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London: Macmillan Children's Books 1981. Large Oblong 8vo. First Edition. Unpaginated. Colour illustrated boards in a similar jacket, not price clipped. All in fine condition. Colour illustrated throughout. . Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1981.

London: The Folio Society 2010-2012. 8vo. 17 volumes of 20. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt decorations to the spines and front boards, in slipcases. Occasional minor signs of wear to the slipcases. Bindings all in lovely condition, and are internally clean and bright. This set of 17 lacks the final 3 volumes (The Yellow Admiral, The Hundred Days and Blue at the Mizzen). With 8 volumes from the 1st printing, 4 from the 2nd printing, 4 from the 3rd printing and 1 from the 4th printing. Patrick O'Brian's nautical adventure series is set during the Napoleonic Wars, and tells the story of the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey and his ship's physician Stephen Maturin. . Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. 2010.

London: HarperCollins 1992. 8vo. First edition, signed by the author Patrick O'Brian on the title-page. 256 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Minor scuffing to jacket. Slight age-darkening to leaves. Clean copy. No ownership names. Jacket not price-clipped. 9780002238250 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1992.

London: The Folio Soicety 2008-2010. 8vo. The first six volumes in the series. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front boards, in slipcases. Some light wear to the slipcases. Bindings all in lovely condition, and are internally clean and bright. This set includes the first six volumes of the series: Master and Commander, Post Captain, HMS Suprise, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, Fortune of War. This includes 1 edition from the 2nd printing, 4 editons from the 3rd printing and 1 edition from the 5th printing. . Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 2008.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1977. 8vo. 143 pp, Hardcover with dustjacket. Tear to the head of the jacket. 0297772848 . Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 1977.

Dublin: The Black Cat Press, in association with Faber and Faber 1986. 4to. First edition. xxvi, [2], 402 pp. Red hardcover with blind stamped lettering to front and gilt to spine, unworn and unmarked. In pictorial dustjacket, which shows very slight signs of wear to edges and significant sunning to the spine. Binding firm. Internally clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white images. Newpaper clippings related to Beckett's work inserted between front endpapers. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1986.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1974. 8vo.Uncorrected Proof. 191 pp. Publisher's wrappers. Uncorrected proof copy. Minor wear to covers. . Very Good. Wraps. 1974.

London: Joseph Robins 1837. 8vo. Second Edition. xxxii, xvi, xxxii, 33-363 pp. Half navy morocco over blue boards, with raised bands, gilt lettering and devices to spine; all edges gilt. Beautifully bound by Baynton's. Externally fine save a small hole at the top of the front joint, occasional light spotting but generally internally clean. Bookplate to front pastedown. Fold out reprodcution of Ptolemy's early map of Ireland. Account of the Classical ideas and writing about Ireland. . Very Good. Half Morocco. Second Edition. 1837.

London: Routledge 1992. 8vo. 336 pp, some minor creasing to dustwrapper. 0415072549 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1992.

New York: The John Lane Company 1915. Small 8vo. 72 pp. Original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. Paper title-label to spine. Spine darkened. Ink owner's name to front endpaper. Leaves age-darkened. Relevant newspaper clippings to rear endpapers. . Very Good. Cloth Spine. First Edition. 1915.

Kettering: Dash 1879. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original printed yellow card wrappers. Minor wear to covers. Internally clean. With 23 mostly full-page illustrations with rhyming text on facing page. Only two copies on OCLC: BL & Princeton. Scarce . Very Good. Wraps. 1850.

Copenhagen: Chr. Christensen 1928. FolioIllustrated. Unpaginated. Large folio measuring 51cm x 34cm. Publisher's original illustrated stiff card wrappers. Wrappers slightly edgeworn. Text block loose within covers. Darkening to leaves. Woodcut illustrations and ornaments on each page by Axel Jorgensen. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Wraps. 1928.

London: Collins Harvill 1993. Large 4to. Unpaginated. Red gilt lettered cloth binding with pictorial dustjacket. Price clipped jacket bright with minor creasing to the ends and tear to the head of the jacket, 1 cm. Boards clean and binding firm. Internally clean and signed by the author. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, including 1 fold out photograph. 0002168111 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1993.

Kalgoorlie: Chamber of Mines 1918. Large 8vo.Periodical. 225, (1) pp., Red half morocco binding with blue cloth boards. Covers are marked and damaged, with patches of loss and splits to the spine. Binding firm and generally internally clean. With numerous folding tables. . Good. Half Morocco. 1918.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854. 8vo. xi, 354, (2), 24 pp., Brown cloth binding with gilt lettered spine. Some marks and bubbling to the board, with wear to the head and tail of the spine. Significant lean to the binding. Slight scatterd spotting internally. Publisher's catalogue bound to the rear. . Good. Cloth. 3rd Edition. 1854.

Brisbane: Printed and published by Anthony J. Cumming, Government Printer 1909. 4to. xx, 5, 257 pp. Original maroon full morocco with gilt decoration & lettering to front board & spine. All edges gilt. Slight wear to extremities. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Numerous full-page b&w llustrations. Colour maps. Compliments leaf from the Prime Minister's office loosely laid in. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1909.

London: Hodder and Stoughton N.d. [1927]. 4to.Illustrated. This is copy no. 120 of an edition of 250 copies signed by the author. xii, 243 pp. Original white cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Top edge gilt. Faint rubbing to spine. Boards clean. Internally clean. With an autograph letter signed by Perdita Hylton (nee Asquith) [Baroness Hylton] and pencil inscription to the endpaper from same, giving the book to a friend. Woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings. In Very Good to Near Fine condition. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1927.

London: Printed for Samuel Billingsley, in Chancery-Lane 1760. FolioPamphlet. Title continues: 'On Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, and Friday the 18th of April 1760: On the last of which Days, Judgment for Murder was given against him.' 55 pp. Disbound pamphlet. Lacks covers. Spine firm with leaves attached. First & last leaves partially loose. Transcript of trial. Lawrence Earl Ferrers was the last British peer to be hanged in England. . Good. Disbound. 1760.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1883. 8vo.Illustrated. xii, 348 pp., Bound in blue, illustrated cloth. Some sunning and wear to the spine with slight loss. Binding slightly shaken with some wear to the front interior hinge and the stitching separating at a couple of places . Internally clean with owner's name in ink to front endpaper, dated 1885. Black and white illustrations throughout and folding map to the rear. Scarce. An amusing angling and travel book, first published in 1882, it ran to many editions. . Good. Illustrated Boards. 2nd Edition. 1883.

London: in St. Pauls ChurchYard & I. Bowles ... 1724. 8vo. (iv), 273 pp. Bound in 20th century quarter morocco over original marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Corners renewed. Later endpapers. Boards rubbed. Internally very clean with no staining or spotting. Some leaves closely cropped with a few instances of loss to final line of text. Engraved title-page. Four-page table. Followed by 273 pages of strip maps, including small county maps. Marginal descriptions and coats of arms. Binding firm. A very serviceable copy. . Very Good. Leather Spine Marbled Boards. Fourth Edition. 1724.