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Elzevier, Amsterdam. 1658-1659. A 3 volume set in full polished calf with gilt dentelles, title labels inset on black morocco, marbled end papers, 12mo, xlvi+535, xxii+490+(25) and 550 pages. Volume 1 has a full page engraved title and other 2 volumes have engraved printers device on title pages. All 3 volumes have the armorial book plate of Ingestre Hall, England. Home of Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria. Seneca the younger (circa 4 BC-65 AD), was Nero's tutor and later political ad... more information

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Les Editions Nationales, Paris. (1947). Limited edition in VG+ condition, original brown paper wraps, quarto, fore and bottom edges uncut, 25 illustrations in the text and 11 aquatints by Edy Legrand, 229 pages. Contained in a VG+ linen backed with paper covered boards slip cover with paper title label slightly chipped, all contained in the VG+ original red cloth covered slipcase with a sunned spine and edges. This is number 505 of 595 copies on Chiffon D'Annonay paper. La vie en France au debut du XXe Sie... more information

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Seghers, Paris. (1947). Limited edition in VG+ condition, beige paper covers with French flaps with lettering in red and black, bookmark laid in with number 469, octavo, 76 pages. This is #469 of 880 copies printed on Alma Marais paper out of a total production of 1080 copies. French text. .... more information

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L'Illustration, Paris. 1938. An original edition in VG condition, pictorial paper covers, some chipping, folio, illustrated, unpaginated, French text. Much on the Munich accord and Czechoslovakian election and preparations for war. An interesting piece of ephemeral history. .... more information

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Les Editions Nationales, Paris. (1947). Limited edition in VG+ condition, original brown paper wraps, quarto, fore and bottom edges uncut, 20 in text illustrations and 12 aquatints all by Edy Legrand, 183 pages. Contained in the VG+ original linen backed with paper covered slip cover with paper title label to spine slightly chipped, spine sunned, all contained in the VG+ original red cloth covered slipcase with minor sunning to edges. This is number 505 of 595 copies printed on Chiffon D'Annonay paper. La ... more information

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Editions Nilsson, Paris. N.d. (1926). First edition portfolio in VG condition, printed paper covered boards with three original ties, spine is splitting but still intact, folio, previous owner's name and inventory number on inside front cover and some individual folios, illustrated. There are 4 sections each with 10 plates, the sections are Ensembles et Decors de la Restauration au Second Empire; Restauration et Romantisme; Louis-Phillipe; Second Empire. Text in French. .... more information

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Francois Maspero, Paris. 1978. First edition in VG+ condition, pictorial stiff paper wraps, quarto, illustrated, 111 pages. ISBN 2707110566. .... more information

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Editions Rombaldi, Paris. (1950). Limited edition in Fine condition, unique fine binding in half black morocco with blue paper covered boards with gilt edging, 4 raised bands with grey morocco title labels with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, blue matching endpapers, octavo, with original coloured copper engraved illustrations by Andre E. Marty, 187 pages. This is number 3937 of an unknown number printed on cream vellum Rives paper. Although not signed this unique binding is French circa 1950s. French text.... more information

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La Mode Illustree, Paris. 1879. A single brightly coloured print in VG condition, from La Mode Illustree #31, 1879, showing two fashionable ladies walking in a garden, dressed in the lates high fashion. A few chips to edges. .... more information

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Longman's Canada, Don Mills. (1967). First edition in VG+ condition, pictorial cloth covered boards, octavo, vi+266 pages. VG pictorial DJ with light rubbing, in a Brodart cover. .... more information

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Pierre Lafitte, Paris. 1909. 11 issues bound in one volume in Fine condition, full green cloth with morocco title labels in gilt to front cover and spine, folio, 175 pages in total, many ads, illustrated, text in French. Binding is about 20 years old. All 11 issues are bound in with covers. Bound in one volume so as to contain the full story of the Wright Brothers which was published in installments over 11 weeks. Unusual and unique. All published between March 20th. 1909 and May 29th. 1909. .... more information

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R. Brimley Johnson, London. 1902. Revised edition in VG+ condition, later binding in half morocco with maroon cloth covered boards with gilt, five raised bands on spine, octavo, top edge gilt, previous owner's name and date to front pastedown, frontispiece portrait, illustrated, xvi+383 pages. .... more information

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Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria. 1974. First edition in Fine condition, full brown cloth with gilt, octavo, illustrated, xxviii+157 pages. Scarce and unusual. .... more information

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Harper & Brothers, New York. 1860. First American edition in VG condition, full original blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine, crown octavo, spine cover is worn and chipped with small pieces missing, rubbing to covers, corners worn and showing, split along rear joint, folding map, illustrated with wood engravings, frontispiece, original brown endpapers, 572 pages plus 4 pages of ads at rear, small neat name ink-stamped to page 21. This is Burton's account of his penetration into the inte... more information

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First edition in Fine condition, pictorial paper covered boards, quarto, illustrated, 80 pages. Fine pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 1577170067.... more information

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Ballantine, New York. (1972). first printing in VG condition, pictorial wraps, octavo, illustrated, 160 pages. Weapons book #30. .... more information

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Self Published, N.p. (Vancouver). (1971). First and only edition in VG+ condition, full brown simulated leather, quarto, illustrated, pictorial front pastedown, rear map endpapers, 128+32 pages. VG pictorial DJ with a little chipping, in a Brodart cover. .... more information

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Wordsworth, Ware. (1989). Reprint edition in Fine condition, full brown cloth with gilt, folio, illustrated, maps, 276 pages. Fine pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 1853269360. .... more information

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AGEP, Marseille. 1980. First trade edition in Fine condition, full brown cloth, quarto, illustrated with many fine photographs, unpaginated (aprox. 150 pages). French text. Fine pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 2902634080. .... more information

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Hamlyn, London. (1989). Second impression in VG+ condition, pictorial paper covered boards, quarto, illustrated, 335 pages. VG+ pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 0600500586. .... more information

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