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An Original Wager. Being a Veracious Account of a Genuine Bet. By "A Vagabond." (pseud).
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1895. First edition. 8vo., orig. tan pictorial cloth, x, 318, (2)pp.ads. Some wear to spine ends o/w near fine.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1895. First edition. 8vo., orig. tan pictorial cloth, x, 318, (2)pp.ads. Some wear to spine ends o/w near fine.
| $150 | Book Number: 7487 | Order / Enquire |
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Lubin And Rosetta; Or Love and Innocence. A Pastoral Tale.
London: Printed And Sold By Dean and Murray, nd. (181-?) 12mo., cont. half leather, marble boards, 36pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
Block p.145 notes London: Dean & Murray, 1811, Not in BM, Not in Summers.
London: Printed And Sold By Dean and Murray, nd. (181-?) 12mo., cont. half leather, marble boards, 36pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy.
Block p.145 notes London: Dean & Murray, 1811, Not in BM, Not in Summers.
| $450 | Book Number: 7526 | Order / Enquire |
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Among the Red Indians; Or, The Triumph of the Gospel in the Land of the Wigwam and the Tomahawk. Kilmarnock: John Ritchie, nd. (191-?) 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth, no pagination. A fine copy.
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Lives of Celebrated Women. By the Author of "Peter Parley's Tales." (psued. )
Boston: Geo. C. Rand, 1852. Sm. 8vo., full calf, 352pp. Prelims have a bit of foxing o/w a nice copy.
Short accounts of literary and political women.
Boston: Geo. C. Rand, 1852. Sm. 8vo., full calf, 352pp. Prelims have a bit of foxing o/w a nice copy.
Short accounts of literary and political women.
| $75 | Book Number: 9871 | Order / Enquire |
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The Canadian Lawyer: A Handy Book of the Laws, For the Use of Merchants, Farmers and Mechanics.
Toronto: Willing and Williamson, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. beige cloth stamped in black, 352pp. Name rubberstamped on titlepage and table of contents, name written in ink on upper cover but o/w a near fine copy.
Toronto: Willing and Williamson, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. beige cloth stamped in black, 352pp. Name rubberstamped on titlepage and table of contents, name written in ink on upper cover but o/w a near fine copy.
| $185 | Book Number: 32949 | Order / Enquire |
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Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment. London: James Nisbet, 1879. New edition. Small 8vo., orig. red cloth, 176, (4)pp. Inner hinges cracked, cloth stained, a good copy only.
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Untrodden Fields of Anthropology Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of a Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being A Record of Thirty Years' Experience in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania. By a French Army-Surgeon. (pseud.) New York: Privately Re-Issued by the American Anthropological Society, nd. (1930?) Two volumes in one. (as issued). Tall 8vo., cloth, xxxi, 309, viii, 401pp. Some light rubbing o/w a very good copy.
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Adventures of Famous Travellers In Many Lands. With Descriptions of Manners, Customs, and Places.
New York: Lovell, nd. (188-?) Orig. dec. cloth, 299pp. Very good.
New York: Lovell, nd. (188-?) Orig. dec. cloth, 299pp. Very good.
| $45 | Book Number: 12227 | Order / Enquire |
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Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys To the North of England In Latin and English Verse.....Together With Bessy Bell. To Which is Now Added, (Never Before Published) the Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chase, In Latin and English Verse. London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1822. A new edition, "Printed From the Edition of 1778." 8vo., orig. paper boards, paper spine label, 203, (6)pp.index, (3)pp.ads. The top and bottom of the spine are missing, approximately 2" from the top and 3" from the bottom o/w a nice copy.
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History of the Mormons Or, Latter-Day Saints. With Memories of The Life and Death of Joseph Smith, The "American Mahomet."
Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. "Second Thousand" (so stated). 8vo., orig. cloth, (viii), 399, (2)pp.ads. Slight foxing, some rubbing, a very good copy.
Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. "Second Thousand" (so stated). 8vo., orig. cloth, (viii), 399, (2)pp.ads. Slight foxing, some rubbing, a very good copy.
| $350 | Book Number: 32943 | Order / Enquire |
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The Romance of Travel: Comprising Adventures In Foreign Countries, And Descriptions of Manners, Customs, and Places. By An Old Traveller. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1858. 8vo., orig. cloth, 299pp. Spine gilt a bit dull o/w fine. Travels to the bull fights in Spain, Jamaica; seal hunting in Greenland; Italian banditti; Scoresby the Whaler, and others.
