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Pompeiana. Sir William Gell. 1832 Gell, Sir William. Pompeiana. Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the results of excavations since 1819. London, Jennings and Chapman. 1832. 1st Edition. 2 Vols. 8vo. Contemporary water silken green cloth with gilt label pices to spine. Pp, 2 frontis, ]8],[i[-xxiv,198; frontis,[4],207pp. With 87 full page plates, all as called. The publisher notes that Plate LXX "unfortunately lost on the way to the engraver" Two of these plates have been skillfully hand coloured. Also with 30 vignettes tipped on india. A little light foxing to preliminaries, otherwise in very good condition. The illustrations drawn by Gell have been engraved by many different engravers including F J Havell, J B Allen, J C Varrall, J Hensahll, Fenner Sear and H Moses of topographical, portrait and design style of it's time This variety of skilled interpretation gives an added interest to this attractive work.		Click this link for more details
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The Complete Works of William Hogarth. James Hannay. Ca 1861 Hanney, James. The Complete Works of William Hogarth/in a / Series of One hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings,/From the original pictures/With an introductory Essay by James Hannay; and descriptive letterpress by the Rev. J Trusler, and E F Roberts. London. Griffin, Bohn and Company, nd ca 1861. Quarto. Xviii, pp201. Contemporary morocco, gilt decoration to spine, with five raised bands and gilt title. Gilt decoration to upper and lower boards with inner gilt dentilles. All edges gilt. Binding a little bumped at edges. Some discolouration and a few fox marks to text pages. All illustrations, all as called for plus an extra half title, are bright and strong. A scarce, attractive book of this keystone work.		Click this link for more details
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A Picturesque Tour In Picturesque Lands. L G Seguin. 1881 Seguin, L.G. A Picturesque Tour In Picturesque Lands. France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Tyrol, Italy & Scandinavia. Pub. Strahan & Co., 1881. Folio. 1st Edition. Limited No 149 of 300 printed for England. Vellum backed with calf title piece and blue and red gilt onlays in keeping with the calf bevelled boards with red and blue onlays and elaborate gilt decoration. There is some light rubbing on the front boards and a small crack to the vellum not affecting the tight binding. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Ppviii, 312 with 164 proof illustrations on japanese paper engraved by Dalziel. Many illustrations are full page and tissue guarded. Free endpapers with some foxing. All printed pages and illustrations in clean order throughout.		Click this link for more details
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The Home Book for Young Ladies. Ed. Mrs Valentine. Ca1870 Valentine, Mrs. The Home Book for Young Ladies. London. Frederick Warne and Co. nd Ca 1870 8vo. Contemporary Red Calf with gilt borders and edges. Gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands, green and gilt title piece. All edges and endpapers marbled. Full page illustrated frontis, title, half title, preface [ix]-x, contents [xi]-xii, 622. With 250 illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel, many full page. Contents include Open Air Pastimes, Christmas Games, Home occupations and Home Studies. Charlotte Yonge one of the contributors and a detailed description of photography processes is included. Binding has very light wear to edges, otherwise in fine condition.		Click this link for more details
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Dairy Farming, J. P. Sheldon, ca.1880 Sheldon, J.P. Dairy Farming: Being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying. London. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. No date. Ca. 1880. 1st Edition. 4to. Contemporary Half leather, 4 raised bands with gilt decoration, gilt titles to spine. All edges marble to the same colour and design of endpapers. PP570, 25 full page chromolithograph plates, many tissue guarded, 382 black and white illustrations within text. The Geological map listed as facing page 99 faces page 90, all others as listed. Binding a little rubbed at edges. Neat ownership inscription of Gordon Bennett on front free endpaper. Some light foxing to prelims, otherwise in excellent order throughout.		Click this link for more details
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Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, Edward Lear, 1870 Lear, Edward : Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica. London, Robert John Bush. 1870. 1st Edition. Large Octavo, size approx 195mm x 270mm. Brick red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pp Xvi, Full page map, 40 full page engravings and 40 engraved vignettes within text. Re-cased and re-backed by Delrue, retaining original spine with gilt titles. All illustrations and map, as called for, in clean and bright condition. Early, light, ownership inscription on top of half title. Neat library number on spine in gilt. Includes views of Ajaccio, Bonifaccio, Porto, St. Florent and Bavella Forest. A very good example of Lear's work.		Click this link for more details
