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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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Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of The Author's Life, and of His Visit to Italy, Leigh Hunt, 1828, 2 Volume set

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A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries...

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The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.; In Twelve Volumes with the Life of the Author, The Fourth Edition, 1767, Martin & Wotherspoon, Edinburgh

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A handsome set of books by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist, dramatist and essayist. The books have been professionally rebound in matc...

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Gloria de la Prada; Noches Sevillanas cantares, con un soneto de Francisco Villaespesa, & Las Cuerdas Di Mi Guitarra cantarres, 1912-13.

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A collection of 2 Spanish books of lyrics and verse, with their original Publisher's front covers retained. 2 volumes bound as one. Gloria de la Pr...

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for Oct 1803 - Jan 1804 (Vol III; Issue V and VI)

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

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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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A unique copy of this work. A previous owner has restored it to completion, by creating a number of hand drawn pages including the title page, adve...

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Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus, Charles Abraham Elton, 2 Vols, 1814

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Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus, Translated into English Verse, And Illustrated with Biographic...

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The Young Ladies Treasure Book; A Complete Cyclopaedia of Practical instruction and Direction for All Indoor and Outdoor Occupations and Amusements Suitable for Young Ladies, c. 1880

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A fascinating and uncommon cornucopia of information for the Victorian young lady covering all manner of subjects including Hobbies and Household E...

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Os Lusiadas de Luis de Camões, Edicao Nacional, Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa, 1931

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A smart copy of this epic historical Portuguese poem, by Camões, based on Vasco de Gama's 1497/98 discovery of the sea route to India. First publis...

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Ornithology; Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa, Oxford University Press, 9 Volumes complete, 1980 - 1994

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A smart set of this highly respected ornithological series. Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa; The Birds of the West...

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Ornithology; The Birds of Southern Africa, Claude Gibney Finch-Davies & Alan Kemp, Winchester Press, 1982. Limited edition.

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A very attractive book featuring 173 beautiful paintings of the birds of Southern Africa. The Birds of Southern Africa. Colour plates by Claude Gib...

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Ornithology; Gamebirds & Waterfowl of Southern Africa; 68 water-colours by C.G. Finch-Davis, Winchester Press, 1986. Limited edition.

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A very attractive book featuring beautiful paintings of the birds of Southern Africa. Gamebirds & Waterfowl of Southern Africa; A Collection of...

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Ornithology; The Birds of Scotland, Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, 1953

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A very smart first edition set of this respected work on Scottish ornithology. SOLD The Birds of Scotland; Their History, Distribution, and Migrati...

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Ornithology; The Birds of Scotland, 2 Volume Set in Slipcase, Ronald W Forrester and Ian J Andrews, The Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 2007

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A beautifully produced 2 volume set, copiously illustrated in colour throughout. A highly respected key publication on Scottish ornithology. The Bi...

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Ornithology; Scottish Birds; The Journal of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, 11 Volume set, 1958-1981

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A handsome library set of 11 volumes of this Scottish ornithological journal, spanning Volumes 1-11, from 1958 to 1981. Each volume combining multi...

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John Murray Forbes; A Sketch, Edward Waldo Emerson - bound reprint from The Atlantic Monthly, September 1899

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A biographical essay on the life of American railroad magnate, John Murray Forbes (1813-1898), written by Edward, the son of Ralph Waldo Emerson - ...

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The Scots Magazine; New Series, December 1887 - November 1990, 5 Volumes

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The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful & Entertaining Tracts, bound as Vol VII (actually spanning Vols. XVIII-XX), 1847

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A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

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Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, William Robertson, 1889

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A very good first edition copy in the Publisher's original cloth binding. Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, by William Robertson. Published...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Vols I-IV bound in 2 volumes, c. 1869

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A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

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More West Highland Tales, Transcribed and Translated from the Original Gaelic, John G. Mckay, 1940

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More West Highland Tales, Volume I; Transcribed and Translated from the Original Gaelic, by John G. Mckay. Edited by Professor W.J. Watson, The Rev...

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Oeuvres de Jose-Maria de Heredia; Les Trophees, Alphonse Lemerre, Paris

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An attractive binding from a pocket-sized edition known as 'Petite Bibliotheque Litteraire - Auteurs Contemporains', published by Alphonse Lemerre....

