BAYLEY, JOHN

Iris. A Memoir of Iris Murdoch.

. Duckworth, 1998, 189pp. hardback in d/j in pristine condition. Signed: With best wishes from John Bayley & Iris in ink across the title page. And with a handwritten postcard from Iris Murdoch , 13 lines. Signed , sent in 1965 . (ISBN: 0715629328) .

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BEETS, NICOLAAS

Gedichten. 4 Delen

. Volledige uitgave naar tijdsorde gerangschikt en opnieuw herzien. 4 delen. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff, deel 1 misschien 1e druk, delen 2-4 5e druk.[ ca. 1895] gebonden in rood linnen met zwarte opdruk. Met persoonlijke opdracht van Maria Elisabeth Beets ( 1844 - 1918 ) één van de dochters van de schrijver, gedateerd 4 Augustus 1903 , (bijna 5 maanden na de dood van Beets) gesigneerd.

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BILDERDIJK, WILLEM, (1756-1831)

Bydragen Tot de Tooneelpoëzy.

. Te Leyden : by L. Herdingh en zoon, 1823, 206 [1] pp. in private band zonder opdruk of titel.

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COULSON, ROBERT

One Day in the Life of a Dickensian Bookseller: Un Petit Roman-à-Clef

. Grasmere Publications (2001), 14pp. coloured wrappers, The author worked at Thornton's Bookshop in Oxford. 978-0952273189. (ISBN: 0952273187) .

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DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED (ED.)

The Spirit Lamp: An Oxford Magazine without News.

. No. III, Friday, May 20, 1892 AND No. IV, Friday, May 27, 1892, containing the pages 29 -60, Oxford , James Thorton, 1892, CONTENTS No. III: : The Gates Of Gaza II, p.29; Nicotean Ethics, p.32.; Short Stories-Both Sides Of The Wall I, p.32; Elysium, p.35; Causeries Du Vendredi II, p.36.; Baccaresa Stopper, p. 38; Saionara, p. 39; A Demi-Semi-Quaver On The Unique, p.40 ; Of Sculls an Numskulls, p.43 . No. IV: The Gates Of Gaza III, p.45; Morte D'Amour, p. 48; Short Stories-Both Sides Of The Wall II, p.49; Peri Froibshi-Nil Nisi Bonum, p.53; Causeries Du Vendredi III, p.54; Tekishi Ezetagis, p.57; Lady D'Escarvilles Letters To Her Son, p.58. edges of the covers frayed, covers partly detached. Texts browned, fragile. Uncut copies . James Thornton was the brother of the founder of Thornton's bookshop (est. 1835) and uncle of John Henry Thornton the 2nd generation bookseller in Broad street, Oxford. Extremely rare.

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DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED (ED.)

The Spirit Lamp: An Oxford Magazine without News. No. Iii, Friday, May 20, 1892 .

. Oxford , James Thorton, 1892, CONTENTS : The Gates Of Gaza II, p.29; Nicotean Ethics, p.32.; Short Stories-Both Sides Of The Wall I, p.32; Elysium, p.35; Causeries Du Vendredi II, p.36.; Baccaresa Stopper, p. 38; Saionara, p. 39; A Demi-Semi-Quaver On The Unique, p.40 ; Of Sculls an Numskulls, p.43 . edges of the covers frayed, Texts browned, fragile. Uncut copy . James Thornton was the brother of the founder of Thornton's bookshop (est. 1835) and uncle of John Henry Thornton the 2nd generation bookseller in Broad street, Oxford. Extremely rare.

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DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED (ED.)

The Spirit Lamp: An Oxford Magazine without News. No. Iv, Friday, May 27, 1892,

. Oxford , James Thorton, 1892, CONTENTS : The Gates Of Gaza III, p.45; Morte D'Amour, p. 48; Short Stories-Both Sides Of The Wall II, p.49; Peri Froibshi-Nil Nisi Bonum, p.53; Causeries Du Vendredi III, p.54; Tekishi Ezetagis, p.57; Lady D'Escarvilles Letters To Her Son, p.58. edges of the covers frayed, Texts browned, fragile. James Thornton was the brother of the founder of Thornton's bookshop (est. 1835) and uncle of John Henry Thornton the 2nd generation bookseller in Broad street, Oxford. Extremely rare.

