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London & Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies; W. Creech, 1803. 4th. h/b. Very good. 4th edition in 4 volumes. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one, vignette title page to each volume, some light spotting and toning, bookplates of C. W. Michel, Northerwood, Lyndhurst, contemporary tree calf gilt, spines rubbed with small loss of leather to foot of spine… Read more about this item

London: Swan Sonnenshein & Co, n.d. (?1891). 1st thus. h/b. Very good, Full calf boards (original, some professional repairs), gilt tooling, cover coat of arms and spine titling, 5 raised bands, text block firm, pages crisp (very occasional foxing), marbled endpapers and edges. School prize label on front pastedown.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The… Read more about this item

London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1835. 1st thus (revised). h/b. Very good, 4-vol set of 3rd edition (revised), green patterned clothbound boards (some professional repairs), gilt spine titling, ex-library (Latimer Trust). Text blocks all firm, untrimmed pages crisp. Occasional pencil marking. Bound within vol 3 - signed note from Hannah More dated Dec 24 1828 AND authenticating… Read more about this item

Exeter: R. Trewman & Son, 1793. 1st. h/b. Full calf boards (but both loose) in protective sleeve; text block firm, with pages crisp and remarkably clean for their age with some of the usual foxing. Provenance: from library of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, FRSL. . 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Companion to the 1st volume of… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co, 1815. 1st. h/b. Good, 1st edition, no d/j, half-bound, marbled boards, black gilt ruled corners & spine titling; front board very loose, text block firm, pages crisp & marbled edges. Provenance: from library of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, FRSL.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Started on 10 October 1802 by… Read more about this item

London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1831. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, full calf boards, gilt tooling and spine titling bright (5 raised bands on spine). Text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked, in remarkable condition for its age, some foxing and occasional watermarks. Provenance: from library of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, FRSL.. 8vo (230 x 150… Read more about this item

London: F. Newbery, 1776. 2nd. h/b. Good, 2nd edition in 2 volumes, original full brown calf-bound (some markings and scratches), 5-banded spine (both very worn, multiple creasemarks, chips on vol 1), vol 2 has gilt-spine titling just visible; text block binding reasonable and intact, but stitching visible in multiple places. Occasional creases but pages crisp and very clear for… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1912. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, 1st thus edition, original white cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 13 tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards, spine darkened, finger-soiling to covers, endpapers spotted, mounts offset onto adjacent text-leaves as often (qty: 1) First edition thus, number 743 of 1450 copies… Read more about this item

London: C. & J. Rivington / SPCK, 1824. reprint. hardback. Very good, ex-library (Latimer Trust), full tree calf, blind pressed SPCK emblem on cover (some label damage); gilt on red plate spine titling and ruling; text block tight, pages unmarked and crisp; ffep excised, some library markings.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Full title: History… Read more about this item

Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie and Son, 1844. 1st thus. hardback. Good, half leather, marbled covers (vol II cracked, both bumped), spine ribbed with pressed titling (gilt worn away); text block firm but both with loose fep; pages unmarked and crisp (occasional watermarks on plates).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Jean-Henri Merle d'AubignŽ (1794-1872) was… Read more about this item

London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1842. 3rd & enlarged. hardback. Good, tan full calf binding with blindpressed ruling, gilt spine titling on red and black plates (significant wear on spine, text blocks firm, pages unmarked and crisp; marbled edging; ex-library (Latimer Trust - residue of labels on front pastedowns). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x… Read more about this item

London: John Mason, 1837/1838. 1st. h/b. Fair, half calf binding, marbled covers, gilt on black titling on 4-ribbed spines (some chipping on vol 3); all 3 front boards detached and feps with damage; ex-library (Latimer Trust); text blocks firm, pages unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Lives of Early Methodist Preachers chiefly written by… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood; Oliphant, Waugh & Innes et al., 1816. 3rd edition. hardback. Very good, 3rd edition, no d/j, ex-library (Latimer Trust), maroon clothbound boards, gilt on burgundy plate spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; ffep excised; all edges red.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) was a Scottish minister,… Read more about this item

Norwich: Baldwin and Cradock, 1836. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, ex-library (Latimer Trust), green boards (some chipping on spine, fading), gilt spine titling; text block firm (but forward leaning), pages crisp and lightly foxed throughout; ffep excised; donor's inscription on front pastedown: To EVJ Coryton, from Walter Evans, April 1936. Occasional light pencil markings.. 18mo (170 x 100… Read more about this item

Persia: unknown. hardback. Good, some wear and tear on boards but binding reasonably firm and pages unmarked. Donor's inscription on ffep: 'a Nestorian hymn book used in our congregations in Qroomiah, Persia'; on title page 'Miss Susan Jenkins, Pittsfield, N.H. with love from Anna J. Beach.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). American missionaries in Iran:… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford at the University Press, 1833. 1st. hardback. Very good, both volumes in brown full-leather binding (some wear and scuffing), cover blind-ruled with small gilt pressed design in corners; gilt spine titling on dark brown plates on ribbed spine. Text blocks firm, with brown marbled pastedowns, pages unmarked and crisp; brown edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 /… Read more about this item

Cambridge: The Parker Society at the Cambridge University Press, 1842. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, ex-library book (Latimer Trust), no d/j, black buckram boards, blind pressed ruling and decoration, gilt titling on cover and spine; guttering a little loose; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp but light foxing; ffep with label residue.. 18mo (170 x 100 /… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1818. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition (2nd issue), no d/j, marbled boards, half-calf (some splitting on spine), gilt titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp; inevitable foxing.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Byron's long narrative poem was written in four parts and published between 1812 and 1818. In Canto… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849. Copyright. hardback. Very good, all brown quarter bound, with brown marlbed boards (with some bumping on edges), gilt titling bright on ribbed spine; text blocks all good, tight and unmarked; foxing on endpapers.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). From Tauchnitz's series Collection of British Authors, as follows (vol, # in series,… Read more about this item

Manchester: J. Gleave, 1811. hardback. Very good, rebound subsequent to publicationl original gilt-ruled full leather boards, replaced spine with gilt titling (rather faded); text block firm (edges marbled); frontispiece shows St. James' Church, Manchester; pages unmarked and crisp (but some foxing and browning in places). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Georgian edition of the Book… Read more about this item