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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., 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., 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., 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., January, 1834. No 23. - Vol. III 8vo. [1], 64pp. 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. 22352

[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., May, 1833. No 15. - Vol. II 8vo. [3], 242-304pp. 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. 22353

[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, 1833. No 12. - Vol. II 8vo. [3], 58-112pp. With a large engraved folding map. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed, loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22354

[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., October, 1833. No 20. - Vol. II 8vo. [1], 562-624pp. 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. 22355

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[NAUTICAL MAGAZINE]. The nautical magazine; and naval chronicle, for august, 1837. London. John Murray, [1837]. 8vo. 8, [1], 498-568pp. With an engraved folding plate. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher’s printed blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, some loss to spine. Scattered spotting, plate browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22356

[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., October, 1832. No 8. - Vol. I 8vo. [1], 396-448pp. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed, some loss to spine, a trifle marked, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Scattered spotting, occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22359

[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, 1832. No 5. - Vol. I 8vo. [1], 226-280pp, [2]. With an engraved plate and a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed, some loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22360

[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., August, 1832. No 6. - Vol. I 8vo. [1], 282-336pp, [2]. With an engraved plate and a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed, some loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Geo. Stebbing, Agent, Portsmouth, to foot of upper panel. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22361

[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., January, 1833. No 11. - Vol. II 8vo. [5], 56pp, [2]. With an engraved folding map. Uncut in original publisher’s pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbedand creased, loss to spine, upper panel detached. Early ink ownership inscription to head of first page of text, scattered spotting, occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22362

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HARE, Christopher. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tales for children from many lands: double volume. Bayard: the good knight without fear and without reproach...& a wonder book... London. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1939]. 8vo. 127pp, [1]; 127pp, [1]. With 16 illustrated coloured plates by Herbert Cole and H. Granville Fell. Original publisher’s red cloth, lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22427

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MILNER, J[ohn], Rev.. An historical and critical inquiry into the existence and character of saint george... London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., 1792. First edition. 8vo. [2], 59pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound, stab-stitch holes to gutter. Text-block separated into two parts. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23051

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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

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

BESANT, Walter. Captain Cook. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. 8vo. vi, 191pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Hinges partially exposed, bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23616

ADAM, Colin Forbes. Life of Lord Lloyd. London. Macmillan & Co., 1948. First edition. 8vo. x, 317pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers foxed. From the library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of T. E. Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23983

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KINGSLEY, Charles. Charles Kingsley: his letters and memoirs of his life. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. 287, [1]; 278pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24885

SWAFFER, Hannen. Hannen Swaffer's who's who. London. Hutchinson & Co., [1929]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is number five. Flat signed to dedication page. With a portrait frontispiece. 255pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24916