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  • BIRDS OF TYE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS

    4:17 AM PST, 12/23/2013

    I am offering here A VERY FINE ANTIQUE BOOK 90 years old THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS BY T A COWARD FIRST SERIES FIRST EDITION FOURTH IMPRESSION 1923 PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd With 242 accurate coloured illustrations Condition Book is 90 years old Leatherette covers in brown gilt decoration very good condition. 376 Pages clean and bright very good condition I Ship Worldwide UK Postage £3.95 Europe £6.95 USA £10.95 Postage reductions for multiple items shipped together Bid with confidence 100% money back guarantee if item not as described
  • ENGLAND SCOTLAND WALES ANTIQUE MAP.

    3:51 AM PST, 12/23/2013

    SELLING A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS AND MAPS This auction is for A SUPERB DECORATIVE MAP FROM MY LIBRARY GEOGRAPHY BEWITCHED ! MAP OF ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND From the original of 1794 About this map. This is a fine reproduction made twenty years ago of Bowles and Carver: Geography Bewitched. The ability of maps to amuse as well as inform is clearly demonstrated by this charming pair of caricature maps of England and Wales, and Scotland, which were published by Bowles and Carver (London, 1794). National characteristics are quite clearly drawn — the English penchant for beer and the Scottish love of tartan. Condition Map is 14" x 9" plus borders Very fine condition clean and bright I Ship Worldwide UK Postage £3.95 First Class Post secure packaging Other European Countries £4.95 Airmail USA £6.95 Airmail See more of my collection at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/peters-rarebooks Bid with confidence 100% money back guarantee if item not as described
  • HEAVENS & ZODIAC ANTIQUE MAP

    3:49 AM PST, 12/23/2013

    SELLING A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS AND MAPS This auction is for A SUPERB DECORATIVE MAP FROM MY LIBRARY PLANISPHERE HEAVENS AND ZODIAC Frederick de Wit: Planisphaeri Coeleste This is a fine reproduction made twenty years ago .Frederick de Wit's refined map production was not confined to the World; this spectacular map of the Heavens was published in 1680 and shows the northern and southern hemispheres with traditional representations of the constellations and signs of the Zodiac Condition Map is 11" x 9" Very fine condition clean and bright I Ship Worldwide UK Postage £3.95 First Class Post secure packaging Other European Countries 5.95 Airmail USA £6.95 Airmail See more of my collection at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/peters-rarebooks Bid with confidence 100% money back guarantee if item not as described
  • NOTH POLE ANTIQUE MAP

    3:44 AM PST, 12/23/2013

    SELLING A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF OLD BOOKS AND MAPS This auction is for A SUPERB DECORATIVE MAP A MAP OF THE NORTH POLE AND PARTS ADJOINING First appeared in 1680 This is a fine reproduction made twenty years ago of A charming English polar chart published in Oxford by Moses Pitt in 1680 as part of an intended twelve-volume atlas to compete with the great Dutch cartographers of the period. Only four volumes were ever published, and few of the other maps can compare with the peculiarly English feel of this simply designed and colourful map. (Collection: Jonathan Potter Ltd.) Condition Map is 12" x 9" Very fine condition clean and bright I Ship Worldwide UK Postage £3.95 First Class Post Other European Countries £4.95 Airmail USA £6.95 Airmail See more of my collection at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/peters-rarebooks Bid with confidence 100% money back guarantee if item not as described