ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
[6 titles]
1. John M. Leighton - Select Views of Glasgow and Its Environs. Engraved by Joseph Swan. Glasgow 1828. 91p, numerous engravings. Damp damage throughout., 275mm, in a VG original full leather morocco binding with gilt & blind tooling. 2. T. Noble & T. Rose - The Counties Chester, Derby, Leicester. Lincoln and Rutland... London: Fisher and Son 1836. Numerous engravings 76p, some fingermarks and browning. Original quarter leather with raised bands and gilt to spine. 3. A.P. Morton - Acrobats and Mountebanks. by Huges Le Roux & Jules Garnier. London: Chapman and Hall 1890. The first English edition of this work on circus performance art. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Le Roux and Garnier look at the subculture and history of travelling performers, such as acrobats and the circus. In English, translated by A P Morton. Binding worn and sewing loose. 4. Sir Frances Younghusband - The Epic of Mount Everest. London: Edward Arnold 1927 rep. 319p, plates, School prize label on endpaper. Bound in full leather. VG. 5. Dr Humphreys - The Polytechnic Coat System. London: John Williamson Co, 4th edition. Original blue cloth with gilt. 6.W.D.F. Vincent - The Cutter's Practical Guide to the Remedy of Defects in the fit and style of gents bodycoats, lounges, chesterfields... London: John Williamson [No date ca 1890's] Blue cloth with gilt. 6. Adam Smith – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edinburgh 1827. Full leather binding damp damage and staining.


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