Recent Acquisitions
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CARSON, Rachel L.
The Sea Around Us [with] Under the Sea-WindTHE 'SEA' DUOLOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Illustrated by Katherine L. Howe and C.F. Tunnicliffe respectively.
£36
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REEMAN, Douglas
Badge of Glory [with] The First to Land [with] The Horizon [with] Dust on the Sea [with] Knife EdgeTHE BLACKWOOD FAMILY/ROYAL MARINES SEQUENCE COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£98
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PURNELL'S HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Purnell’s History of the Second World War. [First Edition. Extended Set.]PURNELL'S FIRST EDITION: EXTENDED SET WITH ALL INSERTS COMPLETE IN PUBLISHER'S BRANDED BINDERS
[Edited by Barrie Pitt. COMPLETE WITH ALL THREE INSERTS which are often missing.]
£420
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WISEMAN, D. J.
Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings (626-556 BC) in the British MuseumNEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
[Preface by C. J. Gadd.]
£180
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BOND,, Henry
A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club [1827-1928] [with] The Trinity Hall Boat Club 1928 to 1949 [with] A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club and Club Records 1949/50 – 1986/87THE TRINITY HALL BOAT CLUB TO DATE; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY AUTHOR
[Prefaces by by Mr. Justice Maugham, Professor H.R. Dean and the Right Reverend Launcelot Fleming, respectively.]
£224
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DARWIN, Charles
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeREMARKABLY BRIGHT, FRESH COPY
[Sixth Edition], Thirty-Seventh Thousand.
£960
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BAEDEKER, Karl
Berlin and its EnvironsNEAR FINE COPY OF THE LAST EDITION IN ENGLISH
Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker. With 30 Maps and Plans. Sixth Edition.
£140
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EDEN, Anthony
The Eden Memoirs. Facing the Dictators [with] The Reckoning [with] Full Circle. [Complete set.]THE EDEN MEMOIRS COMPLETE
£212
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STEWART, Mary
The Crystal Cave [with] The Hollow Hills [with] The Last Enchantment [with] The Wicked DayTHE MERLIN SEQUENCE COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
£290
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DARWIN, Charles
The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to SexBRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE TWO-VOLUME SECOND EDITION
Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Third Thousand. [Library Edition, Second Issue.]
£400
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HOOKE, Robert
Micrographia750 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Introduced by Ruth Scurr and with a Brief Life by John Aubrey.
£945
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BOSWELL, James
Boswell’s Life of JohnsonBRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Edited [and with an Introduction by] by Augustine Birrell. With Malone's Notes and Illustrations.
£98
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Lord of the RingsFIRST APPEARANCE OF LEE'S ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE ORIGINAL FORMAT
Illustrated by Alan Lee. ['New Reset' Edition. With a Note on the Text by Douglas A. Anderson.]
£400
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BARTON, ed., R. M.
Life in Cornwall. Early Nineteenth Century [with] Mid- Nineteenth Century [with] Late Nineteenth Century [with] End of Nineteenth Century. [Complete set.]NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Being Extracts from the West Briton Newspaper. Selected and edited by R. M. Barton.
£126
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HAVELL, Ernest Binfield
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India. A Study of Indo-Aryan CivilisationBRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
£130
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FREEMAN, Edward Augustus
The History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results. [Complete set.]AUTHOR'S UNSIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
£710
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Lord of the Rings. [Complete set comprising The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.]REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE SECOND EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPERS
[Second Edition, Second Impression.]
£484
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SKILLEN, Hugh
Spies of the Airwaves [with] Knowledge strengthens the Arm [with] Enigma and its Achilles HeelTHE Y SERVICES TRILOGY COMPLETE; TWO VOLUMES SIGNED
[THE Y SERVICES TRILOGY COMPLETE].
£320
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BYATT, A. S.
The Virgin in the Garden [with] Still Life [with] Babel Tower [with] A Whistling WomanTHE FREDERICA QUARTET COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
[The Frederica Quartet complete.]
£460
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ADMIRALTY.
Ships of the Royal Navy. Statement of Losses during the Second World WarNEAR FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS
£240
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SCOTT, Manda
Dreaming the Eagle [with] Dreaming the Bull [with] Dreaming the Hound [with] Dreaming the Serpent SpearTHE BOUDICA QUARTET COMPLETE: FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£198
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KIRBY, William Egmont
An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of InsectsSPLENDID SET: FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR EDMUND CURREY WITH BOOKPLATES
Fourth Edition.
£460
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MALLINSON, Allan
The Matthew Hervey novels completeMATTHEW HERVEY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£410
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VERNE, Jules
The Moon-Voyage, containing ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ and ‘Round the Moon’REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY OF THE OMNIBUS EDITION
Illustrated by Henry Austin.
