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ORR, George. The various movements, dispositions and combination, that may be made with pikemen, in aid of the regulars and militia. London. Printed by A. Macpherson...for Gray and Son, 1804. First edition. 12mo. [2], 25pp, [1]. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut in recent red half-calf, marbled boards. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22793

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WOLFE, General [James]. General wolfe's instructions to young officers. London. Printed for J. Millan, 1780. Second edition. 12mo. [2], ix, [3], 106pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece, supralibros to boards. Heavily worn, significant surface loss, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Title page lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22799

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STEELE, Richard, Sir. An account of the fish-pool: Consisting of A Description of the Vessel so call'd, lately invented and built for the Importation of Fish alive, and in good Health, from Parts however distant...Likewise, A Description of the Carriage intended for the Conveyance of Fish by Land, in the same good Condition as in the Fish-Pool by Sea. London. Printed and sold by H. Meere, 1718. First edition. vii, [1], 60pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. ESTC T18823.

[Bound after:] CERRI, [Urbano]. STEELE, Richard, Sir [translator]. An account Of the state of the Roman-Catholick Religion Throughout the World... London. Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition in English. [2], lxxviii, viii, 197, [1], x pp. Very occasional early annotations to margins. ESTC T57998.

[And:] [ERKSINE, John]. A letter from the Earl ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23160

ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. London. Macmillan and Co., 1869. In two volumes. vi, [2], 276; vii, [1], 267pp, [1]. Attractively bound by Charles McLeish (stamp-signed 'C.M.L.' on rear turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, T.E.G. Bookplates of bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest to FEPs. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23176

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REVENTLOW, Count Ernst Zu. India Its importance for Great Britain, Germany, and the future of the world. Berlin [i.e. Simla]. Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son [i.e. Monotype Press], 1917 [i.e. 1918] First edition in English. 8vo. [6], 79pp, [1]. With a folding, linen-backed, map. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, lightly marked, loss to head and foot of dulled spine, coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled highlights/annotations. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23554

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GODWIN, William. The enquirer, reflections on education, manners, and literature. In a series of essays. London. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First edition. 8vo. xii, 481pp, [3]. With a half-title and a final errata leaf. Uncut in later paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Inked ownership inscription of T. Woolner to head of title. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23757

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[GEORGIAN BOOKS]. [A handsome collection of works of English literature in 21 volumes, all bound in silk, with gilt edges, contained within a (later?) morocco box with a lid]. London. Jones & Company, 1823-30 24mo in 8s. 21 volumes. Occasional light wear/splitting, the odd quire protrudes from text block, slightly marked. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23955

[LITTLE, Norman]. [An album of sketches by artist Norman Little]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [c. 1900-05] Folio. 34 sketches mounted on 19 leaves, one or two to a page (rectos only), pencil or pen & ink with traces of pencil, one with grisaille watercolour wash. Contemporary black half-morocco, green cloth boards, tooled in gilt, stencilled title in black on upper board. worn, with spine deficient. First and final album leaf laid down to form pastedowns, front pastedown with mounted signature of the ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24147

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[4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS]. Lieutenant General The Earl of Ross's Report on the First Regiment of Horse Reviewed by Him in Dublin on the 2nd Day of July 1783. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1783]. Folio. A five sheet report comprising a manuscript summary signed by Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ('Ross Lieut. General'), and four engraved sheets ('General Return...', 'Return of the Arms...', numbered 1-4), with all the details neatly completed in manuscript. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24214

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[HARBIN, Thomas]. The Traveller's Companion. Containing Variety of Useful yet Pleasant matters relating to Commerce and Converse... London. Printed for Thomas Harbin, 1702. First edition. 8vo. [6], 7, [3], 17-67pp, [1]. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Text complete despite erratic pagination. Later half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Extremities lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24506

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CADOGAN, William. A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, As proceeding from the same Causes; What those Causes are; and A rational and natural Method of Cure proposed. Addressed to all Invalids. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1771. Eight edition. [3], vi-x, [1], 12-100pp. Without half-title. ESTC T120906.

