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Lanna Antique has an extensive range of high quality antiquarian and collectible books. We are also specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.

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The Whole Course of Chirurgerie; Being a Facsimile of the First edition of 1597, with Engravings from the Second Edition of 1612, Peter Lowe, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by Thomas Purfott of London in 1597. Very much a deluxe edition f...

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The Principles and Practice of Medicine, William Osler, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1978

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by William Osler, first published by D. Appleton and company, New York, in 1892. Very much a deluxe edi...

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The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister, In Two Volumes, The Classics of Medicine Library, Gryphon Editions, 1979

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A beautifully presented publication of this work, first published at The Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1909. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon ...

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Bernard Shaw; A Collection of 3 Uniformly Rebound Works, 1931-32; Cashel Byron's Profession, Man and Superman, What I Really Wrote About the War

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A very smart set of 3 George Bernard Shaw works, all uniformly rebound in stylish modern cloth bindings. Comprising: Cashel Byron's Profession, Rev...

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A Treatise on The Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds, John Hunter, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1982

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by John Hunter, first published by George Nicol of London and printed by John Richardson, in 1794. Very...

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General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, In Fifty Lectures, Dr. Theodore Billroth, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by Dr. Theodore Billroth, Professor of Surgery in Vienna, translated by Charles E. Hackley, first publi...

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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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Aequanimitas with other Addresses, Sir William Osler, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987

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A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co of Philadelphia in 1904. Very much...

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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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William Harvey; Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis Et Sanguinis In Animalibus, English Translation, Classics of Medicine Library, 1978

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A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

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The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion, Sir James George Frazer, Collier Books

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A beautifully presented volume of this classic work, the first version of the book published in 1890. Written by Scottish anthropologist, Sir James...

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A Manual of Artistic Anatomy, Robert Knox, Together with The Hand; Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design, Sir Charles Bell, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1985

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A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

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The Discoverers; A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself, Daniel J. Boorstin, Gryphon Editions 1990

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A beautifully presented volume of this work, first published in 1983. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon Editions, in full pigskin leather, sp...

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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 Guinness Book of Records, August 1955, First Trade Edition, First Impression

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A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

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English Water-colour with Reproductions of Drawings by Eminent Painters, Charles Holme, Frederick Wedmore, 'The Studio', 1902

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An impressive and beautifully produced art book, of substantial size, bound with leather and carrying the gilt crest of 'The Society of Writers to ...

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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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Sermons by The Rev. James Sieveright, A.M., Minister of Markinch, W. Oliphant, 1826

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A very smart copy of this Scottish book of sermons by Scottish Free Church Minister, James Sieveright (1783–1852), who also served as Moderator of ...

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Les Aventures de Telemaque, Fils D'Ulysse, par Fenelon, Librairie de A. Pougin, Paris, 1837. 2 Volumes bound as one, complete.

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A very smart copy of this important French novel by Francois Fenelon, which has been professionally rebound in russet cloth, and presents the book ...

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The Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., with Some Account of His Literature, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816

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A very smart copy of Goldsmith's poetry, which has been professionally rebound in brown cloth, and presents the book beautifully. The Poetical Work...

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A Mirror for Americans; Life and Manners in the United States 1790-1870 as Recorded by American Travellers, Warren S. Tyron, 1952, 3 volumes, complete

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A very good three volume set of this work described as: "a fascinating collection of impressions and facts about life in America, written by Americ...

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Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, or the Traditional History of Cromarty, Hugh Miller, 1835

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A very smart copy of this intriguing Scottish work, which has been professionally rebound in blue cloth, and presents the book beautifully. Scenes ...

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The Shores of Fife, William Ballingall, 1872

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A very attractive full leather volume, copiously illustrated with wood engravings, exploring the area along the picturesque shores of the county of...

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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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