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Philip Reeve; No Such Things as Dragons, Signed and Remarqued (illustrated) by the author, and numbered 20/20. 2009.

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A particularly desirable limited issue of Philip Reeve’s No Such Things as Dragons, this copy is one of just 20 hand-numbered examples, signed and ...

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Philip Reeve; Mortal Engines; Complete set of 1st editions of the novels - all signed and lined by the author, 2001-2006

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A complete set of signed and lined novels from the hugely popular children's fantasy series, Mortal Engines. Each first edition copy is signed by t...

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Cosmic Radiation; Fifteen Lectures edited by W. Heisenberg. Translated by T.H. Johnson. Dover Publications, New York, 1946.

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This volume represents the first English edition of a work first published in German in 1943. Issued in Berlin to commemorate the seventy-fifth bir...

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The Theory of Atomic Collisions, N.F. Nott and H.S.W. Massey, The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1933

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The Theory of Atomic Collisions by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey and N. F. Mott is an important early contribution to the development of modern atom...

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The Structure of the Atom, E.N. Da C. Andrade, G. Bell and Sons, 1923

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The Structure of the Atom by Edward Neville da Costa Andrade is an early twentieth-century work exploring the emerging field of atomic physics at a...

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, by James Edward Smith, 1807

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A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent by James Edward Smith is an engaging early nineteenth-century travel account, first published in 1793 and prese...

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Memoirs of General Count Rapp, First Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, London, 1823

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First published in 1823, the Memoirs of General Count Rapp provide a vivid first-hand account of the Napoleonic era from one of the Emperor’s most ...

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The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow, 1889, Two Volume numbered limited edition set

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Captain Gronow’s lively recollections of Regency and early Victorian society remain one of the most engaging first-hand accounts of life in the cam...

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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, by William H. Prescott, 1885. Bickers binding.

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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic by William H. Prescott is a landmark work of nineteenth-century historical writ...

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The Virginians; A Tale of the Last Century, W.M. Thackeray, Bradbury & Evans, 1858 first edition.

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A complete 1858 first edition set of The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray, with all plates present. A sequel of sorts to Henry Esm...

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The History of Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray, Bradbury and Evans, 1849 1st edition

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A complete 1849 first edition set of The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray, with all plates present. First published in s...

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The Book of Dust Volume Two; The Secret Commonwealth, Philip Pullman, Signed, Limited, illustrated 1st edition, David Fickling Books

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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman is the second volume in his companion trilogy to His Dark Materials, continuing...

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The Book of Dust Volume One; La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman, 1st edition, David Fickling Books

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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman is the first volume in a companion trilogy to his acclaimed His Dark Materials sequenc...

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Haig by Duff Cooper, in Two Volumes, Faber and Faber, 1935

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Haig by Duff Cooper is a major two-volume biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, first published in 1935. Drawing on extensive research a...

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The "Breakfast-Table" Series, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, George Routledge, c. 1890

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The "Breakfast-Table" series by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. brings together three of his most popular and enduring works - The Autocrat, The ...

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Castle Richmond. A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. Chapman & Hall, London, 1861

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Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope is a social novel set in Ireland during the Great Famine, first published in 1860. Drawing on his own e...

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The Hermits, by The Rev. Charles Kingsley, Macmillan, c. 1880

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The Hermits by Charles Kingsley is a series of engaging historical and biographical sketches exploring the lives of early Christian ascetic...

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Nouvelle Bibliothèque de Campagne, ou Choix d’Épisodes intéressans et curieux, Amsterdam and Paris, 1769-1784

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A complete twelve-volume, uniformly bound 18th century set assembled contemporarily, of Nouvelle Bibliotheque de Campagne, ou Choix d'Episo...

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The Grey Brethren And Other Fragments in Prose and Verse, Michael Fairless, 1911

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The Grey Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse by Michael Fairless is a reflective and quietly evocative work blending prose and ...

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Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy. In Nine Volumes, complete, 1791.

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A celebrated work of the French Enlightenment, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was first published in 1788 a...

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Oeuvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton. Paris, 1760–1762. In six volumes, complete.

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The collected works of Antoine Hamilton (c.1646–1720), the Franco-Irish court writer best known for his elegant and often playful prose, co...

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History of the English People, The Conquest of England, & The Making of England, by John Richard Green, Macmillan, 1884-1886

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A substantial and handsomely bound six-volume set of John Richard Green's celebrated histories of England, comprising the complete four-volume Hist...

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John Willcock; The Great Marquess, 1903, & A Scots Earl, in Covenanting Times, 1907

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A well-matched two-volume set of John Willcock’s detailed biographical studies of the Argyll family, focusing on two of the most significan...

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In the Footprints of Charles Lamb, by Benjamin Ellis Martin, Richard Bentley and Son, 1891

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In the Footprints of Charles Lamb, by Benjamin Ellis Martin, is a richly illustrated literary topography tracing the life and world of Char...

