EGYPT PAINTED AND DESCRIBED – De Luxe Limited and Signed Edition ( no. 151 of 500 copies.)
Handsome Large Royal 8vo. bound in original most attractive pictorial tan cloth (a trifle stained to rear) 240pps. Uncut & t.e.gilt. Superbly illustrated with 75 colour plates. A Beautiful book !
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THE ADVENTURES AND MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Complete First appearance in volumes 1 to 6 of THE STRAND MAGAZINE
6 volumes. Royal 8vo. Original "Strand motif" blue cloth (a little rubbed, mottled and lightly spine-soiled) Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Other contributors include ;- Richard Marsh, Dick Donovan, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, E.W. Hornung, Arthur Morrison, etc. A Good to Very Good set ! (extra postage required for overseas shipping)R.M.Y.C. CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD THURSDAY MAY 20TH 1937 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM.
Stunning oblong quarto decorative leather-bound album in FINE CONDITION. With 31 most attractive original mounted photographs."With all Good Wishes from The Chairman & Directors of The House of Seager." With related newscutting tipped-in at end. In blue lightly edge worn slip-case.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BEETLES Illustrated with 31 clean Hand coloured Plates.
First Edition. Being Entomology vol. 2 of Jardine's Naturalist's Library. Small crown 8vo. Attractive in contemporary half tan calf. Spine gilt in compartments with scarlet and green labels.Marbled endpapers and foredge. Complete with Portrait and hand coloured vignette Title. A Most Superior example.THE WORKS OF WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D. To which is prefixed An Account of his Life and Writings by Dugald Stewart, F.R.S. Edin. IN TWELVE VOLUMES.
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First Edition. Attractive small crown 8vo. Bound in contemporary tan calf. Spine gilt in compartments. Scarlet and green labels. Marbled endpapers and foredge. Complete with Portrait and hand colured vignette Title and a Memoir of John Walker D.D. A Most superior example.DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN, F.R.S. Edited from the original Mss. at Wooton by William Bray, Esq., F.A.S. A New Edition in Four Volumes.
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Classic Demy 8vo. set bound in worn contemporary maroon gilt tooled morocco. A.e.gilt. Bookplate and signature of Frank Atkin. Superbly illustrated with steel engraved plates. (extra postage required for Overseas shipping)THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE With Remarks on his life and writings by Thomas Campbell.
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Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur) ;- and other authors ;- Royal 8vo. Hardback in little rubbed desirable original blue "Strand" pictorial cloth. 800pps. Well illustrated. Other contributors include ;- Arthur Morrison, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Richard Marsh, W,W,Jacobs, H.G. Wells, and also Doyle's 'One Crowded Hour.'- $256
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HIS LAST BOW. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes. Scarce First Appearance in volume 54 of The Strand Magazine.
Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur) ;- and other authors ;- Royal 8vo. Hardback in the desirable original lightly rubbed blue "Strand" pictorial cloth. (648)pps. Well illustrated. Other contributors in this volume include ;- "Sapper", Barry Pain, W.W. Jacobs, P.G. Wodehouse, and Doyle's "Some Personalia About Mr Sherlock Holmes." A Very Good copy.- $288
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THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. First Appearance serialised in volumes 26, 27 & 28 of The Strand Magazine.
Conan Doyle ;- (Sir Arthur Conan) and various Authors ;- Complete in three Royal 8vo. volumes bound in the desirable original blue "Strand" pictorial cloth. (spines a little rubbed and soiled and cover of volume 27 a little spotted but still a Good to Very Good set ) Illustrated by Sidney Paget (with several not included in the later first book edition in 1905) Other contributors in these volumes include ;- H.G.Wells, W.W.Jacobs, W. Somerset Maugham, E. Nesbit, Marie Corelli, C.B Fry, Max Pemberton, Richard Marsh, etc. (extra postage required)- $649
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THE REMINISCENCES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES First Appearance in volume 36 of The Strand Magazine.
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THE ADVENTURE OF THE DEVIL’S FOOT” Scarce First Appearance in volume 40 of The Strand Magazine.
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THE VALLEY OF FEAR Rare Complete First Appearance serialised and fully illustrated in volumes 48 & 49 of The Strand Magazine.
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