Lucking, J.H.

The Great Western at Weymouth. A Railway and Shipping History.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1971. 21 x 14 cm. 253 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. In price-clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. In very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with a few nicks and small amount of fraying to top of spine. Internally bright and clean.

Adams, Rev.H.C.

The Widow’s Son.

[First Edition]. London, George Routledge and Sons, [Not Dated, 1887?]. 18 x 12 cm. Pages numbered 290 to 352. With a frontispiece. Original green cloth with black illustrations and title on front board. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some faint staining to boards. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Hinge opened after title page. Binding holding. Various extensive inscriptions to front and rear end papers (see image). Main inscription is dated 1887. Some large numbers written on top of page 310. Internally foxed and browned.

Knox, Alexander / Kane, Dr. R.

The Irish Watering Places. Their Climate, Scenery, and Accommodations; including Analyses of the Principal Mineral Springs, by Dr. R. Kane, and Remarks on the various Forms of Disease to which they are adapted, together with Directions for the Regimen of Invalids, and Observations on Indigestion, Gout, Pulmonary Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest, Stomach, and Nervous System.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1845. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 336 pages with a small frontispiece and some small illustrations in the text. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard Cover. Very good condition. This book has been recased using the original boards. New spine and new end papers. Boards rubbed, bumped and faded. Edges dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean. Stamp of previous owner on half title page. Several closed tears to last two pages (Subscribers List).

Lewis, Wyndham / Stephan, Dom John et al.

A History of the Benedictine Nuns of Dunkirk. Now at St. Scholastica’s Abbey Teignmouth, Devon. Edited by the Community.

First Edition. London, The Catholic Book Club, 1957. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 209 pages. Original blue cloth with black title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled and foxed. A few nicks and small custs to dust jacket. Age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Barclay, Robert.

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity. As the same is held forth and preached by the People, in Scorn, called Quakers.

Thirteenth Edition. Manchester, William Irwin, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 384 pages. Original dark cloth with blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Joints and hinges cracking. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally dust dulled and occasionally foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Small binder stamp on front paste down.

Plumridge, John H.

Hospital Ships and Ambulance Trains.

First Edition. London, Seeley, Service & Co., 1975. 21 x 13 cm. 203 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

Rambach, John Jacob / Benson, Samuel.

Meditations on the Sufferings of Christ.

London, Printed for Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1827. 21 x 13.5 cm. x, 451 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Gilt and blind decorations. Title on spine. Very good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Joints cracked, but in place. Age darkened and dust dulled. Internally surprisingly clean and bright.

Trollope, T. Adolphus.

Sketches from French History.

First Edition. London, Bickers & Son, 1878. 18 x 12 cm. iv, (4), 483 pages. Fine full calf prize binding with elaborate gilt decorations on spine. Gilt armory of ‘Thanet College Margate’ on front board. Binding by Relfe Brothers, London. Marbled end papers and inside gilt dentelles. Marbled Edges. Very good condition. Some minor rubbing and bumping. Faint stain on front board (see image). Mild foxing, mainly to end papers. Faint stain to first few pages. Otherwise internally bright and clean.

Anon.

A Nurse’s Indian Log-Book. Being actual Incidents in the Life of a Missionary Nurse. With 24 Illustrations by Mabel R. Peacock.

Second Impression. London, The Missionary Equipment and Literature Supply Ltd., 1925. 18 x 12 cm. iv, 122 pages. Illustrated. Stiff brown decorated cardboard. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. A nice copy.