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8vo., Sole Edition thus, on laid paper, with folding map as frontispiece, 2 folding plates and folding map; navy buckram, gilt back, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), slightly pulled at head of backstrip else a near fine copy. Includes 'An Explication of some Norish Words used in Orkney and Zetland' and 'An Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients' (1693). THIS HIGH QUALITY FACSIMILE IS ITSELF EXTREMELY SCARCE. Anderson, p.402 (recording the first edition).
8vo., handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, original printed label preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. LSE Reprints of Scarce Tracts in Economics and Political Science, No. 14. Now very scarce in its own right.
Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xxi, 493; xx, 444. Each volume includes a section of illustrations with commentary. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers. A brand new set in pristine condition. ~ First edition. The 1st volume of this Supplement lists all books and periodicals relating to the study of Japan and kindred subjects received in the University Library after August 1972 up to the end of 1979. The 2nd volume lists these items received after August 1980 up to the end of 1983. The original "Nipponalia" was published in 1972.
Crown quarto. Pp. 193. Bound in the original printed wrappers, bit discoloured. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Doctoral dissertation, presented to the University of Lyon. Rare.
Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. Hardcover, bound in modern full burgundy cloth, placed in matching, custom-made full cloth slipcase, with the original morocco gilt lettering-piece laid-down, gilt lettering to spine panel, marbled edges, round corners. Some pencil underlining to index, light wear to outer bottom edge of a section of leaves, neatly repaired in places. A very good, handsome copy, beautifully bound and presented. ~ Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Provenance: from the private library of the late scholar Frits Vos (1918-2000), professor of Japanese and Korean studies, with his neat signature.
Three parts in one volume. Small octavo. Pp. (ii), 244, (viii) blanks, (ii) verso blank. Tissue guard between English and Chinese title-pages. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full brown morocco on limp boards, leather rubbed off a single corner on back cover, upper cover gilt embossed in Chinese large characters, spine with blind tooled ornaments and with gilt lettering in English, marbled edges, round corners, lovely decorative floral endpapers. A fine copy, beautifully preserved, crisp interior. Excellent. ~ Tenth edition, revised and enlarged. See also: Japanese National Bibliography, National Diet Library, Tokyo.
Two volumes. Tall quarto. Pp. 209, plus 34 plates with 50 facsimiles; 94, plus 52 plates with 77 facsimiles. Uniformly bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent set. ~ First edition. Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Zentralinstitut für Alte Geschichte und Archäologie. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients. Berliner Turfantexte VI, XIV.
Crown quarto. Pp. viii, xxviii, 260. Table. Indices. Hardcover, bound in contemporary brown full cloth, gilt lettering and gilt shelf-mark to spine, cloth inner hinges; cloth discoloured in places, free endpapers detached but present, extremities bit worn. In good general condition, very good interior with few marginal pencil annotations in neat hand. ~ First edition. At one time at the Brooklyn Public Library, with a contemporary bookplate to that effect and small ink- and perforation stamps to title-page. Alexander Wylie (1815-1887).
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; original ivory faux-vellum, bevelled boards, gilt backs, red edges, red endpapers, some light age-staining else a very good, bright, clean set. Includes index of names. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with 6 folding coloured charts (and full-page coloured key), 16 plates and two large folding coloured maps (one professionally repaired at folds) in pockets at front and rear; handsomely bound in red full morocco, backs gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This scarce and detailed work includes an extensive bibliography. The fine maps in particular are often missing. Very scarce.
4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, 8 plates on pink stock, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial wrappers with black comb-binding, an unusually bright, clean copy. One of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman. In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and diagrams (a number folding); original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding engraved map (lightly spotted) as frontispiece, 12 copper-engraved plates (including portraits), very numerous wood-engraved illustrations (including armorial bearings and brasses), pedigrees and plans (many full-page) in the text, 8 folding or full-page pedigrees and 2 folding plans; original publisher's blue cloth, sides with multiple frame border enclosing a decorative spray all in black, gilt backs, hinges cracked (but bindings entirely sound), one or two short tears in backstrips else a very good, clean copy. A standard county history, complete with list of subscribers. The folding county map in particular is often missing. The first edition is very elusive. It was reissued with an altered title two years later, and this version was subsequently reprinted at least twice. The abridged 'third' edition of 1843 was reprinted in facsimile in 1992. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Astonishingly, not recorded by Anderson who lists only the second issue of 1831.