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Shadows. C H Bennett. 1860 Bennett, C.H., Shadows, London, D Bogue Ca.1860. Small 8vo approx 135mm x190mm. Contemporary half morocco on marbled boards, recent end papers. Litho frontis., etched title and twenty-three litho plates. Binding rubbed and scuffed to spine and corners with a little loss. Some light foxing to page edges, all plates areas bright and clean. Each plate titled Christmas Shadows illustrate shadows of animals and items of household equipment from human caricatures, for example An Old Goose, A Teapot, Blue Beard and A Crocodile. An unusual humorous book.		Click this link for more details
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The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Illustrated By Gustave Dore. Ca 1870. Dore, Gustave. (illust.) The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York. Nd ca 1870, New and revised edition. Large 8vo 170mm x 240mm, Blue, black and gilt pictorial cloth. Half title, full page illustrated Frontis, title, contents [vii]-[ix], list of illustrations, introduction [xiii]-xvi, pp222, pp[6] publishers ads. 30 full page illustrations and many tens of illustrations within text. Neat ownership inscription on half title page, one block becoming loose at foot. Much humour exhibited through both the writing and the illustrations.		Click this link for more details
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Real Sailor Songs, John Ashton, 1891 Ashton, John : Real Sailor Songs. The Leadenhall Press, London. 1891. Tall 4to approx. 350mm x 230mm. Recent binding, half calf over buckram. 5 raised bands, red title piece with gilt title, gilt date and author to spine. Title, red and black with vignette, imprint to verso, Dedication to the Duke of Edinburgh, verso blank, preface [4], Index [6], Explanatory notes [1], engraved vignette to verso, 98 leaves plus 32 mounted broadsides, Printers illustrated adverts [2]. Bright and clean pages with strong print indent to many pages. Some very light offset from Broadside mounts to facing page. One mark to one blank edge of one page. With 200 woodblock illustrations Ashton organises his collection to the themes of Sea Fights, Press-gang, Disaster, Ashore and Love. Illustrations within the text, many humorous, highlight elements or decorate the words within the songs, such as, The Shannon and Chesapeake, Lords Anson and Hawke, A Jolly Jack Tar and the Battle of Trafalgar. An interesting collection and attractive commentary of the life and times of sailors lives through song.		Click this link for more details
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The Keepsake. Edited by Miss Power. 1854 The Keepsake, 1854. Edited by Miss Power. With beautifully finished engravings, from drawings by the first artists, engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Frederick A. Heath. London. David Bogue. 1854. Large 8vo 254mm x 180mm. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to upper board and spine. Lower board blind stamped, all in near fine condition. All edges gilt. Free end paper has two small tape marks. Pp272, engraved frontis and 11 other engraved illustrations are all tissue guarded. A very light age tone to edges of pages otherwise very bright and clean. Contributions are made within the book by W.M. Thackeray and Calder Campbell. The engraved plates, follow the work of R Buckner, J G Naish, C Dukes, A Soloman, E H Corbould, and C Weigall. A very near fine example of this adult illustrated annual.		Click this link for more details
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The Keepsake. Edited by Miss Power. 1853 The Keepsake, 1853. Edited by Miss Power. With beautifully finished engravings, from drawings by the first artists, engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Frederick A. Heath. London. David Bogue. 1853. Large 8vo 254mm x 180mm. Original red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to upper board and spine. Lower board blind stamped, all in near fine condition. All edges gilt. Front free end paper has two tape marks. Pp272, engraved frontis and 11 other engraved illustrations are all tissue guarded. A very light age tone to edges of pages otherwise very bright and clean. Contributions are made within the book by W.M. Thackeray and Sir Walter Scott. The engraved plates follow the work of R Buckner, W. Lee, A Soloman, E H Corbould, C Dukes, Margaret Gilles, and Lord Bury. A very near fine example of this adult illustrated annual.		Click this link for more details
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Army and Navy Drolleries, Major Seccombe, ca.1876 Seccombe. Major, : Army and Navy Drolleries. London, Frederick Warne, ca.1876, 2nd Edition. 4to, 270mm x 230mm. Green cloth with gilt pictorial decoration and titles to front, gilt title to spine, a little bumped at edges. Adverts to front and back endpapers. Hinges becoming loose but holding the firm book block. Bookplate "Tervoe" verso front end paper, Neat ownership inscription of The Lady Emly Xmas 1876. 24 plates, as called for, with alphabetical and illustrations from designs by the author, printed in colour by Kronheim. All plates and pages are guarded, clean and bright. An entertaining book with an interesting provenance. Baron Emly, William Monsell (1812-1894), was elected as a member of Parliament. During his parliamentary tenure he became President of the Board of Trade, Postmaster-General. In 1858, Caleb Powell, appointed him as a Grand Juror. He married his second wife Berthe (the inscriber of this book) in 1857. In 1874 he was created Baron Emly of Tervoe.		Click this link for more details
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1851: Or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys. Henry Mayhew. 1851 Mayhew, Henry,. 1851: Or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to London…….illustrated by George Cruikshank, London: David Bogue, 1851, 8vo. Blue blind stamped cloth, front hinge broken. Engraved title leaf, (iv), pp242 , 10 plates, 9 folding, 3 of which are foxed and have small fold tears, without loss, not distracting. No pagination at p.63. Some pages uncut. Inserted between pages 178 and 179 is an advertisement for " The Great Diorama of Jerusalem", printed both sides and along blank margins. Letter press on this and all other pages is deep and strong. A good example of this notable work.		Click this link for more details
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The Pictorial Tour of the World. Anon. Ca 1890 Anon: The Pictorial Tour of the World, Comprising Pen and Pencil Sketches of Travel, Incident, Adventure, and Scenery in All Parts of the Globe. Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, nd Ca 1890. Printed Butler and Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome and London. Large 8vo 180mm x 240mm. Gilt decorated blue cloth to front and spine. Pp507 with 8 full page coloured plates and 89 wood engravings within text. Hinges showing a little wear, but holding firm. All pages and plates are bright and clean. Binding vibrant.		Click this link for more details
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The Conway in the Stereoscope, Roger Fenton, James Bridge Davidson, 1860 [ Fenton ], Davidson, James Bridge : The Conway in the Stereoscope, Illustrated By Roger Fenton, With Notes, Descriptive and Historical by James Bridge Davidson. Lovell Reeve, London, 1860. 8vo (size approx 200mm x 130mm), original gilt embossed red cloth bevelled covers, all edges gilt. Bookplate of Thomas Kynnesley. Pp x, 187, 16pp adverts. With 20 mounted albumen stereograph pairs of photographs by Roger Fenton (1819-1869) taken in 1857 during a tour of North Wales. Near-fine condition, almost un-opened, the photographs have a good tonal range, original tissue guards. A rare and unusual item by one of the masters of early photography.		Click this link for more details
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, Fielding, 1821 Fielding, T,H. & Walton, J.: A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Ancient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidation of the History and Antiquities of that Part of the Country &c. &c. Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views, Drawn by Messrs. T H Fielding and J Walton, During a Two Year Residence Among the Lakes. William Clowes for R. Ackermann. London. 1821. LARGE PAPER COPY 4to, 340mm x 275mm (13" x 11"). pp. viii, 288. Fine hand coloured aquatint title vignette and 48 hand coloured plates after drawings by Fielding and Walton. Later morocco reback, spine gilt in 5 compartments, contemporary slightly scuffed boards, plain endpapers. Slight text offsetting onto some plates (as usual). This wonderful work was completed following a two year tour by Fielding & Walton in the English Lake District. The volume describes aspects of life in the area, the unique scenery, history, antiquities, habits and customs of the local people. The plates are dated between May 1820 and April 1821 and depict typical Lake District views and scenes including Grasmere, Rydal Water, Coniston, Keswick, Windermere, Ambleside, Patterdale, Penrith and Cockermouth. Tooley 219; Abbey Scenery 192. Very good condition.		Click this link for more details
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The Costume of Great Britain, Pyne, 1808 Pyne, William Henry. The Costume of Great Britain. London. William Miller. 1808, 3rd state. Folio [ 11.5 x 15.5 ins ]. Half-title + Hand coloured engraved title-page (v blank) + Publisher's Preface 3pp. (i-iii) + Table of Contents 1p + 60 ORIGINAL HAND COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES, (AQUATINT), each with 1 leaf of text ,vg. Quarter morocco gilt, slight wear to front hinge. The first edition was published in 1804 with uncoloured back ground. This 3rd state (watermark 1804-11) is the most desirable with fully coloured backgrounds. Pyne's plates portray a diversity of trades, occupations and services. All classes are represented from the most elevated ranks to the lowest labourer. Considerable attention is paid to each trade, giving a valuable record of British society on the eve of the Industrial revolution.		Click this link for more details
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