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SHAKESPEARE, William. The dramatic works... London. Published by William Miller...Printed by Savage and Easingwood, 1806. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 543, [1]; [4], 617pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26222
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NAPIER, Mark. [Drop-head title:] On the progress and prospects of science in scotland at the close of the sixteenth and commencement of the seventeenth centuries, as compared with the same at cambridge a century later... [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], [1856]. 42pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'To the Lord Napier / from his affectionate cousin / the Author'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23492
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[ROSCOE, William - Imitations]. [DORSET, Catharine Ann Turner]. A LADY. The lion's masquerade. A sequel to the peacock at home. London. Printed for J. Harris, 1807. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Stitched, as issued, within original publisher's buff pictorial paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, slightly creased, with a little surface loss to lower wrapper. Small pen trial to verso of one plate, very slight offsetting to text opposite engraved plates, else internally clean. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23869
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[GOTHIC LITERATURE]. Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. By William Beckford, esq.: The castle of otranto. by horace walpole, earl of orford: The bravo of venice. By M. G. Lewis, esq. London. Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. [6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25856
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M'DONOGH, Capt. Felix. Gratitude, A Poetical Essay; with other poems and translations. London. William Booth, 1825. First edition. 12mo. [3]-72, 81-84, 73-80, 89-96, 85-88, 97-106pp, [2] - complete despite erratic pagination. Without half-title, but with terminal advertisement leaf. Contemporary straight-grain gilt-tooled green morocco. A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, corners slightly bumped, else a fine attractive copy. With the ink-stamp of 'Alexander Gardyne 1883' to verso of title, neat book-label of J.O. Edwards to FEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19646
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TRIMMER, Mary, Mrs.. A natural history of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects. Chiswick. Printed by C. Whittigham, 1830. 12mo. In two volumes. viii, 240; viii, 240pp. With half-titles. Numerous wood-engravings in the text. Bound by Hodgson of Liverpool in contemporary blue calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21158
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HEWLETT, Esther. The old man's head: or, youthful recollections. London. William Darton, [1824]. First edition. 12mo. 180pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, surface loss to bumped corners and head of spine, upper joint split. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, plates a trifle browned and spotted, offsetting to title. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21699
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STOWE, W. E.. Time tables shewing without mental calculation the number of days from any given day in any month, to every day in any other month during a year. London. Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1848. First edition. Quarto. [2]pp. 12 engraved tables with slides. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Boards rubbed and marked. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22529
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BINGHAM, C. W., Rev.. Mediaeval life in the court and cloister: a lecture. Dorchester. Printed at the Dorset County Chronicle Office, 1866. 24pp. Inked ownership inscription to title page.

[Bound with:] PETTIGREW, T. J. The journal of the British Archaeological Association. December 1856. On the antiquities of somersetshire. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1856]. [1], 292-396pp. With two engraved plates and an engraved folding plan.

[And:] STUBBS, William. The foundation of waltham abbey... Oxford & London. J. H. and J. Parker, 1861. xxxii, 60pp, [4].

[And:] GREEN, Emanuel. The earliest ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 12470
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D'ISRAELI, I[saac]. Amenities of literature, consisting of sketches and characters of english literature. London. Edward Moxon, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xii, 372; vi, 429, [1]; vi, 420pp. With half-titles. Handsoomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. Inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Edith Coleridge / 1887 / from the books of her dear / Uncle Derwent Coleridge', with her calling card tipped-in beneath. Obituary ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20317
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BUCHAN, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. London. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1911]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 236, 4pp. With a colour frontispiece, one further colour plate, numerous illustrations in the text by Gabriel Gifford, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped cream cloth, colour portrait pasted to upper board. Marked and a trfile rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Gerald / with love from / John / Nov: 1911'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23473
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[TRINIDAD]. Trinidad civil list: shewing Names and Designations of the Civil, Military, and other Servants of Government; to which are added the classification of civil servants, record of public officer' services, colonial office rules and regulations, correspondence, salaries, &c., &c. For the year 1899. Trinidad. Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1898. 8vo. 132pp. Contemporary (original?) red calf, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, ink-spotting to upper board. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23508
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[D'ISRAELI, Isaac]. Quarrels of authors; or, some memoirs for our literary history, including Specimens of Controversy to the reign of elizabeth. London. Printed for John Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xiii, [3], 308; 316; [4], 320pp. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Boards heavily rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of Vol. I title page: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution by the author'. With the ink-stamp of the institution beneath (and to verso of both other titles). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23579