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WHITAKER, Jeremiah. The Danger of Greatnesse: or, uzziah HIs Exaltation and Destruction: set forth in a sermon preached Before the Right Honourable the lords and commons assembled in Parliament... London. Printed by G[eorge] M[iller] for John Bellamie, 1646. [8], 44pp. With an initial imprimatur leaf. ESTC R200519, Wing W1711.

[Together with:] NEWCOMEN, Matthew. The all-seeing unseen Eye of God. Discovered, in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons... London. Printed by A[braham] M[iller] for Christopher Meredith, 1647. [4], 48pp. ESTC R201280, Wing N904.

[And:] NEWCOMEN, Matthew. The craft and cruelty of the churches adversaries, Discovered In a Sermon Preached at St. ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28577
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WHITAKER, Thomas Dunham, Rev.. An account of the parish of cartmell. London. Printed by and for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1818. First separate edition. Folio. [2], 10pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further six engraved plates. Bound by Carss of Glasgow in contemporary gilt-stamped brick-red morocco. Extremities rubbed and soiled. Armorial bookplate of Robert Harington to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21867
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WHITCHURCH, James Wadham. An essay upon education. London. Printed for T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [4], 220pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently expertly rebacked preserving earlier red morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed. Prize-plate of Swansea Training College to verso of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23772
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WHITE, Nathaniel. Unlimited Confidence not to be placed in the best of Princes. A sermon preached...On Occasion of the Sudden and much lamented Death of his late Most Excellent Majesty King George the Second... London. Printed for James Buckland, 1760. First edition. 30pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Presentation copy, partially shaved inked inscription to head of title page: 'Ex dono auc'. two manuscript corrections to text. ESTC T67751.

[Bound after:] CHANDLER, S[amuel]. The Character of a great and good King Full of Days, Riches, and Honour. A sermon Preached on Occasion of the Death of his late Majesty King George II... London. Printed ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22104
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WIEL, Alethea. Two doges of venice. London. The Chiswick press, 1891. Limited edition. Large 8vo. 142pp. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's blue paper boards quarter bound over white paper lettered gilt. All edges roughly trimmed, some leaves unopened. Internally bright and clean save a little foxing to endpapers. One of 500 copies, this numbered 490. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30756
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WILKINSON, Henry. Engines of war: or, historical and experimental observations on ancient and modern warlike machines and implements, including the manufacture of guns, gunpowder, and swords with remarks on bronze, iron, steel, &c. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. First edition. 8vo. viii, 268, [2], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Later rebacked and recornered, preserving original spine panel. Lightly rubbed. New endpapers, armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26203
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[WILLETT, Ralph]. Merly library. A catalogue of the well known and celebrated library of the late ralph willett, esq. Brought from his Seat at Merly, in the County of Dorset...which will be sold by auction, by leigh and sotheby...On Monday, December 6, 1813... [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1813]. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With a final page of auctioneer's advertisements. Disbound. Title a trifle marked, scattered spotting.

[Together with:] Prices of books, &c. in the library of the late ralph willett, esq. of merly, dorsetshire. [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1814]. 8vo. [2], 25pp, [1]. Disbound. Light damp-staining to fore-edge. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16380
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WILLIAMS, Benjamin. Chronicque de la traïson et mort de richart deux roy dengleterre... À Londres [i.e. London]. Aux dépens de la Société, 1846. First edition. 8vo. xcvi, 324pp. Text in English, Latin, and Old French. Interleaved throughout. Bound by Lake and Mackenzie of Uxbridge in contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled papers boards, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped and exposed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary review of the publication - extracted from The Gentleman's Magazine - tipped-in to front blank fly-leaf. Armorial bookplate of Benjamin Williams to FEP, with his ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31449
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28043
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. Faber and Faber, 1941. First edition, second impression. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in gilt, corners bumped, minor shelf-wear with several further marks. Internally crisp and clean, with fore and bottom edges uncut. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28044
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. The Henry Williamson Society , 1988. First reprint . 8vo . 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28041
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28042
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WILSON, Jeremy. T. E. lawrence. London. National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1989. First edition. Quarto. 248pp. Original publisher's illustrated gloss card wraps. Minor shelf-wear, internally bright and clean. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without indication of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29662
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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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[WOMEN]. [A manuscript commonplace, predominantly concerning the character of women]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1830] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [101]ff, the remainder blank. Paper watermarked 1829. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription and later manuscript note on the provenance of the volume in the hand of a descendent of the original compiler to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30041