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The Hobbit Or There And Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Covers illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien. Unwin Books, paperback.

Overall good condition, some light creases to the spine, and a small stain in the bottom edges (check pictures, feel free to ask for more)

*** 3rd Edition, 20th

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - 1975

1.- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The History of that Ingenious Gentleman Don Quijote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish by Burton Raffel. Introduction by Diana de Armas Wilson. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995.
2.- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Ozell´s

Literature - Quantity: 7 - Book

Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote - 7 English editions - 1906-2011

Natural Science Subjects in brilliant Presentations by this famous Scientist.

1. Werner Heisenberg - Die Einheit des Naturwissenschaftlichen Weltbildes - Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth Publishing, 1942 - 1st Edition - 32 pp - Green Softcover with Printing on Cover - 20,5 x 13 -

History, Illustrated, Literature, Mathematics, Photography, Physics, Science, Technology - Quantity: 4 - Book

Heisenberg - Die Einheit des Naturwissenschaftlichen Weltbildes [+3 other Heisenberg Editions] - 1942-1958

Scarce in this Very Fine condition. 271 pages inc introduction, copper engraved head and tail pieces. Full leather, well bound. Armorial bookplate of Henrietta Burton. With two copper engraved head and tail pieces. Has chapters and tales on Irish Newspapers, The Criminal Law Of

Colonial history, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

R. L. & Maria Edgeworth. - Essay On Irish Bulls. Henrietta Burton bookplate. - 1815

A collectible copy of the Strand Magazine, Vol. XXVI. July to December, 1903. This is special copy as it contains stories before ever being published in book form, Doyle’s legendary “Sherlock Holmes” series was first printed here in The Strand Magazine with illustrations by

Illustrated, Literature, Collected works - Quantity: 1 - Book

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Strand Magazine Vol. 26 (The Return Of Sherlock Holmes) - 1903

Beautiful hardcover edition of Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays by George Orwell.

Book in good condition:

Original dust jacket present.
Protective sleeve (plastic) around the cover.
Light signs of use / wear.
Interior neat and complete

Literature, Collected works - Quantity: 1 - Book

George Orwell - Shooting an Elephant and other essays - 1950-1950

Euripides – Nine Plays – The Franklin Library – 1976.
Limited Edition, The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.
Euripides (c. 480–406 BC) was the youngest of the three great Athenian tragedians, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles, and the most modern in temperament. Of the some ninety

Euripides - Euripides Nine Plays [Franklin Library] - 1976

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Eduard Vilde; Illustrations A. Hoidre - Milkman of the Manor - Eduard Vilde - 1976 - 1976-1976

Hardcover. 
Condition: Good. 
Lewis Carroll (author) - Arthur B. Frost (illustrator).
Octavo, 152pp.  + advertisement pages for other works by Lewis Carroll published by MacMillan & Co.
On the pages following the cover, there are two dedications, as shown in the images.
A series

Literature, Games and pastimes - Quantity: 1 - Book

Lewis Caroll - "A Tangled Tale" - 1885

"Myths of Babylonia and Assyria" edited by Donald A. MacKenzie, with historical narrative & comparative notes, illustrations in colour an monochrome - The Gresham Publishing Company, London - 1915 first thus UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in decorated binding,

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Donald A. MacKenzie - Myths of Babylonia and Assyria - 1915

Three volumes. First edition in book form. Set during the Napoleonic war, this Wessex novel was written to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Trafalgar and incorporates comic elements to move away from its darker predecessor, The Return of the Native (1878).

Hardy weaves

Literature - Quantity: 3 - Book

Thomas Hardy - The Trumpet-Major (1st Edition) - 1880

Tolkien - The Hobbit - 2016 - 50th anniversary edition of the 1966 publication printed with special permission  in slipcase - as new book in as new slipcase - beautifully illustrated no inscriptions - 314 pages

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase - Book

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit or There and Back Again - 2016-2016

"The Man of Feeling" by Henry Mackenzie - Berwick: Printed by John Taylor - 1800 new edition - 14cmx12cm - 240p -  condition: good, leather binding, with spine label, slight rubbing and wear, name on title page, some page foxing. 

"The Man of Feeling" is a seminal sentimental

Henry MacKenzie - The Man of Feeling - 1800

Beautiful copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, published by Cassell and Company, London. Illustrated with 8 color plates and 112 black-and-white illustrations by Charles Robinson. All plates present and in good condition. The blue linen binding shows signs

Children's books, Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Lewis Carroll / Charles Robinson - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - 1929-1929

Scarce. First and only edition. Creswell family copy, connected to the publisher. The sole known publication of Abbott (1730–1776), a Church of England clergyman. The subscriber list includes Isaac Hawkins Browne, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Charles Jennens - patron of the arts and

Lemuel Abbott - Poems on Various Subjects (1st Edition) - 1765

Martin Eden by Jack London is one of the author’s most celebrated novels, offering a powerful and introspective narrative centered on ambition, self-education, and the pursuit of artistic and intellectual recognition. The story follows Martin Eden, a working-class sailor who

Jack London - Martin Eden - 1913

"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T.S. Eliot and ill. by Nicolas Bentley - Faber & Faber, London - 1940 first illustrated edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, ill. decorated boards, some rubbing to boards, all Bentley ill and plates present. 

Old Possum's Book of

Literature, Illustrated, Children's books - Quantity: 1 - Book

T.S. Eliot - Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - 1940

Hardcover from 1968, 1st Edition, first printing as written on the copyright page. Random House. 

First edition points:

- Stated "first printing" on the copyright page.
- Correct date of 1968.
- Bottom left of rear flap stating “1/69” as required.
- Correct price unclipped-

John Irving - Setting Free the Bears[First Edition - First Print] - 1968

Zorba the Greek, first American edition by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1953, translated from Greek by Carl Wildman, while the novel Alexis Zorba was originally written and published in Greek in 1946, its release by Simon & Schuster in 1953 was decisive for the book's exposure to the

Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek [First American Edition] - 1953

Rare book by the Sowerby sisters, Githa wrote stories and nursery rhymes for children and her sister Millicent illustrated them. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, Henry Frowde (1909), 1st edition.

Full book with 12 full-page illustrations.

Measurements: 16.5 x 12.5 cm –

Games and pastimes, Illustrated, Children's books, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Githa and Millicent Sowerby - THE HAPPY BOOK - 1909

Virgile / John Dryden [translator]. The Works of Virgil. London, Baynes and Son, 1825, 476 pp.

A 16mo volume (130x75 mm), full red morocco, gilt border framing the covers, ornately decorated spine, gilt edges (binding of the period). Binding very worn, wear and rubbing on the

Virgile / John Dryden [traducteur] - The Works of Virgil - 1825

John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric - Thirteen crime stories starring George Gideon of Scotland Yard - for details: see below.

This lot contains:

1.
1958 - Gideon's Night - New York, Pyramid Books no. G335 - 1st edition in this format - 160p. - Some signs of wear and use on the

Literature - Quantity: 13 - Book

John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric (1908-1973) - Thirteen crime stories starring George Gideon of Scotland Yard - 1958-1982

"At the back of the north wind" , the timeless classic by George Macdonald, this edition published around 1915 by Blackie and sons with 12 full page illustrations by Frank Cheyne pape and 77 in text illustrations in black and white by Arthur Hughes. Very rare edition by Blackie

Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

George Macdonald/Frank Cheyne Papè/Arthur Hughes - At the back of the north wind - 1915

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