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SEAGO, Edward (illustrator). - Lilas Rider HAGGARD (editor). I Walked By NightÉ written by Himself. London: Ivor Nicholson &

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SEAGO, Edward (illustrator). - Lilas Rider HAGGARD (editor). I Walked By NightÉ written by Himself. London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd., 1935. First edition, 4to (230 x 173mm.) Title printed in red and black, colour frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations, extra illustrated with two pen and ink sketches above an inscription 'To Jock, Wishing him good luck and happiness from his friend Ted - October. 8. 1935'. (Some light browning.) Original cloth (some soiling, spine darkened).

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POTTER, Beatrix. The Story of Miss Moppet. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. Concertina foldout (109 x 2660mm.

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POTTER, Beatrix. The Story of Miss Moppet. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. Concertina foldout (109 x 2660mm.) Title mounted as front pastedown, 14 full-page coloured illustrations after Potter. (Some light soiling, torn to some folds without loss, occasional light creases.) Original grey cloth wallet-style binding, with coloured shaped illustration mounted on upper cover (extremities slightly soiled, damage to flap) ?First edition. Quinby 11.

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Abel Chatman, The Borders and Beyond: Artic, Cheviot and Tropic, with coloured plates by Riddel and sketches, the clothbound

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Abel Chatman, The Borders and Beyond: Artic, Cheviot and Tropic, with coloured plates by Riddel and sketches, the clothbound first edition published by Gurney & Jackson in 1924, signed by the author and dedicated to his gamekeeper at Hauxty.

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Jackie Milburn, Golden Goals, signed first edition, the biographical volume published in 1957, clothbound with illustrations

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Jackie Milburn, Golden Goals, signed first edition, the biographical volume published in 1957, clothbound with illustrations.

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A History of the Wars of the French Revolution, by Edward Baines, two leather bound volumes published in 1817 with gilt tool

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A History of the Wars of the French Revolution, by Edward Baines, two leather bound volumes published in 1817 with gilt tooling, having maps and plates throughout, first edition. (2)

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William Whewell - HISTORY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES - volume two only, first edition, John Parker, London, 1837, 8vo, in gilt decorated full leather; together with - Dionysius Lardner - THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & ART - volumes I/II, III/IV, IX/X, and XI/XII (8 volumes in four bindings), Walton & Maberly, London, 1854 & 1856, in gilt decorated part leather; and 3 other related books (8).

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Horace J. Wright & Walter P. Wright - BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND HOW TO GROW THEM - two volume set, first edition, T.C. & E.C. Jack, London and Edinburgh, 1909, 10.6 by 8.1ins., in gilt decorated green cloth; together with - Walter P. Wright - CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF GARDENING - two volume set, Cassell, 1910, 10 by 7.5ins., in gilt decorated green cloth; and 14 other books (18).

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Hagen Walter The Walter Hagen story by the Haig himself as told to Margaret Seaton Heck. New York: Simon and Schuster 1956.

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Hagen Walter The Walter Hagen story by the Haig himself as told to Margaret Seaton Heck. New York: Simon and Schuster 1956. First edition 8vo. plates original cloth dustwrapper very slight wear to the head and tail of wrapper and tear at the upper inner edge but with no loss with a presentation inscription from Hagen on the front free endpaper Note: A golf legend who won the U.S. Open twice and almost every PGA Championship throughout the 1920's he called the then Prince of Wales his personal friend was presented to Emperors Kings and more and lived a very active life.

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Hunter Robert The Links. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. First edition 8vo frontispiece illustrated original green c

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Hunter Robert The Links. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. First edition 8vo frontispiece illustrated original green cloth some slight rubbing to edges interior clean

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Hutchinson Horace G. The golfing pilgrim on many links. London: Methuen 1898. First edition 8vo. later cloth rebinding part

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Hutchinson Horace G. The golfing pilgrim on many links. London: Methuen 1898. First edition 8vo. later cloth rebinding part of the original binding retained endpapers renewed

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Johnston Alastair & Johnston James F. The chronicles of golf: 1457 to 1857. Cleveland (Ohio): Alastair J. Johnston 1993. Fir

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Johnston Alastair & Johnston James F. The chronicles of golf: 1457 to 1857. Cleveland (Ohio): Alastair J. Johnston 1993. First edition 4to. plates (including colour) original quarter cloth paper boards dustrwrapper slipcase no 735 of an edition limited to 900 copies and signed by the authors

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Keene Francis Bowler Lyrics of the links: poetry sentiment and humour of golf. London: Cecil Palmer 1923. First edition smal

