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THE PLEASURES OF LIFE PART I AND II BOUND IN ONE [Prize Binding, THE ROYAL DRAWING SOCIETY]
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THE PLEASURES OF LIFE PART I AND II BOUND IN ONE [Prize Binding, THE ROYAL DRAWING SOCIETY]

by Avebury, the Right Honourable

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Published
1906
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1906. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xviii, Part 1,199, Part II 280. Ornate prize binding in polished red calf, gilt vignette to the front board bearing the lettering, The Royal Drawing Society, gilt borders, gilt decoration to the spine compartments. All edges marbled, near fine, a few scratches to the rear board.… Read more about this item
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M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia Cum Notis Hugonis Grotii et Richardi Bentleii
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M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia Cum Notis Hugonis Grotii et Richardi Bentleii

by LUCANI Marcus Annaeus

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First Edition
Published
1816
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London: Longman, Hurt, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1816. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Harrow school prize binding. pp xii 361, the crest of Harrow School in gilt within the spine compartments. Pp.445. Contemporary full polished blue calf prize binding by Crossley & Clarke, Harrow, with extensive gilt decoration to the spine, red spine label, gilt tooling to… Read more about this item
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Arundines Cami Sive Musarum Cantabrigiensium Lusus Canori [Harrow Prize Plate and binding]
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Arundines Cami Sive Musarum Cantabrigiensium Lusus Canori [Harrow Prize Plate and binding]

by Drury, Henricus [Henry] Edit. other Cambridge alumni

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1851
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London, Cambridge: J.G. Parker and J. Deighton, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Harrow school prize binding. pp xii 361, the crest of Harrow School to the front pastedown signed by B. H. Drury. Pp.361. Contemporary full polished blue calf prize binding by Crossley & Clarke, Harrow, with extensive gilt decoration to… Read more about this item
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FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - DEMOSTHENES No.I, DEMOSTHENES SALLUST No.II [ Numbers I and II from the Family Classical Library]

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - DEMOSTHENES No.I, DEMOSTHENES SALLUST No.II [ Numbers I and II from the Family Classical Library]

by Transalted byThomas Leland

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1830
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo. Complete in two volumes, frontispiece and title pages present, numbers I and II in the Family Classical Library. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prelims. with some uneven tonning and spotting, some pages uncut, no… Read more about this item
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FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - TACITUS Vol. I [Number XI from the Family Classical Library]

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - TACITUS Vol. I [Number XI from the Family Classical Library]

by Translated By Wrangham

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1830
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo. complete with frontispiece and title page. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prelims. with some uneven tonning, some pages uncut, no inscriptions. A very good two volume set..
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FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - XENOPHON VOL. I & II [ Numbers III and IV from the Family Classical Library]

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - XENOPHON VOL. I & II [ Numbers III and IV from the Family Classical Library]

by Edward Spelman

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1830
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo. Complete in two volumes, frontispiece and title pages present, numbers III and IV in the Family Classical Library. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prelims. with some uneven tonning and spotting, some pages uncut, no… Read more about this item
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FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - VIRGIL VOL. I and II [numbers VIII and IX from the Family Classical Library]

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY - VIRGIL VOL. I and II [numbers VIII and IX from the Family Classical Library]

by Translated By Wrangham

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1830
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo. complete in two volumes, frontispiece and title pages present. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, prelims. with some uneven tonning, some pages uncut, no inscriptions. A very good two volume set..
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THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABBISSINIA - Henshall's Pocket Library of Classic Novels Being a Complete Collection of Histories Adventures Anecdotes by The Most Esteemed Authors  [Two volumes in one]
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THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABBISSINIA - Henshall's Pocket Library of Classic Novels Being a Complete Collection of Histories Adventures Anecdotes by The Most Esteemed Authors [Two volumes in one]

by Dr Johnson

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1796
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Dublin: T. HENSHALL, 1796. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo. Two volumes in one, title page , frontispiece, original endpapers and preliminary leaves.very good. Original binding poor, although text block is held firm by cords. Contents clean and tight, no foxing, unmarked, tiny evidence of worm damage to a few internal pages, no inscriptions. Worthy of rebinding..
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THE LAND OF TROY AND TARSUS

THE LAND OF TROY AND TARSUS

by Wetherell, J. E.

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First Edition
Published
1931
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London: The Religious Tract Society, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 264 pages; 16 b/w plates. Original blue cloth hardback binding, very good with a little general wear, cloth lightly marked. Contents clean and tight, a little foxing to page edges, no inscriptions. A very good copy..
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LIFE AND LETTERS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY

LIFE AND LETTERS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY

by Glover, Terrot Reaveley

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Reissue
Published
1968
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New York: Russell & Russell, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reissue. 8vo. 398 pages. Original maroon cloth hardback binding, very good and bright with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..
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HUGO GROTIUS DE VERITATE RELIGIONIS CHRISTIANAE

by Grotius, Hugo; Clerici, Joannis

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1823
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Londoni [London]: Apud j. Collingwood, 1823. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. xx, 314, [2 - publisher's catalogue] Full contemporary sheep; leather cracked at joints, front board detached; binding rubbed. Contents clean and tight, half title page present, publisher's adverts pasted to front end paper; free end-papers excised; text pages clean. Text in Latin. A good only… Read more about this item
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Ellipses Graecae, sive de vocibus, quae in sermone Graeco Supprimuntur. Christiani Schottgenii V. C. Observationibus Clariss. Bernholdii, et suas adjecit et praefatus est M. Jo. Frider Leisnerus.
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Ellipses Graecae, sive de vocibus, quae in sermone Graeco Supprimuntur. Christiani Schottgenii V. C. Observationibus Clariss. Bernholdii, et suas adjecit et praefatus est M. Jo. Frider Leisnerus.

