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A classic work on Japan View picture(s) 1 ALCOCK, Sir Rutherford. The capital of the tycoon: a narrative of a three years' residence in Japan. With maps and numerous illustrations in chromolithography and on wood. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green cloth with richly gilt decorated spine with blind stamped covers and on binding of volume I gilt centre piece of a Japanese samoerai and on binding of volume II a Gheisa. Two frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 14 coloured full-page plates and 2 black & white and numerous illustrations in text. XXXII, 469, (2); X, 539 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: England  English  Japan  Politics  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dismissing excessive insurance rates View picture(s) 2 BLAYNEY, Frederick. A practical treatise, on life assurance; in which the statutes and judicial decisions affecting unincorporated joint-stock companies are briefly considered and explained; including remarks on the different systems of life insurance institutions; the premiums charged, and the increased expectations of human life. To which is added a comparative view of the various systems and practices of assurance offecis; with useful and interesting tables. Second edition. London, Henry Butterworth, 1837. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf. With several statistical tables in text. XXIV, 229 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Economy  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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All main information about all countries and continents of the world View picture(s) 3 BOHN, Henry George. A Pictorial hand-Book of modern geography, on a popular plan, compiled from the best authorities, English and foreign, and completed to the present state; with numerous tables and a general index London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Sm.8vo. Orig. green cloth, richly blind-stamped, with gilt title and publisher's address on spine. With 51 steel-engraved maps, one folding, and 150 wood-engraved views and illustrations in text. X, (2), 529, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Encyclopædic Works  English  Geography  Manuals  Popular Books  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the Dutch translation of Bunyan's Holy War, illustrated by Jan Luyken View picture(s) 4 BUNYAN, John. Den Heyligen Oorlogh. Uyt 't Engels vertaalt. Amst., Joannes Boekholt, 1685. 12mo. Modern red morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with  gilt double fillet borders on sides. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, and  6 full-page engraved plates by Jan Luyken. (24), 518 (=520) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  English  Literature  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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English translation of the Dutch adaptation of Richardson's Clarissa View picture(s) 5 CAMBON [-VAN DE WERKEN, Maria Geertuida DE]. Letters and Conversations between several Young Ladies, on Interesting and Improving Subjects. Translated from the Dutch, with Alterations and Improvements. London, Printed for C. Dilly, 1792. Contemp. half morocco. (4), 414, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A Dutch adaptation of Richardson's Grandison that became a classic in its own right View picture(s) 6 CAMBON-VAN DER WERKEN, [Margareta Geertruid DE]. De Kleine Grandisson, of de Gehoorzaame Zoon. In eene reeks van brieven en saamenspraaken. Tweede vermeerderde druk. 's-Grav., J.C. Leeuwestijn, 1798. 4 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. Contemp. half marbled calf, spine gilt. With 12 full-page engraved plates by H. Roosing after Cuylenburg. VIII, 239, (1 blank); (4), 256; (4), 198, (2 blank); 198 (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With manuscript dedication by the author View picture(s) 7 CORNFORD, Frances. Death and the princess. A morality. Cambridge, 1912. Orig. wrappers. Frontispiece illustration. (6), 112 pp.- With manuscript dedication by the author, dated March 1913.- Good copy. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  England  English  Painting & Drawing  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition View picture(s) 8 CRANE, Walter. The Baby's Opera. A Book of Old Rhymes with new Dresses. The Music by the Earliest Masters. London, New York, Edmund Evans, Frederick Warne & Co., (1877). Sm.4to. Orig. half cloth, with beautifully designed and decorated boards, printed in black and white on reddish brown boards, red painted edges. With finely designed and illustrated title-page printed in light blue and yellow, colour-printed wood-engraved frontispiece, 10 full-page colour-printed wood-engraved plates, beautifully illustrated colour-printed borders and book decoration throughout, and with musical scores to all the old rhymes, all designed by Walter Crane and wood-engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. 56 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  English  Picture Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of Dickens's famous novels in its first edition View picture(s) 9 DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1853. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine blind tooled in compartments with black title label lettered in gold. Frontispiece, extra lithographed title and 38 full-page lithographed plates all by H.K. Browne. XVI, 624 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The exemplary life of a native of Hawaiï View picture(s) 10 DWIGHT, Edwin Welles. Memoir of Henry Obookiah, a Native of the Sandwich  Islands, who died at Cornwall, Connecticut, February  17, 1818, aged 26. Revised edition. New York, The American Tract Society, (ca. 1830). 12mo. Contemporary half calf. With engraved portrait of Henry Obookiah by Dagget, Hinman & Co. for frontispiece. 124 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  America, North  English  Hawaii  Pacific  Sandwich Islands  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The ocean and her rulers View picture(s) 11 ELWES, Alfred. De zee en hare beheerschers, of beknopte geschiedenis der voornaamste zeemogendheden uit vroegeren en lateren tijd. Naar het Engelsch voor Nederlanders bewerkt door A.A. Deenik. Sneek, Van Druten & Bleeker, 1861. