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antique books: books & manuscripts

A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A manuscript is any document written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way.

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  Longman's Magazine 1885-6: Volume VII

  west brittany antiques, finistere, france

  Longman's Magazine 1885-6 Volume VII Nov 1885-April 1886. In remarkable condition for its age. Leather binding, internals and covers in very good condition. 668 pages in total. I offer free delivery of this item worldwide. www.westbrittanyantiques.co.uk

  £280.00

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  Punch Almanack 1937

  west brittany antiques, finistere, france

  Punch 1937 Almanack in good overall condition. 732 pages, hardbound with leather spine. Some full colour illustrations. 22x26.5cm. Internal pages very good, some staining to outer cover and breaking on the edge of the spine....

  £360.00

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• EDWARD STOTT - an extensive collection of autograph letters from Stott.

  patrick pollak rare books, south brent, devon, united kingdom

  STOTT, Edward. An extensive collection of 93 autograph letters, 11 autograph cards, 1 telegram, 1 photograph, from EDWARD STOTT to ALBERT CHARLES ROBINSON CARTER [1 ALS from JOSEPH DUVEEN], period 1898 to 1918. Mostly dealing...

  £3,000.00

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• GENERAL ELECTION OF 1865. A collection of printed ephemera relating to the General Election of 18...

  patrick pollak rare books, south brent, devon, united kingdom

  [PARLIAMENT] GENERAL ELECTION OF 1865. A collection of printed ephemera relating to the General Election of 1865: 1. ROBERT JARDINE - To the Electors of the Borough of Ashburton [Devon]. 3, Lombard Street, London. 27th...

  £600.00

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• The Man They Could Not HANG

  bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom

  Very early edition if not the first, a very interesting read in his own words, the soft back book being well over 100 years old is showing the blemishes of time but still complete and...

  £75.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volumes XVII-XIX: The Decrees Of Memphis And Canopus: Volume I-III, ...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1582 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth covers and spines of the books due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1582 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £225.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volumes XX-XXII: The Egyptian Heaven And Hell: Volumes I-III, E.A.W....

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1580 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible wear and tear to the cloth covers and spine of the books due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1580 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £225.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: The Book Of The Dead, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 1925

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1579 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1579 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £200.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volume I: Egyptian Ideas Of The Future Life, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 189...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1578 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1578 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £125.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volume III: Easy Lessons In Egyptian Hieroglyphics With Sign List, E...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1577 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1577 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £100.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: The Liturgy Of Funerary Offerings, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 1909

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1576 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1576 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £150.00

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• Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Egyptian Literature: Volume I: Legends Of The Gods, E.A.W. Budge, Ci...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1575 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age handling, and usage. ITEM 1575 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...

  £100.00

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• Two Volumes Of Symphonies And Their Meaning, First Series Ninth Edition & Second Series Fourth Ed...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1573 CONDITION Items are in good condition although red cloth is visibly water-stained at the top of the spine of the First Series. The Second Series is crudely opened on the title page due...

  £25.00

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• First Edition Two Volumes Of The Iliad Of Homer, Rendered Into English Blank Verse, Edward Earl O...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1572 CONDITION Items are in used condition with the cloth covers very visibly worn and Volume Two has large chips on the spine (held in place with cellophane tape) as well as visible fading...

  £25.00

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• Second Edition Two Volumes Of The Emperor Charles V, Edward Armstrong, Circa 1910

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1570 CONDITION Items are in good condition although cloth covers are visibly stained and gilt spine lettering is visibly faded due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1570 DESCRIPTION Second Edition Two Volumes Of...

  £50.00

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• First Edition Two Volumes Of Charters And Documents Relating To The City Of Glasgow 1175-1649 & 1...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1569 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the red cloth due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1569 DESCRIPTION First Edition Two Volumes Of Charters And Other Documents...

  £250.00

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• Fourth Edition Three Volumes Of The Stones Of Venice, John Ruskin, Circa 1886

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1568 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible rubbing and edgewear to the brown cloth as well as severe visible foxing to Volume One. ITEM 1568 DESCRIPTION Fourth Edition Three Volumes Of The...

  £300.00

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• Fourteen Volumes Of Elizabethan England: Being The History Of This Country 'In Relation To All Fo...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1567 CONDITION Items are in good condition although Volume 3 is visibly stained due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1567 DESCRIPTION Fourteen First Edition Volumes Of Elizabethan England: Being The History Of This...

  £400.00

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• Fifteen Volumes Of The Cambridge Ancient History, J. B. Bury, S. A. Cook, F. E. Adcock & M. P. Ch...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1566 CONDITION Items are in good condition although some of the cloth bindings on some of the volumes show visible signs of being sunned. All items show light to moderate visible shelf wear, occasional...

  £750.00

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• Five Volumes Of A History Of The Peace Conference Of Paris, H. W. V. Temperley, Circa 1920-1924

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1565 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the mixed cloth bindings (vols. 2-5 rebound) and rubbing and some marks to the gilt spine lettering together with other titles...

  £300.00

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• Three Volumes Of The World's Great Classics: History Of The Popes Revised Edition, Leopold Von Ra...

  carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom

  ITEM 1564 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible signs of damp stained boards to the cloth due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1564 DESCRIPTION Limited Edition, Revised English-language Edition three volumes of...

  £75.00

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• UPHAM’S LECTURES ON WITCHCRAFT SALEM 1692

  bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom

  A very rare book much read so showing it’s age, all complete nothing missing or left out of the times in Salem Massachusetts 1692, a must for those interested or practising the Occult, offering free...

  £975.00

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• 1st Edition the Life & Death of John Bunyan 'The Holy War'

  bore park antiques, nuneaton, united kingdom

  Rare book, condition good and complete, has protective cellophane film on the two covers, superb English Grammar well worth the reading giving an insight to times gone past. Offering free worldwide delivery.

  £350.00

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• "Old Scottish Communion Plate"

  maureen h. gauld, killin, united kingdom

  this book was limited to 175 of which this is no.64. written by Thomas Burns FRSE and FRSA scot.in the year 1892 and dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. It has over 100 illustrations and...

  £85.00

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• Lucan's pharsalia. Translated into english Verse by Thomas May, Esq; Servant to His Majesty

  tjm, london, united kingdom

  Very good - Pages very clean and crisp. Binding tight/firm. Bumping & rubbing to spine 1665 M. ANNÆI LUCANI PHARSALIA, SIVE DE BELLO CIVILI CÆSARIS ET POMPEJI LIB [M. ANNAEUS Lucanus Pharsalia, or Caesar's Civil...

  £2,500.00

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