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SMITH, Rev. Thomas. The scientific library; or, repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising astronomy, geography, mythology, ancient history, modern history, and chronology. London. Printed for J. Wallis...and J. Harris, 1806. First edition. 24mo. In six volumes. With a half-title to Vol. I and an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-ruled red roan. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Offsetting to titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28100

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HOUGH, J. [editor]. The Young Man's best companion; or, the New Book of Knowledge; being a regular system of education, without the aid of a tutor... Manchester. Printed and published by J. Gleave and Son, 1825. 8vo. 612pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 10 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Plates browned, folding plate split, marginal loss to leaf 3G, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained, spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30382

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LEONARD, M. A. Egyptian history; from the earliest records to the period when it became a Roman Province; adapted to the capacities of the young. London. Houlston and Stoneman, [1844]. First edition. 16mo. xviii, 219pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, adhesive residue and remnants of paper label to upper board, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32304

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IRVING, David. The elements of english composition. Containing practical instructions for writing the english language with perspicuity and elegance; and Designed, in the Progress of Education, to succeed to the Study of English Grammar, and of the Latin and Greek Classics. London. Printed for R. Phillips...By T. Gillet, 1801. First edition. 8vo. x, 262pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn, boards held by cords only. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31815

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[HILL, Henry David]. Sketches of the domestic manners, and institutions, of the romans. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 347pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, upper joint split, wear to head and foot of spine. Some loss to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32562

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[IRELAND AND THE IRISH UNION]. [A large collection of 51 pamphlets relating to Ireland, and the Irish Union with Great Britain, from the library of the Marquesses of Lothian at Newbattle Abbey]. [Dublin, Edinburgh and London]. [vs., 1789-1801] 51 volumes. Preserved in the original states; the vast majority stitched as issued, many uncut and in the original plain paper wrappers. More > £ 12,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17706

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[HERALDRY]. WESTHEAD, Mary. AMDG Course of Heraldry: Schools of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus: Blackpool. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1870?] Oblong quarto. Manuscript on paper. Whatman watermark. Original watercolour, gouache, and ink illustrations of arms, crests, regalia, and orders throughout. Concludes with table of precedency. Attractively bound in contemporary navy calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32753

DRUMMOND, William. A Few Memoranda of The Life of the late Patrick Drummond Esqre. formerly A Solicitor of Croydon by His Son William. 1845. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1845]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [2], 138pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy morocco, A.E.G., Watered silk endpapers, gilt dentelles. Photographic portrait pasted to front pastedown. With a loosely inserted mourning card in memory of Elizabeth Drummond, wife of Patrick, Patrick Drummond, and two daughters Ann and Mary, and letter dated 1950 pertaining to the rescue of the book from sale. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32548

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[WESTAWAY HOUSE]. Westaway house, barnstaple, devon. Inventory & valuation of household furniture...the property of major o. l. trechmann. Taken for the purposes of Insurance. July. 1920. W.E.F.. [London]. [Waring & Gillow], [1920]. Folio. Typescript and manuscript on paper. [3], 64ff. Contemporary blind-tooled green morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Two leaves detached. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32025

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[TOWNELEY, John]. Bibliotheca towneleiana. A catalogue of the curious and extensive library of the late john towneley, esq. Part I.... [London]. [Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.], [1813]. First edition. 8vo. Part one only. [2], 47pp, [1]. Uncut in modern gilt-ruled red morocco-backed marbled paper boards. Pencilled annotation to title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31918

SCOTT, Major John. A short review of the transactions in bengal during the last ten years. London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1782. First edition. 8vo. [2], 120pp. Without half-title. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Short closed tear to creased title page, single early manuscript correction to text, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32633

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[DUTCH PRINTING]. Rechten ende costumen van antwerpen. [Amsterdam?]. Ghedruckt tot Ceulen, 1644. Quarto. [16], 232pp.

[Bound with:] Ordonnantie ende Verhael vanden Stijl / ende Maniere van Procederen voor Amptman / Burghemeester / ende Schepenen der Stadt van Antwerpen. [Amsterdam?] Ghedruckt in't Jaer Christi, 1644. 35pp, [1].