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FREYTAG, GUSTAV, CLARENCE DAY, PAUL OTLET, COMENIUS

Poster ( 55 X 44 Cm ) in Einer Einmaligen Auflage Von 100 Exemplaren AnläßLich Der 25. Frankfurter Buchmesse Gedruckt

. und vorzüglich denjenigen Verlagen gewidmet, die seit 1949 ununterbrochen an dieser Messe teilnehmen. Kalligraphie: Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt. Dies ist das Exemplar für Friedrich Wittig, Hamburg, Vorsteher des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt am Main, 1962 - 1965. Signiert von Hermann Zapf, Sigfred Taubert und dem Vorsitzenden des Aufsichtrates der ausstellungs- und Messe GMBH. Auf Bütten gedruckt. einmal gefalten in der Mitte, Rand rechts gebräunt. In 4 Farben gedruckt mit Sprüchen über Das Buch, wie z.B. Freytag: Bücher sind die großen Schatzhüter des Menschengeschlects .. und 3 weitere von Clarence Day, Paul Otlet und Comenius. 2 kleine risse unten rechts.

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HAECKEL, ERNST:

Ursprung Und Entwicklung Thierischer Gewebe. Ein Histogenetischer Beitrag Zur Gastrea-Theorie.

. Separat-Abbruck [ = offprint ] aus der Jen. Ueitschrift für Naturwissenschaft, Bd. XVIII N.F. XI. Bd. - Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1884, 8°, [4]71 pp. no front cover. With a signed dedication by the author to Dr. Rudolf Buri dated Jena, 4.8.1894. First Edition! Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919), prominent German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher. He studied medicine and natural philosophy at Würzburg, Berlin, and Vienna, and became professor of zoology, Jean (1865-1908). He is famous for his work on a number of scientific expeditions to Canary Islands (1866-67), Red Sea (1873), Ceylon (1881-82), Java (1900-01), among others. Haeckel was the first German advocate of organic evolution and early supporter of Darwin and evolution. Haeckel enunciated biogenetic law that in the development of the individual animal the stages in the evolutionary history of the postulating species are repeated, postulating as illustration a hypothetical ancestral form (gastraea) represented by the gastrula stage of the individual; first to draw up a genealogical tree relating the various animal orders. His works include Monographie der Radiolaren (1862), Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (1866), Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte Anthropogenie order Entwicklungsgeschichte (1868), des Menschen (1874), Studien zur Gastraeatheorie (1877), Monismus als Band zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft (1892), and Weltratzel (1899). DIF DSB.

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HARDY, C. STUART (ILLUSTRATOR)

Merry Folk. A Book for the Children's Playtime.

. London, Ernest Nister, New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. n.d. [189-] (printed in Bavaria) landscape forma 24 x 28 cm.[61pp.] with 16 fine Chromo Lithographic plates and b/w illustrations in the text by L. Stuart Hardy. Coloured illustrated front board, Red cloth spine, edges & corners worn, text slightly browned. the plates are wonderful [ OCLC Number: 13757254 ] dedication in ink on page opposite first text page with date Christmas 1900.

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HENDRIKS, GRIETJE

De Wonderen Van Gods Vrije Genade, Getoond in de Bekeering Van Grietje Hendriks, in Het 91ste Jaar Haars Ouderdoms, in Detyt Van 16 Weken Door de Heere Geroepen, Gerechtveerdigt, Geheyligt En Verheerlijkt.

. Gestorve den 22. January 1702. Derde druk. 'SGRAVENHAGE, by Johannis Kitto, boekverkoper in de Speuy-straat, 1714, 48 blz. In beschadigd perkament.

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HOLT, VINCENT M.,

Why Not Eat Insects ? [on Dustjacket : Insects, a Victorian Cookery Book .

. With 7 illustrations by Pauk Wakelin (e.g. Purée of woodlice, Candied web sorbet, Chinese style slug stew etc.also striking chapter headings by this illustrator. the original title -- Why Not Eat Insects ? -- published in 1885 was re-issued by Thornton's of Oxford in 1995 with an extra dust jacket bearing the title -- Insects, a Victorian cookery book -- . Also included are 2 menus in French and English. the oroiginal book appeared in 1885 and its title page is also shown on one of the plates. Text entirely re-set from the 1885 edition by Daniel Meeuws. 68pp. ISBN 0854550240, there are 2 editions, each with a different dust jacket, see website for pictures and illustrations. (ISBN: 0854550240) .

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HOLT, VINCENT

Why Not Eat Insects ?

