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NOORTHOUCK, John. An historical and classical dictionary: containing the lives and characters of the most eminent and learned persons, in every age and nation, from the earliest period to the present time. London. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. Unpaginated. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed, lightly bumped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21782

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H.. Fishing with contributions from other authors, Pike and other coarse fish, with numerous illustrations. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1887. Third edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 412pp, [2]. With half-title, frontispiece and terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. With text leaves largely unopened. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15470

[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H.. Fishing, with contributions from other authors. Salmon and Trout. With numerous illustrations. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Fourth edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 472pp. With a half-title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text, hinges just starting. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15469

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. Skating by J.M. Heathcote and C.G. Tebbutt. Figure-skating by T. Maxwell Witham with contributions on Curling (Rev John Kerr), Tobogganin (Ormond Hake), Ice-sailing (Henry A. Buck), Bandy (C.G. Tebbutt), illustrated by Charles Whymper and Captain R.M. Alexander and from photographs. London. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 464pp. With half-title, and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15472

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. WEIR, Captain Robert. BROWN, J. Moray. Riding...Polo, illustrated by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 423pp, [1]. With a half title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Both hinges cracking, with some splitting to endpapers. Some quires with unopened leaves. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15462

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. WOODGATE, W.B.. Boating, with an introduction by the Rev. Edmond Warre, D.D. and a chapter on rowing at eton by R. Harvey Mason. London. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1888. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 340pp.With half-title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text, rear hinge cracking. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15465

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. STEEL, A.G. LYTTELTON, Hon R.H.. Cricket, with contributions by A. Lang, W.G. Grace, R.A.H. Mitchell, and F. Gale. With numerous engravings after Lucien Davis and from photographs. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1888. Second edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 429pp. With half-title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15473

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. DENT, C.T.. Mountaineering, with contributions by W.M. Conway, D.W. Freshfield, C.E. Matthews...and an introduction by Mr Justice Wills.. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 439pp, [3]. With a half-title, frontispiece and terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine (which is also slightly faded), some foxing to text. Rear hinge starting. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15459

MASON, Walt. Uncle Walt. Toronto. The Musson Book Company Limited, [1910]. First Canadian edition. 8vo. 189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, some small clear tape repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21736

MASON, Walt. Uncle Walt. Chicago. George Matthew Adams, 1911. First edition, second printing. 8vo. 189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, upper panel detached. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To Charlie Horne / super friend / and lover of books / George ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 21737

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DRYDEN, John. The tempest: or, the Enchanted Island. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735 [i.e. 1768?] 12mo. [7], 180-262pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder-blue wrappers, recent typed title label to upper wrapper. Wrappers creased, torn, and chipped, some loss to spine. Damp-staining to frontispiece, title page, and preface leaves, occasional creasing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21853

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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. A scripture catechism, consisting of A Series of Questions, with References to the Scripture instead of Answers. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition. 12mo. viii, 43pp, [5]. With five final pages of publisher's advertisements/ Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn and marked, surface loss, boards held by cords only. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, very occasional spotting/inked corrections to text. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 17054

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FOTHERGILL, A[nthony]. A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the cheltenham water. To which are now added, observations on sundry other waters: shewing how their Properties may be ascertained, their Virtues preserved, their Impurities corrected &c. With an appendix on mephitic-alkaline water; a new and approved remedy against the stone and gravel. Bath. Printed By R. Cruttwell; and sold by W. Taylor et al., 1788. Third edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 122pp, [1]. With half-title. Uncut, stitched as issued. Lightly dust-soiled, creasing to leaves, ink annotations and spotting to half-title and title-page, occasional marginal chipping. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16170

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A CLERGYMAN [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. The christian hebdomad, or week of human life. A souvenir of the savior! And an occasional help to family devotion. London. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 117pp, [3]. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, a trifle marked, some chipping to head and foot of spine. Recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to recto of FFEP, blank marriage certificate pasted to RFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Ellen E. Henslowe / 29 April 1884 / from the author WHH'.

[Together with:] [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20817

[SARPEDON]. A letter to mr. miles: occasioned by his late scurrilous attack on mr. burke, Conveyed to the Public through the Medium of A Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq. M.P.. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Owen, 1796. First edition. 8vo. [2], 66pp. Disbound. A trifle dust-soiled. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18312

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THOMSON, Arthur Saunders. Prize Thesis. Inaugural dissertation on the influence of climate on the health and mortality of the inhabitants of the different regions of the globe... Edinburgh. John Carfae and Son, 1837. First edition. 8vo. x, 102pp. With a half-title and a hand-coloured engraved folding map. Original publisher's stiff mauve wrappers. Extremities lightly marked, some loss to head and foot of sunned spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of upper wrapper: 'To the Right Honble. The Earl / of Airlie, with the most / respectful compliments of / the Author'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17512

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[WORDSWORTH, William]. Transactions of the wordsworth society No. IV.: Five portraits of the poet. [Edinburgh University Press]. [T. and A. Constable], [s.d., c.1882] First edition. 8vo. [3], 80-91pp, [1]. With five Woodburytype portraits. Original publisher's printed stiff card boards. Extremities lightly dust-soiled, splitting to upper joint, some creasing/short tears. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21624

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[SEWARD, A.]. The history of the church in the wilderness; or, Considerations respecting god's dealings with the members of the church, in all ages. Nottingham. Printed by Sutton and Son, 1814. First edition. 12mo. iv, [1], 6-110pp. Partially unopened in contemporary drab paper boards, recently rebacked. Extremities rubbed and marked. Without free-endpapers, paper repair to lower corner of title, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17532

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[WINDSOR]. The royal windsor guide, with a brief account of eton, Virginia Water, and the surrounding neighbourhood. Wndsor. Printed by J. B. Brown, [s.d., c.1850] New and enlarged edition. 8vo. 92pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 10 engraved plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G.. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of George Steed to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21964

JEKYLL, Gertrude. Wall and water gardens. [London]. Country Life & George Newnes Ltd., [1901]. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 177pp, [1]. With 147 black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21990