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Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arthur Rackham, History Peru 1860. |
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination Arthur Rackham Edgar Allan Poe |
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Travel History Rare Books. SAMUEL PEPYS.The Diary of Samuel Pepys. |
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  Parker, E. H. Studies in Chinese Religion.
London. Chapman and Hall, Ltd 1910. 8vo., First Edition, original gilt lettered red cloth rubbed, spine faded, pp.xi + 308 incl. index, illustrated with 14 full page plates including frontispiece,bookplate on paste-down, some random spotting & browning, a good copy. U.S.$120
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A collection of scholarly essays covering; Old Chinese religion, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity & other minor religions. |
 Pepys, Samuel. The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S.
Clerk of the acts and secretary to the admiralty. Transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library Magdalene college Cambridge by the Rev. Mynors Bright M.A. late fellow and President of the college: with Lord Braybrooke's notes. edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A. London. G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1928-1935 mixed set but uniform binding. 8vo., 10 volumes, original blue cloth, spines gilt, top edges blue, illustrated through-out with tissue guarded engraved frontispieces and many tissue guarded full page plates and other plates some double page, titles in red & black, some pages carelessly opened, some spotting to fore-edge of four volumes, a firm and clean set, a very good copy. U.S. $675 plus postage!
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  Pocock, Constance Innes. Highways & Byways of The Zoological Gardens.
London. Adam & Charles Black. 1913. Small 4to., First Edition, original gilt lettered pictorial green cloth, pictorial spine, top edge gilt, pp. xii + 191 +pp.8 of publishers adverts, illustrated with 33 full page colour and b/w plates plus line drawings, prize bookplate on front paste-down, apart from very light rubbing to corners and edges, a fine copy in a bright binding.U.S. $255
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Poe, Edgar Allan Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1935
Edition: First Edition Thus.
Binding: Original gilt tooled black cloth in dust jacket
Price: U.S.$625Sold
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4to., First Edition Thus, original gilt tooled black cloth with skeletal image, spine gilt, pictorial dust jacket chipped at corners and edges with small loss, spine darkened, pp. 318, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with decorated endpapers, pictorial title page, 12 full page colour plates with tissue guards, 17 black & white plates plus chapter headings and tail pieces, contents clean, a very good copy.
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  Pope, Alexander. THe Works, with his last corrections, additions and improvements, as they were delivered to the Editor, a little before his death.
Published: London, Printed for A. Millar et al. 1757
Edition: Complete work
Binding: Contemporary Half Calf
Price: U.S.$1,250 Sold 23rd Sept
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8vo., 9 volumes, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, light age wear, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, titles in red and black, illustrated with 24 engraved plates, including frontispiece plate to vol. 1, blank small label on paste-downs, some offsetting from plates, a spot here and there, but overall a very good copy in a handsome and solid binding.
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  Powys, Llewelyn. A Baker's Dozen.
With an introduction by John Cowper Powys and decorations by Gertrude Mary Powys. London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1941. 8vo., First Edition, original orange boards with a slightly soiled d/w with a a few chips to edges and a half inch tear to lower joint & spine darkened, illustrated with a frontispiece of Powys and chapter heading drawings by Gertrude Powys, internally clean; a very good copy. U.S. $160
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 Powys, Llewelyn. The Book of Days.
Thoughts from his philosophy selected by John Wallis. Printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Folio, Limited Edition of 300 copies printed on Batchelor hand-made paper, No. 224. original quarter green morocco backed buckram, gilt spine, top edge gilt, pp. 86, title in red & black, some light offsetting from plates & two or three marks to cover otherwise a fine copy. U.S. $550
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 Powys, Llewelyn, Earth Memories.
London. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1934. 8vo., First Edition, original gilt lettered green cloth, spine gilt, pictorial d/w chipped and rubbed at edges, pp. viii + 239 + pp.2 of adverts, illustrated with woodcuts by Gertrude Mary Powys, a few spots to first and last few pages but a very good copy. U.S.$145
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 Powys, Llewelyn. Glory of Life.
London. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1938. 8vo., First Trade Edition, original brown cloth with a gilt ankh to upper cover, slight fading to upper joint and top edge, d/w with two x one inch tears to spine top & slightly soiled, name and date on ffep, pp. 44, frontispiece plate, a very good copy. U.S.$110
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 Prayer Book: Prayer Book in Greek.
1665. Text in Greek. tall 12mo., Some time rebound in half calf over brown buckram, gilt lettered spine in compartments, pp. [xxx] + 171, new endpapers, title repaired, contents clean, a good copy. U.S. $285
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Prescott, William H. History of The Conquest of Peru. With a preliminary view of the Civilization of The Incas.
Published:Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1860.
Binding: Original gilt tooled black cloth
Edition:
Price: $225
8vo., 2 volumes, original black cloth blind tooled decoration, gilt spines with a tooled gilt coat of arms, Vol.1 pp.xi + 527, Vol.2 pp.xix + 547, illustrated with portrait tissue guarded frontispiece of Francisco Pizarro to vol. 1, and portrait tissue guarded frontispiece of Pedro de la Gasca to vol.2, plus a map of Peru in vol.1, & a facsimile of two signatures of Francisco Pizarro in vol.2, bookplates on front paste-downs, spotting to top edges otherwise a fine set.
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