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Barsby & Lugosi (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:26
Lots with images:26
Prices available:26
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Books
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*** The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay by Phillip, Arthur. John Stockdale, London, 1789. First edition, the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of port Jackson and Norfolk Island; compiled… ***
*** A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, by Cook and King Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Published London, by. A Nicol, 1785. second edition, three volumes. Full leather, spines gone, tape repairs ***
*** The Historie of Great Britaine second Edition by John Speed. 1623. The Historie of Great Britaine Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans: Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, with the Successions, Lives, Acts and Issues of the… ***
*** Annales of England or a general Chronicle of England. By Stow, John and continued by Howes, Edmond. Published London, 1615. Tall qto. Full Leather, front cover acidic tape repairs, missing prelims ***
*** Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time Published London, 1724. 2 volumes. Vol 1. From the restoration of King Charles II to the settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the revolution. Vol 2. From the revolution to the conclusion of the Treaty of… ***
*** Six Volumes, Boys Own c.1890. Leather Binding ***
*** Two Volumes - Sydney in 1848, Illustrated by Copper Plate Engravings of its Principal streets, Public Buildings etc from drawings of Joseph Fowles. c.1880 And Commonwealth of Australia Summoning of Parliament 26th May 1903 ***
*** Six Various Various Antique Ivory Items including shoe horn, book mark, Napkin ring, rule and salt and pepper ***
*** The Tribulations of a Chinaman, by Jules Verne Published Sampson Low, London, 1880. Hardcover. Uk First Edition. Blue cloth with pictorial cover and spine. Gilt and black. All edges Gilt ***
*** Twenty four Volumes of Scotts Novels in decorative bindings ***
*** Gertrude E Brown Handpainted Porcelain Plaque #1, Maiden sitting on a wall, signed lower left. Image size 9.5 cm by 15 cm. Reference - Australian studio pottery & China Painting, By Peter Timms. Active early 1900s, Sydney, China Painting. She had her own… ***
*** History of Australia in Three Volumes by Rusden, G. W. Published Chapman and Hall, 1883. Original Cloth Gilt. First Editions. Complete set, with the folding map ***
*** The Discovery of Australia by G Collingridge A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the 'Endeavour', in the year 1770. Sydney: Hayes… ***
*** The Book of Days. edited by Chambers A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar. Two Volumes. Published London 1883. Full Leather, rebound, possibly retaining spine. Tall 8vos ***
*** Half-Hours with The Best Authors. in Four Volumes edited by Charles Knight. Small octavo, four volume set. Finely bound in contemporary brown morocco, the spines with raised bands, and gilt in compartments, lettering direct ***
*** Mrs Beaton's Cookery Book ***
*** A Dictionary of the English Language, in Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals. to Which Are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. In Two Volumes. The Eleventh Edition, Corrected and Revised. By Johnson, Samuel. Published… ***
*** The Life and Times of Stein or Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age. By J R Seeley. Three Volumes. First Edition 1878, in half leather. A definitive history of a great German statesman and his times ***
*** Our Antipodes, Mundy 1852, or Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies. With a Glimpse of the Gold Fields. Three Volumes, second edition. Published Richard Bentley, London. Leather and Marbled Boards, Covers rubbed ***
*** Howards British Colonies, Two Volumes 1826. The laws of the British Colonies in the West Indies and other parts of America. By John Henry Howard. Published Butterworth and Sons, London. 1827 ***
*** Life and Letters of the Right Hon Robert Lowe Viscount Sherbrooke, G.C.B., D.C.L., etc., With a Memoir of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, G.C.B., Sometime Governor-General of Canada, Two Volumes. Published Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1893 ***
*** Tent Life in Tigerland, by Igles, J. Published, 1888. Being sporting reminiscences of a pioneer planter in an Indian frontier district. 366 pp, ill. with chromolithographs. Inglis' books were all very popular, crammed full of hunting experiences and… ***
*** The Queen's London, 1896 a Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks and Scenery of the Great Metropolis Cassell and Company, London. Hard Cover. Oblong quarto, ornate decorative blue cloth with floral device embossed in black,… ***
*** Cowpers Works, Illustrated 1851. and two volumes, The Adventures of Joseph Andrews 2 Vols c.1908 ***
*** The Works of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke 8 Volumes, London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington., sold also by J. Hatchard, 1801. This is the second edition of Burke's collected works. Half leather bindings ***
*** Two Volumes on Birds by Neville Cayley, 'What Bird is That?' and 'Parrots and Cockatoos of Australia' ***