UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 586574
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1883. Very good condition.

Very dark green full leather binding. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. 368 pages. 12 tinted illustrations. REDUCED from £100. All plates present. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Frontis loose. School crest in gilt to front cover.

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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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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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THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY, ITS CONTENTS AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Written by W. Llewellyn Davies.
Stock no. 581669
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Limited to 600 copies. Full brown leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt crest to front cover. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A survey of its History, its Contents and its Activities. B/w plates. SIGNED by author 'To Dr. William Phillips with the compliments and thanks of William Ll. Davies'. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Corners slightly bumped. Overall a handsome copy.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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NOTITIA PARLIAMENTARIA OR AN HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Browne Willis.
Stock no. 576351
Published by Robert Gosling. 1715. Very good condition.

Full brown leather binding, gilt titles and raised bands to spine. xl + 183 pages + extensive booklist. An History of the Counties, Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales. Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge and Cheshire. Rebacked with modern spine. Some light page browning. REDUCED FROM £200.

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TANNHAUSER A DRAMATIC POEM
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 574492
Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. Dark green calf binding with tooled design and title on front cover. Tooled title and decoration to spine. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Printed on thick grey paper, every page has lithographed orange or black illustrations. Endpapers and prelims are illustrated in multiple colours, predominantly blue. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 16 SIGNED by Pogany. Inscription on front endpaper. Covers edges slightly rubbed, rear cover very slightly scuffed. One corner bumped. Spine browned. Contents fine. An exquisite book.

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THE EXETER ROAD
Written by Charles G. Harper. Illustrated by Charles G. Harper.
Stock no. 691234
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

The Story of the West of England Highway. Three-quarters red calf binding with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Red cloth covers. Top edge gilt. B/w illustrations. Pictorial cloth from original covers laid onto front and rear pastedowns. Front spine edge split from bottom to two thirds of the way up. A very few foxspots to prelims, endpapers and foredge. Spine darkened. Slight staining to covers at spine edge. Corners worn. REDUCED FROM £150.

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ETAT ET DELICES DE LA SUISSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 693767
Published by Samuel Fauche. 1778. Very good condition.

Full brown calf binding with gilt decorations and title to spine. All edges red. Description historique et geographique des treize cantons Suisses et de leurs allies nouvelle edition. Two volumes in one. 4 folding b/w maps. 3 single page b/w maps. 30 b/w plates and one folding b/w plate. Text in French. Covers slightly rubbed at edges, spine slightly sunned. New marbled endpapers. Most pages have light brown stain on lower half of page (looks like ancient dampstain). Last sentence on page 272 has been adversely affected with a couple of words illegible. Otherwise the text is bright and readable. One map is browned at corner. Majority of plates not marked. A handsome copy.

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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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COUNTRY WALKS OF A NATURALIST WITH HIS CHILDREN
Written by Rev. W. Houghton.
Stock no. 576307
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1870. Very good condition.

Full blue leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. 8 colour plates and numerous b/w wood engravings. 2nd edition. Inscription in ink to half-title. Prelims and last few pages foxed. Corners worn.

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MEMOIRES D'UN CENTENAIRE DEDIES A SES ARRIERE-PETITS ENFANTS
Written by Alex De Saillet. Illustrated by J. Vogel.
Stock no. 200856
Published by A. Desesserts. Circa 1851. Very good condition.

The memoires of a centenarian French nobleman, born in 1741. 20 beautiful tissue-guarded coloured plates, most depicting costume, plus numerous b/w text illustrations. Dark blue leather binding with gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Gilt borders to covers. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Text in French. 9.25 x 5.75". 322 pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Edges rubbed and corners worn. Covers a little scuffed. Foxing to contents but colours still bright.

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