312; ii,292; ii,313pp. Bound without half titles. Last leaf of volume 3 laid down, otherwise a generally clean, bright set bound in recent half tan calf. Spines with raised bands, red titles labels, gilt. The compartments lettered and ruled in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

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Book number: 7546

BURGESS. ANTHONY.

ENDERBY'S DARK LADY. Or No end to Enderby.

Hutchinson. London. 1984. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Burgess on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper with colour illustrations by Alastair Taylor.

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Book number: 9039

BURNETT. FRANCES HODGSON. ; BIRCH. REGINALD B. ILLUSTRATES.

LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY.

Warne. London. 1886. FIRST U. K EDITION. 8vo. (8.4 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 26 drawings by Birch, many full page. Finely leather bound, for Sotheran's of Sackville Street, in half deep red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London. Spine with raised bands. Compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A few faint marks to the cloth boards and minor rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good copy of this famous tale.

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Book number: 10575

BURNS. ROBERT.

THE POETICAL WORKS. With notes, Glossary,Index of first lines and chronological list.Edited by J. Logie Robertson. The Oxford Complete Edition.

Henry Frowde. London. 1904. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary binding of 1/4 vellum with gilt roses and branches along the spine length. Tan morocco title label with gilt, lettering, ruling and leaves. Smaller label has "Oxford" within gilt ruling. Beige cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. Previous owners five line inscription from1919, written neatly in ink on front free endpaper. .A very good, bright copy.

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Book number: 6959

BURROUGHS.EDGAR RICE.

THE RETURN OF TARZAN.

Methuen & Co.Ltd.London.,1919. Fourth edition of the London edition,the second of this cheap edition.In the uncommon original colour illustrated dustwrapper.Book in publishers red cloth with black lettering and decoration to the spine.Rubbing to edges and splits to the top inch and half of front and rear spine hinges.Dustwrapper with loss to bottom 2 inches of spine and top half inch,affecting the letter t of The in the title.The rest of the title and author present.Loss to all edges and rubbing to hinges.Not a very good example of the wrapper but any pre 1920 Tarzan jackets are scarce and this one is about 90 intact.:

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Book number: 4732