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Keene Francis Bowler Lyrics of the links: poetry sentiment and humour of golf. London: Cecil Palmer 1923. First edition small 8vo. original decorative cloth dustwrapper small water stain on the wrapper verse inscription from the author on the front free endpaper dated Rome Oct. 28 1924

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Park Willie The art of putting. Edinburgh: Gray 1920. First edition 8vo. plates original green cloth t.e.g. others uncut pre

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Park Willie The art of putting. Edinburgh: Gray 1920. First edition 8vo. plates original green cloth t.e.g. others uncut previous ownership signature on inside front pastedown

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Park William Jun. The game of golf. London: Longmans Green 1896. First edition 8vo. illus. plates original green pictorial c

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Park William Jun. The game of golf. London: Longmans Green 1896. First edition 8vo. illus. plates original green pictorial cloth very slight wear to head and tailslight internal cracking

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Simpson Sir Walter G. The art of golf. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1887. First edition engraved vignette on the titlepage photo

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Simpson Sir Walter G. The art of golf. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1887. First edition engraved vignette on the titlepage photographic plates original quarter roan printed paper boards t.e.g. others uncut spine worn and rubbed boards a little dusty some slight internal spotting Note: It is the first book to illustrate the golf swing with photographs. The photographs truly represent the styles of the fine players who stood for them including Old Tom Morris.

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Taylor J.H. Taylor on golf: impressions comments and hints. New York: D. Appleton 1902. First American edition frontis. plat

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Taylor J.H. Taylor on golf: impressions comments and hints. New York: D. Appleton 1902. First American edition frontis. plates original green pictorial cloth edges a little rubbed some slight paper discolouration inner joints cracking

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Thomas Jr. George Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press 1927. Fir

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Thomas Jr. George Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press 1927. First edition 8vo illustrated original decorative black cloth some slight rubbing to edges some foxing to half title

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Tolley Cyril J.H. The modern golfer. New York: Knopf 1924. First edition. 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original green c

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Tolley Cyril J.H. The modern golfer. New York: Knopf 1924. First edition. 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original green cloth fore-edges uncut corners bumped dustwrapper partly preserved but with edges frayed with a presentation inscription to Frank Byers from the author on the front free endpaper Note: Cyril Tolley was a leading amateur player in the 1920s. He won the British Amateur in 1920 and in 1929 at Royal St. Georges. He also won the French Open in 1924 and 1928. He was defeated by Bobby Jones on the 37th hole of the 1930 British Amateur the first leg of Jones' Grand Slam that year. The book is largely instructional but also devotes several chapters to golf courses his career and his experiences in America.

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Uzzell Thomas Golf in the World's Oldest Mountains. Quebec: The Manoir Richelieu [1926]. First edition 4to illustrated decor

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Uzzell Thomas Golf in the World's Oldest Mountains. Quebec: The Manoir Richelieu [1926]. First edition 4to illustrated decortaive endpapers original pictorial boards some staining rubbed at edges occasional foxing

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Wood Harry B. Golfing Curios and 'The Like'. London: Sherrat & Hughes 1910. First edition 8vo. frontispiece illustrated thro

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Wood Harry B. Golfing Curios and 'The Like'. London: Sherrat & Hughes 1910. First edition 8vo. frontispiece illustrated throughout with appendix 'Bibliography of Golf' lacking spinesmall stain to front cover edges rubbed extensive foxing to parts throughout the book pencil marks to back pages

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Smith Charles The Aberdeen Golfers. Ellesborough Press London 1982 facsimile of the 1909 edition 8vo illustrated No. 112 of 200 copies signed by J.S.R. Cruickshank former Captain of The Royal Aberdeen Golf Club full green morocco gilt glt stamp on upper board a.e.g. slipcase; Dow James Gordon The Crail Golfing Society 1786-1936: Being the History of an 18th Century Golf Club in the East Neuk of Fife. Golf Monthly Edinburgh [1986] 8vo facsimile of 1936 first edition foreword by Provost W. Norman Boase full red cloth gilt [together with] Macdonald John The Crail Golfing Society 1936-1986. University Printing St. Andrews 1986 first edition 8vo foreword by H.C. Maclaine full red cloth both together in a slipcase; Lee James P. Golf in America: A Practical Manual. USA: USGA Far Hills New Jersey 1986 8vo facsimile edition preface by Frank Hannigan introduction by Steve Melnyk illus. full yellow cloth gilt slipcase (4)

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Greenwood George Golf (Foulsham's sports library no 3). London: Foulsham [1926] small 8vo signed by the author original gree

