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THE HISTORY, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES OF THE ALKALI TRADE
Written by Charles Thomas Kingzett.
Stock no. 589741
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1882. Good condition.

Including the most recent improvements. A concise but comprehensive account of the largest (at the time) branch of chemical industry of this country. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams, some fold-out. 247 pages plus publication list to rear of book. Ex-lib; library label to front pastedown and stamps to first few pages. Light page browning else contents clean. One plate detached (but still present). Corners worn. Some light wrinking of cloth to front cover. Publication list to rear is dated 1882.

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CAMBRIDGE BRIEF HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
Written by John Willis Clark.
Stock no. 589195
Published by Seeley and Co. Limited. 1890. Slightly better than very good condition.

Full red leather binding, Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. B/w illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. School name in gilt to front cover. Rear board sligtly marked. Contents fine. A handsome copy.

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TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES PART II SOUTH WALES
Written by George Alexander Cooke.
Stock no. 588908
Published by C. Cooke. Circa 1820. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Grey boards with brown spine and corners. Folding map frontis. Contents very good. Spine browned and split. Corners worn.

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VIEWS IN DEVONSHIRE
Written by T.H. Williams.
Stock no. 587489
Published by I. Murray; I. Harding. 1st 1804. Almost very good condition.

Full brown leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. ix + 40 + 108 pages including list of subscribers. 21 engraved plates plus engraved title page. Bookplate of the Lloyd family of Leaton Knolls of Shropshire is on front pastedown. Front of spine cracked causing front board to be slightly loose. Contents are very good.

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ROCK-CLIMBING IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Written by Owen Glynne Jones.
Stock no. 586420
Published by G.P. Abraham. 1900. Very good condition.

Second edition. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 32 b/w photos plus 9 b/w drawings illustrations routes. xlviii + 322 pages + 9 pages of advertisements. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF CARDIGAN
Written by Samuel Rush Meyrick.
Stock no. 586304
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme. 1st 1810. Fair condition.

Collected from the Few the Remaining documents which have escaped the destructive ravages of time, as well as from actual observation.Leather binding. 20 b/w plates. cclxxxiii + 588 pages. Including index. Marbled endpapers and edges. Includes a list of subscribers. Book: all plates present. Contents very good. Backstrip is detached. Front board detached. Covers worn. REDUCED FROM £250.

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SOUTH LONDON
Written by Walter Besant. Illustrated by Francis S. Walker.
Stock no. 585971
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Numerous b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Book: book plate to front pastedown. A few scattered foxspots throughout.

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LAURA AND LUCY
Written by Charlotte Adams.
Stock no. 584785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1866. Fair condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title blocks. 275 pages. Rear joint split with two pages detached. Top and tail of spine chipped.

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WORDS BY THE WAY-SIDE
Written by Emily Ayton. Illustrated by Henry Anelay.
Stock no. 584733
Published by Grant and Griffith. 1855. Good condition.

The Children and the Flowers. Red embossed cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w plates. Front endpaper missing. Prelims foxed. Spine split with chips at top and tail.

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THE SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND
Written by J. Stirling Coyne. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett.
Stock no. 584682
Published by George Virtue. Circa 1840. Good condition.

Large format. 11 x 8". Two volumes in one. Full brown diced calf binding, gilt titles and decorations to spine. 118 b/w plates plus vignette (lacks portrait of Mr. Willis). 170 pages + 186 pages. Marbled endpapers. Front board detached. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Bookplate of Francis T. Touzel of Jersey on front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Pages 173-178 of volume II have been bound in upside down and back to front (pages run from 172-178, 173-179). Rear joint a little fragile from the outside - leather split, else binding of contents is nice tight. A good candidate for rebinding.

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Y MESURYDD TIR A CHOED
No author listed.
Stock no. 581745
Published by T. Gee. 1883. Good condition.

The Measurer of Land and Trees. Text in Welsh. 2 b/w plates. Numerous measurement tables. Small format. 155 pages. Full black tooled leather binding. Contents detached. Rear pastedown stained. Corners of covers bumped and rubbed.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White.
Stock no. 581356
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1851. Almost very good condition.

With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and The Naturalist's Calendar. With Additions and Supplementary Notes by William Jardine. edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse. Green embossed cloth. 40 b/w engravings. Prelims foxed and a few scattered foxspots throughout. Spine browned and a little rubbed at top and bottom.

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