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London. George Bell and Sons. 1900. First Edition. 8vo.. xii/ 243 pages + fold-out plan. Frontis + 45 b&w illustrations. Lacks front end page. Owners name and date on half title. Covers are slightly soiled. Slight edge wear. Very Good condition

London. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. 1932.

Reprint. Hardback. No dust jacket. Small 8vo., 474 pages. Red pictorial cloth binding. Black and white photos and illustrations. Includes money-making, building a piano, making a bicycle and much more. A few water splashes to the front cover. Minor wear to edges.

Very Good condition

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1931.

First edition. Tall 8vo. 281 pages. Black and white illustrations. History of Hampton school plus a brief account of the years 1700 to 1931. Small owner inscription on front free endpaper. Black cloth covers, gilt title details on spine, school motto on front cover. Rubbed and bumped at corners and edges.

Near Very Good condition

Brown University. Providence Rhode Island. 1905.

No jacket. Hardback. Black cloth. Vol. 47. Large 8vo. 294 pages plus 29 pages of adverts. B&w illustrations throughout with coloured illustration on frontis. Label with binders name on front end page. Foxing on first and last few pages. Slight foxing on a few pages in centre of book.

Very Good condition

York, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, etc. 1806.

Second edition. Full period tree calf binding. Hardback. No dust jacket. Small 12mo., xii/ 408 pages. Full title, Lecteur Francois, ou Recueil de Pieces, en prose et en vers, tirees des meilleurs ecrivains. Pour servir A perfectionner les jeunes gens dans la lecture, A etendre leur connoissance de la langue francoise, et a leur inculquer des principes de vertu et de piete. Gift inscriptions on front and rear blank end pages. Some pages are starting to become loose. Front internal hinge partially cracked. Binding is firm. Corners rubbed, bumped and very worn. Some foxing/marks. These books were produced in high numbers for use in good schools, colleges and universities. Few have survived from this period and even though the condition is poor the book is complete and very readable.

Poor to Good condition

London. John Warren. 1820.

First edition. Contemporary full tree calf leather binding. Hardback. 12mo. viii/ 208 pages. Hinges cracked but holding. Owners name on front end page. Minor foxing.

Good + condition

Cambridge. University Press. 1895.

First Edition. Paper covered pamphlet. Small 8vo. 44 pages. The beginnings of scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries. Worn head and foot of spine with some loss. Covers slightly soiled.

Good + condition

London. Published for the English Dialect Society. 1880.

First edition. Scarce. Hardback. 8vo. xv/ 109 pages + 21 page annual report including subscribers + original blue wraps bound in. Map frontis. Bottom front corner bumped and water stained. Some edge wear. Browning to end pages. Cornish booksellers label.

Very Good + condition

Venetiis, Antonii Rosa, 1832. 10th Venetian edition. Religious exam/text book written in Latin. Original binding. Quarter velum with marbled boards. 158 pages. Ex library. Good condition.

London. Hazell Watson and Vinet Ltd. no date (circa. 1911).

First edition. Hardback complete set of 7 volumes. Prepared and Abridged from the Papers of the Late Chester Macnaghten. Original publishers highly decorative cloth bindings. Small folio. Illustrated throughout with photos. All page edges are gilded. Slight water marks to covers. Minor edge wear.

Very Good + condition