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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inscribed to half-title; 'Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11018
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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half title; 'With the author's compliments / Xmas. 1909 / Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15176
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[WALLACE, Robert]. A dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in antient and modern Times: in which The superior Populousness of Antiquity is maintained. With An appendix, Containing Additional Observations on the same Subject, And Some Remarks on Mr. Hume's Political Discourse, of the Populousness of antient Nations. Edinburgh. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. First edition. 8vo in 4s. iv, 331pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine and extremities, short splits at head of spine, with remains of small paper shelf-label. Bookplate of an Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, with a few pencilled calculations to endpapers, and a single inked note in an early hand (to E4v). More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25625
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VERTUE, George. A description of the works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His life. London. Printed for William Bathoe, 1759. Second edition, with additions. Quarto. vi, 151pp, [1]. With an engraved plate featuring an index, key, and vignette view of London from the South Bank; vignette portrait to title, two further engraved vignette head-pieces, and a tail-piece. Contemporary russia, rebacked. Rubbed and marked to edges, joints, bumping and loss to corners. John Leigh Philips' copy, with his bookplate to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, a tipped in manuscript ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22115
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HEYWOOD, B. A.. Addresses delivered at the meetings of the proprietors of the liverpool royal institution, on the 27th february, 1822, and 13th february, 1824. Liverpool. Printed by Harris and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. 87pp. With an engraved landscape frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later blue paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece pasted to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Occasional light scattered spotting, endpapers browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30623
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[MELANCHOLY]. A cure for melancholy: being a select collection of elegant anecdotes, bon mots, &c. of celebrated characters: including many originals. Edinburgh. Printed for Alexander Mackay and Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. First edition. 12mo. xii, 382pp. Handsomely bound in later green half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford and later typed bookseller's description to FEP, later bookplate of William Crampton to recto of FFEP, inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, lightly spotted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19716
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[WILTSHIRE]. A Copy of a visitation of the County of Wiltshire. Taken Anno Domini 1565. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c1800s] Folio. Manuscript on paper, [1], 3ff, [8]. Paper watermark features the LVG initials (perhaps the initials of Lubertus van Gerrevink, C18th Dutch papermaker), countermark W. 'Tricked' with 15 drawings of coats of arms. Modern gilt-tooled half calf, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, earlier marbled boards. A trifle rubbed, short tear at foot of spine. From the collection of Joan Corder, FSA, with her ticket to FEP; earlier in ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19578
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HERTSLET, Lewis. A complete collection of the treaties, and reciprocal regulation, at present subsisting between great britain & foreign powers, and of the laws, decrees, and orders in council, concerning the same; so far as they relate to commerce and navigation, to the repression and abolition of the slave trade; and to the privileges and interests of the subjects of the high contracting parties. London. Henry Butterworth, 1827. 8vo. In three volumes. vi, 408; vi, 395, [1]; xii, 575, [1], 8pp. Contemporary brown morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, later rebacked, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked. Recent shelf-label of Peter A. Crofts to FFEP of Vol. II, More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27371
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HODGKIN, John. A companion to hodgkin's introduction to writing and grammar; intended To save the Time of Teachers, and to assist Parents in examining the Progress of their Children in these branches of Education. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1827-8. Second edition. 12mo. In two parts, in two volumes. 23pp, [1]; viii, 70pp, [2]. With terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's grey paper wrappers. Slightly rubbed at spine, upper joint of the second volume partially torn.
More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 15306
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[REEVES AND TURNER]. [A collection of mid-nineteenth century bookseller's advertisement catalogues]. [London]. [William Bowden], [1864-66] 8vo. 18 separately issued catalogues (numbers 158, 159, 161, 162 (parts 1 and 2), 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 (parts 1 and 2), 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, and 174). Bound together in contemporary blind-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of Scottish advocate and antiquary Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1798-1868). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21083
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[TREATIES]. A collection of all the treaties of peace, alliance, and commerce, between great-britain and other powers, from the Revolution in 1688, to the present time. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1772. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 404, [4]; iv, 342pp. With a half-title to Vol. I and a folding table. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Slight rubbing and soiling, surface loss to upper board of Vol. I, upper joint of Vol. I starting. Light marginal damp-staining to final two registers of Vol. II. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, with ink-stamps of the ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 13525
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[ITALIAN LITERATURE]. [A collection of 21 Italian pamphlets, on various subjects, printed mostly in Milan, Venice, Florence, and Ferrara]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1822-1848] In four volumes.

Vol. I:

Sopra il nuovo libro intitolato delle origini italiche Letterea di Risposta di un vecchio ad un giovine amico. Brescia. Tipografia Venturini, 1841. 72pp.

[Bound with:] Al consigliere gaetano pinali epistola di caterina bon brenzoni. Verona. Dalla stamperia Libanti, 1844. 18pp, [2]. With a lithographed frontispiece.

[And:] Memoire relative al monumento emo esistente nell' arsenale di venezia opera dell' immortale antonio ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25067
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WARDEN, John [editor]. A collection from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Mr Pope, Mr Dryden, from Mr Rollin's Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres, and his Universal History. For the benefit of English Schools. Newcastle Upon Tyne. Printed for John Warden, Teacher of English, 1752. 12mo. [2], 318pp. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled sheep, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Slight loss and small paper repair to fore-edge of leaf P4. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28459