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The Albion June 1 1831.

Wm Boucher 69 Strand, 1831. First Edition. Unbound, An original full size newspaper of four pages, clean, but with a very little wear to the edges. The contents include advertisements, including full details of a lecture on singing and a concert at Horncastle, the Fifeshire election, the capture of the midnight legislators of Galway and other outrages, including insurgents dressed as females, foreign news, Paganini in Leipzig, Covent Garden, the murder of Richard Taylor, Rochester and market and law news etc. Very rare... Very Good.

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Book number: 16462

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Newspaper, Horncastle, Fifeshire, Rochester, Paganini, Irish History

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Anecdotes of Eminent Persons Comprising Also Many Interesting Remains of Literature and Biography with Some Original Letters of Distinguished CHaracters in Two Volumes Vol I and Vol II.

Samuel Bagster, 1813. First Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Tall, A heavy set of two volumes, both of 404pp. Leather covered boards with portions of loss to the spine and covers and cracked gutters. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, a few small spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean. A wide range of anecdotes - Dr Sheridan in his youth. Thomas Sainvitz, verses by Mary Queen of Scots, conjoined twins, the first siege of Corfe Castle, Empress Cathereine of Russia, frogs, drunkards etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 16529

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Sheridan, Pope, Literature, Anecdotes, Collection, Miscellany

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The British Museum Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2 June 1953.

British Museum, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover, Softback covers. B + w illustrations. A couple of small closed tears to the covers, otherwise very clean. Articles on early visitors, Thomas Watts, Charles James Fox Papers, Burney Papers, William Ottley, John Henderson etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 15340

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Museum

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The British Museum Quarterly Vol XVIII No 4 December 1953.

British Museum, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover, Softback covers. B + w illustrations. A couple of small closed tears to the covers, otherwise very clean. Articles on an early Portuguese Tragedy, Meyerstein Bequest, 3 Dering mss, an Assyrian helmet, Meissen pocelain crinoline group, Franks collection of oriental antiquities, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 15342

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Museum, Raffles

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The British Museum Magazine Winter 2015 Issue 83.

British Museum, 2015. First Edition. Soft Cover, Tall format. 64pp, illustrated softback covers. Colour illustrations. A clean copy. Contents include the co-existence of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths in Egypt, The Grand Tour works of Francis Towne, the works of Marion Maguire and Sarah Banks' collection of ephemera... Very Good.

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Book number: 16694

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Museum, Grand Tour, Egypt, Francis Towne, Marion Maguire, Maori Art

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The British Museum Magazine Winter 2013 Issue 77.

British Museum, 2013. First Edition. Soft Cover, Tall format. 64pp, illustrated softback covers. Colour illustrations. A clean copy. Contents include culture, ships, trade, belief and the warrior in Viking Society, ancient gold in Colombia, the Mostyn Tompion clock, and German identity, drawings by Georg Baselitz, Gerhard Richter etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 16695

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Museum, Vikings, Tompion, German Art, Colombia

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The Celts Artists And Storytellers.

Grange, 1998. Hard Cover, 64pp, laminated boards with matching dustjacket. Many colour ilustrations. Part of the Ancient Cultures Series, this volume is an introduction to celtic art and society and previously appeared as part of 'An Introduction To Celtic Mythology'... As New /As New.

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Book number: 4153

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Myth

(Graves, Richard)

The Festoon A Collection of Epigrams Ancient and Modern Panegyrical Satyrical, Amorous, Moral, Humorous, Monumental with an Essay on That Species of Composition.

Robinson and Roberts and W Frederick, 1767. Hard Cover, The Second Edition, considerably augmented. 213pp, the paper a little tanned with age, and with occasional light foxing. Marbled paper covered boards with leather spine and corners with red leather label to the spine. The spine cover now largely missing, and the front hinge cracked but holding. Marbled endpapers and foredge. Armorial bookplate of Monkhouse Tate. Vignette illustration to the title page. A vignette including a man flying a kite to the second title page on p155. Internally clean and complete. Includes a poem on the coronation of George III, and several with Bath connections. The author was a clergyman and friend of William Shenstone and Ralph Allen, and was tutor to the young Malthus, and a successful novelist... Good.