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Greenwood George Golf (Foulsham's sports library no 3). London: Foulsham [1926] small 8vo signed by the author original green paper covers front endpaper torn 4cm by 1cm removed; Schon Leslie. The psychology of golf. Boston: Small Maynard 1923 First US edition 8vo original green cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges interior clean; Lawless Peter (ed). The golfer's companion. London: 1938 second edition 8vo illustrated by Harry Rountree original green cloth dustwrapper chipped and torn and 2 others (5)

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Darwin Bernard John Gully and his times. London: Cassell 1935. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original clot

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Darwin Bernard John Gully and his times. London: Cassell 1935. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth dustwrapper; Wodehouse P.G. The clicking of Cuthbert. London: Herbert Jenkins 1922. First edition 2nd issue with ten titles on the verso of the half-title original green cloth edges worn corners bumped lower inner joint split; Taylor Bert Leston. A line o' gowf or two. New York: Knopf 1923. First edition portrait frontispiece original cloth edges worn; Moran Frank. Golfers' gallery. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1946. First edition 8vo. frontispiece plates original cloth [4]

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Antiques and Art Reference Pinto Edward & Eva Tunbridge and Scottish souvenir woodware. London 1970 8vo illustrated original

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Antiques and Art Reference Pinto Edward & Eva Tunbridge and Scottish souvenir woodware. London 1970 8vo illustrated original brown cloth gilt dustwrapper chipped at edges; McVeigh Patrick Scottish East Coast potteries 1750-1840. Edinburgh 1979. First edition 8vo signed by author receipt from author enclosed original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper slight chipping to edges; Arwas Victor Art Deco. London 1982 4to original cloth gilt dustwrapper good condition and 48 others (51)

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Bell Scott William William Blake etchings from his works. London: Chatto and Windus 1878 4to 8 etchings [lacking two] origin

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Bell Scott William William Blake etchings from his works. London: Chatto and Windus 1878 4to 8 etchings [lacking two] original boards water damaged staining throughout gutter percha perished; Hussey C. Tait McKenzie. Philadelphia 1930. First edition 4to photographic plates original green cloth gilt corners bumped some foxing; Bury Adrian Shadow of Eros. London: Dropmore Press 1952 8vo number 28 of 53 specially bound and signed by the author original full morocco gilt a fine copy (3)

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Howarth Thomas Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement. London 1952 8vo illustrated or

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Howarth Thomas Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement. London 1952 8vo illustrated original orange cloth gilt interior clean [with] loosely inserted Als from Murial Davidson to Miss Dewar dated 9th December 1952 from 41 Chapel Street Rutherglen; Billcliffe Roger Mackintosh Watercolours. London 1978 4to illustrated original cloth dustwrapper some chipping to edges; Alison Filippo Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a designer of chairs. London 1974. First English edition 8vo illustrated original paper covers interior clean; Macleod Robert Charles Rennie Mackintosh. London 1968 8vo illustrated original cloth dustwrapper; Ibid Charles Rennie Mackintosh Architect and Artist. London 1990 large 8vo illustrated dustwrapper and 7 others on the artist (12)

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Thurah Laurids de Den danske Vitruvius. Copenhagen 1746. First edition folio two volumes title and text in Danish French and

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Thurah Laurids de Den danske Vitruvius. Copenhagen 1746. First edition folio two volumes title and text in Danish French and German engraved frontispiece 181 plates contemporary calf gilt worn section of backstrip on volume 2 lacking corners bumped some staining to interior some repairs to plates Note: BM

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Cary J New map of England and Wales with part of Scotland... London: J Cary 1794. First edition 4to 78 full page sectional m

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Cary J New map of England and Wales with part of Scotland... London: J Cary 1794. First edition 4to 78 full page sectional maps hand coloured including gazetteer and list of subscribers contemporary calf gilt rebacked new endpapers offsetting 3.5cm long by 1cm wide section lacking from margin of map 25 [no loss to image] Provenance: From the collection of J.G. Bartholomew map publisher.

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Scale Bernard An Hibernian Atlas or general description of the Kingdom of Ireland... London: Printed for Robert Sayer and Jo

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Scale Bernard An Hibernian Atlas or general description of the Kingdom of Ireland... London: Printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennet 1776. First edition 4to engraved vignette title and dedication 37 maps hand coloured contemporary calf gilt board loose backstrip split interior clean Provenance: From the collection of John G. Bartholomew map publisher. Note: BM Chubb p.409-410.

