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Chinese Orchids by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

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Chinese Orchids by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (First Lady of China - Soong May-ling) 蔣宋美龄. Very scarce first edition. Beautifully produ...

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Classic Myth & Legend; A.R. Hope Moncrieff, Gresham Publishing, 1912

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Myths and Legends series: SOLD Classic Myth & Legend, by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. With Illustrations in Colour & Monochrome from famous Paintin...

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Cloak & Cipher, Dan Tyler Moore & Martha Waller, 1965, first edition review copy

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Cloak & Cipher, by Dan Tyler Moore & Martha Waller. An illustrated guide for adults to understanding codes and ciphers, and how to crack th...

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Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, or A Collection of the Antiquities of the English Franciscans, or Friers Minors, commonly called Gray Friers, AP (Anthony Parkinson), 1726, Richard the Third interest

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Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, or A Collection of the Antiquities of the English Franciscans, or Friers Minors, commonly called Gray Friers. In Two ...

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Collected Works of Hugh Miller, 5 uniform volumes, Thomas Constable, Edinburgh, 1857-1858

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This five‑volume set showcases the writings of Hugh Miller (1802–1856), the celebrated Scottish stonemason‑turned‑geologist, author, and lay theolo...

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Collection of 18 original Imperial Russian Cabinet Cards and Cartes de Visites, c. 1880 - 1910

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A coherent and historically interesting group of 18 original Imperial Russian photographic portraits, dating from the late nineteenth to ea...

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Collection of 5 x Japanese Buddhism Books by Nakamura Hajime 中村元の仏教の本

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Collection of 5 x Japanese Buddhism Books by Nakamura Hajime 中村元の仏教の本. A selection of cloth bound hardback books about Buddhism in the Japanese lan...

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Collection of Burmese Buddhist votive figurines

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Collection of Burmese Buddhist votive figurines This beautiful collection of 3 Burmese votive figurines are available to purchase as a gro...

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Collection of early Vintage 1st edition books on television, from 1933 onwards

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An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK tel...

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Complete Poems 1920-1976, Hugh MacDiarmid, 2 Volume set, 1978

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Complete Poems 1920-1976, Hugh MacDiarmid, 2 Volume set. SOLD Published by Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London. 1978 first edition. Printed in Scot...

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Consolidated Gold Fields; A Centenary Portrait, Paul Johnson, 1987

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An interesting and well produced book from Consolidated Gold Fields, an international mining finance company, marking their centenary. The book exa...

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Contemporary Original Artwork (Pair) by George Taylor Davidson, work F.

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Contemporary Original Artwork by George Taylor Davidson, work F. We have an unusual selection of contemporary artworks at the moment. Whil...

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Contemporary Original Artwork by George Taylor Davidson, work B.

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Contemporary Original Artwork by George Taylor Davidson, work B. We have an unusual selection of contemporary artworks at the moment. Whil...

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Contemporary Original Artwork by George Taylor Davidson, work C.

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Contemporary Original Artwork by George Taylor Davidson, work C. We have an unusual selection of contemporary artworks at the moment. Whil...

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Coridon's Song And Other Verses from Various Sources, Hugh Thomson, Austin Dobson, 1894.

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Coridon's Song And Other Verses from Various Sources. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an Introduction by Austin Dobson. A beautifully illust...

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Couples, John Updike, 1968

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Couples, by John Updike. With attractive William Blake image in cover design. Published by The Book Society, London, 1968 - exclusive members editi...

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Crerar's Edition of Burns' Poems, With His Life and Character, In Two Volumes, 1802 Kirkcaldy edition

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A scarce early copy of this edition of Robert Burns' poetry. Two volumes bound as one. Printed by J. Crerar, Kirkaldy, 1802. First edition thus. Sc...

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay, 1883, Riviere binding.

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay. Authorised Edition. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., L...

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Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from the History and the Arts, Clive James, signed first edition, 2007

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Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...

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Custom-bound Sammelband of Poetry by James Beattie, Thomas Gray and Oliver Goldsmith, 1805-1812, Suttaby and others

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This is an elegantly bound early 19th-century volume featuring a curated collection of popular English poetry by James Beattie, Thomas Gray, and Ol...

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Cynicus (Martin Anderson); The Satires of Cynicus, 1890, Signed and numbered First edition, edition-de-luxe.

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'Cynicus, the pen name of Martin Anderson, was a Scottish artist, political and satirical cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher. Born in 1...

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Darwin's Theory Applied to Mankind, Alfred Machin, Longmans, 1937 first edition

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 A very smart book indeed, of the author's attempt to make sense of society in evolutionary terms. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this pre...

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David Roberts; Egypt & Nubia, and The Holy Land, Two-volume gift edition in slipcase, 1999

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The work of David Roberts (1796-1864) remains among the most celebrated visual records of the Near East produced in the nineteenth century. Based o...

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Days Near Rome, Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes, 1884

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Days Near Rome, by Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes (complete). Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was a celebrated Victorian travel writer ...

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Days with the Great Writers; A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Maurice Clare, c. 1910

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Days with the Great Writers; A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Maurice Clare. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London. No stated edition, but...

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Dennis Wheatley; Murder Off Miami; 1936 first edition dossier, 1979 facsimile, and 1986 book publication

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A distinctive three-volume grouping centred on Dennis Wheatley's Murder Off Miami, illustrating the evolution of one of the most inventive crime pu...

