Abraham, George D.: BRITISH MOUNTAIN CLIMBS

London: Mills and Boon Limited. September 1909

First edition. Original red cloth with black titles to the front and spine. A VERY GOOD copy, the cloth a little darkened. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamps. Contemporary review tipped in to the front pastedown otherwise the contents are in FINE condition.

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Auldjo, John: NARRATIVE OF AN ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC, ON THE EIGHTH AND NINTH OF AUGUST, 1827.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830

Second edition of the 1828 first printing. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A near VERY GOOD copy, the cloth a little rubbed and bumped to the extremities. The contents entirely complete with no loose pages. With 17 litho plates, most are on india proof paper; a folding panorama, 2 hand-coloured folding engraved tables, 3 folding maps, 2 of them hand-coloured in outline (24 in total). 1 folding map with a closed tear to the margin (not affecting the illustration). The fac...

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Babbage, Charles: ON THE ECONOMY OF MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES

London: Charles Knight. 1832

First edition, first printing. Publisher’s original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A VERY GOOD copy indeed with some fading to the spine and board edges. The contents are entirely complete including the original buff endpapers. There is spotting to the early pages otherwise clean and bright throughout.

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Ball, John edits: PEAKS, PASSES, AND GLACIERS. BEING EXCURSIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ALPINE CLUB. FIRST SERIES.

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts. 1859

Fourth edition. Publisher’s original gilt stamped cloth. A GOOD or better copy showing rubbing and bumping to the extremities with some fading / mottling to the cloth on upper board. The contents are complete with all 9 folding maps, 8 chromo-lithographs, the title vignette and 24 woodcuts are present, as called for. Faded previous owner’s signature to the front pastedown. Other than the odd fingermark to the margins the book remains clean and bright throughout.

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Ball, Sir Robert: THE STORY OF THE SUN

London: Cassell and Company. 1901

Fifth thousand. Illustrated with 11 full page plates and numerous illustrations. Beautifully bound in full tree calf by Bickers and Son. Marbled to all edges and the endpapers. Gilt stamp of Parkfield School to the upper board. Five raised bands with gilt titles and elaborate decoration to the spine. All edges gilt. The binding is in VERY GOOD condition a little faded to the spine and rubbed to the extremities. The contents are complete, clean and bright. A very attractive edition and binding.

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Beaufort, William: KARAMANIA OR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH COAST OF ASIA MINOR AND OF THE REMAINS OF ANTIQUARY WITH PLANS, VIEWS ETC COLLECTED DURING A SURVEY OF THAT COAST, UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY, IN THE YEARS 1811 & 1812.

London: Printed for R. Hunter. 1817

First edition. Bound in mid 19th century purple full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. All edges gilt. Binding worn to the extremities. The contents entirely complete with no loose or torn pages. Tiny previous owner’s ink stamp and hand written acquisition date to the blank front free endpaper. 1 folding map, 6 plates and 13 vignette illustrations present as called for. A little spotting throughout but a decent copy. Scarce.

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Beeton, Mrs. Isabella: MRS. BEETON’S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

London: S. O. Beeton. 1861

First edition. Bound in the publisher’s original blue cloth with leather spine. 1112 pages. Gilt titles to the upper board and spine. There is some wear to the binding with tears to the spine. Bound without half title or frontispiece, both the engraved colour title page and regular typed title page are present as are all 12 full page colour plates. Illustrated throughout the text in black and white. The contents are in GOOD condition, the pages are clean and bright with several having corner cr...

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Behrend, George: THE HISTORY OF TRAINS DE LUXE. FROM THE ORIENT EXPRESS TO THE HST.

Glossop: The Transport Publishing Company. 1977

First edition, SIGNED limited edition. 1500 copies printed numbered and signed by the author. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A NEAR FINE clean and tight copy in VERY GOOD lightly worn dustwrapper.

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Bennett, Tony (with Will Friedwald): THE GOOD LIFE

London: Simon and Shuster. 1998

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TONY BENNETT. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy in FINE dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

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Berkoff, Steven: FREE ASSOCIATION AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

London: Faber and Faber. 1996

First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half title. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy in VERY GOOD lightly worn dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

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Blackwood, Algernon: DUDLEY AND GILDEROY A NONSENSE

London: Ernest Benn. 1929

First edition, first printing. Original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A VERY GOOD copy with some rubbing and bumping of the cloth. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamp. Light spotting to the prelims.

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Blackwood, Algernon: EPISODES BEFORE THIRTY

London: Cassell and Company. 1923

First edition, first printing. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the front and spine. A VERY GOOD copy with some rubbing and bumping of the cloth. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages. Faded ink name to the top edge of front free endpaper and a light spotting to the prelims and page edges.

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Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673): DUCATUS EBORACENSIS - ANGLICE YORKSHIRE

Amsterdam. 1648

Measuring 39.5 x 50.5cms. Hand coloured to outline and to cartouche and incidental illustrations. Vignette illustrations to the title cartouche and distance scale at the lower corners. Decorated with three coats of arms. VERY GOOD condition with no tears or repairs, just light darkening to the margins. Dutch text to verso. Mounted, framed and glazed.

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Body, Alfred H.: JOHN WESLEY AND EDUCATION

London: The Epworth Press. 1936

First edition. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A lovely NEAR FINE clean, bright and tight copy with no inscriptions or stamps in the original VERY GOOD lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper. Not price-clipped.

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Borialis: A REMONSTRANCE CONCERNING THE GRIEVANCES, AND MALADIES OF THE KINGDOME OF ENGLAND: RIGHTLY STATED IN X POSITIONS. WITH REMEDIES PRESCRIBED FOR THE SPEEDY HELP OF EACH OF THEM: VIZ. THE KING, PARLIAMENT, ARMY, ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES, CITIZENS OF LONDON, PEOPL

London: Printed for John Hickman. 1648

First edition, Complete in 15 pages, (14 pages of text plus the title page). A GOOD copy some pages cropped tightly to the top edge of text. Small ink inscriptions to the margins of title and pages numbered in manuscript to the top corner. Housed in 19th century calf binding with blank pages before and after. Scarce.

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