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An Ambrotype portrait of a Sitting Woman.
Spain: n/a, 1850. An example of a Spanish ambrotype photograph. The image is a 2 x 1.75 inches (quarter plate) glass plate held in a gold coloured soft metal frame (2.5 inches by 2 inches) There is no backing plate, and the black is quite scratched and chipped. There is also a small burn to the woman's face. When held against a white or dark background it is still an attractive image though. Came from a Spanish collection.
Ambrotype also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass. Each is a unique original that could only be duplicated by using a camera to copy it. Developed circa 1850, by the mid 1860's Tintype and Albumen photographs had superseded the processBook ID: 3888More details Price: £125.00 -
An Ambrotype portrait of a Small child
Spain: n/a, 1850. An example of a Spanish ambrotype photograph. The image is a 2 x 1.5 inches (quarter plate) glass plate held in a gold coloured soft metal frame (2.5 inches by 2 inches) Some slight surface scratching to the image glass. The image is quite dark, and not very distinctive. Came from a Spanish collection.
Ambrotype also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass. Each is a unique original that could only be duplicated by using a camera to copy it. Developed circa 1850, by the mid 1860's Tintype and Albumen photographs had superseded the processBook ID: 3886More details Price: £100.00 -
An Ambrotype portrait of a Young Girl
Spain: n/a, 1850. An example of a Spanish ambrotype photograph. The image is a 2 x 1.5 inches (quarter plate) glass plate held in a gold coloured soft metal frame (2 inches by 1.75 inches) with a slightly scuffed leather backing. The image is quite dark, but shows clearly when a light is shone upon it. Came from a Spanish collection.
Ambrotype also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass. Each is a unique original that could only be duplicated by using a camera to copy it. Developed circa 1850, by the mid 1860's Tintype and Albumen photographs had superseded the processBook ID: 3887More details Price: £125.00 -
An Authentic Copy of the Charter and Bye-Laws of the City of Rochester, With an Abstract of the Customal
London: 1809. Recent rebind, with half tan leather and gilt titles, and marbled boards. 86 pp. with contemporary annotations, from Rochester Museum. City of Rochester museum bookplate to inside front board. A very nice copy
Book ID: 2077More details Price: £125.00 -
An Honourable Deception?
New Labour, Iraq, and the Misuse of Power.
London: Free Press, 2004. Nice copy of this first edition. Clean and tidy dust wrapper. No significant flaws. Very slight lean to the book. An account of the Iraq war from Short, who resigned from Blair's cabinet over his Iraq war policy. 294 pages.
245 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).Book ID: 2304More details Price: £8.00 -
An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
During the Reign of King Charles the First. With the precedent Passages and Actions that contributed thereto, and the happy End and Conclusion thereof by the Restoration of King Charles II.
Book ID: 3299More details Price: £350.00
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An Inaugural Lecture on the Utility of Anglo-Saxon Literature.
To which is added the Geography of Europe by King Alfred, including his Account of the Discovery of the North Cape in the Ninth Century.
Book ID: 2206More details Price: £150.00
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An Investigation Into the Language of Robinson Crusoe
as compared with that of other 18th century works.
Almqvist and Wiksell, 1910. First edition. Hardback linen cloth boards with red morocco label to spine, stamped gilt title to this label. In very good condition both inside and out. XXXVII, 124 [1] pp. 250 x 170 mm (9¾ x 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 3530More details Price: £28.00 -
An Oration, Pronounced July 4 1808, at the Request of the Selectmen of the Town of Boston.
In Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence.
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1402More details Price: £75.00 -
Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1907. First Edition. The author's story of early Britain and its inhabitants, Julius Cæsar's two invasions, and their results. Hardback in red cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Contains 44 b/w illustrations and three folding maps. Previous owner's ex libris to front pastedown. Some foxing to prelims, light bumping / rubbing to boards, and spineis slightly sun faded. xi, 764 pages. 230 x 155 mm (9 x 6 inches). Hardback in red cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Contains 44 b/w illustrations and three folding maps. Previous owner's ex libris to front pastedown. Some foxing to prelims, light bumping / rubbing to boards, and spineis slightly sun faded.
Book ID: 3219More details Price: £55.00 -
Animal Day - 65p stamp.
A limited edition print against Animal experiments.
