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[LIGHT HORSE VOLUNTEERS]. General regulations and instructions for the Light-horse Volunteers of London & Westminster. [London]. Printed for the Corps, by Bunney, thompson, and Co., 1797. Second edition, with alterations and additions. 24mo. vii, [1], 232, [5], 238-264, [8], 277-281pp, [1]. With six leaves (partially misbound), blank but comprehended in the pagination. Contemporary gilt-ruled dark green calf, A.E.G. Rubbed, marked, and bumped. Marbled endpapers, very occasional inked corrections to text. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23156

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[STAFFORDSHIRE HYMNS]. A selection of psalms and hymns, for the use of Handsworth Church, in Staffordshire. Birmingham. Printed by E. Jones, 1807. First edition. 8vo. iv, 77pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Endpapers browned, early inked ownership inscriptions to verso of FFEP and head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23159

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HARE, Christopher. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tales for children from many lands: double volume. Bayard: the good knight without fear and without reproach...& a wonder book... London. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1939]. 8vo. 127pp, [1]; 127pp, [1]. With 16 illustrated coloured plates by Herbert Cole and H. Granville Fell. Original publisher’s red cloth, lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22427

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SHAKESPEARE, William. SURREY, Earl of. The poetical works of William Shakespeare and the Earl of Surrey. Edinburgh. James Nichol, 1856. 8vo. xl, vi, 316pp. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23933

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TISDALL, W. St. Clair. The Conversion of Armenia to the Christian faith. [London]. The Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. With an engraved map in the text. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Bangor Independent College Library to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23939

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MACKAY, John. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scoury... London. Edward Bull, 1842. New edition, revised. 8vo. lxxvi, 228pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Foyles booksellers ticket pasted to FEP, receipt from the same loosely inserted, upper hinge partially exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23938

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GOEBEL, K[arl]. Outlines of Classification and Special Morphology of Plants. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1887. New edition. 8vo. xii, 515pp, [1]. With 407 woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary dark green calf-backed green cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional spotting/creasing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23899

DRINKWATER, John. American vignettes 1860-1865. Boston and New York. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First edition. Quarto. This edition consists of 385 numbered copies autographed by the author, of which this is number 373. [10], 32, [2] leaves. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's blue cloth-backed grey paper boards, lettered in gilt. Without glassine wrapper or slipcase. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked gift inscription beneath limitation statement: 'and is for / Daisy Kennedy / with the author's ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22684

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON DECIMAL COINAGE. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. [London]. [s.n.], 1853. First edition. Folio. xiv, 185pp, [1]. Later blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, very short closed tear to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23905

READE, William Winwood. The martyrdom of man. London. Trubner & Co., 1872. First edition. 8vo. viii, 544pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, early bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20639

SAYERS, Dorothy L. The man born to be king: A Play-Cycle on the Life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1943. First edition. 8vo. 343pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and marked, spine panel sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23882

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[ACTS - GEORGE III]. An Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places, within the city of Durham, and borough of Framwelgate, and the suburbs thereof, and streets thereto adjoining; for removing and preventing nuisances, annoyances, encroachments, and obstructions therein; for widening and rendering more commodious several of the said streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places; and for regulating and improving the markets within the said city and suburbs.. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1790. Folio. [2], 1303-1370, [2]. With a final blank leaf. Issued separately with a general title page (as here), and also as part of: Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, tricesimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the eighteenth day of May, Anno Domini 1784...And from thence continued, by several prorogations and adjournments, to the twenty-first day of January, 1790; being ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12371

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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[ALCOHOL]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons humbly offered By the Maltsters of Surrey and Middlesex... [London]. [s.n.], [1730?] Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. Single leaf. Docket title to verso. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin. Old horizontal folds. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23666

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[GUNPOWDER]. [GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Caption title:] A Bill for making more Effectual an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Intitled, An Act for preventing the Mischiefs which may happen, by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of London and Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof. [London]. [s.n.], [1725]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds, docket title printed to verso of second leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22492

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MATTHEWS, Bryan, Sir et al.. [Drop-head title:] A discussion on The Physiology of man at high altitudes. [Cambridge]. [University Press], [1955]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 42pp. Stapled, as issued. Edges a trifle browned, staples rusted. Inked ownership inscription of George Lowe to first page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23439

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BRADLEY, Lonsdale. An inquiry into the deposition of lead ore, in the mineral veins of Swaledale, Yorkshire. London. Edward Stanford, 1862. First edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 40pp, [2]. With a geological map, a reference plate, and ten plates of veins, all, except the map, hand-coloured. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Title page browned, occasional spotting. Inked ownership inscription of L. R. Wager to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23659

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[WINDSOR, Edward]. Presidential address by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. [London]. [Samuel Straker & Sons], [1926]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 30pp, [2]. Contemporary (original?) gilt-stamped black morocco. Spine heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Flat signed by the Prince of Wales on title page. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23660

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BURROW, E[dward]. J[ohn]., Rev.. Elements of conchology, according to the linnaean system. London. Printed for James Duncan, 1825. New edition. 8vo. xix, [1], 245pp, [3]. With 28 engraved plates. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, marked, and sunned. Occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 18470

[HURDIS, James]. The village curate, a poem. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition, corrected. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three final pages of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, without front blank fly-leaf, early inked ownership inscription of Decimus Cooke to head of half-title, pen-trials to p.104, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22567