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Kyuroku-kai Nanga Exhibition Catalogue, Kobe 1930 (Showa 5) — Tomie Unrei and Circle; 九六會南畫展出品畫

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Title: 九六會南畫展出品畫 (Kyuroku-kai Nanga-ten Shuppinga)Translation: Catalogue of Paintings Exhibited at the Kyuroku Society Nanga ExhibitionOrganizer / ...

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Japanese Hand-Painted Gajō (Painting Album) — Gachō Ichi (画帳一), c. 1890–1920. A collaborative Meiji–Taishō painting album, Kobe / Kansai region. Orihon.

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A Japanese orihon (accordion-style) painting album, bound in patterned green silk with title slip reading Gachō Ichi (画帳一 - “Picture Album No. 1”)....

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Poet's Country, edited by Andrew Lang, with Fifty Illustrations in Colour by Francis S. Walker, 1907

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This attractive 1907 first edition brings together essays by noted literary figures—including Andrew Lang, J. Churton Collins, W.J. Loftie, E. Hart...

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Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood. With a Preface by Alfred Ainger and One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations by Charles E. Brock, 1893

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A finely bound late-Victorian edition of Thomas Hood’s Humorous Poems, richly illustrated by Charles E. Brock and introduced by Alfred Ainger. Publ...

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Cassigneul; Peintures; 1950-1990 by Roger Bouillot. Editions Michele Trinckvel. As new - Still Sealed.

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We've recently acquired a small collection of works on the French artist, Jean-Pierre Cassignneul. Please see other listings for alternative titles...

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Nonesuch Press; William Morris, Centenary Edition, edited by G.D.H. Cole, 1946 edition with dustjacket

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A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

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Nonesuch Press; William Morris, Centenary Edition, edited by G.D.H. Cole, 1934 first edition

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A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

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Nonesuch Press; The Phanseys of William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in Reply, Douglas Grant, 1956, numbered limited edition

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The Phanseys of William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in Reply was issued by the Nonesuch Press in 1...

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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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Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Rev. William Whewell, William Pickering 1837

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A full leather prize presentation copy of this work. William Whewell's Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology ...

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Half Hours in Air and Sky; Marvels of the Universe, Wm. Isbister, London 1886. Prize binding.

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An attractive Victorian prize binding, presented by The College School, Huyton. The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Reade...

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A Handy book on Dinners; Dinners and Diners at Home and Abroad, by E.L. Blanchard, 1860

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E.L. Blanchard’s A Handy Book on Dinners; Dinners and Diners at Home and Abroad (1860) is a witty and wide-ranging guide to the Victorian dining ta...

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The Art of the Old English Potter, L.M. Solon, 1883, Numbered Limited edition 53/250, signed by Publisher

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The Art of the Old English Potter by L. M. Solon is a classic late-Victorian study of English ceramics, first published in 1883 in a numbered limit...

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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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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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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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Vathek; An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford. Gibbings & Company, 1900

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Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760–1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

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Vathek; An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford. Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, Numbered, limited edition.

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Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760-1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

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The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius in the translation by William Adlington, F.J. Harvey Darton (ed) and illustrated by Philip Hagreen, Navarre Society. Bayntun-Riviere binding.

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The Golden Ass (also known as Metamorphoses) by Lucius Apuleius is the only complete surviving novel from ancient Rome. This picaresque tale chroni...

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A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, In Six Parts, A. Nesbit, York, 1810

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A scarce first edition of Nesbit’s practical instructional work on surveying, A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, In Six Parts (York: ...

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Nonesuch Press; The Holy Bible; The Authorized or King James Version of 1611, In Three Volumes, 1963

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A handsome set of this beautifully presented Nonesuch Press edition of the The Holy Bible; The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now repinte...

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The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, with The Relation of a Wonderful Voyage made by William Cornelius Schouten of Horne, Facsimiles of 1628 & 1619 printings, in vellum, with solander box and leather slipcase by J Fellows

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A handsome facsimile edition presenting two landmark voyages of the early 17th century bound as one: The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Be...

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The History of France, Walter Anderson, 1775

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A scarce first edition of Walter Anderson's monumental historical work. He offers a detailed and insightful account of late 16th‑ and early 17th‑ce...

