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RAVEN (James) GARSIDE (Peter) & SCHOWERLING (Rainer)
The English Novel 1770-1829: A Bibliographical Survey of Prose Fiction Published in the British Isles.
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (240 x 160 mm), 864; 753pp., orig. cloth. Volume 1 records full details of all known prose novels in English first published in the British Isles from 1770 to 1799, with the second volume continuing on to 1829. Except for some forty titles of which no surviving copy could be found, all the entries are derived from actual examination of the books themselves. A particularly important facet of volume 2 is that information includes a study of the recently discovered Schloss Covey collection of English novels in Germany, the holdings of which, for the years 1796-1834, are more comprehensive than any other library, including the British Library.
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HOWSON (J. S.) & RIMMER (Alfred)
Chester as it was.
First edition, 4to, [4], iii, [1], 39, [1]pp., frontispiece, engraved vignette on title, 10 engraved plates, orig. cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover.
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NICHOLSON (Richard, Architect)
Sketches of the remains of the Abbey Church and conventual Buildings, formerly belonging to Canons of the Order of Saint Augustine, at Worksop, and of the church as restored: with a concise historical and descriptive account, from its foundation to the present Time.
First edition, 4to, [6], 20pp., frontispiece and 15 plates all with Grimsby Public Library stamps on each, margins browned, original boards, quarter calf, spine worn.
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[JUKES (J. B.)]
An Illustrated Hand Book to Charnwood Forest; With an Appendix on the Geology of the District.
New edition, 8vo (210 X 140mm), [4], 99, [1], xxiv + 8pp., of adverts, 2 folding maps, woodcuts in text, archival repair to title and one map, text browned, new cloth with orig. wrapper pasted on upper cover.
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BARTLETT (Henrietta C.)
Catalogue of Early English Books, Chiefly of the Elizabethan Period. Collected by William Augustus White.
First Edition, [x],170pp., one of 500 copies, folding facsimile frontis., orig. buckram, morocco labels lightly rubbed, uncut.
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RODGERS (Joseph)
The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, with an Account of Some Eminent People once resident there.
First edition, 4to, xiii, 445, [1]pp., half-title, frontispiece, decorated title, 48 illustrations on 45 plates, original buckram, gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, a very nice copy.
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[MINERVA PRESS NOVEL. [HOFLAND (Mrs. Barbara)]
Says She to Her Neighbour, What? in Four Volumes. By an Old-Fashioned Englishman.
First edition, 8vo (170 x 105mm), [4], 285, [3, publishers ads]; [4], 291, [1, publishers ads]; [4], 336; [4], 336pp., with half-titles, ex-library copy, neat library label to front-paste down (Sheffield Public Library), library stamp to verso of title, neat blind stamp to first and last leaves, orig. green cloth, red leather spine label lettered in gilt, library number to base of spine, spines chipped and defective (see images supplied). A rare Minerva Press novel by a lady author, JISC locates just 3 copies (BL, Oxford and University of Manchester). Garside, Raven & Schw?erling, 1812: 37.
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WILD (Charles)
An Illustration of the Architecture of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln.
First Edition, folio, [2], iii, [3], 4-38 pp., 3pp list of subscribers, 16 engraved plates all with tissue guards, contemporary half, upper cover detached, spine rubbed.
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FLOWER (John)
Views of Ancient Buildings, in the Town and County of Leicester.
Folio, 26 plates followed by 8 pages of descriptive text and 2 page biography of Flower, orig. calf-backed boards, leather label lettered in gilt on upper cover.
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HOWITT (William)
The Mad War-Planet; And Other Poems.
First edition, xii, 190 + publisher's adverts, presentation inscription from the author to Margaret Foley, orig. green cloth, decorated in gilt and blind.
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LINGWOOD (Lemmon) Editor.
The Illustrated Handbook to Nottingham.
199pp., folding map torn and repaired, numerous illustrs., orig. decorated boards, worn and chipped.
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EGERTON-WARBURTON (R. E.)
Poems, Epigrams and Sonnets.
First edition, viii, 152pp., presentation inscription from the author to his sister Maria Sibylla Bateman to whom the Sonnets on page 139 are addressed, orig. quarter calf, a little rubbed, uncut.
