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Recent Arrivals from Forest Books
Textile and Embroidered Bindings.
by BARBER (Giles)
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Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1971. First edition, 12pp., 30 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. Item Price
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John Milton. A Catalogue of Works by or Relating to John Milton, Largely Comprising the Library of the Well-Known Milton Scolar, the late Prof. Hugh C.H. Candy. Catalogue No. 620.
by MAGGS BROS
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London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1936. Frontis., 8 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, 321 items. Item Price
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Rudyard Kipling; A Collection of First and other Editions... Catalogue 663
by MAGGS BROS
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Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1938. Orig. printed wrappers, 112 items. Item Price
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Austria. A Chronological Catalogue of Books, Documents, Letters, etc. 15th to 20th Century. Catalogue 933.
by MAGGS BROS
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London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1971. Illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, 367 items. Item Price
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Voltaire. An Illustrated Catalogue of 18th Century Editions. Together with a few of Later Date and a Section of Voltaireana. Catalogue No. 910
by MAGGS BROS
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London: Maggs Bros., 1967. Limited Edition, 100pp., frontis., 22 plates, orig. printed wrappers, 380 items. Item Price
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Books, Manuscripts and Bindings Remarkable for their Rarity, Beauty and Interest. Catalogue No. 456
by MAGGS BROS
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London: Maggs Bros. 1924. Small 4to, 320pp., coloured frontis., 88 plates, orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, short tears to spine. "This catalogue was designed by Stanley Morison for the firm, but the partners were profoundly shocked to find that the full-stop had been dispensed with at the end of paragraphs. No other catalogue was printed in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Experiments on Bleaching. By Francis Home, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. To which are added, I. An experimental essay on the Use of Leys and Sours in Bleaching. By James Ferguson, M.D. II. An explanation of the effect of lime upon alkaline salts; and a Method pointed out whereby it may be used with Safety and Advantage in Bleaching. By Joseph Black, M.D. III. An abstract of the foregoing essays, containing, Practical Rules and Plain Directions for the Preparation and Use of the Sours made of Oil of Vitriol, and of the Leys made of Bleaching-Ashes with the addition of Quick-Lime
by HOME (Francis)
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Dublin: Printed by T. Ewing, 1771. First Irish edition,12mo, [iv], 295, [1]pp., closed tear to C6 and E3, contemporary calf, rubbed, slight cracking to joints, red leather spine label. First published at Edinburgh in 1756, of "the first scientific study of chemical processes employing bleaching. Written at the request of the board of trustees for the Improvement… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis de Pelluciditate...
by EELKING (Martin Martens) & PAGENSTECHER (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Pagenstecher)
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Harderovici: apud Johannem Moojen, 1740. First edition, 4to, [2], 116, [2]pp., one folding engraved plate, later quarter calf, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt direct. A philosophical dissertation that explores the concept of transparency or clarity. Item Price
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Thomas Hobbes: A Bibliography.
by MacDONALD (Hugh) & HARGREAVES (Mary)
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London: The Bibliographical Society, 1952. 8vo, xviii, 84pp., 6 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, a nice copy. Collations, locations of copies and bibliographical notes of all editions of works to 1725. Item Price
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[DARLY (Matthew and Mary)] The Dog Barber. Engraving after Henry William Bunbury
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London: Published by Matthew and Mary Darly, 1771. Engraving, 155 x 105 mm, mounted. "This underfed Frenchman, ready to groom a hapless poodle, comes from a set of twenty-four caricatures that Matthew and Mary Darly published in 1771. A husband-and-wife team, the Darlys developed a new British print genre--small etched caricatures of single figures against plain backgrounds,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Self-Murder. Asserted to be very heinous Crime: in opposition to all arguments brought by the Deists, to the contrary. To which is added, a prodigy of providence, containing, the wonderful preservation of a woman of Totnes, who endeavour'd, Jan. 25. 1707. to drown herself by leaping over the bridge, near 20 foot high, into the river running by that town. A Story well attested, yet hardly to be parallell'd in History. With many necessary Instructions how to avoid a Sin of this Nature
by PRICE (John)
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London: Printed and Sold by B. Bragge, 1709. First and only edition, 8vo, [18], 83, [3, adverts]pp., later half calf, marbled boards, rubbed. Item Price
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Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (with coloured maps).
by KELLY'S BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE
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London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1931. 4to, xviii, 424; vi, 418; vii, [1], 440 pp., 2 folding coloured maps (old repairs to tears but with no loss), margins of title page frayed, original publishers red cloth, lettered in black and gilt. Item Price
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A bull Terrier History. McGuffin & Co.
by OPPENHEIMER (R. H.)