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Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum; With Engravings / Engravings from the Ancient Marbles – Parts VIII (Parthenon Frieze, 1839) & X (Townley Collection, 1845), folio, edited by Edward Hawkins.

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Two impressive folios from the British Museum’s celebrated Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles, a monumental series issued between 181...

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Dictionnaire de la Fable, Victor Verger, Limoges, 1844

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Dictionnaire de la Fable ou Mythologie Greque, Latine, Egyptienne, Celtique, Persane, Syrienne, Indienne, Chinoise, Japonaise, Arabe, Mahometane, S...

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Die Plastik Der Ägypter von Hedwig Fechheimer, Bruno Cassirer, Berlin, 1914 (The Sculpture of the Egyptians)

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First published in Berlin in 1914, Die Plastik der Ägypter (The Sculpture of the Egyptians) is one of the pioneering studies of ancient Egy...

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Die Verlorene Handschrift, Gustav Freytag, 1920, 2 Volume Set

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Die Verlorene Handschrift. Roman in Funf Buchern von Gustav Freytag. 2 volume set complete. (The Lost Manuscript. Novel in five books by Gustav Fre...

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Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak, 1959

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Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak. Translated from the Russian by Max Heyward and Manya Harari. With a particularly striking dustjacket design. SO...

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Doctors Outwitted by Hugo De La Loy (Hugh Leslie), 1808

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Hot Pressed Doctors Outwitted; or, Who's Afraid by Hugo De La Loy (Hugh Leslie), 1808. A very good copy of this scarce book. This is a hum...

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Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens, Chapman and Hall, 1890

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A smart, well illustrated Victorian edition of this Charles Dickens classic. Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by F. Barnard. SOLD Pu...

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Domestic Medicine; Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicines, William Buchan. Adapted to the Diseases of America by Isaac Cathrall. Published by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1797

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An interesting 18th Century medical handbook for use by General Practitioners (and also laypeople). Originally written by Scottish physician, Willi...

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Drive Your Car Correctly, by L.V.E. Smith, Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1927

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Drive Your Car Correctly by L. V. E. Smith is an appealing early motoring guide from a period when driving was still a relatively new skill fo...

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Drunkard, by Emile Zola, Translated by Arthur Symons, The Citadel Press, New York, 1958

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Drunkard is the English translation of L'Assommoir, one of Émile Zola's most important and controversial novels, first published in 1877. A major w...

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Du Rebus Gestis Ludovici Philippi Cominaei 1561

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Du Rebus Gestis Ludovici, eius nominus undecimi Galliarum Regis, & Caroli, Burgundiae, Ducis. (The history of Louis 11th and Charles, ...

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Ecole Nationale Des Beaux-Arts; Les Grand Prix de Rome d'Architecture, 1907 Folio of Architectural Plates

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This striking folio portfolio, Les Grand Prix de Rome d'Architecture, 1907, published by Armand Guérinet in Paris, presents a visually impressive a...

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Edinburgh and Round About, Jean M. Speedy, Quota Press, Belfast, 1945 - With Presentation Inscription by the Author

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Edinburgh and Round About, by Jean M. Speedy. Sketches by Pat Adam. A collection of the articles and essays by the author, which were previously pu...

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Egmont. Ein Trauerspiel von Goethe. Stuttgart; Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1866.

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Goethe's Egmont (written 1775-1787, first published 1788) is one of his most celebrated tragedies, dramatising the life and execution of the Flemis...

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English Poetry; An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 Aldemarle Street, London, John Hayward, 1950 numbered, limited edition

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English Poetry; An Illustrated Catalogue of First and Early Editions Exhibited in 1947 at 7 Aldemarle Street, London. Compiled and Revised by John ...

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Essays on the Administrations of Great Britain from 1783-1830 Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 1864

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A handsome volume presenting the contributions of Sir George Cornewall Lewis to The Edinburgh Review. The Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802 in Edin...

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Euclidis; Elementorum Sex Priores Libri Recogniti Opera, Christiani Melder, Jacobus Bernardus, 1711

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A scholarly early 18th century Latin edition of the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, the foundation of classical geometry. Edited and correcte...

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Excursions into Puzzledom; A Book of Charades, Acrostics, Enigmas, Conundrums, by the Late Tom Hood and His Sister, 1879

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Excursions into Puzzledom is a delightful Victorian compendium of word games, puzzles and illustrated amusements, bringing together the previousl...

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Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion, Sir William Beaumont, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1980

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Beaumont, first published by F.P. Allen of Flattsburgh in 1921. Very much a deluxe editi...

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Extensive Archive Collection of Forth Bridge (Forth Railway Bridge) Ephemera

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The Forth Railway Bridge – completed in 1890 – is one of the greatest feats of late-Victorian engineering and remains a defining symbol of Scotland...

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Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par Monsieur De La Fontaine, 1698; 2 Volume Set

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Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par Monsieur De La Fontaine. Bound in 2 Volumes; the second also containing Nouvelles Fables Choisies Mises en Vers, ...

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Fables, By the Late Mr. Gay, John Gay, 1733

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Fables, By the Late Mr. Gay, by John Gay. Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, London, 1733. The Fourth Edition. A handsome copy of this beautiful b...

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