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Examples of the Ornamental Heraldry of the Sixteenth Century.

London, 1867. First edition (hardback). Folio (46cm by 34cm), title, x, 72pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original white parchment binding, gilt titling to the spine, top edge gilt. Please note that there is waterstaining to the boards. There is some foxing of the preliminary pages, else the contents are in very good condition. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a working or reference copy.

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Book number: 68581

Catalogue: 4

[Aesop]:

The Favourite Book of Fables.

London: Thomas Nelson and sons, 1891. First edition thus (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 128pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original colour-printed boards. Binding rubbed, corners of boards worn, rear board scuffed, some foxing of the contents, ownership inscription. Overall, this book is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 58117

Catalogue: 4

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The Feathers Annual (Bumper Book) for Boys and Girls.

No publication details, c. 1945. Softcover. 8vo 25cm by 19cm), c. 80pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Original colour-printed card wrappers. Contents rather thumbed, dog-earing to the lower corner of the text pages, some juvenile colouring. Overall, this copy is in fair condition.

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Book number: 35611

Catalogue: 4

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The Gospel Cottage Lecturer, addressed to the spiritually poor, volume 2.

London: W H Collingbridge, 1856. First edition (hardback), volume 2 only. 8vo, viii, 472pp. Half brown calf, marbled boards, red morocco title label to the spine with gilt titling. Chipping to the joints, and to the head and foot of the spine (cosmetic but noticeable), preliminary pages lightly foxed, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in good minus condition. This volume contains issue numbers 55 to 112 inclusive.

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Book number: 21829

Catalogue: 4

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Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1851, Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, part IV, British Colonies and Dependencies, Foreign States Division I.

London: Spicer Brothers, W Clowes & sons, 1851. First edition, part IV only (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 18cm), pp 857-1354. Numerous plates, text illustrations. Original blue cloth boards, gilt titling to the front board, plain blue cloth backstrip. This is part IV only, covering British Colonies and Dependencies, and Foreign States Division I. The binding is worn (lacks 1cm of cloth from the head of the spine, some general scuffing). There is some light scattered foxing, but the contents are generally in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working, reference or binding copy. The publication of this work is complex, as it was published in five parts, but is generally bound up in three volumes. This volume contains part IV (of 5), covering the Colonies, and Foreign States fom Austria to Sweden & Norway.

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Book number: 47068

Catalogue: 4

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Handelingen van het Thee-Congres met Tentoonstelling : gehouden te bandoeng van 21 tot 26 Juni 1924.

Weltevreden: G Kolff & co, 1924. Hardback. 8vo (26cm x 19cm), 369pp. 47 plates. Original limp green cloth binding, gilt titling to the spine, gilt titling and design to the front cover. The binding is heavily rubbed; apart from this fault, the book is in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy. Text in Dutch.

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Book number: 53438

Catalogue: 4

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Historic Spots in Wiltshire.

Westbury: Michael & co & Trowbridge: Geo W Rose, no date [c. 1901]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), [iii], 146pp. 16 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board. This copy is only in fair condition, as the spine is heavily rubbed, the endpapers are discoloured and the inner hinges have been strengthened with white tape. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 39889

Catalogue: 4

[Charlotte M Yonge, illustrated by Jane Blackburn]:

The History of Sir Thomas Thumb.

Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, 1859. New edition (hardback). 8vo, 91pp. 4 plates and text illustrations by J B [Jane Blackburn]. Original printed yellow boards. This copy is only in fair condition - the spine is strengthened with white tape, the boards are rubbed, the contents are foxed and there is a gift inscription to the front free endpaper.

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Book number: 22688

Catalogue: 4

[William Russell]:

The History of Modern Europe: with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 (4 volumes).

London: Longman, Brown & co (etc), 1842. New edition, complete in four hardback volumes, continued to the accession of Queen Victoria of England. 8vo (22cm by 15cm), xl, 653pp; xxxv, 633pp; xxxv, 713pp; xxxii, 760pp. This set was bound in a fabulous polished calf binding, with gilt tooling and contrasting title labels to the spine, but sadly the bindings have not stood the test of time, and the joints of each volume are cracked (with several boards detached), and the upper board of volume 1 is missing. There is also foxing to the preliminary pages of each volume. Apart from this foxing, the text blocks are clean and tightly bound, ans this would be suitable as a reading, working, reference or binding set.

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Book number: 33965

Catalogue: 4

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How Patty Learned the Alphabet.

London: The Religious Tract Society, no date [c. 1870]. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 14cm), 64pp. Original decorated brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board. This copy is only in fair condition; there is a crease to the rear board, the contents are thumbed, and there is occasional staining.

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Book number: 55053

Catalogue: 4

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Illustrated Ditties of Ye Olden Time.

London: Deam & son, no date [c. 1851]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (20cm by 15cm), c. 40pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original decorated green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, elaborate gilt design to the front board, all edges gilt. This book is only in fair condition; the gutta-percha binding has perished, and the contents are loose in the binding. There is some light thumbing, but the contents are generally clean, making this suitable as a restoration project. Undated; COPAC suggests a date of 1851. There is an ownership inscription, dated 1855.

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Book number: 54901

Catalogue: 4

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Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactures by Hope Works Ltd, Malleable Iron Founders, Pleck Road, Walsall.

Walsall: Hope Works, 1929. No edition stated (hardback); dated February 1929 on the title page. 8vo (25cm by 18cm), vii, 106pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Please note that the binding of this book is badly waterstained. The contents are clean and tightly bound, so this is suitable as a reading, working, reference or binding copy.

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Book number: 57314

Catalogue: 4

[Dinah Maria Mulock, Mrs Craik]:

John Halifax Gentleman [volumes 1 and 3].

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856. First edition, volumes 1 and 3 (of 3) only. 8vo, title, 321pp; title, 311pp. Half green morocco, gilt titling to the spines. These two books are in poor condition - the bindings are rubbed, scuffed and chipped, and the contents are spotted and thumbed, and there are a couple of loose signatures in volume 3. The first and final volumes of a triple-decker set.

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Book number: 21899

Catalogue: 4

G C N:

John Bull in a Bear Trap.

Salisbury: Allaway's Printing House, no date [c. 1934]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 179pp. Original blue card wrappers. There is some chipping of the backstrip, and some ink annotations to page 160; overall, this book is just about in good condition. An uncommon essay on the gold standard. Undated; COPAC gives a date of 1934 or 1935.

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Book number: 59802

Catalogue: 4

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Kelly's Directory of Southampton and Neighbourhood 1960.

Kingston upon Thames : Kelly's Directories, 1960. Fifty-fifth edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), A12, 1452pp. Original red cloth. The contents are tanned and there is some chafing of the backstrip. Only a fair to good copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 63197

Catalogue: 4