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[BONAPARTE, Napoleon]. The life of napoleon bonaparte, late emperor of the french, selected from the most authentic sources. London. Milner and Company, [s.d., c. 1890] 16mo. x, 440pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative red cloth. Rubbed and cocked, joints starting. Text block attached to binding by lower hinge only. Blind-stamp of John Fowles to FFEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32431
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SOUTHEY, Robert. The life of nelson. London. Printed for John Murray, 1813. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 253, [3]; viii, 280pp. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece of Nelson to Vol. I, and engraved reproductions of his signature as frontispiece to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a trifle dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Thomas Baring to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Acheson to front blank fly-leaves. The first ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34588
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CHESTERFIELD, [Philip Dormer Stanhope] Earl of. The life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or, The man of the world. Including His Lordship's principal speeches in Parliament; his most admired essays in the paper called The world; his poems; and the substance of the system of education delivered in a series of letters to his son.. London. Printed for J. Bew, 1774. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], viii, 280pp; [4], 263pp, [1]. With engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I and half-title to both volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, chip to foot of spine, vol. II. Some slight marking to endpapers of vol. I., free endpapers of volume II torn away, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33097
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ROSCOE, Henry. The life of william roscoe. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi, 501, [1]; [3], vi-xii, 491pp, [1]. Without half-titles. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume.Contemporary black half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional slight chipping to margins, else internally clean and crisp. With three signed letters tipped-in, in the hand of Robert, Thomas, and William Stanley Roscoe respectively, all creased and worn. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 15152
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KINGSLEY, Rev. Charles. The limits of exact science as applied to history. An Inaugural Lectures, delivered before the university of cambridge. Cambridge. Macmillan and Co., 1860. First edition. 8vo. [6], 72pp, 23pp of advertisements, [1]. Original publisher's printed boards, spine restored. Rubbed, with loss to spine at head, bumping to corners. Presentation copy, inscribed twice: with 'From the author to Elizabeth Stisted, Eversley Augt. 12th 1861' to head of upper board, and 'Miss Stisted with the Rev. Kingsley's kind regards, Eversley aug 12/61' to head of half title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13060
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BURNETT, Bishop [Gilbert]. The lives of Sir matthew hale, Knt. Lord Chief Justice of england; wilmot, Earl of Rochester; and Queen mary.. London. Printed for T. Davies, 1774. 8vo. [14], 139, [8], 4-120, 82pp. With half-title and divisional title page to each of the 'lives'. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with wear to corners. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Rolt to FEP. Leaves browned, with staining to endpapers, light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35139
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[HUDDESFORD, William]. The lives Of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood; with An authentick Account of their respective Writings and Publications, from original papers. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press, for J. and J. Fletcher...And Joseph Pote, 1772. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 111, [113], 20, [2], iv, 139, [9]; [2], v, [3], 404, 58pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and a further nine engraved plates, three of which folding. Uncut in contemporary marbled boards, recently rebacked in calf. Heavy rubbing and some surface loss to boards. Recent armorial bookplates of 'G.A.B.D. Hacket' to both FEPs, eighteenth-century book label ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14708
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ARLEN, MICHAEL [Dikran Kouyoumdjian]. The london venture. London. William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. 8vo. 177pp, [12]. With drawings throughout by Michel Sevier. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered and decorated in white, with the monochrome dustwrapper including Mr Heinemann's advertising to rear panel. Some toning throughout, otherwise clean. P. 19 erratum remains present. With the ownership inscription of Henry Williamson dated 1920, and a few passages marked in pencil throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27925
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BATES, William. The Maclise Portrait-Gallery of "illustrious literary characters" With memoirs biographical, critical, bibliographical & anecdotal illustrative of the literature of the former half of the present century. London. Chatto and Windus, 1883. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 540pp. With 85 plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled papers boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31665
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OLIPHANT, [Margaret], Mrs.. The Makers of Venice: doges, conquerors, painters, and men of letters. London. Macmillan and Co., 1887. First edition. 8vo. xii, 390pp. With a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, and 21 illustrations in the text by R. R. Holmes. Bound by Riviere in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Light shelf-wear, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to front blank fly-leaf, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23213
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BYRON, John. The narrative of the honourable john byron. Commodore in a late expedition round the world containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions, on the coats of patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in england, in the year 1746. With a description of St. jago de chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also, a relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Adnmiral Anson's Squadron. Morpeth. Printed at the office of S. Wilkinson, 1812. 12mo. 185pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue paper boards. Rubbed and and stained, spine heavily worn. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25917