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Item #345324 A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings....

A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1815. First Edition. A classic book justly famous for its magnificent plates. The plates in this copy are good strong impressions, with intense color. 1,000 copies were printed and issued in 20 monthly parts, appearing first in May 1814. The portraits of Founders were printed separately to..... Read More about A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

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Item #214470 A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings....

Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

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Item #317021 With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896. E. A. H. Aderson

With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896.

London: Methuen, 1898. "The Matablele Rebellion which broke out in March 1896 had spread by June to Mashonaland. While the Matabele Relief under Col. Plumer went into action a force of Mounted Infantry originally sent from Britain to serve in Matabeleland arrived in Mashonaland for a five-month campaign to subdue..... Read More about With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896

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Item #304845 ALS to Goodenough. Sir Archibald Alison

ALS to Goodenough.

Hampshire: 27 May 1887. Alison writes explaining that while he is always "most willing to do what I can to assist you", the week he had chosen coincided with H.R.H. and Gerneal Nicholson coming down to inspect the Engineers. Having served at Lucknow (where he lost his left arm), Ashantee..... Read More about ALS to Goodenough

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Item #325563 The Amberley Papers. The Letter and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley. Edited by...

In Dust Jackets

The Amberley Papers. The Letter and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley. Edited by Bertrand and Patricia Russell.

London: Hogarth Press, 1937. First edition, remainder binding in typographic “Cheap edition” dust jacket with reviews. In Dust Jackets. Diaries and letters of the mid-Victorian Amberleys, John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842-76), and his wife Kate (1842-1874), who both died young. Bertand Russell (1872-1970), 3rd Earl Russell was their youngest child..... Read More about The Amberley Papers. The Letter and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley. Edited by Bertrand and...

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Item #211676 Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic...

Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society, for 1862, Vol. XI (1871), Vol...

Ashby-De-La-Zouch; (Vols. XXII & XXIII) Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1855-1889. “The object of the Society is to delineate remains of Antiquity; e.g. ancient Ecclesiastical, Military, and Domestic Edifices, Sepulchral Monuments, Fonts, Brasses, Stained Glass, Tiles, Armour, Dress, Jewellry, Plate Embroidery, Furniture, Carvings, Illuminstions of ancient MSS, Copies of rare Prints, Portraits..... Read More about Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society,...

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Item #223076 Libri de Rebus Britannicis, scilicet, Anglicis, Scoticis et Hibernicis. James Anderson

Rare and Early British Bibliography

Libri de Rebus Britannicis, scilicet, Anglicis, Scoticis et Hibernicis.

n.p. [Edinburgh? 1725?]. First edition. Rare and Early British Bibliography. Rare, anonymously published bibliography of approximately 350 works on British history. Attributed by the British Library to James Anderson, writer to the Signet and noted Scottish genealogist and antiquarian. Divided into fifteen sections, it lists works printed between 1480 (Caxton's..... Read More about Libri de Rebus Britannicis, scilicet, Anglicis, Scoticis et Hibernicis

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Item #300069 Anno septimo Georgii Regis I. An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk...

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Anno septimo Georgii Regis I. An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and...

Edinburgh: John Mosman and William Brown, 1728. Public General Acts. 1721. 7 Geo.I.c.7. LAW. The 1728 Edinburgh printing of a 1722 act to promote the manufacture of wool by prohibiting the wearing of printed or dyed cotton or its use in upholstery and window curtains. The penalty for noncompliance was..... Read More about Anno septimo Georgii Regis I. An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures...

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