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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, and Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland : Together With the Psalter or Psalms of David
Oxford Publisher: Samual Collingwood and Co 1839 Original Full Leather Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Printed at the University Press by Samual Collingwood and Co, Printers to the University, for The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, sold at the society's depository, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.414 pages. Including The Form and Manner of making Ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Beautiful original brown leather binding ornately carved on both front and back covers with border, foliage design, centre diamond and lady holding cross encircled by "Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" Bound in at the back is "A New version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches" by N. Tate and N. Brady, Oxford: Printed at the University Press by Samual Collingwood and Co, Printers to the University. Sold by E. Gardner, Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London. This is dated 1837, pages not numbered. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, arranged in paragraphs
Manchester Published: Cave and Sever 1863 Original Full Leather Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Black full calf with gilt title to spine. 5 raised bands to spine. Condition, Very good, minor rubbing to edges, corners. 1272 pages. Size 4to 11" x 9". a piece 1 3/4" tall and 4" wide has been cut by scissors from the top right corner of one of the blank front papers and also from the title page. This has not affected the text on the title page.
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The Book of Hints and Wrinkles
Long Acre, London, WC2 Odhams Press Limited Hard Cover Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
c 1939. Copyright reads G939. Hardback book in good condition but no jacket. One of the illustrations has been coloured over in crayon but apart from that the book is in excellent condition with only a few marks on the front cover. Lots of illustrations, including the amusing "The correct way to hang shirts and pyjama trousers" Sections covered: 1. Choosing Your Home 2. Getting the Home Together 3. Running the Home 4. Kitchen Management and Catering 5. The Family 6. The Housewife's Personal Appearance 7. The Problem of Our Pets 8. Clothing Hints for Men 9. Things You Can Make Yourself.
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
Edinburgh, MDCCXCV Printed by Mark and Charles Kerr, His Majesty's Printers 1795 Fine Binding Near Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Burgundy full leather fine binding. There is a thick, bright gilt border on both the front and back covers. The very edges of each of the covers are elaborately decorated with gilt in a cross hatching pattern. The name Sargent is stamped in bright gilt on the front cover. The spine has four raised bands that are decorated with fine bright gilt patterning in a haraldic style. The gilt is still lovely and bright, has not rubbed or worn at all. The title "Bible" is stamped in gilt in the second compartment. There is also intricate gilt work at the top and base of the spine. The pastedowns and endpapers are marbled, a very tiny fine marble pattern. The title page title page has been professionally rebacked. This is followed by a page in dedication "To the Most High and Mighty Prince James. By the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c." The texts are laid out in two columns with marginal references at each side. Unpaginated. This Bible is complete with the Old and New Testament and also contains the Books of the Apocrypha. There is a separate title page for the New Testament that reads: "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Translated out of the Original Greek: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Edinburgh: Printed by Mark and Charles Kerr, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXCV" It also has the Royal Coat of Arms, as does the main title page. Following the New Testament is "An Index to the Holy Bible: or an Account of the most remarkable passage in the books of the Old and New Testaments. Pointing to the time wherein they happened, and to the places of Scripture wherein they are recorded" 18 pages. There is also a 7 page "Alphabetical table of the Proper Names in the Old and New Testaments..." Table of Weights and Measures, Table of Money and a Table of the Offices and Conditions of Men. The Condition of the texts really is excellent. There are two tiny spots of foxing on two pages in the Book of Daniel, the rest of the pages are clean and all complete. The binding is firm and tight and the covers are in Fine condition with no wear and all the gilt work still bright. There is a late 19th century label on the inside front pastedown. From Cotuit Library, informing "Any inhabitant of Cotuit or Marston's Mills" that they will have to pay a fine of 1 cent if any volume be kept longer than 2 weeks, or replace the volume if they lose or damage it. The Cotuit Library was founded by the Cotuit Lyceum Society. Its first permanent home was in a former school house built in 1820 (now the entrance room) and acquired for the library in 1894. Cotuit and Marston's Mills are both villages on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Cape Cod has the oldest Quaker meeting in America, beginning in Sandwich in 1657.
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Eucharistica: Meditations and Prayers on the Most Holy Eucharist, from Old English Divines With an introduction by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford
London: R and A Suttaby, Oxford: I.D. Parker MDCCCXLIX 1849 Full-Leather Near Fine No Jacket 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
Binding is black morocco with stamped triple border to both boards. 5 raised bands to the spine. Title in gilt in the second compartment. All pages edges bright gilt. Very ornate chromolithographed and gilded title page, tissue guard. Text title page printed in red and black. Each of the parts of the Eucharist has its own title page and each of the first pages has an engraved vignette and illuminated initial capital. On all pages the text is contained in a red border. Condition Near Fine, inside fine with no loose or missing pages and no foxing. Some rubbing to the raised bands on the cover else fine. Size 4 7/8" x 3 1/8". Altogether a really beautiful production.
