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Pantheon. Very Good+. 1976. Paperback. 0394730852 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; Trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; no marks. Just superficial shelf evidence to cover edges. VG+ .

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green. Good. 1864. First Edition. 1/4 leather. The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages; Color frontis, folding; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 519 pages; Royal 8vo in publisher's 1/4 leather backed paper covered boards. Ex-library with catalog label and expected attachments. Leather rubbed and worn over joints and spine ends with shallow loss at crown. Joints tender but holding; front flyleaf lacking. Boards rubbed and worn at corners. Folding color frontis. Sound reading/working copy. Good only. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: W. Otridge & Son; et. al.. Very Good-. 1810. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages; 1810 W. Otridge & Son; et. Al. 8th edition. Soundly bound in quarter leather backed spine and marbled paper covered sides; leather title and series labels to spine with raised bands and ruling in gilt. Shallow chipping and loss to leather at spine ends; extremities a little rubbed. Contents clean and neat save for some expected toning to the page stock. Considerable content devoted to the conduct of the Seven Years War and the siege of Havana. VG- .

London: Richard Chiswell. Very Good. 1687. Second Edition. Leather. Engravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 720 pages; 1687 Richard Chiswell, London. 2nd edition. Folio in period speckled calf with spine in seven compartments; red leather title label in the 2nd compartment. [viii], 720, [4] pp. Armorial frontis engraving with facing page added engraved title page. Engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester (presumably Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester) mounted to front pastedown. Soundly bound but with some partial splitting in the leather over the joints. Light rubbing and wear to leather at edges and extremities; a few ownership and bibliographic notes to the front endpages. In addition to the engraved frontis and title page, there are 3 double page engravings mounted to stubs as issued. Contents bright and clean with wide margins. Light offset toning to endpages from the leather turn-ins. Remarkably well preserved copy in apparently original binding with no… Read More

London: R. Sare, At Grays-Inn Gate in Holborn. Fair. 1688. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages; Parts II & III only (of 3) , bound together in one volume. [4] bl, [16], 131; [32], 345, [3], [2] bl pp. In period full leather, aged and crazed to surfaces. Front board detached; binding broken cleanly mid-book between F8 and G1 in Part II. Part II with seaparate title page, contents and register and with separate pagination. Manuscript to front pastedown - "Borrowed of Mr. Whitt of Eastling." Ocaasional spotting to pages; sustained short ticks in margins but no notation or interlinear marks. Mild damp line top front corner of the first 30 or so leaves. Margins good. Complete and generally clean text. Wanting restoration. Wing L1203. Good only thus. .

London: The Garrick Club. Very Good. 1936. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 310 pages; 1936 The Garrick Club . Oversizw quarto HC bound in 1uarter vellum backed spine and gray cloth sides with titles in gilt to spine. Light spotting to the vellum at spine. Prior ownership of W. W. Fordham penned to front flyleaf. Light foxing to endleaves and to pages facing the several engraved plates. Mild shelf tapping to cotrner tips and a superficial abrasion to the cloth bottom front corner of the cover board Six [pp] Supplement, Addenda and Errata laid in at rear. Six of the catalogues images reproduced by engraving. VG ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts. Good. 1858. First Edition. 1/4 leather. Chronicles And Memorials Of Great Britain And Ireland During The Middle Ages; folding color frontis; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 482 pages; Royal 8vo in publisher's 1/4 leather backed paper covered boards. Ex-library with catalog label and expected attachments. Leather rubbed and worn over joiints and spine ends with light fraying at crown. Joints tender but sound. Extensive pencil annotation to blank front flyleaf; here and there some light pencil bracketing in margins of the text. Folding color frontis. Sound reading/working copy. Good only. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Second Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pages; 1962 Heinemann. HC/DJ 2nd printing. Soundly bound and clean in original decoratively lettered dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w photos on glossy stock. Contents clean and neat with no marks. Dust jacket generally clean and neat, but with front flap clipped at both corners and with light shelf rubbing and a few short closed nicks at edges. Mild toning to whites of jacket and expected light toning to page stock. Unusual binding with gatherings in 32; b&w plates on glossy stock are generally on 2 sheets sewn in around the signatures, such that there are 4 pages (unnumbered) of photographs between each signature. Uncommon title, especially so in dust jacket. VG/VG .

London: Richard Baldwin. Good. 1683. First Edition. Paperback. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages; Disbound. 46 pp gathered in 4's. Signatures not bound, with mild stab holes in spine edge margins from prior binding. Mild toning and soiling to title page; light stress crease to top front corner of the pages. The 1st and only edition with title page in two variants. An anti Roman Catholic tract. Good thus. .

