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Chambers's Journal May 1927
London W.& R. Chamers Ltd 1927 First Soft Cover Good Collectable 10in x 7in
Some wear to the spine. Buff/tan covers clean. Internally the pages are clean and bright. several pages of fascinating adverts. there is a small split to the base of the spine and cover of 1/2 inch.
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4.00 GBP
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Everyday Battles or Fighting the Foe
London John F. Shaw Hard Back Good Childrens Collectable
no date but circa 1885. Blue decorated boards with a lovely coloured floral design to the front and spine. The title is black in a gilt oblong. The spine and boards are in sound condition eith only very minor wear to the corners and a slight softening to the spine ends. 343 pages browning lightly to the edges. illustrated. This book has 'new edition' to the title page but circa 1877 - 85. originally 1877
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30.00 GBP
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Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece
London John Murray 1815 Second Edition - Corrected Hard Back Good Antiquarian 9in x 6in
Printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street on high quality heavy paper. Blue boards. Gilt title to the spine - slightly faded. Mild fading to the front board where book has been exposed to light while positioned on shelf next to a smaller book. 100 rough cut pages. The name 'Preston Institution 1928' is stamped to the title page and repeated 21 times throughout the book. Rather than defacing the pages these stamps sre generally in the margins and add a somewhat 'aged' character to the book. very clean ffep - some 'dusty marks to the first title page, the third free page has age foxing, the main title page has some 'dusty marks' to the page edge. All the pages are firm and very readable. Some dusty edges throughout. To the inner board is a small neat stamp - 1300 and a pencil number E6/26. Printed by W Bulmer and Co, Cleveland, St.James.
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300.00 GBP
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Our Boys Story Book
U K Collins 1925 First Hard Back Fair Childrens Collectable
Pictorial boards. Some rubbing to the top of the front cover. Spine complete but some wear to head and tail. Corners rubbed and slightly curved. Colour frontispiece (?) laid in. The pages are clean and printed on thick paper. Prize certificate dated 1925 to ffep.
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6.00 GBP
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A. Gulielmo Bright and Petro Goldsmith Medd Precum Publicarium Ecclesiae Anglicanae Latine Redditus
Londini, Oronii, Cantabrigie Rivington 1869 First Thus Hard Back Poor Religion 61/2 in x 4in
Dark tan boards with gilt title and black line design to the front board. Front board separating from the book two and one half inches. The spine is complete. The ffep and following 2 pages have separated and have at one time been mended with clear tape, now dried out so the pages are free once more. The title page is firm. The words 'Regina Victoria' have been written in red under the title. Half an inch has been cut from the top of the title page, probably to remove a name. The remainder of the pages - 354 - are clean and firm. Page 355 is a mirror image of the front ffep, being taped into place, but now the tape has been dried out. This book is suitable as a study copy, or for rebinding hence the low price.
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45.00 GBP
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Alfonzo Gardiner Elementary Drawing Under the Board of Education - Being the Twelfth Edition
London John Heywood 1901 Hard Back Good Antiquarian Illustrated By 600 Diagrams
Blue boards with inverted title and designs to the front cover. The covers and spine are complete. 376 pages. 600 illustrations. Name in pencil to inner cover. Very sweet and naive pencil drawings of a horse to the ffep, and an elderly man to the inner back board which I have not erased as they compliment the character of this book. This book has been used, but is still a very useful drawing book and a great collectable.
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12.50 GBP
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Amy le Feuvre Odd
London The Religious Tract Society Hard Back Good Collectable Fiction
Grey pictorial boards showing a lady playing a (church) organ. Title to the spine and another picture of a man and child. 160 pages printed on heavy paper. Some line drawing illustrations. Spine becoming broken at page 100 but pages holding well. no date but an inscription to ffep is dated 1907.
