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Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1891 Portrait frontispiece; Introduction by Arthur James Balfour; Hardback: red cloth decorated in black; Spine a little faded and frayed at head and foot, covers lightly stained, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, vg+

Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1875 Coloured map; 96 illustrations, head-pieces, borders and initial letters, 6 full-page; Illustrators include Charles Altamont Doyle; 1 initial letter printed in red, title-page printed in gilt, red and black; A frontispiece is listed but is not present, though there is also no sign of its removal; Leather-Bound Hardback: half green calf decorated in gilt and blind on green boards, red leather lettering-piece, quarto; Head of spine frayed, corners rubbed, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, 4 leaves of text slightly torn (no loss), otherwise text and illustrations clean, overall a near fine copy.

Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1911 2 plates; Hardback: blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Top board slightly bowed, some staining to covers, corners rubbed, prelims foxed, previous owner's name to front free end-paper and minor notes to a rear blank and rear pastedown, g+

First Edition, A. & C. Black, London, 1930 8 colour plates, 8 black & white plates, end-paper illustrations and 23 illustrations in the text by the author; Hardback: quarter blue cloth decorated in gilt on patterned boards, illustrated paper label to top board, quarto; Boards a little bowed, corners rubbed, binding slightly pulling at foot, previous owner's contemporary inscription to front free end-paper, small scribble on frontispiece, 1 black & white plate torn at foot (no loss).

Set of 2 Volumes, 1st Editions, Virtue, London, 1866 Extra engraved title-page to each volume; 43 plates; 42 text illustrations; "A Historical Account of its Principles and Practice, exemplified in their rise, progress and development"; 1598 pages in total; Leather-Bound Hardbacks: half brown calf decorated in gilt and blind on blue ribbed cloth, spine panelled with raised bands, black lettering-pieces, marbled edges, quarto; Some signs of use, slight damage to lower hinge of each volume, a little scraping to the calf, a handsome set; This is a very heavy set and may require extra postage if ordered from outside the UK.

London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1816 Tissue-guarded frontispiece; Folding map; "With a comparative view of the past and present state of society and manners; containing also biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with that island"; Leather-Bound Hardback: full brown patterned calf decorated in gilt, spine panelled, gilt returns, all edges and end-papers marbled; Text and illustrations clean, but binding defective, top board detached, spine worn and lacking half of bottom panel, g+

Set of 3 Volumes, 1st Editions thus, Nonesuch Press, London, 1925 No. 584 of a limited edition of 1500 copies produced by Francis Meynell on Vidalon Handmade Paper; Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece; 58 other plates, 1 double-page; 26 text tillustrations; Edited with a preface by Geoffrey Keynes; Hardbacks: quarter vellum decorated in gilt on marbled boards, large quartos; Vellum a little dirtied, corners rubbed, tissue-guard to frontispiece defective, a near fine set.

1st Edition, Longmans Green, London, 1903 20 colour plates by the author; Hardback: grey cloth elaborately decorated in black, red, brown and white, illustrated title-page, folio; Top board somewhat scraped and with 2 small stains, 1 page of text torn (no loss), 1 plate and 2 pages of text frayed at front edge (no loss), a little fingering to the plates, vg.

London: Richard Atkins, 1700 "Gathered out of the Statutes, and Books of the Common Laws of this Kingdom...To which is added an Appendix or Supplement, Containing a Collection of the Statutes touching Sheriffs made since Mr. Dalton's Writing...With a new and copious Table...Purged from the Errors of all former Impressions"; Originally published in 1648; Leather-Bound Hardback: full brown calf, spine panelled with raised bands, red leather lettering-piece, later (nineteenth century?) calf to spines and corners; Some rubbing to calf, front hinge tender, 3 previous owners' names to head of title-page, vg.

1970 6 maps; 40 illustrations; Expedition led by the famous British explorer John Blashford-Snell, then a Captain in the Royal Engineers; "The aim of the expedition was to make a scientific survey of the Great Abbai or Blue Nile and certain of its tributaries, all within Ethiopia. The aim of this report is to record the execution and results of the expedition"; From the collection of Nigel J.R. Sale, Deputy Leader of the Expedition with his typescript "The Great Abbai Expedtion - A Diary of 'B' and 'N' Groups"; The diary 30 bound typescript pages with a map and 30 photographic illustrations; The main report paperback, quarter blue cloth on blue paper wrappers illustrated in black, the diary hardback; Both near fine.

Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray, 1925 4 plates; Hardback: blue patterned cloth letterd in gilt; Spine slightly faded, light foxing, 2 previous owners' names to front free end-paper, vg+

London: Collins, 1938 9 tissue-guarded colour plates and 45 black & white illustrations by the author; Hardback: bright green cloth decorated in gilt, gilt illustration to top board, small folio; Binding slightly slanted, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, still near fine in less fine chipped dustwrapper faded on spine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Methuen, 1923 Title-page drawing and 50 plates by the author; Hardback: glazed boards, Bateman cartoon to top board, large quarto; Some cover wear, sections of the spine secured with tape, binding starting to crack a little, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, plates clean vg-

Set of 5 Volumes, Paschoud, Geneva, 1804 The second edition, revised and corrected; Translated from German into French by Isabelle de Montolieu; Attractive contemporary bookseller's ticket (Martin Kene, Dublin) to each front pastedown; Leather-Bound Hardbacks: full brown calf decorated in gilt and blind, spines panelled, marbled end-papers and edges, silk markers; Light rubbing to calf, labels lacking from spines, front hinges of volumes1 and 2 tender, contemporary owner's inscription to each title-page, a very nice set.

1st Edition, no publisher given, London, 1680 "For the Sessions of Parliament Begun at Westminster the 21. day of October, 1678. and continued until the 30. day of December next following, being then. Prorogued. In which is contained the first Discovery of the Popish Plot by the King to the Two Houses of Parliament. As also the Accusation and Impeachment of the Earl of Danby with many other Remarkable Transactions, never before so fully and truely Published"; An account of the Popish Plot; Leather-Bound Hardback: quarter brown calf decorated in gilt on marbled boards, spine panelled, edges marbled; Title-page dirtied, incorrect date (1678) on foot of spine, some signs of use, but a near fine copy of a interesting old book.

First Edition, J. Smith, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 1817 Folding hand-coloured map; 2 volumes bound in one; "Including its Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures. Memoirs of Eminent Natives; Statistical Tables; and every species of information connected with the local history of the county. With a succinct account of the Rise and Progress of the Staffordshire Potteries."; 830 pages in total; Leather-Bound Hardback: half black calf decorated in gilt on brown boards, spine panelled with raised bands, all edges marbled, orange-brown end-papers; Light scuffing to binding, map slightly torn (no loss), title-page dirtied at edges, tightly bound.

First Edition, James Bowden, London, 1899 Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 3 other plates by Ernest Prater; Dartt p. 93; Scarce; Hardback: green cloth decorated in gilt, black, orange, blue and white, bevelled edges; Light cover wear, corners rubbed, no half-title present, binding just starting to pull, vg+

London: Harrap, 1946 First Edition; No. 126 of a limited edition of 165 copies signed by the author; 12 colour plates; 57 black & white illustrations; Foreword by H.S. Altham; Leather-Bound Hardback: quarter red morocco on buff boards, decorated in gilt and black, spine panelled with raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated end-papers,; Spine a little faded and boards slightly dirtied, partly unopened, a few pages roughly opened, vg+ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Dublin: John Adams, 1806 "Candidates: Lieut.-Gen. Ban. Tarleton. Major-General Isaac Gascoyne, and Wm. Roscoe, Esq."; Inscribed on front free end-paper: "Given to Richard D Holt by Henry Yates Thompson March 1904": Thompson 1838-1928) was the proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette and made a famous collection of manuscripts, Holt (1868-1941) was a right-wing Liberal politician and MP for Hexham; Hardback: late nineteenth century red cloth decorated in gilt on spine, yellow end-papers; Title-page stained, 4 leaves a little torn (no loss), a vg copy of a scarce tightly-bound ephemeral item.

Third Edition, Longman and Buckland, London, 1772 "Containing I. An Essay. and II. Lessons. to which are added, a Table of the Lessons; and an Index of the various Passions and Humours in the Essay and Lessons"; Mutiple contemporary ownership inscriptions (Agnes Craggs 1781) to end-papers and half-title; Leather-Bound Hardback: full brown calf, spine panelled with raised bands and gilt lines; Calf worn, corners rubbed, vg.