Winston Churchill My African Journey, London to Ladysmith, Crowley Moonchild, Pinocchio, Alice Wonderland, Louisa Stuart Costello Rose Garden of Persia 1st

Callison, Brian. The Dawn Attack.
Published: London. Collins. 1972.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$95

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London. Collins. 1972. 8vo., 1st Edition, original black cloth in a pictorial d/w, a very good copy.

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Calthrop, Dion Clayton. (painted & described by). English Costume.
Published: A & C Black, Ltd. London 1923
Binding: Pictorial Red Cloth
Price: U.S.$175

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4to., original pictorial red cloth, similar spine and gilt, pp. xvi + 463, illustrated with 61 full page colour plates ( incl. frontispiece), 32 half-tone reproductions of engravings by Hollar, 60 half-tone illustrations by Dightons and the author, plus other text drawings, previous owners small stamp on front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, but very good.

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Carr, John Dickson. Fire, Burn!
Published: Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York. 1957
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original Black & Brown Cloth, Dust Wrapper
Price: U.S.$195

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8vo., First Edition, Original Black & brown cloth, in its price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, worn and chipped with one inch tear to top edge, plus front flap detached but held together with tape, pp. vii + 265 including 5 pages of "Notes for the Curious", contents crisp and clean, apart from wear to jacket, a very good copy.

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Carroll Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Pictured by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Published: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd London. n.d. [c. 1914]
Edition: Re-issue
Binding: Original gilt tooled red cloth.
Price: U.S.$325

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4to., 9.75 inches x 7.5 inches (25cm x 19cm). original gilt tooled red cloth rubbed and worn at corners & edges, 148 pages + 4 pages publisher's advertisements, illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell with 12 full page colour plates, chapter headings and tail pieces, numerous text illustrations, & pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, endpapers browned, an occasional mark or spot here and there, binding a trifle loose, but a good copy with the gilt tooling on the cover still bright. 

This volume is more usually found in illustrated paper boards, over a cloth spine. This gilt decorated cloth binding was first published as the Deluxe first edition in 1910 and appears to have been subsequently re-issued as the adverts at the rear of this book date it to circa 1914. This publication appears to be identical to the first Deluxe edition in all respects other than that the first edition had all page edges gilt, this copy has only a gilt top edge. All printings of this Deluxe binding appear to be particularly scarce and are highly sought after.

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Carter, Angela. Shadow Dance.( The Authors first book)
Published: London. William Heinemann. 1966.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$175

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London. William Heinemann. 1966. First Edition. 8vo., original grey/black boards in soiled pictorial d/w with some small chips and tears, pp. 185, contents very good.

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Carter, Cecil A. (editor). The Kingdom of Siam, Ministry of Agriculture, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1904, Siamese Section.
Published: New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Original pictorial red cloth
Price: U.S.$675

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8vo., (192 x 128 mm), First Edition, original pictorial red cloth gilt lettered, top edge gilt, spine faded, binding rubbed at corners and edges with small chips to head of spine, title in red and black, pp. xi + 280 including index, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of King Chulalongkorn, portraits of Queen Sawangvadhana, Crown Prince Vajiravudh, 62 other views and plates of Siam, book plate on front paste-down and front free endpaper, browning mainly confined to front free endpapers, frontispiece and title page, a good to very good copy.

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Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Death on the Installment Plan.
Published: London. Chatto and Windus. 1938.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dust jacket.
Price: U.S.$525

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London. Chatto and Windus. 1938. First Edition. 8vo., original black cloth in pictorial d/w, pp. 587, apart from some spotting to edges and ffep. and some white marks on d/w spine; a very good copy of Celine's highlight.

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Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Journey to the End of the Night.
Published: London. Chatto and Windus. 1934.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback, original black cloth.
Price: U.S.$225

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London. Chatto and Windus. 1934. First English Edition. 8vo., original black cloth, slightly soiled, white lettered spine, lower joint rubbed, pp.543, some light spotting to edges, endpapers & last 6 pages, a good copy.

Chandler, Raymond. Playback.
Published: London. Hamish Hamilton. 1958.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket.
Price: U.S.$395

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London. Hamish Hamilton. 1958. First Edition. 8vo., large pencil name on ffep has been erased but still visible; otherwise a very good copy in a price clipped dust wrapper.

Charteris, Leslie. Senor Saint.
Published: London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1959.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$150

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London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1959. 8vo., First U.K. Edition original green cloth, pictorial d/w, pp. 188, a very good copy.