Peterborough: Silver Link. Very Good+. 1996. Second Printing. Hardcover. 1857940040 . B&W Photographs, Maps, Tables; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 112 pages; 1996 Silver Link. Oversize paperback in glossy pictorial covers. 2nd printing. Soundly bound and clean with no marks. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos, maps, tables and facsimile printed matter. Superficial shelf evidence to covers. VG+ .

Boston: L. C. Page & Company. Very Good+. 1904. Hardcover. B&W reproductions and half-tones; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; 1904 L. C. Page & Company. HC snugly bound, clean and bright in original blue cloth with bordered pictorial title design in gilt and red; top edge gilt. Illustrated with b&w reproductions on glossy stock. A few pages opened a little roughly at the front edge. VG++ .

London & Paris: MacMillan & Co. Ltd. & Hachette. Very Good+. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 598 pages; 1920 MacMillan & Co. Ltd. & Hachette. Stout smaller format HC in original blue cloth with titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine. 1st edition printing of this Blue Guide to England. Bright, fresh and neat; prior owner name penciled at front. Trace crimping to cloth at spine ends. Profusely illustrated with folding color maps and plans. Frontis map has a short tape repair in the bottom gutter margin and a couple other with a short closed tear same location. Generally quite fresh and neat. VG++ .

Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid. Very Good-. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 23 pages; 1886 E. & G. Goldsmid, Edinburgh. 1st edition. Snugly bound in original trade burgundy cloth with wide single rule to board edges and titles in gilt to upper board. Thin spine unlettered, as issued. Just mild shelf rub to board edges and a short closed rupture to cloth at the front edge of the upper board. Title page is cracking in the gutter; small ink ownership stamp in the gutter of the following leaf - "Intrroduction.' Illustrated with 13 plates depicting in woodcut 4 playing cards; commmntary and description printed on adjoining leaves. Plates printed singles side only. Uncommon in the original edition. VG- .

Detroit, MI: Singing Tree Press. Good+. 1968. reprint. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; 1968 Singing Tree Press. HC snugly bound in two tone brown cloth with titles brightly in gilt. Reprint of the 1884 original. Ex-library with nominal ownership indications and attachments. Tightly bound with bright fresh contents. G++ .

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0710069235 . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 170 pages; 1971 Routledge & Kegan Paul. HC/DJ. 1st edition thus. Snugly bound and neat in original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket price clipped front flap and just very lightly shelf rubbed at edges. VG++/VG .

Edinburgh: His Majesties Printers for the Author. Very Good+. 1673. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Full speckled calf boards with paneled frame in blind. Artfully rebacked with black leather title label in the 2nd of five compartments. Mild smoke to text block edges. Contents clean and complete save for refreshed endpages. Unusual pagination a result of printer error, as specified in the erratum on the terminal printed page. Pagination [64]; [1] , 2- 171, [blank], 187 -226; 1 -92, [2]. Collation: []2, A - G4, H2; A - X4, Y2, Aa - Ee4; A - L4, M3. Snug and neat. Prior ownership of New College Edinburgh with bookpate at front stamped "sale duplicate". No other marks or attachments. Uncommon 17th century Anti-Catholic work by the little known Colvil. Wing C5425. VG+ .

Amsterdam: Pietro E Giovanni Blaeu. Very Good. 1692. First Edition. vellum. Woodcut plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 592 pages; Vol II (Parte Seconda) only, of 2. Stout small 8vo in period 1/4 vellum backed spine and marbled paper covered boards with burgundy morocco title label and gilt ruling to spine. Snugly bound and clean with just some light shelf soiling to sides and spine. [2] - 592, [12] pp. Unpaged index at rear. Illustrated with a good number of copper plate engravins, some bound in on smaller size paper plates. Uncommon, though here only in the 2nd volume of 2 published. VG .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good. 1917. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 588 pages; [1917] Frederick A. Stokes, NY. 1st American edition. Soundly bound in original thatch pattern maroon cloth with titles blocked in gilt to cover and spine. Cloth lightly crimped at spine ends; a few pages opened a little roughly at the front edge. Illustrated with b&w phot frontis. Includes appendix. VG .

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd.. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Plates and Folding Map; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 242 pages; 1921 A. & C. Black. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and fresh in full thatch patterned red cloth with decorative borders in blind and titles brightly in gilt to sp[ine. Dust jacket fromt and rear panels and flaps present but spine lacking. Illustrated with 32 tissue guarded color plates from art by Albert Woods, along with a folding map at rear. Trace offset toning to endpages; otherwise about Fine. with parts of the dust jacket .

Manchester University Press. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. 0719013348 . Remains, Historical And Literary, Connected With The Palatine Counties Of Lancaster And Chester, 3Rd Ser. , V. 25. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; HC snugly bound in original blue boards with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Solid, bright and clean; two pages with shallow corner crease. Lacking dst wrapper but otherwise bright and very neat. VG .