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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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Charles Dickens; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapman and Hall. First book edition, 1844.

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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens. Illustrations by Phiz. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. First book ed...

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A Companion to the Temple; Or, A Help to Devotion in the Daily Use of Common Prayer, Part II containing The Litany, Thomas Comber, London, 1676

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A Companion to the Temple; Or, A Help to Devotion in the Daily Use of Common Prayer: In Two Parts. Part II, containing The Litany, with the Occasio...

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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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Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men, James Maclehose and Sons, 1886, 2 Volume Set, Limited edition

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Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men, who have died during the last thirty years, and in their lives did much to make the city what it ...

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The New Naturalist; Man and Birds, R.K. Murton, 1973

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The New Naturalist; Man and Birds, by R.K. Murton, Ph.D. SOLD An unusual and attractive custom leather binding of this title from the ever-popular ...

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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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Before Nature Dies, Jean Dorst, Constance D. Sherman, 1971

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Before Nature Dies, by Jean Dorst. Translated by Constance D. Sherman, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. A book w...

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Four Thousand Years Ago; A Panorama of Life in the Second Millenium B.C., Geoffrey Bibby, 1962

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Four Thousand Years Ago; A Panorama of Life in the Second Millenium B.C., by Geoffrey Bibby. Published by Collins, London. 1962 first UK edition. A...

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The Story of Jamaica; from Prehistory to the Present, Clinton V. Black, 1968

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The Story of Jamaica; from Prehistory to the Present, by Clinton V. Black. SOLD Published by Collins, London. 1968 reprint of the 1965 revised edit...

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The City Beyond the River, Hermann Kasack, Peter de Mendelssohn, 1953

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The City Beyond the River, by Hermann Kasack. A Translation of the German novel 'Die Stadt hinter dem Strom' made by Peter de Manelssohn.  SOLD Pub...

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The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, Byron Farwell, 1958

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The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, by Byron Farwell. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a famous Welsh-American explorer, sol...

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The Compleat Imbiber 8; An Entertainment - Edited, Cyril Ray & Charles Hasler, 1965

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The Compleat Imbiber 8; An Entertainment - Edited, by Cyril Ray & designed by Charles Hasler. A 'Compendium of entertainment and information to...

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Rambles & Studies in Greece, J.P. Mahaffy, 1887

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Rambles & Studies in Greece, by J.P. Mahaffy. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, acade...

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Byron and the Shelleys; The Story of a Friendship, Jane Blumberg, 1992. With publicity sheet.

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Byron and the Shelleys; The Story of a Friendship, by Jane Blumberg. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), Briti...

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Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Stanley Charles Nott, 1936 first edition.

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Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages; A review of its characteristics, decoration, folklore and symbolism, by Stanley Charles Nott. With an Introductio...

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The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries in the Far East, by William Bowyer Honey, 1945, First Edition

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The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries in the Far East, by William Bowyer Honey, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics in the Victoria and Alb...

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Peking; A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest, Juliet Bredon, 1922

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Peking; A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest, by Juliet Bredon. Published by Kelly & Walsh, Limited, Shanghai,...

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From Emperor to Citizen; The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, 2 Volume set, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing

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From Emperor to Citizen; The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, 2 Volume set, complete. Published by Foreign Languages Press, Beijing. Third print...

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Yuan Porcelain & Stoneware, Margaret Medley, 1974

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Yuan Porcelain & Stoneware, by Margaret Medley. Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1974. First edition. A scholarly monograph, which is a we...

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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, 1865, edited by Thomas Keightley

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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley. Published by Bell and Daldy, London, 1865. An uncommon edition. Printed by ...

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Study for the Restoration of The Parthenon, Volume 4, M. Korres, 1994. With Detailed Architectural Plans. ΜΕΛΕΤΕ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΩΝΟΣ.

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Study for the Restoration of The Parthenon, Volume 4, M. Korres, 1994. With Detailed Architectural Plans. ΜΕΛΕΤΕ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΩΝΟΣ. Stu...

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Le Voyage D'Athenes, Charles Maurras, Librairie Plon, Paris, 1939

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Le Voyage D'Athenes, by Charles Maurras de l'Academie francaise. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British h...

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Some English Philhellenes, Z.D. Ferriman, The Anglo-Hellenic League, 1917-1920. 8 Volume Set.

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Some English Philhellenes, by Z.D. Ferriman, Author of "Home Life in Hellas,", Turkey and the Turks," etc. 8 Volume Set, comprising: I: Frank Abney...

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The Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co, 1963, 4 Volume Set

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The Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co. From the Collection of the Late Rene Fribourg of 11 East 84th Street, New York City. A Set of 4 auc...

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