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Alcohol - Dubuisson L'Art du distillateur et marchand de liquers avec un mémoire sur les acides natifs du Verjus de l'Orange

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Alcohol - Dubuisson L'Art du distillateur et marchand de liquers avec un mémoire sur les acides natifs du Verjus de l'Orange & du Citron. Paris: Nyon l'aîné & fils 1788. Second edition 2 volumes 8vo half-titles contemporary calf spines gilt [Vicaire p.292] extremities worn; Le Pileur d'Appligny M. Instructions sur l'art de faire la biere. Paris: Serviere 1783 first edition 12mo original wrappers uncut worn neatly rebacked (3)

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Chaptal Jean-Antoine L'art de faire gouverner et perfectionner les vins. Paris: Delalain de l'imprimerie de Marchant 1801 8v

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Chaptal Jean-Antoine L'art de faire gouverner et perfectionner les vins. Paris: Delalain de l'imprimerie de Marchant 1801 8vo (194 x 123mm.) modern morocco-backed boards early wrapper with printer's waste bound in Note: First edition of Chaptal's first major treatise on wine-making. This is the first issue as it also has "de l'imprimerie de Marchant" in the imprint. Oberlé 949; cf. Vicaire col.164 (Second edition of 1819)

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Chaptal Jean-Antoine Francois Rozier and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Traité théorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne

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Chaptal Jean-Antoine Francois Rozier and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Traité théorique et pratique sur la culture de la vigne avec l'art de faire le vin les eaux-de-vie esprit-de-vin... Tome premier (-second). Paris: Delalain 1801. First edition 2 volumes 8vo (215 x 140mm.) engraved plates paper wrappers uncut occasional slight staining wrappers worn Note: Cagle 132

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Fish seafood and fishing - Philpots John R Oysters and all about them. London: J. Richardson 1891. First edition 8vo 2 volum

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Fish seafood and fishing - Philpots John R Oysters and all about them. London: J. Richardson 1891. First edition 8vo 2 volumes original cloth lightly marked; House of Commons. Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the methods of oyster culture in the United Kingdom and France. Dublin: A. Thom 1870 8vo 10 folding coloured plates and plans original wrappers lightly spotted one plan loose; Benham W.G. Colchester Oyster Feast. Colchester: Essex County Standard 1902 4to illustrations half roan spine worn and crudely repaired; Robinson J. The Whole Art of Curing Pickling and Smoking Meat and Fish. London: Longman [& others] 12mo original cloth early inscription on title and endpaper rubbed; The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869. New Bedford: Taber Bros. 1869 8vo 7 leaves of illustrations original cloth head and tail of spine worn hinges wear with 9 others (15)

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[Folz Hans] Wem der Gebrandt Wein nutz sey oder schad und wie er gerecht oder fälschlich gemacht sey. [Augsburg?] 1559 4to (

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[Folz Hans] Wem der Gebrandt Wein nutz sey oder schad und wie er gerecht oder fälschlich gemacht sey. [Augsburg?] 1559 4to (173 x 121mm.) 4 ll. woodcut on title of a couple harvesting grain modern vellum-backed boards foot of each page cropped with some loss of last line repairs in text of first 2 leaves with very slight loss a few small wormholes and light staining Note: An apparently unique copy of an unrecorded edition of this poem about brandy. Folz a surgeon and barber in Nuremberg was the author of several poems (many to do with public health) farces and plays; he also worked as a printer. The assignment of this edition to Augsburg is based on the woodcut which is either a copy or a reworking of a block which was once owned by the printer Heinrich Steiner who had gone bankrupt in 1547.

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Gilliers Joseph. Le cannaméliste français. Nancy: J.B.H. Leclerc et à Paris chez Merlin 1768. Second edition 4to (254 x 200m

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Gilliers Joseph. Le cannaméliste français. Nancy: J.B.H. Leclerc et à Paris chez Merlin 1768. Second edition 4to (254 x 200mm.) engraved armorial head-piece to dedication 13 folding engraved plates nineteenth-century marbled paper boards first gathering on guards some spotting and staining repairs to lower margins of first few leaves a few repairs in plates repaired Note: Vicaire 405; Oberlé 122; Simon BG 759 (variant issue); Berlin Catalogue 115.

