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Stigand, Captain C.H. The Game of British East Africa, second edition, half-title, plates, 8pp. of advertisements at end, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Horace Cox, 1913 £200-250
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Sutherland, James. The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter, first edition, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, 'With the Author's Compliments James Sutherland... 28/1/13', half-title, illustrations, 2pp. of advertisements at end, original cloth gilt, slightly shaken, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co, 1912 £600-800
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Wright, Thomas. The Life of Sir Richard Burton, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Everett & Co., 1906; Fraser, Douglas. Through the Congo Basin, first edition, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1927; and 10 others, similar, 8vo (13) £250-300
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Almanack. An Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1692... calculated by John Goldsmith, printed in red and black, two wood-engraved vignettes, a few leaves cropped, other loose, the blanks with contemporary annotations, contemporary sheep, rubbed, 16mo, London: Mary Clark, 1692 £50-80
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Andrews, John. History of the War with America, France, Spain and Holland, 4 volumes, first edition, engraved titles, 7 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, lacks plates, mixed binding, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: John Fielding, 1785-86; Entick, John. The General History of the Late War..., 5 volumes, first edition, 8 [of 9] engraved maps, most folding, 1 portrait only, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: Edward Dilley, 1763-64 (9) £50-80
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Aspin, Jehoshaphat. The Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished the Reign of George the Third, first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece and 33 hand-coloured plates, occasional light browning, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps throughout, 12mo, London: Samuel Leigh, 1820 [Abbey, Life 350] £100-150
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Bell, George. Rough Notes by an Old Soldier, during Fifty Years' Service, 2 volumes, first edition, portrait frontispiece, original cloth decorated gilt, 8vo, London: Day and Son, 1867 £100-150
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Bible, Latin. Biblia sacro sancta ad Hebraicam ueritatem, & probatissimoru[m] ac manuscriptorum exemplarium fidem diligenter recognita & restituta, woodcut title and vignette to Genesis, woodcut initials, waterstained, a few leaves with neat repairs to fore-edge, not affecting text, contemporary ink annotations, particularly to title, some loss to lower margin of title, eighteenth century half vellum, 8vo, Basileae: Nicholam Bryling, 1562 £120-180
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Bible, English. The Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, woodcut title, first few leaves defective and lacking all after Psalms f8, fore-edge cropped with loss, soiled, later reverse calf, worn, covers detached, 8vo, London; Robert Barker, 1608, sold w.a.f. £60-80
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Boyse, Samuel. An Historical Review of the Transactions of Europe, 2 volumes, 7 engraved plates and plans, some spotting, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, Reading: D. Henry, 1747; [Anon] The Secret History of the Rye-House Plot, somewhat soiled and spotted, modern cloth, 8vo, London: Andrew Millar, 1754; and 58 others, mostly eighteenth century English history, including Magnae Britanniae Notitia, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, v.s. (60) £100-150
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Burnet, Joshua. The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, engraved title and 11 engraved plates, somewhat browned, contemporary half calf, worn, 4to, London: James Carpenter, 1842; Bartlett, W.H. The Ports, Harbours, Water-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain, volume 1 only, additional engraved title and 71 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, London: James S. Virtue, [n.d.] (2) £100-150
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Burton, Sir Richard, translator. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 12 volumes, Library Edition, half-titles, some spotting, volume 10 with some pages creased, a few torn along fold, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Leonard Smithers, 1894 £100-150
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Brenton, Edward Pelham. The Naval History of Great Britain, 2 volumes, engraved portraits, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, London: Henry Colburn, 1837; Byng, George. An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720, contemporary calf, repaired, 8vo, London: J and R Tonson, 1739; [Anon] Observations on the Wrongs of the Navy, some browning, 8vo, London: Steel and Goddard, 1816; bound with; The Rights of the British Navy Asserted and Defended, 8vo, London: Joyce Gold, 1815, both signed by Admiral Bowen, contemporary half calf; and 12 others, naval and military interest, 8vo (16) £80-100
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Busby, Thomas. A General History of Music, 2 volumes, first edition, some spotting, illustrations, mid-nineteenth century half calf, 8vo, London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1819 £100-150