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In Memory of the late Hon. William Costello Kennedy .... NP: (printed by Hunter Rose, nd.) Tall 8vo., flexible leather, 44pp. Rubber stamps o/w very good.
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Jeems Kaye: His Adventures and Opinions. Third Series. With Sixteen Original Page Illustrations by J.E. Christie.
Glasgow: W. & R. Holmes, nd. (188-?) Tall 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, 100, (6)pp. ads. Wrappers chipped at spine ends, some soiling o/w a good copy of a delicate item.
Glasgow: W. & R. Holmes, nd. (188-?) Tall 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, 100, (6)pp. ads. Wrappers chipped at spine ends, some soiling o/w a good copy of a delicate item.
| $45 | Book Number: 15892 | Order / Enquire |
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The Scientific Approach To Chronic Alcoholism.
New York: Research Council On Problems of Alcohol, (1946?) Orig. wrappers, 32pp. Fine.
New York: Research Council On Problems of Alcohol, (1946?) Orig. wrappers, 32pp. Fine.
| $75 | Book Number: 33230 | Order / Enquire |
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Hannah G. Matheson Social Worker. An Appreciation.
NP, no publisher, (1933). 8vo., orig. wrappers, (16)pp. Name on cover o/w near fine.
Matheson worked as a social worker in Toronto.
NP, no publisher, (1933). 8vo., orig. wrappers, (16)pp. Name on cover o/w near fine.
Matheson worked as a social worker in Toronto.
| $25 | Book Number: 19202 | Order / Enquire |
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The Duchess Renee and Her Court. New York: American Tract Society, (1872). 12mo., orig. cloth, 200pp. Some wear to extremities o/w a very good copy.
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Travels In England and Wales. Compiled from The Most Authentic and Recent Authorities.
Dublin: Printed by Thomas L. White, 1832. Later edition. 12mo., full cont. calf, 172pp. Outer hinge starting o/w very good.
Dublin: Printed by Thomas L. White, 1832. Later edition. 12mo., full cont. calf, 172pp. Outer hinge starting o/w very good.
| $200 | Book Number: 19448 | Order / Enquire |
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Sketches Of The Tower of London, As A Fortress, A Prison, and A Palace. Beautifully Illustrated from Photographs by Mr. A. Harman.....Also, A Guide to the Armories. London: J. Wheeler, nd. (1869). 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, 44pp. Light wear to spine ends and corners o/w a very nice copy of a delicate item.
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Joel Bulu: The Autobiography of a Native Minister In The South Seas. Translated by a Missionary. London: T. Woolmer, 1887. Ninth thousand, so stated. 12mo., orig. pictorial red cloth, 126pp. Bookplate, dampstain on lower edge of front and rear pastedown and free e/papers which affects the lower boards very slightly o/w a very nice copy. Work of Bulu which took place mainly in Fiji.
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Album of the Poets' Club For 1895. Hon. President William Alllan. M.P. Secretary J.Knox Christie. Edinburgh: P.H. Johnston & Co., nd. (1895). Tall square 8vo., orig. blue cloth dec. in gilt, 72pp. Covers somewhat bowed o/w a fine copy.
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Memoires Secrets d'un Tailleur pour Dames par une Femme masquee.
Brussels: Gay et Douce, 1880. First edition. 1 of 100 copies. 8vo., cont. dark blue three quarter morocco, marble boards, raised bands, single gilt dec. in compartments, T.E.G., 162pp. Small hole in outer margin of pp.157-162 not affecting text o/w a fine copy of a pretty book.
Alfred Rose Register of Erotic Books #2937.
Brussels: Gay et Douce, 1880. First edition. 1 of 100 copies. 8vo., cont. dark blue three quarter morocco, marble boards, raised bands, single gilt dec. in compartments, T.E.G., 162pp. Small hole in outer margin of pp.157-162 not affecting text o/w a fine copy of a pretty book.
Alfred Rose Register of Erotic Books #2937.
| $250 | Book Number: 22617 | Order / Enquire |
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary and Descriptive. London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, boards, raised bands, leather spine label, xii, 406pp. Name on title, name on e/paper o/w near fine. "The forest and forest trees of England, so far as the present Publishers are aware, have never yet been fully described in a single volume. It is true that many able works have been published upon English forest trees, and many on the separate forests; but these are all, so to speak, isolated, and no attempt has been made to bring them all together, and give in one complete picture, a historical, legendary and descriptive account of all the forests and forest-trees of England....."
