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The Stranger's Guide through the City of York and its Cathedral

By: N/A

Price: $70.00

Publisher: York, Bellerby & Sampson's: 1846

Seller ID: 14067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Map, folding; engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 179 pages; Snug attractive copy in original ribbed green cloth with architectonic Cathedral design stamped in blind to both boards. Title lettering brightly in gilt to cover; spine unlettered, as issued. Folding plan at front is very neat with only a short closed tear at the margin edge. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts in text, some number of steel plate engravings. Cloth a trifle faded at spine; superficial rub and bumping to corners. Handsome copy; VG++
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The New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B. N. R. D. Family, in a Series of Poetical Epistles

By: (Anstey, Christopher)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pall-mall London, J. Dodsley: 1770

Seller ID: 37996

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fair

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages; 7th edition. Period calf leather. Rear board detached; upper board tenuously attached by cords. Boards chipped at corner and spine ends; some shallow chipping from leather along the rear joint. Decorative monogram in manuscript to front pastedown. Half-title and frontis present but front blanks lacking. Damp staining to top margins of the page stock. Binding or restoration copy. Fair only thus
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Cornwall and the Cornish

By: A. K. Hamilton Jenkin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd: 1933

Seller ID: 38871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

B&W Photos and Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages; Soundly bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine. A little bit of damp bubbling to cloth adjacent to the joints and light soling to rear board. Mild dhself rubbing to cloth at spine ends; some of the b&w plate leaves show a mild damp ripple but no discoloration orstaining to pages of the book. G++
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The Church of England cleared from the charge of schism upon testimonies of councils and fathers of the first six centuries

By: Allies, T. W

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, James Burns: 1846

Seller ID: 28160

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 204 pages; Soundly bound in original blue green cloth with paper title label to spine. Cloth color fading at spine; title label surface rubbed and soiled with title lettering partially effaced. Shallow, small chip from cloth at crown; two short rub throughs to cloth along the rear spine edge. Corners light bumped with mild abrasion/fray to cloth. Period gift and ownership signatures to front endpages. Later bookplate of an H. Mather of Trinity, Cambridge is mounted to front pastedown. Text clean and unmarked save for some light foxing to the first few leaves, ...
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Ten Discourses on the Communion Office of the Church of England, With an Appendix

By: Anderson, Robert

Price: $145.00

Publisher: London, J. Hatchard and Son: 1835

Seller ID: 30047

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 372 pages; HC in original drab paper covered boards with title lettered paper label to spine. 1st edition. Contents soundly bound and clean. Paper over boards chipped at spine ends with creasing and partial splits along the spine edge. Title label with chips, creases and soiling but legible with complete lettering. Prior ownership in manuscript and with a small circular ink stamp to the front endpage. Sound decent copy which would benefit with some minimal restoration/rebacking. Uncommon. G+
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Must it be War?

By: Angell, Norman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Labour Book Service: 1939

Seller ID: 27445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; HC in original red cloth with block areas of cover and spine in black with black title and pictorial vignette designs to cover and spine. Soundly bound and clean; cloth crimped and lightly rubbed at spine ends; front corners a little bumped and bruised. Cloth and title design a little dulled at spine. Expected light toning to page stock. G++ to VG-
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A Glass of Pale Ale and a Visit to Burton

By: Anon

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Burton, Bass Museum: 1977

Seller ID: 34495

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Maps, engraving reproductions - most fold-out; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 32 pages; Paperback in pictorial wraps; a facsimile reprinting of the 1880 original for the Bass Museum. Snugly bound and very neat; spine unlettered, as issued. Illustrated with several well done reproductions of period wood cut engravings and a toned map, folding out in several panels. Prior owner name penned top corner of front endpage. Solid fresh and neat. VG to VG+
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The Life of Richard Earl Howe ; Admiral of the Fleet, and General of Marines

