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![[The facsimile of] There is No Natural Religion.](/content/store/products/28446/2/35885.jpg)
BLAKE, William.
[The facsimile of] There is No Natural Religion. 1972
£350
First facsimile edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 616 numbered copies printed on Arches rag paper to match that used by Blake.
2 volumes, octavo and tall quarto. Original brown quarter morocco, marbled sides. Housed together in the publisher's marbled slipcase. A fine set. Read more
BLACKSTONE, William.
Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books. 1770
£1,500
Fourth edition. "Blackstone's great work on the laws of England is the extreme example of justification of an existing state of affairs by virtue of its history … Until the...
4 volumes, quarto (267 × 210 mm). 19th-century tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and black morocco labels. Bookplate of William Baker to each volume.... Read more
BLACKSTONE, William.
Commentaries on the Laws of England. 1770
£2,500
Fourth edition. "Until the Commentaries, the ordinary Englishman had viewed the law as a vast, unintelligible and unfriendly machine; nothing but trouble, even danger, was to be...
4 volumes, quarto (273 × 218 mm). Contemporary pale tan legal calf, red morocco lettering-pieces, green morocco numbering-pieces, raised bands, sides with a blind... Read more
BLACKSTONE, William.
Law Tracts, in two volumes. 1762
£2,500
First Collected Edition, reprinting, "with a few corrections and additions", four early works: An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity (1750; Blackstone's first legal publication),...
2 volumes, octavo. Contemporary calf, red morocco labels, sides with double blind rules and scalloped inner border. With 8 engraved illustrations of seals and 2... Read more
BLACKSTONE, Sir William.
Commentaries on the Laws of England. 1765
£15,000
First edition. "Blackstone's great work on the laws of England is the extreme example of justification of an existing state of affairs by virtue of its history … Until the...
4 volumes, quarto (269 × 209 mm). Contemporary tan calf, skilfully rebacked and relined to style, red and green morocco labels, boards with gilt rope-roll border,... Read more
BILLUART, Charles René.
Summa S. Thomae 1769–70
£1,200
Billuart's highly-regarded commentary on Thomas Aquinas's "Summa Theologica" was first published between 1746 and 1751. A famous preacher, Billuart defended publicly in Maastricht...
19 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf, with three black labels, gilt decoration and raised bands on spines. With portrait frontispiece. Some... Read more
(BIBLE; English.) SCOTT, Thomas.
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, 1846
£475
A particularly handsome copy of The Bible.
2 volumes, quarto (310 × 238 mm). Contemporary dark blue morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spines in compartments separated by raised bands, panelled... Read more
(BIBLE; English; King James Version, "She".)
The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: 1611–13
£150,000
Second folio edition of the King James Bible, and the first with the reading "…and she went into the citie" at Ruth 3:15 – hence the "She" Bible. This edition has the error...
Folio (410 × 260 mm), 752 leaves, complete. Recased in contemporary dark calf, spine gilt in compartments, later red morocco label to style. Text in double... Read more
![A Practical and Explanatory Commentary on The Old Testament [and] The New Testament.](/content/store/products/20564/2/30897.jpg)
(BIBLE; English.) JAMIESON, Robert.
A Practical and Explanatory Commentary on The Old Testament [and] The New Testament.
£350
A handsome library set.
2 volumes, folio (360 × 260 mm). Contemporary brown calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels, ruling and floral roll to boards in blind,... Read more
(BIBLE; English, Catholic)
The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgate: 1884
£1,500
An extremely handsome illustrated edition of the Douai Bible. The publishing firm of George Virtue (1794–1868) founded its reputation on lavishly illustrated books, including a...
2 volumes, folio (370 × 268 mm). Contemporary black morocco over bevelled boards, sides richly panelled in gilt with three-line gilt rules enclosing an elaborate... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Devotional Family Bible: [c.1880]
£2,250
2 volumes, quarto. Late 19th-century full black morocco over bevelled boards, covers with rules in gilt and in blind, central oval device in blind, spines with five raised bands,...
2 volumes, quarto. Late 19th-century full black morocco over bevelled boards, covers with rules in gilt and in blind, central oval device in blind, spines with five... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. [c. 1910]
£175
A handsomely bound copy of the Bible.
Octavo (198 × 138 mm). Contemporary dark brown morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, elaborate decoration to boards, roll to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testament, 1811
£475
A handsomely bound and illustrated copy of The Bible in three volumes.
3 volumes, quarto (290 × 230 mm). Contemporary burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, panelled tooling to boards gilt and in blind, roll to turn-ins,... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testaments 1862
£185
An attractively bound copy of The Bible.
Large octavo (276 × 205 mm). Contemporary burgundy morocco, titles to spine, elaborate decoration to spine and boards, raised bands, brown endpapers, gilt edges.... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible, 1783
£5,500
Presentation copy from the Reverend Thomas Wills (1740–1802) to the Lyon family. The front flyleaf records the Bible as being "The Gift of the Revd. Thomas Wills to James Wittit...
Large quarto (288 × 220 mm). Contemporary red morocco, sides with a wide gilt border built up with a dog-tooth and line roll enclosing repeated drawer-handle... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, [c.1900]
£180
A handsomely bound copy of the Bible.
Quarto (273 × 200 mm). Contemporary brown morocco, titles to spine gilt, decoration to spine and boards in blind, cream endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: 1792
£600
An attractively bound and unsophisticated eighteenth-century King James Bible.
Octavo (203 × 125 mm). Contemporary tree calf, maroon calf label, 5 raised bands gilt. 2 contemporary ownership inscriptions to front blank. New endpapers. A few... Read more
BERTILLON, Alphonse.
Identification Anthropometrique. Instructions Signalétiques. 1893
£3,950
First published in 1886, this edition represents Bertillon's final statement of the technique of Bertillonage or forensic anthropometry. This copy inscribed on the front free...
Octavo (247 × 161 mm). Contemporary blue quarter cloth on marbled boards, tan morocco label to the spine. Line-drawn frontispiece and 51 similar plates, 30... Read more
(BERRY, James) ATHOLL, Justin.
The Reluctant Hangman. The Story of James Berry, Executioner 1884-1892. 1956
£150
First edition. Detailed biography of the first truly literate hangman, who had recorded his own experiences in an autobiography published in 1892. Berry carried out 131 hangings in...
Octavo. Original black cloth, title gilt to spine. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 6 other plates. A little light chafing at the edges of the jacket,... Read more
BERKELEY, George.
The Principles of Human Knowledge. c.1890
£60
Part of Sir John Lubbock's hundred books.
Octavo (184 × 120 mm). Mid-twentieth century burgundy half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
BERGONZI, Bernard (ed.)
Innovations. Essays on art and ideas. 1968
£50
First edition.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust jacket. Dust jacket a little rubbed and crumpled at edges, otherwise an excellent copy. Read more
BELL, Clive.
Warmongers. 1938
£175
First edition, first impression.
Octavo, pp. 24. Original publisher's wrappers, titles printed in red and black. A couple of leaves lightly creased at corners, minor staple rust with subsequent... Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
Amerique. 1986
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre le traveling americains Jean". With numerous pencil...
Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. An excellent copy. Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
La Gauche Divine. 1985
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre de la part d'un gauche continue! Jean". With numerous...
Octavo. Original red wrappers. An excellent copy. Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
Les Stategies Fatales. 1983
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre tres amicalement Jean". With numerous pencil annotations...
Octavo. Original wrappers printed in pink and black. An excellent copy. Read more