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Husbandry - Lisle Edward Observations in Husbandry. London: J. Hughs 1757. Second edition 8vo 2 volumes engraved folding por

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Husbandry - Lisle Edward Observations in Husbandry. London: J. Hughs 1757. Second edition 8vo 2 volumes engraved folding portrait contemporary calf very slight worming in margin of volume 1; Houghton John. Husbandry and Trade Improv'd... revised by Richard Bradley. London: Woodman and Lyon 1727 8vo 3 volumes titles printed in red and black contemporary calf bookplates of André Simon slightly rubbed; [Le Lorrain de Vallemont Pierre] Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening. London: D. Brown A. Roper and Franc. Coggan 1707 8vo engraved frontispiece and 11 plates contemporary calf slight staining in upper margin and spotting slightly rubbed; Cowell John. The Curious and Profitable Gardener. London: Richard Montagu 1730. First edition 8vo folding engraved plate contemporary calf rubbed neat repair to head and tail of spine; Thorley John. Melissologia or the Female Monarchy... of Bees. London: for the Author 1744. First edition 8vo engraved frontispiece and 4 plates one folding contemporary calf slight offsetting to plates worn upper cover almost detached; Moore J. England's Interest: or the Gentleman and Farmer's Friend. London: A. Bettesworth 1721 12mo advertisement leaf at end modern calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe inscription of collection Strassburger on front endpaper and 2 others (11)

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Papin Denis La manière d'amolir les os et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en peu de temps et à peu de frais... Nouve

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Papin Denis La manière d'amolir les os et de faire cuire toutes sortes de viandes en peu de temps et à peu de frais... Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée d'une seconde partie. Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes 1688 2 parts in one volume 12mo (166 x 103mm.) 4 folding engraved plates paper wrappers uncut morocco chemise and slipcase. a few small repairs in margins Note: This edition contains the first French edition of the second part Continuation du Digesteur... Contenant les perfections qu'on y a ajoutées... avec plusieurs nouvelles utilitez de la machine du vuide. Eprouvées tant en Angleterre qu'en Italie which had been published in English the previous year. The present edition also contains two additional plates which accompany the second part. The preliminary material to the second part includes an alphabetical list of the members of the Royal Society in 1688. Vicaire 652-53; Witteveen 4897; Krivatsy 8546

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le maïs ou blé de Turquie apprécié sous tous ses rapports... Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée.

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le maïs ou blé de Turquie apprécié sous tous ses rapports... Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. Paris: Imprimerie impériale 1812 half-title [Oberlé 816]; Neufchâteau François de comte. Supplément au mémoire de M. Parmentier sur le maïs (ou plutot maïz). Paris: Madame Huzard 1817. First edition 2 works in one volume 8vo (196 x 122mm.) modern calf-backed boards some spotting Note: Second enlarged edition of Parmentier's work on maize published for the market as the first edition had been so scarce.

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Mémoire sur les avantages que la province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses grains considérés sou

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Mémoire sur les avantages que la province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses grains considérés sous leurs différens rapports avec l'agriculture le commerce la meunière et la boulangerie. Paris: imprimerie des Etats de Languedoc sous la direction de P.F. Didot jeune 1786. First edition 4to (255 x 194mm.) half-title 10 folding engraved plates contemporary calf-backed boards short tears in most plates slight worming in some inner margins some light spotting boards worn at corners Note: Goldsmiths 13164; Kress B.1106

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le parfait boulanger. Paris: Imprimerie royale 1778. First edition 8vo (195 x 125mm.) contempora

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin Le parfait boulanger. Paris: Imprimerie royale 1778. First edition 8vo (195 x 125mm.) contemporary mottled calf spine gilt in compartments light browning in margins occasional spotting binding repaired at corners spine chipped at head Note: Vicaire 656; Oberlé 813

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin L'Art de faire les eaux-de-vie d'après la doctrine de Chaptal... suivi de l'art de faire les vin

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Parmentier Antoine-Augustin L'Art de faire les eaux-de-vie d'après la doctrine de Chaptal... suivi de l'art de faire les vinaigres simples et composés. Paris: Delalain fils 1805 8vo half-title 5 engraved plates one folding table [cf. Vicaire 657 & Cagle 371] contemporary calf worming in some inner margins rebacked; Ibid. Traité sur l'art de fabriquer les sirops et les conserves de raisins destinés à suppléer le sucre des colonies dans les principaux usages de l'économie domestique... Troisième édition revue corrigée et augmentée. Paris: Méquignon aîné 1810 8vo modern calf-backed boards uncut [Oberlé 835; Vicaire 658; Cagle 377] lacking half-title; Ibid. Nouvel aperçu des résultats obtenus de la fabrication des sirops et conserves de raisins dans le cours de l'année 1812. Paris: Imprimerie impériale 1813. First edition 8vo half-title 4 folding engraved plates of distilling equipment contemporary calf-backed boards [Simon BG 1134; Cagle 373] tear in one plate binding somewhat worn (3) Note: Parmentier's Traité sur l'art de fabriquer les sirops first published in 1808 under the title Instruction sur les moyens de suppléer le sucre was written in response the emperor's request for an alternative to sugar from the colonies which was now being blockaded. Parmentier proposed the use of sugar from grapes to sweeten coffee tea and chocolate and the work contains many recipes. The Nouvel aperçu followed the Aperçu des résultats... dans le cours des années 1810 et 1811 which was published in 1812. The Art de faire les eaux-de-vie was first published in 1801.