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YONGE (Charlotte Mary)
Stray Pearls. Memoirs of Margaret de Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise.
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xix, [1], 258, [2]; vii, [1], 269, [3]pp., half-titles, cont. presentation inscription on half-title of vol. I, advert. leaf at end of each vol., orig. green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, a good set. Professor Wolff gave his first collection of the novels of Charlotte Yonge to the Houghton Library at Harvard University. Forty-seven titles were donated in 1960, to which he subsequently added a few more making a total of fifty-three. This title was number 46 in the gift collection.
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BRITTON (John)
The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Peterborough: illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans, and details of the architecture of the church, with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment.
First edition, 4to, viii, 88pp., engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates (a little foxed), a very good ex-library copy, later buckram, uncut.
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GREG (W. W.)
A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration.
4 Vols., 4to, 1752pp.,138 plates, orig. cloth. Very detailed; essential reference.
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ROBINSON (C. E.)
A Royal Warren or Picturesque Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck.
First edition, 4to, xiv, 186pp., frontis., plus numerous plates, ex-library, orig. buckram, tears to joints, untrimmed.
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HUTH (Henry)
The Huth Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, Collected by Henry Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions.
5 Vols., 4to (268 x 180 mm), limited to 130, frontis., portrait, a very good ex-library set, later red quarter calf, cloth boards. Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. He began compiling this catalogue late in life, but finding it too time-consuming, he employed W.C. Hazlitt and F. S. Ellis to do most of the work. "With the assistance of Ellis and Hazlitt, Huth had started printing a magnificent catalogue of his library, with full titles of every item and exact collations, both entirely novel features in a library catalogue. The work was completed in five volumes two years after his death and has remained... a corner-stone of British bibliography." De Ricci, p. 151.
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[LEATHES (Matilda)]
Soim?me. A Story of a Wilful Life.
First edition, small 8vo, x, 227, [1] + 32pp., publishers catalogue at end, signature of G[race] Trollope on half-title, some spotting of the text mostly on blank margins, original cloth, head and tail of spine worn, upper cover and spine slightly faded, gilt lettering on spine. Grace Trollope was the wife of Edward Trollope.
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KNOWLES (Sir Charles)
The Conduct of Admiral Knowles on the Late Expedition set in a True Light.
First edition, 8vo, 30pp., woodcut vignette on title, errata slip after title, folding map engraved by T. Jefferys of "La Rade de Basque" and a large folding engraved plate of "Fort de l'Aiguille, Fort Fouras and the Fort in the Island of Aix, and a Prospect of the Land about the Mouth of the River Charante, from Fort de la Aiguille to l'Isle Madame, taken art about 5 Miles distant", disbound pamphlet. Admiral Knowles was second in command with his flag in the "Neptune", under Sir Edward Hawke in the abortive expedition against Rochefort in 1757. Knowles's conduct and the conduct of the military commander, Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, provoked considerable criticism. Knowles was among those reproached for this failure and responded with a pamphlet, "The Conduct of Admiral Knowles on the Late Expedition Set in a True Light, 1758". This met with scant favour, and a notice of it in the Critical Review was so extreme that the editor, Tobias Smollett, was tried for libel and sentenced to a ?100 fine and three months imprisonment. He was superseded in his command and, though he retained his flag in the "Royal Anne", guardship at Portsmouth, he had no further active service in the English navy. Sabin, 38150; Goldsmith, 9428.
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HURRY (Jamison B.)
The Rise and Fall of Reading Abbey.
First edition, 8vo, 120pp., coloured frontis., illustrs., orig. red cloth, gilt.
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MARKHAM (Christopher A.)
The Stone Crosses of the County of Northampton.
First edition, small 4to, xxvii, [1], 123, [1] pp., limited edition, number 131 of 250 copies, half-title, frontispiece, 3 plates, 64 illustrations in the text, original decorated cloth, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, a nice copy.
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KING (Richard J.)
Warsop Parish Registers, with Notes and Illustrations.
