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17 Penny pamphlets relating to Rochester.
17 Penny pamphlets relating to Rochester bound together as one, without wrappers, in 19th century cloth, the spine titled: 'Guide to Rochester.' Titles: Reminiscences of Old Rochester; The History of Rochester Castle; History of Rochester Cathedral; Bishops of Rochester; A Trip Down the River Medway; A Trip up the River Medway; Historic Houses of Old Rochester; The Life of Bishop Gundulph; The Priory of Rochester; Civic Rochester; Old Churches of Rochester; Local Legends; Quaint Kentish Epitaphs and Signs; Kentish Customs; The Guildhall, Rochester; Bygone Inns of Rochester; Guide to Rochester Castle. Binding a little faded, particularly at spine; name on endpaper; else very good.
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24 Pictorial Post Cards of Sandwich and neighbouring coastal towns. Latest and Most Up-to-Date Views.
Sandwich: J, Reynolds & H. J., Benstead, No date [circa late 1920s]. [12] leaves, two black & white post cards per leaf, each with a perforated edge. Only six cards are actually of Sandwich. Original printed wrappers. 188 x 150 mm. Staples rusting; else very good.
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’83 TO ’87 IN THE SOUDAN. With an account of Sir William Hewett’s mission to King John of Abyssinia. With map.
London: Remington & Co. Publishers, 1888. Two volumes. Original cloth gilt. Large octavo. First edition. Lacks folding map; spines a little faded, and one has a small abrasion; bookplates of the Royal United Service Institution to both front pastedowns, and their disposal stamp, also their blind stamp to the title-pages; else a very good, clean set.
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84, Charing Cross Road.
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1971. Hardback. Price-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First U. K. edition. Boards a sprung as is often the case; wrapper a little worn at extremities; else very good and without inscriptions.
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A BAFFLED OATH or The Cost of Deceit. New Magnet Library No. 1180.
New York: Street & Smith Corporation, No date [circa 1929]. Softcover. Text block browned; spine worn & head & heel with small loss of paper; else a very good copy.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHERY. An indexed catalogue of 5,000 articles, films, manuscripts, periodicals and theses on the use of the bow for hunting, war, and recreation, from the earliest times to the present day.
Manchester: The Simon Archery Foundation, 1974. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. A fine copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF D. H, LAWRENCE.
London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. Hardback in original unclipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like slightly dust-soiled dust-wrapper with one very short tear.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH CONJURING 1581-1876.
Derby: Harpur & Sons, 1976. Two volumes. The first signed by the author, being one of hundred and thirty copies. Hardbacks. Dust-wrappers. First editions. Wrapper of volume one has a short tear; else both volumes are fine. ]
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH CORANTO'S AND PERIODICAL NEWSBOOKS 1612-1642.
London.The Bibliographical Society. 1952. [i-ii] 3-288pp. 16 illustrations within the text. Original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. 16 black & white illustrations. Octavo. First Edition. Book plate; some browning to endpapers; slight soiling to spine cloth; else an excellent copy.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE. Fellow of the Royal Society.
Oxford.John Johnson at The University Press. 1932. [i-iii], 4-171pp. plus original wrappers bound in to rear. Frontispiece plus 22 illustrations. Brown buckram, gilt. Quarto. First edition thus. Front and rear boards faded and a trifle stained. A very good copy.Reprinted from the Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers. Volume III Part I, pp. 1-172.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON. Together with a List of Books illustrating his Work. Notes by George J. Gray. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
London.Dawsons of Pall Mall. 1966. 80pp. Original cloth-backed boards. No wrapper. Octavo. Black and white illustration on frontispiece. A fine copy. Second edition, revised and enlarged.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF LEWIS CARROLL (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.)
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1924. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. Number 538 of a limited edition of 700 copies. A fine copy.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VIRGINA WOOLF. Third Edition.
Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardback in original price-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. A fine copy.
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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE SUDAN. The second edition of A Biographical Dictionary of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, 1967. xvi, 409 pages. original red cloth gilt. Octavo. A fine copy.
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A BOOK OF SCOTTISH VERSE with a frontispiece by Jessie M King.
London.Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1932. [i-vi],vii-xiv,[1]208pp, plus 8pp adverts to rear. Colour frontispiece and pictorial dust wrapper by Jessie King. Blue boards gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Slight spotting to endpapers. Small smudge marks to top of pp 58-9. Dust wrapper slightly chipped at corners, with some small paper loss to head and heel of spine, and to rear of wrapper; else, a very good bright copy.
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A BRIEF HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MAIDSTONE AND ITS ENVIRORNS. By S.C.L.
Maidstone: Printed and Published by J. Brown, 1834. v, [4], 2-128 pages. Illustrated with a double-page map and nine engraved plates on India Paper. Original green cloth gilt. 203 x 127 mm. First edition. Some foxing to the map and, occasionally to the borders of the plates; slight loss at head of spine; else a very good copy.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PIANOFORTE.
London: John Brinsmead & Sons, 1885. [i-iv], [5],6-30,[1-2],pp. Blue cloth gilt. a.e.g. Octavo. First edition. Presentation copy from publisher inscribed on front free endpaper; 'A. C. Kohler with the compliments of John Brinsmead June 6th 85'. Small ink initials to top of paste-down endpaper. Small crease to fore-edge of pages 9 &10. Corners, edges and head and heel of spine slightly worn. Hinges a little weakened. Else a very good copy.
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A BRIEF SCHEME OF Parochial Government: or, a method of Promoting the Welfare of a Single Parish. Particularly in the Country; and thereby of the Publick Good, in several short Proposals or Requests. By Samuel Blackwell, B.D. Rector of Brampton by Bingley, Northamptonshire. The Third Edition.
London: Printed and Sold by J. Downing, 1722. Price Three Pence. 48 pages. 12mo. Disbound from a collection. A very good copy.
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A CATECHISM OF THE RUDIMENTS OF HARMONY AND THOROUGH BASS.
London: R. Cocks and Co, No Date. [i-v], vi, [1], 2-87pp, [1] advert, plus 16pp musical examples, plus adverts to rear. Blue cloth with paper label to front board. 12mo. Tenth edition. Ownership inscription to paper label. Boards a little rubbed with some edge wear to front fore-edges. Water stain to paper label. Else, a very good copy.
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A CHARGE Delivered at a Visitation, Held for the Archdeaconry of Northumberland. In the Year M,DCC,LXI.
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by John White and Company; for W. Charnley, Newcastle; and sold by J. Richardson, 1761. 25, [1 ad's] pages. 4to. Disbound from a collection. First edition. A very good, clean copy.
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