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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 2000

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, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventure...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Second edition, Thirteenth impression, 1961

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Third edition, Tenth impression, 1975

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

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The Honourable Mr. Tawnish, A Romance, by Jeffery Farnol, Illustrated by C.E. Brock, 1913

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The Honourable Mr. Tawnish; A Romance, by Jeffery Farnol, Illustrated by C.E. Brock. Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., London. Undat...

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The House of Islam, Marmaduke Pickthall, Methuen, 1906

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A good copy of this novel by English Islamic scholar and novelist, a covert from Christianity to Islam, Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) - set in Pa...

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The Human Factor, Graham Greene, Bodley Head, 1978

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The Human Factor, by Graham Greene. Published by The Bodley Head, London, Sydney, Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. First edition, 1978. A very go...

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The Idyls of Theocritus; With Bion & Moschus. Translated by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint, Medici Society, 1922 limited edition in luxury custom binding

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The Idyls of Theocritus, accompanied here by the bucolic poems of Bion and Moschus, represents one of the finest Riccardi Press productions of the ...

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The Instructor; or, Young Man's Companion, George Fisher, 1799

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A very nice example of this 18th Century guide for Young Men to give them all the necessary guidance they will need to get on in life. After readin...

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The Intimate Thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller, Edited by Augustus Muir, 1942

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The Intimate Thoughts of John Baxter, Bookseller. Edited by Augustus Muir. Introduction by James Horatio Cockburn. A scarce copy of Scottish writer...

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The Justice of Kings, Richard Swan, signed, numbered limited edition, 2022

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The Justice of Kings, by Richard Swan. Published by Orbit in Association with Goldsboro Books, London. Signed and Numbered Limited edition of 2,000...

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The Kingdom of Siam; The Art of Central Thailand 1350-1800 by McGill & Chirapravati, 2005

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The Kingdom of Siam; The Art of Central Thailand, 1350-1800, by Forrest McGill (editor & curator) & M. L. Pattarartorn Chirapravati (Co-Cur...

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The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie, 10 Volume Limited Edition Set, 1913

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The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie, 10 Volume Limited Edition Set, 1913. Complete. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London...

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The Kokka, deluxe bound set. Volume XVI – July 1905 to July 1906

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The Kokka, 1905, 1906, deluxe bound set. SOLD The Kokka, An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Art of Japan and other Eastern Coun...

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The Ladies Calling, anon, but attributed to Richard Allestree, first Scottish edition, 1675 Edinburgh printing by James Glen

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The Ladies Calling. Edinburgh: James Glen, 1675. First Scottish Edition. The Ladies Calling (first published London, 1673 and attributed to Richard...

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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1887, 3 Volume Set; First edition - Fifth Thousand Revised.

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A very smart set indeed of this work on the life of Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We hav...

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The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 1888

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A smart copy of this detailed biography of Lord Macaulay — the eminent 19th-century historian, essayist, and politician best known for his History ...

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Robert Chambers, 1856, 2 Vols bound as one.

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. Library Edition. In Four Volumes. Offered here are Volumes one and two only, bound a...

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The Life of Joseph Locke, Civil Engineer, Joseph Devey, 1862

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A very smart full leather volume which has been professionally rebacked, and contains fine condition text.  Joseph Locke (1805–1860) was a prominen...

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell, 1835, 10 Volume Set complete

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, Esq. To Which are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins...

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The Literary Works of Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechy, In Two Volumes, complete, 1855-1870

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An attractive prize presentation set from Glasgow School of Art. The Literary Works of Joshua Reynolds, First President of The Royal Academy. To Wh...

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The Lives and Works of Michael Angelo and Raphael, R. Duppa and Quatremere De Quincy, 1872

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An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. The Lives and Works of Michael Angelo and Raphael. By R. Duppa and Quatremere De ...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; 1st edition set; 5th, 4th & 3rd impressions, 1956-1957

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First published between 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's epic high-fantasy masterpiece and one of the most influential works of mo...

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The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786, by the Authors of the Mirror, 1794, 2 Vols.

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A late‑18th‑century Edinburgh periodical, The Lounger (1785–1787) was a literary and moral weekly published by the authors of The Mirror, a promine...

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The Love Letters of a Chinese Lady, translated by Elizabeth Cooper, 1919

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The Love Letters of a Chinese Lady, translated by Elizabeth Cooper, 1919. A wonderful, wonderful, deeply moving book. This book of l...

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The Megalithic European, Julian Cope, 2004, Signed First edition

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The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894 first edition

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This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...

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The Merchistonian, Volume Thirteenth, 1886

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The Merchistonian was the long-running magazine of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, published for the school community, alumni, and supporters....

