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578. "An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope", by William Robertson London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; and E. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1799. Third edition, with two fold out maps, full brown leather with black leather title insert and decorated spine. Marbled end papers, with book plate from H. T. M. Kirby. Also stamped in ink on fly page previous owners name. Front board almost detached, and front cover stained. Interior very good. Appr x8-1/2" x 5-1/2". 125/175 Sold: $126.50 |
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579. Paradise Lost A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author, John Milton London: Printed for John Sharpe, Duke Street, Piccadilly; by C. and C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1822. Many steel engravings throughout. Contemporary rebinding, using the original leather spine with raised bands and gilt leather title compartment. Marbled edges and colorful paper cover boards. Interior clean and bright with some foxing. Apprx 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". 125/150 Sold: $63.25 |
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580. "Imperatoris Justiniani institutionum libri IIII. Adjecti sunt ex digestis tituli de verborum significatione et de regulis juris. Cum indice ad eosdem.", ca. 17th century Amstelodami, Apud Judocum Hondium, (Amsterdam, by Jodocus Hondius, 1456-1611), Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE, the body of writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis preserved and restated all existing Roman law. Intended for students, the Institutes is a synopsis of the reformed legal system. Rebound with leather boards and spine. Decorated title page with loses and writing in upper left.Interior very good. Apprx 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". 75/150 Sold: $80.50 |
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581. On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, octavo. First edition, black cloth with white ski lines embossed on front cover, silver embossed lettering on spine. 288 pp, dust jacket with wear, tear and discolored. First white page with blue ink inscription "Christopher Fleming", Ian's cousin. Interior clean and bright 200/400 Sold: $241.50 |
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582. "The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains To California", by Richard F. Burton London: Longman, Green, Longman, And Roberts 1861. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ex-libris of the Warrington municipal Library, with book plate and ink stamped at front and back pages. With numerous illustrations and fold out maps. Bound in grey.green cloth with gold embossed lettering on spine. Apprx 8-1/2" x 6". 300/500 Sold: $161.00 |
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583. A Lot of Illustrated Books. "Tunis, Kairouan and Carthage, described and illustrated with 48 Paintings" by Graham Petrie. London: William Heinemann, 1908. Red cloth, 251 numbered pp, color illustrations, deckled edge. Covers worn and discolored and loose hinges. Apprx 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". "The Light of Asia" by Sir Edwin Arnold. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. Limited to 3000 copies for sale in England and America, this is not numbered. Color illustrations, deckled edges, red buckram cover with decorative front cover and gilt lettered spine. 177 pp. Apprx 10-1/4" x 8". "The Fables of La Fontaine" translated from the French with twenty-five original etching by A. Delierre. London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884. Title page cut. Green cloth cover with decorative font board and gilt lettered spine. 304 pp, deckled edge. Apprx 10-3/4" x 8". 100/200 Sold: $115.00 |
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584. "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T.E.Lawrence London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Brown boards with gold titles to spine, crossed swords on front board. Illustrations in photogravure by John Swain 7 Son. Maps by Cheswick Press. Bound by A.W.Bain. Printed in Oxford at the Alden Press. 672 pp, deckled edges. Apprx 10-1/4" x 8". Covers slightly discolored hinge is loose on front cover. Ink inscription on fly paper. Interior clean and bright with foxing starting on few pages. 150/225 Sold: $212.75 |
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585. "The Virgin and the Gypsy", by D. H. Lawrence London: Martin Secker, 1930. 8vo. 191 numbered pp. Brown buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Nice tight copy. Stated "This novel lacks the author's final revision and has been printed from the manuscript exactly as it stands". Light foxing in right paper margins. Boards clean. 50/75 Sold: $97.75 |
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586. "Poems", by W. B. Yeats London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. 8 vo., 301 pp,l un-cut and deckled. Publishers original dark blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover designed by Altthea Gyles. Spine and single gilt motif on back cover. Hinges slightly weak. 200/300 Sold: $195.50 |
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587. "THE MINT-A Day-Book Of The R. A. F. Depot Between August And December 1922 With Later Notes By 352087 A/c ROSS" by T. E. Lawrence London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Stated first published 1955. Printed in Great Britain in the city of Oxford at the Alden press, papr by dickinson, bound by Bain. 206 pp, blue buckram with embossed eagle on front board and gold lettering on spine. Dust jacket has handling soils. Interior clean and bright. Apprx 10" x 7-1/2". 75/125 Sold: $63.25 |
