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BOSSUET, James Benign. The history of the variations of the protestant churches. Antwerp. [s.n.], 1742. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxxii, 480pp, [36]; [2], 493pp, [34]. With an index and terminal leaf of errata to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head of spine of both vols., light surface wear to joints and edges. Endpapers stained, very light scattered spotting.
More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34116
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[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed [by C. and W. Galabin] for P. Steel, Corrected to March, 1804 12mo. 52pp. Naively rebound in later cloth-baked buff paper boards, partially preserving original publisher's upper and lower wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Title page and terminal leaf attached to boards, the remainder (sewn, as issued) loosely inserted.

[Bound between p.26-27:] [Caption title:] Sir james saumarez' victory. Lloyd's Coffee-House, February 17, 1804. [s.i.] [s.n.], [1804]. 4pp. Bound between p2-3 are [4]pp of advertisements for publisher P. Steel. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 27803
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[ATTORNEYS OF THE UNITED STATES]. An impartial statement of the controversy, respecting the decision of the late committee of canvassers. Containing, the opinions of Edmund Randolph, esq. attorney general of the united states, and several other eminent law characters. New York. Printed by Thomas Greenleaf , 1792. First edition. 8vo. 46pp. Modern gilt-tooled brown half-sheep, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked inscription to head of title, additional manuscript mark above imprint. Library stamp and subsequent disposal stamp of the New York Public Library to verso of title. Leaves browned, spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34062
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[OWEN, John]. The fashionable world displayed. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1805. Third edition. 12mo. xii, 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's power blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to half-title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32484
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[DODSLEY, Robert]. Melpomene: or The regions of terror and pity. An ode. London. [s.n.], 1757. First edition. Quarto. 15pp, [1]. Modern tan cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Book-label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to upper board. Loan label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to FEP, typed booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to title page, p.3, and p.15, nineteenth-century inked ownership inscription and manuscript author attribution to title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29353
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[BRITISH ARMY]. Regulations for the exercise of regimen and light infantry; and instructions for their conduct in the field. London. Printed and sold by William Clowes, [1819]. New edition. 72pp. With six terminal engraved diagrams and two leaves of sheet music for bugle.

[Bound with:] Regulations and Instructions for the infantry sword exercise. London. Printed by William Clowes, 1807. 63pp. With half-title and large folding diagram.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, surface wear to boards, lower joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Freemantle to FEP. ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34054
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SHAKESPEARE, William. Oxberry's Edition. Macbeth, A tragedy; By William Shakspeare. With prefatory remarks. The only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal. By W. Oxberry, Comedian. London. Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin et al., 1821. First edition. 8vo. [2], iii, [3], 74pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Without terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements found in some copies. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers, later inserted into limp drab cards covers, oversewn. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33784
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[HAZLITT, William]. The plain speaker: opinions on books, men and things.. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 465pp; [4], 447pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked in buckram, contrasting burgundy morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed, marked, and worn at edges. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FFEP, some surface loss to title page of Vol. I., some loss to terminal gathering of Vol. II, without loss of textscattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29116
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TWEDDELL, John. Remains of the late john tweddell fellow of trinity-college cambridge being a selection of his letters written from various parts of the continent together with a republican of his prolusiones juveniles... London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1815. First edition. Quarto. [4], 479, [1], 179pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further eight engraved plates, and three engraved maps. Contemporary half-calf, later neatly rebacked, marbled paper boards. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23317
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BAKER, J[ames]. The imperial guide, with picturesque plans of the great post roads, containing miniature likenesses, engraved from real sketches, of the cities, towns, villages, seas, islands, mountains, public edifices, and private buildings... London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1802. First edition. 8vo. Volume one, all published. 8vo. iv, 66pp. Without additional engraved title page. With 18 aquatint pictorial road maps and 13 aquatint topographical plates. Bound by Faulkner of London (ticket to FEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28559
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SOUTHEY, Robert. The poetical works... Paris. Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1829. 8vo. [2], xviii, 763pp, [1]. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by R. Hering and Muller (stamp-signed to spine) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. William St Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27627
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ROGERS, [Samuel] et al.. The poetical works of rogers, campbell, j. montgomery, lamb, and kirke white. Paris. Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1829. 8vo. [2], vii, [1], 98, viii, 66, [2], viii, 195, vii, [2] 29, [3], xxiii, [1], 56pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Bound by R. Hering and Muller (stamp-signed to spine) in contemporary gilt- tooled calf, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. William St Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27626
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BICHENO, J[ames] E[benezer]. Observations on the philosophy of criminal jurisprudence, being An Investigation of the Principles necessary to be kept in view during the revision of the penal code, with remarks on penitentiary prisons. London. Printed for R. Hunter, 1819. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], ii, 254, xxxi pp, [1]. Handsomely bound by J. Carss of Glasgow (ticket to FEP) in contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33844
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DE STAAL, Madame. Mémoires de madame de staal (mademoiselle delaunay). Paris. Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. 8vo. Limited edition of 600 copies, of which this is number 98. [10], xxviii, 386pp, [4]. With and engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 34 engraved plates (duplicating engraved vignettes). Elaborately bound by Maurius Michel (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt- tooled brown morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Modern ink-stamp to rear blank fly-leaf comprised of Asian inspired motifs and lettered 'Jean'. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25912
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[SMITH, Horace]. [SMITH, James]. Rejected addresses: or, the new theatrum poetarum. London. John Murray, 1833. Eighteenth edition. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 170pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in late nineteenth- century gilt-tooled navy morocco, eight intricate metal bosses (likely added later) with green, red, and turquoise detailing to upper board, A.E.G. Housed in custom clamshell case. A trifle rubbed. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32798
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[LITRUGY - Spanish]. Oficio divino: devocionario que contiene. El Oficio del Domíngo las vísperas, y las oraciones para los santos de españa y américa, etc. París. Librería A. Aimond, [1895]. 12mo. [4], 180pp. Contemporary tessellated mother-of-pearl, two metal clasps incorporating a cruciform design. Housed in custom dark green cloth clamshell case. Green cloth joints starting. Leaves lightly browned, modern book-label of Robin de Beaumont to verso of FFEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31138
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[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments... Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, for The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856. [632]pp.

[Together with:] Hymns ancient and modern for use in the services of the church with accompanying tunes. London. William Clowes and Sons, [1916]. xlii, 938pp.

8vo. Uniformly bound for Hatchards in twentieth-century arts and crafts style calf, tooled in gilt and blind, lettered in gilt to upper boards 'MOIGNE COMBE / 1900', A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplates of H. Pomeroy Bond ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33869
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MILTON, [John]. Milton's paradise lost. London. Printed T. Bensley, 1802. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 264; [2], 250pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and a further 12 engraved plates. Finely bound by Stoakley in early twentieth-century gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle dulled. Very occasional early inked annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30201
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EDWARDS, Bryan. The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the west indies. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xxiv, xxiii, [1], 576; viii, 617, [1]; [2], xxxii, 477pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 10 engraved folding plates, and 11 engraved folding maps. Bound by Vicary & Co. of Plymouth, Devon (tickets to FEPs) in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower board of Vol. I, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31542