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Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for F. J. Du Roveray. London.,1801. Reprint of 1798 Illustrated edition. 8vo.(7 x 4.5 inches). Beautifully illustrated with copper engraved frontis and five full page plates by Stothard, Fuseli, Burney & Hamilton. Engraved by Bartolozzi, Bromley, Holloway, Neagle & Smith. A clean and fresh copy in fine twentieth century binding of quarter brick morocco. Spine triple ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Beige cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. A lovely bright copy of this lovely edition.:
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THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. An heroi-comical poem. Adorned with plates
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REBECCA.
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Victor Gollancz Limited. London. 1938. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.4 inches). Some very minor browning to the page edges, as is common with the cheap paper used in this book, and a couple of pages with a crease to the outer corner of the page, otherwise a very good copy finely bound in recent full black morocco, spine with five raised bands, the compartments lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt.
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THE RECTORY UMBRELLA & MISCHMASCH
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Cassell & Company Ltd. London. 1932. FIRST EDITION. Foreword by Florence Milner. Very good in original blue cloth illustrated boards. Slight rubbing to top and tail of spine and fore-edges. Minor spotting to small lower section of boards, still an attractive, entertaining book.
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RED PLANET. - A Science Fiction adventure. Illustrated by Clifford Geary
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Victor Gollancz. 1967. Publishers copy, marked up on every page with production notes in ink and pencil for a new edition, to be issued in three volumes. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper with the bottom inch of the spine missing and some chipping to the corners.
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RED RUM. Full and extraordinary story of a horse of courage
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William Luscombe Publisher Limited. London.,1974. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.2 x 7.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, some in colour. Finely bound in recent leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this classic book.:
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RELIGIO MEDICI. Letter to a friend &c. And Christian Morals. Edited by W. A. Greenhill, M.D. Oxon. --- The Golden treasury series
by BROWNE. THOMAS
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Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1926. REPRINT of 1881 edition. 8vo.(6.1 x 4.2 inches). Engraved portrait of Browne on the title page. A fine, clean copy in an attractive early leather binding by Bumpus. Full green calf. The spine with raised bands. Compartments with blind ruling and lettered in gilt. Twin gilt ruled borders on inner boards, around plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine is faded to brown but overall this is still a very presentable copy.
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RELIGION. A Poem: From the French of the Younger Racine
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Printed by W. Strahan. London.,1754. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Small 4to. (7.3 x 4.7 inches). xii, 216pp. A very good copy of this first English edition, translated from the original French edition of 1742 by James Elphinston. Contemporary full brown calf. Both hinges recently repaired and new red title label, ruled and lettered in gilt, to spine. Board edges rubbed and bumped. Previous owners names, dated 1760, on front paste down endpaper. Overall a very good book in a presentable early binding.:
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REMINISCENCES OF OLD SCOTS FOLK
by BARNETT. T RATCLIFFE. R. GEMMELL HUTCHINSON, R.S.A. Illustrates
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T. N. Foulis. London & Edinburgh. 1913. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 10 fine colour tipped-in plates, each with a tissue guard. A clean and tight copy in original publishers delux full purple suede binding with oversized yapp edges. Gilt lettering on the spine. Front board with black lettering. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat name on the front free endpaper otherwise a fine and bright copy of this pretty book.
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THE RESCUERS. With drawings by Judith Brook
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Collins. London. 1959. PROOF COPY OF FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.5 inches). Illustrated throughout with charming line drawings by Judith Brook, including both sets of endpapers. A very good clean copy in publishers blue marbled paper wraps. In the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper, designed by Selma Nankivell, featuring illustrated adverts for the first two of Michael Bond's Paddington Bear titles on the rear cover. A crease to the lower rear panel and a little rubbing and chipping to the extremities but overall a very good book in a very good dustwrapper. A scarce item.
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THE RESTLESS UNIVERSE. Translated by Winifred M.Deans
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Blackie & Son Limied. London.,1935. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Large 8vo (8.8 x 7 inches). A very good copy in publishers blue cloth, lettered in yellow. In the rare original dustwrapper which has a couple of repaired tears and some creasing to the edges but is overall in very good condition. The book has 8 mono plates and also 7 flip book style films, drawn by Dr. Otto Koenigsberger. These are in the margins of the pages and when flipped through show various processes including the motion of the Electron in the Hydrogen atom and the scattering of a-particles. Like many of Borns works this is written for the layman and manages to explain complex theories in a straight forward and understandable language.:
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THE RETURN OF TARZAN
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Methuen & Co. Ltd. London.,1919. Fourth edition of the London edition, the second of this cheap edition. In the uncommon original colour illustrated dustwrapper. Book in publishers red cloth with black lettering and decoration to the spine. Rubbing to edges and splits to the top inch and half of front and rear spine hinges. Dustwrapper with loss to bottom 2 inches of spine and top half inch,affecting the letter t of The in the title. The rest of the title and author present. Loss to all edges and rubbing to hinges. Not a very good example of the wrapper but any pre 1920 Tarzan jackets are scarce and this one is about 90 intact.:
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THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
by DOYLE. ARTHUR CONAN
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George Newnes, Limited. London. 1905. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.1 inches). viii, 404, 4pp of publishers adverts at rear. Illustrated with sixteen mono plates by Sidney Paget. Some light spotting to a few pages but overall a very good copy in recent leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Asprey. Half dark blue morocco, five raised bands to spine, each with gilt dotting. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards with single gilt ruled border on leather edges. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Housed in a felt lined slip case with blue cloth covering. Fading to the spine but still overall a very good copy in an attractive leather binding. --- Gibson & Green A29a. .