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Spinniker Adriaan Leerzaame zinnebeelden... Tweede druk. Haarlem: Christoph Henrich Bohn 1756 half-title engraved frontispie

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Spinniker Adriaan Leerzaame zinnebeelden... Tweede druk. Haarlem: Christoph Henrich Bohn 1756 half-title engraved frontispiece engraved device on title-page engraved illustrations; Ibid. Vervolg der leerzaame zinnebeelden... Haarlem: Jan Bosch 1758. First edition engraved frontispiece engraved device on title-page engraved illustrations and 4 engraved plates 2 works in one volume 4to (191 x 152mm.) contemporary calf spine gilt in compartments red morocco lettering-piece Note: The first work was originally published in 1714 and again in 1757 by Jan Bosch. Neither Praz nor Landwehr list the present edition. Landwehr 759-760; Praz p.157

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Villena Enrique de Aragón Marqués de Arte cisoria o tratado del arte del cortar del cuchillo. Madrid: Antonio Marin 1766. Fi

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Villena Enrique de Aragón Marqués de Arte cisoria o tratado del arte del cortar del cuchillo. Madrid: Antonio Marin 1766. First edition 4to (191 x 139mm.) title within typographical border each page within a double-ruled border woodcut illustrations initials head- and tailpieces contemporary limp vellum a few leaves lightly spotted inner hinges split; Ibid Arte cisoria. Madrid/ Barcelona 1879 8vo pp. lxxxvi 315 viii portrait frontispiece woodcut title contemporary quarter calf gilt rubbed sunned (2) Note: The first book in Castilian about table etiquette written in the fifteenth century but not published until 1766. It was printed from a manuscript in the Escorial with no attempt at modernisation of the text or punctuation. The work is prefaced with a short life of Villena. Included in this lot is a copy of the reprint of 1879. Vicaire 864; Simon BG 1578; Oberlé 557; Palau 369452

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Wine making works in English - Phin John Open Air Grape Culture. New York: C.M. Saxton 1862. First edition presentation copy

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Wine making works in English - Phin John Open Air Grape Culture. New York: C.M. Saxton 1862. First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author 8vo illustrations original cloth slightly spotted spine lightly marked; Thomson William. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood 1862. Second edition 8vo illustrations original cloth inscribed G. Hargreaves 1863 at head of title; Vizetelly Henry. Facts about Champagne and other Sparkling Wines. London: Ward Lock & Co. 1879. First edition 8vo plates illustrations original pictorial cloth; The Art and Mystery of British Wines Cider and Perry Cordials and Liqueurs. London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition 8vo half-title original cloth inscription of C. Batchelor on endpaper and small stamp on title; Symonds J.A. Wine Women and Song. London: Chatto and Windus 1884 First edition one of 50 large paper copies original parchment-backed boards uncut rather rubbed and soiled; Roos L. Wine-Making in Hot Climates. Melbourne: Department of Agriculture 1900 First English edition 8vo illustrations original cloth; Husman George. American Grape Growing and Wine Making. New York: Orange Judd 1892 8vo original purple cloth gilt spine faded covers slightly discoloured; Ellis John. A Reply to "The Academy's" Review of the "The Wine Question in the light of the new dispensation". New York: by the author 1883 8vo original green cloth gilt very slightly rubbed at head of spine with 20 others (28)

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Anderson John Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton with genealogical memoirs of the several branches

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Anderson John Historical and genealogical memoirs of the House of Hamilton with genealogical memoirs of the several branches of the family [with] Supplement [with] Memoirs of the House of Hamilton corrected with an addition. Edinburgh: Anderson 1825-28. First edition 4to. 3 parts in one volume engraved frontispiece engraved facsimile plate with list of subscribers after the first part contemporary half green morocco cloth boards t.e.g. joints and edges a little rubbed title-page slightly spotted lacking the dedication to Alexander 10th Duke of Hamilton. Note: Ferguson p. 77

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Burcardus von Biberach. Chronicon abbatis Urspergen. a Nino rege Assyriorum Magno. Augsburg: Joannes Miller 1515 first editi