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50.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, The English Version of the Polyglott Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments. With A Copious and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages, Exhibited in a Manner Hitherto Unattempted.
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, No. 15, Paternoster Row MDCCCXXVI 1826 Embossed Decorative Leather Very Good No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Dark Brown Leather highly decorated with elaborate tooling and stamping. The front and back covers have a tooled border and inside an embossed foliar frame. Oval shaped central panel with intricate tooled and embossed floral pattern inside. The Spine is divided into six compartments by 5 raised bands. The title "Polyglott Bible, English Version" is in gilt in the second compartment with tooled floral patterns in the other compartments. There are 2 inscriptions by the original owners, in lovely copperplate hand on one of the front free end papers "Emily Ariston, from her affectionate sister, Lucy Ariston June 1837" And a note on "my mother's bible" from 1824. There is a separate title page to the New Testament that reads: "The New Testament, of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: with the Marginal Readings and Illustrated by Original References, both Parallel and Explanatory with a selection from various authors: The Whole Newly Arranged, the matter of each being composed to correspond and interleave with the Syriack, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, or German Herewith Published" The texts are set up in two columns. The marginal references on each page are presented in a central column between the two columns of the text, rather than in the margins at the edges of the pages where they are normally found. The condition is Very Good, even Near Fine. The pages are complete and all tightly bound. There is no foxing to the texts at all. There is a tiny amount on the endpapers but that is all. This is a very clean, pretty little example of the Polyglott Bible. Size 6 1/2" x 4". Old Testament 585 pages, New Testament 188 pages, total 773.
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches
Oxford Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cooke, Printers to the University. And sold at the Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London MDCCCVI 1806 Embossed Decorative Leather Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Original dark tan leather binding. The front and back boards feature a tooled border at the edges and a central rectangular panel embellished with tooled roses and ferns on the outer corners. 5 raised bands to the spine. The condition is very good. Virtually no foxing, a very few page corners turned, tiny pieces of leather missing from the very top and veyr bototm of spine. Binding intact, no loose or missing pages, or parts of pages, a very well preserved copy. Complete with the Old and New Testament and also the Books of the Apocrypha. There is a dedication page To The Most High And mighty Prince James after the title page. Also a separate title page to the New Testament. Single page Table of The Conditions & Offices Of men at the back. Size 7 1/4" x 5", unpaginated.
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320.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
Edinburgh Edinburgh: Printed by Adrian Watkins His Majesty's Printer. MDCCLIV 1754 Full-Leather Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Size small Octavo, 7¾" x 5", unpaginated. Bound in deep rich burgundy morocco. There are 5 raised bands to the spine. The Title "Holy Bible" is in bright Gilt in the second compartment on a panel of Black leather. The pages are all edged in red. This is a Scottish Bible, and the Title page has been enhanced with a lovely little vignette of a thistle in between the title and the publisher. After the title page the is a dedication page "To the Most High and Mighty Prince James. King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith &C. The Translators of the Bible with Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord" followed by "The Names and Order of the Books of the Old and New Testaments and the number of their chapters" followed by 2 pages "To The Reader" to assist the reader in interpreting the texts. The New Testament has its own title page "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly Translated out of the Original Greek, And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches. Edinburgh: Printed by Adrian Watkins, His Majesty's Printer. MDCCLIV" The page is embellished with the same vignette of a thistle as on the main title page. The texts are crisp and sharp and are set out in two columns. The Bible is in Near Fine condition. The binding is very tight. There are no loose or missing pages or parts of pages, and no foxing. The text is still very crisp and easy to read. A very handsome Bible indeed.
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320.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible, Superior Edition. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with References and a Condensed Concordance. Illustrated with More Than Eight Hundred Highly Finished Engravings.