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Chatterton, E. Keble. Old Sea Paintings.
Published: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback gilt tooled blue cloth, gilt spine.
Price: U.S.$195

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The story of Maritime Art as depicted by the Great Masters..... with 15 illustrations in colour and ninety-five in black and white mainly from the Macpherson Collection. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 4to., First Edition, gilt tooled blue cloth, gilt spine, corners and edges rubbed, tear across spine tail, pp.179 + 15 colour plates + 95 b/w plates +p.4 of publishers adverts, plate opposite p.44 torn and tape repaired with loss to margin and tear to margin of plate opposite p.50, a few pages carelessly opened, some random foxing through-out but mainly to text, most plates in excellent condition, a good copy.

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Child, Jacob T. The Pearl of Asia Reminiscences of the Court of a Supreme Monarch or Five Years in Siam.
Published: Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co. 1892.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Original gilt tooled and lettered red cloth
Price: U.S.$675

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered red cloth, soiled and marked, gilt faded, corners and edges rubbed, 1/4 inch closed tear to head of spine, top edge gilt, new endpapers, pp. 339, illustrated with a tissue guarded frontispiece plate of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn, plus 31 full page plates, small marks to new endpapers, otherwise contents clean and very good.

Cordier 741 (incorrectly dated 1893)

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Childers, James Saxon. From Siam to Suez.
Published: D. Appleton and Company, New York. 1932
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Original gilt tooled and lettered maroon cloth
Price: U.S.$145

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered patterned maroon cloth, spine faded, pp. vii + 258, illustrated with 16 full page photographic plates including frontispiece, pictorial endpapers and vignette drawings by Willard Bonte, browning to front endpapers, frontis plate and title, otherwise a very good copy.

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Christie, Agatha. By The Pricking of My Thumbs.
Published: London. The Crime Club. 1968.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$150

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London. The Crime Club. 1968. First Edition, 8vo., original green cloth, spine gilt, a few small chips to d/w, otherwise a very good copy.

Christie, Agatha. Passenger To Frankfurt.
Published: London. The Crime Club. 1970.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$150

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London. The Crime Club. 1970. First Edition, 8vo., original red cloth, spine gilt, in d/w, a very good copy.

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Churchill, Winston. My African Journey
Published: Hodder and Stoughton London. 1908
Edition: First Edition and only printing.
Binding: Original pictorially decorated red cloth.
Price: U.S.$625

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8vo., First Edition, original pictorial red cloth, spine gilt lettered, but faded & marked, damp staining to binding mainly to top edge of lower cover and spine, but also a touch to top edge of upper cover, pp. xiii + 226 and 16 pages of publisher's averts, illustrated with 61 plates including a tissue guarded frontispiece plate, plus 3 maps, random light spotting, previous 2 owners names on front free endpaper, some fraying and small tears to margins only of plates, a good complete copy.

The 61 photographs were tipped in rather than bound, so copies should always be carefully checked to ensure the presence of all illustrations and maps.

This book is Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. It is notable, among other things, for being the only one of his many books to contain photographs allegedly taken by the author. This first and only printing is a striking edition, with a vivid red binding and a pictorial front cover bearing a woodcut illustration of Churchill with his bagged white rhinoceros depicted in blue, grey, and black.

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Churchill, Winston. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.
Published: Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Original black stamped beige cloth, lettered in red & black.
Price: U.S.$475

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8vo., First Edition, Original beige cloth, black stamped illustration and lettering to front cover, red lettering to front cover and spine, gilt illustration and lettering to spine, light surface wear and soiling, & minimal rubbing to corners and edges,  book measures approximately 8 by 5 inches, black endpapers, pp. xiv + 498 & 32 pages of publisher's adverts, half title, illustrated with 4 maps (1 color fold-out map, 2 other fold-out maps), and 4 plans, small tear to join of 1 map, fraying to margins of map ends, mostly firmly bound volume with spine a trifle 'u' shaped, front inner hinge cracked at top & bottom, some modest foxing throughout, a good firm copy of an early title.

Personal record of Churchill's impressions during the first five months of the First Boer War, including the story of Churchill's capture and escape from the Boers.  Dedicated to the staff of the Natal Government Railway. 

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Collodi, Carlo Lorenzini. Pinocchio the Story of a Puppet.
Published: London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited. (1913)
Edition: First Edition Thus.
Binding: Original gilt lettered and tooled blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$225

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Small 4to., ( 18 cm x 12 cm), original blue cloth lettered and elaborate tooled in gilt with a pictorial colour paste-down plate, spine gilt tooled, pp. 128, illustrated by Charles Folkard with 8 full page colour plates including frontispiece, plus vignette head and tail pieces, pictorial title page, the very slightest of wear to binding, a very good copy.