[Bound with:] WILLIAMS, J[ohn]. Advice to People afflicted with the Gout: containing practical observations upon The Treatment of Patients in the different Stages of that Disorder; and The Means of preventing those severe Paroxysms, which are so terrible to the Human Species. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. [4], 86pp, [2]. With a half-title and ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24654

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DARLING, James. Catalogue of books belonging to Sir William Heathcote, baronet, at Hursley Park, in the county of southampton. [London]. James Darling, Bookseller, 22 little Queen Stret. Lincolns Inn Fields, 1834. First edition. Quarto. viii, 154pp, [2]. With terminal blank. Original publisher's blind-tooled green textured cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with spine panel lacking the top half, and the remainder split from lower joint, bumping to corners and slightly, slightly marked. Ink-staining to fore- edge. Presentation copy, inscribed to 'The Honble. Mr Justice Coleridge' at Hursley in 1839, by William Heathcote to verso of FFEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24960

[WARREN, Samuel]. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 403, [1]; [4], 389, [1]; [4], 429pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaves of Vols. II and III. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page of Vol. I: 'The ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24966

BERGUER, Lionel Thomas. Philip, king of spain: a tragedy, translated from the italian of count vittorio alfieri. London. Published by Robert Dutton...and John Agg and Co.., 1809. First edition in English. Quarto. x, [2], 94pp, [2]. With half-title, engraved frontispiece and the terminal blank. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. A trifle rubbed, with a small wormhole to upper joint at foot. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Presentation, inscribed (by the recipient) 'J.T. Coleridge Eton College Bucks. Given him (so bound) by the author. March 15th 1809' to the head of a blank fly-leaf. Further ink inscription (?'J.T. ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24998

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[WALLACE, Robert]. A dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in antient and modern Times: in which The superior Populousness of Antiquity is maintained. With An appendix, Containing Additional Observations on the same Subject, And Some Remarks on Mr. Hume's Political Discourse, of the Populousness of antient Nations. Edinburgh. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. First edition. 8vo in 4s. iv, 331pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine and extremities, short splits at head of spine, with remains of small paper shelf-label. Bookplate of an Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, with a few pencilled calculations to endpapers, and a single inked note in an early hand (to E4v). More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25625

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CARY, [John]. Cary's Survey of the High Roads from london... London. Printed for J. Cary, July 1st. 1810 Quarto. [44] leaves. Engraved throughout. Hand-coloured strip road maps are printed in eighty numbered columns on both the recto and verso of 40 leaves. A handsomely bound copy in contemporary mottled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25745

[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. Out on the Rocks, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888] [12]pp.

[Together with:] The Singing Boys, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.

[And:] Willing hearts, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.

[And:] The Young Gardener, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.

[And:] If I was a lady, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.

[And:] The donkey-race, and other picture ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25804

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BAXTER, Richard. Reliquiae Baxterianae: or, Mr. richard baxter's narrative of The most Memorable Passages of his life and times. Faithfully Publish'd from his own Original Manuscript, By matthew sylvester.. London. Printed for T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, J. Lawrence, and J. Dunton, 1696. First edition. Folio. [28], 448, 200, 132, [2], 18pp, [6]. Partially misbound. 'Elisha’s cry after Elijah’s God consider’d and apply’d', (Wing S6330) has separate dated title page, pagination and register. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, later rebacked, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Gaddeson Park Library to FEP, latter half of text-block browned and ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25926

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[RICHARDSON, Thomas]. A natural history of british beasts and birds. Derby. Printed and published by Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830] 31pp, [1]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text.

[Together with:] Select pieces for the nursery. Derby. Printed and published by Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 31pp, [1]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text.

[And:] Nursery rhymes. Derby. Printed by and for Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 31pp, [1]. Wrappers ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26051

HONE, William. Facetiae and miscellanies. London. Published for William Hone, by Hunt and Clarke, 1827. Second edition. 8vo. In 14 parts, The political house that Jack built (1821, 53rd ed.), The man in the moon (1820, 25th ed.), The Queen's matrimonial ladder (1820, 44th ed.), In Parliament. Dropt clauses out of the bill, against the Queen (s.d.), "Non mi ricordo!" (1820, 31st ed.), The form of prayer (1820, 5th ed. 1820), political showman--at home! (1821, 16th ed.), The right divine of kings to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26362