Recommended Books
The Emigrant-Ship and Other Poems. (1851). VERY SCARCE.
£50.00Very scarce. SMITH, James Lister. The Emigrant-Ship and Other Poems. 8vo. London: Hope & Co., 1851.
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A Series of Random Reminiscences of Batley. (1882). SCARCE.
£45.00Yorkshire Interest – Batley – [BINNS, Isaac, (d. 1884)]. From Village To Town: A Series of Random Reminiscences of Batley During The Last 30 Years. 8vo. Batley: F.H. Purchas, [1882]. A RARE book on this Yorkshire town.
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The Vaudois… a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844. (1845)
£55.00HENDERSON, E. (1784-1858). The Vaudois Comprising Observations Made During a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, In the Summer of 1844: Together with Remarks, Introductory and Interspersed, Respecting The origin, History, and Present Condition of That Interesting People. Folding map. PROVENANCE: Signature to front endpaper : ‘Thos Spalding’. 8vo. London, John Snow, 1845.
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LOW, William. Table Decoration. (1887)
£75.00LOW, William. Table Decoration. 48pp. 19 plates- depicting various table decorations. 8vo. London, Chapman and Hall, 1887.
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The Practical Management of Fisheries. (1883)
£45.00FRANCIS, Francis (1822-86). The Practical Management of Fisheries. A Book for Proprietors and Keepers. 4 folding plates, illustrations within the text. Chapters include: “How to Grow Fish Food and How to Make Fishes’ Homes”, “The Enemies of Trout and How to Circumvent Them”, “Some Hatcheries”, “On Salmon and Trout Ladders and Passes”. N.B. Please note that the advice given in this book is of its time. 8vo. London, Horace Cox, 1883 [or slightly later- adverts at rear dated 1888].
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The Raven and The Dove. 1822.
£70.00[LYTTLETON- CAMERON, Lucy]. The Raven and The Dove. By the Author of ‘’The Two Lambs”, “Margaret Whyte, “ &c. Engraved frontispiece, other engravings within the text (Sporadic soiling, pages age toned, occasional spotting). Publisher’s olive/grey wrappers (chipping with loss, soiling to covers, covers detaching). 36pp. 8vo. Wellington, Salop, F. Houlston and Son., 1822.
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Holidays on High Lands… 1869.
£40.00MACMILLAN, Rev. Hugh. Holidays on High Lands; or, Rambles and Incidents In Search of Alpine Plants. (Pages age toned, occasional spotting and foxing). Publisher’s blue pictorial cloth, gilt (wear to cloth, corners bumped, spine cocked). 8vo. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
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The Reform of the National Schools. 1876.
£40.00MORTON, James. The Reform of the National Schools. 148pp. Interior: browning to first and last pages, sporadic occasional light spotting. Binding: Publisher’s purple/dark red cloth (fading to spine and covers, some staining and wear, corners bumped). 8vo. Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, 1876.
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Essay on Irish Bulls. 1802.
£95.00EDGEWORTH, Maria; Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Essay on Irish Bulls. FIRST EDITION. [4], 316 pp. Interior: No half title, sporadic staining in places, worn hole puncture mark to bottom blank margin, piercing same place on pages throughout, worming to lower blank margins on last ten pages, pages age toned, occasional spotting/foxing. Otherwise good. Exterior: full contemporary calf (worn, rubbed corners bumped), spine re-backed (a while ago). 8vo. London: J. Johnson, 1802.
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Christmas In Many Lands. [c. 1891]
£25.00SCANNELL, Florence; Edith. Scannell. Christmas In Many Lands. Four stories: “The Highwaymen Christmas In England”, “Jean Noel Christmas In France”, “Golden Wings Christmas In Germany”, “The Pifferari Christmas In Italy”. Illustrated throughout. 32, 32, 32, 32 pp. Interior: Light soiling and some marks, front endpaper detached and chipped. Exterior: Binding- a little loose, text block split in places. Yellow, cloth with worn pictorial illustration- cloth worn. 8vo. Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh. [no date c. 1891].
