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[CHURCHILL, Winston]. SANDYS, Celia. Churchill by his granddaugter. London. Imperial War Museum, 2011. First edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's wrappers. A trifle rubbed, lower wrapper lightly marked. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author 'Darling Jane with much love Celia 9th May 2014'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34172

STORRS, Ronald. Orientations. London. Nicholson & Watson, 1945. Definitive edition. 8vo. xix, [1], 532pp. With a portrait frontispiece and a further 20 photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed, a trifle marked. upper corner of FFEP shaved. Signed by the author on title page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34318

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WORKMAN, Alan. A colonial postmaster-general's reminiscences. London. Grayson & Grayson, [1937]. First edition. 8vo. 310pp, [2]. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in black, with original publisher's printed tan dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle marked and dulled. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34327

BATESON, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. Glasgow. Brown, Son & Ferguson, [1959]. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 355pp. With a photographic frontispiece and 19 further photographic plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with original publisher's pictorial dust-wrapper. A trifle rubbed, dust-wrapper price-clipped, chipped and worn at edges. Light spotting to edges, a touch of staining to front endpapers. With a loosely inserted autographed telegram letter from the author to Captain G. E. Parkes. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34526

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STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn. The life and correspondence of thomas arnold, d.d. Late head-master of rugby school, and regius professor of modern history in the university of oxford.. London. John Murray, 1898. Seventh edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 375; xii, 406pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the subject to vol. i. Contemporary gilt-tooled black calf, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces to spine, with the supralibros of South Wales Training College, Camarthen to upper board of both vols. Marbled endpapers, A.E.R. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a touch sunned. Inked prize inscription addressed to Ernest W. B. Sykes, ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34640

CALONNE, Charles Alexandre de. Motif de M. de Calonne, pour différer, jusqu'à l'Assemblée des Etats-Généraux, la réfutation du nouvel Ecrit que m. necker vient de publier sur l'objet de leur controverse. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1788]. Quarto. 11pp, [1]. Four loose bifolia, uncut. Old central horizontal fold. A trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34664

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FRANCIS, William. The gentleman's, farmer's, and husbandman's most useful assistant, in measuring, And expeditiously Computing the Amount of any Quantity of land, at various given prices per acre... London. Printed for and sold by Wetton and Jarvis, [1818]. Second edition. 12mo. v, [1], 118pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed yellow paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35044

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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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EGAN, Pierce. Recollections of john thurtell, who was executed at hertford on friday, the 9th of january, 1824; for murdering mr. w. weare...being An Appendix to his Account of the Trial. London. Knight & Lacey, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [2], 44pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Disbound. Small manuscript note to head of title. Leaves lightly browned and spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35083

DONLAN, Yolande. Third time lucky. New York . The Dial Press; James Wade, 1976. Uncorrected galley proof. 8vo. 276pp. Original publisher's gauze-backed pale card wrappers, lettered in black. Extremities toned and marked, light chipping and bumping to corners and edges. Internally bright and clean. More > £ 120.00 Antiquates Ref. 31415

SHERIDAN, Charles Francis.. A History of the Late Revolution in Sweden: Containing An Account of the Transactions of the Three Last Diets of That Country; Preceded By a Short Abstract of the Swedish History, So Far as Was Necessary to Lay Open the True Caufes of That Remarkable Eve. Dublin. Printed By M.Mills, 1778. First Dublin edition. 8vo. [4], 443pp. Contemporary sheep with contrasting morocco lettering piece, gilt. Worn with some splitting to spine, occasional staining to text. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 10492

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[DODSLEY, Robert]. The Oeconomy of human life, translated from an indian manuscript, written by an ancient bramin... London. Printed by T. Rickaby, for E. Harding, 1798. 8vo. 22, [2], 120pp. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Profusely illustrated with engraved vignettes throughout. Uncut in original publisher's paper boards. Extremities rubbed and marked, substantial loss to spine, upper board held by cords only. Ink ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13881

[NAPLETON, John]. Advice to a student in the university, concerning the qualifications and duties of a minister of the gospel in the church of England. Oxford. Printed for Fletcher and Hanwell, 1795. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 147pp, [1]. With half-title. Disbound. A clean and crisp copy, with only the slightest of dust-soiling to half-title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14689

DUNSANY, [Edward Plunkett], Lord. Patches of sunlight. London. William Heinemann, 1938. First edition, proof copy. 8vo. viii, 299pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Rubbing and chipping to spine, with some loss to head and foot, a trifle marked. Lightly foxed, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 15186

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TARTT, W[illiam] M[acDowell]. Memoirs connected with the life and writings of pandolfo collenuccio da pesaro: with other memoirs of the fifteenth century. [Cheltenham]. [s.n.], 1868. First edition. 8vo. vi, 329, [5], 5pp, [1]. Engraved portrait frontispiece, Original publisher's plain paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, marked, and water-stained, loss to lower portion of spine, chipping to lettering-piece. Foxed throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed to FFEP; 'To his nephew / Samuel Carrington C. E. / with the author's kind regards / 8 October 1871'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16183

[BRISTOL REFUGE SOCIETY]. The first report of the bristol refuge society, for the Restoration of Females Who have unhappily fallen from Virtue, Ending 6 Month 30, 1815; with a list of the donors and subscribers. [s.i., Bristol?]. [s.n.], [1914]. 12mo. An early twentieth-century facsimile reprint of the original 1815 printing. 31pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed drab paper wrappers. Very light creasing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18217

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COBBETT, William. The woodlands: or, a treatise On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods. London. Printed and published by William Cobbett, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [340]pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Book-label of S. Lord, surgeon dentist of Blackburn to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18254

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BLENCOWE, R. W. . Sydney papers, consisting of a journal of the earl of leicester, and original letters of algernon syndey. London. John Murray, 1825. First edition. xxxvi, 284pp. With two facsimiles of the handwriting of Sidney, Earl of Leicester, and his son, Algernon Sydney. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Browning and light spotting to endpapers. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18483

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[BONNAY, Charles-Francois, marquis de]. Le prophete jonas. Juillet 1793 par un emigre. A Ninive. [s.n.], [1793]. Seconde edition. 8vo. [2], 38pp. Uncut, stitched into original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Lightly dust-soiled, contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper; 'Monsieur De la Galailiere / a Moleubeck', likely the Marquis de la Galailiere, state councillor and intendant of justice and finances in Lorraine province. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19032

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[FONTON, Felix]. Necessite d'une place forte federale pour la defense de la suisse par un ami de ce pays. Lausanne. Librairie Martignier et Chavannes, 1860. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's drab printed paper wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Inked ownership inscription to title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19038