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The Elephant, Principally Viewed In Relation To Man.
London: Charles Knight & Co., 1844.
A new edition. BOUND WITH: MARTIN, W.C.L. The History of the Horse: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics.........London: G. Cox, 1853. BOUND WITH : MARTIN, W.C.L. The History of the Dog.......London: Charles Knight, 1845. 12mo., cont. half leather, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, 292; iv, 240; (v), 222pp. With illustrations. Boards a touch rubbed o/w a fine copy.
London: Charles Knight & Co., 1844.
A new edition. BOUND WITH: MARTIN, W.C.L. The History of the Horse: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics.........London: G. Cox, 1853. BOUND WITH : MARTIN, W.C.L. The History of the Dog.......London: Charles Knight, 1845. 12mo., cont. half leather, marble boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, 292; iv, 240; (v), 222pp. With illustrations. Boards a touch rubbed o/w a fine copy.
| $600 | Book Number: 23608 | Order / Enquire |
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The Domestic Habits of Birds. London: Charles Knight, 1833. Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Sm.8vo., cont. half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, xvi, 379pp. Fine.
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A Treatise on Practical Surveying, And Topographical Drawing.
London: John Murray, 1829. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, paper spine label, (xii), (191), (1)p.ads. Some spotting to the plates, wear to corners and spine ends, some light rubbing but overall a very good copy of this delicate book.
London: John Murray, 1829. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, paper spine label, (xii), (191), (1)p.ads. Some spotting to the plates, wear to corners and spine ends, some light rubbing but overall a very good copy of this delicate book.
| $850 | Book Number: 23657 | Order / Enquire |
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European Life, Legend, and Landscape. By a Landscape Artist. (pseud.) Philadelphia: James Challen & Son, 1859. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth with gilt decoration on the upper cover and spine, x, (11)-154, (8)pp.ads. A near fine copy.
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Wandering Thoughts And Wandering Steps. By A Philadelphia Lady.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in gilt and black, 323pp. Some wear to the spine ends o/w very good.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1880. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in gilt and black, 323pp. Some wear to the spine ends o/w very good.
| $185 | Book Number: 23692 | Order / Enquire |
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Wonderful Escapes! Containing the Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Antelope Packet. The Loss of the Lady Hobart packet, On An Island Of ice. The Shipwreck of the Hercules, On The Coast of Africa. An Extraordinary Escape from the effects of a Storm in a Journey over the Frozen Sea, In North America. Dublin: Printed by Richard Grace, 1822. Later edition. (preceded by an 1819 Dublin edition). 12mo., full contemporary calf, 180pp. Mark from removal of bookplate on pastedown, lacking the rear free e/paper, spine ends chipped, front hinge split, a good copy.
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Le Liege De Sebastopol 1854-1855.
Lille: L. Lefort, ..... 1856. Sm.8vo., full cont. dark green calf, raised bands, blindstamped design on covers, 144pp. A near fine copy in a pretty binding.
Lille: L. Lefort, ..... 1856. Sm.8vo., full cont. dark green calf, raised bands, blindstamped design on covers, 144pp. A near fine copy in a pretty binding.
| $250 | Book Number: 23986 | Order / Enquire |
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Macedoine Revolutionnaire, Pour Servir A L'Histoire De Nos Jours; Ou La Verite Toute Nue Sur Nos Malheurs, Sur Les Grands Cupables.......` Paris: Chez C.F. Patris, Libaire, 1815. Tall 8vo., cont. calf spine, marble boards, 336, viii pp. Table of contents and preface bound at rear o/w a nice copy.
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The Boscobel Tracts: Extracted from the Westminster Review No. XXV, April 1858.
8vo., rebound with a cont. cloth spine, paper boards, paper spine label. Spine label chipped and worn o/w a very nice copy of a curious item.
This is a peculiar copy with the 26pp. tract dealing with Boscobel and the preservation of Charles II after the battle of Worcester and the information about Charles II escape after the battle and his subsequent adventures. However, this copy has been augmented by the owner and rebound in cont. cloth. It contains a few illustrations (Charles II, Cromwell, etc) but it also contains 3 pages of handwritten notes, 8pp. with clippings from the "Leamington Spa Courier" dated 1875 dealing with Charles II escape.
