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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. 1772 A History and Defence of Magna Charta. Shewing the Manner of its being obtained from King John
      1772 A History and Defence of Magna Charta. Shewing the Manner of its being obtained from King John
      London: 1772
      The second edition of Samuel Johnson's scarce historical work on the Magna Carta, the medieval royal charter, bound in full contemporary calf.
      £450.00
      Stock Code: 978Z8
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    2. 1785 A Dictionary of the English Language
      1785 A Dictionary of the English Language
      London: 1785
      An exceptionally attractive example of the two volume sixth edition of Samuel Johnson's important and influential 'Dictionary of the English Language'.
      £1,650.00
      Stock Code: 974F34
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    3. 1908 Sayings of Dr. Johnson
      1908 Sayings of Dr. Johnson
      London: 1914
      A very scarce pocket sized collection of sayings from the noted writer Samuel Johnson.
      £35.00
      Stock Code: 932Z2
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    4. 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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    5. 1775 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
      1775 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
      London: 1775
      The first edition, second issue of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, providing an account of his tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell.
      £320.00
      Stock Code: 902F35
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    6. 1775 A Dictionary of the English Language
      1775 A Dictionary of the English Language
      Dublin: 1775
      A striking and important edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, the first complete edition to be printed in Ireland.
      £2,500.00
      Stock Code: 838P5
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    7. 1926 Mrs Markham's New History of England
      1926 Mrs Markham's New History of England
      Kensington: 1926
      A bright first edition of this history of England for children by Hilaire Belloc.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 835A11
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    8. 1926 The Highways and its Vehicles
      1926 The Highways and its Vehicles
      London: 1926
      888th copy of the first limited edition of Belloc's historical study of transport.
      £45.00
      Stock Code: 823W8
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    9. 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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      1917 Aphorisms on Authors and Their Ways
      1917 Aphorisms on Authors and Their Ways
      London: 1917
      The first and only edition printed in one hundred copies of this series of aphorisms on authors and their ways by Augustine Birrell. A signed presentation copy, including a letter by the author.
      £350.00
      Stock Code: 781A8
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    11. 1992-4 The Letters of Samuel Johnson
      1992-4 The Letters of Samuel Johnson
      Oxford: 1992-4
      A lovely collection of the letters of the monumental Samuel Johnson, documenting his life in fascinating detail, illustrated throughout.
      £165.00
      Stock Code: 727P3
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