by Bos, Lamberti [Lambert Bos]

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Edition
Septima Editio
Published
1750
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Hardcover
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Lugduni Batavorum Apud Cornelium Haak, 1750. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. Septima Editio. 8vo. Pp. [58], 412, [102 - index]. Contemporary or near contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands to the spine with gilt decoration between, black morocco title label. Very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing, contents clean and tight,… Read more about this item
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THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES Volume II (only) MEDEA THE IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS ALCESTIS THE RHESUS Translated Into English Rhyming Verse By Gilbert Murray
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THE PLAYS OF EURIPIDES Volume II (only) MEDEA THE IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS ALCESTIS THE RHESUS Translated Into English Rhyming Verse By Gilbert Murray

by Euripides; Gilbert Murray, Editor

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Limted Edition
Published
1931
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Newtown, Wales: The Gregynog Press, 1931. Book. Illus. by Maynard, Robert Ashwin; Horace Walter Bray. Very Good. Hardcover. Limted Edition. Folio. From the limited edition of 500 copies, this is set No. 74; publisher's cloth blocked in gilt with bevelled edges, printed on hand-made paper; 263 pages; 16 engravings. Small, professional repair to the head of the spine, tail of… Read more about this item
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A SYSTEM OF RHETORIC, in a Method Entirely New. Containing all the Tropes and Figures Necessary to illustrate the Classics, both Poetical and Historical.

A SYSTEM OF RHETORIC, in a Method Entirely New. Containing all the Tropes and Figures Necessary to illustrate the Classics, both Poetical and Historical.

by Stirling, John

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A New Edition
Published
1817
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Hardcover
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London: Printed for J. Nunn; G. Wilkie et al, 1817. Book. Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. Large 8vo. 25 pages interleaved with blanks; original publisher's boards, good, backstrip covering chipped with loss, but binding remains firm; contents clean and tight, front free end paper excised otherwise a very good copy..
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Herodotus Istorion Logoi. Edited Long (Two volumes)s bound Together

by Herodotus; Schweghaeuser; Gaisford; G Long

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Published
1851
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London: Dulau and Co., 1851. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 8vo. two volume set; pp. xii, 342 & xvi, 318, but interleaved throughout with blank leaves, text in Greek, notes and introduction in English. No title page to the second volume, but as this edition was probably designed to be bound in one volume, this may be by intention. Bound in… Read more about this item
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INDEX GRAECITATIS SOPHOCLEAE

INDEX GRAECITATIS SOPHOCLEAE

by Beatson, B. W.

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1830
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Cambridge: W. P. Grant, 1830. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Contemporary tan buckram cloth binding with red leather label, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked and slightly frayed to the head of the spine, still very serviceable. Contents clean and tight, library bookplate to the front paste-down and single inconspicuous stamp… Read more about this item
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THEOCRITUS, BION AND MOSCHUS Rendered Into English Prose

THEOCRITUS, BION AND MOSCHUS Rendered Into English Prose

by Lang, A.

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1907
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1907. Book. Fine. Full Leather. 12mo (11 x 16cm). Beautifully bound in full dark green morocco, signed J. Adams, Manchester to the rear inside board, an arts and crafts style with two raised bands to the spine, lettering within gilt ruled frames, extensive leather fold-overs onto inside of the boards with gilt ruled borders. … Read more about this item
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SELECTIONS FROM CICERO Part III The Tusculan Disputations

by Cicero; Tischer; Paul; Arnold

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1851
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London: Francis & John Rivington, 1851. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 12mo. "with English Notes translated from the German of G. Tischer by the Rev. R. B. Paul...edited by the Rev. Thoas Kerchever Arnold" Pp. 298. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering, good only with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked, chipped… Read more about this item
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Flacci Opera, Cum Scholiis Veteribus Castigavit, et Notis Illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; Quibus et Suas Adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius

Flacci Opera, Cum Scholiis Veteribus Castigavit, et Notis Illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; Quibus et Suas Adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius

by Q. Horatii (Horace)

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1796
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Glasgow: Jacob Mundell, 1796. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Large 8vo (16 x 24cm). (Co-published by G. G. & J. Robinson, London). "Editio nova, priore emendatior."; pp. xxx, (2), 575. Text in Latin. All edges speckled blue. Good generous margins. Bound in contemporary full polished calf binding with red title label and gilt ruled lines and decoration… Read more about this item
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THE ION OF EURIPIDES Translated Into English Prose with Introduction and Notes

by Euripides; Lucas, D. W. (trans.)

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1949
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London: Cohen & West, 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good and bright with slight wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine tight copy..
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