Odense, Faber, 1792. Lille 8vo. Samt. hldrbd. med skindtitel og rygforgyldning. Øvre kapitæl nedslidt, ellers fin. 215,(1) pp. Lille udsnit i titelblad, uden tab af bogstaver. På skrivepapir.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 15 fine plates, 22 sketch-maps in the text and folding map coloured in outline; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bonser, 2451; Cahill, 57A.
8vo., First Edition [Sole Edition], with a copper-engraved frontispiece and six copper-engraved plates (one folding), the majority with original tissue guards (guards worn, light foxing on guards and some plates), neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper (repeated on title); ORIGINAL BOARDS, PAPER BACK LETTERED IN MS (lettering worn but entirely legible), uncut, backstrip worn at joints and with covering of fourth compartment (of five) frayed away, upper hinge cracked but just sound else a crisp, unusually clean copy of a very scarce work in well-preserved contemporary binding. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Upcott, pp.324-5; Anderson, p.127.
4to., First Edition, with coloured plan, 62 plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original oatmeal buckram, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
First edition, 4to, vi, [ii], 204pp., one of 150 copies printed for private distribution, nice wide margins, interleaved throughout with what appears to be the author's additional entries, also a few entries entered in a later hand, 2 portraits, 20 woodcuts of seals in the text, later half calf, marbled boards, a nice copy. Lists in detail over 550 rare antiquarian books, pamphlets and tracts, 28 maps and plans, and over 800 prints of views and portraits all relating to Yorkshire.
48,[2],49-87,[1]pp., one of 50 copies, presentation inscription to Robert Lemon the archivist, from the library of the Public Records Office with their stamp, later buckram, uncut. "The following pages present a catalogue of such printed works as can be designated Peerages, and occur in the library of the collector; they will be found to contain nearly all that have issued from the press, to the year 1827."?Preface. Extremely rare. Copac locating just two copies; Glasgow University and the Bodleian Library. Martin, Privately Printed Books. p.355.
8vo., Sixth Edition, with engraved folding map as frontispiece, 12 engraved plates and engraved folding map; original blue boards, upper board with printed paper label, expertly rebacked in ivory paper to style, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp, clean copy. With the publisher's advertisement leaf bound in at rear. THIS COPY IS EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of a folding engraved map of the Town and Port, and an additional engraved view of Pelham Place and Crescent. The plates depict: View from Minnis Park, View from the East Well, View from the Pier Rocks, View in East Bourn Street, St. Clement's Church, Town Hall, Remains of the Town Hall, North West View of the Castle, Marine Parade, Pelham Place, Pelham Place and Crescent, View from the White Rock. Anderson records two versions of the Hastings Guide, but states no publishers. The likelier of the two, in 8vo rather than 12mo format, gives third edition as 1824 with subsequent issues from 1825 to 1830. Halkett & Laing and NUC assign authorship of earlier editions (eg. 1794) to James Stell. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 34).
2 vols., [of 4], 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, uncut, covers very lightly dust-soiled else both very good, bright, crisp copies, now housed in custom-made solander case lettered in gilt. As usual, the collation is variable. The tracts included here are: The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (first printed 1764); Authentic Narrative of the Massacre of Glencoe (first printed 1693); The Murder of James I (MS written in 1440); Buchan's Description of St. Kilda (first printed 1773); Supplement to the History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (MS writen about 1656). Each tract has its own printed title and pagination; thus many volumes were broken for the tracts to be sold individually; copies in the original wrappers are rare. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Two volumes bound in one, complete. Third, last, and best edition of this comprehensive guide to Nantes and its departement. 2 leaves; ii, 240 pp.; 2 leaves; 241-476 pp. plus folding engraved map at rear. Complete with the half-title and title pages of both volumes. Printed on very good wove paper. Small 8vo. Attractively bound in recent marbled boards. ORIGINAL WRAPS OF BOTH PARTS BOUND IN. Internally clean but for a bit of minor spotting. BINDING FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title.
Mm 210x300 Opera completa nei suoi tre volumi pubblicati tra il 1996 e il 1998. Volume I, XVI-394 pagine. Volume II, 733 pagine. Volume III, 26 planimetrie e sezioni, 82 profili sezioni e sviluppi vascolari, 230 tavole in nero con illustrazioni dei corredi e dei singoli reperti. Opera in stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.