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AGUADO DE CORDOVA, Antonio Francisco et al. Bullarium equestris ordinis s. jacobi de spatha... Matriti. Ex Typographia Joannis de Ariztia, 1719. First edition. Folio. [26], 634pp, [54]. Title in red and black within typographical border. Text in two columns. Eighteenth century pigskin, cord ties, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25846

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HONORÉ DE SAINTE-MARIE. Dissertazioni storiche e critiche sopra la cavalleria antica e moderna secolare e regolare... Brescia. Dalle Stampe di Giammaria Rizzardi, 1761. First Italian edition. Quarto. xxiv, 480pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece (of the dedicatee Vincenzo Gaifami) and a further 12 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed and discoloured. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25837

KNILL, Richard. Memoir of the Life and Character of walter venning, esq. A member of the committee Of the London Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline... London. Printed by J. Hadon...Sold by J. and A. Arch, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [2], 102pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a final leaf of errata. Original publisher's cloth-backed powder blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Housed in modern custom calf-backed cloth clamshell case with typed paper label reading: 'Made in HM prison Wormwood Scrubs 1973'. Rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title and p.101, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25740

EUSTACE, John Chetwode. A letter from Paris, to george petre, esq. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1814. First edition. 8vo. [2], 2, 98pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26237

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[CONVENTION OF EL PARDO]. The Convention between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, concluded at the Pardo on the 14th of January 1739, N.S... London. Printed by Samuel Buckley, 1739. First edition. Quarto. 28pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine. Leaves a trifle dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28289

PAXTON, Nicholas. The report of the state of the Offices of the Deficient Masters of the High Court of chancery, made to The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount townshend, One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. London. Printed by Sam. Buckley, 1725. First edition. [2], 19, [3], 21-31, [3], 33-43, [3], 45-54pp. ESTC N13007.

[Bound with:] Additional, or Post-Accompts Of several of the Masters in Chancery: which Have been brought into the Registers-Office of the Court, since the printing of their former accompts. London. Printed by S. Buckley, [1725]. 16pp. Originally issued as a part of The accompts of the several Masters of the High Court of Chancery; of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28288

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MILBANKE, Ralph. Astarte: a fragment of truth concerning george gordon byron, sixth lord byron. London. Christophers, 1921. New edition. 8vo. xxix, [3], 363pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and blind. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28310

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THACKERAY, W. M.. The four georges: sketches of manners, morals, court, and town life. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [4], 226, [2], 16pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, 13 engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue, dated November, 1861. Original publisher's embossed dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP, FFEP and half-title detached, frontispiece stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28312

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BAUDIER, Michael. An history Of the Memorable and Extraordinary Calamities of margaret of anjou, queen of england; Wherein may be seen the Inconstancy of Fortune, the Changes of Courts, and the Miseries of human Life, to which Crowns and Sceptres are subject...Translated out of the original Manuscript... London. Printed by James Bettenham, For G. Strahan.., 1737. First edition. 8vo. xii, 192pp. Later half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, chipping to foot of spine. Book-label of James Dolman to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21191

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MACAULAY, [Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay]. Speeches of lord macaulay corrected by himself. London. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. New edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xvi, 538pp. Without half-title. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, richly gilt-tooled red diced calf, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, prize-plate to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28261

CARPENTER, Lant. A review of the labours, opinions, and character of rajah rammohun roy: in a discourse, on occasion of his death... London. Rowland Hunter et al., 1833. First edition. iv, [1], 6-137, iv pp.

[Bound after:] CARPENTER, Lant. The Duty of the Christian Preacher, in the Investigation and Declaration of the Truth. A discourse, delivered to the united congregations of protestant dissenters, in exeter, April the 21st, 1805. Exeter. Printed by Trewman and Son, 1805. First edition. [4], 37pp, [1]. Presentation copy, paper strip pasted to head of dedication page with inked inscription: 'Mrs. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22295

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[BLANSHARD, Henry]. An appeal to The Inhabitants of Great Britain on behalf of the native population of india: in a letter to sir charles forbes, bart. London. Thomas Bumpus, 1836. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With a half-title. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28097

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GLEIG, Rev. G[eorge] R[obert]. The life of major-general sir thomas munro...With extracts from his correspondence and private papers. London. Hnery Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xxvi, 520; iv, 454; viii, 437pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, and an engraved folding map. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, contrasting dark brown morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, joints starting, spines sunned. Short tear to fore-edge of leaf N2 of Vol. I, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of successful merchant of Scottish origin and later M.P. for Lancaster, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23791

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JAHN, Otto. Vasenbilder. I. Orestes in Delphi. II. Theseus und der Minotaurus. III. Dionysos und sein Thiasos. IV. Diomedes und Helena. V. Poseidon und Amymone. Hamburg. Perthes-Besser & Mauke, 1839. Quarto. 40pp. With four engraved folding plates. Later marbled paper boards, contemporary printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Leaves browned and spotted, chipping/short tears to plates at margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28226

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GRESWELL, Edward. Preliminary address of the origines kalendariae italicae lately published at the oxford university press. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1854. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 135pp. Bound by Winstanley of Manchester in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting calf lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28212

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FABRE, [Francois-Xavier]. Lettres inedites du baron fabre d'alfieri et de la comtesse d'albany publiees sur les manuscrits autographes par s. leotard. Clermont-l'Herault. Saturnin Leotard, 1884. First edition. 8vo. 37pp, [3]. Later decorated paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece. Original publisher's printed salmon wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28222

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DESPARD, Edward Marcus. The trial of edward marcus despard, esquire for high treason, at the session house, newington, surry, On Monday the Seventh of February, 1803. London. Sold by M. Gurney, 1803. First edition. 8vo. 271pp, [5]. With five final pages of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in modern half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Book-label of Rev. Walter Sylvester and bookplate of Ron C. Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor to FEP, typed booksellers description pasted to recto of FFEP, leaves toned and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24257

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LULLIN DE CHATEAUVIEUX, [Frederic]. Lettres ecrites d'italie en 1812 et 13, a m. charles pictet, l'un des reedacteurs de la Bibliotheeque britannique. Paris. Chez J. J. Paschoud, 1816. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], 6-238; [3], 6-238pp, [2]. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28103

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LAUGHTON, L. G. Carr. Old ship figure-heads & sterns... London. Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925. First edition. Large quarto. Limited edition of 1,500 copies of which this is number 169. xv, [1], 281pp, [1]. With a frontispiece and a further 55 plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle creased and marked, small hole to lower panel, spine panel sunned. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28084

SAUSSAYE, L[ouis] de la. Le chateau de chambord. Blois. Chez tous les Libraries, 1865. Dixieme edition [i.e. tenth edition]. 8vo. vii, [1], 112pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further seven engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary green morocco-backed marbled paper board, tooled and lettered in gilt.Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Louis Masurier to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28105