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Cambridge, Richard Owen. An Account fo the War in India, between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel... first Dublin edition, 5 folding engraved maps (?only), one with fore edge chipped, some occasional browning along lower margin, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps throughout, 8vo, Dublin: George and Alexander Ewing, 1761 £100-150
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Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Third, or King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons, first edition, 2 hand-coloured plates, somewhat browned, title stamped 'Presented by the Secretary of State for War', partly unopened, original cloth, 8vo, London: Parker, Furnivall and Parker, 1847 £50-80
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Carte, Thomas. An History of the Life of James, Duke of Ormonde, 3 volumes, first edition, some spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, worn, boards loose, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, folio, London: J.J. and P. Knapton, 1736 £50-80
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[Corbett, Thomas] An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily, in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720. Under the Command of Sir George Byng, second edition, folding table, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: J and R Tonson, 1739; and a volume of pamphlets concerning court-martials, including; [Anon] The Conduct of Admiral Knowles on the Late Expedition, folding engraved plate, laid-down, 8vo, London: J. Clarke, 1758; [Anon] The Expedition Against Rochfort, 8vo, London: J. Towers, 1758; modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library (2) £50-80
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Dickens, Charles. The Works, 15 volumes only, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, [n.d.] and 27 others, fine bindings, 8vo (42) £100-150
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Edmondson, Joseph. A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 volumes, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 24 engraved plates, some spotting and browning, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and repaired, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, occasional blindstamps, folio, London: printed for the Author, 1780 £60-90
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Edmondson, Joseph. The Present Peerages: with Plates of Arms and an Introduction to Heraldry, 86 engraved plates printed recto verso, upper margin cropped with occasional slight loss of title, late nineteenth century calf, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: J. Dodsley, 1785; and nine others, similar (10) £60-90
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 20 volumes, third edition, numerous engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary half calf, worn, joints cracked, 4to, Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797-1801, sold not subject to return £100-150
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Fashion, etc. Petit Courrier des Dames, 77 hand-coloured engraved plates only, later half calf, 8vo, Paris, 1835; and a volume of Ackermann's Repository, 1809, sold not subject to return (2) £40-60
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Fine Bindings. 24 volumes, mostly literature and history, contemporary calf and half calf, largely nineteenth-century, 4to and 8vo (24) £100-150
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Fine Bindings. 17 volumes, mostly literature, contemporary morocco and calf gilt, 12mo, [c.1840] £50-80
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Fine Bindings, 42 volumes, mostly literature and history, the majority late nineteenth century, half and full calf and morocco gilt, v.s. (42) £100-200
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Fine Bindings, 45 volumes, mostly literature and history, many in French, full and half calf gilt, v.s. (45) £70-90
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Fortescue, J.W. A History of the British Army, 13 volumes in 14, plus 6 volumes of maps, together 20 volumes, mixed edition, folding maps and plans, contemporary blue half morocco by Bumpus, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co, 1910-1930 £250-300
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Foster, John. Pedigrees of the County Families of England, volume 1 only (Lancashire), folding tables, publisher's original cloth, neatly rebacked, 4to, London: Head, Hole and Co., 1873; and 14 others, peerage and pedigrees, v.s. (15) £30-50
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Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 volumes, half-titles, 229 lithographed plates, some spotting, contemporary red full morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1892 £70-90
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French history and literature, 64 volumes, mostly 18th century, many rebound, v.s. (64) £50-100
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[Fry, John] The Case of Marriages between near kindred particularly considered, second edition, half-title, some light staining to margins of first and last few leaves, contemporary half calf, worn, 8vo, London: B. White, 1773 £50-80
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Gibson, Edmund. Chronicon Saxonicum. Ex Mss Codicibus, engraved title vignette, folding engraved map, somewhat browned and spotted, modern cloth, 4to, Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1692; Turnbull, George. Three Dissertations, two engraved plates, some staining, modern calf-backed boards, 4to, London: R. Dodsley, 1740; and 5 others, all with bookplates of the Bath Public Reference Library, v.s. (7) £50-80
