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1815 Exercises to the Rules and Construction of French SpeechLondon: 1815A very scarce edition of this work for the study of the French language. -
1838 Memoires of Natural Remarques in the County of Wilts[Worcester]: 1838A very scarce work concerned with the natural history of Wiltshire bound with reports of Wiltshire gentlemen, magistrates, and gentry. -
1896 A History of Eighteenth Century Literature (1660-1780)London: 1896A new edition of this study of eighteenth century literature by Edmund Gosse in full calf prize binding from King William's College. -
1833 The American First Class Book; or, Exercises in Reading and RecitationBoston: 1833An uncommon edition of this exercise book by John Pierpont. -
1873 Amalgamated Society of Engineers &c Monthly ReportsLondon: 1873-80A very scarce group of three volumes containing reports from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, spanning 1861 to 1880. -
1877-1879 3 vols Baily's Magazine of Sports and PastimesLondon : 1877-1879Three volumes of Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes with illustrations. -
1701 The Law-French Dictionary Dictionary Alphabetically DigestedLondon: 1701The very scarce first edition of F.O's important law-French and law-Latin dictionary, billed as the first work of its kind. -
1903 Stage-Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the Coaching AgeLondon: 1903The first edition of Charles G Harper's pictorial history of the coaching age in two volumes. -
2010 The Rose: A True HistoryLondon: 2010An exceptional first impression of this horticultural study of the rose by Jennifer Potter. -
1894 The Yellow Book: an Illustrated QuarterlyLondon: 1894-97A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'. -
1947 The Long FlightLondon: 1947A bright first edition of Terence Horsley's anthology of migration stories with illustrations by CF Tunnicliffe. -
1936 Fabre's Book of InsectsNew York: 1936Rodolph Stawell's retelling of Fabre's 'Book of Insects' with illustrations by EJ Detmold. -
c1913 Annals of South GlamorganCarmarthen: c1913A bright first edition of this uncommon illustrated history of South Glamorgan. -
1815 Antiquae Linguae Britannicae ThesaurusDolgelley: 1815The third edition of this Welsh-English dictionary by the Rev Thomas Richards of Coychurch. -
1848 A Topographical Dictionary of WalesLondon: 1848The two volume third edition of Samuel Lewis's topographical dictionary of Wales. -
1887 The Royal Tribes of WalesLiverpool: 1887The illustrated second edition of Philip Yorke's genealogical and historical history of the nobility of Wales. -
1991 Sotheby's: The Library of Richard ManneyNew York: 1991The auction catalogue for sales from the library of Richard Manney. -
1967 The Transatlantic Review: Number 25, Summer 1967London and New York: 1967The twenty-fifth issue of Joseph F. McCrindle's quarterly literary journal, with this issue featuring the first appearance of William S. Burroughs's story '23 Skidoo'. -
1873 Illustrated London News The GraphicLondon: 1873-1886A large morocco bound volume containing numbers from Victorian weekly publications. -
1757 An Universal Etymological English DictionaryLondon: 1757An early edition of Bailey's dictionary from the eighteenth century rebound in leather. -
1888 The Bookworm An Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time LiteratureLondon: 1888The first edition for the 1888 annual of this Victorian bibliographical publication with illustrations. -
1812 Collins's Peerage of EnglandLondon: 1812A nine volume set of Collins's genealogical, biographical, and historical peerage of England by Egerton Brydges. -
1928 The Plantagenet AncestryLondon: 1928A smart first edition of this comprehensive history of the ancestors of Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV and wife of Henry VII). -
1882 The Girl's Own AnnualLondon: 1881An early annual of the The Girl's Own Paper, featuring stories, poetry, music, and hundreds of illustrations. -
1864 The Slang DictionaryLondon: 1864New edition of this late 19th century dictionary of English slang. -
1938 General Catalogue "Russells" BristolBristol: 1938A scarce catalogue of hardware from the firm 'Russells' in Bristol. -
1880 Slater's Directory of BristolManchester: 1880A directory of Bristol extracted from Slater's Royal National Commercial directory of North & South Wales, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire. -
1861 Mathews's Annual Directory for the City and County of BristolBristol: 1861A copy of Mathews's Annual Directory for the City and County of Bristol. -
1884 Arrowsmith's Dictionary of BristolBristol: 1884A scarce first edition copy of this dictionary of Bristol, with a folding map. -
1843 The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance vol. XLondon: 1843Volume X of a Victorian monthly magazine of fashion, music, and romance, adorned with coloured plates. -
1953 The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls Year BookLondon: 1953The 1953 Year Book for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, with pamphlets from the 165th Anniversary Festival. -
1955 Transcription of Hilton Parish Register 1603-1737Not Stated : 1955A handwritten compilation of the Hilton Parish Register from 1603-1737 in two volumes. -
1896 A Dictionary of BirdsLondon: 1896A first edition of this nineteenth century dictionary of birds compiled by ornithologist Alfred Newton. -
1897 The Encyclopaedia of SportLondon: 1897-98The first edition in two volumes of this extensive nineteenth-century pictorial sporting encyclopaedia. -
1861 The Spectator. A New Edition, with Biographical Notices of the ContributorsLondon: 1861An interesting work comprised of six hundred and thirty five essays published in the Spectator between 1711 and 1714. -
1870 A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from the Conquest to the Present time 1066-1870London: 1870A very smart biographical sketch of historical English judges by Edward Foss.