8vo., rebound with a cont. cloth spine, paper boards, paper spine label. Spine label chipped and worn o/w a very nice copy of a curious item.
This is a peculiar copy with the 26pp. tract dealing with Boscobel and the preservation of Charles II after the battle of Worcester and the information about Charles II escape after the battle and his subsequent adventures. However, this copy has been augmented by the owner and rebound in cont. cloth. It contains a few illustrations (Charles II, Cromwell, etc) but it also contains 3 pages of handwritten notes, 8pp. with clippings from the "Leamington Spa Courier" dated 1875 dealing with Charles II escape.
| $350 | Book Number: 24102 | Order / Enquire |
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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone....Compiled from Reliable Sources.
London: Adam & Company, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in gilt, 324pp. Inner hinges badly cracked o/w very good.
London: Adam & Company, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in gilt, 324pp. Inner hinges badly cracked o/w very good.
| $85 | Book Number: 24122 | Order / Enquire |
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The Life History of Doctor Livingstone, the Great Explorer, Including His Extensive Travels and Discoveries in South and Central Africa.........With a Biographical Sketch of Henry M. Stanley, Special Correspondent of the New York Herald.
Philadelphia: John E. Potter, nd. (187-?) 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 482pp. Inner rear hinge cracked, wear to spine ends but certainly very good.
Philadelphia: John E. Potter, nd. (187-?) 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 482pp. Inner rear hinge cracked, wear to spine ends but certainly very good.
| $125 | Book Number: 24125 | Order / Enquire |
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The Annals of England: An Eitome of English History Form Contemporary Writers, The Rolls of Parliament, and Other Public Records.
Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1876. Tall 8vo., cont. leather spine, cloth, xii, 643pp.double columns. Some rubbing o/w very good.
Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1876. Tall 8vo., cont. leather spine, cloth, xii, 643pp.double columns. Some rubbing o/w very good.
| $175 | Book Number: 24291 | Order / Enquire |
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Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham To His Nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. (Afterwards Lord Chmelford) Then at Cambridge. London: Printed for Payne and Foss, 1821. A new edition. 8vo., full cont. morocco, gilt borders, inner dentelles gilt, A.E.G., xxx, 104pp. Bookplate, some rubbing along the outer hinges but o/w a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
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The Chronicles of the White Rose Of York. A Series of Historical Fragments, Proclamations, Letters, and Other Contemporary Documents Relating to the Reign of King Edward the Fourth. With Notes and Illustrations and a Copious Index. London: James Bohn, 1843. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. calf spine, boards, xc, 310, (2)pp.ads. Plan of Calais foxed, some rubbing to the boards but certainly a very good copy.
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A Guide for Strangers and Visitors Through the City of York, Describing Its Public Buildings, Institutions, Churches, Chapels; Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Antiquities;and Every Object of Public Interest; Containing Also An Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter...... York: W.m Sotheran, (1855). Revised and enlarged edition. Sm. 8vo., orig. cloth backed flexible paper boards, xii, (13)-202pp. Half inch of the cloth spine chipped away, boards slightly rubbed in fact a near fine copy of a delicate book.
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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Bournemouth, Poole and District. With Descriptions of the Principal Motor and Steamer Excursions. Nine Maps and Plans. Eighty Illustrations. London: Ward, Lock and Co., nd. (193-?) Sixteenth edition, revised. Sm. 8vo., orig. red flexible cloth covers, xxviii, 160, (50)pp.ads. Some soiling o/w very good.
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George Sandford; Or, The Draper's Assistant. By One Who Has Stood Behind the Curtain.
Edinburgh: Thomas Grant...... 1853. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, 68pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, some rubbing o/w very good.
Edinburgh: Thomas Grant...... 1853. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, 68pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, some rubbing o/w very good.
| $125 | Book Number: 24409 | Order / Enquire |
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Gleanings In Natural History. Gathered From "Early Days."
London: Wesleyan Confernce Office, nd. (187-?) Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration in black and gilt, 192, 16pp.ads. Wear to extremities o/w very good.
London: Wesleyan Confernce Office, nd. (187-?) Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration in black and gilt, 192, 16pp.ads. Wear to extremities o/w very good.
| $100 | Book Number: 24744 | Order / Enquire |
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