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[BALLINGALL, William].
Edinburgh Past And Present Its Associations And Surroundings Drawn With Pen And Pencil.
Edinburgh: William Oliphant And Company, 1877..
large 4to. pp. xiv, 153, [1]. with half-title. 32 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.) by Ballingall after the drawings of various artists & numerous wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). contemporary half chagrin (extremities rubbed). First Edition.
$200 USD Book Number: elala5115 Order / Enquire
BARCLAY, Edgar.
Stonehenge And Its Earth-Works.
London: D.Nutt, 1895..
4to. pp. xi, 152. 7 plans (2 in colour), 23 plates, & numerous text illus. decorative ornaments & initials. original cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed (recased preserving endleaves, corners frayed, browning to gutter margin of 2 pages). First Edition. An annotated bibliography occupies pp. [131]-149.
$300 USD Book Number: elala3510 Order / Enquire
[BARNES, Thomas] [1785-1841].
Parliamentary Portraits; Or Sketches Of The Public Character Of Some Of The Most Distinguished Speakers Of The House Of Commons. Originally Printed In The Examiner.
London: Printed For Baldwin, Craddock, And Joy, And R.Hunter, 1815..
8vo. pp. iv, [4], 240. disbound (faint dampmarking to outer margins). First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: BARrl[BA93 Order / Enquire
BARR, of Glasgow, and James BROWN, Council Officer].
Biographical Sketches Of The Hon. The Lord Provosts Of Glasgow. With Appendix.
Glasgow: John Tweed, 1883..
large 8vo. pp. v, [2], 381, [2], 50, [2]index. engraved frontis. portrait, 3 wood-engraved plates & several text illus. (1 full-page). original black & gilt-stamped cloth (some light foxing to outer leaves, first gatherings loose). First Edition.
$175 USD Book Number: elala854 Order / Enquire
BARTLETT, W[illiam] H[enry] [1809-1854] ET AL. (Illus.) & BEATTIE, William (Text).
Scotland Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By Messrs. T.Allom, W.H.Bartlett, and H.M'Culloch.
London: George Virtue, 1838..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 200; 3 p.l., 172. 2 engraved titles, 1 engraved map, & 118 steel-engraved views An attractive set in contemporary gilt-paneled dark brown morocco, all edges gilt (tissue guards browned, occasional light foxing mainly to plate margins). ownership entry of Canadian historian Edwin C.Guillet [1898-1975]. Holloway 22.
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BARTLETT, W[illiam] H[enry] [1809-1854] ET AL. (Illus.) & BRITTON, J[ohn] [1771-1857] & E[dward] W[edlake] BRAYLEY [1773-1854] (Text).
Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, From Original Drawings By Thomas Allom, W.H.Bartlett, &c. With Historical And Topographical Descriptions...
London: H.Fisher, R.Fisher, & P.Jackson, 1832..
2 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 106; 48. 2 engraved titles, 1 (of 2) engraved maps (lacking map of Devonshire), & 138 steel-engraved views on 69 plates. contemporary half morocco, all edges gilt (corners worn, spine bit rubbed, tissue guards browned, occasional foxing). ownership entry of Canadian historian Edwin C.Guillet [1898-1975]. First Edition. Holloway 42.
$400 USD Book Number: elala5069 Order / Enquire
BATE, George [1608-1669].
Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia: Or, A short Historical Account Of The Rise and Progress Of The Late Troubles in England. In Two Parts. Written in Latin by Dr. George Bates [sic].Mostus Compositi: Or, The History Of The Composing the Affairs of Engl
London: Printed for Abel Swalle.Sold by Samuel Eddowes, 1685..
3 Parts in 1. 8vo. pp. 12 p.l., 170, [6]; 256, [4]; 107, [4]. lacking an engraved title? 5 engraved portraits, incl. frontis. of Charles I by Vander Gucht after Van Dijk, inserted from other sources. 19th century half calf, gilt back (rubbed, some light foxing & browning, 2 repairs to Q1 verso & a few small marginal repairs). First Collected Edition in English of this Royalist work. It appears to have been issued with and without an engraved title, which is not present here. Bate was first physician successively to Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II. Bib. Osleriana 4357. Davies & Keeler 301. McAlpin IV p. 188. Wing B1083.
$899 USD Book Number: BTEenBAT21 Order / Enquire
BAXTER, William [1650-1723].
Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, Sive Etymologicus Antiquitatum Veteris Britanniae atque Iberniae, Temporibus Romanorum.Accedunt Viri Cl. D.Edwardi Luidii.De Fluviorum, Montium, Urbium, &c. In Britannia Nominibus, Adversari Posthuma. Editio Secu
London: T.Woodward, C.Davis, J.Hazard, W.Bickerton, & R.Chandler, 1733..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., xii, [4], 277, [19]index. engraved frontis. portrait by G.Vertue. woodcut ornaments & initials. disbound. Second Edition of Baxter's dictionary of British antiquities (first: 1719). NCBEL II 1823.
$154 USD Book Number: BXTosBAX87 Order / Enquire
BAYLEY, John [Whitcomb] [d. 1869].
The History And Antiquities Of The Tower Of London.
London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1830..
8vo. pp. vi, [2], 627, [1]. title & dedication printed in red & black. 10 engraved plates (incl. frontis.). 19th century roan, gilt decoration on covers, gitl inside dentelles, all edges gilt, rebacked with spine mounted (bookplate removed from paste-down, foxing to plates & surrounding leaves). Second (First Octavo) Edition. The greater portion of Bayley's work is given over to an account of the tower as a state prison, with biographical notices of the most distinguished personages confined there from the thirteenth to the early nineteenth century. Originally published in two quarto volumes, 1821-25. The appendix is omitted in this second edition, and some of the notes were abridged. Grose 2090.
$300 USD Book Number: BYLeBAYL87 Order / Enquire
BEATON, Cecil.
Diaries 1922-1980.
London: Widenfeld And Nicolson, [1961-65-72-73] & New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004-03..
6 Volumes. 8vo. illus. cloth. dw. (some chipping to dws. of Vols. I-II, 2 other dw. with short tears at edges). First Editions of Vols. I-IV (2nd impression of Vol. II) & First American Editions of Vols. V-VI.
$500 USD Book Number: dola885 Order / Enquire
BEATTIE, William [1793-1875].
Life And Letters Of Thomas Campbell.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xxii, [25]-556; 4 p.l., [9]-521. engraved frontis. portrait. original blind-stamped cloth (extremities chipped, some foxing throughout). First American Edition. cfNCBEL III 263.
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BEATTIE, William.
Scotland Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By Messrs. T.Allom, W.H.Bartlett, and H.M'Culloch.
London: Virtue & Co., Limited, nd..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 200; 3 p.l., 172. 2 engraved titles, 1 engraved map, & 118 steel-engraved views (some inserted from another copy). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, all edges gilt (recased preserving endleaves, discolouration to cloth along front joint of Vol. II, occasional light foxing & a few marginal dampstains). cfHolloway 22.
$769 USD Book Number: BATotBEA39 Order / Enquire
BELL, Sir James [b. 1850] & PATON, James [b. 1843].
Glasgow Its Municipal Organization and Administration.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1896..
4to. pp. xxiii, 426, [1 leaf]. with half-title. title in red & black. 2 folding plans (1 colour) & photogravure frontis. several text illus. original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (institutional bookplate, small label on lower spine, few tears in one plan - no loss). First Edition. Including chapters on Scottish burghal constitution, burghal history of Glasgow, local government in the seventeenth century, the guildry, modern council, magistrates, police, streets and bridges, sewers and sewage, fire brigade, public lighting, cleansing, baths and wash-houses, health department, improvement trust, water supply, gas and electricity, markets, tramways, Clyde navigation, public halls, parks, art galleries and museums, education (libraries and schools), charity, religion.
$256 USD Book Number: BLLasBEL5 Order / Enquire
[BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas] [1703-1772].
Essai Géographique Sur Les Isles Britanniques.
Paris: Didot, 1757.
4to. pp. 3 p.l., 471. additional engraved title. 5 engraved maps with outline colour (2 folding), & 36 engraved plans & views in the text (incl. vignette on title, a full-page plan of London & 1 illus. not noted on index leaf). contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (spine ends & corners worn, joints cracked, small dampstain to lower inner margin of some leaves). First Edition. The work is divided into three parts, the first being a geographical description of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the second a routier or guide to the coasts, and the third an analysis of Bellin's maps of the British Isles. The attractive engraved vignettes by Choffard, Delacrox and Haussard depict plans and views of major cities. Cohen-De Ricci 129.
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[BENSON, William] [1682-1754].
A Letter To Sir J--- B---, By Birth, a Swede, but Naturaliz'd, and a M---r of the Present P---t: Concerning the late Minehead Doctrine, which was established by a certain Free Parliament of Sweden, to the utter Enslaving of that Kingdom.
London: Printed for A.Baldwin., 1711..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 40. with half-title. disbound. Critique of absolute monarchy. Goldsmiths' 4796. Rothschild I 361. St. David's 5007.
$70 USD Book Number: elala485 Order / Enquire
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