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La Mode Feminine

By: N/A

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions Nilson:

Seller ID: 48871

Binding: Slipcase

Condition: Very Good

74 of 80 beautiful hand coloured plates illustrating female sartorial history from 1490 to 1795. The plates are presented in four sets in illustrated wraps, and themselves contained in a slipcase decorated with a lovely daisy pattern. N.D. circa 1920. Slipcase is rubbed and faded and split. The plates themselves are very good and clean, the wraps are slightly tanned and rubbed, with some chips and minor tears
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Between Continents / Between Seas: Precolumbrian Art of Costa Rica

By: Abel-Vidor, Suzanne et al

Price: £25.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1981: 1981

Seller ID: 59562

ISBN: 0810907291

Binding: Publisher's Cloth

Condition: Very Good

PP 240. 333 illustrations including 100 plates in full colour. Essays by twelve archaeologists, art historians and ethnographers. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. 0810907291
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The History of St. Paul's School [History of the Public Schools]

By: Ackermann, Rudolph

Price: £450.00

Publisher: London, [Printed for and published by R. Ackermann] N.d. [1816]: 1816

Seller ID: 53576

Binding: Full Morocco

Condition: Very Good

34 pp. Contemporary full blue morocco with blind and gilt-ruled borders to front & back covers. Initial leather onlays to front board. Maroon leather title label to spine. Top edge gilt and gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities and minor marks to boards. Minor spotting, not affecting plates. With two full-page hand-coloured aquatints, as called for. Binding firm. This is one part in the 'History of the Public Schools', originally issued by Ackermann in twelve monthly parts in 1816-1817.
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The Education of Henry Adams Illustrated with Portraits of the Author's Family, of His Friends, and of Leading Figures of the Day

By: Adams, Henry

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Franklin Centre, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library 1981: 1981

Edition: Limited

Seller ID: 42311

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Near Fine

xix, 535 pp., Full gilt decorated maroon leather binding. AEG. Several b/w illustrations
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Image for Palaeolithic Man in N. W. Middlesex the Evidence of His Exixtence and the Physical Conditions Under Which he Lived in Ealing and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated By the Condition and Culture Presented By Certain Existing Savages

Palaeolithic Man in N. W. Middlesex the Evidence of His Exixtence and the Physical Conditions Under Which he Lived in Ealing and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated By the Condition and Culture Presented By Certain Existing Savages

By: Allen Brown, Jno.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co, 1887: 1887

Seller ID: 41602

Binding: Publisher's Cloth

Condition: Very Good

iii, 227 pp., Five b/w plates. Gilt decorated publisher's cloth. Edges spotted, sporadic minor foxing, boards rubbed and faded.
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Hugh Alley's Caveat: Markets of London in 1598

By: Alley, Hugh; Archer, Ian; etc.

Price: £22.50

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, London Topographical Society 1988: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 48128

ISBN: 0902087231

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

[viii], 105 pp. Previous owner's name. Reproduced in black and white are 31 drawings by the 'professional informer, Hugh Alley', done in the late sixteenth century and presented to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London with a strong recommendation that the existing regulation of the markets should be more stringently enforced. The drawings show a unique picture of street life of the period, and provide hitherto unknown topographical information, discussed in detailed notes on each plate. The editors' introduction outlines the history of food marketing in London and investigates the background...
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The Mirror of The Sinful Soul. A Prose Translation From the French of a Poem by Queen Margaret of Navarre, Made in 1544 by the Princess (Afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, Then Eleven Years of Age.

By: Ames, Percy W., editor

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Asher and Co. 1897: 1897

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 52428

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

45, plus facsimile leaves, pp. Bound in contemporary tan half calf over brown cloth. Five raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and green leather title label. Gilt Royal Society of Literature device to the front board. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontis portrait. Slight spotting. 45 pages of introductory text followed by the facsimile. VG
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The Englishman's Suit. A Personal View of its History, its Place in the World Today, its Future and the Accessories Which Support it

By: Amies, Hardy

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Quartet 1994: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 50335

ISBN: 070437076x

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

x., 116 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. With 22 black and white illustrations on 16 pp. Very clean copy. Near Fine/VG 070437076x
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Highroads of History : Books I - IX. The Royal School Series. In nine volumes

By: Anon

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons 1915 - 1918: 1915

Seller ID: 57072

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Nine volumes. Publisher's dark green cloth with black decoration & lettering to front boards & spines. Boards clean. Early ink inscription to some volumes. All internally clean. Colour and b&w illustrations.
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New and Popular History of Ireland : From the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Time. Three volumes in one

By: Anon

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, Printed and published by John Cassell 1852: 1852

Seller ID: 59715

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

Three volumes in one. 142; 144; 146 pp. Contemporary half green calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with maroon leather title label. Spine slightly darkened. Boards clean. Internally clean. Binding firm. An early work by publisher John Cassell. Copac records just Cambs with only 2 of the 3 volumes (although the BL tell me they have one). OCLC adds Trinity; Nat. Lib. Ireland; Univ. Notre Dame & SWBTS.
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The Twelve Great Battles of England. Inscribed to the British Rifle Volunteers of 1860

