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Author: M. de Florian
Title: Melanges de Poesie et de Litterature
Description: Book is Good Full-Leather binding, Didot L'Aine, Paris, 1787. Contains the following poems: Ruth Eglogue, tiree de l'ecriture sainte a S. A. S. Monseigneur le duc de Penthievre; Contes en verse, Le Cheval de Espagne, a M. de Saint Lambert; Imitations et Traductions, L'Eocadie, anecdote Espagnole, imitee de Cervantes; Episode D'Inez de Castro, traduit de la Lusiade de Camoens, plus a few other short poems. A pocket size volume in original full leather binding, plain and worn, but still whole, though front board is detached and holding by chords only. Nice tooling on spine is now faded and hard to see. Inside the text block is tight with nice engravings and only occasional foxing freckles. 224pp Size 24mo
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Author: Dick Francis
Title: Whip Hand
Description: Book is Very Good wraps binding, Proof, Michael Joseph, London, 1979. A nice proof paperback in plain yellow covers with black titling on the front. Genuine photocopier print quality, with pen scribbled page numbers and the odd diagonal line on blank pages, so a real woking proof. First few leaves are loose, the glue hasn't held well, but we'll fix them back in if requested, at no extra charge. Minor corner-rubbing and a few light fingermarks on the covers, but quite OK. 253pp.
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book No: 		5149 Price: £ 25.00 ask about
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Author: John Buchan
Title: A Lodge in the Wilderness
Description: Book is Very Good in no dust jacket. Blue cloth binding, second edition, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1916. First cheap edition, 1916, of a title which first appeared anonymously in 1906, the second edition bearing the author's name in 1907. This edition has a special two page intorduction by Buchan dated 1916. a tidy and clean and tightly bound copy, with no foxing, top edge gilt, blue covers straight and a little corner rubbed, but nice looking. Gilt titling on the spine is clear and only slightly dulled. Certainly a nice copy of a very scarce Buchan title, which may well have been issued without a dj. 250pp Size 12mo
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book No: 		5153 Price: £ 45.00 ask about
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Author: Madame de Sévigné
Title: Lettres de Madame de Sévigné au Compte de Bussy-Rabutin, Tirées au Recueil des Lettres de ce dernier.
Description: Book is Good Quarter-leather binding, Delalain, Amsterdam, 1775. The less common letters of Madame de Sévigné to her cousin de Bussy-Rabatin. Letters are dated from 20th May 1667 to 27th anuary 1692, and are examples out of 107 total, probably two or three dozen are selected here. the binding is original, sound and fairly tight, with minor cracking on the spine leather, and general cornerwear. Paper covered boards and simple gilt decorated spine with red leather label, gilt still clear. Inside text block clean with a few freckles, front inner hinge split but holding well by the chords, with lower edge of then title page loose. Steel engraved heraldic private bookplate for Westport House inside front board. 263pp. Size 16mo
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book No: 		5155 Price: £ 40.00 ask about
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Author: M. Ramsay (Andrew Michael)
Title: Les Voyages de Cyrus, Avec un Discours sur la Mythologie, two volumes
Description: Book is Very Good Full-Leather binding, First Edition, Gabriel-Francois Quillau, Paris, 1727. Two volume first edition of this work in contemporary full-leather binding, with nice gilt decoration on the spine. The red label which says "Tom I" is missing, the other three title labels are present, red leather with gilt lettering. There is general edgewear on volume I, with the spine hinge being split 5cm at the top front. The rest of the spine hinges are supple and tight. Volume II has only some cornerwear and general rubbing, also three small worm holes in the spine, but the culprits are long gone. Inside the bindings are tight, the pages generally clean. Marbled brightly coloured whorly endpapers, pages speckled on edges, all leaves present. Engraved frontis on Vol I, "Cyrus Consulte Daniel". 355pp + (224pp voyages ptII, 188pp discourse sur la mythologie). Size 16mo
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book No: 		5157 Price: £ 99.00 ask about
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Author: Jacques Davy du Perron et Mr le President de Thou
Title: Perroniana et Thuana; Pensees Judicieuses, bons mots, rencontres agreables & observations curieuses du Cardinal du Perron, et De Mr le President de Thou, Conseiller d'Etat
Description: Book is Fair Full-Leather binding, Not stated, Cologne, 1694. A small leather bound volume, in original binding, with rear board detached but present, front board hanging by chords, and general edgewear. The interior text block is tight and fairly cleanm, with red and black titling on the title page, and an engraved frontis. 453pp + 5pp adverts, the top half of the last leaf is torn away. Title page yellowed at edges and edgeworn. Much of the gilt on the spine can still be seen, although faded and worn, with the bottom half inch of the leather chipped away. One or two ink annotations in margins. Size 24mo
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Author: Christine Marion Fraser
Title: King's Acre
Description: Book is Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover binding, First Edition, Collins, London, 1987. A nice copy with a touch of shelfwear and a fingermark on the top edges. Wrapper is free of tears and has moderate creasing along egdes. Priceclipped but free of owner markings. Size 8vo
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Author: Andrew Garve
Title: No Tears for Hilda
Description: Book is Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover binding, Reprint, Collins Crime Club, London, 1981. Binding sound and tight. Pages white, clean and free of blemish. Black hard cover boards clean and straight with a tiny amount of shelf rubbing. Dust jacket is clean and crisp with a wee bit of edge crimping, and two creases in the glossy laminate. (The actual dust jacket is free of creases.) A bit of sunfade on dj spine. No previous owner markings. 228pp Size 8vo ISBN: 0002316846 keywords: murder mystery
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Author: L. R. Wright
Title: Sleep While I Sing
Description: Book is Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hard Cover binding, First Edition, Collins Crime Club, London, 1987. Binding sound and tight. Pages clean and free of rips, folds etc. Some age-yellowing in a narrow band around the page edges. Red hard cover boards clean and straight and free of shelf wear. Dust jacket is clean and crisp with a wee bit of rubbing and edge crimping. A touch of wear at foot of dj spine. No previous owner markings. 211pp Size 8vo keywords: murder mystery
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Author: Jonathan Ross
Title: Death's Head
Description: Book is Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hard Cover binding, First Edition, Constable and Co., London, 1982. A very tidy, clean and tightly bound copy in a shiny, tear-free wrapper with minor edge- creasing. Size 8vo ISBN: 0094647909 keywords: crime fiction mystery thriller
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