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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; With an Extensive Selection from the Hitherto Inedited Stuart Papers (4 volumes) by Browne, James - 1855

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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; With an Extensive  Selection from the Hitherto Inedited Stuart Papers (4 volumes) by Browne, James - 1855

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; With an Extensive Selection from the Hitherto Inedited Stuart Papers (4 volumes)

by Browne, James

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A. Fullarton & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1855. Hardcover. Original embossed brown cloth boards quite worn, covers detached with chipping and loss to spine cloth. A fragile and worn four-volume set with color fold-out map of clans in Volume I having tearing at folds. Bindings intact, quite fragile and an excellent candidate for rebinding being sold here AS IS - additional photographs available on request. "A New Edition, With Sixty-six Illustrative Engravings and numerous Woodcuts." ; MCN28211; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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  • Publisher A. Fullarton & Co.
  • Date Published 1855
  • Keywords World History Scotland Genealogy Clans

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Ulverston: James Atkinson, 1894 larger 8vo cloth pp394 bw plates/drawings fold-out plan subscribers list index VG- Local history work, mainly considering the Medieval era and after, with reference to prehistory and modern industry. Subscribers list shows a Mrs Dryden of Putney, and 'F. S. Dryden Putney' is written in old fashioned ink style inside front. All plates and fold-out abbey plan present. Front blank endpaper pasted to binding, and small adhesive label tear and mark over old pricing. Minor general wear, a scarce subscriber copy. [ Larger book, so possible extra postage overseas. ]
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A new and complete history of the county of Warwick, illustrated by a series of views engraved on...
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A new and complete history of the county of Warwick, illustrated by a series of views engraved on steel from original drawings [Warwickshire]

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Birmingham: William Emans, 1829 Book. Good. Hardcover. [iv], 379, [1], 4p. Has the 60 plates, 1 vignette to title page and a map. Foxing to the plates throughout, mainly quite heavily. Some sections of pages lightly browned and a few pages more heavily so. Title page foxed, preface page is very browned and stained. Plates facing page 228 has a tear to the margin and a small section of paper missing. In modern quarter leather with new end papers. Issued again in 1830 with a variant title page as A new and compendious history of the county of Warwick..
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The Woman in White. By Wilkie Collins. The Home Library Series A.L. Burt Company. P Undated, circa 1940. Maroon cloth boards with gold gilt topstain. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice vintage copy.
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Murder on the Matterhorn (1951, F.A. Thorpe, Large Print Edition, for vision Impaired ) By Glyn Carr. ARTISAN HOUSE, ANSTEY, LEICESTERSHIRE.THIS LARGE PRINT EDITION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY KIND PERMISSION OF GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON. EXLIB. GOOD CONDITION /VERY GOOD ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PROTECTED BY MYLAR WRAP. Please see stock photo. Our jacket is VG with no library stickers on it. "This cleverly constructed story presents the neatest imaginable puzzle in detection". RARE/SCARCE.
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Through the Magic Door . An essay about exploring books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Creator of The Sherlock Holmes Series. His subject is the charisma and charm of books. Creative visualization. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishness and hopelessness of the world can be left behind. Used Good condition/ No DJ Included. Copyright 1908,1925 Doubleday, Page and Co., Garden City, NY. 2nd Printing Thus. States 1925 on the title page. 276 pages, indexed. 4 5/8 X 7 ¼
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Clare College 1326 - 1926 Vol. I

Clare College 1326 - 1926 Vol. I

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Cambridge Univ. Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature in ink. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; England; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 1815. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA 1902-1907: FIFTH QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW.  Volume 1 & 2
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PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA 1902-1907: FIFTH QUINQUENNIAL REVIEW. Volume 1 & 2

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Calcutta: Government Printing, India. Very Good-. 1909. Hardcover. A scarce publication examining the actual state of education in India at the beginning of the twentieth century. Paper covered boards, black cloth corners & spine with gilt lettering. Texts tight, clean & intact: no foxing. Vol #1 : 168pp. : 9 large fold-out maps plus statistical tables. Vol #2: (iv) 338pp text (xi; index) . Spine ends rubbed, covers lightly soiled & original owner's signature in both volumes. ; B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 506 pages .
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The Lauderdale Papers - Volume I, 1639-1667