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco. XXV, 368 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  English  History  Maritime History  Navigation  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare specimen of a very richly decorated silk bookbinding View picture(s) 12 EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDING. Ivory satin bookbinding, richly decorated with coloured threads, gold thread, metal rings and clusters of seed pearls. England (London?), second quarter of the 17th century. Open: 17 x 25cm. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Embroidery  England  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An American scientist on the Land of Cocoa View picture(s) 13 EWBANK, Thomas. Life in Brazil; or, a journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm with an appendix, containing illustrations of ancient South American arts. In recently discovered implements and products of domestic industry, and works in stone, pottery, gold, silver, bronze, &c. New York, Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1856. Large 8vo (24 x 15.5 cm). Publishers embossed cloth, gilt spine. With over one hundred illustrations. XVI, 469 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Applied Arts  Brazil  English  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The alphabet along with lessons in morals and civil behaviour View picture(s) 14 FENNING, Daniel. The Universal Spelling-Book; or, A New and Easy Guide to the English Language. Containing I. Tables of Words  in one, two, three, and Four Syllables; with natural  and easy Lessons in each, adapted to the Capacity of  Children, from Three Years old and upwards. II. A very easy and rational Guide to English Grammar, by Way of Question and Answer. III. A Collection of near 5000 of the most useful Words of two, three and four Syllables, viz. Nouns Substantive, Adjectives, and Verbs. IV. Many useful Things necessary to help the young beginner. V. Chronological Tables of the Succession of the Kings of England, and many of the most memorable Occurrences in sacred and prophane History. Thirty-Fifth Edition, with Additions. London, for S. Crowder, B.C. Collins in Salisbury, 1789. Sm.8vo. Contemp. buckram. With illustrations of a boys' and a girls' classroom and of children playing on engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, one with various alphabets in Roman printing types and the other with various writing types in "round hand", and 8 woodcuts within ornamental borders to the reading exercises, which include some fables. (12), 152, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Education  English  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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English life and morals translated into Dutch View picture(s) 15 FIELDING, Henry. De Historie of Gevallen van Joseph Andriessen, Broeder van Pamela, en zyn Vriend den Heer Abraham Adams. Geschreeven in navolging van Cervantes, Schryver van Don Quichot. Na den derden druk uit 't Engels vertaelt. Amst., Steeve van Esveldt, 1744. 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemp. half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with dark brown title-label. With engraving on first title, woodcut vignette on second title, and 12 full-page engraved plates by C. de Putter. (24), 256; (8), 276, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First Dutch edition View picture(s) 16 FIELDING, Henry. Leevensbeschryving van wylen den Heere Jonathan Wild, den Grooten. Naar den laatsten druk uit het Engelsch overgezet. Amst., Pieter Meyer, 1757. Sm.8vo. Modern plain half cloth. With engraved frontispiece by S. Fokke. (28), 388 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  English  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ian Fleming's sexually most explicit novel View picture(s) 17 FLEMING, Ian. The spy who loved me. London, Jonathan Cape, (1962). 8vo. Original cloth with silver blade dagger on front cover and silver printed title on spine and original dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Double page plate of Dreamy Pines motor court. 221 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Bibliophily  English  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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English translation of Il Pastor Fido View picture(s) 18 GUARINI, [Giambatista]. The Faithful Shepherd. A Pastoral Tragi-comedy, Written in Italian. Translated into English, and Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts. London, Printed for Richard Montagu, John Torbuck, Charles Corbett, 1736. Sm.8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine gilt-lined with black title-labels. With engraved frontispiece, signed S.F, and with several fine woodcut head- and tail-pieces. 236 (=238) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  English  Italy  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two Easy Sisters in interesting Dutch wrappers View picture(s) 19 H.S. The history of the Davenport Family: in which is displayed a Striking Contrast between Haughty Indolence and Healthful Activity, in the Characters of the Young Davenports, and their Cousins Sophia and Amelia Easy. Interspersed with Moral Reflections. By H.S. London, Printed for E. Newbery, (1791). 12mo. Contemp. Dutch colour-printed flowered wrappers. With 6 full-page engraved plates, including the frontispiece, unsigned. 120 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Chapbooks  Children's Books  England  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting picture of warfare in the Netherlands during the Eighty-Years-War View picture(s) 20 HEXHAM, Henry. The principles of the art militarie, practised in the warres of the United Netherlands: represented by figure, the word of command, and demonstration (Part 1-3 and the Appendix to part 1). London, Delft & The Hague, Robert Young, Jan Petersen Waelpote & Francis vander Spruyt, 1637-1640. 4 parts in one vol. Folio. Contemporary calf (rebacked). With 19 double-page, 44 full-page and 25 half-page engraved plates of instructions for the use of the musket and other weapons, military formations on the battle field, fortifications, etc. ca. 210 pp. (see collation below). Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  England  English  Militaria  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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