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[BROOME, Ralph]. Letters from simkin the second to his brother simon, in wales; dedicated without permission, to the ancient and respectable family of the grunters. London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1796. First edition. 8vo. iv, 28pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Title-page a trifle marked, very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18608

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[COLUMBUS, Christopher]. The discovery of america by c. columbus. London. W. Wetton, [s.d., c.1820] 12mo. [3]-vi, [1], 8-176pp. With a wood-cut plate, five wood-cut illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, blind-stamp of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to upper boards. Rubbed, joints split. Small paper repairs to margins of leaves B3, F3, and H3, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18659

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MIVART, St. George. Contemporary Evolution. An essay on some recent social changes. London. Henry S. King & Co., 1876. First edition. 8vo. [8], 254pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, split to head of upper joint. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18678

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NISBET, Alex[ander]. An essay on Additional Figures and Marks of Cadency. Shewing, The Ancient & Modern Practice of Differencing Descendents In This and other Nations. More Fully and Exactly, than any Thing hitherto Published upon this Part of Herauldry. Edinburgh. Printed by John Reid junior, 1702. First edition. 8vo. [8], xxi, [1], 276pp. With six engraved plates. Recent blind-ruled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Some chipping to margins of title page and first three leaves of text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18791

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PORNY, [Marc Antoine]. Grammatical exercises, english and french...to which is added, An introduction to french poetry. Brussels. Printed by Adolphus Stapleaux, 1815. Fourth edition. 8vo. [8], xxxv, [1], 170pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Paper repair to gutter of title-page, first four leaves of text mounted on stubs, small paper repairs to lower corners of leaves M2 and N1. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18801

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BASSET, William. A sermon at the Warwick-shire meeting, November 25, 1679. At S. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London. London. Printed for T. Basset, 1679. First edition. Quarto. [8], 26pp. Nineteenth-century green half-morocco, red paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Leaves toned/foxed, slight shaving to upper margins - catching running-title at times, very small holes to gutter of titlepage and fore-edge of leaf C1. From the Bloxham bequest, Rugby School, parts of which recently dispersed, with two bookplates to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18900

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[IRISH POLITICS]. Some strictures on the conduct of administration during the session of parliament, that opened under charles, marquis cornwallis, on the 22d of January and closed on the 1st of June, 1799. Dublin. Printed by J. Milliken, 1800. First edition. 8vo. [2], 54pp. Uncut and unopened, stitched into original publisher's plain blue paper wrappers, as issued. Chipping to spine, some creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19003

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PLOWDEN, Charles. Remarks on a book entitled memoirs of gregorio panzani...Preceded by an address To the Rev. Joseph Berington. Liege. Sold by J. P. Coghlan, 1794. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 383pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt supralibros of The Society of Writers to the Signet to both boards, marbled edges. Short closed tear to fore-edge of leaf Bb4, some loss to lower margin of leaf Mm2, foxed, lightly toned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19072

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[LEEDS MUSIC HALL]. Music-Hall, Albion-Street, Leeds. A subscription concert will take place On wednesday evening, January 5th, 1825, for the benefit of mrs. hopkinson, widow of the late Mr. john hopkinson, Music Master... Leeds. J. Todd, Printer, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 12pp. Later drab paper wrappers. A trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19119

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SAVILE, Sir George. An argument Concerning the militia. [London]. [s.n.], [1762]. First edition. Quarto. 19pp, [1]. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Lightly spotted, some damp-staining to final two leaves, short tear to fore-edge of final leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19169

[THE SCOTCH HUT]. The scotch hut, a poem, addressed to euphorbus; or, the earl of the grove. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1779. First edition. Quarto. 12pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Central horizontal crease, lightly spotted and dust-soiled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19207

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HOSKYNS, Chandos Wren. The Invisible world. The opening lecture delivered at the Ross Literary Institute, October 1862. Hereford. Printed by William Prosser, 1862. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. With the original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Wrappers slightly marked, light uniform browning, few minor spots to first two leaves. Inscription 'To Lord Northwick with the author's kind regards' to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19243

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TYNDALL, John. Heat considered as a mode of motion: being a course of twelve lectures delivered at the royal institution of great britain in the season of 1862. London. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. First edition. 8vo. [7], x-xix, [1], 468pp. With a half-title, an engraved folding plate, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal 32pp publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Later bookplate of John Waern Hill to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title-page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19336

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DRAKE, Nathaniel. Literary hours: or sketches critical, narrative, and poetical. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [6], iv, ii, 458; [2], ii, 481, [1], x; [2], ii, 552, vi pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges. Very lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19375

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[TRIAL] PHILLIPS, Mr. The truly eloquent speech of Mr. Phillips, at full length, in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, in the case of Guthrie, v. Sterne for Adultery. London. Printed by W. Glindon, [1815?]. 8vo. 16pp. Unbound, with remains of original stitching. Edges, first and final leaves dust-soiled, uncut, small tear to outer blank margin of two leaves and gutter of last, little spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19449

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AGAR, William. Military devotion: or, the Soldier's Duty to god, His prince and his country. Containing Fourteen sermons Preached at the Camps near Blandford and Dorchester, A. D. 1756 and 1757... London. Printed for the Author, And Sold by P. Brindley et al., [1758]. First edition. 8vo. [10], 291pp, [6], xxxii. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt. Extremities rubbed, without lettering-piece, joints split, upper board held by cords only, loss to head of spine. Contemporary and later bookplates/labels to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19533

THOMAS, Dylan. Twenty-five poems. London. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1936]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. vii, [1], 47pp, [1]. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in navy, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, edge-wear to dustwrapper. Browning to endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Christopher, / On his influenza. / 26.1.37'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19561

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BEATTIE, James. Evidences of the christian religion; briefly and plainly stated. Edinburgh. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell...and W. Creech, 1786. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [1], 180; [2], 155pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to boards, loss to lettering-piece. Inked ownership inscription of Richard Bent, Stretham to FEP, contemporary ownership inscription of Brackenburg to head of title page, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19596

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[LITURGY - English]. The Church-of-England-Man's Companion: containing the Book of Common Prayer...and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; with Notes, Practical and Explanatory. Extracted from the Works of several learned and pious Divines, and other ingenious Commentators. Chester. Printed by J. Poole, 1780. Quarto. Unpaginated. *2, b-h2, A-3B4, 3C2-Yyy2. With A companion to the altar, and Tate and Brady's A new version of the Psalms, both with separate title pages, but continuous register. Without frontispiece and 10 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, corners bumped. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19597

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[GREAT BRITAIN, Sovereign]. Papers relative to the late negociation at lisle, laid before both houses of parliament, by his majesty's command. [London?]. [s.n.], [1797?] First edition. 12mo. 80pp. Without half-title. Stitched, as issued. Title page and final leaf browned and dusty, loss to head and foot of both, partial early inked ownership inscription to head of title, several wormtracks running through text block - touching text at times, without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19689