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ORLÉANS, Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d'. Fragmens de lettres originales De Madame Charlotte-Elizabeth de Baviere, Veuve de Monsieur Frere unique de Louis XIV... A Hambourg [i.e. Hamburg]. Chez Maradan, 1788. 12mo. In two volumes. [5], viii-xvi, 262; [2], 299pp, [3]. Without half-titles. Contemporary calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities rubbed. Very occasional chipping/loss to margins, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, formerly the Barons King of Ockham, with their armorial bookplates to FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of William King, and recent ink-stamps of the ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 18534
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GENLIS, Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de. Memoirs of the countess de genlis, illustrative of the history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. London. Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 324; [4], 300pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. Rubbed, surface loss to spines, loss to lettering-pieces, some splitting to joints, a trifle marked. Spotting to endpapers, offsetting to Vol. I title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20632
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[HYDE, Donald and Mary]. Four Oaks Library. Somerville, New Jersey. [Privately printed at the Thistle Press], 1967. First edition. One of 1,250 copies printed. xxii, 135pp, [1].

[Together with:] [HYDE, Donald and Mary]. Four Oaks Farm. Somerville, New Jersey. [Privately printed at the Thistle Press], 1967. One of 1000 copies printed. [12], 113pp, [1].

8vo. Original publisher's black cloth-backed grey paper boards, housed in original publisher's marbled paper slipcase. Very slight wear to extremities. Occasional inked highlighting to first mentioned volume, inked ownership inscriptions ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 20809
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PARSONS, G[eorge] S[amuel]. Nelsonian reminiscences. Boston. Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. First edition. 12mo. [4], 251pp, [1]. Original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to head and foot of spine, upper joint split, chipping to lettering-piece. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, later inked ownership to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20628
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BARROW, Sir John. The life of richard earl howe, k.g., admiral of the fleet, and general of marines. London. John Murray, 1838. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 432, 8pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two folding plates, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, plates foxed, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Admiral / Sir Pulteney Malcolm G.C.B. G.C.M.G. / From the Publisher'. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 20619
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MARSHALL, John. Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of the Services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823-1830 First edition. 8vo. In 12 volumes, Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth, gilt. Extremities very lightly rubbed, spines a trifle sunned, top-edges dust-soiled. Contemporary armorial bookplates of James Whatman to all FEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP of Vol. I, very occasional slight chipping to margins, lightly spotted. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20623
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HOLLAND, Henry Richard, Lord. Some account of the life and writings of lope felix de vega carpio. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. 8vo. viii, 294pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a final errata leaf. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, some splitting to upper joint, chipping to lettering-piece. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19085
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THOMPSON, Hunter S.. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. New York. Random House, [1967]. Book-of-the-Month Club edition. 8vo. [8], 278pp, [2]. Original publisher's pictorial black cloth, top edge red, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped, slightly rubbed, chipped and sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18637
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MACPHAIL, Sir Andrew. Three persons. New York & Montreal. Louis Carrier & Co., 1929. Third edition [First North American Printing]. 8vo. 346pp. Original publisher's navy cloth. Lightly rubbed. Bookplate of William Boyman Howell to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To / Jean Cameron Howell / with gratitude / Andrew Macphail'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20156
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HENDERSON, Lieut.-Col. G. F. R.. Stonewall jackson and the american civil war. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. New impression. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiii, [5], 447, [1]; [8], 528pp. With half-titles, a monochrome portrait frontispiece, one photographic plate (reproduced from a Daguerreotype), 28 maps in the text, and a further five folding maps. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked and damp-stained, lightly rubbed, spines sunned. Armorial bookplates of Lord Carrington to both FEPs, very occasional light spotting/creasing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20142
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ROSCOE, William. The life of lorenzo de' medici, called the magnificent. Liverpool. Printed by J. M'Creery, 1795. First edition. Quarto. In two volumes. [2], xxvi, [2], 320, 136; [2], 312, 48, 111, [1], 11pp, [1]. With half- titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and 14 engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grained red morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing and marking to extremities. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of 'Thomas Frederick Bevan' to FEPs, internally clean and crisp, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15150
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PLINY, The Younger. C. plinii caecilii secundi epistolarum libri x.. Londini [i.e. London]. Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells [Typis Edmundi Fry], 1790. 8vo. [4], 484pp, [2]. With a terminal errata leaf. Handsomely bound, in a style reminiscent of, and perhaps executed by, Roger Payne, in contemporary gilt-tooled navy straight-grain morocco, marbled edges. Very light rubbing to extremities. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Panshanger to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, slight loss to upper margins of leaves L3-4, very occasional spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19053
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[PEREFIXE DE BEAUMONT, Paul Philippe Hardouin de]. The life of henry the fourth of france, Translated from the French of Perefix, by m. le moine, One of his most Christian Majesty's Gentlemen in Ordinary. A Paris. Printed by Didot l'aine, 1785. 8vo. [8], 456pp, With a half-title. Finely bound in contemporary red morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, gilt supra-libros of The Society of Writers to the Signet to both boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities marked, a trifle marked and sunned. Blue paper endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst and earlier library shelf-label to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to verso of FFEP, foxed, very occasional ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19042
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SEYER, Samuel. [Caption title:] Prospectus of memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighborhood. [Bristol]. [J. M. Gutch], [1821]. 8vo. 4pp. Single folded leaf. Stab-holes to gutter margins, spotted. A manuscript note, dated 1803 and signed by Seyer, is loosely inserted, it reads: 'Recd. from Mr Davies twenty five pounds & 6d on account of the sale of some books of mine on the syntax of the Latin verb, according to an account delivered to me about two months post'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17651
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[SEXBY, Edward], [TITUS, Silius]. Traicte politique, Compose Par william allen, Anglois, Et traduit nouvellement en francois, Ou il est prouve par l'exemple de Moyse, et par d'autres, tires hors de l'escriture, que tuer un tyran titulo vel exercitio, n'est pas un meurtre. Lugduni [i.e. Paris]. [s.n.], 1658 [i.e. 1792] 16mo. 72 [i.e. 172]pp. Handsomely bound by Thouvenin in contemporary gilt-ruled black calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later bookplate of James Elwin Millard to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20344
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LIARDET, Francis. The midshipman's companion. Portsea. W. Woodward, 1851. First edition. 12mo. [6], iii, [1], 186pp. With a lithographed compass card, with movable ship diagram (for demonstrating tacking etc.), tipped in to FEP. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy buckram, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, some loss to head of sunned spine, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Rear Admiral Henderson with the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17190
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TREVELYAN, Charles E.. On the education of the people of india. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 220, 32pp. With a half-title and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, splitting to upper joint, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'The Right Honble. / J. C. Herries M.P. / from the author'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20187