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Paris: : Librairie Fischbacher, , 1914. . First edition. . 8vo, . morocco backed marbled boards, gilt stamped spine, t.e.g. Light edge and board wear, endpapers evenly browned a nice copy. ... more information

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New York, London, Paris & Melbourne: : Cassell & Company, , [1889]. . First edition. . 8vo, . Illustrated with folding map and plates. original brown pictorial cloth. Extremities a trifle rubbed, else a very good copy. Wakefield was a "man of extraordinary energy and compelling enthusiasms...He could also be unscrupulous, treacherous and vindictive" (Jackson & McRobie's Historical Dictionary of New Zealand). Wakefield was born in London in 1796 and spent his youth in and out of troub... more information

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1875.. Very good.. 12” x 15”- 30.4 x 38.1 cm.. A colourful map of Nova Scotia divided into counties and showing towns, harbours, railway lines and mining areas. ... more information

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1875.. Very good.. 15” x 12”- 38.1 x 30.4 cm.. A detailed map of Muskoka showing towns, harbours, railway lines and lakes. ... more information

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1875.. Very good.. 15” x 25”- 38.1 x 63.5 cm.. A very good double sheet map of the United States showing towns, cities railway lines and topographical features. ... more information

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New York: : Wiley & Putnam, , 1846. . First U.S. edition. . 8vo, . rebound in brown cloth. First 10 pages soiled and spotted, some scattered foxing throughout, p. 157/158 loss to upper corner, blank before titlepage of part 2 torn away, soiling to titlepage of 2nd part, ads misbound with some lacking, on the whole, not too bad with the second part being considerably cleaner than the first part, generally quite good. The author was a British army officer and brother of the editor. ... more information

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London: , c. 1725.. Margins ragged otherwise very good.. 13-1/2” x 17”- 34.2 x 43.1. Laor 825 An Interesting map of the Holy Land divided into tribes with extensive engraved scene of the Crucifiction below. ... more information

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New York and London: : Harper & Brothers, , 1903. . First edition. 8vo, . Illustrated with 4 colour plates and decorations by Kiyokichi Sano. lavender pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, t.e.g. Extremities and spine ends lightly rubbed, one plate detached but present. A charming folk story set in Sendai, Japan. ... more information

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Toronto: : Hunter, Rose and Company, , 1876. First edition. . 8vo,. original embossed cloth, cloth mottled and a little dampstained, spine sunned, endpapers spotted else very good. ... more information

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London: : George Bell & Sons, , 1904. Second edition. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated. tan and gilt cloth, some darkening to cloth, else very good. The works of Whistler examined. ... more information

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Chicago:: Container Corporation of America,, 1937. 4to,. Illustrated by Edgar Miller including a large folding plate of the Cylinder Paperboard Machine at the Philadelphia Plan of Container Corporation, at rear. linen covered boards with gilt stamping. Scuff to rear board, rear plate has a few extra creases from misfolding, but otherwise a good bright copy. An interesting history of the rise of paper making in China and Europe. Nicely illustrated. Very small bookplate of Rudolph Ruzichars on front ... more information

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London: : Jonathan Cape: , [1941]. 8vo, . Illustrated by Rowland Hilder. cloth and dustjacket Fine in a jacket with chips to head of spine. ... more information

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Toronto: , 1925. . First Canadian edition (same year as New York edition). Spine ends and corners worn, a couple of closed tears to pages, else very good. . 8vo,. Illustrated by C.R. Snelgrove.. Murdoch 832; Watters p. 207. Amusing golf verse illustrated with charming vignettes. ... more information

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London & Glasgow: : Blackie and Son Limited, , n.d. 8vo,. Illustrated with 8 halftone plates. blue pictorial cloth. Spine a little darkened, prize label pasted to ffep, else very good. Tales of exploration along the Amazon, in Central Asia, the North & South Poles, Africa and Mount Everest. ... more information

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c. 1700-38.. Left margin a little ragged and browned otherwise very good.. 14-1/2" x 19-1/2"- 36.8 x 49.5 cm.. Published in Edward Well's Atlas "A New Sett of Maps both Ancient and Present Geography Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Shirley. BL Atlases T.WELL-1a, #26. A very good map of Scandinavia including parts of Poland, Livonia and Russia. Towns, universities and bishoprics are shown. Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Lapland ... more information

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c. 1700-38.. Margins a little ragged, stain to upper left in neatline extending just into the Atlantic Ocean, otherwise very good.. 14-1/2" x 19-1/2"- 36.8 x 49.5 cm.. Published in Edward Well's Atlas "A New Sett of Maps both Ancient and Present Geography Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Tooley Africa p. 122. A very good map of Africa showing two sources of the Nile. Wells dedicated his atlas to the Duke of Gloucester and this map had large dedication cartouche lower left. Af... more information

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[Paris]: : Edition Mornay, , 1929. Limited to 985 numbered copies. 8vo,. original wraps with glassine dustjacket. Chips with losses to glassine wrap, front hinge a little weak o/w nice and bright. Splendid illustrations ... more information

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New York:: The Museum of Modern Art,, [1946]. Third edition revised. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated with colour plates. cloth and dustjacket. Very slight rubbing to corners of jacket, else fine. A brief survey of modern artists as book illustrators including works by Braque, Chagall, Degas, Dufy, Gaugin, Gill, Kokoschka, Malliol, Matisse, Picasso etc. ... more information

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London, 1807. 7-1/4" x 9-1/4"-18.4 x 23.4 cm. Hand coloured. A few light brown spots o/w very good. A small but detailed map of Asia with much of China divided into Tartary and Chinese Tartary. Australia is still named New Holland. ... more information

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London: : Constable and Company, , 1921. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated with a folding map of South Africa at rear. red cloth, spine ends bumped, name on front pastedown, else very good. A good biographical account of the famous South African statesman. ... more information

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