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence, 1935, Jonathan Cape, first General Circulation edition, 1st impression,

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A very smart first edition copy of the General circulation issue of this book (following the Private printing in 1926). T.E. Lawrence's autobiograp...

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The Rolling Stones Monthly Book, Beat Publications, 1965-66, Unbroken run of Issues 18-30

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The Rolling Stones Monthly Book.Nos. 18–30 (a consecutive run).London: Beat Publications Ltd., November 1965 – November 1966. A good, consecutive r...

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The Plays of William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Henry Fuseli Engravings, Alexander Chalmers, 6 Volumes, 1805

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A most elegant partial set of this celebrated 1805 Chalmers edition of Shakespeare’s works, comprising six of the original nine volumes. Beautifull...

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Piccola Pulcinellopedia, Suite, by Luigi Serafini, Longanesi & C, Milano, 1984 first edition

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Luigi Serafini. Piccola Pulcinellopedia is a surreal visual suite in nine scenes, dedicated to the Pulcinella mas...

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A collection of 6 original albumen prints of Burma by Phillip Klier, c. 1880

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Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) was a German photographer who worked in British Burma from the 1860s until the early 20th century. After establi...

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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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A Group of Scottish Women, with Sixteen Illustrations, by Harry Graham, Methuen, 1908

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A well-presented copy of Harry Graham’s engaging biographical study of remarkable Scottish women, spanning six centuries from Dervorguilla (1213–12...

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The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks, Dual Cassette Audiobook read by Peter Capaldi, 2001

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The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks; Probably one of the most impactful and influential novels by a Scottish author in the 1980s. A work of dark brilli...

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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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Augustus Hare in Italy, from the Italian travel books of Augustus Hare and illustrated from the original wood engravings, limited edition, 1977

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Augustus Hare in Italy. Edited by Gavin Henderson from the Italian travel books of Augustus Hare and illustrated from the original wood engravings....

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Florence, Augustus J.C. Hare, 1890

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Florence, by Augustus J.C. Hare. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was one of the most widely read Victorian travel writers, known for his ri...

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Venice, Augustus J.C. Hare, 1900

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Venice, with Map and Twenty Three Woodcuts, by Augustus J.C. Hare. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834–1903) was one of the most popular Victorian tr...

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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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Walks in Rome, Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes, 1871

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Walks in Rome, by Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes (complete). Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was a prolific Victorian author of travel ...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Eighteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Seventeenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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Verdi 2001; Atti del Convegno internazionale; Proceedings of the International Conference; Parma, New York, New Haven

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Verdi 2001; Atti del Convegno internazionale; Proceedings of the International Conference; Parma, New York, New Haven, 24 January - 1 February 2001...

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Roma - Vintage Italian Souvenir Photo Album c. 1900, with 50 images. Grand Tour album from Rome.

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Roma – Souvenir Album of Photographic Views Rome, c.1900. Landscape format (165 × 253 × 30 mm), publisher’s decorative red cloth, upper cover block...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Sixteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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Brazil by Michael Palin; First edition inscribed by the author, 2012

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A visually stunning and warmly written travelogue by the celebrated broadcaster, writer, and former Monty Python member, Brazil follows Michael Pal...

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The Triumph of Maximilian I; 137 Woodcuts by Hans Burgkmair and Others, Dover Publications, New York, 1964

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A visually striking facsimile edition of one of the great artistic triumphs of the German Renaissance. The Triumph of Maximilian I reproduces the c...

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A Collection of Jessie M. King Ephemera; Posters, leaflets, cuttings, articles, cards etc., 1980s-2000s

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A Collection of Jessie M. King Ephemera; Posters, leaflets, cuttings, articles, cards etc., 1980s-2000s. A substantial and varied collection of mod...

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Tales from Inverbothrie, Frances Ryhnd Brightman, Pentland Press, 1997

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Tales from Inverbothrie, by Frances Ryhnd Brightman. Described as "Written as a historical novel, Tales from Inverbothrie charts the fortunes of a ...

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Twilight in the Forbidden City, Reginald F. Johnston, Oxford University Press, 1985

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First published in 1934, Reginald F. Johnston's Twilight in the Forbidden City is the classic insider’s account of life in the Chinese imperial cou...

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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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