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The History of Richmond, in the County of York; including a description of the Castle, Friary, Easeby Abbey and other remains of Antiquity in the Neighbourhood. by [Clarkson, Christopher 1758-1833] - 1814

by [Clarkson, Christopher 1758-1833]

The History of Richmond, in the County of York; including a description of the Castle, Friary, Easeby Abbey and other remains of Antiquity in the Neighbourhood. by [Clarkson, Christopher 1758-1833] - 1814

The History of Richmond, in the County of York; including a description of the Castle, Friary, Easeby Abbey and other remains of Antiquity in the Neighbourhood.

by [Clarkson, Christopher 1758-1833]

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First edition. Printed by and for T. Bowman at The Albion Press; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cradock and Joy; and Newman and Co. London. 1814. 12mo. 436pp. 4 engraved plates. Folding plan of 'Easby Abbey'. Text illustrations. Subscribers' list. Contemporary half calf, relaid to spine, marbled boards, spine in six compartments with raised banding, gilt, leather label (minor corner loss to label). Marbled endpapers. Bookseller's plate: James Miles, Leeds. Light shelf wear, scuffing to corners, light foxing to title and light offsetting from plates. Errata has been corrected neatly to each relevant page. Published anonymously, the author's name appeared in the later edition of 1821.

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Bookplate of F. Dinsdale to fep. Mr Dinsdale of Scorton is listed as a subscriber, marginal neat annotations and errata corrections in the volume are presumably in his hand. Frederick Dinsdale, Esq., LLJD. (d.1872) author of "The Teesdale Glossary," and other works (ref. Leeds University Library Special Collections)

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  • Publisher Printed by and for T. Bowman at The Albion Press; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cradock and Joy; and Newman
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1814
  • Keywords Yorkshire, Richmond,
  • Size 12mo
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Morizot. Paris. nd [c.1856]. 12mo. 668pp. Half title, Engraved frontispiece., colour lithographic title, Title page, three further engraved plates with tissue guards. Original tooled morocco. Spine in five compartments with raised bands. Gilt gothic cross ermine motifs to spine, and upper and lower boards. Inner gilt foliar swags. Gothic cross clasps. All edges red with gilt gothic cross ermine motifs to match the tooling on the binding. Marbled endpapers. Silk book mark. Joints cracked but firm, and corners a little rubbed. Light damp stain to base margin of a few pages.
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Mr Jorrocks’ Lectors. From Handley Cross. With illustrations by G. Denholm Armour
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by Surtees, R. S.

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Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1910. Quarto. (5), 150, (1)pp. Tissue guarded mounted colour frontis., 24 further tissue guarded mounted colour plates. Original red and black decorative cloth, in excellent condition. Toned to endpapers, edges lightly spotted. A lovely copy.Publishers' original decorative red and black box, lightly rubbed and faded.
Together with "Jorrocks on 'unting and 'osses". Hodder and Stoughton. Printed at The Edinburgh Press London. nd. Small 8vo. 12pp. Mounted colour plate. Line illus. Card boards, with mounted colour vignette to upper cover. Ribbon tie. Covers lightly faded.
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Happy Christmas to you and have a good time

Happy Christmas to you and have a good time

by Gross, Fritz

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"Happy Christmas to you and have a good time" 11.5 x 16.5 cm (26 x 18 cm mounted). Original etching, signed by the artist. Further signature to inner mount. The etching illustrates two chefs preparing food.Fritz Gross (1895 -1969) Architect and artist, the instigator of open plan design, born in Brelitz, an Austrian Jew who fled to England with his family in 1938 at the invitation of the President of the Royal Institution of British Architects. The Fritz Gross collection is housed in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
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Mary Howitt. An autobiography. In two volumes.
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Mary Howitt. An autobiography. In two volumes.

by Howitt, Mary & Howitt, Margaret (ed.)

