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QUINTON, John Allan. Heaven's Antidote to The Curse of Labour; or. The Temporal Advantages of the Sabbath, Considered in Relation to the Working Classes. With Six Engraved By George Measom, from Designs By Gilbert. London. Partridge and Oakey, 1849. First Edition. 12mo. xxiii, [1], 141pp, [3]. Frontispiece and three further engraved plates, two vignette engravings to text. Original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, gilt. Some fading to spine. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 10342

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RABELAIS, François. The work of Francis Rabelais... London. Printed for T. Evans, 1784. 12mo. In four volumes. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Recent brown cloth, lettered and stamped in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of William Johnston to head of all titles, later inked ownership inscription of P. Carson to front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23313

RACK, E[dmund]. Poems on several subjects. London. Printed for Richardson and Urquhart...and T. Letchworth, 1775. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 121pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to lower boards, joints starting, loss to head and foot of dulled spine. Marbled endpapers, initial gathering dampstained, occasional short tears to margins, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33719

RACKHAM, Arthur. Evans, C. S.. The sleeping beauty. London. William Heinemann, 1920. Large 8vo. 110pp, [2]. Original publisher's decorated boards, over pink cloth spine, with the original silhouette design dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated throughout the text as well as full page spreads of 2-3 colour silhouettes including the title page. Full colour illustrated frontis 'Briar Rose' tipped in. Boards bright, with the dustwrapper worn to all edges, sunned and with minor losses. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32712

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RACKHAM, Arthur. POLLARD, Alfred W. [EDITOR]. The romance of king arthur and his knights of the round table. London. Macmillan and Co., 1917. First edition. Quarto. xxiv, 509pp, [1]. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 22 further illustrated plates by Arthur Rackham. Original publisher's gilt-decorated navy cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, with surface wear to extremities and chipping to head of spine. Endpapers browned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32714

RAGG, Thomas. The deity. A poem. In twelve books. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xix, [5], 330pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. Armroial bookplate of Stoneleigh Abbey and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32288

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[RAILWAYANA]. [Caption title:] North staffordshire railway. Time and fare table. Thursday, march 1st. 1849. Hanley. Allbut, Son, & Hobson, [1849]. Dimensions 380 x 390 mm. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Several old horizontal and vertical folds. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30523

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RAINES, Rev. F. R. [editor]. Rentale de Cokersand: being the bursar's rent roll of the abbey of cokersand, in the county palatine of lancaster, for the year 1501. Printed from the original. [Manchester]. Printed for the Chetham Scoiety, 1861. Quarto. xviii, 46pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half- calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Extensively annotated in a contemporary hand; these manuscript notes are primarily translations of deeds from Middle English to Modern English. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23664

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[RAITHBY, John]. Peace. Reasons why terms of peace should be offered to the french nation. Addressed to the inhabitants of great britain, through the medium of their representatives in parliament.. London. Printed for Allen and West, 1795. First edition. 8vo. [4], 76pp. Modern grey paper boards, original gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Very lightly marked. Leaves browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34550

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RAIT, Robert Sangster. "The Kingis Quair" and The New Criticism. Aberdeen. A. Brown & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 27pp, [5]. With two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Sunned, a trifle marked, chipping to spine, Contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper panel. Very occasional ink highlighting, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18907

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RALEIGH, Sir Walter. The secrets of government and misteries of state, plainly laid open, in all the several forms of government in the Christian world. Published by John Milton, Esq;. London. [s.n.], 1697. First edition. 8vo. [8], 238pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, surface wear to boards, joints and edges, slight loss to head of spine, upper joint starting. Endpapers browned, marginal tear to first blank fly-leaf, small loss to lower margin of title. Light staining to initial leaves. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33390

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RAMSAMUJ, L[eonard] Sewak Chand. Love's intoxication (indian love lyrics). London. The Fortune Press, [1951]. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [2]. With a lithographed frontispiece and four further lithographed plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, with an impressed reptile-skin pattern, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of John Comyn to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription dated 1972 to verso of FFEP. Tipped-in contemporary review to head of FFEP. Light spotting and staining to front endpapers. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35100

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RAMSAY, Allan. The gentle shepherd: a scots pastoral comedy...Adorned with Cuts, the Overture to the Songs, and a complete Glossary. Glasgow. Printed for John Robertson junr., 1758. 12mo. xv, [1], 139pp, [1]. Title in red and black. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-calf. A trifle rubbed. Later inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33234

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RAMSAY, Allen. A collection of scotch proverbs, containing all the wise sayings and observations of the old people of scotland. Paisley. Printed and published by G. Caldwell, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six bifolia, unopened at head, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28598

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RAMUS, Charles Meade. The polysphenic ship; or, the possibility of a greatly increased speed at sea proved by new experiments. With an appeal to the government to publish the experiments made by the admiralty to test the inventor's proposals. London. Edward Stanford, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Central vertical fold. Recent book-label of Robin de Beaumont to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31723

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RANDOLPH, Rev. Francis. Sermons, preached at laurel-chapel, bath, during the season of advent 1799. [Bath]. Printed for F. and C. Rivington...and R. Cruttwell, 1800. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-viii, [1], 238pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of M. G. Meredyth to head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20128

RASK, Erasmus. A grammar of the danish language for the use of englishmen, together with extracts in prose and verse. Copenhagen. Printed by J. H. Shultz, 1830. First edition. 8vo. xii, 184pp. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards. Extremities worn, loss to spine, boards held by cords only. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, very occasional short tears to margins, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20304

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RASK, Rasmus. Frisisk sproglaere udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den islandske og angelsaksiske. Kobenhavn [i.e. Copenhagen]. Hofboghandler Beekens Forlag, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [4], 34, 138pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, heavily foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20309

RATTIGAN, Terence. Ross: A Play in Two Acts. London. Samuel French, 1960. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With three black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. A trifle rubbed, chipping to foot of spine panel, inked inscription 'DRAMA CLUB / JLR RAC' to upper panel. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23875

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RAWNSLEY, Rev. H[ardwicke] D[rummond]. Literary Associations of the English Lakes. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1901. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, [3], 236, [2]; vii, [3], 251pp. With half-titles and 32 plates. Extra-illustrated with 156 plates, primarily engraved landscapes views of the Lake District and portraits of the Romantics and their circle. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy crushed half-morocco, blue cloth boards, T.E.G.Slightest of rubbing. Bookplates of Brackenburn and morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31072