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[EQUATORIAL GUINEA]. The benga primer: containing lessons for beginners; A Series of Phrases, and a catechism. New London, PA. Printed by Orvis & Berry, 1855. First edition. 12mo. 64pp. Contemporary (original?) black roan-backed marbled boards ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Endpapers foxed, remnants of labels and some loss to pastedowns, very occasional coloured pencil annotations to text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23016

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[EQUITABLE LIFE]. The Deed of Settlement of the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, As the same is inrolled in His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster, in the year 1765; with The Bye-laws and Orders. London. Printed by Taylor and Francis. 1854, [i.e. 1881]., 1881. 8vo. vi, 101, 98*-102*, 102**, 102dag, 102dagdag, 102s, 102ss, [2], 102-132, [1], 140-150. Complete despite a most erratic pagination. A handsome copy in contemporary calf, gilt, with longitudinal contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers and edges. Slightest of wear to extremities, two small ink-blots to upper board. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 10951

ERSKINE, John. An institute of the law of scotland. In four books. In the Order of Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of that Law. Edinburgh. Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1793. Third edition. Folio. Two volumes bound as one. x, 813pp, [57]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Ewing to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31157

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ERSKINE, John. The private life of helen of troy. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Twentieth Anniversary edition. 8vo. 304pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Corners bumped, spine faded, with a few small marks. Internally bright and clean. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier - with the sincere regard of Helen Worden Erskine - London January 6 1953'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31206

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[ERSKINE, John]. [An apparently eighteenth-century manuscript transcription of the journal of John Erskine of Carnock for the period between 1683 and 1685].. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Oblong 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [107]ff. Closely written on both rectos and versos. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards. Rubbed, upper board detached. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 18346

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ERSKINE, Ralph. Glad Tidings in sad Times: or, The City of god, in the Times of Trouble and Confusion, water'd with the River of Consolation. A sermon on psalm xlvi. 4... Edinburgh. Printed by Alexander Alison for David Duncan, 1739. First edition. 62pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. ESTC T162752.

[Bound with:] ERSKINE, Ralph. The River of Life, Proceeding out of the Throne of god And of the lamb. A sermon preached immediately before the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at Dumfermline, July 6th 1735. Edinburgh. Printed by Tho. Lumisden and Jo. Robertson, for James Beugo, 1736. First edition. 40pp. Not in ESTC???

[And:] ERSKINE, Ralph. ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30434

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[ESHER, Antoinette]. [A fabulous collection of 87 autograph letters addressed to society hostess Antoinette Esher including examples from Agnes Jekyll and Violet Bonham Carter]. [s.i.]. [s.n., 1934-37] Quarto. 87 autograph letters and notes, various paginations; all manuscript on paper. Mounted and bound together in blue half-morocco, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, especially to spine, and marked, spine sunned. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28468

[ESSEX, Earl of]. True Mannor and Forme of the Proceeding to the Funerall of the Right Honourable robert Earle of essex and ewe, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourghchier and Lovaine. Late Lord Generall of the Forces raised and employed by the Parliament of England, who dyed at Essex House on Munday the 14 day of Septemb. 1646. From whence He was honourable conveyed in funerall Pomp to Westminster Abby Church on Thursday the 22 of October following. Published by Authority. London. Printed for Henry Seale, 1646. First edition. [4], 24pp [i.e. 23pp], [1]. With an engraved frontispiece portrait (by William Marshall, A1v), one inserted folding woodcut of the hearse, surrounded with flags, and another full-page woodcut (D1v), in addition to numerous woodcut vignettes of flags. Occasional shaved catch-word/printer's register/pagination. ESTC R201190. Wing G5.

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] An Elegie upon the most lamented death of the Right Honourable and truly valiant, Robert Earle ... More > £ 5,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 30933

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[ESSEX, Robert Devereux, Earl of]. Camp discipline, or, the souldiers duty. In certain Articles and Ordinances of Warre, commended to be observed in the Armie of Scotland. By his excellence The lord Generall of the said Armie. London. Printed for Jo. Rothwell, 1642. Quarto. 8pp. Modern green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Slightly cropped. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22723

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[ESSEX, Robert, Earl of]. [Drop-head title:] An Elegie upon the most lamented death of the Right Honourable and truly valiant, Robert Earle of Essex, &c. [s.i.].. [s.n.], [s.d., 1646?] Quarto. [4]pp. Disbound. Very small hole to head of initial leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20909

[ETON COLLEGE]. A list of eton college, taken at election, 1829. Eton. Printed and Sold by E. Williams, [1829]. 23pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [A further 12 Eton College lists covering the years 1830-1840 (two representing 1839, taken at election and Christmas respectively), all printed by E. Williams.]

12mo. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed. Very occasional loss and short tears to margins, occasional ink and pencil deletions and corrections. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17434

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[EUMENES]. A plan for the government of bengal, And for the Protection Of the other British Settlements in the East Indies: In a Letter To the Right Honourable Lord North, First Lord of the Treasury, &c. To which is added, The Speech of an East India Proprietor, upon the Extraordinary Commission for regulating the Company's Affairs Abroad. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1772. First edition. 8vo. 42pp. Modern marbled wrappers. A trifle rubbed. Alternative manuscript pagination to upper corners. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26613

EUSTACE, John Chetwode. A letter from Paris, to george petre, esq. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1814. First edition. 8vo. [2], 2, 98pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26237

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EVANS, John. Juvenile pieces: designed for the youth of both sexes. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 143pp, [1]. With and engraved frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. A variant of the second edition with the date in the imprint. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities marked and rubbed, joints split. Frontispiece browned More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21133

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EVANS, John. An excursion to windsor; through kew, richmond, and twickenham; including an account of strawberry-hill and of hampton-court, interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes... London. Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1827. Second edition. 12mo. xix, [1], 426pp. Uncut in contemporary green pebbled cloth, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Upper hinge partially exposed, marginal loss to leaf R8, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22647

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[EVELYN, John]. Fumifugium: or The Inconvenience of the aer, and smoake of london dissapated... Oxford. [Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.], 1930. 8vo. [4], viii, 49pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Near contemporary ink ownership inscription to FFEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16850

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[EXPLORATION]. Arctic voyages; being an account of discoveries in the north polar seas, in 1818, 1819, & 1820. With an account of the esquimaux people. Compiled from the most Authentic Sources. London. Printed for C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1831. iv, [1], 6-172pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved vignette to title page, and two further engraved plates.

[Together with:] Voyages in the arctic seas, from 1821 to 1825, for the discovery of a north-west passage to the pacific ocean. London. Printed for C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1831. [4], iv, [1], 6-163pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved vignette to title page, ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 16837

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[EXPORT TRADE]. Guide to the mechanics of export trade. London. Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [1946]. 12mo. 117pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Lightly foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16846

EYRE, Edward. The parables of our lord translated into verse, and extended to their practical applications. For the use, more particularly, of young persons. London. Jarrold and Sons et al., [1849]. First edition. 12mo. viii, [4], 89pp, [1]. With a 6pp publisher's advertisement catalogue, tipped-in errata slip, and an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-tooled green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Upper hinge split, recent armorial bookplate of 'R. C. Fiske Nth. Walsham' to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14062

[EYRE, Francis]. A short essay on the christian religion, descriptive of the advantages which have accrued to society by the establishment of it, as contrasted with the manners and customs of mankind before that happy period... London. Printed by J. P. Coghlan, 1795. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 140pp. With a half-title. Uncut, stitched as issued in original publisher's blue wrappers. Title in manuscript to upper cover, wrappers creased, substantial loss to spine panel. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19006