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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. RESERVED A good, cons...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Merchistonian, Volume Thirteenth, 1886

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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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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, 4 Volumes; VII, VIII, IX, and XI , Nos. 313-572. 1839-1943

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This is a handsome set of four large-format 19th‑century bound volumes of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, originally launched in 1832 by the enterpri...

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, Volume II, Nos. 27-52. July-December, 1844

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This is a handsome 19th‑century bound volume of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal – New Series, Volume II, comprising issues 27–52 from July to December...

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The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926

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A charming illustrated edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton’s classic The Compleat Angler, edited by Richard Le Gallienne and adorned with il...

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'Notes and Extracts' - a vintage disguised library volume containing only blank pages

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This is a very unusual and rather charming volume - on the face of it it has the appearance of a typical Victorian binding - black leather spine an...

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Paul and Virginia, J. Bernardin H. de Saint Pierre; Helen Maria Williams, 1828

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A charming pocket‑sized 1828 edition of Paul and Virginia, the enduring pastoral romance by Jacques‑Henri Bernardin de Saint‑Pierre, here translate...

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The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, Macmillan 1894, Interesting India Provenance

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A handsome late‑Victorian edition of The Works of Alfred Tennyson, attractively bound in green leather with raised bands and gilt titling, compleme...

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The Gem; A Literary Annual. Edited by Thomas Hood, 1829

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A smart 1829 volume of The Gem; A Literary Annual, edited by the poet and humorist Thomas Hood, featuring contributions from some of the era’s most...

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The Lounger. A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786, by the Authors of the Mirror, 1794, 2 Vols.

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A late‑18th‑century Edinburgh periodical, The Lounger (1785–1787) was a literary and moral weekly published by the authors of The Mirror, a promine...

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The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy, conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner; A Preliminary Discourse on The Study of Natural Philosophy, by J.F.W. Herschel, 1833

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A significant early Victorian volume on scientific understanding, The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy (1833) forms part of the influential Cabinet Cy...

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The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem in Six Cantos. William Hayley, 1807

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A charming early 19th-century edition of William Hayley’s once-popular didactic poem, finely illustrated and attractively bound. The Triumphs of Te...

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The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 1888

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A smart copy of this detailed biography of Lord Macaulay — the eminent 19th-century historian, essayist, and politician best known for his History ...

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Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783-1785; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Poet's Manuscript with Transcript, Centaur Press, 1965

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Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783-1785; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Poet's Manuscript with Transcript and the Original Introduction and Not...

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Culture and Anarchy; An Essay in Political and Social Criticism, by Matthew Arnold, 1889

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Matthew Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy is a cornerstone of Victorian social criticism, first published in 1869. In this influential series of essays,...

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Memorials of the Reformation of Europe, Thomas Nelson, 1850

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A finely preserved early Victorian edition of Memorials of the Reformation of Europe, issued by Thomas Nelson around 1850. This volume presents bio...

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