London and New York Cassell, Petter and Galpin 1850 Half-Leather Very Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Gustave Dore
Bound in half leather. The leather is to the corners and spine and part of the spine edge of the covers. The edges of the leather have been tooled with a small floral border. There are four raised bands to the spine, decorated with ornate tooling and gilt work in an intricate pattern. The title "Holy Bible" appears in gilt in the second compartment. The remainder of the cover is bound in black cloth backed board. There are marbled pastedowns and endpapers. There is a decorative title page followed by a printed title page in red and black print. Opposite the decorative title page there is a full page engraved frontispiece depicting the scene from Revelation Chapter XIV verse 6,7. "And I saw an angel fly in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth...." Following the title pages there is a decorative Family Register page. This has been filled in "Mr Harry Hulme, Mrs H. Ellen Hulme, Lucy Hulme, Mary Hulme" Unfortunately the entries are not dated. The family register is followed by a two page Introduction to the Holy Bible. There is a list of the names and order of the Books of the Old and New Testaments and a list of the Chronology of the Bible, all preceding the Book of Genesis. There is also a four page list of all the engraved illustrations which appear throughout. As the Introduction states "The numerous engravings were all executed by eminent British and foreign artists. They include views of Cities and other localities mentioned in the text, and Illustrations of the Manners and Customs and Natural Productions of the East. The various Maps have been prepared with care from the best authorities" There are a number by Gustave Dore. The texts are laid out in two columns within a double border frame on each page. The marginal references appear in a central column on each page. The initial capitals are beautifully illuminated at the start of every single Chapter. The New Testament has 2 title pages. The first a plain printed page simply reads "Illustrated Family Bible. New Testament" This has been bound in before the very last 2 pages of the Old Testament, pages 1051 and 1052. These 2 pages follow then there is the more decorative title page, printed in red and black, that reads "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: with Critical and Explanatory Notes and References. Illustrated with Numerous Highly Finished Engravings. Cassell, Petter and Galpin. London and New York. Internally the condition is Fine, the pages are clean and the text is clear with virtually no foxing. The covers are a little worn and rubbed at the edges but apart from that nice and tidy. There are 1476 pages in total. 1052 pages in the Old Testament and 424 pages in the New Testament. Not dated.
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155.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, containing The Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha.
W. Lochhead, printer Berwick 1780 Full-Leather Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Bound in brown/black marbled leather with 2 tiny floral tooled borders at the cover edges. There are five raised bands to the spine with the title "Holy Bible" in gilt in the second compartment. Size 10¾" x 9" x 3¾". Unpaginated. The texts are laid out in two columns with marginal references at each side. There is also a commentary printed on each page beneath the texts. The Bible is complete with the Old and New Testaments and also the books of the Apocrypha. Unfortunately both of the title pages are missing but the approximate date can be ascertained to the late 18th/early 19th century by the owner's inscription, in beautiful handwriting, "John Carruthers, his Bible, born May 22 1786". The Bible was printed in Berwick by W. Lochhead, this is printed at the bottom of the last page of Revelation. There are 10 lovely engravings throughout depicting scenes from the Bible; Exodus - "A MAP of Ancient Egypt, from the best Authorities"; Deuteronomy XXXIV A foldout Map of "The Holy Land"; Joshua c.VII v.24 & 25 "Achan stoned by the people of Israel"; Ruth c.II v.6 "Boaz and Ruth"; Job c.II v.9 "Job's sife bidding him curse God and die"; Ezekiel c.37 v.10; Daniel c.III v.4 "Nebuchadnezzar's image set up"; Acts c.IX v.4 "Paul's Conversion"; Acts c.XIII "A MAP of the Travels & Voyages of St. Paul" and Revelation c.21 v.10, Jesus coming down from Heaven. The condition is good, there are a few spots on odd pages, and some pages a little brown with age, a few slightly bent page corners but the texts are complete and very readable and the binding is nice and tight.
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160.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues.... volume 1 of 2 Genesis to Psalms
Published: Edinburgh, Printed by the assigns of Alexander Kincaid, His Majesty's Printer. 1787 Full-Leather Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Bound in decorated dark brown leather. The front and back covers are decorated with tooled borders of dots and roman style repeat pattern and small ornate corner embellishments. The spine is divided into 6 compartments by gilt lines. Each compartment houses a highly decorative gilt motif, a different style in each compartment. The title "Holy Bible" is on a red leather panel in the second compartment and the volume number, 1, is on a small black leather circle in the fourth compartment. All the page edges are bright gilt. The top and bottom edges have a pretty little pattern engraved into the gilt edges. Size 8½" x 5½". The texts are laid out in 2 columns with marginal references at each edge. Unpaginated. The condition is good/very good. The edges of the binding are a little rubbed. The pages are complete and intact with very little age colour and only a very few tiny spots here and there. Volume 1 only. Genesis to Psalms.
