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A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotical. Containing an Index to the first Twenty Volumes of the " Sussex Archaeological Collections."
Lewes: George P. Bacon, 1870. [Sussex History and Topography] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] xxx; 270 [2]; pp.[6] 278; xiv [2]. With the folding map to volume I, and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 78 additional topographical engravings, carefully trimmed and mounted to fit..... More
The Elements of Heraldry, Containing the Definition, Origin, and Historical Account of that Ancient, Useful, and Entertaining Science. The Divers Sorts of Coats-of-Arms in Use; with their Essential and Integral Parts Displayed Separately. The Several Marks by which Bearers of the Same Coat-of-Arms are Distinguished from Each Other. The Different Kinds of Tinctures, Lines, Figures, Charges, and Ornaments Used for Coats-of-Arms. The Laws of Heraldry; Practical Directions for Marshalling Coats-of-Arms; and the Order of Precedence. The Hatchments so Clearly Described, that the Branch and Title, the Deceased was of, may be Readily Known. Illustrated with Several Cuts, and Twenty-Four Copper-Plates, containing above Five Hundred Examples of Escutcheons, Arms, etc. and Interspersed with the Natural History and Allegorical Signification of the Several Species of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Vegetables, etc. Comprised in this Treatise. To which is Annexed, a Dictionary of the Technical Terms Made Use of in Heraldry, etc.
London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson [etc.], 1795. [Heraldry] FIFTH EDITION in original boards. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 278; with a large unpaginated Dictionary of Terms at rear, perhaps 50 pages long. With 24 copper engraved plates. Contemporary brown half morocco with gilt titles to red label on..... More
Roughing It and the Innocents at Home.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. FIRST COMBINED EDITION. Crown Octavo. pp. xvi, 495. With 200 illustrations by F. A. Fraser, including frontispiece. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and black pictorial stamping all over. Brown floral end-papers. All edges untrimmed. Blind W.H. Smith..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, earliest state of the cloth issue, now finely rebound in full green morocco, with the original cloth covers preserved at rear. Large octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.366. Illustrated throughout. Binding features gilt titles, and raised bands to spine..... More
Mark Twain's Library of Humour.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903 [1906]. [Humour and Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 719; [33]. With frequent in-text wood engravings. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1906. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. A little light spotting to preliminaries, otherwise a nice clean copy. Cloth..... More
To Mars Via The Moon. An Astronomical Story.
London: Seeley and Co., 1911. [Science Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.328 [24]. With 16 black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Black ownership to fly-leaf dated 1920. Upper hinge split, with a strip of paper..... More
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