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Burcardus von Biberach. Chronicon abbatis Urspergen. a Nino rege Assyriorum Magno. Augsburg: Joannes Miller 1515 first edition small folio woodcut title hand-coloured initials double column contemporary blind-stamped calf ruled with crowned and other heads and floral roll-tooled panels lacking A2-C6 title with several holes (repaired) rebacked retaining spine corners repaired Footnote: BM STC German Books 169

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Carter Matthew Honor redivivus: or the analysis of honor and armory; reprinted with many useful and necessary additions and

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Carter Matthew Honor redivivus: or the analysis of honor and armory; reprinted with many useful and necessary additions and supply'd with the names and titles of honour of the present nobility of England the bishops baronets members of Parliament &c. London: Henringman 1673. third edition 8vo. engraved frontispiece engraved title-page and 9 engraved plates woodcut illustrations in the text 19th century maroon morocco a.e.g. professional repair to the lower margin of the frontispiece a few leaves lightly stained. Note: Moule 253; Wing C 661. First published in 1655 and again in 1660 Moule attributes the plates to Gaywood and states that they are reduced copies of the figures in Milles's Catalogue of honour.

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Dallaway James Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England with explanatory observations on

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Dallaway James Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England with explanatory observations on armorial ensigns. Gloucester: B. & J. White 1793. First edition 2 parts in 1 volume 4to. 26 plates (of which 8 are hand coloured) 1 folding pedigree contemporary polished tan calf blind tooled and gilt ruled border upper board almost detached. Note: Moule 697. "The author of this elegant and erudite work has here with the pen of a Tacitus accurately defined in a most comprehensive manner the rise and progress of the science of heraldry from the earliest through the most interesting period of British history accommodating the study to modern systems." (Moule) The author also reprints the part of the celebrated "Boke of St. Albans" (1486) which relates to armorial bearings and provides a bibliography of heraldry etc. "This book is not only the first large scale history of English heraldry which attempts to relate its development to social history on the one hand and to that of art architecture and literature on the other. It is also so far surprisingly the last. " (Wagner Pedigree and progress p. 37) Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of John Bolton

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Dunbar Sir Archibald Hamilton Scottish Kings a revised chronology of Scottish history 1005-1625. Edinburgh: David Douglas 18

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Dunbar Sir Archibald Hamilton Scottish Kings a revised chronology of Scottish history 1005-1625. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1899. First edition second impression 8vo 3 volumes lined-blanks bound in black cloth gilt a.e.g. lacking 2D2-2D8 [7 leaves of index] in volume III rubbed pencil notes in margins bookplate Note: A unique 3 volume copy bound by the publisher for the author with additional lined-blanks to allow for editing prior to the publication of the second edition. Various pencil notes in the author's hand show a number revisions. Provenance: Bookplate of the author Archibald Hamilton Douglas in each volume.

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Noble Mark the Revd. A history of the College of Arms and the lives of all the kings heralds and pursuivants from the reign

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Noble Mark the Revd. A history of the College of Arms and the lives of all the kings heralds and pursuivants from the reign of Richard III until the present time. London: Egerton etc. 1805. second edition 4to. 4 engraved portrait plates contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked gilt arms on the covers water staining throughout; Godfrey Walter H. & Wagner Sir Anthony. The College of Arms Queen Victoria Street being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee. London 1963. First edition 4to. illustrated plates original cloth; College of Arms. Herald's commemorative exhibition 1484-1934 held at the College of Arms. London 1936. First edition 4to. plates full dark blue morocco arms of the College on the upper cover t.e.g. others uncut no 122 of 300; Wagner Sir Anthony. Heralds of England: a history of the office and College of Arms. London: HMSO 1967. First edition 4to. plates (including some coloured) original cloth t.e.g. dustwrapper; Campbell Louise. Catalogue of manuscripts in the College of Arms collections. Volume 1. London: College of Arms 1988. First edition 8vo. publisher's cloth dustwrapper and 2 others. (7)

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Solis y Ribadeneyra Antonio de The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. London: for T. Woodward and J. Hooke

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Solis y Ribadeneyra Antonio de The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. London: for T. Woodward and J. Hooke 1724. First English edition translated by Thomas Townsend folio portrait frontispiece 2 maps 6 plates woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn upper board loose hinges split endpapers loose burn marks along top edge some stains

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Barrie J.M. Peter and Wendy. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1911] titles printed in grey tones illustrated by F.D. Bedford orig

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Barrie J.M. Peter and Wendy. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1911] titles printed in grey tones illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt lacking dustjacket beautiful binding with clean interior throughout; Ibid A window in Thrums. London 1889. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards spotting; Ibid Margaret Ogilvy. London 1896. First English edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards some foxing; Ibid The little white bird. London 1902. First edition 8vo original blue cloth bevelled boards some foxing; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo original pink cloth gilt some fading lacking dustwrapper some foxing to edges (5)

