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London: John Harris, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, good and strong. Contents clean and tight,… Read more about this item

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London: Tho. Bennet, 1700. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo [20 x 12.5 cm]. pp. 516, with the folding plate at p. 82. Collation: endpaper, title page, Preface, Errata, The Contents, advert for another work by Tho Bennet, main text, appendix, addenda. Contemporary dark leather gilt on red title lable to the spine, sound binding. Very… Read more about this item

London: John Harris, 1828. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, a little rubbing to the head/tail of the… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. Second Edition. 12mo (11 x 16cm). title pages to both volumes, half title to volume II. Contemporary half polished calf binding with marbled paper covered boards, four raised bands to the spine, red title and and brown vol. no. labels, extensive gilt decoration to spines. Bindings very good… Read more about this item

London: J Harris, Scatcherd and Letterman, Lackington and Co.; Darton and Harvey..., 1815. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Seventeenth Edition. 12mo. pp.xiv 224, frontispiece plate, title page. Leather spine with gilt lines and title, marbled paper covered boards, original, good, some general wear and corners rounded, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, name in ink, Alexander, to the front… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Antoins Michils, 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. [3-14), 15-360, [9]. Title page printed in red and black, preface, Esope in Belle Humeur (printed in red and black), La Vie D'Esope (The life of Aesop); Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text, plus head and… Read more about this item

London: J. Sewell, 1790. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Eight volumes , Vol.17 1790, Vol.18 Jun - Dec.1790; Vol.19 Jan - June. 1791; Vol. 20 Jun - Dec. 1791; Vol. 21 Jan - June. 1792; Vol. 22 July - Dec. 1792; Vol. 23 missing, Vol. 24 July - Dec. 1793; Vol.… Read more about this item

London: B. Fellowes, 1846. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition. Sm 4to. pp 725 portrait frontispiece with tissue guard and index to rear. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decoration, some edge-wear, general wear and rubbingI. Contents clean and tight. A very good sound copy..

London: Grolier Society, 1900. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. Limited Edition. Royal 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm). Complete 15 volume set; Edition De Luxe, this set numbered 990 of 1,000 copies. Collection of ten literary biographies [see below], beautifully bound in an elegant and refined "arts and crafts" style; contemporary three-quarter green morocco, gilt-decorated spines including floral motifs highlighted in… Read more about this item

London: J. Hatchard and Son (Printed at Rouen By Nicetas, 1841. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. Royal 8vo (15 X 22.5cm). "Printed at Rouen by Nicetas Periaux"; pp. xvii, [3], 152; steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon with tissue guard, and lithograph of "Rouen from the heights of St. Catherine" ( lithographed by Champin) with original tissue guard;… Read more about this item

Japan, 1880. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 11cm x 17cm. Considered to be from the Edo/Meiji period. Original woodblock printed book of warriors. Complete with 34 vibrant illustrations and text. Paper covers alittle warn and creased. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy with bright colours..

Japan, 1870. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 11cm x 17cm. Considered to be from the Edo/Meiji period around 1870. Original woodblock printed book of supernatural tales. Complete with 16 double page illustrations and text, two colours to most blocks. Each set within a black border. Spine a little worn and frayed, paper covers good, some creasing. Contents clean… Read more about this item

London: Printed and Published by William Corbett, 1825. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo. Unpaginated but circa 340 pages, index. Contemporary green half polished calf binding with pink marbled paper boards, very good with a little general wear and light rubbing.Contents clean and tight, original end papers, front end paper and front blank with several old knocks… Read more about this item

London: Printed by and for j. Smith, 1822. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 8vo (14 x 21.5cm). Pp. viii, 400; b/w lithographic frontispiece plate of Lady Hamilton; four further b/w engraved plates. Full polished green calf with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine, extensive blind-stamped decoration to the boards, with gilt border, binding very good and strong… Read more about this item

Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1814. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [4], 391; engraved portrait plates of Sully and Henri IV bound in at the front, engraved facsimile folding letter bound in at p. 281. Contents: engraved plates, Tables Des Matieres, title page, text. Text: Portraits historiques de Henri IV par Sully p. 1, par… Read more about this item

London: Printed by John Nichols ...and Sold by John Harris, 1826. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, 672; with general title page and separate title page for each month, 18 full-page plates (in accordance with index to plates). Modern quarter leather with marble paper-covered boards, spined faded, otherwise very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions.… Read more about this item

[Printed by R. Schilders]: [Middelburg], 1606. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto. Printer not cited - details from ESTC; pp. [6], [1], 2-66 [Signatures: A-I4]. Later Victorian [?] binding of black morocco with plain dark green pebbled-cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Head/tail of the spine chipped otherwise very good. Contents remarkably good, clean and… Read more about this item

Birmingham: Christopher Earl, 1770. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. 4to. With 10 (of 12) full page engraved copper-plates.(according to the directions for placing the plates, the frontispiece plate of Josephus and plate 2 Noah's Ark are missing, but both engraved maps are present - A Plan of the Journeys of the Israelites and A Map of the Holy Land). … Read more about this item