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Waddell, Major L. A. Among The Himalayas.
Published: Westminster. Archibald Constable & Co. 1899
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pictorial Blue Cloth
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8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth pictorially stamped in blues, greens and white, rather rubbed and worn, gilt tooled spine, top edge gilt, pp. xvi + 452 and large folding colour map of Sikhim, with one inch tear to join, profusely illustrated through-out by A.D. McCormick, the author and others, and from photographs, with tissue guarded frontispiece, vignette title, full page plates, text illustrations and maps, authors letter dated 19/5/05 mounted to front free endpaper addressed to V Bateson, armorial bookplate of Vaughan Bateson on paste-down, foxing to front endpapers, and some occasional soiling, a good copy.

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Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest.
Little, Brown and Company Boston 1996. 8vo., First Edition, original two tone blue boards in d/w, pp. 1079, a fine copy. U.S.$155

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Waller, Horace. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa.
From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. continued by a narrative of his last moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants Chuma and Susi. With portraits, maps, and illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1875. 8vo., First Edition,original pictorial tooled light blue cloth with bevelled edges, light wear to corners and edges, and some small brown stain spots to top edge of cover, pp.541 + 4pp publishers adverts, illustrated with 21 tissue guarded full page plates, 25 smaller illustrations, plus 2 maps ( one large folding in pocket at rear), bookplate on front paste0down, a very good copy. U.S.$Sold

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Ward, Eric. A Book of Make-Up.
London/New York. Samuel French, Ltd.1930. 8vo., First Edition, original pictorial decorated cloth backed boards, light wear and some slight soiling mainly to lower cover, pp. 98, illustrated with numerous full page colour & b/w plates, inscription, date and a few marks to ffep, a good copy. U.S.$90

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Waugh, Evelyn. The War Trilogy:
Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender. London. Chapman & Hall. 1952/55/61. First Editions. 8vo., 3 volumes, original boards in d/w's, small chips, some soiling to lower covers and vol.1 has a tear to lower cover, minor spotting to edges and endpapers of Men at Arms otherwise a good copy. U.S.$575

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Waugh, Evelyn. Unconditional Surrender.
The conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen. Chapman and Hall London 1961. 8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth in a pictorial d/w, half inch stain to upper d/w joint some small chips and some soiling to lower cover, contents clean. U.S.$145

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Wayland, Francis. A Memoir of The Life and Labours of The Rev. Adoniram Judson.
Published: London: James Nisbet. 1853
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Blind Stamped Green cloth
Price: U.S.$275

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8vo., First Edition, 2 volumes, original blind stamped green cloth, slightly rubbed and worn, gilt spine, 1/2 inch split to cloth at tail of spine vol. 1, pp. viii + 440 & iv + 419, un-opened, armorial bookplates, and inscription on paste-downs, a very good copy.

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Weare, Patricia Lee. A Collection of Australian Wildflower Illustrations.
A Kevin Weldon Production, N.S.W. Australia. 1984. 4to, First Edition, original patterned red cloth with pictorial onlay on upper cover, patterned endpapers, pp. 263, profusely illustrated with full page colour plates, apart from light soiling to binding, a fine copy. U.S.$275

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West, Michael. Clair de Lune and Other Troubadour Romances.
Published: George G. Harrap & Co.
Edition: (c1912)
Binding: Half Maroon Morocco Fine Binding
Price: U.S.$675

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4to., Handsomely bound in half maroon morocco over reddish/white boards, gilt tooled spine with raised bands, a few light marks to cloth, top edge gilt, decorative half title and title, pp. 140, illustrated by Evelyn Paul in a medieval style with beautiful illuminated full page colour plates, smaller colour plates within text some heightened in gold and silver, plus decorative initials and chapter tailpieces, full page plates o Japanese Vellum the rest on handmade paper, also full page music scores by Alfred Mereer, small neat inscription on front free endpaper, apart from a few spots to endpapers, a very good copy.

A collection of early romances from the world of King Arthur and his Noble Knights, incl. The Search for The Holy Grail, Clair de Lune, The Quest of The Saint Graal, and other tales.

