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[QUEEN VICTORIA]. [Drop-head title:] By the queen. A proclamation, For a General fast in Scotland. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1847. Dimensions 310 x 390 mm. Single leaf broadside. Several old horizontal and vertical folds. Contemporary ink-stamp and manuscript memorandum to verso.

[Together with:]

- A printed letter issued by the Crown Office, to the Sheriff- Clerk of the County of Roxburgh, confirming the supply for local distribution of 40 copies of the above proclamation.

- Two A.L.S., in the hands of the Sheriff Clerk of Jedburgh and Sheriff Officer of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23054
Photo of "Cōpēdiū Roberti Gaguini sup[er] frācor[um] ..."
GAUGUIN, Robert. Cōpēdiū Roberti Gaguini sup[er] frācor[um] gestis. [Parisiis]. [Impressit Bertholdus Rembolt, īpēsis optimi bibilopoæ Iohānis Parui], [1511]. 8vo. [16], 312ff. With an engraved title page and engraved device of printed and bookseller Jehan Petit to verso of terminal leaf. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, author's name in manuscript to lower edge. Extremities rubbed, marked, and discoloured, spine dulled. Small worm-track to lower margins of three terminal leaves. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30879
Photo of "Oxoniensis Academia: of, the Antiquities ..."
POINTER, John. Oxoniensis Academia: of, the Antiquities and Curiosities of the University of Oxford... London. Printed for S. Birt, 1749. First edition. 12mo. xii, 254pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt- ruled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.

The nurseryman and antiquarian John Dovaston's (1740-1808) copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title page, and very occasional annotations to the text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28229
Photo of "Q. Curtii Rufi. Historiarum libri, ..."
CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus. Q. Curtii Rufi. Historiarum libri, accuratissime editi. Lugd, Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633. 12mo. [12], 364pp, [24]. With an engraved title page, a single full-page engraved illustration in the text, and an engraved folding map. Contemporary ink-ruled vellum. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting. Inked ownership inscription 'J. Wordswoth / Trin: Coll. Cant.' and later book-label of Walter R. Sadler to recto of FFEP, title page naively reattached with tissue paper, slight loss to lower corner of leaf D1, minute ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31622
Photo of "Arms and armour In Antiquity ..."
LACOMBE, P[aul]. Arms and armour In Antiquity and the Middle Ages: also a descriptive notice of modern weapons, translated from the french of m. p. lacombe, and with a preface, notes, and one additional chapter on arms and armour in england by charles boutell... London. Reeves and Turner, 1893. 8vo. xvi, 296pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked. Bookseller's ticket of James Miles of Leeds to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32078
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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
Photo of "A series of letters between ..."
CARTER, Elizabeth. TALBOT, Catherine. A series of letters between mrs. elizabeth carter and miss catherine talbot, from the year 1741 to 1770. To which are added, letters from mrs. elizabeth carter to mrs. vesey, between the years 1763 and 1787; published from the original manuscripts in the possession of the rev. montagu pennington... London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1809. First octavo edition. 8vo. In four volumes. xxvi, [2], 374; vi, [2], 395, [1]; vi, [2], 386; v, [3], 373pp, [17]. Attractively bound in contemporary marbled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting navy morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed, slight surface loss to upper board of Vol. III. Scattered spotting, printing flaw to lower corner of p. 85 of Vol. I, with slight loss of sense. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29058
Photo of "The Family of Mulock"
BEWLEY, Sir Edmund Thomas. The Family of Mulock. Dublin. Printed for the Author by Ponsonby & Gibbs, at the University Press, 1905. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a large folding chart. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting, chart creased with some very short marginal tears. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31762
Photo of "Out of the dark"
KELLER, Helen. Out of the dark. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. First edition. 8vo. x, 284pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Boards rubbed and marked, some wear/loss to cloth at top edge, some water-staining to endpapers and text block. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31769
Photo of "Coronation Durbar: Delhi 1911. Official ..."
[DELHI DURBAR]. Coronation Durbar: Delhi 1911. Official Directory with maps. Calcutta. Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911. First edition. 8vo. vi, 388pp. With two lithographed maps in rear pocket. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Calling card of Major T. X. Britton, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, loosely inserted. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31025
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[GENLIS, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de]. Lessons of a governess to her pupils: or, Journal of the Method adopted by Madame de Sillery-Brulart (formerly Countess de Genlis) in the Education of the Children of M. d'Orleans, First Prince of the Blood-Royal. Published by herself. London. Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1792. First edition in English. In three volumes. xxxvi, 364; xii, 333, [1]; [2], 308pp. Contemporary gilt- tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29066
Photo of "Archaeological exploration in india, 1906-7"
MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1906-7. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], [1907]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 993-1011pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Text-block detached from binding. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With compliments / from J.H.M.'

[Together with:] MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1907-8. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], 1908. First offprint edition. 8vo. 1085-1120pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25123