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72.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Appointed to be Read in Churches
London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1848 Decorative Leather Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Highly decorative full leather binding. The front and back covers have been decorated all ver with ornate tooling. An oval central panel contains the emblem for The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. This is enclosed in a diamond shaped frame of an ornate leaf pattern. There is an outer frame also in an ornate leaf repeat pattern, the rest of the cover is filled with large ornate foliage style tooling. The back cover is decorated in the same way as the front. There are five raised bands to the spine decorated with tooled and gilt edges. The title "Holy Bible" is in Gilt on a black leather panel in the second compartment. The bottom and side page edges are red and the top page edge is gilt. The pastedowns and endpapers are marbled green. There is extensivefamily history on the front free end papers from 1853 onwards for the Goldfinch family of Marylebone who moved first to America, New England in 1854 and then Sydney Australia in 1882. The Old Testament is dated 1850 and the New Testament is dated 1848. The texts are laid out in two columns with marginal references at each side. Incredibly crisp and easy to read. The internal condition is near fine. The pages are complete intact and very clean. There is foxing to the title page, all other pages are clean. The binding is in good/very good condition. The top and bottom of the spine are rubbed, a small crack at the top of the spine repaired. Size Quarto, 10¾" x 8½", unpaginated.
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140.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.
London: The British and Foreign Bible Society 146 Queen Victoria Street. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty Decorative Leather Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Bound in decorative black leather stamped with a very ornate foliar frame pattern on the front and back covers. Five raised bands to the spine with the title "Holy Bible" in the second compartment. Bright gilt page edges. Thick black endpapers. Not dated but gift inscription to the owner, Susie Capsey is dated 1892. The texts are laid out in 2 columns, framed on each page, with references in each margin. The New Testament has its own title page "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek and with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches. London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty" The condition is Very Good, the binding is rubbed at the edges and on the raised bands. Internally; complete with very clean pages. The free endpaper and title page have a few spots, all other pages are clean. Size Quarto 11½" x 8½". 1244 pages. There are also 8 highly detailed colour maps at the back after the New Testament.
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99.00 GBP
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The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer
Carmelite Street, London, E.C. Published at Carmelite House 1906 Half-Leather Very Good No Jacket Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall 500 Maps and Diagrams in Colour, with Commercial Statisticsand Gazetteer Index of 105,000 Names
c.1906. Bound in green half leather to the spine and corners, green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover. The spine is dark green leather with 5 raised bands. The title is in gilt in the second compartment. The other compartments contain ornate gilt frames and scrolls. Size Elephant Folio, 16" x 11" Green and gold marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Condition very good, front board a little loose, some wear to cover edges. Reference Maps and Diagrams 210 pages, Maps and Diagrams of the World's Commerce 32 pages, Gazetteer Index of the World 284 pages. The internal condition is execptional with no foxing or marking on any of the beautiful full colour maps and diagrams. Also, three full colour pages of Flags, including 1 page "Flags of the British Empire"
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100.00 GBP
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches.....With The Apocrypha.
Oxford Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University: And sold by S. Crowder, in Paternoster-Row, London: and by W. Jackson, in Oxford MDCCLXXVII 1777 Reverse Calf Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Bound in lovely brown reverse calf. The front and back covers are decorated with two intricately tooled frames of scrolls and tiny little flowers, with corner motifs of further flowers and foliage. There are five raised bands to the spine. The title "Holy Bible" is in bright gilt in a pretty gilt frame on a red leather panel in the second compartment, the other compartments each contain a tooled motif. The pages are all edged in Red. The pastedowns and endpapers are marbled red. In between the Old and New Testaments a number of blank pages were bound in and these have been extensively filled with Family History: The Parr Family from 1780 to 1836, and the Charlton and Chiverton family 1837 to 1921. The texts are laid out in two columns with marginal references on each side. The Apocrypha can be found after the Old Testament and before the New. The New Testament has its own title pages that reads "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command, Appointed to be Read in Churches. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University: And Sold by S. Crowder, in Paternoster-Row, London; and sold by W. Jackson, in Oxford. MDCCLXXVII (1777). Cum Privilegio." Following the New Testament is "An Index to the Holy Bible: or an Account of the most remarkable passage in the books of the Old and New Testaments. Pointing to the time wherein they happened, and to the places of Scripture wherein they are recorded" There are also Table of Weights and Measures, of Money, of the Offices and Conditions of Men and a Table of Time. This Bible is in excellent condition. There is no loss to any of the pages or texts and virtually no foxing, the binding is in great condition, the reverse calf is hardly worn, just the tiniest bit of rubbing at the very edges and the top of the spine, the tooling is still good. A beautiful example of this excellent Bible.