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Bradford: The Dog World Limited, 1964. First edition, 4to, 224pp., presentation inscription from the author to title page, 4 folding tables at rear, orig. cloth. d.w. Item Price
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Le court leete et court baron collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne vn Apprentice in Ley. Et les cases & matters necessaries pur seneschals de ceux courts a scier, & pur les students de les measons del Chauncerie
by KITCHIN (John)
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London: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Companie of Stationers, 1613. 8vo, [12], 289, [3] leaves, without front free-endpaper, contemporary full vellum, a very good copy. Provenance: Contemporary ink signature of William Witaker to title page; bookplate of the Law Library, Los Angeles inside front cover (no other library marks). Item Price
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The Modern Husbandman: or, the Practice of Farming: As it is now carried on by the most Accurate Farmers in several Counties of England
by ELLIS (William)
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London: Printed for, and Sold by T. Osborne, 1741-44. First edition, 8vo (195 x 115 mm), 12 parts in 4 vols., (complete) each part with its own title-page, [4], viii, 148, viii, 151, [1], viii, 150; viii, 152, [2], x, viii, 188, [10], 190; [10], 142, [8], 139, [1], [8], 152; [8], 152; [2], viii, 150, [8], 152pp., contemporary… Read more about this item Item Price
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Catalogue of the Collection of Books in Valuable Bindings of the Late Professor W.H. Corfield, M.D. Comprising Early Stamped, Embroidered, Inlaid, and Other Bindings, by Binders of Various Countries and Periods... Chiefly in Fine Preservation
by CORFIELD (Professor W. H.)
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London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1904. Small 4to (260 x 190 mm), [iv], 48pp., ruled in red with prices and buyers names in a cont. hand, 56 plates (16 folding) beautifully produced in gold and colours (several with minor abrasions), orig. printed wrappers, the text is disbound from the wrappers and the coloured plates are loose. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Memorabilia quaedam de laura, manu propria Francisci Petrarcae scripta in quodam Codice Virgilli in Ambrosiana Bibliotheca reperto.
by AMBROSIAN VIRGIL OF FRANCESCO PETRARCA
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[Milan?]: [s.n.], 1820. Broadside printed on one side only (293 x 194 mm), centre fold with slight browning to fold, pencil note regarding provenance (see image). This refers to the most famous manuscript from the enormous private library of Petrarch (1304–74). Aside from being a prolific author, Petrarch was also a bibliophile who amassed one of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proceedings at a Public Dinner given to Mr. James Montgomery, in Approbation of his Public and Private Virtues; held at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield, Nov. 4, 1825
by MONTGOMERY (James)
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Sheffield: J. Blackwell, 1825. 12mo, 48pp., early ownership signature in ink to head of title, a note in the same hand to verso of title, stitched in blue sugar paper. Item Price
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The First Number of The Studio, a practical Monthly Illustrated Magazine, on popular lines, is now in preparation.
by PROSPECTUS. THE STUDIO
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[London: The Studio, 1893.]. Single sheet printed on one side only on laid paper (260 x 215 mm), printed in red and black, centre fold, deckled edges to two sides. A rare prospectus for announcing the forthcoming publication of 'The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art' which was an illustrated fine arts and decorative… Read more about this item Item Price
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Good News for the Industrious; or, The Blessings of Saving Money betimes. Addressed generally to the Poor: but in Particular to all Journeymen, Apprentices, Servants, and Labourers, of Caerleon, and its Neighbourhood
by CAERLEON
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London: Printed by T. C. Johns, 1830. Small 8vo, 6, [2]pp., disbound. No other copy located. Item Price
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