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Book number: 17129

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Bath, Georgian Literature, Eighteenth Century Literature

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Law Practice and Usage in the Solicitor's Profession Being a Digest of Decisions of the Courts and Opinions Principally of The Council of The Law Society Affecting Solicitors 1923.

The Law Society, 1934. Hard Cover, 1934 reprint of the 1923 edition. 493pp, red cloth covered boards with light marks to the edges. Internally clean. Reports of cases and decisions on sales, mortgages, charges, marriage settlements, partnership etc affecting solicitors' practice. Now rare... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 15958

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Solicitor, Law

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The London Evening Post May 19 to May 21 1796 Number 11,367.

J Barker in the Old Bailey, 1796. First Edition. Unbound, An original full size newspaper of four pages, clean, but with a very little wear to the edges. The first page has advertisements of meetings, theatres, races etc, and other pages have domestic and foreign news including an address by the Batavian National Assembly on the English attack, and news from cities in Europe on the War,. the conspiracy in France etc and also law news including a full report of Lord Valentia's case against his wife's seducer... Very Good.

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Book number: 16460

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Newspaper, War

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The London Evening Post October 6 to October 8 1796 Number 11,427.

J Barker in the Old Bailey, 1796. First Edition. Unbound, An original full size newspaper of four pages, clean, but with a very little wear to the edges. The newspaper has advertisements of houses, a new portable cooking machine, the lottery etc. and long reports of speeches in the Houses of Lords and House of Commons on the Peace negotiations, allegations of bribery in the Southwark election and also royal, army, law and naval news - and the magistrates's court appearance of Elizabeth Taylor who had dressed as a man, served in the navy and been captured by the French.. Very Good.

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Book number: 16461

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Newspaper, War, Southwark, Female Sailor, Oven

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Das Magazin Mit Vielfarbigen Kunstbeilagen No 94 Juni 1932.

Dr Eysler & Co, 1932. Soft Cover, Magazine of 120pp in German. Colour illustrated front cover, but the back cover is missing. Colour and b + w illustrations. Attractive period advertisements. Women in bathing costumes and modelling stockings, the life of a detective, talismans, a story by Ullrich Becher, nudism etc... Good.

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Book number: 17634

Catalogue: History

Keywords: German, Magazine

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Das Magazin Mit Vielfarbigen Kunstbeilagen No 95 Juli 1932.

Dr Eysler & Co, 1932. Soft Cover, Magazine of 120pp in German. Colour illustrated covers, with a little loss to the spine and loss to one corner. Colour and b + w illustrations. Attractive period advertisements. Women in bathing costumes and beach pyjamas, doubles - including Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, photos of Beth and Betty Dodge, Maria Raoul, the life of Al Capone etc... Good.

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Book number: 17635

Catalogue: History

Keywords: German, Magazine, Dietrich, Garbo, Capone

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Das Magazin Mit Vielfarbigen Kunstbeilagen No 96 August 1932.

Dr Eysler & Co, 1932. Soft Cover, Magazine of 120pp in German. Colour illustrated covers, with a little loss to the spine and loss to one corner. Colour and b + w illustrations. Attractive period advertisements. Women in bathing costumes and yachting costumes, a story by Maurice Decobra, reise um die welt in 8 minuten, spielereien mit Rontgenstrahlen, ein mensch wird verbrecher etc... Good.

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Book number: 17636

Catalogue: History

Keywords: German, Magazine

(Henry Mackenzie et al)

The Mirror A Periodical Paper Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 Vol I.

W Strahan and T Cadell and W Creech, 1781. Full-Leather, Third edition, corrected. 296pp. Leather covered boards, with gilt ornament to spine, with a little loss to the ends of the spine and a little rubbing to the edges. Ownership stamp to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The first volume of three... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 16535

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Poetry, Letters, english Literature