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360.00 GBP
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The Universal Family Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version, with Explanatory Notes Carefully Compiled from the Writings of Brown, Henry, Scott, Benson, Clarke, Kitto, Gaspey and Other Eminent Commentators
Southampton Southampton: E. A. Hancock, St. Deny's Road, Portswood Cloth Bound Boards Fair No Jacket Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall Volume 1 of 2
Size 15½" x 11" Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Volume 1 of 2 only, ends at Joel III. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Condition fair / good. The binding is rather tatty, a couple of tears, wear to top and bottom of spine and corners, repaired tear to frontispiece, there is some foxing inside but this only affects the margins. With wonderful colour engravings. Not dated but the is some family history written on the front pastedown: William Pearce born October 29th 1835. Elizabeth Pearce born September 14th 1834. Mary Jane Pearce born February 28th 1858. Frank William Pearce born March 18th 1859. Charles Pearce born October 29th 1860. George Pearce born August 8th 1862. Elizabeth Ann Pearce born January 8th 1867. Angelina Pearce born August 21st 1871. Eliza Jane Pearce born June 26th 1872. Frederick Pearce born October 20th 1875. Henry Gurd born November 11th 1832. A large heavy volume.
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Philip's Concise World Atlas
Book Club Associates 1995 Fourth Edition Reprint Cloth Bound Boards Fine Fine Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Size 13½" x 10" 224 pages including index. Full colour maps. Book condition Fine. Jacket condition Fine. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine
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Philip's World Atlas and Gazetteer. Fifth Edition
London George Philip Limited 1997 Fifth Edition Cloth Bound Boards Near Fine Near Fine Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Size 12½" x 9¼" 176 pages including index. Book condition near fine, slight rub to bottom edge else fine. Dustjacket condition near fine, a couple of tiny nicks else fine, not clipped.
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The Methodist Hymn Book
Aylesbury, London Methodist Conference Office London. Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd 1933 Cloth Bound Boards Good No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Size 5¾" x 4¾" 446 pages including indices. Black cloth covered boards with blind stamped title and border to the front cover and spine. Condition good, cover edges worn, cover a bit faded and dusty, contents clean.
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6.00 GBP
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Our Christmas
Danbury, Connecticut Obert B. Clarke Grolier Enterprises Inc. 1985 Decorative Leather Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hans Wilhelm
Size 10¾" x 7¾", 88 pages. Red leather cover with illustrated gilt titles on the front cover and gilt titles on the spine. The pastedowns and endpapers have a criss cross holly leaf and berry pattern. Condition fine. Includes Christmas Poems, Christmas Alphabet, Christmas Recipes, Christmas Songs, The Gold Coins - a story by The Brothers Grimm, etc beautiful illustrations by Hans Wilhelm, book contains Christmas memories from recipes to poetry, places for your own memories, cards, photos etc.
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The Children's Picture Atlas in Colour
London Paul Hamlyn 1965 Decorative Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Size 10¼ x 7¼" 543 pages including index, a heavy book. Condition very good, spine a little sunned else fine. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Top page edge yellow, yellow pastedowns and endpapers. An Atlas and more, information and photographs as well as maps.
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The New World Wonder Encyclopedia
London and Glasgow W. M. Collins & Co. Ltd 1959 First Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Size 10" x 6¾", moderately heavy. 640 pages including index. Red cloth covered boards with a fountain motif on the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, top page edge red, blue pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Condition very good, cover slightly faded and gilt a little grubby, bottom corner on last few pages turned over, contents clean, complete intact. Full of colour photographs.
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9.80 GBP
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The New World Wonder Encyclopedia
London and Glasgow W. M. Collins & Co. Ltd 1965 Decorative Cloth Near Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Size 10" x 6¾", moderately heavy. 576 pages including index. Red cloth covered boards with a fountain motif on the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, top page edge red, blue pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Condition near fine, 1 cm tear in rear pastedown, top edge of spine slightly bent, else fine. Full of colour photographs.
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10.00 GBP
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Tourist's Guide to the Trosachs.
London, Edinburgh and New York Thomas Nelson and Sons. Pictorial Cloth Good No Jacket 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall
No date, c. 1890. Blue/grey cloth covered boards with ornate titles in gilt and red on the front cover and large loch and mountain scene in centre. Condition very good, top and bottom of spine slightly rubbed, tiny bit of foxing on prelims, the main texts and the plates are all clean and bright. Many little black and white engravings in the text then at the end there are 23 beautiful full page colour lithographs, there is also a colour litho frontispiece. Landscape format, postcard size, 4" x 6", 74 pages of text plus the plates.
