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PEEBLES, William. The crisis: or, the progress of revolutionary principles, a poem. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne, 1804. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 192pp. With a half-title. Contemporary green morocco-backed vellum-tipped marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, spine dulled. Leaves browned and damp-stained. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Mr. Brown / from Dr. Peebles'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24569

LAMB, Charles. The works of charles lamb. London. Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. 12mo. In two volumes. ix, [3], 291, [1]; [6], 259pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spines. Marbled endpapers, faded ink-stamps of a contemporary literary society to both titles, paper repair to fore-edge of Vol. II title page, scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and bibliographical ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29558

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THOMS, William J. Lays and legends of various nations: illustrative of their traditions, popular literature, manners, customs, and superstitions...Lay and Legends of Tartary. London. George Cowie, 1834. First edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Very slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, plates foxed, very occasional manuscript corrections to text. With a further 46 leaves of manuscript text, in a single legible hand, commencing: 'In consequence of the mismanagement of the publisher, Mr. Thoms' interesting series of "Lays ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29552

[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. The parson's daughter. London. Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 300; [2], 331, [1]; [2], 321pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, some staining to dulled spines. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29255

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[BIBLE - English]. The Paragraph Bible. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... London. Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode...for the Religious Tract Society, 1856. 8vo. viii, [4], 223pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Ticket of the Religious Tract Society of Birmingham to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29759

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] An act to prevent several Frauds and Abuses in the Dying Trade. [London]. [s.n.], [1727]. First edition. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Docket title printed to verso of final leaf. Disbound. Old folds. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22496

BATES, H. E.. Fair stood the wind for france. London. Michael Joseph Limited, 1944. First edition. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with the A. E. Barlow dustwrapper. Spine cocked and faded with other markings, with some wear and staining to wrapper, with old repairs to verso. Pencil inscription '[heart] for Precious May' and underneath in ink '& also a word from the author: in memory of a very happy evening in July 1950,. H. E. Bates.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26592

BASKERVILLE, Mrs George [Rosetta]. The king of the snakes and other folk-lore stories from uganda. London. The Sheldon Press, 1922. First edition. 8vo. [2] viii, 88pp, with frontispiece and three further illustrative plates inserted. Original publisher's illustrated boards with the corresponding design on the dustwrapper. Minor foxing to all edges, internally bright and clean; a fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Pencil ownership to front flap, repeated with 'xmas 1925' to FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28840

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[CHEAP REPOSITORY]. Sunday reading. The Harvest home. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, (Printer to the Cheap Repository), [1795]. First edition. 12mo. 22pp, [2]. With a woodcut vignette to title page and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20559

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[SADDLERS]. [Drop-head title:] The case of the sadlers, Humbly Address'd to the Honourable the House of Commons. [London?]. [s.n.], [1739?] Single bifolium, separated into two constituent leaves. [4]pp. pp.[2-3] blank. Docket title to p.[4]. Later coloured pencil shelf-mark to head of p.[1]. Three old horizontal folds, chipping to margins. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28846

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DYMOND, Henry. Instructive narratives for young persons, members of the society of friends. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1825. First edition. 12mo. iv, 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Loss to foot of leaf N6 - touching text, without loss of sense, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28567

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[MARCH'S PENNY LIBRARY]. The history of little jack, and his goat. [London]. Published by J. March, [s.d., c. 1850] 12mo. [10]pp. Initial and terminal leaves pasted to wrappers. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and a seven engraved illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25096

[JUVENILE CHAPBOOK]. The young invited to jesus. Otley. Printed by William Walker, [s.d., c. 1830] 16mo. 8pp. Original publisher's pictorial salmon pink wrappers. Lightly creased and dust-soiled, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29852

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[YONGE, Frances Mary et al.]. The child's christian year: hymns for every sunday and holy-day, compiled for the use of parochial schools. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1841. First edition. 12mo. xii, 113pp, [19]. With nine terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29843

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[WEST, Miss]. [A Victorian manuscript verse commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1863]. Quarto. [42] leaves. Original limp brown morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16042

[SCOTT, Caroline Lucy Scott, Lady]. Trevelyan. London. Richard Bentley, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 299, [1]; [2], 292; [2], 286pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red calf, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, spines dulled. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22290

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GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. Poems for young ladies. In three parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining. The Whole being A Collection of the Best Pieces in our Language. London. Printed for William Davenhill, 1770. New edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and damp-stained, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, ticket of printer and stationer J. Hall Smith of Cowes, Isle of Wight to RFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27885

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. Bulletins of the campaign, 1805. [London]. [s.n.], [1805]. 8vo. 203pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30169

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HORDERN, Joseph Calveley. Sermons preached to seafaring men. Portsea. James Griffin, 1860. First edition. 8vo. viii, 96pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown limp cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, sunned. RFEP creased, pencil prayer to REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30170

[SEVEN YEARS' WAR]. A form of prayer, to be used...upon Friday the seventeenth day of February next, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God, to be observed in most Devout and Solemn Manner, by sending up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty: For obtaining pardon of our sins, and for averting those heavy judgements which our manifold provocations have most justly deserved; and imploring His Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of His Majesty by Sea and Land, and for restoring and perpetuating peace, safety, and prosperity to Himself, and to His Kingdoms. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1758. Quarto. 30pp, [2]. Predominantly printed in blackletter. Initial and terminal leaves are blank. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Short marginal tears to head of leaves C1-2. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30172