By: Barrow, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1838

Seller ID: 35308

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Folding facsimile manuscript leaves; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; In original textured blue cloth with decorative patterns in blind and titles in gilt to spine. Ex-library copy with expected institutional attachments and indications. Cloth rubbed and fraying at spine ends. Small open scrape to cloth mid-spine. Scattered occasional underlining in old blue and red wax pencil and some in more recent ballpoint. Two leaf signature including title page and tissue guarded frontispiece is loose from the binding and laid in. Original edition in ex-lib copy decent reading or restoration copy. I...
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Little Mr. Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green; Also Tales of College Life

By: Bede, Cuthbert

Price: $27.50

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 1893

Seller ID: 37747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

B&W drawings and woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 292 pages; HC 1st edition, issued in a limited edition of 250 copies, this copy numbered 93 on the limitation leaf. Snugly bound in original dark green cloth with paper title label to spine. Illustrated with engraved portrait of the author as frontis, extra illustrated title page and b&w drawings and cuts in-text throughout. . Just slightly shelf cocked in the spine with trace shelf tapping to board corners. VG or better
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An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre, To Which is Annexed, Her Original Letter to John Calcraft. [Dublin, 2nd Edition, in 3 Volumes]

By: Bellamy, George Anne and Alexander Bicknell

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Dublin, Moncrieffe, Burnet, Jenkin, et. al.: 1785

Seller ID: 20030

Binding: 1/2 leather

Condition: Very Good

16mo 6" - 7" tall; 2nd edition. In three volumes, complete. Bindings uniform in mid 19th century 1/2 leather and marbled paper boards with spines in six compartments, gilt tooled and with black morocco title lables bright and neat. First two volumes reference the work as a two volume set with the third volume of her letter to Calcraft etc, referencing the work as one of three volumes. [8], 330, 299, [19], vii, 232 pp. Highly polished ochre calf leather lightly rubbed at front edges and corners; lightly sun faded at spines. Just light shelf rub to paper at board edges. Contents bright ...
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Old London [In 4 Volumes]: Portrait of an English Gentleman (Georgian) ; Janet (Victorian) ; Friend of the Rich (Mid-Victorian) ; the Unwanted (Edwardian)

By: Benson, E. F. & Reginald Birch (Illust)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton-Century Co.: 1937

Seller ID: 34167

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Georgian; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 volumes, boxed. 1st edition, 1st printings. All 4 volumes snugly bound and very neat, feeling generally unread. Original pictorial dust jackets are crisp edged with bright panels but with some just mild sunning/toning to the spines. A bit of shallow superficial nicking to jackets at spine ends. In original pictorial slipcase which is sound but a little toned and with some rubbing and wear at joints. Pictorial jacket and box designs along with pictorial endpages from illustrations by Reginald Birch. Books NF to Fine in VG+ dust jackets and VG- slipcase. .....
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Alma Mater; A Profound Study of a Great University

By: Benstead, Charles R. & Edgar Norfield (Illus. )

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Muller Ltd: 1985

Seller ID: 21901

ISBN: 0584111193

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Cartoons; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 152 pages; Bright, tight and fresh in uniformly bright and crisp edged pictorial dust jacket. Small red streak to the rear panel of the dust jacket; otherwise unmarked. Illustrated with B&W cartoons. NF/NF-
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The Lancashire Gentry and the Great Rebellion, 1640-60

By: Blackwood, Brian D.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Manchester University Press: 1978

Seller ID: 39342

ISBN: 0719013348

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Remains, Historical And Literary, Connected With The Palatine Counties Of Lancaster And Chester, 3Rd Ser. , V. 25. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; HC snugly bound in original blue boards with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Solid, bright and clean; two pages with shallow corner crease. Lacking dst wrapper but otherwise bright and very neat. VG
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The Revival Of Popery, Its Intolerant Character, Political Tendancy, Encroaching Demands, And Unceasing Usurpations: Detailed In A Series Of Letters To William Wilberforce: With an Appendix; Containing Copious Extracts from the Notes, Inculcating Persecution, Which Are Annexed to the Authorized Roman Catholic Bible, and Remarks on the Wilful Corruption of Holy Scripture.