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Practical Collecting. The New Culture Library
London Hodder and Stoughton Limited Cloth Bound Boards Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Size 7¾" x 5", 223 pages. Light blue cloth covered boards with black stamped titles and blind stamped motif on front cover and black titles on the spine, rough cut page edges. With beige dustjacket with black titles. Book condition good, bottom edge of cover grubby, spine faded, contents clean, complete, intact. Dustjacket condition good/very good, quite grubby, tears at folds, but no loss, not clipped, price on spine 6/- net. No date but must be c1920 as Antique price guide at the back gives prices for 1914 and 1920, for private and auction purchases. Common sense and practical advice on collecting, mainly focusing on antique furniture. The advice is as sound today as it was then, though the prices have changed somewhat.
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The Motorist's Touring Maps and Gazetteer
London Hamlyn 1975 Reprint Pictorial boards Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Size 11¼" x 8¼", 163 pages. Hardcover, pictorial boards, with pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Condition very good, cover a little grubby, top edge of spine rubbed, contents clean, complete, intact.
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Nelson's Concordance to the Bible: Dictionary of Proper Names and Subject Index
London Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. Cloth Bound Boards Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Mary Mills
From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Signed by Mary Mills. Not dated, c.1942. Size 7½" x 5", 576 pages. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Condition very good, cover edges rubbed, cover and spine grubby, else fine, contents clean.
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Sotheby's Art At Auction. The Art Market Review 1992-93
London Conran Octopus Limited 1993 1850295387 Cloth Bound Boards Near Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Size 10¾" x 8" 312 pages including index, a heavy book. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Book condition near fine, corners very slightly rubbed, else fine. Dustjacket condition near fine, edges slightly creased, else fine, not price clipped. More than 400 illustrations, most in full colour.
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Sotheby's Art At Auction. The Art Market Review 1993-94 Sotheby's 250th Anniversary Year, Founded 1744
London Conran Octopus Limited 1994 1850296464 Cloth Bound Boards Near Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Size 11" x 8½" 320 pages including index, a heavy book. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Book condition near fine, corners very slightly rubbed, else fine. Dustjacket condition near fine, edges slightly creased, else fine, not price clipped. More than 400 illustrations, most in full colour.
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Sotheby's Art At Auction 1996-97
London Sotheby's Publications 1997 0962258849 Cloth Bound Boards Near Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Size 11¼" x 9½" 254 pages including index, a heavy book. Royal blue cloth covered boards with silver titles to the front cover and spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Pictorial pastedowns and endpapers. Book condition near fine, corners very slightly rubbed, else fine. Dustjacket condition near fine, outer edge faded, else fine, not price clipped. More than 400 illustrations, most in full colour.
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Fairy Tales and Wonder Stories
London Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. Pictorial boards Fair No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall With Numerous Illustrations By D. Newsome
Size 9½" x 7¾", unnumbered pages. Pictorial boards with picture from the story "The White Cat". Condition fair, cover edges pretty rubbed, binding loose, a number of loose pages, back hinge re-inforced with tape, a few grubby pages, owner's inscription on half title, a few of the black and white illustrations have been coloured in. With lovely full colour and many black and white illustrations by D. Newsome.
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Queenie's Playtime Story Book
London Dean & Son, Ltd Pictorial boards Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Size 9¾" x 7¼", pages not numbered. Not dated. Pictorial hard cover with cloth spine section. Condition good, cover edges rubbed, covers a little scuffed, a little loose, contents generally clean. A compendium of Fairy stories, fables and cautionary tales for little children. With many black and white illustrations throughout.
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The Fairies' Lamplighter and Other Stories
Edinburgh Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Cloth Bound Boards Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
No author, date or illustrator stated. Size 7¼" x 4¾", 160 pages. Red cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine. Condition good, spine slightly faded, cloth split a little at bottom edge of spine, corners rubbed, a few spots to page edges, gift inscription on front endpaper else contents generally clean. Five stories for Children; The Fairies' Lamplighter, The Kitten Cat, The Witch's Thimble, Chummy and The Adventures of Sammy Snail. With colour frontispiece illustration from The Fairies' Lamplighter and further black and white illustrations throughout the book.
