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Madame Cottin [Whittingham Press, Chiswick] Elizabeth: or, The Exiles of Siberia. Translated from the French of Madame Cottin. 12mo: 123 + [iv] pp. Engraved title (dated 'Octr. 1823') featuring engraving Heath from design by Corbould. Four pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. In contemporary green leather binding with decorative gilt spine and pattern to edges of boards, marbled endpapers and marbling to edges.... |
Literature, Women | £180.00 |
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Magdi Wahba, ed. [Samuel Johnson; James L. Clifford; Donald J. Greene] 351 pages, 8vo. Unbound: in original brown printed wraps. In good condition, but with wraps browning and creased. Ownership inscription on inside of front wrap. An important collection, with the bibliography accompanied by seventeen essays, including ones by J. D. Fleeman, Arthur Sherbo, Joyce... |
Literature | £55.00 | |
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Maggs Bros, dealers. Pamphlet, 52pp., 8vo, printed wraps, soiled, spine damaged, mainly good condition. "It has for a long time been our wish to give more interesting information about the important Autograph Letters and Documents in our Collection, and consequently we propose to issue from time to time a... |
£80.00 | ||
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Maggs Brothers [booksellers' catalogues] [viii] 237 pp., fol.m, original grey and red printed wraps, numerous plates and illustrations in text, some staining of cover around spine, a few pencil markings, top of spine damaged, mainly good condition. It includes Cortes, "Carta de Relacion" (1522), other important Americana, and the first... |
Book Trade History | £100.00 | |
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Maggs Brothers [booksellers' catalogues] Folio: iv + 237 pp. In original grey and red printed wraps. Numerous plates and illustrations in text. Grubby and spotted, in heavily-worn wraps. One plate slit along fold and repaired with tape. Presentation copy, inscribed 'With Compliments from E U Maggs'. Covetable items, accurately... |
Book Trade History | £100.00 | |
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Major C. Muller. Muller published "Relation of the Operations and battles of the Austrian and French Armies, in the year 1809, with three plans by Muller (Printed for T. Goddard, Military Library, no. 1, by R. Wilks, 1810). A. (Dated) One page, 8vo, third person, spike-hole, trimiing, staining but text redable... |
Book Trade History | £80.00 | |
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[HMS Arethusa, 46 gun fifth-rate Royal Navy ship, launched in 1817] HMS Arethusa, the fourth of nine Royal Navy ships to bear the name, was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1817. (Fifth-rate ships served as fast scouts or independent cruisers. Owing to their combination of manoeuvrability and firepower, they were often assigned to interdict enemy shipping.) She... |
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[The De Vinne Press] [Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914), American printer and authority on typography] [Book of type specimens.] Old Faces of Roman and Medieval Types lately added to the De Vinne Press. [4] + 47pp., 8vo. In printed wraps. Internally in fair condition, on aged paper, with slight staining to the corners; in worn and chipped wraps. A handsome production, as one might expect from one of the nine founders of the Grolier Club, with a two-page introduction followed by a full-page... |
Book Trade History, Printing History | £180.00 | |
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Anon. [Napoleonica] [Handbill] The Chapter of Generals One page, c.11 x 23cm, fold marks, irregularly trimmed with loss of most of imprint, heavy staining, but text clear and complete. Verses, 2 sections, 30ll, focussing on the "General Confederacy " against "General Boney" (c.1812?), using the word "General" in as many contexts as possible (always... |
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Major General Sir Pratap Singh Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. One page, 8vo, sl. soiled but mainly good. "My dear Friend / I have much pleasure in offering you my hearty congratulations for the Xmas and warm greetings for the happy new years day with best wishes for man a happy and prosperous return of the same . . . " He... |
History | £56.00 |