By: Blair, William

Price: $110.00

Publisher: London, Ogle, Duncan & Co: 1819

Seller ID: 28349

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; In original light blue paper covered boards, though with original spine lacking and backed with heavy black cloth tape. Bookplate of "The Hope Trust" mounted to front pastedown. Tears in the gutter margin of the front blank and title page unprofessionally mended with transparent tape, with only a tiny snag with loss to the front blank. Rear blank endpages lacking, but text is complete and clean. Edges untrimmed. Text block solid and decent with original boards. Good only
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Kent and the Cinque Ports

By: Boorman, H. R. Pratt

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kent, England, Kent Messenger: 1957

Seller ID: Alibris.0001597

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

4to 11" - 13" tall; 167 pages; Square snug binding; original dust jacket edge rubbed with several small chips and a few closed edge tears. Gift inscription (possibly to the then CEO of Armstrong Industries) alludes to the conference for the Intl 5 year plan for Armstong held at Kent in 1960. Just a touch of light shelf rub bottom edge of boards and light shelf dust top edge. Profusely illustrated with superbly printed b&w photographs VG/VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Romano Lavo-Lil

By: Borrow, George

Price: $55.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1905

Seller ID: 29023

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Attractive bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, designed and engraved by noted historian of American printmaking, David McNeely Stauffer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Snugly bound in original green cloth with decorative border ruling to cover in aqua blue and title lettering brightly in gilt to spine. Cloth lightly pul; led and slightly rubbed at spine ends. Light/moderate general flecking to the color of the cloth boards; a bit of silverfish predation to the cloth along the front edge of the upper board. Top edge brillinatly in gilt; front edge slightly foxed. Mounted to front pastedown...
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Boswell; the Great Biographer, 1789-1795

By: Boswell, James; Marlies K. Danziger & Frank Brady (Eds. )

Price: $49.50

Publisher: New York, NY, Mcgraw-Hill: 1989

Seller ID: 11866

ISBN: 0070153744

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell; Facsimile Paintings and engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; 1989 McGraw Hill. HC/DJ. 1st edition and printing w/ complete 1-10 number line. Bright, snug and clean. No marks to text. Small remainder mark bottom edge. Dust jacket quite crisp and clean. NF/NF Uncommon in condition.
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The Story Of English Abbeys Told In Counties; Volume II: the Eastern Counties

By: Bradley, Edith

Price: $37.50

Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1939

Seller ID: 29020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

B&W Photographs;; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages; Square, snug and very neat in original wraparound pictorial dust jacket with 10s. 6d. Price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket just lightly shelf rubbed at edges, with a little nicking to spine ends. Prior owner's judicious application of archival paper mending tape to reinforce superficial fray at crown of the jacket's spine panel. Small bookplate of Herbert Boyce Satcher, a vicar of St. Aidan's Parish mission to Trinity Church of Oxford. A pair of newspaper reviews tipped to the verso of the half-title page. Illustrated with photog...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions

By: Brand, John and Henry Ellis, (Ed. )

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Henry G. Bohn: 1846

Seller ID: 17549

ISBN: 1108036465

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Volume I; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 539 pages; HC in publisher's ornately blind stamped green cloth; title lettering in gilt to spine. Volume I, only. Revised and enlarged by Ellis, this is the 3rd edition. Cloth at spine lightly faded with gilt titling just a little dulled. Top front corners of boards show dullness caused by damp. Top corner of the first and last several leaves with a light damp line. Soundly bound and internally clean. Prior ownership effaced top edge of half-title and a subsequent ownership below. VG-
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Intercepted Letters; Or, the Twopenny Post-Bag . to Which Are Added, Trifles Reprinted by Thomas Brown, the Younger

By: Brown, Thomas (Pseud. ) ; [Thomas Moore]

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, J. Carr: 1813

Seller ID: 38095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 111 pages; Printed by C Whittingham. 1st edition. 12mo. Soundly bound in contemporary 1/2 green grained morocco leather and marbled paper boards. [i-v] - xvi; 111 pp. No ads at rear. Half -title present with two blanks at front and rear. Engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Benjamin Archer to front pastedown. Offset toning and foxing from the bookplate o the first several leaves. An old manuscript note to the half-title page - "First edition - Scarce" All edges marbled. Leather lightly shelf rubbed at spine ends and corner tips. Moderate foxing to front a...
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Category: England