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[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE TREATY]. Ministerial artifice detected, or, a full answer to a pamphlet lately published, Intitled, The Interests of the Empress Queen, the Kings of France and Spain, &c. betrayed in the Preliminary Articles at Aix-la-Chapelle.. London. Printed for A. Hill, 1749. Second edition. 8vo. 32pp. Modern grey paper boards, original gilt-tooled green morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34549
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CHAFIN, William. A second edition of the anecdotes and history of cranbourn chase... London. Printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1818. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 103 [i.e. 107]pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Nineteenth-century calf-tipped marbled paper boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Recent lending label of Salisbury Free Public Library to FEP, with their ink-stamps to title page and p.56, ink-stamp of Troyte-Chafyn-Grove, North Coker to recto of FFEP, short tear to head of leaf H3, scattered spotting. Job Lousley's copy, noted as such 'Job Lousley's Book Hampstead ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34596
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WAGNER, Richard. Siegfried & the twilight of the gods. London. William Heinemann, 1911. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 181pp, [2]. With half-title, an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, an engraved half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 29 further tipped-in chromolithograph plates by Arthur Rackham. Original publisher's gilt-decorated tan buckram, blind-stamped to lower board. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, with mottling to boards. Newspaper clipping and telegram regarding the presentation of the Sir John Lubbock Memorial Prize pasted to first blank fly-leaf. Scattered ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34633
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[BRET, Antoine]. Ninon de lenclos. London. Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 8vo. [4], 310pp. With half-title; title page in red and black. Finely bound for Hatchards of Piccadilly (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-ruled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary inked gift inscription reading 'To my darling mother, with the best love of ? Airlie, Xmas. 1904' to first blank fly-leaf; otherwise, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34787
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[FERRIER, Susan Edmonstone]. Destiny; or, the chief's daughter. Edinburgh. Printed for Robert Cadell, 1831. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [6], 337, [1]; [4], 407, [1]; [4], 399pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, joints starting. Foxed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Eliza Doherty to title pages More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34921
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[HILL, Thomas]. The Cause of Truth defended; being a plain statement of the facts connected with the Two Trials of the Rev. T. Hill, methodist preacher, for defamation of the character of Miss Bell, of North-Shields, containing a correct report of the trial at York, And other Matter relative thereto, illustrated by fac-similes of Three different Hand-Writings of Mr Hill.. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1827. First edition. 8vo. viii, 155pp, [1]. With six folding plates containing facsimiles of manuscript letters. Uncut in contemporary two-tone paper boards, rebacked, contrasting modern gilt-tooled burgundy morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly worn, with chipping to foot of spine, and bumping to corners. Some light damp-staining to gutters, scuffing to endpapers, and occasional spotting, but largely clean. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 35067
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[NAVAL PAY]. An Appeal to His Majesty, Both Houses of Parliament, and the People of the United Kingdom, against a Late Rejection of the Petition of the Captains of the Royal Navy, for an Augmentation of Pay By Lord Mulgrave.... London. Published By C. Chapple..., 1809. First Edition. 8vo. [2], 49pp, [1]. Recent blue paper boards. Ink inscription of J.D. Thomson, presumably John Deas Thomson (1763-1838), Accountant-General to the Royal Navy, to slightly soiled title. Small hole to text caused by wax spill to D1, without loss of sense. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 9954
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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inscribed to half-title; 'Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11018
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JAMES, Colonel Sir Henry. Instructions for taking meteorological observations; with tables for their correction, and notes on meteorological phenomena. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. First edition. 52pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 hand-coloured plates (three folding).

[Bound with:] Table for the reduction of the meteorological observations taken at the stations of the royal engineers. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. 34pp. With two folding tables, one of which hand-coloured.

8vo. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to spine, marking to boards, corners bumped. ... More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11895
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[HARRIS, John]. Sir Harry Herald's graphical representation of the dignitaries of england; shewing the Costume of different Ranks, from the king to a commoner; with the regalia used at the coronation. London. Printed for J. Harris and Son, 1820. First edition. 12mo. 18 leaves illustrated with 17 hand-coloured woodcut engravings. Original publisher's brown printed paper wraps. Extremities soiled and creased, significant loss to spine with wraps having separated, damp-stain to head of both upper and lower covers having worked through to text block. Leaves toned, occasional spots of foxing. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11954
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WETHERELL, J[ames] E[lgin] (Editor). The Great War in verse and prose. Toronto. Printed and Published by A. T. Wilgress, 1919. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 160pp. Original publisher's limp red morocco with gilt title, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A near fine copy. A trifle rubbed to spine and edges. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Viscount-Jellicoe with profound respect J.E. Wetherell, Toronto Dec. 8, 1919'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 12833
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SHAW, John. Woolton green: a domestic tale; with Other Miscellaneous Poems. Liverpool. Printed by Perry and Metcalfe, 1825. First edition. 8vo. xii, [5], 12-192pp. Rough-cut leaves. With two engraved plates bound at front. Contemporary calf over blue paper boards, lettering piece, gilt. Extremities somewhat rubbed, damp-staining to boards, corners bumped. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal dust-soiling. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 13004
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[ROYAL NAVY]. The Royal Navy list or who's who in the Navy... London. Witherby & Co., 1915. 8vo. lxiii, [1], vii, [1], 312pp. With a 7pp 'War Supplement to the Royal Navy List'. Original publisher's blind-tooled navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Sunned, with some marking. Clean and crisp internally but for slight loss to blank FFEP. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 14396
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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half title; 'With the author's compliments / Xmas. 1909 / Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15176
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The traveller, the deserted village, and Other Poems. London. Printed for John Sharpe...by C. Whttingham, 1819. 12mo. 166pp. With an additional engraved title-page and five engraved plates by Richard Westall. Handsomely bound in contemporary black morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Slightest of rubbing to joints. Armorial bookplate of 'Jasper More' to FEP, plates a trifle browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15357