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Lyte, H. C. Maxwell. A HISTORY OF ETON COLLEGE (1440-1898).
London MacMillan 1899 Third edition, revised throughout and greatly enlarged Internal spotting, moderate foxing, heavier in a few places, cover leathers with rather much small denting and dime-sized scrape to lower cover, all quite sound and presentable
xxv, [iii], 640p. Illustrated. Bound by Spottiswoode in a prize binding of full maroon calf with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt tittles and panel ornaments of fleur-de-lis and Tudor roses, the covers with central Eaton device in gilt, double fillets around the covers, dentelles
Inscribed: "Stanley Cyril Beresford Mundey from his tutor AB Ramsay 'e praeteritis bona omnia et fausta praesagiente'. Eton July, 1906"
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235.00 USD
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Masson, Frederic. LIVRE DU SACRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON.
Paris Goupil & Cie (Manzi, Joyant successeurs) 1908 Limited to 50 copies on Imperial Japon paper, this no. 22 Very fine in pull-off box of straight-grained morocco repeating some of the features of the binding. Box is worn and with a broken panel
Quarto. [vi], 188p. 31 plates, each with title page and legends, with 10 full-page color plates highlighted with gilt and silver (four of which are not included in the regular paper edition), and with 8 double-page spread plates of scenes. Bound by Durvand in full olive crushed morocco with red watered silk endpapers, t.e.g., the spine in uneven panels with gilt titles and Napoleonic decorations, the cover with large central Royal device surrounded with large elaborate gilt frames, denteles. Original wrappers bound in
Stunning and rare.
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2500.00 USD
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Poole, Austin Lane. MEDIEVAL ENGLAND.
Oxford Clarendon Press 1958 A New Edition, Rewritten and Revised by Poole. Fine in d.j.'s (but for owner's ugly bookplates).
Two volumes. xxviii, 381p; xiii, 382-661p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled blue cloth.
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75.00 USD
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Prescott, William H. HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO: WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION, AND THE LIFE AND CONQUEROR, HERNANDO CORTES
New York Harper and Brothers 1843 First American edition, second printing with the corrections made Spines evenly faded and lightly stained, foxing to endleaves throughout, marginal dampstain to last few leaves of Vol. III, otherwise a very good set and quite scarce
Three volumes. xxxiv, 488p; xviii, 480p; xvii, 524p. Three engraved frontispiece, two folding maps and facsimile signature of Cortes. With all three half-titles. Bound in publisher's purplish-brown fine-grained embossed cloth with gilt spine titles and designs
With the bookplate of Barton Currie. BAL 16340; Sabin 65263.
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950.00 USD
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Schiller, Frederick. HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE DE TRENTE ANS.
Berne Emanuel Haller 1794 First French edition Joints of original bindings are split and worn, the title labels heavily chipped away, contents tight and bright
Two volumes. Small 8vo. [iv], 2p, 300p; [iv], 295p. Engraved portrait. Bound in period bindings of quarter calf with paper sides
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