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Gould, Robert Freke. The History of Freemasonry, 3 volumes, 18 chromo-lithographed plates, 2 engraved portraits, 5 uncoloured plates, all with tissue guards, some light spotting, original publisher's cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, [c.1900] £100-150
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Knight, Charles, editor. The Penny Encyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 29 volumes, including supplement, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half calf, volume 8 with upper hinge cracked, spines gilt, 4to, London: Charles Knight, [n.d.] £100-150
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Leake, J.C. and H. M. McCance. The Regimental Records of the Royal Scots, half-title, plates, some coloured, publisher's full calf, rubbed, 4to, Dublin: Alexander Thom and Co., Ltd., 1915; Crombie, Benjamin W. Modern Athenians, one of 1040 copies, hand-coloured plates, publisher's original morocco-backed boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1882 (2) £50-80
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Leather Bindings. 35 volumes, mostly literature and history, contemporary calf and half calf, some worn, v.s. (35) £70-90
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Illustrated London News, volumes 1, 2, 4, 6, 80 and 81, numerous illustrations, original cloth gilt, folio, London: William Little, 1843-1882, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (8) £100-150
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La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables... illustrees par J.J. Grandville, 2 volumes, nouvelle edition, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt by H. Bull Devizes, with his ticket, rubbed, bookplate of G.H. Walker Heneage, 8vo, Paris: H. Fournier, 1839; and 3 others (5) £50-80
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Lodge, Edmund. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, 12 volumes, 240 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, 4to, London: Harding and Lepard, 1835 £100-150
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Maclaren, Joseph, editor. Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 volumes, half-titles, engraved titles, 144 engraved plates, some spotting, later brown half morocco gilt by Hatchards, rubbed, top edge gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh: Thomas E Jack, [c.1840] £50-80
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Midon, Francis. The History of the Rise and Fall of Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples, first edition, engraved frontispiece, somewhat waterstained, some spotting and occasional waterstaining throughout, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, 8vo, London: C. Davis, 1729 £50-80
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Miln, James. Excavations at Carnac (Brittany), first edition, plates, 8 chromolithographed, folding plan, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, library stamps throughout, 4to, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1877; and 2 others, 8vo (3) £50-70
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Millais, John Everett. The Life and Letters, 2 volumes, first edition, plates, some spotting, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 4to, London: Methuen & Co., 1899; Henley, W.E. The Works, 7 volumes, original buckram gilt, 8vo, London: David Nutt, 1908; and 8 others, v.s. (17) £50-80
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Mottley, John. The History of the Life of Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 3 volumes, 12 [?of 14] engraved plates and maps, some folding, one torn, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, London: J. Read, 1739; Vertot, Rene Aubert de. The History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, 5 volumes, some browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo, Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1757 (8) £40-60
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Napier, William F. P. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, 6 volumes, first edition, 55 engraved maps, some browning, contemporary half roan, rubbed with some surface loss, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1828-1840 £70-90
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Roberts, F. S. Forty-One Years in India, 2 volumes, plates, plans, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Bumpus, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Richard Bentley, 1897; Henderson, G.F.R. Stonewall Jackson, 2 volumes, new impression, contemporary red half morcco by Bumpus, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Longmans, 1904; Edmonds, J.E. Military Operations [in] France and Belgium 1914-1915, 8 volumes, including map folios, original cloth, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co., 1925-27; and 6 others, similar (18) £100-150
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Royaumont, Sieur De. The History of the Old and New Testament, second edition, 240 full-page engravings after J. Kip, 5 folding maps, some spotting, contemporary red full morocco, tooled elaborately gilt, extremities rubbed with loss, joints slightly cracked, folio, London: Richard Blome, 1701 £200-300
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Ralegh, Walter. Three Discourses..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2pp. of advertisements at end, a few marginal annotations, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo, London: Benjamin Barker, 1702 [1701]; Burchett, Josiah. Memoirs of Transactions at Sea during the War with France, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo, London: John Nutt, 1703; and 6 others, similar, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo (8) £100-150
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