BACON SIR FRANCIS

Essays of Bacon [ Hatchards Binding ]

London, Arthur L. Humphreys. 1900. Half Calf, Large 8vo. Book measures 22.5x18.cm. viii, 272pp.text printed on heavy gauge paper. Signed Hatchards binding. Bound in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt lettering, top gilt edges, marble endpapers. Binding rubbed, abrasion wear, some loss on corners of boards, mark on top boards. Generally a good clean firm binding. Internally, private library stamp to first blank. Pages clean throughout. A very nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 013950

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: francis bacon

BACON FRANCIS

The historie of life and death : With observations naturall and experimentall for the prolonging of life. Written by the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban.

London, London : Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley, at the Princes Armes in Pauls Church-Yard 1638. 1638. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book measures 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches. [12],323pp, the imprimatur leaf present. Bound in full calf. Rebacked, [ not recently ], retaining the period or early boards. Calf rubbed, some minor wear, small nick on head of spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 096758

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: francis bacon

BACON FRANCIS SIR

Lord Bacon's Essays or Counsels Moral and Civil [ Translated from the Latin By William Willymott ] . [ Complete in 2 Volumes. Bookplate of Nicholas Wall ]

London, Printed for S. Birt, at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane. 1742. Quarter Calf, 8vo. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 20x13.cm. [16],503pp, xxx,432pp. Bound in modern quarter calf, marble boards, flat bands, leather labels. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages in good clean condition. A very nice clean well bound set. F. Very Good.

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Book number: 012284

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: sir frances bacon

BACON FRANCIS SIR

Scrinia Ceciliana, mysteries of state & government in letters of the late famous Lord Burghley, and other grand ministers of state, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, and King James, being a further additional supplement of the Cabala

London, Printed for G. Bedel and T. Collins. 1663, First Edition. Quarter Calf, Small Quarto. Book measures 20x15.cm. Collation, imprimatur leaf, [14],224,[7],[1]pp, including errata. Bound in modern quarter calf, cloth boards, raised bands, leather title label. Calf lightly faded. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages very clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. F. Very Good.

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Book number: 012764

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: sir francis bacon

BACON FRANCIS

Sylva Sylvarum: Or, A Natural Historie. In Ten Centuries.

London, Printed By John Haviland, for William Lee. 1639, Fifth Edition. Period Full Calf. Book measures 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Collation, [16], 218,[19], [3], New Atlantis, 43pp, complete with engraved frontis, and additional engraved title. Bound in full period or early calf, flat bands, blind lines to boards. Calf rubbed, scuffed, some loss on edges and corners, short split on joints, but both boards holding firm. Generally a good period binding. Internally, lacking fixed endpapers, initial stamp [ BE ], on both endboards, and on verso of title page, short tear to margin of frontis, small light stain marks to first few pages, light staining to lower half of about 30 other pages. Signature of Geoffrey Keynes on endpaper '', A few other inscriptions, of which two are dated, 1642,1672. Pages in good clean condition. A nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 096616

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: geoffrey keynes. francis bacon

BACON SIR FRANCIS

Sylva sylvarum: or, A natural history, in ten centuries : whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Both written by the right honourable Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St. Alban

London, Printed by J.F. and S.G. for William Lee, and are to be sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Brittain. 1664, Eighth Edition. Leather, Quarto. Book measures 29x20.cm. Collation, [16], 218, [24], 221-228,[2],36, [8], 64pp, engraved portrait and title page. Rebacked, retaining the period boards, raised bands. Boards rubbed, minor wear loss. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages edges uneven. Pages in very good clean condition. A good solid clean copy. F. Very Good.

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Book number: 014590

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: sir francis bacon

BADHAM CHARLES DAVID

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England

London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863. Cloth, 8vo. Book measures 22x15.cm. xvi, 152pp, 12 coloured plates, including frontis, 24pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt image on top board, gilt lettering on spine. Cloth lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, slight lean on spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates clean. Very Good.

