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1861 The Book of Household ManagementLondon: 1861The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, complete here with the original colour plates.
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1833 The Fleet Registers. Compromising the History of Fleet MarriagesLondon: 1833The scarce first edition of John Southerden Burn's history of irregular and clandestine 'Fleet marriages'.
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Signed1887 The Contemporary Review February 1887London: 1887A smart copy of this scarce magazine, previously held in the library of H. Rider Haggard with his inscription to the front board.
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1761 Observations on the Bedford CharityLondon: 1761The first edition of this scarce pamphlet discussing the use of the Harpur Trust in Bedford.
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1938 Education in Republican Spain: A Brief SurveyLondon: 1938A smart first edition of this informative pamphlet on education in Republican Spain and relative laws.
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Signed1968 Crisis at the Victory BurleskToronto : 1968A signed first edition of this thought provoking work by Robert Fulford, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey.
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1891 The Chinese, Their Present and Future: Medical, Political, and SocialPhiladelphia & London: 1891A scarce first edition of this illustrated anthropological study of China and its people.
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1934 PrefacesLondon: 1934A smartly bound first edition of this collection of political and sociological writing from Bernard Shaw.
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1947 Old Diplomacy: The Reminiscences of Lord Hardinge of PenshurstLondon: 1947A smartly bound first edition of this collection of reminiscences from British diplomat and statesman, Charles Hardinge of Penshurst.
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1793 The Example of France, a Warning to BritainLondon: 1793An uncommon first edition copy of this popular treatise on Arthur Young, an interesting look at France, and the lessons England can learn from their politics.
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1923 Persian Women & Their WaysLondon: 1923The first edition of Clara Colliver Rice's work on the women in Persia and their treatment, with illustrations and maps.
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1910 The People of IndiaLondon: 1910A smart first edition of this scarce collection of portraits of the people of India, from painter Mortimer Menpes.
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1927 A Study of Races in the Ancient Near EastCambridge: 1927A very scarce first edition of this ethnological study of the ancient East, with maps and illustrations.
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1903 World's ChildrenLondon: 1903A smart first edition of this volume comprising beautiful illustrations of children across the world.
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1923 The Morioris of Chatham IslandsHonolulu: 1923The scarce first edition of this illustrated work regarding the native Moriori people of the Chatham Islands.
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2013 The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720New Haven : 2013A lovely copy of the first edition of this work on the crash of 1720 with a foreword by American economist Robert J. Shiller, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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Signed2018 In Our Time: Celebrating Twenty Years of Essential ConversationLondon: 2018A very smart first edition of this celebration of twenty years of the radio series In Our Time, signed by the authors.
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1924 In Primitive New GuineaLondon: 1924A smart first edition of this scarce anthropological work on the tribes of Papua New Guinea, with illustrations.
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1961 Comic AlphabetsLondon: 1961A smart first edition of this illustrated language study of the alphabet from lexicographer, Eric Partridge.
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1980 In Our TimeNew York : 1980The first edition of this book of essays illustrated and written by Tom Wolfe, with the original dust wrapper.
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1908 3vols in 1 Second International Congress on School HygieneLondon: 1908The first edition of this very scarce three volume work, bound as one, detailing how to maintain hygiene in schools.
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1974 ConundrumLondon: 1974A first edition copy of this personal narrative concerning the author's gender transition, by historian and writer Jan Morris.
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1946 European WitnessLondon: 1946A smart first edition of this exploration of post-war Germany from Spender.
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1866 An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney DialectEdinburgh: 1866A smart first edition of this study on the dialect of Shetland and Orkney from Edmondston.
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1946 Democracy of the ArtsLondon: 1946A first edition of this previously unpublished essay by Rupert Brooke, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1937 Savage CivilisationLondon: 1937A smart first edition of Harrison's exploration of the New Hebrides in the Western Pacific, with illustrations.
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1926 Way Back in PapuaLondon: 1926A first edition of this social study into the indigenous tribes of Papua, with illustrations.
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1825 A Glossary of North Country Words, in UseNewcastle Upon Tyne: 1825A smart first edition of John Trotter Brockett's glossary of northern dialect.
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1910 2vol Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to the History of FamilyLondon: 1910A complete first edition set of this intensive study into the act of supernatural birth.
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1958 Manners & Customs of the AfghansLahore: 1958The first edition of this very scarce 1950's study of life in Afghanistan, authored by a history professor at Kabul University.
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1929 Armour for AphroditeLondon: 1929An uncommon first edition of this interesting analysis of contemporary thoughts on aesthetics, sexuality and morals.
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1699 The Vanity and Danger of Modern Theories: A Sermon Preach'd at St. Mary's Church in CambridgeCambridge: 1699A very scarce first edition of this pamphlet of the sermon on the danger of modern planetary theories.
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1833 An Historical Account of the Orphan Hospital of EdinburghEdinburgh: 1833The first edition of this vanishingly scarce description of Edinburgh's nineteenth century orphan hospitals, 'drawn up and printed by desire of the managers'.
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1938 The Interpreter's HouseLondon: 1938The first edition of John Buchan's installation address, on the subject of education, delivered before the University of Edinburgh.
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1861 The Four GeorgesLondon: 1861The first UK edition, first issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's history of the first four Hanoverian monarchs.
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1949-51 Sex and Repression and Crime and Custom in Savage SocietyLondon: 1949-51Two volumes of work from anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski.