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[NAPOLEON]. [Drop-head title:] Under the patronage of her most gracious majesty, his royal highness prince albert, &c. Royal surrey zoological gardens, The summer season at this Favourite place of Fashionable Resort will commence on monday, may 13th, 1850, tuesday, 14th, wednesday, 15th, thursday, 16th and be continued on each of those days throughout the Season. First representation of an entirely new-modelled dioramic picture, representing the passage of the alps by napoleon & his army, the largest picture in the world... [London]. J. W. Peel, [1850]. Dimensions 450 x 290 mm. Single leaf broadside. Central old vertical fold, two old horizontal folds. A trifle dampstained. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30476
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[MOORE, Margaret King]. Continuation of the stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. Containing narratives of foreign countries and manners, and designed as an introduction to the study of voyages, travels, and history in general. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1820. First edition. 12mo. [4], 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled papers boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, later paper label to spine. Inked initials and armorial bookplate of Baldwin J. R. Bastard to FEP, frontispiece browned and spotted. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27679
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[SCHOOLMASTERS]. An address to the public, in behalf of the association among protestant schoolmasters in the North of England, For the support of their Aged Brethren, Widows, and Orphans: In which the Necessity and Utility of that charitable Institution are briefly illustrated... Newcastle. Printed by M. Angus, 1788. Second edition. 8vo. 45pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Title page browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30625
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SHELLEY, P. B.. Poems from shelley selected and arranged by stopford brooke. London. Macmillan and co, 1880. 8vo. lx, 339pp. Bound by J. Larkins in contemporary brown half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Heavily worn, upper board detached, large piece of head of spine torn away.

Around 40 manuscript annotations to margins throughout; accompanied by several pressed flowers. With unidentified photographic portrait of a man sat at a desk loosely inserted.
More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32054
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MARSHALL, Mrs Julian. The life and letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 369pp, [3]; [3], vii, 325pp, [3]. Half-title to volume 2 only. With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to rear of both volumes. Brocade paper over original publisher's mustard cloth boards. Wear and tear to corners and edges, discolouration to spine. Light spotting to endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes (volume 1, Mrs M.W. Shelley, volume 2, E. J. Trelawny.) ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32072
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SYMONDS, John Addington. The principles of beauty. London. Bell and Daldy, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 72pp. With a half-title and eight engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Plates foxed. Ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Gladstone to FEP and head of title. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28755
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[ALMANACS]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's almanack, For the year of our lord 1762... [London]. Printed by A. Wilde, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T58266.

[Bound with:] The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our lord 1762... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T57483.

[And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia Domata; or, an almanack for the year of Our Lord God, 1762... London. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27435
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[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323
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KENDAL, E[dward] A[ugustus]. The swallow: a fiction. Interspersed with poetry. London. Printed for E. Newbery...By T. Baylis, 1800. First edition. 12mo. xviii, [2], 157pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-tooled red roan- backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting, spine worn and sunned. Upper hinge exposed, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP, slight loss to margins of leaf b2, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25808
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SMITH, Rev. Thomas. The scientific library; or, repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising astronomy, geography, mythology, ancient history, modern history, and chronology. London. Printed for J. Wallis...and J. Harris, 1806. First edition. 24mo. In six volumes. With a half-title to Vol. I and an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-ruled red roan. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Offsetting to titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28100
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BURTON, Isabel. AEI. Arabia Egypt India: a narrative of travel. London and Belfast. William Mullan and Son, 1879. First edition. 8vo. viii, 488pp. With twelve engraved plates, two engraved coloured maps (one folding), and two engraved illustrations in the text. Modern gilt-tooled red morocco-backed red cloth boards. Paper repairs to verso of folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30124
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[SONGS]. An antidote against melancholy. Being a collection of Fourscore Merry songs, wherein Those on the same Subject and Key, are placed in an agreeable Succession, In Relation to the Different Measures of Time, After the Manner of suits of lessons. The Music of them all entirely new, and several of the Songs never before set to Music. London. Printed for Daniel Browne, 1749. First edition. 8vo. [2], 207pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Later typed bookseller/auction descriptions pasted to FEP, lightly spotted. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19735
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HEATON, James. The extraordinary affliction, and gracious relief of a little boy; supposed to be the effects of spiritual agency. Carefully examined, and faithfully narrated; with Observations on Demonic Possession, and Animadversions on Superstition. Plymouth. Printed and sold for the Author by J. Williams, 1822. Second edition. [3], 6-156pp, [2]. Without half-title.

[Bound with:] HEATON, James. Farther observations on Demonic Possession, and animadversions on some of the curious arts of Superstition, &c. Frome. Printed for the author. First edition. 114pp.

12mo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary bookplate of Walter Wilson to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19744
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CRUIKSHANK, George. George cruikshank's table book. London. Bell and Daldy, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 277pp, [3]. With and additional engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, and 116 wood-engravings in the text. Original publisher's bevelled green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: To Thomas Barlow Esq. MD. &c. &c. / with the regards of George Cruikshank / March 23rd. 1876'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30351
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[AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA]. Report of the agricultural and horticultural society of india, for the year 1841 [sic]. Calcutta. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. First edition. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].

8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
mentioned work (title and drop-head title). More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32634
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[LAING, Charles C.]. Bad ober-gegessingen, 1890. London. Jones & Evans (Late Henry Sotheran & Co.,) Booksellers, 1891. Privately printed. 8vo. x, [3], 111pp, [1]. With a lithographed frontispiece, one further lithographed plate, and numerous charming vignette line-drawings throughout text. No. 48 of an unspecified number of privately printed examples; with the caveat that 'This Extract is published for private use only. It has been "stopped" partly by a friendly hand; perhaps it would have been better if he had stopped it altogether'. An inscription (to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33189