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Sapho; A novel, Alphonse Daudet, Sisley's Ltd, London

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An attractive binding from a pocket-sized edition known as 'The Panel Books', and with a 'The Times Book Club' label to rear pastedown. Sapho; A no...

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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William P. Nimmo edition, c. 1860, With inset Ivorine cover panel

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An interesting, and uncommon, copy of Longfellow's poetry with a lovely Ivorine (?) panel cover insert. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longf...

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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Albion Edition, Frederick Warne and Co, c. 1895

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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (Reprinted from the Revised American Edition), The "Albion" Edition. With Explanatory Notes. Publ...

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A collection of 8 works by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1904-1926, including Eton College prize bindings and some 1st editions

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An attractive library set of 8 Rudyard Kipling works, comprising; Traffics and Discoveries, 1904, 1st edition;  Life's Handicap; Being Stories of M...

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Wandering Thoughts and Random Rhymes, Arch. J. Rose, 1922

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A handsome, and very scarce, volume of Scottish poetry from 1922. Wandering Thoughts and Random Rhymes, Arch. J. Rose, Late Burgh Procurator-Fiscal...

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Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author's Copyright Edition, Routledge, c. 1893.

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A handsome volume of both the First and Second Series of Emerson's essays, in a very attractive binding. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, ...

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Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest, Abridged edition in full leather prize binding, Agnes Strickland, 1899

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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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A Life of John Colet, Founder of St. Paul's School, J.H. Lupton, 1909, in St. Paul's Leather Prize Binding

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A smart full leather prize-binding from the school John Colet founded. A Life of John Colet, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, and Founder of St. Paul's Sc...

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A Pair of Grand Tour Photo Albums from 1872 with Albumen Prints of France and Italy.

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A set of 2 smart photo albums carrying the gilt initials 'M.R.' and dated to 1872. The first featuring topographical European settings, and the sec...

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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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The Works of Charles Dickens; Set of Chapman & Hall 'The Charles Dickens Edition', 14 Volumes, c. 1870

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A smart library set of Dickens' works with uniform half leather bindings. SOLD The Works of Charles Dickens; 'The Charles Dickens Edition'. Sometim...

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Bibliography of Early English Literature, William Carew Hazlitt, 8 Volume Reprint, Burt Franklin

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Bibliography of Early English Literature, in eight volumes, complete. By William Carew Hazlitt. 1961 reprint of books originally published between ...

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Bookano Stories No. 17; With Pictures That Spring Up in Model Form, c. 1950, with charming pop-ups

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A charming mid-20th Century 3d Pop-up book for children, with 5 working models, complete. Bookano Stories No. 17; With Pictures That Spring Up in M...

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Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and J.M.W. Turner, John Timbs, 1872

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An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henr...

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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 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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Bibliomystery; Death of a Bookseller, Alice Slater, Signed. Collector's Gift Hardback first edition.

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Death of a Bookseller, by Alice Slater.  Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London. 2023 first edition - 'Collector's gift edition'. An 'As New' co...

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Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America, D.B. Warden, 1819, 3 Vols complete

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Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America; From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Da...

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James O'Dea (now Jamie O'Dea); Artist's Studio books, Set of 3, 1980s. Over 300 Pages of Original artwork.

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This is a rather splendid collection of 3 artists's studio books, from Scottish artist, James O'Dea, known better as Jamie O'Dea. who was born in G...

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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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The White Robe; A Saint's Summary, James Branch Cabell, 1928, Limited edition. Illustrated by Robert E. Locher

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A beautifully produced book featuring a tale by American writer, James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), primarily a writer of fantasy fiction. This story...

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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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Speak O' The North-East, William Morrice Wilson, 1993

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A contemplation and celebration of the dialect of people of the North East of Scotland. Speak O' The North-East, by William Morrice Wilson. Publish...

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Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels, The Melrose edition, Caxton Publishing, 27 Volumes complete, c. 1910

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Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels,; The Melrose edition. Consists of 25 novels plus 2 Volumes of The Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., by J.G. L...

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