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Photo of "The guardian"
[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. Glasgow. Printed and sold by Robert Foulis, 1746. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 334, [8]; [4], 346pp, [10]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28529
Photo of "Syr raymond of ure. A ..."
B., W. Syr raymond of ure. A border ballad. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1860] First edition?. Quarto. [6] leaves. Printed on rectos only. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'William Arthur Boord / from Katherein Ure (?)MacKinsley'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26414
Photo of "A short discourse (After sermon) ..."
SMART, William. A short discourse (After sermon) Recommending the Service and Prayers of the Church; Delivered in a Meeting-House in Edinburgh, September 28th. 1712... Edinburgh. Printed by James Watson, 1712. First edition. Quarto. 12pp. Bound by Maclehose of Glasgow, nineteenth century calf-backed marbled board, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed. Book-label of J. R. P. Forrest to FEP, head of text-block shaved (with loss to running-title at times), loss to title page (not touching text), paper repairs to verso of title and fore-edge of the majority of leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28591
Photo of "The village curate. Founded on ..."
[VILLAGE CURATE]. The village curate. Founded on truth. London. Printed and published by Knevett, Arliss, and Baker, [1810]. 24mo. [2], 129-159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece (dated Novr. 1. 1810). Original publisher's buff pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Bookplate of Crewe Hall Library tipped-in to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25806
Photo of "The rational brutes; or, talking ..."
PELHAM, M. [KILNER, Dorothy]. The rational brutes; or, talking animals§. London. Printed for J. Harris...and by and for Darton and Harvey, 1807. 12mo. 154pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions and pen-trials of John Nutter to front endpapers, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27950
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[HORSLEY], Samuel, Lord Bishop of Rochester. Elementary treatises on the fundamental principles of practical mathematics. For the use of students. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1801. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 398pp. With a half-title and eleven engraved folding plates. Uncut and largely unopened in contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Sylvester Lord Glenbervie to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24902
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[MOORE, Margaret King]. [LAMB, Charles]. The stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1813. Third edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. Several leaves protruding from text-block. Prize plate of the Oxford House Seminary to FEP, recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28648
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OPIE, Amelia. Tales of the pemberton family; for the Use of Children. London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 104pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate (partially naively hand-coloured). Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head-cap. Bookseller's ticket of C. Brown of Margate to FEP, naively repaired FFEP partially glued to front pastedown, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27969
Photo of "The seasons"
THOMSON, [James]. The seasons. London. [s.n.], 1730. Quarto. [12], 252, 16pp. Title page in red and black. With a list of subscribers and five engraved plates by William Kent. A reissue of the 1730 edition, with the addition of ’Britannia’, second edition corrected, 1730, with separate title page, pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, marginal damp-staining to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28911
Photo of "Popular opinions, or a picture ..."
[CLOVER, Andrew]. Popular opinions, or a picture of real life, exhibited in a dialogue between A Scotish Farmer and a Weaver.... Glasgow. Printed by James Hedderwick & Co., 1812. First edition. 8vo. 108pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, joints starting. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'To Francis Jeffrey, Esq, / Advocate / Great Chapion of literature and law, / The Weaver's friend, the tyrant's awe! / If my attempt thy notice draw, / Me to review; / With mercy wield ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28485
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BUSH, Vannevar. Modern arms and free men: a discussion of the role of science in preserving democracy. New York. Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition, second impression. 8vo. [14], 273pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Gift inscription to FEP, presenting the books to Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim. Loosely inserted manuscript note, addressed to Slim, from a representative of an American embassy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25951
Photo of "Johnny Panic and the Bible ..."
PLATH, Sylvia. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams. London. Faber & Faber, 1977. First edition. 8vo. 250pp. Original publisher's orange cloth boards lettered in silver, with the unclipped bright orange dustwrapper. Spine bumped with a few other marks to both boards and dustwrapper, internally bright. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, though no indications of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28762