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[LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE]. The london and edinburgh philosophical magazine and journal of science...Vol. XIV...january-june, 1840. London. Richard and John E. Taylor, [1840]. 8vo. viii, 607pp, [1]. With seven engraved plates and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary marbled paper boards, recently rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of John Sundius Stamp to FEP, blind-stamps of the Cardinal Hayes Library, New York to title page and leaf C6. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34857
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[MAGIC]. WALKER, Albert. Brilliant combination of attraction! Astounding novelties!: Mr. albert walker the world renowned magician and ventriloquist! Respectfully announces to the ladies and gentlemen of this place that he will give one of his grand exhibitions of varieties, at [blank] Hall, on [blank] ev'g, [blank] 18[blank] : consisting of legerdemain, necromancy, ventroloquism. Wonderful developments of natural magic, and the great mechanical theatre Illustrated with a superb and tasteful Dress, brilliantly illuminated. Hartford [Connecticut]. Calhoun Printing Company, 66 State St., [1858]. Dimensions 230 x 585 mm. Large single leaf playbill, printed within elaborate woodcut border. A fine copy. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34883
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BUCKINGHAM, James Silk. [Eight autograph letters on the distribution of the publications, and promotion of social reform, of James Silk Buckingham]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [Five letters dated between 1826 and 1842, three undated] One Quarto, seven 12mo. Eight autograph letters signed. [22]pp. total. Very occasional light spotting, three letters with remnants of earlier binding, two with loss from removal of wax seals - touching text in one instance with slight loss of sense. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 11189
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[DRINKWATER, John]. [A clutch of manuscript prayers in the hand of John Drinkwater]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Dimensions: 140 x 220 mm. Manuscript on paper. Seven loose light-weight leaves, housed in custom red cloth folder. Inked gift inscription to foot of one leaf: 'To Jess / with humble apologise / and wishing her in / retrospect a merry / Christmas and in prospect / a Happy New Year / John Drinkwater / Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 22687
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DRINKWATER, John. The christ child at christmas manuscript. Highgate. [s.n.], 1930. Quarto. Pencil on paper. Three (single side) leaves, with a covering note on lined paper ‘My dear ?Jeff This, the original draft of 'The Christ Child at Christmas', of which the first page appears to have been written on blotting paper, is to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year. Yours affectionately, John Drinkwater, Highgate, Christmas 1930'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 29663
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[FABRIC SAMPLES]. [A selection of fabric samples issued by Ezra M. Sutton of Cairo]. [Cairo]. [Ezra M. Sutton], [c. 1900] 25 cloth samples, mounted on stiff card, loosely inserted in contemporary folder: green cloth-backed red paper boards, ornate paper label pasted to upper board, lettered in gilt:' M / E M S / 887 / 144 POS'. Extremities rubbed. Samples lightly dust-soiled, pencilled note to verso of upper board: '25 cloth samples / Ezra M. Sutton / Cairo'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 31096
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MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-pooh. London. Metheun & Co., [1926]. First edition, deluxe issue. 8vo. xi, [4], 158pp, [2]. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publisher's gilt-stamped pictorial limp green sheep, A.E.G., pictorial endpapers. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 On Sale: £ 590.00 Antiquates Ref. 34345
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PEEL, W[illiam]. A ride through the nubian desert. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 135, [1], 32pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbing to spine, joints, and edges, a trifle marked. Armorial bookplate of 'Mervyn Lloyd Peel' to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 14845
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[PUZZLE]. [Mid-nineteenth-century wooden block game entitled of the 'Sovereigns of England']. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1860] 36-piece set of coloured engraved illustrations mounted on wooden blocks, printed biographical text to verso. Housed in original publisher's wooden box, bevelled lid with engraved colour illustration. Later clear adhesive repairs to box, pencilled gift inscription to base. Some pieces a trifle browned due to varnish deterioration. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 24477
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[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, [1865]. First edition. 8vo. In original 12 monthly parts. With 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Halbot Knight Browne. Original publisher's brick-red pictorial wrappers, housed in recent custom red morocco pull-off case by W. Root & Son of London. Case a trifle rubbed, with bookplates of Samuel Henry Austin and Lucius Wilmerding. Very slight chipping to spines, upper panel of part I detached from text-block. Internally clean ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 10191
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WILLIAMS, William. Votes of the House of Commons; Perused and Signed to be Printed According to the Order of the House of Commons. London and Oxford. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680-81 Folio. [Numb. 0.] Jovis 210 Octobris 1680 - numb. 62. [sic] Lunae 280 Martii 1681. Issues lack chronological designation; dates are supplied by the text. Pagination and register non-consecutive. A number of speeches, reports, and addresses to the Commons are issued as parts of, or supplements to, the Votes; some were also issued separately. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, later rebacked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 11416
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[ITERNERARIO], [CAMPOMANES, Pedro Rodríguez, conde de]. Itinerario de las carreras de posta de dentro, y fuera del Reyno... Madrid. Imprenta de Antonio Perez de Soto, 1761. First edition. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and a large engraved folding map. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, all edges red. Discoloured, lightly rubbed. Text-block separating from binding. Hinges exposed. Armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Clive to FEP, later inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 11439
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BURKE, Edmund. Reflections on the revolution in france... London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1790. Third edition. iv, 364pp. ESTC T46576, Todd 53f.

[Bound with:] BURKE, [Edmund]. A letter from Mr. burke, to a member of the national assembly; in answer to some objections to his book on french affairs. Paris, printed, and London re-printed for J. Dodsley, 1791. Second edition. [2], 74pp. ESTC T37900, Todd 54e.

[And:] [MACKENZIE, Henry]. The letters of brutus to certain celebrated political characters. Edinburgh. Printed by ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 11821
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VICTOR, Sextus Aurelius. Sexti aurelii victoris historiae romanae breviarium... Trajecti ad Rhenum [i.e. Utrecht]. Apud Franciscum Halman, Guilielmum vande Water, 1696. 8vo. In two volumes. [42], 168, [28], 176; 177-434pp, [74]. Title printed in red and black. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting, loss to head of spine of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions and characteristic shelf-marks of the Earl of Orrery to verso of FFEPs, recent armorial bookplate of ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19411