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Jane Austen
£60.00

Sense and Sensibility

Fiction
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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. London.
BINDINGNavy blue leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, and embossed borders. Mauve ribbon marker. With a cloth covered card slipcase. 
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are fairly well preserved, with some mostly faint scratches and dents. Some browning and a couple of small stains...

Wilfrid Blunt and William T. Stearn
£20.00

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little worn and faded at edges. Hinges slightly weak but binding secure. Some browning to endpapers and block edges, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Previous owner's name in ink on flyleaf. 
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William Blasius
£24.00

Storms: Their Classification, Nature and Laws

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERPorter & Coates, Philadelphia.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with scuffing at edges, corners bumped. Several fairly faint marks and a small tear to the cloth on front. The endpapers and the back of the frontispiece fold out...

Justin H. Smith, Editor
£28.00

The Historie Booke: A Tale of Two Worlds and Five Centuries, 1537, 1638, 1903

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERThe Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (privately printed)
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt block edges. Endpapers have a pattern of crests. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition commensurate with age. Scuffing around edges, corners bumped and some fraying at ends of spine....

John Pope-Hennessy
£15.00

Sassetta

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound tan paper covered boards with blue cloth over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONA little general wear and scuffing to edges of boards. Slight foxing and browning to block edges and outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
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Bettina Ehrlich
£70.00

Cocolo

Children
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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering and donkey design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edged and generally faded and discoloured. Foxing marks, as well as some in pencil and paint. Binding feels secure. Front endpapers have further marks in what looks like brown paint...

Phil Strong, Kurt Weise
£18.00

Honk the Moose

Children
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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrap & Co.
BINDINGIllustrated boards with cloth tape over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, commensurate with age. Some scratches and marks, ends of spine a little frayed. Colours remain bright. Slight browning, but printed pages and images are largely clear with few noticeable...

Anne Michaels, John Berger
£15.00

Railtracks

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERGo Together Press
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to very edges of covers, a couple of small marks on back. Printed pages and images are clear and unmarked. Little handled. 
DUST JACKETPreserved in clear archival pouch.
EDITION2011.
DESCRIPTIONTakes the form of a...

The Great Western Railway
£15.00

Souvenir of The Great Western Railway

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERThe Great Western Railway.
BINDINGSoft card covers, bound with blue ribbon.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with some fading and discolouration. The ribbon binding is very frayed and faded on the outside knot, but the colour is well preserved in the middle pages and feels reasonably secure. Foxing...

The Great Western Railway
£25.00

The Great Western Railway of England, 1837 - 1927

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERThe Great Western Railway.
BINDINGCard covered pamphlet bound with cord.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact but covers are in worn condition and foxed. The printed pages, images, fold out plan and map remain very well preserved for age, clear and little marked. Name written on back cover.
DUST JACKETNo.
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Francis Bacon and Samuel Johnson
£30.00

Essays, and The History of Rasselas (two volumes)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERJohn Sharpe, London.
BINDINGGreen leather boards with gilt decoration and littering, banded spines. Gilt block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONWell preserved for age, with some general shelf wear and scuffing. Bindings feel quite tight and secure, although the title page of vol. I is loose. Slight browning, but printed pages...

Walter Pater
£35.00

Imaginary Portraits and Gaston de Latour

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. Limited.
BINDINGHalf bound "Morrell" binding. Green cloth boards with green leather corners and spine. Banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt top edge. Lovely marbled endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear and scuffing at edges. Small tear at top of spine, which...

Thomas de Quincy, David Masson (Editor)
£30.00

Select Essays of Thomas de Quincy (two volumes)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERAdam & Charles Black, Edinburgh.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have some general shelf wear especially around spines, which are quite faded. Some browning and foxing is mainly confined to outer leaves. Printed pages remain largely clear...

Joseph S. Harris
£30.00

Harris and Smith: Collateral Ancestry

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERJoseph S. Harris, Philadelphia. George F. Lasher, Printer.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. A little general shelf wear to boards, a faint scuffed patch on front cover. Corners slightly bumped. Printed pages remain clear with very few noticeable marks. Small previous...

Siegfried Sassoon
£1,200.00

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (signed copy, limited edition)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERFaber & Faber Limited.
BINDINGIllustrated paper covered boards, with dust jacket, in an illustrated card slipcase. Gilt top block edge. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have a little wear to edges. Binding secure. Uneven opened page edges. Printed pages and images remain clear and...

(no attribution)
£150.00

Isle of Wight, Dover, Deal, Walmer etc. (engravings)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERNo publishers name given.
BINDINGQuarter bound green cloth boards and green leather spine with gilt and embossed banding design and lighter green title patch.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear to edges, corners bumped. leather spine is scuffed. Binding is secure. Possible water stain along front hinge, on...

Raymond V. Turley
£30.00

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Bibliographies: Selected Nineteenth Century Sources

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERSouthampton University Library; Barry Shurlock Publishers, Winchester.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just a few signs of shelf wear to edges of boards. Printed pages and facsimile images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1975, limited edition of 250 copies.
DESCRIPTIONA comprehensive...

E. du Boulay
£250.00

Bembridge Past and Present (first edition 1911)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERThe Observer Press, Ryde.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition, commensurate with age. The spine is very faded, weakened and partially detached. Rear hinge is split and binding weak, although all pages remain present and attached. Some foxing throughout, outer leaves are...

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