FINE BINDING: "Bickers & Son, Leicester Square": Four matching full treecalf

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FINE BINDING: "Bickers & Son, Leicester Square": Four matching full treecalf

"Wellington College" prize bindings, with their gilt emblem to upper covers: Oeuvres completes de MOLIERE, in 2 Vols. 798pp + 781pp; Oeuvres de Jean RACINE. 719pp; & Oeuvres de Pierre CORNEILLE. 758PP. All four volumes are published in Paris, Librairie Furne, no date, c1870, and With numerous engraved plates. All Very Good Plus. (4)

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FINE BINDING: "Bickers & Son, Leicester Square": Four matching full treecalf

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TRAVEL: A Compendious Geographical Dictionary Containing a Concise description: TRAVEL: A Compendious Geographical Dictionary Containing a Concise description of the Most Remarkable Places in Europe, Asia, Africa & America.. Peackock, 1804, 3rd. edn. With 9 folding maps, most

TRAVEL: A Compendious Geographical Dictionary Containing a Concise description

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SCOTT, Sir Walter: Nine First Editions,: SCOTT, Sir Walter: Nine First Editions, printed in Edinburgh. The first six are bound by "J Clarke" in full polished calf gilt. 1- Tales of my Landlord, third series in 4 Vols. 1819 AND The Fourth ser

SCOTT, Sir Walter: Nine First Editions,

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VELLUM BINDINGS: ROHAN (Henri, duc de): Three works in one Volume:: VELLUM BINDINGS: ROHAN (Henri, duc de): Three works in one Volume: MEMOIRES DU DUC DE ROHAN,,, 466pp; Véritable discours, 126pp; & Discours politiques, 135pp. All three dated 1646. (13.5x8

VELLUM BINDINGS: ROHAN (Henri, duc de): Three works in one Volume:

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Collection of VELLUM BOUND 17th. to 19th. Century books,: Collection of VELLUM BOUND 17th. to 19th. Century books, including: Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri quinque. Leiden, 1727, 4to. Full vellum, with gilt emblem to covers and ties.; Guarini, G B: Il Pastor

Collection of VELLUM BOUND 17th. to 19th. Century books,

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£220

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Vellum Bindings: 1- LUCRETIUS: Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri VI.: Vellum Bindings: 1- LUCRETIUS: Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri VI. Ad optimorum exemplarium veritatem exacti. Quae praeterea in hac Patavina editione accesserint, epistolae subsequentis

Vellum Bindings: 1- LUCRETIUS: Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri VI.

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£300

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LATIN/BINDING- CICERON: Oraisons choisies de Cicéron, in 3 Vols.: LATIN/BINDING- CICERON: Oraisons choisies de Cicéron, in 3 Vols. Paris, J Barbou, 1772. PP: 540; 471; & 723, (I) advert. 12mo 17x10 cm, Bound in full polished calf with gilt decoration &

LATIN/BINDING- CICERON: Oraisons choisies de Cicéron, in 3 Vols.

£120

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ZAEHNSDORF Bindings: Surtees: 4 works: Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, 1838;: ZAEHNSDORF Bindings: Surtees: 4 works: Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, 1838; Hawbuck Grange, 1847. Both with illustrations by Phiz; Plus Handley Cross, 1854, and Mr Facey Romford’s Hounds,

ZAEHNSDORF Bindings: Surtees: 4 works: Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, 1838;

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FINE "BAYNTUN, Bath" Binding- Surtees, Robert: 8 Sporting Novels:: FINE "BAYNTUN, Bath" Binding- Surtees, Robert: 8 Sporting Novels: Ask Mamma; Plain or Ringlets; Handley Cross; Mr. Romford's Hounds; & Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Hawbuck Grange; Jorrock's Jaunts

FINE "BAYNTUN, Bath" Binding- Surtees, Robert: 8 Sporting Novels:

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£260

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Fine RIVIERE Binding: Viollet Le Duc, E: Dictionnaire Raisonné Du Mobilier Français: Fine RIVIERE Binding: Viollet Le Duc, E: Dictionnaire Raisonné Du Mobilier Français De L'époque Carolingienne à La Renaissance, in 6 Vols. Paris, Morel, 1872-75. Numerous plates,

