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JEFFERIES, Richard. Bevis: the story of a boy. London. Jonathan Cape, [1932]. New illustrated edition. 8vo. 519pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Original publisher's decorated green cloth boards, with original printed pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped and spotted, with some marginal tearing. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35194
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KNIGHT, Samuel. The life of Erasmus, more particularly that part of it which he spent in England; wherein an account is given of his learned friends, and the state of religion and learning at that time in both our universities. With an appendix containing several original papers. Cambridge. Printed By Corn. Crownfield, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [8], xxxi, [1], 349, 348-386pp, cxliv, [8]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and 19 engraved plates. Without four terminal leaves (An Index to the Life of D. Colet). Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, scoring to boards, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, very occasional early manuscript corrections to text. Inked inscription to front blank ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32535
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ORCZY, Baroness. The Emperor's Candlesticks. A tale. London. Greening and Co., Ltd., 1905. 8vo. 288pp. With half-title. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt and black with device in black to upper board. Rubbed, slight loss to sunned spine. Leaves lightly toned/foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP: 'To R. Barber with fond love from Emmuska Orczy, 1905' and again to half-title, 'With my dear love Emmuska Orczy, May 1905'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11111
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KEYNES, John Maynard. A revision of the treaty: being a sequel to the economic consequences of the peace. London. Macmillan and Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. viii, 223, [1], 6pp. With half-title and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, damp-staining to foot of boards, faded shelf -mark in correction fluid to spine. Slight marginal water-marking to preliminaries, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, with embossed stamp to that effect to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15211
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ROGERS, Samuel. The pleasures of memory, with other poems. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. New edition. 8vo. 167pp, [1]. With half-title and several in-text engravings. Finely bound by J. Larkins (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in nineteenth century gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, small split to foot of upper joint, light wear to extremities. Very occasional light pencilled annotations, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26319
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COWLEY, Abraham. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed: and Those which he Design'd for the Press. Now Published out of the Authors original copies. London. Printed by J[ohn] M[acock] for Henry Herringman, 1681. [62], 46, [2], 82, [6], 103, [1], 215, [1], 29, [1], 194pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC R30277, Wing C6656.

[Bound with:] COWLEY, Abraham. The Second Part of the works of Mr. abraham cowley... London. Printed by Mary Clark, for Charles Harper, 1682. Fourth edition. 143, [7], 149-223pp, [1]. ESTC R224230, Wing C6664.

12mo. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Heavily rubbed. Pastedowns sprung, several gatherings protruding ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30779
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[RIDER, Cardanus]. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1782... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, and sold by J. Wilkie, 1782. 60pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. Calendar interleaved. ESTC T143859.

[Bound with:] The court and city register; or, Gentleman's Complete annual calendar, For the Year 1782... London. Printed for J. Jolliffe et al., [1782]. [4], 272pp. ESTC N27872.

12mo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Very occasional early manuscript notes to blank ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33843
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JACQUES, D. A visit to goodwood, near chichester, seat of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, with an appendix, descriptive of an ancient painting. Chichester. Published by the Author...Printed by W. Mason, 1822. First edition. 8vo. Large paper copy. 127pp, [1]. With a half-title, a list of subscribers, and a frontispiece and two further plates engraved by J. Kennerley. Later half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, marginal tears to leaves B4 and F1, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34688
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MASON, William Hayley. Goodwood its house park and grounds with a catalogue raisonné of the pictures in the gallery of his grace the duke of richmond... London. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1839. First edition. 8vo. 215pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth boards, later rebacked in tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and heavily marked.Title page browned, slight marginal loss to head of leaves B3, E3, E4, and I1. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34689
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STEWART, Alexander. Elements of galic grammar. In four parts: I. Of Pronunciation and Orthography. II. Of the Parts of Speech. III. Of Syntax. IV. Of Derivation and Composition. Edinburgh. Printed by C. Stewart & Co., 1801. First edition. 8vo. 4, 8, 179pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, carmine edges. A trifle rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Later paper shelf-label of Cortachy Castle to FEP, early ownership inscription of David Ogilvy Arlie to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34747
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[HARDY, Thomas]. The proceedings in cases of high treason, under a special commission of oyer and terminer, which was first opened at hicks’s hall, oct. 2, 1794, and afterwards continued at the sessions house, in the old bailey. Taken in short hand, by william ramsey.. London. Printed for James Ridgeway and H.D. Symonds, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 811pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. 20th century tan cloth, with gilt-tooled red paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, with a little wear to extremities. Title browned and stained, with some damp staining to corners, some light foxing and browning, fore-edges of last 3 quires singed and chipped with some loss of text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35066
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HARLAND, Henry. Grey roses. London and New York. John Lane, 1902. Third edition. 8vo. [6], 253pp, [7]. With a half-title and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Upper board and title design by Aubrey Beardsley. Original publisher's pictorial grey cloth, blocked in peach, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional small holes/short tears to margins. Pencilled inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the library of Jessie M. King'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35292
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DUBEN, Benedict. Repetitio Miraculorum et Rerum Mirandarum, Quae Circa Tempus Nativitatis, Hoc Est, Paulo Ante, in & Non Multo Post Nativitarum Christi Evenerunt.... Wittebergae. Excusa Typis M. Georgii Mulleri, 1597. Small 8vo. One work in two parts, bound in two volumes. [94], [80]. Recent marbled boards. Some marginal loss to title, a little fraying to final signature. Closed tear to H2, some browning. Extensively annotated in Latin, in a contemporary or near-contemporary European hand. Not in Adams. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 9860
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ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina. The poetical works of christina georgina rossetti. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. First edition. 8vo. lxxiii, 507pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Contemporary blind-ruled black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, with gilt initials B.E.C. to upper board. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to Blanche E. Cheekley to first blank fly-leaf. Overall a fine copy. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 25634