Originally published by Dent with Folkard illustrations in 1911. This edition is part of the "Tales for Children from Many Lands" series published 2 years later. 1st Thus.

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Colum, Padraic. The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
Published: The MacMillan Company New York 1928
Edition: Reprinted October 1928
Binding: Original Pictorial Brown/Red Cloth
Price: U.S.$225

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Small 4to., original pictorial brown cloth, minor wear, similar spine, pp. ix + 254, Illustrated by Willy Pogany with numerous full page b&w and 8 color illustrations, decorated initials, pictorial endpapers, illustrated title page and half title, previous owners name on decorated front endpaper, random browning, a good firm copy.

A telling of the Greek epic by the noted Irish poet and playwright.

From Greek mythology the classic adventures of Odysseus, how he fared with the Cyclopes, his struggles against the lure of the Sirens, and the awesome power of the god Poseidon.

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Conrad, Joseph The Rover.
Published: London. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$225

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London. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. First Edition. 8vo., original green cloth, lettered in gilt, in a chipped and slightly soiled d/w, some slight spotting to endpapers and edges, contents clean, a good copy.

"The Rover" was serialized in the "Pictorial Review" Sept to Dec, 1923, prior to book publication. Conrad began the novel as a short story hoping it would give him some brief relief from his struggles with
"suspense". It was a popular success despite some critics regarding it as marred by sentimentality.

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Cook, Robin. Coma.
Published: Little, Brown. Boston 1977.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket.
Price: U.S.$100

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Little, Brown. Boston 1977. 8vo., First Edition, original black and grey boards in a soiled and torn pictorial priced clipped d/w, pp.280, apart from d/w a very good copy.

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Cook, Theodore Andrea. Old Provence.
Published: Rivingtons London. 1905
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Gilt tooled royal blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$200

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8vo., 2 volumes, First Edition, original gilt tooled royal blue cloth, minor wear, gilt lettered spine, pp. xxii + 348 & xv + 429, black endpapers, half titles, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece, vignette titles, full page plates, text drawings & chapter vignettes, previous owners name stamped on half title & front free endpapers both vol's., large folding map at rear of vol. 2, torn across centre & repaired on verso with tape, but a good copy.

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Costello, Louisa Stuart. The Rose Garden of Persia
Published: London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1845
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Red morocco gilt tooled fine binding by Hayday.
Price: U.S.$575

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8vo., First Edition, sumptuously bound by Hayday in crimson morocco gilt tooled on upper and lower covers with a flower pattern & gilt linear borders, spine gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, light wear to corners & edges, wear to joints with small splits, blue endpapers decorated with gold stars, illustrated with 12 plates in colour and gold done in an Arabic style, every page with red borders in different designs, pp. xii + 193, creases to front free endpaper and soiling to title page, light spotting and browning mainly to first and last few pages, inscription dated 1850 on front free endpaper on a plain paper mounted label, a very good copy in a exquisite binding.

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Couperin, Francois. Oeuvres Completes.
Published: Editions de L'Oiseau Lyre. 1933.
Edition: No. 11 of a limited edition of 325 copies on Japon Dujardin.
Binding: Original green & cream cloth, decorated in silver, black and gilt.
Price: U.S.$150

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Volume 5 only Musique de Clavecin IV. Paris. Editions de L'Oiseau Lyre. 1933. Publiees par un Groupe de Musicologues sous la direction de Maurice Cauchie. Folio, No. 11 of a limited edition of 325 copies on Japon Dujardin, original green & cream cloth, decorated in silver, black and gilt, spine damaged with 4 very small holes, top edge silver, silver endpapers with a design in black after a lyre bird, a near fine copy in a very stylish binding.

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Covarrubais, Miguel. Island of Bali with an Album of Photographs by Rose Covarrubais
Published: Cassell and Company Limited London. 1937
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original black & yellow cloth pictorially decorated with gilt tooling and Lettering
Price: U.S.$275

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Large 8vo, (16 x 23.5 cm's), First edition, original black & yellow cloth pictorially decorated with gilt tooling and lettering, slightly soiled, spine faded, wear to folds of large folding map, pp. xxv + 417, plus 10 page index, profusely illustrated throughout with 114 magnificent photographs by Rose Covarrubais and over 90 drawings by Covarrubais himself, in addition to a few by Balinese artists. The photographs are reproduced in half-tone; 75 of the drawings are in line and 10 in wash; and 5 paintings are reproduced in full colours. in addition there is an original topographical map. A good tight & clean copy.

A comprehensive & well illustrated work on Bali.