Fine RIVIERE Binding: Viollet Le Duc, E: Dictionnaire Raisonné Du Mobilier Français

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£120

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Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works,: Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works, edited by Alfred w Pollard, et al. Macmillan, 1910. Beautiful full leather binding inlaid with black, brown, green, grey

Fine Binding with Fore-Edge Painting: CHAUCER: The Globe edition of the Works,

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BINDINGS- The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters, in 7 Vols.: BINDINGS- The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters, in 7 Vols. L, Richardson, 1754. (17x10.5 cm). Cont. full calf, rubbed; Harrison, Mr: The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio

BINDINGS- The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters, in 7 Vols.

£120

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BINDINGS, Etc. including: DACIER, M; PLUTARQUE: Les Vies des Hommes illustres de Plutarque,: BINDINGS, Etc. including: DACIER, M; PLUTARQUE: Les Vies des Hommes illustres de Plutarque, 9 Vols. Paris, Pierre michel-huart, 1734, new edition with an extra volume. Cont. full mottled calf; PP568;

BINDINGS, Etc. including: DACIER, M; PLUTARQUE: Les Vies des Hommes illustres de Plutarque,

£90

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Fine Bindings- THEOLOGY, including: The Holy Bible, 2 Vols. Fisher 1846-47.: Fine Bindings- THEOLOGY, including: The Holy Bible, 2 Vols. Fisher 1846-47. With numerous engraved plates (32x25 cm); The Holy Bible, Oxford University Press, nd, ca 1890, Maps & plates, 4to.

Fine Bindings- THEOLOGY, including: The Holy Bible, 2 Vols. Fisher 1846-47.

£90

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FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Prescott: History of the conquest of MEXICO,: FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Prescott: History of the conquest of MEXICO, 1899; AND, Conquest of PERU, 1903. Matching full red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (23x15.5 cm), VG; Lettres de

FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Prescott: History of the conquest of MEXICO,

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FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: SPENSER, E: The poetical works.: FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: SPENSER, E: The poetical works. OUP, 1912, fine India paper edn. Bound by “Sangorski & Sutcliffe” in 3/4 morocco, a.e.g; Mill, John

FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: SPENSER, E: The poetical works.

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FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Gay's Poetical works, 1800,: FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Gay's Poetical works, 1800, Cont. full leather (17x11 cm); Francis Bacon: Essays. 1822, full calf (16.5x10 cm); La Jouissance de Soi-Meme. Amsterdam,

FINE BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Gay's Poetical works, 1800,

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FINE BINDINGS- De Goncourt, Jules et Edmond: Les maîtresses de Louis XV -: FINE BINDINGS- De Goncourt, Jules et Edmond: Les maîtresses de Louis XV - lettres et documents inédits, in 2 Vols. Paris, Didot, 1860, 1st. Edn. 8vo. (23x14.5 cm). Fine 3/4 morocco over

FINE BINDINGS- De Goncourt, Jules et Edmond: Les maîtresses de Louis XV -

£260

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FINE BINDINGS- Gray, Thomas: Poems and Letters.: FINE BINDINGS- Gray, Thomas: Poems and Letters. Chiswick Press, 1874, with photographic plates. 4to. (28.5x22.5 cm). 415pp. Full polished calf by "Riviere", with gilt decoration and a.e.g; Lucretius:

FINE BINDINGS- Gray, Thomas: Poems and Letters.

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FINE BINDINGS, some Signed: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Hatchards & Morley of Oxford.: FINE BINDINGS, some Signed: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Hatchards & Morley of Oxford. Some of the titles: Burke, Edmund: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.

FINE BINDINGS, some Signed: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Hatchards & Morley of Oxford.

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BINDINGS- Mason, William: Poems, in 3 Vols.: BINDINGS- Mason, William: Poems, in 3 Vols. York, Blanchard, 1796-97. Cont. full calf and later spines. (19x12.5 cm); SWIFT, Jonathan: The Select Works, in 5 Vols. Embellished with engravings. L,

BINDINGS- Mason, William: Poems, in 3 Vols.

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