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[CHANDLER], Edward. A defence of Christianity from the prophecies of the Old Testament...advanced in a late discourse of the grounds and reasons of the Christian religion. . London. Printed for James Knapton, 1725. First edition. 8vo. [12], xx, 282 [i.e.268], 285-483pp, [1]. Complete despite erratic pagination. Contemporary blind-panelled sprinkled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Slightly rubbed and marked with a scuff to upper board, short split to upper joint at head and slight cracking to lower joint. Spotting and browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33413
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CASE, Mrs. [Adelaide]. Day by day at Lucknow. A journal of the siege of lucknow. London. Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33140
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CARY, [John]. Cary's Survey of the High Roads from london... London. Printed for J. Cary, July 1st. 1810 Quarto. [44] leaves. Engraved throughout. Hand-coloured strip road maps are printed in eighty numbered columns on both the recto and verso of 40 leaves. A handsomely bound copy in contemporary mottled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25745
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[CAM]. [Drop-head title:] The Lantern of the Cam. [Cambridge]. [Printed by F. Talbot... and Published for the Proprietors by G. J. Preston], [1871-73] Quarto. Vol. I, no. 1 (Jan. 32nd 1871) - Vol. I, no. 3 (April 1871); Special number (Dec. 1873). All published. 14, 4pp. With four photo-lithographed plates (two of which folding). Contemporary green cloth, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17699
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[BURT, Edward]. Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London;...interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. . London. Printed for S. Birt, 1754. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [1], x, 344pp; [2], 368pp, [1]. With an engraved map to Vol. I and a further eight engraved plates across both volumes. Contemporary calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily worn, with significant splitting to joints of both volumes. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun to FEP and ink-stamps of Alex. D. Denny, Dumbarton to FFEPs, of each volume. Some staining ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33422
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BURNET, Thomas. Poems on Various Subjects. Edinburgh. Printed by Oliver & Co, 1802. First edition. 12mo in 6s. [iii]-xx, 115pp, [1]. With extra-engraved title page, without half-title. Contemporary half-sheep-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, with some loss to foot of spine. Foxing and occasional soiling throughout, tears to gutter margin of preliminaries, FFEP and frontispiece detached. William St Clair's copy, with his pencilled inscription to FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31801
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BURNET, John. History of the water supply to glasgow, from the Commencement of the Present Century... Glasgow. Printed by Bell & Bain, 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With three folding lithographed maps and a folding lithographed diagram. Unopened. Bound by R. Nelson of Glasgow in original publisher's blind-stamped brick-red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ticket of Glaswegian bookseller Hugh Hopkins to FEP. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33271
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[BURNET], Gilbert. Some sermons preach'd on several occasions; and an essay towards a new book of homilies, in seven sermons, Prepar'd at the Desire of Archbishop Tillotson, and some other Bishops. . London. Printed for John Churchill, 1713. 8vo. xxv, [7], 349pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled and blind-panelled speckled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Light rubbing and marking to extremities. Some staining to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33414
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BULSTRODE, Sir Richard. Miscellaneous essays. Viz. I. Of company and conversation...with some Reflections upon the Conversion of the good Thief; also, the Life and Conversion of St. Paul. London. Printed for Jonas Browne, 1715. First edition. 8vo. [8], xxxii, 390pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-panelled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Spine darkened and chipped at head, lightly rubbed and marked. Some staining to endpapers, some browning and light spotting to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33415
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[BROWNING, Robert]. Pauline; a fragment of a confession. [London]. [Smith, Elder and Co.], [1868]. 8vo. 41pp, [1]. Extracted from The Poetical Works of Robert Browning (Smith, Elder and Co., 1868, Vol. I). Bound by Morrell in contemporary calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28143
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BROWNE, Sir Thomas. Tracts, by sir thomas browne, knight, M. D. . Edinburgh. William Blackwood, 1822. New edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 183pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled dark green half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, later naive paper repairs to boards. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, bibliographical note to verso of front blank fly-leaf, Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page: 'Rich: Ford / Octr. 1830', scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33163
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BROWN, Andrew. History of glasgow; and of paisley, greenock, and port-glasgow; comprehending The Ecclesiastical and Civil History of these Places, From the earliest Accounts to the present Time: And including An Account of their Population, Commerce, Manufactures, Arts, and Agriculture. Glasgow. Printed by William Paton, and sold by Brash & Reid, 1795-1797 First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. 28, 195, [3]; [4], 385, [1], 11pp, [1]. The title page to Vol. II bears the imprint 'Edinburgh: printed for the author' and adds the name Dunlop & Wilson, Glasgow, to the booksellers. Twentieth century red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33275
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[BRICKLEY]. Brickley's new primer. Adorned with beautiful cuts. Being A Present for my dear Child. London. Printed for T. Hughes, Broadway, Blackfriars, and T. Coldwell, 50, Capel-S. Dublin. [s.d., c. 1825?] 32mo?. [2], 3-15pp, [1]. With three crude woodcut illustrations (of a cat, a sheep, and a goose), pagination includes printed wrappers which were evidently designed as such. Sewn within original publisher buff paper wrappers, with a further crude woodcut captioned 'The Market Girl' to lower wrapper. A trifle dusty, upper wrapper (in effect the title leaf) shaved at foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24639
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BREWSTER, Patrick. The seven chartist and military discourses libelled by the marquis of abercorn and other heritors of the abbey parish. Paisley. Published by the author, 1843. First edition. viii, 424pp.

[Bound with]: BREWSTER, Patrick. The legal rights of the poor of scotland, vindicated against the misrepresentations and mis-statements of mr. john henderson. Paisley. Published by the author, 1843. 24pp.

8vo. Contemporary brown cloth, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary backstrip. Rubbed and lightly marked, spine sunned. Light spotting throughout. A handful of pencilled annotations to contents leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33400
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BOURNE, Vincent. Poemata latine partim reddita, partim scripta. Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Typis et Impensis Talboys et Wheeler, 1826. 8vo. [2], xxvii, [1], 292, 4pp. Contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Manuscript note and inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'J. T. Coleridge / Montague Place / Decr. 31st. 1842 / given him by his dear son / J. D. C.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26019
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[BOMBAY RAILWAYS]. Bombay, baroda & central India railway, including rajputana-malwa railway...Quarterly guide and coaching tariff contianing Time and Fare Tables, with map.... Ajmere. Rajputana-Malwa Railway Press, 30th June 1890 8vo. xxv, [1], 268pp, [1]. With a large chromolithographed folding map and a large letterpress mileage table. Original publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Rubbed, lightly marked, loss to sunned spine. Short tear to map at gutter, very occasional marginal chipping. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32121
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BERNEN, Robert. The House on the Cove. [London]. The Acorn Press, [1987]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 200 copies set in Caslon type and bound by Woolnough and Co., of which this is number 184. [36]pp. With 15 engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn and six loosely inserted off strikes. Original publisher's marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Very minor shelf wear. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33073