. With 7 illustrations by Pauk Wakelin (e.g. Purée of woodlice, Candied web sorbet, Chinese style slug stew etc.also striking chapter headings by this illustrator. the original title << Why Not Eat Insects ? >> published in 1885 was re-issued by Thornton's of Oxford in 1995 with an extra dust jacket bearing the title > . Also included are 2 menus in French and English. the oroiginal book appeared in 1885 and its title page is also shown on one of the plates. Text entirely re-set from the 1885 edition by Daniel Meeuws. 68pp. ISBN 0854550240, there are 2 editions, each with a different dust jacket, see website for pictures and illustrations. (ISBN: 0854550240) .

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DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES OF JORDAN

Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Volume 57.

. Amman, 2013, 557pp. + Arabic section. Large softback volume .CONTENTS: Preliminary Registration Report of the Second Season of the Danish-German Jarash Northwest Quarter Project 2012 -- / -- Achim Lichtenberger, Rubina Raja, and Annette Hojen Sorensen page 9 -- / -- Preliminary Report of the Second Season of the Danish-German Jarash North-West Quarter Project 2012 Georg Kalaitzoglou, -- / -- Achim Lichtenberger, and Rubina Raja page 57 -- / -- A Preliminary Report of the Tulul adh-Dhahab (Wadi az-Zarqa) Survey and Excavation Seasons 2005-2011 Thomas Pola, -- / -- Hannelore Kroger, Bernd Rasink, Jochen Reinhard, Mohammad Al-Balawnah and Mohammad Abu Abila page 81 -- / -- Tulul adh-Dhahab (Wadi az-Zarqa) Lead Sling Bullets from Terrace I Boris Dreyer page 97 -- / -- Brown University Petra Archaeological Project: The 2011 and 2012 Petra Area and Wadi Silaysil Survey Alex R. Knodell, -- / -- and Susan E. Alcock page 105 -- / -- EastJ3f Jawa: Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age Settlement Activity in al-Harra (North-East Jordan) Bernd Milller-Neuhof, -- / -- with Lorraine Abu-Azizeh, Wael Abu-Azizeh, and Julia Meister page 125 -- / -- The Hellenistic-Nabataean Crypt in Tower Tomb 303, at ath-Thughrah in Petra: Results of the Archaeological and -- / -- Multi-Disciplinary Studies Isabelle Sachet, Nathalie Delhopital, Charlene Bouchaud and Carine Tome Carpentier page 141 -- / -- The Ceramic Assemblage from the Later Phases at Tomb 303: Settlement in Wadi ath-Thughrah During the Islamic Period -- / -- Micaela Sinibaldi page 167 -- / -- Qasr Mushash Survey: First Results of Archaeological Fieldwork in 2011 and 2012 Karin Bartl, Ghazi Bisheh, and Franziska -- / -- Blochandtobias Richter page 779 -- / -- Ghawr as-Safi Excavations 2011 -2012 Konstantinos D. Politis page 195 -- / -- The International Aslah Project (IAP) 2011-2012: Report on the Second and Third Seasons Laurent Gorgerat and -- / -- Robert Wenning with a Note by Laila Nehme page 207 -- / -- Preliminary Report on the Eighth (2012) Season of Excavation by "La Sapienza" University of Rome at -- / -- Khirbat al-Batrawi (Upper Wadi az-Zarqa') Lorenzo Nigro and Maura Sala page 277 -- / -- The 2011 Season of the Late Antique Jarash Project: Results from the Survey Southwest of the Umayyad Congregational Mosque -- / -- Louise Blanke, Hugh Barnes, Marie Broendgaard Jensen, Rune Rattenborg, and Elise Thing page 229 -- / -- Recycling the Valley, Preliminary Report of the 2012 Excavations at Tall Damiyah Lucas Petit page 239 -- / -- The Funerary Topography of Petra Project (FTPP): Preliminary Report on the 2011 Season Lucy Wade son page 247 -- / -- Patterns of Settlement, Abandonment and Re-Use During the Bronze and Iron Ages in Central Jordan: An Analysis of the -- / -- Occupational Histories of Individual Sites Using "Mega-Jordan" Mark D.Green page 269 -- / -- Tall Abu al-Kharaz: The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2012, Fifteenth Season Preliminary Excavation Report -- / -- Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Burge page 285 -- / -- Tall