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London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1927.. 8vo. viii, 348 pp. Contemporary prize binding for Brockley County School, dark green half calf over matching cloth sides, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel and decorated to the others, the school crest in gilt to the upper board and their prize label to the front free endpaper, endpapers and all edges marbled. Frontispiece plus illustrations and diagrams in the text. Very good.

Leeds: The Scolar Press, 1966.. 12mo, (x), (2), 173, (1) pp. Gilt titled maroon cloth, spine slightly sunned. Originally published anonymously in 1628 as "Microcosmographie, or a Peece of the World discovered, in Essayes and Characters."

London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1954.. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine. Slight fading to the spine, a little browning to the front and rear leaves, very good overall.

London: John Weale... and the Author, 1852.. Sole edition. 8vo. xii, 153, (1), 9, (1) pp. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettered to upper board, rebacked in black cloth, contemporary ownership inscription of one Thos. Cooper to front pastedown. Boards a little worn, contents very good. Uncommon, Copac listing seven copies.

London: Secker & Warburg, (1983).. First English edition, 8vo, (vi), 502 pp. Map endpapers, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Cloth backed boards, d.w., price clipped, spine sunned.

London: MacLehose Press, 2009.. First edition thus. 8vo. 408 pp. Publisher's white cloth, lettered in blind to the spine, dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout. Some sunning to the jacket spine but mostly only noticeable on the adjacent edge of the lower panel, else very good. An extensive well illustrated essay on the "aesthetics" of lists and catalogues through the history of western literature and art.

London: The Architectural Press, 1927.. First edition, 4to, viii, 108 pp. Numerous photographs and drawings, some minor marking to the front endpapers. Original cloth backed boards, a little soiled, lower corner of the upper cover damp stained.

London: Workshop Press, (1972).. First edition. 8vo. 36 pp. Printed green card stapled covers. Excellent condition.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1871.. First edition, large 8vo, xxv, (i), 732 pp. Frontispiece and 17 plates, including one not listed at p. 510, plus two coloured folding maps. Some light foxing, final page with mild marking, rear free endpaper with wear to the outer edge. Original decorative red cloth, a.e.g., somewhat stained and with an ink scribble to the lower cover, recently recased retaining most of the original darkened backstrip.

London: Phoenix House, 1968.. First edition, 8vo, (xiv), 162 pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf, with an autograph letter enclosing the book loosely inserted as well as a copy of an 18 page pamphlet by Edwards - "A New Map of the World - The Trystan Edwards Homalographic Projection." Cloth, d.w., mild sunning to spine.

Bristol: Leech and Taylor, 1872.. Second edition, 8vo, (iv), viii, (ii), 94 pp. Foxing at the beginning and end. Later cloth, mild rubbing to extremities.

Lake, Isle of Wight: Penny Publishing, 2001.. First edition, one of 1,000 copies. 4to. (vi), 171, (1) pp. Publisher's black printed red glossy boards, dust jacket replicating the same design, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations and maps in the text. Sunning to the jacket spine and the adjacent part of the upper panel, else very good.

(London): Denis Archer, (1933).. First edition, 8vo, xii, 312 pp. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations by the author, later bookplate. Original orange cloth, corners bumped, mild rubbing to spine ends.

London: W.S. Johnson, [1852].. First edition, three volumes bound in one, large 8vo, viii, 244, 248, 230 pp. Full page engraved illustrations, text printed in double column, some foxing, later signature to front blank, marbled endpapers. Later half calf, green cloth sides, green spine label, some light rubbing otherwise a handsome copy. Scarce. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.

(Santa Fe): Twin Palms Publishers, 2010.. First edition, 4to, 88, (6) pp. Colour photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy.

London: The Folio Society, 2010.. First edition, 8vo, xviii, (ii), 370, (2) pp. Photographic illustrations. Decorative cloth, slipcase, an excellent copy.

Princeton University Press, 1993.. Large 8vo. l, 724 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Slight bowing to the boards, mild bumping to the jacket edges, else very good.

Cairo: Elias' Modern Press, (1961).. Twelfth edition, large 8vo, 806 pp. Ownership stamps of the BBC to the endpapers. Original gilt titled red quarter calf, extremities slightly rubbed, very good.

Köln: Taschen, 2012.. First edition. Small 4to. 531, (1) pp. Publisher's silver boards, blind lettering to the spine and decoration to the upper cover, dust jacket. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Faint stain to the jacket, only really visible on the flaps, else very good.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, [1890s].. Eight volumes bound in seven (Scenes of Clerical Life and Silas Marner bound in one volume as usual). 8vo. Contemporary half morocco over cloth boards, spines with Art Deco lettering and decoration, top edges gilt. Fairly even fading to the spines, the later volumes slightly slanted and volume III neatly recased, occasional light edge wear, an attractive set overall.