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2 volumes. Royal octavo. Wm. Isbister Limited. London. 1889. Two mounted tissue guarded Woodburytype photo frontispieces, 33 illustrations. xviii, (1), 326pp.; ix, (1), 370pp. Half speckled calf, renewed to spines, marbled boards, gilt lettering, rules and floral and foliar edging. Marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear to edges and rubbing to corners. Light spotting to endpapers. A handsome bright crisp set.
Mary Howitt (1799-1888) Poet, writer, journalist, translator, editor of numerous books. Wife of William, "The Howitts had been all their lives great wanderers; they would journey for weeks or months at a time, chiefly on foot, through England, Wales, or Scotland, and the Continent, and knew intimately and minutely every place they wrote about. Their literary industry was marvellous, as is shown by appended list of books. Mary Howitt's name was attached, either as author, editor, or translator, to 110 works." (Evelyn Noble Armitage) A beautifully written vivid literary autobiography.
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The Poems of Virgil. Translated into English Prose.
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The Poems of Virgil. Translated into English Prose.

by Conington, John (Publius Vergilus Maro)

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Longman Green & Co. London. 1890. Octavo. (2), 424pp. Handsome full contemporary morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. Blind triple bordering rules to boards. Inner gilt curlicues. All edges gilt. Triple banded silk bookmark. Some slight shelfwear. Appears unread. Eton prize binding with bookplate to fep (Edmund Warre).
John Conington (1825 - 1869) Classical scholar. Corpus Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford from 1854 till his death.
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Morizot. Paris. nd [c.1856]. 12mo. 668pp. Half title, Engraved frontispiece., colour lithographic title, Title page, three further engraved plates with tissue guards. Original tooled morocco. Spine in five compartments with raised bands. Gilt gothic cross ermine motifs to spine, and upper and lower boards. Inner gilt foliar swags. Gothic cross clasps. All edges red with gilt gothic cross ermine motifs to match the tooling on the binding. Marbled endpapers. Silk book mark. Joints cracked but firm, and corners a little rubbed. Light damp stain to base margin of a few pages.
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Moeurs et la caricature en France.
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by Grand-Carteret, John

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Imprimerie de Charles Hérissey. Evreux. La Librairie Illustrée. Paris. [1888] Quarto. xii, 690pp. (1) Imprim. 8 tissue guarded coloured plates, numerous engraved full page illustrations and text engravings. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards. Spine in six compartments, gilt lettering, motifs and rules. Marbled endpapers. Some toning to half-title and last few pages. Slight shelfwear to edges and corners.

John Grand-Carteret (1850-1927) Art historian and collector.Due to the weight of this volume, we regret an additional postage overseas charge may apply. Please contact us for details.
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Mr Jorrocks’ Lectors. From Handley Cross. With illustrations by G. Denholm Armour
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by Surtees, R. S.

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Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1910. Quarto. (5), 150, (1)pp. Tissue guarded mounted colour frontis., 24 further tissue guarded mounted colour plates. Original red and black decorative cloth, in excellent condition. Toned to endpapers, edges lightly spotted. A lovely copy.Publishers' original decorative red and black box, lightly rubbed and faded.
Together with "Jorrocks on 'unting and 'osses". Hodder and Stoughton. Printed at The Edinburgh Press London. nd. Small 8vo. 12pp. Mounted colour plate. Line illus. Card boards, with mounted colour vignette to upper cover. Ribbon tie. Covers lightly faded.
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Happy Christmas to you and have a good time

Happy Christmas to you and have a good time

by Gross, Fritz

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"Happy Christmas to you and have a good time" 11.5 x 16.5 cm (26 x 18 cm mounted). Original etching, signed by the artist. Further signature to inner mount. The etching illustrates two chefs preparing food.Fritz Gross (1895 -1969) Architect and artist, the instigator of open plan design, born in Brelitz, an Austrian Jew who fled to England with his family in 1938 at the invitation of the President of the Royal Institution of British Architects. The Fritz Gross collection is housed in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
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Mary Howitt. An autobiography. In two volumes.
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by Howitt, Mary & Howitt, Margaret (ed.)

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2 volumes. Royal octavo. Wm. Isbister Limited. London. 1889. Two mounted tissue guarded Woodburytype photo frontispieces, 33 illustrations. xviii, (1), 326pp.; ix, (1), 370pp. Half speckled calf, renewed to spines, marbled boards, gilt lettering, rules and floral and foliar edging. Marbled endpapers. Light shelf wear to edges and rubbing to corners. Light spotting to endpapers. A handsome bright crisp set.
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