First edition, small 8vo, [6], 103, [1]pp., with half-title and terminal errata slip, frontis., folding diagram, inscription erased, orig. green decorated cloth. A rare parish history, no copy in the British Library.
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ROTHSCHILD (Lord)
The Rothschild Library. A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild.
First edition, 2 vols., 4to, xxii, 400; x, 401-840, 60 plates, orig. two-toned cloth, spine lightly faded. The title of every book and pamphlet is given in full, with a description of the binding, collations, bibliographical notes and other points of special interest.
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TORQUAY.
Twenty Four Views and Scenery of Torquay.
Oblong 8vo, 24 engraved views by Rock & Co., all dated between 1860 and 1876, original decorated cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, a nice copy.
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ADAM (William)
The Gem of the Peak; or Matlock Bath and its Vicinity. An Account of Derby; A Tour from Derby to Matlock; Excursions to Chatsworth, Haddon, Monsal Dale, Dovedale, Ilam, Alton Towers, Hardwick, Wingfield, Ashbourne, Buxton, and Castleton, Historical and Geological; brief History of the Fluor Spa, from the earliest period, down to the present time; A Review of the Geology of Derbyshire; Catalogue of Minerals and Rocks, and the Flora of the High and Low Peak......
Fourth Edition, 8vo, xviii, [4], 438, [8] pp., engraved folding map of Derbyshire detached and with small hole on a fold, folding letterpress map of Intaglios, or Derbyshire Gems, 8 tinted lithograph plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, original embossed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, tear on upper hinge, spine faded, uncut, a good copy. Abbey, Scenery, 111.
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COOKE (W. B. & G.)
Source of the Thames [Thames Scenery]. [Sold with:] Descriptions of the Plates of Thames Scenery. Engraved by W. B. Cooke & G. Cooke, from Original Drawings by Eminent Artists.
2 Vols., 'Source of the Thames' plate volume folio (375 x 270 mm), large paper copy, engraved pictorial title and 76 engraved plates on India paper, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco by C. Smith, covers with wide gilt tooled border, spine gilt, upper joint cracked, all edges gilt; 'Descriptions of the Plates' text volume 8vo (230 x 150 mm), [300pp.,], cont. half green morocco, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, spine gilt extra, all edges gilt.
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NOVEL. [SCARGILL (William Pitt)?]
Truth. A Novel by the Author of Nothing. In Three Volumes.
First edition, 3 vols., 8vo (196 x 120 mm), [2], 356; [2], 354; [2], 314pp., title and first preliminary leaf to vol. 1 loose, small neat ownership stamp to head of titles, cont. half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, auctioneers lot number label to upper cover, head and foot of spines a little chipped. Garside, Raven & Sch?werling, 1826:68; Block, p. 241; not in Wolff.
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CHAPONE (Mrs. Hester)
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady.
Firth edition, 2 vols., 12mo, viii, 200; [4], 230pp., cont. calf, rubbed, vol. II lacks upper cover. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate James Martin rubbed and worn.
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[LANGLAND (William)]
Pierce the Ploughman's Crede.
4to (280 x 205 mm), [44]pp., title-page and text printed in red and black, wood engraved headpieces and vignette tailpiece, cont. full red morocco, gilt, a little rubbed. An anonymous alliterative verse satire of 850 lines written between 1393 and 1401, attributed to Langland by Tyrwhitt, Skeat and Jusserand. The poem exists complete in two sixteenth-century paper manuscripts, Trinity College Cambridge MS R. 3. 15 and British Library MS Bibl. Reg. 18. B. XVII; in a fragment, British Library MS Harley 78 (fol. 3r); and in a black-letter edition (London, Reyner Wolfe, 1553) from which this reprint is taken. Provenance: Engraved bookplate of Edward Johnson with his crest stamped in gilt on both upper and lower covers.
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FLORIAN (Jean Pierre Claris de)
Memoirs of William Tell, the Hero of Switzerland. An Interesting Tale. A Free Translation from the French of M. de Florian. To which is added a Biographical Sketch of the Author.
12mo, xii, [13]-164pp., engraved frontis., text a little soiled, cont. calf backed marbled boards, worn, part of marbled paper lacking from upper board.
