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FULANAIN. Haji rikkan: marsh arab. London. Chatto & Windus, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 288pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, a further 11 photographic plates, and a sketch map. Original publisher's light blue cloth, ruled and lettered in black to spine. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30401

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GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. The vicar of wakefield, a tale. Gainsborough. Stereotyped for, and printed and sold by, Henry Mozley, 1812. Stereotype edition. 12mo. [4], 199pp, [1]. With eight plates. Later gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Alfred Jerome Brown to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30400

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TERENCE. Publii terentii afri comoediae. Birminghamiae [i.e. Birmingham]. Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 12mo. [2], 307pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers, Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30405

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PRESCOTT, H. F. M.. Once to sinai: The further pilgrimage of Friar Felix Fabri. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 310pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further seven photographic plates, and seven maps and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spin sunned, cocked. Scattered spotting. Ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30406

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KENYON, Robert Lloyd. The gold coins of england, arranged and described: being a sequel to mr. hawkin's silver coins of england, by his grandson. London. Bernard Quaritch, 1884. 8vo. [4], 217pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates. Contemporary roan-backed brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Offsetting to title, plates foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16989

HOWITT, Samuel. The british sportsman. London. Published and Sold by Edward Orme, 1812. New edition. Quarto. With 72 plates (plate 17 and 17*), including the frontispiece. Contemporary black half-morocco, black cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30325

AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and prejudice. London. Cassell & Company, [1886]. 8vo. 382pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed. Decorated endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30253

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GLENIE, James. The history of gunnery, With a New Method of deriving the Theory of Projectiles in Vacuo, from the properties of the Square and Rhombus. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Balfour, 1776. First edition. 8vo. viii, 163pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle sunned. Title page browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22812

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MILLS, Alfred. Pictures of Roman History, in miniature, Design by Alfred Mills. With Explanatory Anecdotes. London. Printed by Darton and Harvey...And J. Harris, 1809. First edition. 64mo. [2], 96pp. With 48 engraved plates. Contemporary brown cloth. Rubbed and dulled. Scattered spotting, very small hole to one plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30379

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[FRENCH INVASION]. A pitiful ballad, of english defeats & french victories, showing how englishmen ought to stand still and suffer themselves to be beaten, after the example of their cowardly forefathers. Southampton. Printed and Sold by T. Baker and Son, [s.d., c. 1804] Dimensions: 190 x 320, Mount: 260 x 320. Single leaf broadside. Mounted on modern grey card. Several old folds. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27079

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WHITAKER, Jeremiah. The Danger of Greatnesse: or, uzziah HIs Exaltation and Destruction: set forth in a sermon preached Before the Right Honourable the lords and commons assembled in Parliament... London. Printed by G[eorge] M[iller] for John Bellamie, 1646. [8], 44pp. With an initial imprimatur leaf. ESTC R200519, Wing W1711.

[Together with:] NEWCOMEN, Matthew. The all-seeing unseen Eye of God. Discovered, in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons... London. Printed by A[braham] M[iller] for Christopher Meredith, 1647. [4], 48pp. ESTC R201280, Wing N904.

[And:] NEWCOMEN, Matthew. The craft and cruelty of the churches adversaries, Discovered In a Sermon Preached at St. ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28577

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[ROYAL NAVY]. [A manuscript log of Royal Navy personnel]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] [22] leaves. Stitched, as issued. Old central vertical fold, occasional spotting. Two small sketches of vessels to verso of penultimate leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25343

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[BRITISH ARMY]. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. London. Printed by Mark Baskett, 1766. 8vo. [2], 5-206pp, [2]. Imprint from general title page. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, corners exposed, upper board detached, lower joint split, some loss to head of spine. Early ownership inscription to general title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28034

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[SCRAPBOOK]. [A mid-nineteenth century commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.c. 1850?] Quarto. [84] leaves, of which [26] used, the remainder blank. Comprised of manuscript poetry, hand-drawn, engraved, and lithographed illustrations. Contemporary blind-tooled dark green straight-grain morocco, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29958

MATCHAM, Charles Horatio Nelson. [A manuscript diary of a voyage to Australia]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1828-29] 8vo. Manuscript of paper. [74]pp. Contemporary roan, later rebacked. Boards heavily rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29310

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[STRAWBERRY HILL]. EDGCUMBE, Earl of. [Caption-title:] Prologue written by the earl of mount edgcumbe, And spoken by him at the opening of the Theatre, Strawberry Hill, Nov. 1800. [London]. [Strawberry Hill Press?], [1804?] Second printing. Quarto. Single bifolium, printed on first recto only. Paper watermarked 1804. Clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29166

[WILLIAM IV]. List of Persons who are to be admitted into the Entrée Room St. James's Palace 25th March 1835. [s.i.]. [s.d.], 1835. 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [7]pp manuscript register, the remainder blank. Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, fore-edge partially dusty-soiled. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28951

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[MENDOZA, Daniel]. Brusing unmask'd. Being the Sum and Substance of the Odiham Riot in Moorfields, or a true Epitome of the Tragical Contest between Mendoza and Humphries; or, S. Oliver, (commonly call'd DEATH,) and CRAB, shewing how they painted each other. [s.n., s.d., but c. 1790s]. Folio. Single leaf broadside, trimmed to text with title and sub-title separately trimmed, all mounted to later album sheet (with another apparently unrecorded broadside, unrelated ('Four potatoes'), similarly treated, tipped to verso), resulting in the loss of any imprint. More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29888

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The vicar of wakefield, a tale. To which is annexed the deserted village. Exeter [New Hampshire]. J. & B. Williams, 1828. 12mo. [2], 288pp. With a wood engraved frontispiece, an additional title page with wood engraved vignette, and a further four wood engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled roan. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine. Leaves browned and damp-stained. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30249

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FORESTER, Fanny. Memoir of sarah b. judson, of the american mission to burmah. London. Thomas Nelson, 1850. 12mo. 230pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary green morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary school prize inscription to FFEP, ownership inscription of Rebecca L. Cooper to front blank fly-leaf, frontispiece and additional title browned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21057