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THE MISADVENTURES OF A TROPICAL MEDICO
Written by H.S. Dickey.
Stock no. 987752
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

304 pages. B/w photos. A vivid personal narrative of a doctor in South America. Wrapper slightly edge-chipped.

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WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 987834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Undated but pre 1910. Corners worn. All plates present.

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AMENAGEMENT DES CHUTES HYDRALIQUES
No author listed.
Stock no. 987841
Published by Chambre De Commerce De Grenoble. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 300 copies. Large format. Brown card wraps. B/w photo onlay to front cover. 90 pages. Numerous b/w photos concerning dams and water channels. Text in French. SIGNED by author "A Son Emminence Le Cardinal Maurin Respecteux Hommages Grenoble Le 21 Janvier 1920" Copy no. 31. Edges slightly chipped.

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RIDER'S BRITISH MERLIN FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1797
Written by Cardanus Rider.
Stock no. 987898
Published by J. Debrett. 1797. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: iv, 60, 305. Modern brown leather spine, paperboards. Contains a complete list of all the members of parliament, a list of fairs, an army list, and other similar information. New Endpapers. Page browning throughout. Ink spots to text block.

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THE LITERATURE OF THE CHARADRIIFORMES FROM 1894-1924
Written by George C. Low.
Stock no. 987904
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1ST 1924. Almost very good condition.

Pages: xi, 220. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. SIGNED by author.

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NOVITIAE FLORAE SUECICAE
Written by Eliae Fries.
Stock no. 988001
Published by Londini Gothorum. 1828. Good condition.

Pages: xii, 306. Text in Latin. Three-quarter dark blue leather binding. Some foxing throughout. Front board almost detached. Corners worn. Bookplates to front endpapers.

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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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THE ANIMAL WHY BOOK
Written by W.P. Pycraft. Illustrated by Edwin Noble.
Stock no. 988076
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Original pictorial paper boards with brown cloth spine. 15 tipped-in vivid colour plates (2 panels on each page), plus b/w vignettes. Contents in general very good but one page has a closed tear and there are biro tick marks to contents page. Corners worn.

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THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN VOLUME VI
Written by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 988152
Published by George Allen. 1888. Good condition.

Grey boards. 210 pages. The Crown of Wild Olive-title on spine. Four lectures on industry and war. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Endpapers foxed. Covers grubby.

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THE LAND WE LIVE IN VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988196
Published by Charles Knight. Very good condition.

A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. This volume covers Baronial Halls of Kent, Bath, Exeter, Leeds and the Clothing District, Newcastle, the Tyne and the Collieries, Ayrshire, North Derbyshire, Nottingham and the Hosiery District, Dublin, Lakes of Killarney, Connamara, North Wales. Illustrated throughout. Endpapers foxed. Corners rubbed.

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THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF MINISTL. INFLUENCE
Written by James Erskine.
Stock no. 988250
Published by A. Dodd. 1836. Very good condition.

Black leather spine, gilt titles. Marbled boards. Pages: iv, 48, 13. The Difference Between Royal Power and Ministerial Power Truly Stated. A Political Essay. No author named but believed to be James Erskine. Ink stains to title page else contents very good. Covers fine.

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LES SOIREES D'HIVER
No author listed.
Stock no. 988289
Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pages:235. Original red elaborately decorated and embossed cloth, all edges gilt. 12 lithograph plates. A few foxspots to contents. Title page missing else contents very good. Undated but possibly 1850s.

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