£160
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NICOL, Jean
Hotel Regina [with] Home is the Hotel [with] Bertioni’s HotelTHE 'HOTEL REGINA' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
£220
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CLUTTERBUCK, Richard
The History and Antiquities of the County of HertfordTHE PEROWNE COPY
Embellished with Views of the most curious Monuments of Antiquity and illustrated with a Map of the County.
£2,400
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MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones [with] A Clash of Kings [with] A Storm of Swords [with] A Feast for Crows. [Books 1-4 of A Song of Ice and Fire]THE FOLIO 'GAME OF THRONES' COMPLETE TO DATE: ALL FIRST PRINTINGS IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASES
Introduced by Joe Abercrombie. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton.
£1,950
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CROSSING, William
Amid Devonia’s Alps, or Wanderings and Adventures on DartmoorREMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
£120
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WREN, Christopher
Parentalia: or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; viz. of Mathew [sic] Bishop of Ely, Christopher Dean of Windsor, but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren Late Surveyor of the Royal BuildingsTHE MARQUESS OF ORMONDE'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE
£5,240
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AESOP
The Fables of Aesop with a Life of the AuthorSTOCKDALE'S AESOP: THE CROZIER COPY ON LARGE PAPER
Embellished with One Hundred and Twelve Plates. [Translation by Samuel Croxall.]
£1,600
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PEEL, J.H.B.
Country Talk [with] More Country Talk [with] New Country Talk [with] Country Talk Again [with] Country Talk Continued [with] Latest Country Talk [with] Another Country Talk'COUNTRY TALK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
£160
Fine Bindings
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an Account of his Life and WritingsIN SIGNED PURGOLD BINDING
A New Edition in Four Volumes. Edited by Washington Irving.
£680
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MURRAY'S HANDBOOK
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon, including all British India, The Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Protected Native StatesSPLENDID AND UNIQUE COPY IN SIGNED HATCHARDS BINDING
Tenth Edition.
£580
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AINGER, Arthur Campbell
Eton SongsETONIANA: NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY IN THEMED BINDING
Set to Music by Joseph Barnby. Illustrated by Herbert Marshall.
£445
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AUSTEN, Jane
[The Novels of Jane Austen.]THE STEVENTON AUSTEN IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
[With] A Memoir by her Nephew J.E. Austen-Leigh [with] Lady Susan and Fragments of two other unfinished Tales. New Edition. [Complete set of the Steventon Edition.].
£1,720
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HINCHLIFF, Thomas Woodbine
Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte RosaIN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
£1,200
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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Ian Hamilton’s MarchSPLENDID COPY IN SIGNED SOTHERAN BINDING
Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant H Frankland, a Prisoner of War at Pretoria.
£1,000
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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough. His Life and TimesSPLENDID SET IN SIGNED SOTHERAN BINDING
£3,600
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
The Friend [with] Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit [with] Aids to Reflection [with] Essays on his Own Times [with] Notes on English Divines [with] Notes Theological Political and MiscellaneousSPLENDID COLLECTION OF THE POET'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS IN PERIOD BINDING
£2,460
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CHURCHILL, Peter
Of their own Choice [with] Duel of Wits [with] The Spirit in the CageTHE SOE TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
£1,120
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GALSWORTHY, John
The Forsyte Saga [with] A Modern Comedy [with] End of the ChapterTHE COMPLETE COLLECTED 'FORSYTE' IN FULL MOROCCO
[The Omnibus editions complete.]
£1,200
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FUCHIDA, Mitsuo
Midway. The Battle that doomed JapanFIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Foreword by Professor Michael Lewis. [Introduction by Admiral Kondo. Translation by M. Chihaya. Edited from the Japanese edition by C.H. Kawakami and R. Pineau]. [First UK Edition].
£468
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
The Tragedy of the KoroskoTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
[Illustrations by Sidney Paget.]
£565
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BURNETT, Frances Hodgson
The Secret GardenCHARLES ROBINSON'S SECRET GARDEN IN FULL MOROCCO
Illustrated by Charles Robinson. [Fifth Impression thus.]
£522
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GRIMBLE, Arthur
A Pattern of Islands [with] Return to the IslandsTHE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO
£780
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CHESTERTON, G. K.
The Father Brown StoriesFIRST OMNIBUS EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
[The Omnibus Edition.]
£424
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BRONTE,, Charlotte
[The Life and Works of the Bronte Sisters. The Novels, Poems and Gaskell’s ‘Life’]NEAR FINE SET IN SIGNED TRUSLOVE & HANSON ART-NOUVEAU VELLUM
£2,860
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STAUNTON, Howard
The Laws and Practice of ChessIN FULL MOROCCO
Together with an Analysis of the Openings, and a Treatise on End Games. Edited by Robert B. Wormald. A New Edition.
£460
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LOVECRAFT, H. P.
The Haunter of the Dark and other Tales of HorrorTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Edited, and with an Introduction by August Derleth
£520
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RUSSELL, Bertrand
History of Western PhilosophyFIRST ISSUE IN FULL MOROCCO
[First UK Edition. First Issue.]
£568