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Éditions De La Baconnière, Neuchatel, 1947. 2nd edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 206pp, colour frontis, introduction underlined in red pencil, covers yellowed & grubby, otherwise a nice copy. The author's best know work in which he gives a precise definition of Feudalism & states that it only realy existed as a system within the circles of the nobility.

Metchim & Sons Ltd - for the author., 1947. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth spined boards, F. 166pp, 93 b/w illustrations, covers a little marked, but a nice copy. Near fine. Biography of Captain Samuel Sturmy [ 1633 - 1669 ] and a new edition of his 'Mariner Magazine' . The book was a digest of navigational, astronomy, surveying & artillery information & advice, intended to educate mariners in the latest theories regarding these disciplines. The book went through 3 editions before being largely forgotten. Kenney gives a full description of the book, drawn from his own copies of 'The Mariners Magazine'. Well illustrated.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1909. 2nd impression of 11th edition. Hardback. Cloth, G+. x+421pp, 361 b/w illustrations, index, cloth rubebd & bumped, some foxing & page margins yellowd, occasional neat ink underlining, a good copy. Odd volume of the 11th edition of an anatomy first published in 1828 under the authorship of Jones Quain [ 1796 - 1865 ].

Presso Gio Francesco Valuasense, Venetia, 1693. 5th Venice edition.. Hardback. Vellum spined paper covered later boards, G. [xvi]+434+14pp, octavo, engraved frontis ( relaid some time ago onto paper which has yellowed, endpapers likewise ), boards rubbed & bumped, occasional ink splash & burn mark not affecting the legibility, a few page margins thumbed & grubby, the book has been rebound at some time in the mid 19th C, a fair copy. Ex Libris Bishopric of Cornwall Rev Franke Parker Bequest with their bookplate dated 1883. Venice edition ( the first edition of 1679 was published in Florence with other editions appearing in Venice by 1684 ) of the Lenten sermons of the Jesuit preacher Paolo Segneri [ 1624 - 1694 ]. The sermons were much admired by Pope Innocent XII.

Camillo Corrada, vicino à S Sebastiano. Con licenza de'Superiori, Ad instanza di Carlo Guiseppe Quinti Libraro, Milano, 1685. 4th edition.. Hardback. Paper covered printers boards, G. [xvi]+544 ( ie 534) pp, quarto [ with the signatures running +8 A-Ii8, Kk-Mm4 ] pagination jumps from 320-331 with no text missing, portrait vignette to the title, faint ink inscription to the title stating that the book was 'angel il procurò da londra' in 1773 ( Purchased by the Angel, London ), upper board only just attached by a single cord & very fragile, rear board more firmly attached, paper spine strip missing, old defective paper repair to the boards & spine which has worn away, boards very grubby, paper yellowed & with spotting & grubby marks in places, occasional ink splash & soiling to the text but still fully legible, first gather becoming loose, Ex Libris St Mary's Church Sheffield with their Victorian bookplate. An unsophisticated copy, in the original… Leer más

Macmillan, 1946. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, G/G. xii+212pp, decorated endpapers, 16pp b/w plates, index, pages yellowed at the margins, spine of the dustjacket very yellowed & chipped, edges rubbed & bumped, a reading copy. History of Qubec, founded in 1535 and the oldest seaport in the Americas.

Ernest Benn, 1930. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. 353pp, b/w frontis, 7 b/w plates, index, cloth a little damp stained to the boards, spine faded, occasional light foxing, a solid copy. A biography of Caroline of Brunswick [ 1768 - 1821 ] who was Queen of the United Kingdom for a short period after her estranged husband, The Prince of Wales ( who she had married in 1795 ) became King George IV in 1820. He hated her and vowed she would never be Queen, but she returned from exile in Italy to a raptuous welcome from the British population and whilst they despised King George for his wanton ways, they adord their new Queen.

Blackwell, Oxford, 1997. 1st editoon.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. xii+371pp,index, a fine copy in a very slightly shelf worn dustjacket. A biography of two Queens of England - Emma who was first the wife of Æthelred the Unready & then Cnut. And her daughter in law Edith who was Queen to Edward the Confessor.

Doubleday, New York, 2004. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. [xii]+340pp, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. A novel by the award winning American author.

Smith, Elder & Co, 1902. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. xxxvi+611pp, b/w frontis, 2 b/w plates, folding tipped in facsimile, folding colour map, index, endpaprs & all up to the title foxed, facsimile almost detached, cloth a little rubbed & bumped & with the spine faded. A solid copy. A good biography of Queen Victorian adapted by Lee from the entry on the Queen in the DNB.

John Murray, 1976. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/G+. x+214pp, 12pp b/w plates, index, fine copy in a near fine slightly rubbed & bumped dustjacket which is chipped along the top edge of the rear panel. Biography of Queen Victoria which tries to dispell the 'We are not amused' image.

Rudolph Ackermann, 1814. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 109-134pp, 1 aquatint ( of Queen's College Chapel ), cloth a little rubbed the letterpress & plate in fine order. A professionally rebound ( c. 1920 ) extract from Ackermann's celebrated 1814 work on the buildings of Oxford. The single plate is engraved by Stadler after Pugin.

Ithaca Press, 1995. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. x+341pp, 13 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a slightly egde worn dustjacket. A varied collection of texts pertaining to India & feminist attitudes towards the country from writers such as Josephine Butler, Millicent Fawcet, Dorothea Beale, Mary Carpenter, Flora Annie Steel, Annette Ackroyd Beveridge, Florence Nightingale, Harriet Martineau and Annie Besant.

Cassell, 1978. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. [x]+173pp, 1 b/w illustration, index, page margins tanned due to the quality of the paper stock sued, otherwise a fine copy. A layman's account of the Free Pardon System, or the Royal Prerogative of Mercy which releases a person from the effect of a penalty or a consequence of a sentence, but without quashing the conviction.

Verlag Stämpfli & Cie, Bern, 1992. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F viii+481pp, a fine copy. A collection of French & German documents & sources which chart the history of the Swiss Constitution, from the time of the Old Swiss Confederacy ( 1291 ) to 1848.

Caxton Publishing Co, 1909. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 384pp, colour frontis, 8 b/w plates, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Melrose Edition of the Waverley Novels. Scott's story concerning a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI.

J M Dent - Temple Edition of the Waverley Novels, 1898. 1st edition thus.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. 2 volumes, lii+302pp, 367pp, b/w frontis to each volume, top edge gilt, pages uncut, endpapers yellowed, cloth a little rubbed along the edges, a fair set. The Temple Edition of the Waverley Novels. Scott's story concerning a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI.

Marcus Ward, 1878. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 432pp, b/w illustrations, cloth a little rubbed, fore edges foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Illustrated Waverley Novels. Scott's story concerning a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/G+. 448pp, b/w frontis, many b/w & colour illustrations, index, boldly SIGNED to the title page, two repaired tears to the spine sunned dustjacket, otherwise a nice fine copy. Bonington takes a back seat and looks at other peoples quests for adventure, including Tichy on Cho Oyo, Bonatti on the SW Petit Dru, Messner on lots of things, also includes round the World yachting, crossing antarctica & moon landings.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG+/VG. 448pp, b/w frontis, many b/w & colour illustrations, index, publishers file copy with stamp on fep, small tear in dustjacket, otherwise a nice fine copy. Bonington takes a back seat and looks at other peoples quests for adventure, including Tichy on Cho Oyo, Bonatti on the SW Petit Dru, Messner on lots of things, also includes round the World yachting, crossing antarctica & moon landings.