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NOUVEAU BAREME
Written by Le Citoyen Blavier.
Stock no. 986710
Published by Guillaume. 1798. Almost very good condition.

Pages: xliv, 910 + 2. Contemporary full calf binding, with gilt decoration and gilt-lettered label on spine. Nouveaux Comptes Faits. Money calculator. Text in French. Joints split on the outside. Some browning to contents, though generally very good. Top of spine chipped.

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NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Written by Jacob Harris Patton.
Stock no. 987218
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1st 1888. Almost very good condition.

First edition. XV, 523 + 3 pages. Red cloth, gilt titles. Includes: The coastline, coalmining, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, silver and other metals, building stone, health resorts, climate, timber, fruits, ocean resources and much more! Spine faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing, light page browning and light stains at margins. Some writing in crayon to front free-endpaper.

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LES SOIREES D'HIVER
No author listed.
Stock no. 988289
Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pages:235. Original red elaborately decorated and embossed cloth, all edges gilt. 12 lithograph plates. A few foxspots to contents. Title page missing else contents very good. Undated but possibly 1850s.

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Written by Henry Tuke.
Stock no. 987153
Published by W. Alexander. 1815. Very good condition.

Volume I - Containing The Life Of George Fox. 2 Volumes. Volume II J. Parnel; J. Camm; W. Robinson etc. etc. Pages: 336; 232. Modern paper boards with paper title labels to spine. A few foxspots to contents.

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THE LAND WE LIVE IN VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988196
Published by Charles Knight. Very good condition.

A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. This volume covers Baronial Halls of Kent, Bath, Exeter, Leeds and the Clothing District, Newcastle, the Tyne and the Collieries, Ayrshire, North Derbyshire, Nottingham and the Hosiery District, Dublin, Lakes of Killarney, Connamara, North Wales. Illustrated throughout. Endpapers foxed. Corners rubbed.

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ENGLAND AND WALES DELINEATED
Written by Thomas Dugdale; William Burnett.
Stock no. 608180
Published by L. Tallis. Circa 1875. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt decorations and titles. Pages 1279 to 1582 plus 6 pages of advertisements. Engraved title and frontis. One engraved plate. Arranged alphabetically this volume deals with letters O to Z, starting with Ordsall. . All edges gilt. Covers scuffed and worn. One blank page detached. Inscription in ink to front endpaper dated 1875. Dampstaining to prelims.

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THE TRAVELLER VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988989
1901. Fair condition.

Large format. Three-quarter leather binding. Numerous b/w photos. 510 pages. "For Whom The World Is A Playground". A journal very much for the "upmarket" traveller in 1901. Including an ascent by an intrepid lady in her long dress! AS well as toboganning at St. Moritz and "Tours Through Toilet-Land"... Fascinating! Contents very good. Boards detached. Front endpaper creased.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMMINENT PERSONAGES
No author listed.
Stock no. 988675
Circa 1890. Very good condition.

Large red cloth folder (32 x 28 cm), with gilt decoration and lettering. 6 pages of montage photographs, each with a key page. The montages are Kings and Queens of England, Eminent Women, Historical Celebrities (2 plates), Military and Naval Celebrities, and British Poets. Very light foxing to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL MENSURATION IN EIGHT PARTS
Written by A. Nesbit.
Stock no. 556975
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830. Good condition.

5th Edition. Containing the most approved Methods of drawing Geometrical Figures; Mensuration of Superficies; Land Surveying; Mensuration of Solids; the Use of the Carpenter's Rule; Timber Measure, in which is shewn the Mehod of measuring and valuing standing Timber; Artificer's Works, illustrated by the Dimensions and Contents of a House; Mensuration of Haystacks, Drains, Canals, Marlpits, Ponds, Mill-dams, Embankments, Quarries, Coal-heaps, and Clay-heaps; Conic Sections and their Solids; the most useful Problems in Gauging, according to the New Imperial Measures; and a Dictionary of the Terms used in Architecture. Full brown leather binding. B/w illustrations. xiv and 448 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper (contemporary). Boards rubbed and worn at edges. Joints starting to crack. Text block browned. A few corner creases to contents. Some age browning to contents.

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LA CHUTE D'UN ANGE
Written by Alphonse De Lamartine.
Stock no. 986796
Published by Librairie Universelle De Mary-Muller. 1838. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pages: iv, 339. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Text in French.

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CAMBRIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by William Rowlands; D. Silvan Evans.
Stock no. 987049
Published by John Pryse. 1869. Very good condition.

An Account of the Books Printed in the Welsh Language, or Relating to Wales, From the Year 1546 to the end of the 18th century with Biographical Notices by Rowlands, edited and enlarged by Evans. Some text in Welsh. Pages: xxii, 762 + 18 (Announcements - Hysbysiadau). Original brown cloth binding. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Rebacked with original spine laid down.

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THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis. 1788. Very good condition.

An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.

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