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Whitney, Caspar. Jungle Trails and Jungle People. Travel, Adventures and Observations in the Far East.
Published: New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1905
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorated Blue/Green Cloth
Price: U.S.$295

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt and white decorated blue/green cloth, similar spine, 3 extra white lines added by hand to spine, pp. xv + 310 & 4 pages publisher's adverts, illustrated with 32 photographic plates including frontispiece, bookplate on paste-down, and 2 names on front free endpaper, some pages showing browning at joints, a very good copy.

Includes: Siam, Burma, Java, Malaya

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Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Goal by c.3.3.
Leonard Smithers London feb. 1898. tall 8vo,. 4th Edition, original white linen backed brown boards with minor wear, pp. 31, contemporary neat ink name dated march 14th 1898 on ffep, endpapers browned, contents crisp & clean, a good copy. U.S.$175

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Wilson, Angus. The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot.
London, Secker & Warburg, 1958. First Edition, 8vo; original brown cloth front cover with crease down centre, pictorial d/w, pp. 430, ink writing on d/w front inner flap " recommended by The Book Society" apart from slight damage to upper cover a good clean copy. U.S.$135

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Woodard, Capt. David. The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen,
Published: London. Printed for J. Johnson. 1804.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding:bound in full tan/mustard calf.
Price: U.S.$1,450

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Who lost their Ship while in a Boat at Sea, and surrendering themselves up to the Malays, in the island of Celebes; containing an interesting account of their sufferings from hunger and various hardships, and their escape from the Malays, after a captivity of two years and one half: also an account of the manners and customs of the country, and a description of the Harbours and Coast &c. Together with an introduction, and an appendix, containing narratives of various escapes from Shipwrecks, under great hardships and abstinence; holding out a valuable seamen's guide, and the importance of union, confidence, and perseverance in the mist of distress. London. Printed for J. Johnson. 1804. 8vo., First Edition, bound in full tan/mustard calf blind ruled with spine in compartments and gilt green morocco title label, new endpapers, pp. xl + 252, illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 2 plates, light browning and occasional foxing, otherwise a very good copy in a handsome calf binding.

An interesting narrative of shipwreck and captivity among the Malays in the Celebes, with eventual escape to Macassar. Woodard, an American, was a mate on the American ship "Enterprise", which set sail from Boston in 1791; on its way to Manila it foundered in the Straits of Malacca. Returning to Boston by way of London in 1796, Woodard communicated his narrative to William Vaughan, brother of Benjamin Vaughan, a civic improver and philanthropist dedicated to the protection of seamen. Vaughan undertook to compile and publish the present volume in 1804, in conjunction with renewed interest in a project for an institution dedicated to the preservation of ships and lives at sea.
Huntress 144. Ferguson 399 “Includes brief accounts of the mutiny of the Bounty; the wrecks of the Antelope and Pandora; the sufferings of some of the crew of the Shah Hormazier in Torres Strait. The narratives were prepared by the editor, William Vaughan

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Woolf, Michael Angelo. Sketches of Lowly Life in a Great City.
G P Putnam's Sons New York 1899. Oblong folio, First Edition, dark blue cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled mainly on lower cover, vignette title page and captioned illustrations on every page, pp.185, internally a very good clean copy. U.S.$257

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Woolf, Virginia. Flush.
A Biography. Harcourt, Brace and Company. New York. 1933. 8vo., First American Edition, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers, pp. 185, bookplate, illustrated with 3 full page photo-plates, some browning to ffep's and title, a good firm copy. U.S.$145

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Worcester, G R G. The Junkman Smiles.
1959. Chatto and Windus. London. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth in pictorial d/w chipped and slightly soiled, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with frontispiece, 16 plates and text illustrations, pp.254, small yellow stain to front endpaper otherwise a very good copy. U.S.$110

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Mr Worcester was for many years in the river inspectorate of the Chinese Maritime Customs. His work of river surveying took him almost all over central China, and in the course of his career he also visited Southern China and Formosa for the purpose of observing the local junks. He thus became eventually a specialist on nautical research in China...... Dust wrapper blurb.

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