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Item #9575 My Russian Promise - How I Kept it. Peace! What I did During the Late War to Promote...

My Russian Promise - How I Kept it. Peace! What I did During the Late War to Promote It

London: L. Booth, 1856. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. A rare book. We can find no reference to it in commerce or in British institutions, indeed the only copy seems to be in LoC. No copy located at the BL. The book considers the Crimean War and.....

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Item #13619 Cometomantia. A Discourse of Comets. Anonymous, John Edwards

Cometomantia. A Discourse of Comets

London: Brab. Aylmer, 1684. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Very good condition. The sole edition. A fascinating Restoration study of astronomy, astrology and theology, sitting at an important junction in human understanding, examining not just the physical nature of comets but also the supernatural; I guess you could say.....

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Item #13615 Vinetum Britannicum: or, A Treatise of Cider and Such Other Wines and Drinks that are...

Vinetum Britannicum: or, A Treatise of Cider and Such Other Wines and Drinks that are extracted from all manner of Fruits Growing in this Kingdom.

Together with the Method of Propagating all forts of Vinous fruit-trees. And a Description of the new-invented ingenio or mill, For the more expeditious and better making of cider. And also the right Method of making Metheglin and Birch-Wine.
London: Tho. Dring, 1676. J.W. Gent. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Near fine condition. An important early treatise on cider making advocating for it as a national industry, rather than relying on the importation of wine. The book helped shape England, particularly in the west, as having a culture.....

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