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The Prize for Girls and Boys
London Wells Gardner, Darton and Co. Ltd. 1921 Pictorial Boards Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Size 9½" x 7", 164 pages. Pictorial boards. The front cover features an illustration of a boy and a girl holding lanterns, on the back cover is an advertisement for Pears' Soap. Condition very good, cover edges a little rubbed, covers a little grubby, a couple of the black and white illustrations have been coloured in, else contents clean. The pastedowns and both sides of the endpapers inside are also printed with advertisements for products such as Huntley and Palmer's biscuits for children, Mackintosh's toffee, Blackbird pens, Vaseline, and Hovis. With colour full page frontispiece illustration and further full page colour illustrations throughout, printed on glossy paper, and many black and white illustrations throughout. Full of stories and poems for children
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Nelson's Encyclopaedia. Volume XXV, Reference Atlas
London Thomas Nelson and Sons Cloth Bound Boards Very Good No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Size 6½" x 4¼", 360 pages on maps plus 190 pages of indices. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, page edges speckled red, with printed pastedowns and endpapers. Volume 25 of Nelson's Encyclopaedia but complete in itself as a handy sized reference atlas. No date, but the population statistics are dated 1911, the maps are obviously pre WW1.
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Puss-in-Boots and Other Fairy Tales
London Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Pictorial Boards Fair No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Mabel Lucie Atwell, K. C., And Others
Size 10" x 7¾", 64 pages. Not dated, c.1909. Paper pictorial cover. Condition fair, bottom right corner of cover tatty with some loss, covers grubby, a couple of loose pages, a few frayed margins, generally clean, some grubby marks but mainly in the margins. With tipped in colour illustrations on glossy paper and further black and white illustrations throughout, front cover picture by Mabel Lucie Atwell.
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Animals We Know
London Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1959 Pictorial Boards Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall M. Wilson
Size 10¼" x 7½", 12 pages. Covers and pages are all thick pictorial boards. Mainly a picture book, with a little text, for very young children, with lovely pictures, many signed M. Wilson, of animals they are likely to encounter; hamsters, budgies, dogs, cats, pigs, cows, donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits.
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Cassell's Illustrated History of England. Special Edition. 9 Volumes
London Cassell and Company, Limited. A. W. Cowan Special Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Special Edition. Subscriber only copy, label in most volumes states "This Edition is Specially Prepared for Subscribers. The Waverley Book Co. Ltd." Size 10¼" x 7¼", 9 Volumes, a heavy set that will require extra postage. Dark green buckram with gilt lines to the front cover. Five gilt bands to the spine with titles, volume numbers and ornate gilt decoration the compartments. Gilt page edges. Condition very good, covers and spines with a little edge wear, covers a little grubby here and there, endpapers a little brown else contents very clean. Title page continues "The Text Revised Throughout and Profusely Illustrated With New and Original Drawings by the Best Artists, and with Reproductions by Rembrandt Photogravure and in Colours of Historical Paintings by Famous Artists, etc." As it states the volumes are profusely illustrated with Colour, Sepia and Black and White plates, many tissue protected, and copious further black and white illustrations in the text. Not dated, c.1913/1914. Volume I starts with the Romans and Volume IX ends with The Return of King George V from India 1912.
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The Basket of Flowers: a Story from the German
London The Sunday School Union 1896 Decorative Cloth Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Illustrated by A. Scott Rankin
1896. Size 7.5" x 4.75", 143 pages plus 14 pages of publisher's book lists. Blue cloth with ornate yellow and black floral titles on the front cover and spine, the titles being gilt on the spine. Condition very good, corners and spine edges rubbed, slightly grubby, few spots to endpapers else contents clean. The titles are printed in red and black with a colour illustration of a basket of flowers. Colour frontispiece "Mary in the prison cell" and five further colour illustrations by A. Scott Rankin.
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The Wide, Wide World and All The Year Round Dream Books, and Fortune Tellers, Combined
London Printed for The Booksellers Decorative Cloth Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Not dated, c.1880's, 1890's. Size 6.75" x 4.25", 160 and 160 pages. Red/brown cloth with large black and gilt embossed titles to the front cover and spine, black decoration to back cover, pale yellow pastedowns and endpapers. Condition good, corners and edges rubbed, cover dulled, toned and a little worn, pages a little age toned else contents clean. Contains 'Wide Wide World Dream Book' and 'Wide Wide World and All the Year Round Fortune Tellers'. Popular fortune teller. With a frontispiece engraving by W. Banks.
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19.50 GBP
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The "Sunlight" Year Book for 1899. A Treasury of Useful Information of Value to All Members of the Household.
