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Photo of "T. livii patavini historiarum libri, ..."

LIVY. T. livii patavini historiarum libri, qui supersunt omnes et deperditorum fragmenta... Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Impensis D. A. Talboys, 1840. 8vo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of R. J. Dickinson to FFEPs. Bound for Richard Laurence Pemberton of Hawthorn Tower, County Durham, with his gilt supralibros to boards, armorial bookplates to all FEPs, and inked ownership inscriptions to verso of all FFEPs. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23393

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LAWRENCE, T. E.. The letters of T. E. Lawrence. New York. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. First American edition. 8vo. 896pp. With 16 halftone illustrations, seven linecuts, and four maps. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper spine panel sunned with some loss to head and foot, corners clipped. Leaves toned, ink-stamp of inspector of Army Air Forces, Lloyd E. Brown (not to be confused with Lloyd D. Brown) to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23378

Photo of "Norfolk Notabilities: A Portrait Gallery"

PRESS, C. A. Canning. Norfolk Notabilities: A Portrait Gallery. London. Jarrold & Sons, 1893. First edition. Quarto. 287pp, [1]. With 54 photographic plates. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Lightly foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23384

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GOT, Ambroise. The case of Miss Cavell: from the unpublished documents of the trial: the property of a former commissary of the German government. London. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1920]. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 198pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and sunned, chipping to head of dustwrapper spine panel. Endpapers browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23374

Photo of "Elephants and Ethnologists"

SMITH, G. Elliot. Elephants and Ethnologists. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition. Quarto. viii, 135pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece, a further 52 plates, and nine illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed drab paper boards. Extremities rubbed. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23385

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FOSTER, J[ohn] W[ells]. Pre-historic races of the United States of America. Chicago. S. C. Griggs and Company, 1873. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 415pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and 71 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green buckram, ruled in black, stamped and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Lightly spotted. Bookplate and ownership inscription of Nathaniel Seymour Thomas to FEP and title page respectively. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23392

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[HMS SORLINGS]. [Drop-head title:] To the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled, The Case of the Widows, Orphans, and aged Mothers of Sons, who were their only Support, and were unfortunately lost in His Majesty's Ship the Sorlings, on the 17th of December, 1717. [s.l, London?]. [s.n., s.d., c.1718?] Folio. Single leaf broadside, with docket title to verso. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, old folds, slight browning to extremities. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22462

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ROBERTS, William. Memoirs of the life and correspondence of mrs. hannah more. London. Published by R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside; and sold by L. B. Seeley and Sons, 1834. First edition. 8vo. In four volumes. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Uncut in original publisher's maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Occasional spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22222

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[WARING, Sarah]. The revocation of the edict of nantes, and its consequences to the Protestant Churches of France and Italy... London. Printed for Darton and Harvey, 1833. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 229pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary dark green half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22120

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[CHURCHILL, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough]. DALRYMPLE, Sir David. The opinions of sarah duchess-dowager of marlborough. Published from the original mss. [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], 1788. Sole edition. 12mo in 4s. xx, 120pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled polished calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine, extremities, upper board slightly marked, some browning to endpapers and fly-leaves, but a pleasing family copy, with the engraved bookplate of Lord F.A. Spencer to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21220

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[COLERIDGE, Sara] THE LOYAL SERVANT [MAILLES, Jacques de]. The right joyous and pleasant history of the feats, gests, and prowesses of the chevalier bayard, the good knight without fear and without reproach. London. John Murray, 1825. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 294; [4], 286pp. Original publisher’s drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Booksellers ticket of C. C. Wetton to FEP of Vol. I, armorial bookplates of John Lees to both FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22428

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[FUGITIVE PIECES]. Fugitive pieces, on Various subjects. By several authors. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1765. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 352; [4], ix, [1], 11-357pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf boards, recently rebacked to style, preserving contemporary contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-pieces. Occasional browning and light damp-staining More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23351

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NISBET, Alex[ander]. An essay on Additional Figures and Marks of Cadency. Shewing, The Ancient & Modern Practice of Differencing Descendents In This and other Nations. More Fully and Exactly, than any Thing hitherto Published upon this Part of Herauldry. Edinburgh. Printed by John Reid junior, 1702. First edition. 8vo. [8], xxi, [1], 276pp. With six engraved plates. Recent blind-ruled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Some chipping to margins of title page and first three leaves of text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18791

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MACKAY, John. The convention of royal burghs of Scotland, From its Origin down to the Completion of the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland in 1707. Edinburgh. Co-operative Printing Company Limited, 1884. First edition. 8vo. viii, 88pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, ink-stamps of Newbattle Abbey College to FEP, FFEP, and verso of title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23300

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RUSKIN, John. The crown of wild olive. Four lectures on industry and war. Orpington, Kent. George Allen, 1886. 8vo. [6], 250pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23359

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JARVIS, Rupert C.. The Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745... [Carlisle]. [Printed by Steel Bros. Ltd.] Published by the Cumberland County Council, 1954. First edition. 8vo. xx, 427pp, [1]. With six photographic plates and a folding map. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23362

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ANDERSON, James, Rev.. The ladies of the covenant. Memoirs of distinguished Scottish female characters, embracing the period of the covenant and the persecution. Glasgow. Blackie and Son, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 627, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 38 engraved illustrations/plates, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Philip Hamond to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23269

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WARBURTON, John. London and Middlesex illustrated: By a true and explicit Account of the Names, References, Geneaology, and Coat Armour of the nobility, Principal merchants, And other Eminent families, Trading within The Precincts of this most opulent City and Country... London. Printed by C. and J. Ackers...For the Author, 1749. First edition. 8vo. [4], viii, 163pp, [1]. Later polished panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Title page browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 18790

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PLINY THE YOUNGER. C. Plini Caecili secundi panegyricus, Quem Imp: nervae trajano optimo principi... Trajecti ad Rhenum [i.e. Utrecht]. Typis Gisberti à Zijll, & Theodori ab Ackersdijck, 1652. 12mo. 263pp, [1]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities heavily marked and discoloured, a trifle rubbed. Slight staining to fore-edge of final gathering. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23275

Photo of "T. E. Lawrence"

RICHARDS, Vyvyan. T. E. Lawrence. London. Duckworth, [1949]. 8vo. 144pp. With a wood engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper worn and marked, substantial loss, naive clear tape repairs. Inked ownership inscription of R.A.F. Wing Commander Reginald Sims to recto of FFEP. Sims and Lawrence had been friends, having met in Iraq and bonded over a shared love of photography. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23370

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