ABBOT CHARLES [ REPORTED BY ]

Reports from Committees of the House of Commons [ Public Records of the Kingdom ]

Great Britain, 1800. Half Calf, Folio. Reports on The State of the Public Records of the Kingdom Volume 15. Book measures 43x28.cm. 667,23pp. 20 plates, some folding. Binding worn, covers detached. Internally, occasional spotting, offsetting, heavy in places, 4 plates heavily foxed. Pages generally clean. Contents of this volume. Public records. Good.

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Book number: 014041

Catalogue: History

Keywords: state of the public records of the kingdom

ABBOTT JOHN WILLIAM

A history of London, from the earliest period to the present time : with some account of the present state of its most important public buildings : compiled from the best Authorities

London, A. K. Newman & Co. 1821, First Edition. Quarter Calf, Small 8 Vo. Book measures 19.5x12.cm. Collation, 261pp, engraved frontis. Bound in later quarter calf, with plain boards,,flat gilt bands. Calf rubbed, some abrasion wear, hinge joints split but boards firmly attached. Internally, occasional light spotting. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. Good Plus.

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Book number: 012526

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: london

ABBOTT P. D.

Provinces, Pays and Seigneuries of France

Australia, 1981. (ISBN: 0959377301) Cloth, Quarto. Book measures 29x21.cm. 679pp, 1pp addenda. Bound in original publishers green hardcover, with gilt lettering. Small secition of abrasion wear on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, very occasional library stamp or mark, [ about 5 in all ]. Pages clean. A good clean solid copy. Near Very Good.

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Book number: 014437

Catalogue: History

Keywords: france 0959377301

ABDELLAH KARROUM. [ CURATED BY ]

Wael Shawky: Crusades and Other Stories

Arab Museum of Modern Art. Mathaf Publishing. 2015. (ISBN: 8836632890) Soft Cover, 8vo. Book measures20.5x16.cm. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated softcover. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 099746

Catalogue: Arts

Keywords: wael shawky 8836632890

ABERCROMBIE JOHN

Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Stomach, the Intestinal Canal, the Liver, and Other Viscera of the Abdomen

London, John Murray. 1837, Third Edition, Enlarged. Hard Cover, Small 8 Vo. Book measures 17.5x11.5cm. Collation, xviii,388pp, half title. Original boards rebacked in modern cloth, with black title lettering. Boards rubbbed on edges/corners. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, Bristol Infirmary stamp and paper number label on title page. Pages in good clean condition. A very nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 099916

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: medical.

ABRAMSKY CHIMEN

Chimen a 90th Birthday Celebration

2010. Softcover, Quarto. No bibliographical details printed, presumably published circa 2010/11. Book measures 29.5x20.5.cm. illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers softcover. Top cover has a crease line. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 012425

Catalogue: History

Keywords: chimen abramsky

ABULAFIA DAVID

The Two Italies: Economic Relations Between the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and the Northern Communes (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1977. (ISBN: 0521212111) Hard Cover, 8vo. Book measures 22x14.5.cm. xvii,310pp. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, minor wear. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, university stamp and number on endpaper. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean copy. Very Good/Near Very Good.

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Book number: 099758

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0521212111

ACHILLES TATIUS

Achillis Tatii Alexandrini De Clitophontis et Leucippes Amoribus Libri Viii Graece et Latine

Biponti : Ex typographia Societatis 1792, Biponti : Ex typographia Societatis 1792. 1792. Half Calf, 8vo. Book measures 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Collation, xx,363pp. Bound in half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, top gilt edge, marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, joints have wear lines, but boards firmly attached.Internally, previous owners bookplate. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 097399

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: achilles tatius. greek

ACKERMANN R. [ PUBLISHER ]

The World in Miniature. Illyria and Dalmatia [ Complete in 2 Volumes, with All 32 Coloured Plates ]

London, R. Ackermann. 1820, First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Collation, xviii,146pp, 185pp, 32 coloured plates, complete as listed. Bound in later cloth, with leather title labels. Cloth lightly rubbed, slightly faded. Both volumes in good clean firm condition. Internally, light offsetting opposite plates. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice clean set. Very Good.

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Book number: 097629

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: illyria

ADAMS REV H. C.

Sivan the Sleeper a Tale of All Time

London, Rivington. 1957. Cloth, 8vo. Book measures 18x12.cm. 338pp, 8pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers embossed brown cloth, with gilt lettering. Lean on spine. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, long family tree inscription on endpaper, period inscription on free endpaper. Pages in good clean condition. A nice copy. F. Very Good.

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Book number: 014641

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: oxford author

ADAMS JOHN & FORBES STUART [ EDITED BY ]

The Syon Abbey Herbal the Last Monastic Herbal in England c AD 1517. By Thomas Betson

London, AMCD Publishers Ltd. 2015. Cloth, 8vo. Book measures 24x16.5.cm. 376pp. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering. Slight lean on spine. Binding in very good clean condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013912

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: syon abbey

ADAMSON HENRY

The Muses Threnodie. or, Mirthful Mournings on the Death of Mr. Gall. Containing a variety of Pleasant Poetical Descriptions, Moral Instructions, Historical Narrations, and Divine Observations, with the most remarkable Antiquities of Scotland, Especially

Perth, Printed by George Johnson for the Editor and Robert Morison Bookseller. 1774, Second Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo. Book measures 7 3/8 x 5 inches. Collation, 2 volumes bound in 1, xxii, [2], 261, [1]. 200 pp, large folding map. Bound in full calf. Rebacked, retaining the original boards, raised bands, leather title label. Minor wear to board edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, map repaired, small stain mark to margin of 100 pages. Pages in very good condition throughout. Originally published in 1638, Adamson's Muses Threnodie was the first book to contain a reference to the game of golf, in two lines of a poem that read "and yee, my clubs, you must no more prepare/to make your bals flee whistling in the aire." This second edition, published almost 150 years later, contains a footnote to these two lines and a reference to playing golf at Perth, where Adamson was born. This is the variant with the title page only for the first volume, without a volume number. Scarce. A very nice copy, of a rare book. Very Good.

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Book number: 095778

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: golf scotland perth

ADCOCK IAN

Bentley Continental R.

London, Osprey Automotive. 1992. (ISBN: 1855322609) Leather, Oblong Quarto. Book measures 35x25.cm. 192pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers green leather, with gilt lettering on spine and top board, full gilt edges, green endpapers. Binding in near fine condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. House in origunal publishers slipcase. A very good near fine copy. Very Good Plus Near Fine.

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Book number: 013597

Catalogue: History

Keywords: bentley 1855322609

ADDINGTON WILLIAM

An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, which exhibits at one View, The Offence; the Punishment or Penalty annexed to that Offence; The Mode of Recovering and Application of the Penalty; The Number of Witnesses and Justices necessary to convict , Etc, Etc

London, W. Strahan and M. Woodfall. 1775, First Edition. Quater Calf, Oblong 8vo. Collation, viii+558,38pp. Recentely bound in quarter calf, marble boards, raised bands, gilt lines, leather title label. Binding in excellent condition. Internally, no loose pages, title page strengthened on inner margin, slight loss on margin of title, without any loss of text, some occasional light browning. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very nice well bound copy. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 008913

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: law

ADDISON JULIA DE WOLF

Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance

London, George Bell and Sons. 1908. Cloth, 8vo. Book measures 20.5x15.cm. xix,378pp, frontis, illustrated. Bound in original publ;ishers green cloth, with decorative spine and top board. Cloth very lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 010408

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: arts. crafts