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Le Monde Fou Préferé au Monde Sage
1733, an early French language edition of Marie Hubin's The World Unmask'd
Marie Huber, though published anonymously
Wetsteins & Smith, Amsterdam, 1733
£50.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Studies in Shakespeare
1849, a first edition of Charles Knight's critical notices
Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1849
£80.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
1910, in an attractive full-leather binding
William Shakespeare, edited by W J Craig
Henry Frowde, London, 1910
£25.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities
1890, with nearly 2000 wood engravings
Anthony Rich
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1890
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
1861, full leather binding with gauffered and gilt page edges
Lord Byron, introduction by Alexander Leighton
W P Nimmo, Edinburgh, 1861
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
L'Aviation Militaire Francaise
1936, a summary of the French air force—seaplanes, flying formations etc
Pierre Barjot, preface by General Vuillemin
J de Gigord, Paris, 1936
£12.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, Silas Marner, and Scenes from Clerical Life
Four George Eliot novels, part only of a set
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1890
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Vie des Martyrs 1914–1916
Georges Duhamel's novel of the Great War
Georges Duhamel, with 19 illustrations by P L Guilbert, engraved by Paul Baudier
Libraire Hachette, Paris, 1929
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream
1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
A Short History of the English People
1877, with Jessel bookplate and juvelnile signature of businessman Oliver Jessel
John Richard Green
Macmillan, London, 1877
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Leather Bound
Manuscript: The Psalms of David in Spanish, c1725
Handwritten copy of all 150 Psalms by Christopher Russell, 17th Foot, Minorca
Lt.-Col. Christopher Russell
Not Published, Minorca, 1725
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Handwritten
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New
1722, an important King James Bible printed by James Watson, Edinburgh
James Watson (Printer), with engraved title within architectural border by Robert Wood
James Watson, Edinburgh, 1722
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato
1793, the first English translation by Thomas Taylor
Plato, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor
Benjamin and John White, London, 1793
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Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
1792, the enlarged second edition of Alexander Adam's classic in an attractive marbled calf binding
Alexander Adam
A Strahan, T Cadell & W Creech, Edinburgh & London, 1792
£120.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Dante's Divine Comedy, Vol 1: Inferno
Venice, 1751. La Commedia di Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Giambatista Pasquali, Venezia (Venice), 1751
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Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Journal of a Route Across India, through Egypt, to England
1819, Fitzclarence's account of the journey, with maps and hand-coloured aquatint plates
Lt.-Col. George August Fitzclarence
John Murray, London, 1819
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Dictionary of the Hausa Language
1968, owned and rebound by British artist David Heathcote
R C Abraham
University of London Press, London, 1968
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Letters from India (Signed copy)
Alun Lewis's letters from active service, signed twice by his wife, Gweno Lewis
Alun Lewis, with a note by Mrs Alun Lewis, and a Preface by A L Rowse
Penmark Press, Cardiff, 1946
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Association Copy
Madame de Maintenon d'apres sa Correspondance Authentique (Signed copy)
Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter
Mathieu Auguste Geffroy
Librairie Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1887
£80.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Leather Bound
They Went
Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Pocket leather edition, illustrated by Herbert Cole
Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, illustrated by Herbert Cole
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1907
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Healing Waters of Israel
or, The Story of Naaman the Syrian. 1873, first edition.
John Ross Macduff
James Nisbet & Co, London, 1873
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Scripture Characters
1822, including Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist
Thomas Robinson
W Baynes, London, 1822
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Beatitudes
1984, limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, signed by publisher, and this copy from the library of John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham etc
St Matthew, designed and published by Edward Burrett
Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1984
£50.00
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