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Barrie J.M. & Rackham A. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Second issue of first enlarged

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Barrie J.M. & Rackham A. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Second issue of first enlarged edition 4to 50 tipped in colour plates black and white illustrations in text original decorative green cloth gilt some rubbing to edges blank endpapers foxing; Ibid Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1916] 8vo 16 colour plates maps on endpapers original decorative green cloth gilt gilt stamp\of infant on upper board some bumping to edges foxing to edges; Rackham A The Allies' fairy book. London: William Heinemann [1916] 8vo. 11 [of 12] colour plates lacking frontispiece original blue cloth gilt rubbed at edges ink inscription to front endpaper endpapers browned inner hinges weak (3)

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Brunhoff Jean de The story of Babar. London 1934 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed corners b

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Brunhoff Jean de The story of Babar. London 1934 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed corners bumped inner hinge split; Ibid Babar's Travels. London 1935 4to pp.48 colour illustrations original decorative boards worn at edges inner hinge weak some foxing owner's ink inscription bookplate; Ibid Babar the King. London 1936 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed inner hinge splitting some foxing bookplate; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo illustrated original cloth gilt faded corners bumped lacking dustwrapper some foxing owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Potter Beatrix The tale of Benjamin Bunny 1904; The tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 1905; The tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 1909; The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 1910; all small 8vo rebacked boards rubbed with tape marks various ink and pencil inscriptions/ marks to interiors (8)

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Nesbit E Five children and it. London 1902 8vo illustrated by H.R. Millar origial red cloth gilt stained backstrip faded som

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Nesbit E Five children and it. London 1902 8vo illustrated by H.R. Millar origial red cloth gilt stained backstrip faded some foxing some plates loose owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Ransome Arthur The big six. London 1940. First edition 8vo illustrations in text original green cloth decorative endpapers dustwrapper chipped at edges sunned interior clean owner's ink inscription; Ibid Missee Lee. London 1941. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt decorative endpapers dustwrapper sunned chipped at head and tail of backstrip interior clean owner's ink inscription (3)

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Rackham Arthur (illus.) The ring of Niblung. London: William Heinemann Ltd 1939. First edition 4to 48 coloured plates original blue cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges some tearing to hinges decorative endpapers very occassional foxing

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Illustrated - Russel Flint W. Gilbert W.S. Savoy Operas. London 1909 32 colour plates original red cloth gilt some discolour

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Illustrated - Russel Flint W. Gilbert W.S. Savoy Operas. London 1909 32 colour plates original red cloth gilt some discolouration to backstrip some foxing; Stevens F.L. Through Merrie England. London 1928 8vo illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt t.e.g. backstrip sunned bumping to edges some pencil marks to pages 12-13; Tennyson Alfred Lord Maud. London 1922. First edition 8vo illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan 8 colour plates original decorative white cloth silver faded backstrip interior clean; Canton William A child's book of saints. London 1898 8vo illustrated by T.H. Robinson original decorative cloth hinges splitting rubbing some foxing; Bone Gertrude Of the Western Isles. London: T.N. Foulis 1925 woodcuts by Stephen Bone original decorative boards foxing and 3 others (8)

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Bracton Henry de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell 1569 first edition folio in fours 27

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Bracton Henry de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell 1569 first edition folio in fours 272 x 183mm.) woodcut initials ninteenth-century calf raised bands early inscription on title title and second leaf lightly dust-soiled Footnote: A tall clean copy of a classic work on English law. 'A formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic' and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). STC 3475. Provenance: W. Foster 1736 inscription on title The Hon. Henry Booth bookplate on *3; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow gilt stamp to upper cover

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Dalyrymple of Stair James The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Anderson 1681 first edition 3 parts in one

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Dalyrymple of Stair James The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Anderson 1681 first edition 3 parts in one volume eighteenth-century half calf title renewed in margins fore-margin of A1 and a1 renewed a few marks rebacked corners rubbed Footnote: Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland first published in 1681 was the foundation of modern Scots law.

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Skene Sir John Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawwes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1609 first editi

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Skene Sir John Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawwes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1609 first edition small folio 2 parts in one volume woodcut initials contemporary calf part 2 lacking O1-3 title strengthened occasional spotting rebacked corners rubbed; Regiam Manestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones. Edinburgh: T. Finlason 1609 first Latin edition small folio contemporary calf rebacked corners rubbed; and a copy of Neilson's Skene's Memorabilia Scotica 1923 (3)

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