Port Sunlight Lever Brothers, Limited 1899 Fifth Issue Decorative Cloth Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Profusely Illustrated
1899, The Fifth Issue. Size 7.25" x 5", 477. Full Title: The "Sunlight" Year Book for 1899. A Treasury of Useful Information of Value to All Members of the Household. Including: Calendar and Kindred Matter, British Colonies and Dependencies, Geography, Literature, Science, Fine Arts, Commerce, Architecture, Agriculture, Army and Navy, Sports and Pastimes, Cycling Maps, The Household, Medical, Port Sunlight, Etc. Also Specially Written Story By Sir Walter Besant. Profusely Illustrated. Red cloth with black, light blue and yellow stamped titles, border and globe illustration to the front cover. Red, yellow, black and light blue titles and sun rising motif to the spine. The pastedowns and endpapers are printed with advertisements for Sunlight Soap, Lifebuoy Soap, Lever's Glycerine, and Sunlight Yearbook Competitions. In the footer of each double page are printed sentences and slogans to encourage the reader to choose Sunlight Soap. Contains many black and white illustrations and colour frontispiece, charts, tables, diagrams, facts and figures. Condition very good, corners and edges rubbed, cover slightly grubby, pages slightly toned else contents clean, no inscriptions or grubby marks.
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24.00 GBP
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The Writers' and Artists' Year Book 1953: A Directory for Writers, Artists, Playwrights, Film Writers, Photographers and Composers
London Adam And Charles Black 1953 Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
1953, Forty-Sixth Year of New Issue. Size 8.25" x 5.25", 403 pages including endpapers and pastedowns. Red cloth with gilt stamped Manchester Public Library on front cover and gilt titles to the spine. Condition very good, corners and edges rubbed, top edge of front cover scuffed, library label on front pastedown and stamps to prelims, pages toned, else contents clean. There are 15 pages of trade advertisements at the back of the book and also on the front and read pastedowns and endpapers. This handbook was indispensible for authors, artists, playwrights, composers and photographers and for Film, Radio and TV writers.
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12.00 GBP
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches.
London Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1664 Fine Binding Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Printed in 1664. Size 6.75" x 4.25", unpaginated. Black leather binding with ornate gilt flowers, foliage and scrolls in a frame with elaborate corner pieces on the front and back covers. Five raised bands to the spine with ornate gilt flowers, foliage and scrolls in each compartment. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Gilt page edges. Condition very good, corners and edges rubbed, front hinge cracked, gilt page edges worn in places, title page a little grubby else contents clean. A really attractive early Book of Common Prayer. Complete with 36 lovely woodcuts depicting scenes throughout the life of Christ from The Nativity to his Crucifiction and Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven.
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750.00 GBP
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The Writers' and Artists' Year Book 1951: A Directory for Writers, Artists, Playwrights, Film Writers, Photographers and Composers
London Adam And Charles Black 1951 Forty-Fourth Year of New Issue Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
1951, Forty-Fourth Year of New Issue. Size 8.25" x 5.25", 387 pages including endpapers and pastedowns. Red cloth with gilt stamped Manchester Public Library on front cover and gilt titles to the spine. Condition very good, corners and edges rubbed, top edge of front cover scuffed, library label on front pastedown and stamps to prelims, pages toned, else contents clean. There are 15 pages of trade advertisements at the back of the book and also on the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. This handbook was indispensible for authors, artists, playwrights, composers and photographers and for Film, Radio and TV writers.
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THE ROYAL TOUR 1959 : Canada, the United States & the St. Lawrence Seaway
Toronto The Ryerson Press 1959 First Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1959. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Official souvenir record of Queen Elizabeth's 1959 tour of Canada and US,Illustrated with photographs colour & black and white. Clean dustjacket chipping to edges. All pages clean
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8.00 GBP
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The Royal Family in Wartime
London Odhams Press Limited 1945 First Edition Cloth Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Odhams Press, London England, 1945. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The illustrated story of the activities of the Royal Family in the service of people and empire. Illustrated. 128 pp. Red Cloth. Lightly edge-rubbed
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Edinburgh Neill and Company 1927 Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Neil & Co, Edinburgh, 1927. Book Condition Very Good blue cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall session 1925-1926. vol.LX. FIFTH SERIES.- VOL. XII. 455pp Slight fading to spine,end papers slightly toned
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25.00 GBP
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Pears Cyclopaedia
Pelham Books 1965 Seventy-fourth Edition Cloth Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
1965 Pelham Books, Seventy-fourth Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Red Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. red hardcover gilt titles.nice 32pp Atlas of the world at the back.Not price clipped.
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