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The Merchistonian, Volume Thirty-fifth, 1908

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The Merchistonian was the long-running magazine of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, published for the school community, alumni, and supporters....

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The Merry Muses of Caledonia, by Robert Burns. Edited by James Barke, Sydney Goodsir Smith & Contributions by J. DeLancey Ferguson, Valentina Bold & Bob Dewar, 2009 Luath Press edition

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The Merry Muses of Caledonia, by Robert Burns. Edited by James Barke, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, with a Prefatory Note and some authentic Burns Text...

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The Modern Antiquarian, Julian Cope, 1998, First edition

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The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. S...

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The Modern Griselda. A Tale by Miss Edgeworth, 1805

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A very smart copy of this novella by Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), Anglo-Irish novelist of adults and children's literature. The book has been profe...

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The Musical Cyclopedia, Being A Collection of English, Scottish, and Irish Songs; with Appropriate Music, James Wilson, 1834. With unique hand-drawn restoration.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens, Chapman and Hall, 1870, First edition, First State

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A very smart first edition of The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Charles Dickens’s final and famously unfinished novel. First published in 1870, it was b...

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton, Gilbert White, Edited by Thomas Bell, John Van Voorst, 1877, 2 Vol Set

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A good blue cloth edition in 2 Volumes, of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and...

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The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, Illustrated by Eric Dalglish, Thornton Butterworth, numbered limited edition with extra signed plate, 1929

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A very smart copy indeed of this limited edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English natur...

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The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, With Notes by Richard Kearton and 85 Photographs, Arrowsmith, 1924

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A very good photographic edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of...

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The New Forestry, or the Continental System Adapted to British Woodlands and Game Preservation, John Simpson, 1903

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A smart copy of this informative text on forestry practices (previously in the ownership of the Balfour family of Fife, well known for their contri...

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The New Naturalist; The Sea Shore, C.M. Yonge, 1971

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The New Naturalist; The Sea Shore, by C.M. Yonge. With 61 Colour Photographs by D.P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black and White Photographs, and 88 Text...

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The Norton Facsimile; The First Folio of Shakespeare, Prepared by Charlton Hinman, 1996

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2023 saw the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected works of Shakespeare. Copies of that surviving book are now so precious th...

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The Novels of Henry Fielding, 5 Volume set, complete, Routledge, 1884, Numbered limited edition

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A handsome set of novels by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist, dramatist and essayist. This complete set comprises: Volume I: The Histor...

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The Old Road, by H. Belloc, with Illustrations by William Hyde, Constable 1904, in custom Vellum binding

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Hilaire Belloc’s The Old Road (1904) is his celebrated account of the ancient Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester to Canterbury, tracing both the physica...

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The Oriental Annual; Containing a Series of Tales, Legends, & Historical Romances, Thomas Bacon, 1840

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A good copy of this uncommon title of British India interest, in its original Publisher's cloth binding. The Oriental Annual; Containing a Series o...

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The Orlando Furioso, Translated into English Verse, from the Italian of Ludovico Ariosto, with Notes by William Stewart Rose, 1880

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This is an attractive 1880 two-volume edition of The Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto’s epic Renaissance poem SOLD The Orlando Furioso, Translated...

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The Oxford History of England, 7 Volumes, from Roman Britain to The Age of Reform, early editions

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A very smart set of 7 volumes from the classic series 'The Oxford History of England', which have been attractively and uniformly rebound in navy b...

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The Oxford Thackeray With Illustrations; by William Makepeace Thackeray, 10 Volumes, c. 1908

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The Oxford Thackeray With Illustrations; by William Makepeace Thackeray. Edited, with an Introduction, by George Saintsbury. This is a partial set ...

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The Pagan Man Wonne to Godde and To Theyr Companie By the Ayde of The Aungels and Sayntes, Rev. Arthur Tooth, Private Printing, c. 1920

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The Pagan Man Wonne to Godde and To Theyr Companie By the Ayde of The Aungels and Sayntes, Wrytten by Rev. Arthur Tooth M.A. Illustrated by T. Derr...

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The Penny Pictorial Magazine, 3 bound volumes of issues, 1899-1900

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The Penny Pictorial Magazine, 3 bound volumes of issues, 1899-1900. The Penny Pictorial Magazine was sold weekly and its one penny price tag was de...

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The Persians Amongst the English by Denis Wright, Rare signed 1st edition 2 volume set in Persian - Farsi.

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The Persians Amongst the English by Denis Wright (aka The English Amongst the Persians in English language version) Published by I. B. Taurus and C...

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