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1854 Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsEdinburgh: 1854The complete six volume set of interesting essays by William and Robert Chambers.
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1903 Complete Census of England and Wales, 1901London: 1903Presenting a complete collection of the Census of England and Wales for the year 1901, uniformly bound and complete with folding maps, as issued. A scarce work.
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2008 On the Visionary Work and Revolutionary Life of an Idle IdolRochdale; London: 2008The first edition of this essay on William Morris as a revolutionary. A limited edition, with a facsimile letter from the author loosely inserted.
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1975 William Morris and Eric GillSalisbury: 1975A lovely copy of Peter Faulkner's essay on William Morris and Eric Gill, based on one his award-winning essays on the same topic. A limited edition, local printing of 1,750.
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1793-97 Oeuvres de J. J. Rousseau, Citoyen de GeneveParis: 1793-97The Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This edition is decorated with beautiful figures after paintings and drawings of Cochin, Vincent, Renault, and Monsiau
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1948 Union ClubLondon: 1948A lovely and limited edition of this illustrated record of the oldest Union Club in London, founded in circa 1799. In the unclipped dustwrapper.
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1985 The Story of Mr George EdaljiLondon: 1985A superb limited edition, and first published in book form, of the plea for justice for George Edalji by Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in columns for The Daily Telegraph.
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1821 Essayes and Characters of a Prison and PrisonersEdinburgh: 1821A scarce edition, limited to one hundred and fifty copies, of this fascinating book containing essays on a prison and its prisoners. Originally published in 1618.
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1821 Essayes and Characters of a Prison and PrisonersEdinburgh: 1821A scarce edition of this fascinating volume containing essays on prisoners and prisons, limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Originally published in 1618.
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1819 3vol The Annual Biography and ObituaryLondon: 1819-1825A first edition set comprising a complete catalogue of the annual biography and obituary for the years 1819, 1820, and 1825.
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1897 The Observances in Use at the Augustinian PrioryCambridge: 1897A first edition, limited to three hundred copies, of this volume on the Augustinian rituals at S. Giles and S. Andrew.
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Signed1904 The Last Records of A Cotswold CommunityEssex: 1904A signed limited edition of this work written by the noted architect Charles Robert Ashbee.
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1930-38 33vols The Works of George Bernard Shaw Limited Edition Dustwrapper PlaysLondon: 1930An excellent collection of the complete thirty three volume limited edition works of noted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, presented in the uncommon dustwrapper.
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1882 Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language Francisque-Michel LEEdinburgh and London: 1882A limited edition copy of this interesting analysis of Scottish language, written by the French historian Francisque Xavier Michel.