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Spence Rev.Joseph ~ Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists, being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another.

First Edition 1747. Complete with 41 plates, bound in contemporary full calf with elaborately gilt spine in 7 compartments. Upper joint broken and held by 2 of the 4 cords, front blank loose and spine label torn with 50% loss. Covers rubbed and a little worn at corners. Internally there is a little...

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£240

Virgil ~ Metellus his Dialogues the First Part, containing a Relation of a Journey to Tunbridge-Wells

First Edition 1693 Full leather binding with modern spine and label with the original chestnut leather covered boards. Retaining the original end blanks. Single worm trail to first and least few leaves, all marginal outside the text. Small marginal loss at foot of title. First few leaves incl title...

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£300

Richardson, Thomas Miles ~ The Castles of the English and Scottish Border,

First and only edition 1834. A complete set comprising the two parts with 6 uncoloured mezzotint plates and 3 in-text vignettes. Some light spotting to plates, original printed wrappers, a little soiled and rubbed at extremities but overall in excellent condition. A scarce set. This housed in a...

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£550

Hughes, Ted ~ Comics 1/60 with additional large signed print

First edition thus. No. 9 of 60 numbered copies with a signed (total edition of 499). Publisher's yellow wrappers. Fine with Fine separate signed print, also numbered 9/60

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£200

Hughes, Ted ~ Comics 1/60 with additional large signed print

First edition thus. No. 159 of 60 numbered copies with a signed (total edition of 499). Publisher's yellow wrappers. Fine with Fine separate signed print.

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£180