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Book number: 014582

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: funguses

BAILEY JOHN

General View of the County of Durham, with Observations on the Means of its Improvements, Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. 1813, First Edition. Half Calf, 8vo. Book measures 22x14.cm. xiv,[1],412pp, folding coloured map, 9 plates, of which 4 are folding. Binding rebacked in leather, retaining the original boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather title labels. Boards lighlyt rubbed/worn on edges. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, light browning throughout. Pages in good clean condition. A nice copy. Near Very Good.

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Book number: 013079

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: agriculture

BAINES THOMAS

Lancashire and Cheshire, past and present: a history and a description of the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester. Forming the north-western division of England. From the earliest ages to the present time

London, William Mackenzie. 1867. Leather, Quarter. Complete 4 volumes, bound in 2. Books measure 12 1/2 x 10 inches. 720pp, 464pp,cclxpp, 25 plates, plus 2 engraved title pages. Bound in period red gilt calf, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Calf scuffed and marked, [ at some time both bindings have been repaired ] spines relaid, with loss, hinge joints on volume 2 weak but holding. Generally attractive period bindings. Internally, pages and plates clean. A good clean set, in attractive but worn bindings.

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Book number: 098446

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: lancashire. cheshire

BAKER SAMUEL WHITE

Cyprus as I Saw it in 1879

London, Macmillan and Co. 1879, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. Book measures 23x15.cm. xx, 501pp, 40pp catalogue, engraved frontis. Bound in original publishers green cloth, gilt lettering, gilt image on top board. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear, dust/dirt marked. Binding in good firm condition. Internally, moderate spotting to catalogue. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy. Near Very Good.

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Book number: 012499

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: cyprus

BAKER GEORGE

The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]

London, Published By John Bowyer Nichols and Son. 1822. Quater Calf, Folio. Published between 1822-1841.Books measure 43.5x28.cm. Collation, 780pp, 342,[4]pp, 38 plates. Bound in quater calf, cloth boards, gilt lettering, full gilt edges. Leather rubbed, scuffed, abrasion wear, bumped on corners, library number on spines. Both bindings in good solid condition. Internally, library stamps, labels on endpapers, library stamps on verso of title pages, [ can't see any other stamps, but might be the odd one or two ]. A few pages nicked on edges,some light spotting, offsetting to plates, heavy to some. Generally, pages and plates in good clean condition. A good set, in good solid bindings. Good Plus.

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Book number: 011848

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: northampton

BAKER E. C. STUART

The Indian Ducks and Their Allies

London, The Bombay Natural History Society. 1908, First Edition. Half Calf, Large 8vo. Book measures 27.5x19.5.cm. xi, 292pp, engraved and printed title, 30 coloured plates, half title. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lettering, top gilt edge. Binding lightly rubbed, minor wear, spines lightly faded. A good clean firm binding. Internally, pages and plates clean. A very nice copy. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 013402

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: ducks

BALDWIN CRADOCK AND JOY [ PUBLISHED BY ]

Dublin. Plan of the City of Dublin Engraved from the Actual Survey For the Picture of Dublin

London, Baldwin Cradock and Joy. 1821. Folding uncoloured map, in 18 sections. Measures 50x40.cm. Some light browning along folds, minor wear on a few folds, map trimmed on left margin, with loss of black boarder line, repair and library stamp on verso. Map in good clean condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 010737

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: dublin

BALFOUR JAMES

Reminiscences of Golf on St. Andrews Links

Edinburgh, David Douglas. 1887, First Edition. Soft Cover, Small 8vo. Book measures 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. 68[2]pp. Bound in original publishers red paper covers, with black title lettering. Binding has been professionally restored. Very minor wear, lightly rubbed on edges, with very minor wear loss. Internally, some light red staining on front endpapers, colour seeping from covers, very light crease line to corner of about 30 pages. Pages in very good clean condition. Excellent copy of a very rare book. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 097353

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: golf

BANKS G. LINNAEUS MRS

The Manchester Man [ Signed Copy ]

Manchester. London, Abel Heywood & Son. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1896. Cloth, Large 8vo. Signed copy. Book measures 26x20.cm. ix, 480pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers brown gilt cloth. Cloth rubbed, some general wear loss on head and tail of spine. Binding in good condition. Internally, pages and plates clean. A good copy. Good Plus. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 014350

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: manchester