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Charles Lamb; A Memoir. By Barry Cornwall. Edward Moxon, 1866

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Charles Lamb; A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall (the pen name of Bryan Waller Procter), offers an early and affectionate account of one of the mo...

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Her infinite Variety; A Feminine Portrait Gallery. Edited by E.V. Lucas, 1908. Bumpus binding.

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Her Infinite Variety, edited by E. V. Lucas and first published in 1908, is a charming Edwardian anthology celebrating literary portraits o...

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A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall, James Laver, Nonesuch Press, 1927 numbered limited edition

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A finely produced limited edition from the Nonesuch Press, A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall by James Laver reflects the Press’s c...

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Le Petit Carrillonneur, M. Ducray-Duminil, J.G. Dentu, Paris, 1809

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A complete four-volume set of Le Petit Carrillonneur by M. Ducray-Duminil, published in Paris by J.G. Dentu in 1809. One of the author’s ch...

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Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d’un Voyageur François, 1786-1787, by Le Comte de Mirabeau, 1789

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A scarce first edition of Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (1789) by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, one of the most influ...

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Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, by John Clare, Taylor and Hessey, 1820

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A scarce early edition of Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by John Clare, one of the most distinctive voices of early nineteenth...

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Opere Burlesche di M. Francesco Berni, Milano, dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1806

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The comic and satirical poetry of Francesco Berni occupies a distinctive place in Italian Renaissance literature. Writing in the early sixt...

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Authorised Murder, Isaac Asimov, Gollancz, 1976 first edition

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Isaac Asimov's Authorised Murder presents a curious and entertaining departure from the author's better known science fiction, offering in...

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Charles St John's Note Books, 1846-1853, Invererne, Nairn, Elgin, 1901

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Charles St John's Note Books, 1846–1853: Invererne, Nairn, Elgin, published in Edinburgh by David Douglas in 1901 and edited by Admiral H....

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A Naturalist on the Prowl or In the Jungle, by EHA, 1897

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First published in the late nineteenth century, A Naturalist on the Prowl or In the Jungle is a lively account of wildlife observation and...

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Axel Munthe; The Story of San Michele, Folio Society, 1993 & Le Livre de San Michele, Albin Michel, 1935

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A paired set of two editions of Axel Munthe's celebrated memoir The Story of San Michele. The English edition, published by the Folio Socie...

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Scottish History Society; Early Records of the University of St Andrews 1413-1579, Ltd ed., and Acta Facultatis Artium Universitatis Sanctiandree 1413–1588

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A smart set of 2 volumes on the history of the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, and the third oldest university in t...

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Folio Society; Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1996

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William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair is one of the great novels of nineteenth century English literature, offering a brilliant satire ...

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The Swallows and Amazons Adventures, 12 Volumes, by Arthur Ransome, Jonathan Cape

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A complete set of the 12 Swallows and Amazons adventures by Arthur Ransome. Offered here are 6 of these in "The Swallows and Amazons Adventu...

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ConsoliGel leather consolidant for book bindings and other leather items, 500ml

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ConsoliGel      A highly effective leather consolidant for leather book covers –  penetrates into leather to rehydrate and treat red rot (po...

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Ready Player One & Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline, numbered limited first editions, 2020, Signed

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This numbered limited first edition set of Ready Player One and Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline brings together the two bestselling dystop...

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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI, William Robertson, Volume II, 1794

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Published in 1794, this fourteenth edition of The History of Scotland by William Robertson presents his account of the reigns of Mary, Quee...

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The Kirkcaldy Burgh Records, L. Macbean, 1908, numbered limited edition

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First published in 1908 in a strictly limited edition of 240 numbered copies, The Kirkcaldy Burgh Records by Lachlan MacBean is a substanti...

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The Medieval Village, G.G. Coulton, Cambridge University Press, 1931

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First published in 1925, The Medieval Village by G. G. Coulton is a classic and accessible study of everyday rural life in medieval England...

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The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley; Brave New World, Chatto & Windus, 1972

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Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's landmark dystopian novel first published in 1932, remains one of the most influential works of twentieth-century l...

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Non-Stop, by Brian Aldiss, Paperback Edition, 1965, Faber and Faber

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Non-Stop is Brian Aldiss's striking debut novel, first published in 1958, and now regarded as one of the defining works of post-war British scienc...

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Mediaeval Greece, Nicolas Cheetham, Yale University Press, 1981

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A smart first edition copy of Nicolas Cheetham's Mediaeval Greece, published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 1981 first edition. Pr...

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Original Victorian Henry James Invitation card from the Duchess of Cleveland, c. 1876-1881

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The Duchess of Cleveland – Invitation to “Mr Henry James” 17 St James’s Square – Saturday Evening, May 7th[Likely 7 May 1876 or 7 May 1881] A finel...

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Pleasure of Ruins, first edition 1953, by Rose Macaulay. With interesting ephemera including her autograph correspondence to Roger Senhouse, Publisher, with 2 manuscript pages by him, & William St Clair provenance

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Pleasure in Ruins by Rose Macaulay, first published in 1953, is a highly personal work of nonfiction that blends travel writing, cultural history, ...

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