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NOVEL. [BURNEY (Fanny)]
Evelina; or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. In Two Volumes.
Fifth edition, 2 vols., 8vo (170 x 105 mm), [4], 282; 288pp., cont. calf, early neat reback, contrasting spine labels, a nice set. Provenance: Neat contemporary ink ownership signature of 'D. W. Maxwell, 1821' to titles; armorial bookplate of Laurence A. Waldron to vol. II; bookplate of 'Marino, Killiney' to rear of vol. I.
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LOWENDAHL (Bjorn)
Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
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PERAMBULATION OF THE MANOR OF RINGWOOD.
The Boundaries of the Manor of Ringwood, in the County of Southampton, the property of John Morant Esq., will be perambulated, on Thursday the 23rd. day of October 1828. The Perambulation will commence at 9 o'clock in the forenoon at Streaming Bridge, and will proceed from thence southward; and the Lords of the adjoining Manors, and all other Persons concerned, are requested to attend, by themselves, or their Agents.
4to (258 x 210 mm), 4pp., printed on recto of first leaf only.
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[BRAMSTON (James)]
The Art of Politicks in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry.
8vo, [2], 45, [1]pp., engraved frontis., slightly cropped, cont. ownership signature of Elizabeth Boothby at head of title, some light water-staining, disbound. Foxon, B383.
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[WAGSTAFFE (William)]
A Letter from the Facetious Dr. Andrew Tripe at Bath, to his Loving Brother the Profound Greshamite [John Woodward], shewing, That the Scribendi Cacoethes is a Distemper arising from a Redundancy of Biliose Salts, and not to be Eradicated, but by a Diurnal Course of Oyls and Vomits. With an Appendix of Socrates his Clyster, and The Use of Clean Linnen in Controversy.
First edition,48pp., small stain on title, slight browning of the text, uncut, disbound. "This Letter is an attack on John Woodward, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, who repeatedly came into conflict, on scientific subjects, with members of Tory circles. It is the only one of the pieces printed in Wagstaffe's 'Miscellaneous Works', 1725, of which the authorship is undisputed." - Rothschild. ***** Some of Dr. Wagstaffe's writings have such literary merit, that Charles Wentworth Dilke conjectures that this work was written by Swift, whilst Sir Henry Craik in his 'Life of Swift' said the hypothesis was almost irresistible. Wagstaffe was a physician at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, whether he was also an original satirist influenced by Swift is open to question, but he certainly must have met him quite frequently at the house of his father-in-law, Charles Bernard. Rothschild, 2473 (second edition).
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BROWNELL (William)
Original Poems on Various Subjects.
First and only edition, small 8vo, [2], 114pp., with half-title, ex-library with ownership stamp to recto of title page and library numbers on verso, library buckram, uncut. Rare provincially printed poetry. Rare provincially printed poetry.
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HAMLEY (Bruce)
Lady Lee's Widowhood.
8vo, [4], 416, [16, publishers' adverts]pp., engraved frontis., 11 engraved plates, orig. red brick cloth, gilt, a little faded but still a very good copy. Provenance: Contemporary armorial bookplate of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfield, Bart. signed in ink by Lady Paston-Bedingfield, plus a later bookplate.
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[HOLLES (Denzil, Baron Holles)]
Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, From the Year 1641, to 1648.
First edition, 8vo, xv, [1], 213, 19pp., with half-title, endpapers, half-title and terminal leaf soiled, text age toned, cont. half, rubbed, upper hinge cracked. This appears to be a variant edition to that listed in ESTC "First leaf bears half-title on recto and portrait of Denzil Holles on verso", our copy has the half-title but there is no engraved portrait on the verso as noted by ESTC. Provenance: Early ownership signature of Cha. Craigie 1741 with wax seal; front paste-down signed "George H. Murray, Rollins, Mont[ana] Dec 8, 1939", together with several red ink stamps "G..H. Murrary".
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ROTHSCHILD (Lord)
The Rothschild Library. A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild.
2 Vols., 4to, xxi, 400; viii, 401-840pp., 60 plates, orig. two-toned cloth. The title of every book and pamphlet is given in full, with a description of the binding, collations, bibliographical notes and other points of special interest.