Abu al-Kharaz: The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2013, Sixteenth Season Preliminary Excavation Report -- / -- Peter M. Fischer, and Teresa Burge, with Contributions by A. Lindqvist, B. Stolle, and D. Kofel page 293 -- / -- The Middle Islamic Palace at Karak Castle: A New Interpretation of the Grand Qa'a (Reception Hall) Robin M. Brown page 309 -- / -- 'Awja Sites: Supplementary Investigations of Neolithic Open Sanctuaries in Southernmost Jordan Sumio Fujii, -- / -- Takuro Adachi, Hitoshi Endo and Masatoshi Yamafuji page 337 -- / -- Preliminary Report of the Shawbak North Archaeological Project (SNAP): 2012-2013 Sumio Fujii, Masatoshi Yamafuji, -- / -- Takahiro Odaka and Yui Arimatsu page 359 -- / -- Excavations at Wadi Nadiya 2 and Supplementary Investigations of the Jafr Neolithic Barrage System Sumio Fujii, -- / -- Takuro Adachi, Hitoshi Endo, Masatoshi Yamafuji, Yui Arimatsu and Kazuyoshi Nagaya page 373 -- / -- Petra North Ridge Project: The 2012 Season S. Thomas Parker and Megan A. Perry page page 399 -- / -- Preliminary Results of the First Spanish-Italian Excavation Season at the Jabal al-Mutawwaq Dolmen Field: -- / -- August-September 2012 Valentin Alvarez, Juan Muniz, and Andrea Polcaro pag 409 -- / -- Qusayr 'Amra World Heritage Site: Preliminary Report on Documentation, Conservation and Site Management -- / -- Activities in 2012-2013 Giovanna De Palma, Gaetano Palumbo, Asma Shhaltoug, Ignacio Arce, Chiara Arrighi, -- / -- Angela Atzori, Carlo Birrozzi, Giulia Sara De Vivo, Stefania Di Marcello, Wesam Esaid, Maria Carolina Gaetani, -- / -- Romel Ghraib, Jehad Haron, Hossam Hjazeen, Hussein Khirfan, Ahmed Lash, Marie-Jose Mano, Francesca Mariani, -- / -- Alessandra Meschini, Alex Sarra, and Cristina Tomassetti page 425 -- / -- Qatanah: Rescue Excavation Jehad Haron, Ahmad Lash, and Abdalla Nabu page 441 -- / -- Three Seasons of Excavations at Khirbat Iskandar: 2007, 2010 and 2013 lsi Suzanne Richard, Jesse C. Long (Jr), -- / -- Rikke Wulff-Krabbenhoft, and Susan Ellis page 447 -- / -- 2013 Archaeological Survey in Wadi Qusayba and the Mandah Plateau, Irbid Region, Jordan E. B. Banning, -- / -- P. Hitchings, K. AbuJayyab, Steven Edwards, Rasha Elendari, Kevin Gibbs, Darren Jablonkay, Hossein Al-Jarrah, -- / -- B. Letham, Salim Razzaz, Isaac Ullah, and Rebecca Weston page 463 -- / -- Once More unto the Beach: New Archaeological Research into Jordan's Port on the China Sea KristojferDamgaard -- / -- and MichaelD.Jennings With Contributions by Patrick Lorien, -- / -- Lena Tombs, Aiysha Abu-Laban, Sara Jerichau, and Christina Seye page 477 -- / -- Jarash, Spring 2013 m Rafe' Harahshah, and Jacques Seigne page 503 -- / -- The Iron I Pottery of Khirbat al-Lahun Margreet L. Steiner page 519 -- / -- There Is No Middle Bronze Glacis at Tall Safut: An Examination of the Middle Bronze III Remains Owen Chesnut page 535 -- / -- The 2012 Season of Excavations in the Ancient Khirbat as-Samra Cemetery A. J. Nabulsi, A. Husan, and P. Schonrock-Nabulsi page 557 -- / -- Arabic Section: -- / -- Dhahr as-Saro Roman Tomb Rafe' Harahshah page 7 -- / -- Amman al-Balqa' in the End of Mamluk Period and Beginning of the Ottman Period in the Light of the Excavations -- / -- of Umm Zuwaytinah Basem al-Mahamid and Hanadi al-Taher page 75 -- / -- Nabateans and Petra in Arabic Resources Ahmad Lash page 27.

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MARSHALL, CHARLES & MARSHALL, WILLIAM W.

The Latin Prayer Book of Charles Ii: Or, an Account of the Liturgia of Dean Durel, Together with a Reprint and Translation of the Catechism Therein Contained, with Collations, Annotations and Appendices.

. Oxford, James Thornton, `1880, First Edition xii 203pp hardback, with publisher's catalogue at rear, Archive copy with looseley inserted a handwritten letter by Charles Marshall to the then Mr. thornton, datred 27-2-1882.

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