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[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. The nautical magazine; or, journal of maritime discovery, voyages and papers, works of nautical and geographical science, and art... London. Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., February, 1834. No 24. - Vol. III 8vo. [1], 66-128, 18pp. With an engraved folding plate. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, loss to spine. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22351

[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. The nautical magazine; or, journal of maritime discovery, voyages and papers, works of nautical and geographical science, and art... London. Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., April, 1833. No 14. - Vol. II 8vo. [1], 180-250pp. With an engraved folding plate. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, loss to spine. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22350

[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. The nautical magazine; or, journal of maritime discovery, voyages and papers, works of nautical and geographical science, and art... London. Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., March, 1833. No 13. - Vol. II 8vo. [1], 114-176pp. With an engraved folding plate. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, loss to spine. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22349

[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. The nautical magazine; or, journal of maritime discovery, voyages and papers, works of nautical and geographical science, and art... London. Published by Fisher, Son, & Co., July, 1833. No 17. - Vol. II 8vo. [1], 370-432pp. With an engraved plate. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, some loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22348

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[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. Supplement to the nautical magazine…December, 1833. No 22. Vol. II. London. Printed by Fisher, Son, & Co., [1833]. 8vo. [1], 754-756pp, [32]. With two engraved plates (one folding), and an engraved general title page for the second volume of the magazine. Original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. A trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22347

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Drop-head title:] Memorandum of swedish troops arrived at stralsund. [London]. Printed by R. G. Clarke, [1813]. Dimensions 190 x120 mm. Single slip sheet. Clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31847

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Drop-head title:] Substance of the Engagements between the Courts of St. Petersburgh and Stockholm, signed at St. Petersburgh the 24th of March 1812, so far as the same are referred to it the Treaty between His Majesty and the King of Sweden, signed at Stockholm on the 3d of March 1813. London. Printed by R. G. Clarke, [1813]. Dimensions 180 x 330 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old central horizontal fold. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30122

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. The Duke of Shoreditch; or, *barlow's ghost. London. Printed by T. Maiden, for J. Asperne, [1803]. Dimensions 260 x 430 mm. Single leaf broadside. Central horizontal fold, creased, chipping to edges, several paper repairs to verso. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 17456

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[NAPOLEON]. [Drop-head title:] Under the patronage of her most gracious majesty, his royal highness prince albert, &c. Royal surrey zoological gardens, The summer season at this Favourite place of Fashionable Resort will commence on monday, may 13th, 1850, tuesday, 14th, wednesday, 15th, thursday, 16th and be continued on each of those days throughout the Season. First representation of an entirely new-modelled dioramic picture, representing the passage of the alps by napoleon & his army, the largest picture in the world... [London]. J. W. Peel, [1850]. Dimensions 450 x 290 mm. Single leaf broadside. Central old vertical fold, two old horizontal folds. A trifle dampstained. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30476

[NAPOLEON]. A list of books bearing on the epoch of Napoleon. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [134] leaves. Contemporary half- morocco, marbled paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to upper board, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine worn with loss to head and foot. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24582

[NAPLETON, John]. Advice to a student in the university, concerning the qualifications and duties of a minister of the gospel in the church of England. Oxford. Printed for Fletcher and Hanwell, 1795. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 147pp, [1]. With half-title. Disbound. A clean and crisp copy, with only the slightest of dust-soiling to half-title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14689

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[NAPIER, John]. WALLACE, William. [Drop-head title:] On the Burial Place of John Napier of Merchiston, the Inventor of Logarithms. [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], [1831]. Quarto. 4pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of p[1]: 'To the Right Hon. Lord Napier / From W. Wallace'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23491

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MURRAY, Thomas Boyles. National education promoted. An account of the efforts of the society for promoting christian knowledge, in behalf of national education: together with a notice of the anniversaries of the assembled charity schools in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. London. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [2], 86pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece and an engraved portrait plate. Original publisher's blind-stamped limp brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, sunned, paper library shelf-label to foot of spine. Hinges exposed, bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP, inked shelf-marks to recto of FFEP, portrait plate foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29799

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MUIR, Sir William. Records of the intelligence department of the government of the north-west provinces of india during the mutiny of 1857 including correspondence with the supreme government, dehli, cawnpore, and other places... Edinburgh. T. & T. Clark, 1902. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. [6], 559, [1]; vi, 398pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32105

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[MÉQUIGNON, Paul-Claude-Louis]. Catalogue de livres ecclésiastiques, de piété, classiques, liturgie et autres, qui se trouvent chez Méquignon junior, libraire, rue des Grands-Augustins, n.9.... Paris. de l'imprimerie de Cellot, 15 Octobre 1821 8vo. 54pp. Without final blank leaf. Disbound (evidently from a Sammelband), original publisher's wrappers preserved. Lightly damp-stained. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17467

[MOURNING CARDS]. [An album of mourning cards]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1845-1916] Oblong quarto. 117 mourning cards mounted on 28 heavyweight card leaves, the majority printed within black borders. Bound by W. & J, Milne of Edinburgh in contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt initials 'I. N. S. L.' to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31578

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MOUNT-EDGCUMBE, Ernest Augustus, Earl of. Extracts from a journal kept during the roman revolution. London. James Ridgway, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 65pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Sewn, as issued. Contemporary inked inscription to head of title. Spotting to title, very occasional light marking to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34139

MORTON, James, Rev.. The history of the abbey of jedburgh. Published from the Monastic Annals of Teviotdale. [Through the kindness and permission of W. H. Lizars, Esq.]. Jedburgh. Printed by Walter Easton, 1836. 12mo. [2], 104pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25563

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MORTIMER, Thomas. The student's pocket dictionary; or, compendium of universal history, chronology, and biography. From the earliest Accounts to the present Time. With authorities. In two parts. Part I. containing a compendium of universal history. Part II. containing a compendium of biography. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. 12mo. In two parts. [112pp]; [258pp]. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, paper lettering-piece with title in manuscript. Rubbed, partially repaired surface loss to lower board, some splitting to joints but boards holding, loss to head and foot of spine, lettering-piece chipped. Upper hinge cracked, near contemporary ink inscription to FEP of 'C. Bendal, 1779', light toning to leaf margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13105

MORRIS, James. The Hashemite kings. London. Faber and Faber, [1959]. First edition. 8vo. 225pp, [1]. With eight leaves of photographic plates. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers, later rebacked. A trifle rubbed and marked. Leaves browned. Signed by Morris on title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33775