By: Anon

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Son, & Co. 1861: 1861

Seller ID: 52379

Binding: Full Morocco - Prize Binding

Condition: Poor

xiii, 223 pp. Tan full morocco with gilt school device to front board. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels and maroon leather title label. Slight wear to spine ends and extremites. All edges marbled. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Folding frontis map of the Battle of Waterloo. Scattered foxing. Front board detached.
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The International Portrait Gallery

By: Anon

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin N.d. [c. 1880]: 1880

Seller ID: 54647

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

160 pp. Contemporary black cloth with title in gilt to spine. Boards marked. Lacks title page. With twenty full-page coloured lithographic portraits taken from photographs. Portraits include Victor Hugo, Bismarck, Longfellow and Garibaldi.
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A Concise History and Description of Kenilworth Castle : From its Foundation to the Present Time

By: Anon

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Thomas Pearson 1790: 1790

Edition: Third Edition

Seller ID: 58803

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

iv, 32 pp. Contemporary marbled-paper wrappers. Lacks spine covering but binding firm. Covers slightly edgeworn. Internally clean. Folding frontis plan of the castle. ESTC T111130.
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The History of France : From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Three volumes in one

By: Anon

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, John Cassell 1852: 1852

Seller ID: 59716

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Very Good

Three volumes in one. 127; 138; 144 pp. Contemporary half green calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with maroon leather title label. Spine slightly darkened. Boards clean. Internally clean. Binding firm. Portrait engravings. An early work by the publisher John Cassell. No OCLC copies recorded, except a damaged odd volume in the Cooke Library (although the BL tell me they have one).
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The Angler's Note-Book and Naturalist's Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry and Discussion on Field-sports and Subjects of Natural History. Two volumes: The Green Series Complete and The Yellow Series Complete

By: Anon and The Green Series Complete and The Yellow Series Complete

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, William Satchell & Co. 1880 / 1888: 1880

Seller ID: 52146

Binding: Gilt Lettered Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes. 192; 188 pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to front boards & spines. Wear to spine ends & corners of second volume. Minor marks and bumping to boards of second volume. Volume one fresh and clean. Six woodcuts to vol. 1. Illustrations to vol. 2. Slight spotting. A VG pair.
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The Medallic History of England to the Revolution

By: Anon [Pinkerton, J.]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, Printed for Edwards and Sons 1790: 1790

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 56670

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good

iv, 112 pp. Contemporary full leather. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Spine lettering slightly faded. Minor wear to spine ends & corners. Foxing to prelims. Internally clean. With forty full-page plates and descriptive text to each plate. All plates clean. Binding firm.
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Image for The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral-Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey-Church of Bath [with] A Vindication of the King's Sovereign Rights [with] Connubium Regiae Praerogativae, cum Magna Charta Anglorum. Three works in one

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral-Church of Salisbury, and the Abbey-Church of Bath [with] A Vindication of the King's Sovereign Rights [with] Connubium Regiae Praerogativae, cum Magna Charta Anglorum. Three works in one

By: Anon [Richard Rawlinson]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: London, E. Curll 1719: 1719

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 61018

Binding: 1/4 Calf

Condition: Very Good

Three works in one. xvi, 351, (iv), 98, 14, (18)pp. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices and black leather title label. New endpapers. Boards clean. Internally clean. Early bookplate laid down to front pastedown. Head & tail-pieces. Three plates, including two folding. ESTC T147655
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The English Chronology : Being a Brief Chronological Account of the Most Considerable Publick Occurrences That Have Happen'd in These Kingdoms, and Other Adjacent Parts, Since King William the Third's Accession to the Crown. From 1688, to 1696

By: Anon [Smithurst, Benjamin]

Price: £750.00

Publisher: Oxford, Printed by L. Lichfield, for John Howell Bookseller 1696: 1696

Seller ID: 53345

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

(iv), 127, 12 pp. Original sewn leaves. Advertisement leaf, title page, errata on verso of tp, followed by 127 text pages and 11 index pages. Leaves quite stained, but not affecting legibility. Good condition. Copac records only: BL; Lambeth Palace. ESTC R221530 Wing S4357.
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The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud : In a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London. In three volumes

By: Anon [Stewarton / Lewis Goldsmith]

Price: £300.00

Publisher: London, Printed for John Murray 1806: 1806

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 61459

Binding: Half Calf

Condition: Good

In 3 volumes complete. xx, 362; xiv, 311, (1); Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt lines & volume numbers to spines. Lacks title-labels. Spines creased & mottled. Boards partially darkened. All internally clean. Bindings firm. Series of letters on Napoleon I and the French Court.
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Herbals Their Origin And Evolution, a Chapter in the History of Botany 1470 - 1670

By: Arber, Agnes

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press 1912: 1912

Seller ID: 59089

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xviii, 253 pp., Several b/w plates and in text b/w illustrations. Appendix chronological list of important herbals, and index. Stain to last page of index and some toning to the extremities. Prize bookplate on front pastedown
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