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BARON-WILSON, Mrs. Cornwell. Memoirs of harriot, duchess of st. albans. London. Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 362; vii, 354pp. Extra-illustrated with 75 engraved plates (predominantly portraits). With a loosely inserted playbill advertising the staging of The Rivals at Drury Lane in 1803, with Harriot performing. Newspaper clippings relating to her life and an ALS and remnants of a manuscript note in the hand of Thomas Coutts pasted to rear blank fly-leaves of Vol. II. Bound by Ramage ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 31062

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BARNES, William. Notes on ancient britain and the britons. London. John Russell Smith, 1858. First edition. 8vo. viii, 167, [1], 16pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and dulled. Upper hinge exposed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'Charles Hall Esq. / With the Author's kind / regards.' More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28779

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[BARNARD, Sir John]. Some rules for the conduct of life: To which are added, a few cautions, For the Use of such freemen of london As take apprentices. London. Printed by Henry Fenwick, [s.d., c.1805] 8vo. 24pp. Recent half-calf, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to extremities. Slight paper flaw to title page affecting last line of imprint, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20033

BAREH, Hamlet. Khasi democracy. Shillong. Published by the Author, Printed at Ri Khasi, 1964. First edition. 8vo. [4], 122pp. Several photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed textured paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'With best compliments to Dr. R. A. Hughes, from the Author. Hamlet Septmer. 5, 1964'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26468

[BARBOUR, John]. The acts and life of the Most victorious Conqueror Robert Bruce King of Scotland. Wherein Also are contained the Martiall deeds of the valiant Princes, Edward Bruce, Sir James Dowglas, Earle Thomas Rande, Walter Stewart, and sundry others. Edinburgh. Printed by Andrew Anderson, 1670. 12mo. 348pp. Apart from the title and headlines, printed in black letter throughout. Handsomely bound in early nineteenth century richly gilt-tooled hard-grained red morocco by 'J. Mackenzie, Bookbinder to the King' - dating it to between 1833 and 1837, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, bookplate removed from FEP; title page with some blurring, laid-down. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32639

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. 8vo. 11pp, [1]. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes and chipping to gutters. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28590

[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. 8vo. 12pp. Later drab wrappers. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30752

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Catalogue of The Bannatyne Club publications. January M.DCCC.XXX. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], 1830. 12pp.

[Bound with:] Catalogue of The Bannatyne Club publications. Edinburgh. Printed by Ballantyne and Company, 1833. 24pp.

[And:] Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, M.DCCC.XXIII. [Edinburgh?] [s.n], [1833]. 7pp, [1].

[And:] [Drop-head title:] At the Annual General Meeting of the Bannatyne Club, held in the Apartments of the Antiquarian Society, on Monday, December 9, 1833. [Edinburgh?] [s.n.], [1833]. 3pp, [1].

[And:] Rules of The ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28582

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Catalogue of rare and curious books, pamphlets, &c. including a large and valuable collection of the works printed at private expense, for the Bannatyne Club... Edinburgh. [s.n.], 1830. 8vo. 37pp. Stitched, as issued. Vertical crease, very lightly marked, a little marking to extremities. Inked deletion to B2v. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20539

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Notices relative to the bannatyne club...including critiques on some of its publications. Edinburgh. Printed for private circulation, 1836. First edition. Quarto. One of 50 copies printed. [2], xviii, 277pp, [1]. Partially interleaved. With an engraved frontispiece, a further four plates, and a list of subscribers. Later blue buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Book-label of J. L. Weir to FEP, later newspaper clippings relating to the death of David Laing to rear endpapers. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28580

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Bannatyne Club. Abstract of the treasurer's accounts [Nos. I-IX]. [Edinburgh]. [Printed by Ballantyne & Co.], [1828-39] Quarto.. Nine separately issued parts. Contemporary half-calf, brown paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Book-label to FPE of J. Blackwood Greenshields of Kerse House, Lanarkshire

[Together with a clutch of 27 notices, both printed and manuscript, relating to the club's transactions]. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28579

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BANDURI, Anselmo. D. Anselmi Bandurii...Bibliotheca nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt... Hamburgi [i.e. Hamburg]. Apud C. Liebezeit et T.C. Felginer, 1719. First edition. Quarto. [8], 248pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting gilt-tooled morocco lettering-piece. Foot of spine with large (and rather unsightly) split, some marking, text significantly browned and spotted, with some old damp-staining to preliminaries, soiling to signatures K-L. Various later shelf-marks in manuscript (variously pencil and ink) to endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24060

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BALL, Hannah. Memorials of miss hannah ball, the first methodist sunday school teacher. London. Wesleyan Conference Office, 1880. Third edition, revised. Small 8vo. xii, 143pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards stamped and lettered black and gilt. Boards rubbed, corners and cocked spine ends a trifle bumped. Toning to both endpapers, bright and clean otherwise throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32017

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BAGGULEY, W. Hildon. Descriptive catalogue of the books in the Central Lending and Reference Libraries of the g.w.r. institution, swindon. 1908. Swindon. Morris Bros., 1907. First edition?. Quarto. x, 529pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled, a trifle cocked. Title page creased. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 29981

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BAGENAL, Philip H. . Crime in ireland. The winter assizes in ulster, munster, leister, and connaught, with an appendix.... Dublin. Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. 88pp. Disbound. Title page lightly browned and soiled. Manuscript numerals to top corner of each page, evidently from when this work was bound up in a larger volume. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35080

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BADHAM, Charles. Speeches and lectures delivered in australia by the late charles badham... Sydney. William Dymock, 1890. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 163pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Armorial booklate of George Edward Rich and ticket of book binder W. E. Smith of Sydney to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31648

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BACON, [Francis]. Bacon's essays: with annotation by Richard Whately. London. Longman, Green, and Co., 1892. New edition. 8vo. xxiv, 620pp. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26198

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[BABYLON]. [Drop-head title:] Plan of the ruins of the city of babylon. [London?]. Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F., [1918]. Dimensions 320 x 410 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Spotted, two small holes. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28026

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AVEBURY, The Right Hon. Lord [John Lubbock]. The pleasures of life. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. Two hundred and ninth thousand. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xii, [2], 199, [1]; [3], vi-viii, 280pp. With half-title to Vol. I. Without half-title to Vol. II. Second volume, one hundred and sixty-sixth thousand, dated 1903. Handsomely bound by Bickers and Son of Leicester (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very lightly rubbed, with light staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35131

[AUSTRIA]. Lettre a un ami en pays etranger sur les droits de la maison d'Autriche a quelques parties de la succession de Baviere, avec la refutation Du Memoire succinct sur la Succession de l'Electeur de Baviere publie dans le N:o 36 du Courier polit. & litter. de Londres. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1778. Quarto. [2], 78pp. Early paper boards. Slight rubbing and some browning to extremities. Occasional spots of light foxing and mild marginal damp-staining. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11936