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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by John Price.
Stock no. 2122666
1796. Very good condition.

Three-quarter burgundy leather, marbled boards and endpapers. With Some Remarks on the River Wye and the Natural and Artificial Beauties Contiguous to its Banks from Brobery to Wilton Embellished with Elegant Views, Plans etc. 7 b/w engraved plates. 262 pages. Printed by D. Walker. Contents are original; binding is more modern, with new endpapers. Some fading to leather on spine. Foxing and a bit of page browning. Damp corner marks to a couple of pages.

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THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1316343
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st 2004. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Cased Set, special numbered edition of 100 sets to commemorate the centenary of the first publication in 1904. Small format book with cream Italian leather and silver titles. 56 numbered pages, all edges gilt. With explanatory leaflet giving a brief biography of Beatrix Potter and the history of the publication of The Tale of Two Bad Mice. Contained in a blue hinged box with silver title and square onlay to front. Also includes a blue leather foil-blocked bookmark and 6 individual prints. ISBN: 0723249887. This is copy no. 59. Contained in original brown packaging box (with limitation details label to front) and 'leather' written in blue biro to front. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE BRITISH ANGLER: OR A POCKET-COMPANION FOR GENTLEMEN-FISHERS
Written by John Williamson; et al.
Stock no. 2122549
1740. Good condition.

Leather binding. B/w frontis and some fold-out b/w plates. This book still has its original boards, but has a NEW spine and endpapers (recased). Scuffing and heavy wear, with a little loss to original covers. Some page browning and a little foxing. Lovely tight binding; where book has been rebacked.

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THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie. Very good condition.

A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton. Circa 1825. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.

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ABRISS EINER THEORIE DER FUNCTIONEN EINER COMPLEXEN VERANDERLICHEN UND DER THETAFUNCTIONEN
Written by Johannes Thomae.
Stock no. 2120899
Published by Verlag Von Louis Nebert. 3rd 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. Text in German. Title: Sketch of a theory of the functions of a complex variable and theta functions. 3rd enlarged edition. Backstrip has completely come away from spine; is now in two pieces inside book. Joints split. Uneven fading and wear to corners as well. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. Contents are generally still very good.

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THEORIE ALGEBRAISCHEN FUNKIONEN UND IHRER INTEGRALE
Written by E. Landfriedt.
Stock no. 2120875
Published by G.J. Goschensche Verlagshandlung. 1902. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Brown cloth covers. Text in German. Title: Theory algebraic functions and their integral. The Schubert Collection Volume XXXI. Spine is very faded and worn; some scuffing along edges. Corners are also worn, with some chipping to leather. Appears that this book has possibly been restitched, with new strengthening tape to joints. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE
Written by Geo. C. Bainbridge. Illustrated by Geo. C. Bainbridge.
Stock no. 2119859
Published by The Fly Fisher's Classic Library. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Bonded leather spine, with blue boards. Illustrated with colour plates representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature. An introduction by Tony Deacon. Small bump to base of spine. Contained in very good slip case that has some fading to a few edges.

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THE ERNE, ITS LEGENDS AND ITS FLY-FISHING
Written by Henry Newland.
Stock no. 2119785
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 1999. Fine condition.

Green full bonded leather covers, gilt titles. Colour frontis and title page. Limited edition of 450 copies. Contained in a fine slip-case. This is copy Number 117. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RICHMOND AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE OLDEN TIME
Written by Richard Crisp.
Stock no. 2118593
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1866. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt title. With Memoirs and Notes. 7 b/w plates, including frontis. Scuffing and wear to leather on spine and corner edges. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to a few pages; mostly to prelims. Some pencil annotation to a few pages.

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