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The Life of Samuel Johnson… 1823.
£75.00BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson to volume 1. 2 folding tables. Interior: No half titles, occasional spotting, endpapers detaching/detached. Some pages mis-numbered- but present. Occasional tearing with loss to blank margins- not to text. Exterior: Full contemporary calf (boards and spines worn, one board hanging by a thread, boards loose/ detaching on other volumes). 8vo. London: J. Richardson & Co, 1823.
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The Tour of Doctor Syntax. [c. 1821]
£200.00COMBE, William (1742-1823). [The Tour of Doctor Syntax] In Search of the Picturesque/Consolation/A Wife. 3 volumes each individually named. Consolation: 24 plates, …Wife: 24 plates + hand coloured engraved title page, Picturesque (spine labelled as ‘lakes’), 31 plates. General Interior: some pages detached, occasional closed tearing and a few historic repairs to blank margins, a number of the plates have been trimmed to fit the binding- including loss to titles under plates, pages age toned, sporadic spotting, foxing, light browning and some old paper repairs to pages in places. Exterior: Contemporary green half calf with marbled boards (worn). 8vo. …Mixed editions: Picturesque: Fourth Edition, London: Ackerman 1813, …Consolation: London- Ackerman, 1820, …Wife: R. Ackerman, [1821- engraved title page trimmed with loss to date].
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Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland… 1885.
£85.00HAWKINS, Edward (1780-1867). Augustus W. Franks, Herbert A. Grueber. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 volumes. Frontispiece to volume 1, frontispiece (bound in facing upwards) to volume 2. Interior: Volume 1 staining to top right hand corner of text block throughout. General age toning to pages in both volumes, a few repairs in clear tape. Exterior: Later brown cloth (blind stamped to both volumes with Library markings). 8vo. London: Printed by the Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1885.
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A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds… [1902].
£30.00A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds. [1902]. GORDON , Murray and Co. Ltd. A Scientific Discourse. For Thoughtful Minds. A Record of Facts, Principles and Discoveries. Free (or Unoxidised) Phosphorus in its relation to the Improvement and Preservation of Human Life on Earth. 8pp. 8vo. [London]: Gordon Murray & Co, [1902].
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Kingham Old and New Studies In A Rural Parish. 1913.
£25.00FOWLER, W. Warde. (1847-1921). Kingham Old and New Studies In A Rural Parish. Frontispiece depicting the Old Manor House, Kingham. Full page map of Kingham and folding map at rear. 8vo. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1913.
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Electric Trains. 1927.
£75.00DICKINSON, R. E. Electric Trains. Frontispiece depicting L.N.W.R. 3 coach electric train, 6 folding plates. 8vo. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927.
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Christopher North A Memoir of John Wilson. 1862.
£45.00GORDON, Mrs. [Mary]. Christopher North A Memoir of John Wilson. Compiled From Family Papers and Other Sources By His Daughter MRS. GORDON. 2 volumes, Frontispiece to volume 1. 8vo. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862.
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Recollections of Norwich Fifty Years Ago. 1919.
£45.00Norwich Interest – HIBGAME, Frederick Thurlow. Recollections of Norwich Fifty Years Ago. Reprinted from “The Norfolk Chronicle”. Original wrappers bound in a rear. 8vo. Norwich: Norfolk Press Syndicate Ltd., 1919.
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Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 1861.
£55.00Female Royalty – HOLT, Emily Sarah. Memoirs of Royal Ladies. 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces to each volume. Interior: occasional spotting and light browning. PROVENANCE: J. H. Burton (bookplate to pastedowns of each volume- in vol 2. It is adhered to the rear pastedown- upside down). 8vo. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
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Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham… 1804.
£25.00PITT, William, Earl of Chatham. Letters Written by the Late Earl of Chatham to his Nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. 8vo. London, T. Payne, 1804.
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