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    Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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    1. 1971 Lyrical Ballads 1798
      1971 Lyrical Ballads 1798
      Menston: 1971
      An uncommon 1971 edition in its original unclipped dust wrapper.
      £55.00
      Stock Code: 984W20
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    2. 1861 The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life
      1861 The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life
      London: 1861
      The first UK edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's history of the first four Hanoverian monarchs.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 953T102
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    3. 1811 Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland
      1811 Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland
      Westminster: 1811
      An attractively bound collection of significant historical tales pertaining to various British counties, with woodcut illustrations throughout.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 911Y32
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    4. 1861 The Four Georges
      1861 The Four Georges
      London: 1861
      The first UK edition, first issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's history of the first four Hanoverian monarchs.
      £180.00
      Stock Code: 875F18
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    5. 1792-1796 3Vols in 1 Burke's Letters and Biographical Sketches of Leading Men
      1792-1796 3Vols in 1 Burke's Letters and Biographical Sketches of Leading Men
      London; Edinburgh: 1792-1796
      A smart tree calf volume consisting of one very scarce first edition work of biographical sketches of French figures, and two early impression works of letters from statesman, Whig politician and philosopher Edmund Burke.
      £750.00
      Stock Code: 821F2
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    6. 1873 The Lands of Cazembe
      1873 The Lands of Cazembe
      London: 1873
      A fascinating work on Portuguese travels to remote Africa, including the original large folding map of the voyage.
      £115.00
      Stock Code: 793J44
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    7. 1850 2Vol Samuel Taylor Coleridge Essays His Own Times Edited Daughter First Ed
      1850 2Vol Samuel Taylor Coleridge Essays His Own Times Edited Daughter First Ed
      London : 1850
      An uncommon first edition set of essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, comprising of two out of the three available volumes.
      £110.00
      Stock Code: GEN37-C-7
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    8. 1878 4Vol Victor Hugo History Crime Account Testimony Napoleon Takeover France
      1878 4Vol Victor Hugo History Crime Account Testimony Napoleon Takeover France
      London : 1878
      A scarce four volume set of Vicor Hugo's essay The History of a Crime, the first two volumes of which are the second UK edition, whereas the third and fourth (added as a further, initially unplanned expansion) are UK first editions.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: SET27-D-2
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