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STEVENSON (Robert Louis)
Virginibus Puerisque and other Papers.
Fine-paper edition, small 8vo, vii, [3], 4-193, [1]pp., half-title, title in red and black, presentation inscription on fly-leaf "J. H. A. Sparrow from Anthony Asquith, December 21st. 1920.", cont. vellum, decorated in gilt. Anthony Asquith was a respected English film director, he was the son of Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister during World War I. Between 1927 and 1964 he directed 40 films, his first successful film was 'Pygmalion' (1938), his later films included 'The Winslow Boy' (1948) and 'The Browning Version' (1951). At the height of the Profumo scandal, Asquith is widely believed to have been the 'man in the mask' at an orgy attended by Stephen Ward, Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies and a host of top establishment figures.
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WANKLYN (Cyril)
Lyme Leaflets.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 147, [1]pp., orig. cream cloth.
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[FARDELL (John George)]
Sprotbrough; or, a Few Passing Notes for a Morning's Ramble.
First edition, royal 8vo, 76pp., tinted lithographed plates and 2 further tinted lithographs, former owners name at head of title 'Frederick L. Wolsey, 1969', orig. cloth blocked in blind, neatly rebacked with original spine laid-down.
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THOMSON (James)
The Castle of Indolence. Introduction by Edmund Blunden. Edited with notes by Alec M. Hardie.
First Printing by the Hong Kong University Press, July 1956, half-title, inscription on fly-leaf by Edmund Blunden, "A Thomsonian curiosity for Douglas Grant's museum, with every affectnts. wish from Edmund Blunden, Hong Kong Castle, 9. ix. 56.", 2pp. 'Recommended List of Books' at end, xix, [3], 80, [2] pp., original cloth, dust wrapper, a nice copy.
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LINCOLN.
The History of Lincoln; Containing an account of the Antiquities, Edifices, Trade and Customs, of that Ancient City; An Introductory Sketch of the County; and Description of the Cathedral. To which is added, an appendix, comprising the charter, and a list of mayors and sheriffs.
First edition, 8vo, viii, [2], 223, [11]pp., engraved frontispiece and 3 further engraved plates, orig. boards, spine a little worn, uncut.
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WALKER (J. Holland)
Links with Old Nottingham. Historical Notes by J. Holland Walker.
Second edition, 4to, 239pp., profusely illustrated, front inner hinge shaken, orig. cloth-backed printed boards.
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GALLATIN (A. E.) & OLIVER (L. M.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm. Soho Bibliographies III.
Small 4to, xii,60pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w.
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FARMER (John S.) Editor.
Apius and Virginia. The Tudor Facsimile Texts.
Small 4to, 6pp., followed by 38pp., collotype facsimile, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, a nice copy. Exact facsimile reprint of the only known edition of 1575.
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BREWSTER (John)
The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton upon Tees: including an Account of the Trade of the Town, the Navigation of the River, and of such parts in the neighbourhood as have been connected with that place. In a Series of Letters; embellished with Views of Public Buildings, &c.
First Edition, 4to, [10], 178pp., with 3pp., list of subscribers, frontispiece (foxed on margins), 7 engraved plates (one folding), orig. boards, early ink signature of 'Ingilby' to upper cover, uncut, backstrip defective.
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RASTALL (W. Dickinson)
A History of the Antiquities of the Town and Church of Southwell, in the County of Nottingham.
First edition, 4to, [14], xii, 486, [6]pp., with 3pp., list of subscribers, large paper copy, frontispiece bound opposite page 37, 14 engraved plates, cont. calf, worn and rubbed, covers detached. Provenance: Three early engraved armorial bookplates to endpapers: Edward Harman, Clay Hill; George Gold; Archibald D. Dawnay.
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NICHOLS (John)
Additional Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Leicester.
4to, ix, [1], 715-1508, [4]pp., only 250 copies printed, this is not surpassed by Nichols 8 volume history of the county, portrait 40 engraved plates (some folding), cont. tree calf, joints cracked, spine gilt, contrasting morocco spine label lettered in gilt 'Bibliotheca Topograhica II'. This work forms the Eighth Volume of the 'Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica'.
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