[And:] By-Voechsel Vande costumen van antwerpen. [Amsterdam?] Tot Ceulen in't Jaer Christi, 1644. 16pp.

[And:] Die bliide incomste den hertochdomme van Brabant in voortijden by haren Landtsheeren verleent... [Amsterdam?] Tot Ceulen in't ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29733

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SATTLER, Albert. Verzeichniss verkäuflicher münzen und medaillen von alb. sattler in basel. [Darmstadt]. [Buchdruckerei von G. Otto], 1870. 8vo. 66pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Without lower wrapper. Upper wrapper rubbed and marked. Short tears to gutter running throughout text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32591

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[RINK, Eucharius Gottlieb]. De veteris numismatis potentia et qualitate Lucubratio, occassione Rubrica Codicis de eodem Argumento; sive cognito totius rei numariae Ad intelligentiam iuris accomodata. Accessit dissertatio iuridica De numo unico, Cum multis aliis cognitioni Numorum conducentibus Veterum. Lipsiae & Francofurti [i.e. Leipzig and Frankfurt]. Typis & impensis Iodoci Wilhelmi Kohlesii, 1701. First edition. Quarto. [8], 197, [1], 86pp, [16]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later gilt- tooled sprinkled calf, brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split, head of spine worn. Armorial bookplate of R. W. Cochran Patrick to FEP, marginal loss to leaves G3 and I4, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24044

JOHNSON, Samuel. PIOZZI, Hester Lynch.. Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added, some poems never before printed. Published from the original Mss. in her possession. Dublin. Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrief..., 1788. First Dublin edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one. xvi, 279, [1]; ix, [1], 306pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary sheep, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A crisp copy, with faint crease to spine and a little scuffing to boards. Some damp-staining, most noticeably to the front endpapers. With bookplate of Murdock Library, Canterbury, to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11563

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[D'AULNOY, Marie-Catherine, Madame]. Memoirs of the Present State of the Court and Councils of spain. In Two Parts. With the true Reasons why this Vast Monarchy, which in the last Century made so considerable a Figure in the World, is in this so Feeble and Paralytick. Done into English by T. Brown. London. Printed for D. Brown et al., 1701. First edition in English. 8vo. [8], 192, 187pp, [5]. With two final advertisement leaves. Contemporary speckled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Mary Hamilton Nisbet Ferguson to FEP, leaves toned/spotted, marginal ink-stain to p.13. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16710

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BOWLES, John. A letter addressed to samuel whitbread, esq. m.p. In consequence of the unqualified approbation expressed by him, in the house of commons, of mr. lancaster’s system of education... London. Printed for John Joseph Stockdale, 1808. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. [4], 66pp. Recent calf-backed marbled papers boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27651

[CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET]. [Yes or no?]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1845] Dimensions 290 x 450 mm. Manuscript on paper. [8]pp. Contemporary printed buff wrappers. Rubbed and marked.

[Together with:] [Drop-head title:] Yes or no? Dimensions 290 x 450 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old horizontal folds, some marginal loss. Two copies.

[And:] Four copies of a handbill entitled An appeal from the four in chains. To the inhabitants of Christchurch; three of which with a manuscript version of the above to blank ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22327

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[CONVENTION OF EL PARDO]. [Drop-head title:] A list of members Who voted For and Against the convention, March 1738. [London?]. [s.n.], [1739]. Dimensions 360 x 470 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Creased, lightly spotted, left-hand margin partially shaved. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32722

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[DENT, John]. [Drop-head title:] Catalogue of the second portion of the splendid, curious, and extensive library of the late john dent...which will be sold at auction, by mr. evans...On Wednesday, April 25, and Eight following Days, Sunday excepted. 1827. [London]. [Printed by W. Nicol], [1827]. First edition. 8vo. [2], 94pp, [2]. Stitched, as issued. Remnants of original publisher's salmon pink wrappers. Title lightly dust-soiled, dampstaining to terminal three leaves. With prices and buyers' names added in manuscript. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31920