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THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis. 1788. Very good condition.

An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.

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CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK'S CHAMPAGNE
Written by William G. Hanley.
Stock no. 987203
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1862. Almost very good condition.

Subtitled: A West Indian Reminiscence. No author stated but believed to be Colonel William G. Hanley Royal Engineers. First edition. Pages: 372. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and edges, gilt-lettered lable on spine. Foxing to prelims. Corners worn.

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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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NATURGESCHICHTE DER LEBENDEN UND UNTERGEGANGENEN THIERE
Written by Carl Vogt.
Stock no. 987624
Published by Literarische Unstalt. 1851. Slightly better than good condition.

2 volumes. Brown leather spines with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. Marbled boards. Pages: 719; 640. Numerous b/w illustrations. Text in German. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Corners worn.

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INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON MODERN HISTORY
Written by Thomas Arnold.
Stock no. 986816
Published by John Henry Parker. 1st 1842. Very good condition.

Pages: 404. Contemporary half blue leather binding with marbled endpapers; raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering on spine.

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LES RECREATIONS D'EUGENIE
Written by Mme. De R..
Stock no. 986948
Published by Genets, Jeune, Libraire. 1820. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Small format Pages: 177. Contemporary full leather binding, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 3 engraved plates, plus engraved title page. Text in French. A few small chips from edge of frontis. Corners worn.

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A SERIES OF LETTERS CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRES OF PARIS
No author listed.
Stock no. 986970
1793. Slightly better than good condition.

In the Months of June, July, August and September MDCCXCII. Brown leather spine, marbled boards. 177 pages. Contents in general very good. Brown mark to front endpapers. Corners worn.

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HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL BOTANY
Written by E. Strasburger; W. Hillhouse.
Stock no. 987380
Published by Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.. 1887. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Pages: xxiv, 425 + 2. B/w illustrations. Covers somewhat darkened.

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MRS PERKINS'S BALL
Written by M.A. Titmarsh.
Stock no. 708171
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1898. Very good condition.

Many humourous hand-coloured plates including one fold-out illustrations. Modern binding of blue leather spine with gilt title, leather corners, blue marbled boards. Hand-coloured plates. Rebound in 3/4 blue morocco with marbled boards. Boards edge-worn. Front board slightly grubby with title to spine rubbed. Rear board has pink discolouration. Contents nice and clean.

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OLD KARNARVON A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TOWN OF CARNARVON WITH NOTICES OF THE PARISH CHURCHES OF LLANBEBLIG & LLANFAGLAN
Written by William Henry Jones.
Stock no. 557152
Published by H. Humphreys. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Black decoration and title to front cover. Frontis is a copy of the 1610 map of Carnarvon. 186 pages plus 6 page booklist. Bookplate of R.J.Thomas to front pastedown. Corners bumped. REDUCED FROM £225.

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THE GOVERNMENTS OF ENGLAND
Written by John Fortescue; Charles Plummer.
Stock no. 988038
Published by Oxford University Press. 1926. Very good condition.

Pages: xxii, 387. Black cloth, gilt lettering. The difference between an absolute and a limited monarchy, with further notes by Plummer. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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COMPENDIUM OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by M. D'Anville.
Stock no. 570195
Published by J. Faulder. 1810. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, raised bands to spine. Gilt borders. Marbled endpapers and edges. xxxi + 446; 439 pages. 10 folding b/w maps including one of Roman Britain. Maps lightly browned. Contents very good. Front cover of Volume II is detached. Boards are a little scuffed. Titles labels are missing from spine. REDUCED FROM £400.

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