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SMITH, Goldwin. The civil war in america: an address read at the last meeting of the manchester union and emancipation society. London. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 96pp. Original publisher's red pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With Thos. B. Potter's compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25320

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. 8vo. 12pp. Later drab wrappers. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30752

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[CROMARTY, George Mackenzie, Earl of].. The Scottish Toleration Truly Stated in a letter to a peer. London. [s.n.], 1712. First edition. 8vo. [2], 18pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Title lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31246

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[SIDEY, James Archibald]. Remollescences of a Medical Student: with an anthropophology of the author and a physician's holiday. Edinburgh. Maclachlan & Stewart, 1886. First edition. Quarto. [8], 54pp, [2]. With a half-title, a real photograph frontispiece, and 80 engraved illustrations in the text by John Smart and Charles Doyle. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31247

[NEWPORT-ON-TAY LITERARY SOCIETY]. [Manuscript minute book]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1883-90] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [124] leaves. Manuscript register of members to rear. Contemporary gilt-stamped black half-calf, brown buckram boards, lettered in gilt to upper board. Extremities rubbed and marked, Marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced with blue cloth, label of Dundee based printer and stationer George Girdwood to FEP . More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30953

[COVENANTERS]. The Rise and Progress of the rebellion in scotland, against King Charles the First. Faithfully Collected from the best Accounts, and proper to be known at this Time.... London. Printed: And sold by J. Roberts, 1716. First edition. 8vo. [2], 78pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering- piece to spine. Early paper strip with manuscript numerals pasted to head of title, lower corner of text-block dampstained. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 26627

[SHIPWRECK]. A narrative of the loss of the kent east indiaman, by fire, in the bay of biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. In a letter to a friend. Edinburgh. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with no indication of such. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31290

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MACKENZIE, Compton. Prince charlie and his ladies. London. Cassell and Company, [1934]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 296pp. With a (misbound) photographic frontispiece. Extra-illustrated with 40 engraved plates (two coloured). Bound by Bayntun in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31065

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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

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Letters from percy bysshe shelley to elizabeth hitchener. Now first published. With an Introduction and Notes. London. Bertram Dobell, 1908. First trade edition. 8vo. li, [1], 351pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP and inked and pencilled notes to rear endpapers. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28089

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[MILES, James]. [An archive of autograph letters addressed to Leeds-based bookseller Jame Miles].. [Leeds]. [1881-1924] Manuscript on paper. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28667

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PHILLIPS, Coleman. British colonization and british commerce. London. Edward Stanford, 1875. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29970

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[CORNISH TRACTS]. Ode for the coronation, 19th july, 1821, recited at a public festival held on that day, in the town of penzance; Dedicated to all loyal subjects, and to The Inhabitants of that Town in particualr. Penzance. Printed and sold by T. Vigurs, [1821]. First edition. 8pp.

[Bound with:] BARRINGTON, [Daines]. [Drop-head title:] III. Mr. Barrington on some additional Information relative to the Continuance of the Cornish Language. In a Letter to John Lloyd, Esq. F. A. S. Read March 21, 1776. [s.i.], [s.n.], [1776]. 81-86pp. ESTC T190832.

[And:] [Drop-head title:] An Excellent New Ballad entitled The Cripple of Cornwall, Wherein is shewn his dissolate Life and deserved Death. To the ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29383

[SHIPWRECK - RMS TEUTON]. Loss of nearly 200 lives At Sea, off the Coast of Africa, on board of Stempship 'Teuton'. Several from Porthleven and other Cornish places. [Cornwall?]. Woolcock, General & Commercial Printer Dimensions 190 x 250mm. Single leaf quarto broadside sheet. Printed within decoratie black borders, with a woodcut of a steamship at head. Dated in manuscript, 'Septem. 1881' beneath drop-head title More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29403

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Catalogue de livres rares Dont la Vente se sera le Lundi 13 Mars 1786 & jours suivants, trois heures de relevée, en l'une des Salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion, rue Plâtriere. Par Guillaume de Bure, Fils aîné. Paris. Chez G. de Bure, 1786. First edition. xii, 259, [1], 26pp. With an index of authors. Priced in a contemporary hand throughout.

[Bound with:] Prix des livres rares, dont la vente s'est faite le lundi 20 mars 1786, en l'une des salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion... [Paris], [s.n.], [1786]. 32pp, [4].

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, wear to head of spine and upper joint, ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22577

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CURWEN, J[ohn] C[hristian]. Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1809. Second edtion. 8vo. xxiv, 385pp, [3]. With a half-title, an aquatint frontispiece, five engraved plates on four sheets, and four folding letterpress tables. Uncut in original publisher's grey boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh (1825-1872) and later shelf-label of Easton Neston Library (obscuring bookseller's ticket) to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31038

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MARMONTEL, [Jean-Francois]. Memoirs of marmontel, written by himself: containing his literary and political life, and anecdotes of the principle characters of the eighteenth century. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme...and John Murray, 1805. First edition in English. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26365

THICKNESSE, Philip. A letter to her majesty the queen of great britain. London. Printed for the author, and sold by S. Fores, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [2], 13pp, [1]. Disbound. Eight loose leaves, stab-stitch holes to gutter. Title page soiled at foot, occasional short tears to margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25907

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CHIFFLET, Jules. Breviarium historicum inclyti ordinis velleris aurei. Antuerpiae [i.e. Antwerp]. Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1652. First edition. Quarto. xii, 36pp, [4]. Later gilt-ruled calf. Heavily worn and marked, upper board held by cords only. Scattered spotting, very occasional dampstaining. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27539

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STRUVE, Burkhard Gotthelf. Burcard. Gotthelffi[i] Struvi[i] Bibliotheca numismatum antiquiorum... Jenae [i.e. Jena]. Sumtibus Jo. Bielkii, 1693. First edition. 12mo. 238pp, [36]. Title in red and black. Later panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Title in manuscript to bottom edge. Worn, upper board held by cords only. Recent bookplate with initials 'A. M. H. P.' to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24050