Book ID: 1820More details Price: £120.00
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Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders MDCLXVI an Historical Poem
also a poem on the happy restoration and return of His late Sacred Majesty, Charles the Second, likewise a panegyrick on his coronation : together with a poem to my Lord Chancellor, presented on New-Years-Day, 1662
Book ID: 4009More details Price: £250.00
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Army and Navy Drolleries.
London: Frederick Warne and Co. and New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, 1876. First edition. Hardback. Seccombe is referred to as Captain (in later editions he becomes Major or Lieutenant Colonel) on the front of the red cloth boards. With alphabetical descriptions and illustrations from designs by the author. Printed in colours by Kronheim. Complete with 25 full-page colour plates, including frontis. Boards are darkened, and rubbed at edges. The gilt design and lettering has been slightly rubbed away. Internally, one or two of the blank pages in between illustrations has a small closed tear, not affecting any text or illustration pages. Text 27pp + 2pp adverts. 270 x 230 mm (10¾ x 9 inches).
Book ID: 3826More details Price: £250.00 -
Artikel 311 Wetboek van Strafrecht.
Academisch proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van Doctor in de Rechtswetenschap aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden op gezag van den Rector Magnificus Dr. S. S. Rosenstein, Hoogleeraar in de Faculteit der Geneeskunde, voor de faculteit te verdedigen op Zaterdag 26 November 1887, des namiddags te 3 uzen,
door Eduard August Otto De Casembroot, geboren te Tholen.Leiden: P. Somerwil, 1887. Eerste editie. Gebonden in rood linnen met vergulde en zwarte versieringen. Alle paginaranden verguld. In zeer goede staat. 80 pagina's. 230 x 150 mm.
Book ID: 3800More details Price: £30.00 -
Atlas van LXIII platen behoorende bij de handleiding tot de kennis der Burgerlijke en Militaire Bouwkunst.
Bouwkundige Leercursus, ten gebruike der Koninklijke Mlitaire Akademie. 3de herziene druk.
Breda: Broese & Comp, 1863. Hardback marbled boards with buckram spine. [2] + 13 text pp. 63 double page lithographed plates - with more than 852 illustrations by Franciscus Josephus Ensinck (1806 - 1883). This is the plate volume only, showing military and civil architecture. Library stamp of Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs (KIVI) to title page, and location label to spine. Overall in very good condition. Heavy book. Small folio: 390 x 270 mm (15¼ x10¾ inches).
Book ID: 3848More details Price: £260.00 -
Autograph Letter Signed by The Duke of Wellington regarding his hearing problem.
London: 1837. Addressed to an unidentified recipient, this signed letter concerns the appointment of an officer with hearing loss, which the Duke relates to his own experience of deafness. Like many exposed to the sound of artillery fire, the Duke of Wellington suffered from noise-related hearing loss. Subsequently he underwent a botched treatment which resulted in permanent deafness in one ear. This ALS is dated London, 16 April 1837. This was the year that Queen Victoria ascended the throne, and was written when the Duke was in his late 60s. Expected fold marks. Whole written in brown ink. 2pp. with integral blank leaf. 185 x 118 mm (7¼ by 4¾ inches)
Book ID: 3589More details Price: £500.00 -
Battles and Enchantments.
Retold from Ancient Irish Literature.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Author signed, First Edition. In original blue cloth with gilt decoration to front board and title to spine. Original brown unclipped paper dust jacket. Dust jacket has some marks and is nicked to the head of the spine. Inside the book is clean, just basic shelf wear. Author signed dedication to FFEP. 168 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 2093More details Price: £50.00 -
Beautes de L'histoire D'Espagne et de Portugal
Reunis en un Seul volume
Book ID: 3251More details Price: £95.00
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Bibliography of Oscar Wilde.
Book ID: 4391More details Price: £30.00
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Big and Little Coldstream Guards - photograph.
Keystone Photo Archive, 1968. A black and white photograph of a Coldstream Guardsman at St James' Palace in London, being followed by two children from Miss Betty Vacani's School of Dancing dressed in their own versions of his uniform. This was for a rehearsal of an event being held to support The Invalid Children's Association in London in July 1968. 240 x 120 mm (9½ x 4¾ inches). Keystone data in Dutch to the verso of the print.
Book ID: 2670More details Price: £20.00