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KINGSBRIDGE ESTUARY WITH RAMBLES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Written by S.P. Fox.
Stock no. 597376
Published by G.P. Friend. 1st 1864. Very good condition.

Red embossed cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 26 original mounted albumen photographs. 172 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rebacked some time ago with original spine laid down. Covers very slightly grubby.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THREE HUNDRED ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 597353
Published by J. And F. Rivington. 1774. Good condition.

A Description of Three Hundred Animals viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects With a Particular Account of The Manner of Their Catching of Whales in Greenland. Extracted from the Best Authors and Adapted to the Use of All Capacities. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, Whereon is Curiously Engraven Every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent and Insect Described in the Whole Book. The Eleventh Edition Carefully Corrected and Amended. Small format. 7 x 4". Full brown leather binding. B/w frontis. Title page in red and black. 212 pages. Numerous b/w illustrations including one large folding plate. Contents very good. Front board almost detached. Boards very worn. A fascinating early natural history book.

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THE CHICHESTER GUIDE CONTAINING THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY AND OTHER INTERESTING OBJECTS OF CURIOSITY
Written by Richard Dally.
Stock no. 597354
Published by P. Binstead. 1831. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Chichester Guide Containing the History and Antiquities of the City and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity, a Description of the Cathedral and its Monuments and of the Minor Churches Together With Some Account of the Antiquities and Gentlemens' Seats in the Neighbourhood. 8 x 5". 3 b/w text illustrations. 2 b/w plates + Errata slip. In attractive modern binding. Tan leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Gilt title to spine. New endpapers. Binding is fine. Contents very good indeed. Including Errata sheet. Plates have been professionally strengthened with thin card on verso. A super copy.

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THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN
No author listed.
Stock no. 597355
Published by A. Stark. 1810. Almost very good condition.

The History of Lincoln With a Appendix Containing a List of the Members Returned to Serve in Parliament as Also of the Mayors and Sheriffs of the City. Small format. 7 x 4". 17 b/w plates. 6 b/w chapter head and tail pieces. Full brown leather binding. Gilt title to spine. 312 pages + 27 pages of lists. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Edges of endpapers lightly stained. Top and tail of spine chipped. Corners bumped. Contents very good. REDUCED FROM £280.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379828
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Small closed tears to margins of two plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins (affecting a couple of plates - pictures remain bright). Foxing to page edges. A nice copy of a scarce edition.

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THE CAMBRIAN REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1795 & 1796 & 1818(3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 627232
Published by E. And T. Williams. 1796. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Volumes I and II: The Cambrian Register for the Years 1795 and 1796. Published in 1796 and 1799. Printed for E. & T. Williams. The Cambrian Register Vol III printed for E. Williams 1818. Modern brown cloth binding with gilt titles to spines. Hand-coloured engraved vignette to title page of first two volumes. Hand-coloured frontis and two hand-coloured maps to first volume. Volume III has original printed upper wrapper bound in and includes a folding b/w chart of Milford Haven. Light page-edge browning. Original wrapper in Vol III browned and edge-chipped. Overall a clean and bright set.

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STAGE-COACHMAN
Written by Thomas Cross.
Stock no. 627233
Published by Hurst & Blackett. 1st 1861. Very good condition.

Three volumes. 8 x 5". Red embossed cloth, gilt titles to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. Bookplate of Eric S. Quayle to front pastedown of Vol I. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good.

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A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Written by Augustine Page.
Stock no. 627224
Published by Frederic Pawsey. 1st 1847. Very good condition.

viii + 1054 pages. Attractive modern binding. Black leather spine with gilt title and decorations and raised bands. Red cloth covered boards. A super copy.

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THE KINGS AND THE CATS
Written by John Hannon. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 379626
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Munster Fairy Tales For Young And Old. 3 stories. Red Cloth, gilt title and border. Attractive b/w plates, some cats but not in Wain's usual anthropomorphic style. xiii + 78 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers soiled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers. Erased child's pencil writing to front endpaper. Initial 'F' in ink to margin of page 2. Some grubby marks to pages and to rear side of some plates but generally contents still clean. A desirable copy of a very scarce Wain item.

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POPINJAY'S JIG-PUZ BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 596255
Published by John Leng. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

A book containing five jig-saw puzzles, a story about the pictures, and keys for the puzzles to be coloured in. Each puzzles fits into a page and if closed carefully the puzzles remain in position. The stories are about the toys in Anthony and Rosemary's nursery - Popinjay and Pongo the two teddies and Wogga the golly. Pictorial front cover, blue cloth spine. All puzzles complete and in very good condition, complete with transparent overlays. Spine faded and worn at top and tail. Edges and corners worn. Front cover bright and clean. Rear cover just a little grubby. No colouring to contents. A lovely bright copy.

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ORIGINES PAROCHIALES SCOTIAE
No author listed.
Stock no. 595827
Published by W.H. Lizars. 1st 1851. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two volumes bound in three books. Vol I: xlii + 532 pages; Vol II Part I: xx + subscribers list + 390 pages + index of Parishes; Vol II Part II: xv + 846 pages + index of Parishes. Five large folding maps. Modern turquoise cloth binding with gilt title to spines. Editions published 1851 through to 1855. Ex-lib with labels to front endpapers and stamps to title pages but overall a very clean and bright set.

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OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 379320
Published by Augener Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to 450 copies. Cream vellum binding, gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Very pretty illustrations in delicate pastel colours. Oblong format. All edges gilt. Rhymes set to music. SIGNED by illustrator. Covers ever so slightly marked, corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ties missing. Endpapers heavily foxed. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins but generally contents clean. A nice example - copy no. 4.

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