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THE WATERING PLACES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FASHIONABLE DIRECTORY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS
No author listed. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett.
Stock no. 1806586
Published by I.T. Hinton. 1831. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Three-quarters leather binding with gilt title to spine and marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page plus 30 engraved plates. Engraving by J.C. Allen. Edges rubbed, corners worn with some loss to leather at sides. Boards rubbed/scuffed. Front joint cracked, broken at bottom edge where leather has worn away from spine. Rear joint is sound. Some foxing present. Plate opposite page 149 is torn almost right across at the lower margin of the plate not affecting the plate itself. A few other plates may have small closed margin tears. Most plates have browning to margins of page. It is possible that there is a page or more missing at the end although the book appears to be complete in itself - the last printed page number is 216 and this ends partway through a sentence. Overall, a good working copy.

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THE BOOK OF MODERN ENGINES (6 VOLUMES)
Written by Rankin Kennedy.
Stock no. 1806583
Published by Caxton Publishing Company Limited. Good condition.

An Entirely New and Revised Edition. 6 volumes. A practical work on prime movers and the transmission of power steam, electric, water, gas, and hot air. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. 2 volumes have elaborate colour diagrams at front of book. Top & tail of spines worn with fraying to cloth. Volume I - spine is split to both sides and backstrip is worn, one hinge is broken so that contents are in two halves. Foxing to text blocks. Contents are generally clean. A good working copy.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2108586
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges, prelims and some page margins.

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THE POACHERS PROGRESS
No author listed. Illustrated by C. Blake; C. Turner.
Stock no. 1706439
Published by Paul Harris. 1st thus 1981. Very good condition.

Facsimile edition first published by C. Turner in 1826. Limited to 750 copies. Very Large Oblong format, Approx. 60cm by 40cm. 8 colour plates from paintings by C. Blake, engraved by Turner. Leather spine. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. ISBN: 0862280303. Base of spine and bottom edge worn. This copy is unnumbered. A few scuffs to covers. Plates bright and clean. REDUCED from £250.

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THE MAMMALS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by J.G. Millais. Illustrated by J.G. Millais; Archibald Thorburn; G.E. Lodge; Henrik Gronvold.
Stock no. 1706435
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Three volumes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 14 x 13", large heavy format. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1025 copies. With 62 photogravures, 62 coloured plates and 149 uncoloured plates. Copy No. 217. Bookplates to front pastedowns. 12cm split to one side of spine from top to volume 1. Spines faded. Corners worn. Occasional foxspot to contents.

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KLOOF AND KARROO
Written by H.A. Bryden.
Stock no. 2107907
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1889. Very good condition.

Sport, Legend, and Natural History in Cape Colony. With a notice of the game birds, and of the present distribution of the antelopes and larger game. Cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes. Tissue-guarded b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping to top of spine; minimal loss. Spotting to covers. Ink stamp to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few marks to some page margins.

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THE TALE OF THE TABBY TWINS
Written by Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1308109
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, green and white text illustrations. Covers are grubby, there is slight wear to base of spine. A couple of hinge are partly cracked. Some light fingering else contents clean. There is a light tobacco smell to the contents.

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THE TALE OF NAUGHTY KITTY CAT
Written by Cecily M. Rutley. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1308108
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Small format. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, green and white text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to rear cover. Some hinges pulled/cracked. A few light fingermarks else contents clean. There is a light tobacco smell to the contents.

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A NEW PLAN FOR SPEEDILY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BEE-HIVES IN SCOTLAND
Written by James Bonner.
Stock no. 1706224
1st 1795. Very good condition.

Which may be extended with equal success to England, Ireland, America or to any other part of the world Campbell of producing flowers. Printed by J. Moir and Sold by W. Creech, Bell & Bradfute, P. Hill, Mudie & Son, and by the Author. Leather spine and corners, marble boards. Boards scuffed. Book plate to front pastedown. A few margin marks.

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AN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 1307920
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Magnificent b/w plate for each animal along with a paragraph of text on each. Large format. Green boards and spine, front shows a pair of shire(?) horses. Spine rebacked with green cloth keeping most of the original title-strip. Corners worn and some slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers professionally replaced. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE ENGLISH
No author listed. Illustrated by Alexander William.
Stock no. 1805998
Published by John Murray. 1st 1814. Very good condition.

50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each followed with a page of descriptive text. Modern calf binding, three quarters red leather with blue title block & gilt title and raised bands to spine. Red cloth boards. New, grey marbled endpapers. Leather binding nice and clean. Slight mottling to vertical edge of cloth boards. Scattered spotting throughout and a few grubby marks. All plates present. A delightful copy.

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WALKS THROUGH WALES
Written by Thomas Evans.
Stock no. 2107248
Published by Sherwood & Co.. 2nd circa 1815. Almost very good condition.

Containing a Topographical and Statistical Description of The Principality: To Which is Prefixd a Copious Travelling Guide, Exhibiting the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Inns, Distances of Stages and Nobelmen and Gentlemen's Seats. Illustrated by engravings and maps of North and South Wales. Small format. Green leather binding, gilt titles. 2 maps are fold-out. Scuffing and wear to covers; some 'repair' to chips - have been coloured in green. Foxing and some damp marking to pages.

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