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Cowper, William. The Poetical Works.
Published: Edinburgh & London. Gall & Inglis.
Binding: Original gilt & black tooled green cloth.
Price: U.S.$120

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Edinburgh & London. Gall & Inglis, n.d. 8vo., original gilt & black tooled green cloth, elaborate gilt and black spine, corners and edges slightly rubbed, all edges gilt, pp.xxiv + 516, engraved frontispiece & additional engraved title plus 2 full page engraved plates, school prize bookplate dated 1886, spotting to endpapers, a clean & bright copy.

Crakelt, William, A.M. Entick's New Latin-English Dictionary. Containing all the words and phrases proper for reading the classics in both Languages, accurately collected from the most approved Latin authors. To which is prefixed, A New English-Latin Dictionary, carefully compiled for the most celebrated English writers; rendered in classical Latin ...............
Published: London: Printed for Charles Dilly. 1790.
Binding: Original boards.
Edition: A New Edition Revised and Corrected.
Price: U.S.$325

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Small thick 4to, original boards rubbed and worn, calf spine ( most calf missing as per illustration ), title leaf partly loose, neat inscription on ffep dated 1794, some spotting and browning through-out but over all contents are firm and good, pp. iv + 331, pp. iv + Calendarium Romanum leaf + 534, back free endpaper loose, handsome in its original and worn state, a good copy.

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Crichton, Michael. Jurassic Park.
Published: Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1990
Binding: Original blue cloth in dust wrapper.
Price: U.S.$125

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Tall 8vo., First Edition, original gilt stamped and lettered two tone blue cloth, in its pictorial dust wrapper, slight darkening to spine, pp. xi +400, illustrated with charts and diagrams, a very good copy.

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Cronin, Leonard. The Concise Australian Flora. Illustrated by Marion Westmacott, Jenny Taranto, Ruth Berry, & Roslyn Published: Devaux. Reed Books, N.S.W. 1989.
Binding: Original white lettered grey cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper.
Price: U.S.$175

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Devaux. Reed Books, N.S.W. 1989. Large 4to., original white lettered grey cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper, pp.320, bookplate, slight discolouration to d/w otherwise a fine copy.

*The Concise Australian Flora stands alone as the finest and most extensive illustrated guide to the Australian Flora ever produced. More than 1000 species of Australian Flora, from delicate blooms of the alpine meadows to the rich wonderland of our tropical rainforest, are featured here.

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Cross, Mrs. Ashton. The Pekinese Dog
Published: Tonbridge Printers, Peach Hall Works Tonbridge. 1932
Binding: Original Gilt Tooled and Lettered Purple Cloth
Price: U.S.$275

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Small 4to., First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered purple cloth, similar spine slightly faded, pp. 369 including index, profusely illustrated throughout with full page photographic plates including a frontispiece plate, plus many full page plates of charming advertisements for various dog products of the day, light spotting mainly to first 30 pages, a very good copy of a comprehensive work.

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Crowley, Aleister. Moonchild, A Prologue.
Published: London: 1929. The Mandrake Press
Binding: Original Green Cloth, Dust Jacket
Price: U.S.$950

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8vo., First Edition, original green cloth, spine gilt, in its pictorial art deco dust jacket designed by Beresford Egan, small clip from inside front flap, loss to lower fore-edge corner of upper panel & head of spine and lower spine, (see images), a few other closed tears with tape repair from inside of jacket, pp. 335, apart from wear & damage to dust jacket, a very good and clean copy.

This entrancing story, by one of the most mysterious and brilliant of living writers, describes the magickal operation by which a spirit of the moon was invoked into the being of an expectant mother despite the machinations of the Black Lodge of rival magicians. ..... Dust Jacket "Blurb"

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Curtis, Lillian Johnson. The Laos of North Siam illustrated from photographs taken by the author.
Published: Philadelphia The Westminster Press. 1903
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Original red cloth gilt with mounted plate.
Price: U.S.$480

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8vo., First Edition, original red cloth gilt tooled and lettered & illustrated with a circular mounted plate, rubbed at corners & edges with slight fraying, pp. xix + 338 including appendix, many pages carelessly opened leaving tears to margins and edges, illustrated with 11 full page photographic plates taken by the author, a few very small marks to cover, previous owners name and date(1906) on front free endpaper, a good copy.

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Cussans, John E. Handbook of Heraldry.
Published: London. Chatto & Windus, 1882.
Binding: Original grey cloth tooled in gilt & brown.
Price: U.S.$120

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with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient Mss, etc. London. Chatto & Windus, 1882. 8vo., original grey cloth tooled in gilt & brown, gilt tooled spine, black endpapers, pp. 350 + pp. 32 of adverts, with upward of 400 illustrations in text including colour plates, apart from very light rubbing to binding, and an indented mark to upper cover, a fine copy.

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