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SCHMID, Christopher von. The basket of flowers; or, piety and truth triumphant. A tale for the young. Halifax. Milner and Sowerby, 1859. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-100pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Rubbed, lightly marked. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title foxed, pressed flower pinned to RFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23952

YEARDLEY, John. Memoir and diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel. London. A. W. Bennett, 1859. First edition. 8vo. viii, 456pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, marked, and cocked. Early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional chipping to margins, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24737

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POWYS, Philip Lybbe, Mrs.. Passages from the diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwick House, Oxon. A.D. 1756 to 1808. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition. 8vo. x, 399pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece and two folding genealogical charts. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth. Rubbed, adhesive residue to upper board, corners bumped. Upper hinge exposed, armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24742

CROMPTON, Richmal. William the Outlaw. London. George Newnes, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned, spotting to edges. Bookseller's ticket of Bronte Book Shop, Keighley, to FEP, light scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24754

ARGUS, Arabella. The adventures of a donkey. London. William Darton, 1823. Second edition. 12mo. 252pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered and gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Offsetting to title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22229

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NAPIER, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William. English battles and sieges in the peninsula. London. John Murray, 1879. New edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 469pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16490

HELPS, Sir Arthur. Life and labours of Mr. Brassey. London. Bell and Daldy, 1872. Third edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 386pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and four engraved maps. Original publisher's brick-red cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24970

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PINNOCK, [William]. Pinnock's catechisms. A catechism of navigation; in which the elementary principles of that science are explained in easy language; and the technical terms used at sea rendered perfectly intelligible to youth, For whose use it is designed, preparatory to more copious Works. London. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Fifth edition. 12mo. 70pp, [14]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece depicting Captain Cook, and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Stitching perished, text-block separated into constituent gatherings and detached from binding. Extremities heavily rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25245

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WAKEFIELD, Priscilla. A family tour through the British Empire; Containing some Account of its manufactures, natural and artificial curiosities, history and antiquities: interspersed with biographical anecdotes. Particularly adapted to the amusement and instruction of youth. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1823. Eleventh edition. 8vo. iv, 454pp, [16]. With a engraved, hand-coloured folding map. Contemporary red half-roan, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, without FFEP, several long vertical and horizontal tears to map, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25164

[MAIDMENT, James]. The court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. 2, x, 154pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements.

[Bound with:] The court of session garland. Part Second. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition. [4], 16pp.

[And:] Supplement to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. vii, [1], 36pp.

[And:] Appendix to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition/ 22pp.

8vo. ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25539

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[COURT OF SESSION]. Act of sederunt, 11th july, 1828; for consolidating the enactments contained in certain previous acts, and further improving the forms of process in the court of session, in pursuance of the statute 6th geo. iv. c. 120. Edinburgh. Printed by James Clarke and Company, [1828]. First edition. 8vo. 73, [1], 48pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25546

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[BOTANY]. The elements of botany: for families and schools. London. John W. Parker, 1837. Third edition, enlarged. 12mo. 143, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, two further plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green decorated cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Occasional spoting, booksellers ticket of W. Barwick of Lancaster to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25601

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CURR, Joseph. Familiar instructions in the faith and morality of the Catholic Church, adapted to the use both of children and adults... Manchester. Printed and published by J. A. Robinbson & Co., 1829. Second edition, revised and corrected. 12mo. xi, [2], 14-184pp. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower starting, some loss to head of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25600

CAMPBELL, WOLFE, COLLINS, BYRON, TENNYSON, MACKAY. Songs of the brave. The soldier's dream, and other poems and odes. London. Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. First edition. 8vo. 46pp, [2]. With 26 engraved illustrations in the text. Bound by Hayday in contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26195

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BACON, [Francis]. Bacon's essays: with annotation by Richard Whately. London. Longman, Green, and Co., 1892. New edition. 8vo. xxiv, 620pp. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26198

TERENCE. The comedies of Terence. London. Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1802. 8vo. [2], 492pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26252

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TALFOURD, Sir Thomas Noon. The dramatic works...to which are added, a few sonnets and verses. London. Edward Moxon, 1852. Eleventh edition. 8vo. xii, 369pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26251

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PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263

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MORE, Hannah. Sacred dramas: chiefly intended for young persons. The subjects taken from the bible... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1829. Twenty-fourth edition. 8vo. vii, [3], 178pp. Contemporary navy calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25179

WRIGHTSON, Thomas. On the punishment of death. London. John Hearne, 1837. Third edition. 8vo. xxiv, 113pp, [1]. Original publisher’s green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26388