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Westminster: Printed for The Camden Society, 1884 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. XIV, 300pp, bound in original brown cloth, with blind stamped borders. ASSOCIATION COPY - From the personal collection of Francis M. O'Brien, author and Legendary Maine Bookseller (no markings). ALSO signature of "David Baird Smith" on the ffp. Covers show bumped corners, edge wear/tear to top/heel of backstrip. Pencil notations on back free endpaper. BINDING AND HINGES TIGHT. Scottish History.
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THE GUARDIAN A CORRECTED EDITION With a Preface Historical & Biographial  (Volume 1 & 2)

THE GUARDIAN A CORRECTED EDITION With a Preface Historical & Biographial (Volume 1 & 2)

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London: Johnson, Richardson, Nichols & Son Et Al. Good+. 1806. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Full leather, covers with gilt floral border. Spine with five raised bands, two spine labels and gilt decorated panels. Pictorial title pages. Marbled endpapers. Both volumes with chipped spine ends. Vol. #1 has minor insect damage to several leaves. Small holes on bottom margin only, not interfering with text. Journal/Newspaper , General Information. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1011 pages .
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans - Vol. II Part II

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans - Vol. II Part II

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A. Fullarton & Co., 1836. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1836. No Edition Remarks. 478 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Volume II, Part II. Rough cut textblock edges. Ex-libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed binding threads. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks overall.
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History of the Highlands & of the Highland Clans: 1, pt. 2
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A History of the Highlands and of The Highland Clans [2 Volumes]

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A. Fullarton & Co., 1840. Hardcover. Good. . 2 volumes. Original textblocks professionally rebound. Dampstaining to first few pages. General shelf wear. Overall clean and readable. Bindings sturdy.
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History of the Highlands & of the Highland Clans: 1, pt. 2
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans

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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans: With an Extensive Selection from the Hitherto Inedited Stuart Papers

by James Browne

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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; Volume 1

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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; Volume 3
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A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans; Volume 3

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The Mudlark

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The Edwardian Era (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s copy)
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New York: D. Appleton Century Company, 1933. First American edition. Good-. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover Scuffing and light wear at edges and particularly on spine Small tear at top edge of spine, and chipping at both ends Binding sound and tight Text has no marks or damage at all The personal bookplate of the famous actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr on the ffep André Maurois (1885 â€" 1967) was a French author of numerous novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories Douglas Fairbanks Jr, KBE, DSC (1909 â€" 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II He is best known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939) and The Corsican Brothers (1941) He was the son of actor Douglas Fairbanks and was once married to Joan Crawford viii, 391 pp.
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The Forsyte Saga
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The Forsyte Saga

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This book is in fairly good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards, as well as spots on the outside back cover board. There is minimal bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, with some vertical fraying and warping, but the pages are clear of markings. A few of the pages are dog-eared and edges torn. "The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called 'The Man of Propery; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little of heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of… Read More
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Nobody's Fool

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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY

TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the bible story of Esau.
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The History of King Richard the First of England
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The History of King Richard the First of England: With Engravings

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The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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The History of King Alfred of England
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The History of King Alfred of England: With Engravings

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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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Talkeetalkeewallahs and Others
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Talkeetalkeewallahs and Others

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Self Published, Calcutta, 1938, First edition, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 194 pages, 5.25" x 9", recent rebinding. Short stories set in prewar Colonial India.
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Swimming with Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale; Sport, Health and Exercise in eighteenth-century England.
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Swimming with Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale; Sport, Health and Exercise in eighteenth-century England.

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Cambridge:: Lutterworth Press, 2012., 2012. 8vo. viii, [4], 297, [1] pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. INSCRIBED by author to Dr. Dennis Gibbs. Near fine. ISBN: 9780718892760 "An exploration of the history of British sport, viewed through the lens of the life and work of Samuel Johnson and his friend and correspondent Hester Thrale. / In "Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale," Julia Allen takes a sideways look at sport, health and exercise in the eighteenth century, and in so doing reveals unfamiliar sides of the eponymous characters she uses as guides and commentators. Samuel Johnson does battle with the rough breakers at Brighton as energetically as he did with any of his verbal opponents; and Hester Thrale – herself 'a good waterspaniel' – provides wry observations, notably on what men decided women might decently be allowed to do in that foreign country that is the past. / Allen starts with the medical theories underpinning notions about exercise, the role of the physician and the… Read More
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