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[Regulation of the Mode of Proceeding under the Companies Act, 1862] 76pp., cr. 8vo, unbound and stabbed as issued, top edge of first page/title chipped with faint foxing and other minor damage, back cover (also with printed title) partly dusted, item mainly in good condition. Inscribed at the top of the title, faintly, "Received from Mr. Freshfield [presumably... |
£125.00 |
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[Attack on Convents] Item One: [No.464] Convents | Laws Passed in Roman Catholic States. | The Confessional, 16pp., 8vo, printed wraps, good condition; Item 2: Pamphlet, Convents. | Miss Goldings Escape, Murder in Convents, Cruelties in Convents, Convent Prisons, and Lunatic Asylums, with same format as Item One, no... |
£165.00 |
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[Pamphlet] Le Corbusier. Architecture Town Planning Painting Sculpture Tapestry[.] An international exhibition First shewing in this country[.] Exhibition Guide. Four folding leaves (6 pages of print, probably mimeographed or similar), 12mo, unpaginated but apparently complete, one staple, illustrated cover with title as above, damage to spine, closed tears, contents good, two minor changes (including imitate changed to mitigate). Two galleries are... |
£325.00 |
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R.A. Blakelock and others Contributions to the Fauna and Flora of Southwestern Asia With Papers by R.A. Blakelock, Robert H. Kanazawa, Arthur Loveridge, A.L. Rand and Staff of British Museum (Natural History). [22; 24; 6 inc. blanks and outside pages], 4to, unbound, stapled, p.12 inserted upsidedown, outside pages grubby, good condition. Four copies listed on COPAC (BL, Natural... |
£225.00 |
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H.A. Strong The Haunted House translated from Plautus xxxviii.80pp., 8vo, printed red cloth, slight hinge strain, endpapers discoloured, cover has minor defects, but is attractive. A drama. Scarce: COPAC lists only the BL copy but WorldCat lists five other British repositories. |
£125.00 |
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James Currie, Late 79th, or Cameron Highlanders Wayside Musings; or, Poems and Songs. 138pp., 12mo, blue cover, corner bumped , some damage to spine, worn edges, but attractive, foxing throughout, slight hinge strain. Author's Preface gives the background to the publication including experiences at the Crimea and his daily round as Post Runner to Yair [Postman, I suppose]. Much... |
£125.00 |
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Amy Griffin, novelist. His Share of the World. An Irish Story. [viii], 199pp., 8vo, green boards, gilt, with embossed green shamrock, gilt outline, some foxing, especially first few pages, mainly good condition, . Scarce. |
£85.00 |
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J.B. Eardley-Wilmot 12mo, 1 p. 15 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. He requests 'the favour of a copy of Dr 's work "The Hoe & the Canoe," for review'. He claims to be 'a friend of Lord Elgin the Governor', and to have been 'a long resident in the Canadas' in his 'official capacity', ending... |
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Wingham Highways District, Kent The twelve items are in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, folded into packets, with all texts clear and complete. The first of the General Annual Statements, that for '1863 & 64', is representative. Its two pages are on one side each of two landscape sheets of grey paper, both 67 x 42... |
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Autograph Letter Signed ['G Shaw Lefevre'] from George John Shaw-Lefevre, later 1st Baron Eversley, regarding working conditions of miners. 12mo, 1 p. Ten lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. He does not have 'sufficient information' to give an opinion on the question his unnamed correspondent refers to, 'namely whether a 5 days a week system would be preferable to Miners to an uniform 8 hours a day work'.... |
£56.00 |
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