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JONES, Reginald B.. Full account of palmer the rugeley poisoner. Manchester. The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Company, [s.d., c.1911-12] First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stapled in original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements to lower wrapper. Rubbed and marked, with toning and staining to wrapper edges, staples exposed. Leaves browned, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35082
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BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor and Hood...and Longman and Rees, 1802. First edition. ix, [1], 119pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 11 engraved plates. Modern mottled calf, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine, with contrasting olive-green morocco lettering-piece. Very lightly rubbed. Lightly browned throughout, scattered spotting, with small marginal tear to fore-edge of second blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35129
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AVEBURY, The Right Hon. Lord [John Lubbock]. The pleasures of life. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. Two hundred and ninth thousand. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xii, [2], 199, [1]; [3], vi-viii, 280pp. With half-title to Vol. I. Without half-title to Vol. II. Second volume, one hundred and sixty-sixth thousand, dated 1903. Handsomely bound by Bickers and Son of Leicester (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very lightly rubbed, with light staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35131
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[LADY'S CABINET ALBUM]. The lady's cabinet album. New York. Peabody and Co., 1832. First edition. 8vo. xii, 348pp. With an additional engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 19 further engraved plates. Original publisher's dark green roan-backed green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, and some toning to boards. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP; taped-in business card of G. A. Varty of the Lake District Herald to rear ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35212
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BENSON, E. F.. Crescent and iron cross. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. 8vo. [10] 269pp. With two bound in colour maps of the Balkan states, with a further fold out map glued to the RFEP of the Turkish Empire in 1914. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered silver. Shelf-worn with corners bumped, spine faded. Internally bright, with very minor toning and a few nicks to pages. Folding map to the rear has a tear but remains complete. More > £ 100.00 On Sale: £ 80.00 Antiquates Ref. 30134
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SMITH, Robert. Poems of controversy betwixt Episcopacy and Presbytery: also several poems and merry songs on other subjects. With some funeral elegies on various nobleman and gentlemen. Edinburgh. [s.n.] Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1714, [1869]. 8vo. Limited to 70 copies. viii, vii, [13], 120pp, [4]. With a preliminary publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Blank paper label pasted to FEP, light foxing to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 16786
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[POUND, Ezra]. GOURMONT, Remy de. The natural philosophy of love. London. The Casanova Society, 1926. First British edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 24736
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CHADWICK, William. The life and times of daniel de foe: with remarks digressive and discursive. London. John Russell Smith, 1859. First edition. 8vo. viii, [1], 464pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33046
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[MACGEORGE, Andrew]. An inquiry as to The Armorial Insignia of the city of glasgow. Glasgow. [W. Blackie] , 1866. First edition. Quarto. [10], 182pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved colour frontispiece and 74 illustrations depicting the seals of Glasgow. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Light scattered spotting and occasional marking throughout. Inked ownership inscription of 'Macgeorge' to FFEP, and presentation inscription 'to John Macgeorge with affte. regards from A Macgeorge'. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33541
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GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1731. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 260pp; [4], 260pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing and scoring to boards, wear to extremities, upper joints of both volumes starting. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 35053
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 4th of May, 1948: Published by Authority...Action between British and Italian forces off cape Spartivento on 27th November, 1940. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 2799-2808pp. With two charts (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12167
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 10th of February, 1948: Published by Authority...The attack on the Tirpitz by midget submarines on 22nd September, 1943. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 993-1008pp. With two plans (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12168
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1948: Published by Authority...Operations in the Middle East from 1st November 1941 to 15th August 1942. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 309-400pp. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12169
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 2nd of March, 1948: Published by Authority...The capture of Diego Suarez. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 1589-1616pp. With two plans (one folding). Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12173
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 25th of May, 1948: Published by Authority...The carrier borne aircraft attack on Kirkenes and Petsamo. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 3169-3177pp, [1]. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, typed lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12174
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Friday, the 9th of July, 1948: Published by Authority...Action against raiders. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 4009-4015pp. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, manuscript lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, internally clean and crisp. A duplicate copy, stapled, is loosely inserted. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12175
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[LONDON GAZETTE]. Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 3rd of February, 1948: Published by Authority...The African campaign from El Alamein to Tunis, from 10th August, 1942 to 13th May, 1943. [London]. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office], [1948]. First edition. Folio. 839-887pp, [1]. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards, manuscript lettering-piece, printed library shelf-label, and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP, very occasional ink-spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 12176
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BROWN, Malcolm. Lawrence of Arabia the life, the legend. London. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005. First edition. Quarto. 208pp, Original publisher's purple cloth boards with title lettered in gilt and a dolphin design blind stamped to front, with the photographic dustwrapper. Internally bright though a little marked from damp, also present on the boards and wrapper. Minor shelf- wear to the wrapper and boards. Inscribed to the Williamson family by the author. With various ephemera relating to the book launch, held at the ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 28215
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BENSON, E. F.. The Angel of Pain. London. William Heinemann, 1906. First edition. 8vo. [6], 340pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards, lettered black, with the black and red design stamped to front board. Spine toned with boards otherwise marked. Shelf-wear to all edges, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean save an ownership signature to the FFEP. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 30086
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence Morality and Religion.. London. Hurst, Chance & Co., 1831. Second edition. 8vo. [2], xv, [1], 408pp. With half-title. Nineteenth century gilt-tooled half calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss to corners. Inked ownership inscription of Robert Williams to head of half-title. Heavy spotting to endpapers, occasional lighter spotting throughout. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 33825