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FOSTER, Birket. MAYHEW, Henry. The Upper Rhine: the scenery of its banks and the manners of its people. Mayence to the Lake of Constance. London. George Routledge, 1858. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 448pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates. Original publisher's richly gilt-stamped navy cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and cocked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28917
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[SNOWDON]. Snowdon. Llanberis. Published by Francis, [s.d., c. 1900] Oblong 8vo. 16 photographic plates on eight leaves. Tied, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29031
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THESIGER, Wilfred. The marsh arabs. London. Longmans, green & co ltd , 1964. First edition. 8vo. 242pp, [14]. With 109 black and white photographic illustrations, and three maps. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt and black, with the photographic dustwrapper. Some edgewear, with the bookplate of Richard Calvert Williamson. Inscribed to Henry Williamson by his wife 'To my darling husband on his birthday, August 1964, with all my love. Anne.' followed by a transcription of At the Wedding March by ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27253
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BUTLER, Frances Anne. Journal. London. John Murray, 1835. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 313, [3]; [4], 287pp, [1]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29697
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[WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddocke]. A tour through monmouthshire and wales, Made in the Months of June, and July, 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777. Salisbury. Printed and sold by E. Easton, 1781. Second edition. Quarto. [4], xii, 214pp, [2]. With 16 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of errata. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Recent armorial bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24110
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THE OLD SHEKARRY [i.e. LEVESON, Henry Astbury]. The hunting grounds old world. First series. London. Saunders, Otley, & Co., 1860. Second edition. 8vo. [2], xii, 520pp, [8]. With a frontispiece, a further seven plates, and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's olive green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26151
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ELLIOTT, S. M.. A pilgrim's visit to the land of jesus. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927. First edition. 8vo. x, 115pp, [1]. With numerous monochrome photographic illustration in the text. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper lightly spotted. Internally immaculate. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. dated Oct. 29th 1927, in which Elliot briefly addresses a review of the work. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18011
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BROUWER, H. A. [editor]. Practical hints to scientific travellers. The Hague. Martinus Nijhoff, 1925-26 The first volume is the revised second edition, all others are first editions. 12mo. Four volumes of six only. Numerous illustrations, maps, and charts throughout. Original publisher's grey cloth, black-blocked lettering-pieces. Without glassine dustwrappers. Light rubbing, some slight spotting/marking. Book-labels of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst to all FEPs. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23746
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[KENT]. A New Map of the County of Kent Divided into Lathes &c. London. Printed for C. Smith, January 6th, 1804 Second edition. Dimensions, unfolded: 520 x 490 mm. Hand-coloured engraved map. Linen backed. Housed in original publisher's blue card slipcase. Slipcase worn and marked, naive pen-trials to verso. Map lightly spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29043
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AN AMATEUR SPORTSMAN [i.e. EGAN, Pierce]. Sporting anecdotes; original and select: including characteristic sketches of Eminent Persons who have appeared on the turf... [London]. Albion Press: printed by James Cundee, 1804. First edition. 8vo. vi, [10], 542pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 15 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting, terminal leaf of text, terminal plate, and rear endpapers damp-stained at head. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29873
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DOUGLAS, Francis. A general description of the east coast of scotland, from edinburgh to cullen; Including a brief Account of the Universities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, Of the Trade and Manufactures carried on in the large Towns, and the improvements of the country. In a series of letters to a friend. Aberdeen. Re-printed by D. Chalmers & Co. for W. Gordon.., 1826. 12mo in 6s. 247pp, [1]. Neatly bound in gilt-tooled twentieth-century tan half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed to extremities, corners, some occasional browning or paper-flaws to text, else fine. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with the inscription of D. Alan Stevenson to blank fly. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31307
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DOUGLAS, James. Travelling anecdotes through various parts of Europe. London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. Third edition. 8vo. x, 285pp, [3]. With half-title, terminal advertisement leaf, and eight engraved plates including frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's tan paper boards, with remains of printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, substantial loss to head of spine. Upper hinge split, ink initials to half-title, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11820