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REVOLT OF THE TARTARS. Or flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his people from the Russian territories to the frontiers of China
by De QUINCEY. THOMAS.; BOYLE. STUART, Illustrates
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Dropmore press. London.,1948. LIMITED EDITION. One of 400(of a total 450) copies, numbered, hand printed on hand made paper.Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette line drawings. Original binding of quarter brown morocco, spine with two raised bands and gilt lettering and front leather panel with gilt stamped Tartar on horse back. Boards with brown cloth. Bound by Evans of Croydon.Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Fine copy in very good original dustwrapper with some minor marking to spine but is overall very good indeed. A lovely copy.:
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REWARDS AND FAIRIES. -- Contains IF.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.6 inches). Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. The spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A little very light foxing to a few pages but overall a near fine copy. -- Contains the Poem "If".
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REWARDS AND FAIRIES.
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Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Publishers original burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. Front board with raised circular Ganesha device in gilt. Top edge gilt. In the rare original dustwrapper, with repeat pattern of Macmillan double M design over the whole surface and red lettering to the spine and both outer panels. Lower panel has correct publisher adverts, as listed in David Alan Richards' Bibliography of Kipling. Inner flaps with repeat Macmillan design but nothing else. The cloth and gilt are bright and fresh. Some spotting to the fore edge of the pages and a few leaves affected with fairly mild foxing, mostly to the margins and away from the text. The inner hinges are cracked but holding firm and a slight lean to the spine, otherwise a very good copy of the book in a very good dustwrapper with some minor chipping to the extremities and the spine a bit darkened. The red…
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REWARDS AND FAIRIES.
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Neat previous owner name and date Oct. 1910, the month of publication, on the front free endpaper. A very good clean copy throughout. Publishers original burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. Front board with raised circular Ganesha device in gilt. Top edge gilt. A small mark to the top of the rear board and some minor fading to the spine but overall a nice bright copy. -------- Contains the Poem "If". Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem, polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895, IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895, but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press, the poem is a powerful…
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RHYME STEW
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Jonathan Cape.London.,1989. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. Almost every page has a fantastic Blake illustration. Fine copy in a very good,lightly creased,f ull colour dustwrapper.:
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
by COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. ; POGANY, WILLY. Illustrates
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George G. Harrap and Co, London. 1910. FIRST POGANY EDITION. Large 4to. (12.5 x 9.3 inches). Fully illustrated by Pogany with illustrated title page, 20 tipped-in colour plates, scores of other mono and two colour illustrations printed in light green and mauve, some full page, and calligraphic text, all within decorative borders, all illustrated or written by Pogany. A fine copy in the scarce publishers deluxe burgundy coloured suede binding with yapp edges. Lovely bright and clean gilt decoration and lettering to the front board. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Original illustrated end papers. A fine and truly handsome copy of this classic work and a remarkable survivor. The suede bindings of this period are fragile and prone to drying out, often resulting in the suede perishing and the yapp edges splitting. Rare in this condition.
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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William Heinemann. London.,1905. EARLY RACKHAM EDITION. Second impression, the same format as the First edition, published two months earlier. 4to.(10.1 x 7.7 inches). Colour frontis and fifty colour plates, mounted onto thicker paper and with a printed tissue guard. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Illustration of Rip Van Winkle stamped in gilt to front board. Lower hinge split to the middle of spine. Apart from some foxing to the first four text pages this is a clean copy internally. A near very good copy of this beautiful book. The first of the famous tipped in colour plate gift books that made Rackham a household name.:.
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ROAR OF THE TIGER.
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Orion Books. New York. 1991. FIRST EDITION, with bookplate signed by the author. 8vo. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). x, 310pp, including an index. A printed red and blue bookplate stuck onto the front free endpaper states that this is a special autographed copy and it has been signed by Howard in ink at the bottom. Illustrated with 26 mono photos. Original plum coloured cloth spine, lettered in bold red. Beige paper on the boards. In the original illustrated dustwrapper which has some fading to the spine but overall is very good. A slight lean to the book but generally a very good copy of this fascinating account. One of an unspecified number distributed in the UK and with the UK publisher's label mounted over the New York publisher's name on the title page. ----- James Howell Howard was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and was the only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor â the United States military's highest decoration, as well…
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