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The Seasons

1842, a fair copy in full leather, illustrated
James Thomson, illustrated by John Bell, C W Cope, Thomas Creswick, J C Horlsey, J P Knight, R Redgrave, Frank Stone, C Stonhouse, Frederick Taylor, H J Townsend, Thomas Webster. With a Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch. Edited by Bolton Corney.
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1842
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus

La Sagesse et La Destinee

Maurice Maeterlinck's philosophical work on the nature of life, death, etc
Maurice Maeterlinck
Bibliotheque Charpentier, Paris, 1923
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Wanderings by the Seine

1835, with 20 engravings by J M W Turner
Leitch Ritche, engravings by J M W Turner
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, London, 1835
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The National History and Views of London and its Environs

1835, volume 2, with 270 engravings on 54 pages
C F Partington, editor
Black and Armstrong, London, 1835
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

1858, with original memoir. Full leather binding, profusely illustrated
Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by F R Pickersgill, John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darley, Jasper Cropsey, P Duggan, Percival Skelton, and A M Madot
Sampson Low, Son & Co, London, 1858
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Die Vielgeliebte Frau; George Sand und ihre Freunde in Briefen und Dokumenten

Signed by Lili Turel, one of only 20 copies in a hand-made leather binding
Lili Turel
O C Recht Verlag, Munchen, 1922
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

Album Aragon

1997, published in Gallimard's Bibliothèque De La Pléiade series
Jean Ristat, editor
Librairie Gallimard / NRF, Paris, 1997
£30.00
Illustrated | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Slipcase

Lewis Carroll Oeuvres & Album Lewis Carroll

2 volumes from Gallimard NRF's Bibliothèque De La Pléiade series
Lewis Carroll, edited by Jean Gattegno
Librairie Gallimard / NRF, Paris, 1990
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Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Slipcase

Le Monde Fou Préferé au Monde Sage

1733, an early French language edition of Marie Hubin's The World Unmask'd
Marie Huber, though published anonymously
Wetsteins & Smith, Amsterdam, 1733
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Studies in Shakespeare

1849, a first edition of Charles Knight's critical notices
Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1849
£80.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

L'Aviation Militaire Francaise

1936, a summary of the French air force—seaplanes, flying formations etc
Pierre Barjot, preface by General Vuillemin
J de Gigord, Paris, 1936
£12.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, Silas Marner, and Scenes from Clerical Life

Four George Eliot novels, part only of a set
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1890
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream

1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Manuscript: The Psalms of David in Spanish, c1725

Handwritten copy of all 150 Psalms by Christopher Russell, 17th Foot, Minorca
Lt.-Col. Christopher Russell
Not Published, Minorca, 1725
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Handwritten

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New

1722, an important King James Bible printed by James Watson, Edinburgh
James Watson (Printer), with engraved title within architectural border by Robert Wood
James Watson, Edinburgh, 1722
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato

1793, the first English translation by Thomas Taylor
Plato, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor
Benjamin and John White, London, 1793
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Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans

1792, the enlarged second edition of Alexander Adam's classic in an attractive marbled calf binding
Alexander Adam
A Strahan, T Cadell & W Creech, Edinburgh & London, 1792
£120.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Dante's Divine Comedy, Vol 1: Inferno

Venice, 1751. La Commedia di Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Giambatista Pasquali, Venezia (Venice), 1751
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Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Journal of a Route Across India, through Egypt, to England

1819, Fitzclarence's account of the journey, with maps and hand-coloured aquatint plates
Lt.-Col. George August Fitzclarence
John Murray, London, 1819
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Dictionary of the Hausa Language

1968, owned and rebound by British artist David Heathcote
R C Abraham
University of London Press, London, 1968
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Letters from India (Signed copy)

Alun Lewis's letters from active service, signed twice by his wife, Gweno Lewis
Alun Lewis, with a note by Mrs Alun Lewis, and a Preface by A L Rowse
Penmark Press, Cardiff, 1946
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Association Copy

Madame de Maintenon d'apres sa Correspondance Authentique (Signed copy)

Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter
Mathieu Auguste Geffroy
Librairie Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1887
£80.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Leather Bound

They Went

Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Scripture Characters

1822, including Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist
Thomas Robinson
W Baynes, London, 1822
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

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