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8.00 GBP
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Annie S. Swan Courtship and Marriage and the Gentle Art of Home - Making
London Hutchinson & Co (publishers) Ltd 1894 Hard Back Very Good Collectable 7in x 4in
Blue boards with gilt/black title and decoration to the cover and the spine. The cover shows Cupd sat upon the 'C' of the word 'courtship' - the letter 'C' being gilt as is Cupid's bow. Gilt title to the spine. 144 pages. The pages are firn and clean, mellowing to a bright 'creamy white'. Owners name and date (1913) to ffep in pencil and number 88 to top corner of inside cover. The spine and boards are complete and in good condition. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A lovely collectable - a perfect gift for a new bride-to-be or newly engaged couple.
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25.00 GBP
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Annie S. Swan Kinsfolk
London Hutchinson & Co (publishers) Ltd 1896 Hard Back Very Good Collectable 7in x 4in D. A. H. Drew
Blue boards with black and gilt design to the title on cover and spine. - the 'K' of Kingsfolk being gilt. Boards are very gook with hardly any wear. 192 pages. The pages are clean,. Two names to ffep - in 'period style' handwriting. illustrated in black and white. Pres. first edition.
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20.00 GBP
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Charles Dixon The Birds of Our Rambles
London Chapman and Hall 1891 First Hard Back Very Good Collectable A. T. Elwes
A very handsome book with dark green boards which have a black indented sketch of birds and water reeds and bright gilt title.The spine also has the black line drawing and gilt title.Black endpapers. 249 rough-cut pages. Frontispiece and seven other beautiful illustrations.
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18.50 GBP
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De Grave, Short and Co. Ltd De Grave's Bullion and Reference Balances, Standard Beams and Weights - the Oldest Scalemaker
London De Grave, Short Card Cover Very Good Catalogue Collectable
A catalogue of balances and scales in good condition. 64 very clean, firm pages.Each page show a different appliance made by De Grave, with description and excellent pictures. To the 1st and 2nd page is an across page sketch of St. Pauls, The Old G.P.O. and the Oldest Scale Shop - De Graves, Short and Co. Established on this site , London 1670. There is no date to the catalogue, but guessing C.1910. The covers are black textured card with golf title to the front. Punched hole to the top corner for hanging the book. Some rubbing to the spine. and wear to the base of the spine.
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30.00 GBP
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E. F. Benson Dodo - a Detail of the Day
London George Newnes Hard Back Good Fiction
Green (leather ?) boards with a gilt title and design to the spine. Impressed title and design to the front. Very light rubbing to the corner tips and spine edge but a good solid copy of 320 clean pages. Decorated end-papers. Printed and bound by Hazeli, Watson and Viney.
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25.00 GBP
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Emile Brodie The Orphans of Merton Hall
London The Religious Tract Soc Hard Back Good Fiction
Grey boards with a picture of four figures coloured in two tone - orange and black line drawing. The title is to the front in gilt. Title to the spine - faded. 192 pages plus book adverts. no date but circa 1905. Illustrations to the chapter headings and some black and white plates through the book. Owners name to ffep. Both book boards and pages are in good condition.
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8.00 GBP
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Esther Charlotte Anne Allen Echoes of Heart Whispers
London John Heywood 1867 Hard Back Good Poetry
Green board with indented design. Gilt title to the cover. Gilt title to the spine. (slightly faded) 368 clean pages. Gilt page edges. ffep removed. (leaving hinge firm but visible) 2nd edition with additional poems. A rare copy.
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42.00 GBP
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H Burch Jacob's Sunbeam
London The Religious Tract Soc Hard Back Good Children' s Collectable 6.5in 4.5in
Red boards with a coloured drawing of two children and a dog running. The boards are firm.Some small and light ares of age whiteing no date but circa 1905. 80 pages printed on high quality paper plus books for children adverts. Pages darkening to the edges and centre slightly. Coloured frontispiece of three children in a delightful drawing running from wasps. Decorated title page. ffep may have been neatly removed as the first page is the plain title page. A neat clean book.
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14.00 GBP
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