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EDITOR OF THE INVERNESS HERALD. Britain's danger, and safety. By the editor of the inverness herald. Being an inquiry into the difficulties of the country, and developing means for their removal. With remarks on the highland cotter system, and suggestions for its improvement. By j. mackenzie, m.d. Also, an outline of the dutch home colonies, furnished by j. ross, Esq. of Berbice, Inverness. Edinburgh and London. Published by Messrs. Blackwood and Sons, 1842. First edition. 16mo. 69pp, [1]. Modern brown paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. With a contemporary A.L.S. in the hand of a Mr. Adderley presenting the book to an anonymous female recipient. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33370
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WEBSTER, Alexander. Burns and the kirk... Aberdeen. A. Martin, 1889. Second edition. [4], 145pp, [1].

[Bound with:] BROOKE, Stopford A. Theology & miracle. Two sermons preached in bedford chapel, bloomsbury, On Sunday Mornings, in July, 1880. London. British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1891. 23pp, [1].

[And:] BROOKE, Stopford A. What think ye of Christ? A sermon... London. [Woodfall & Kinder], [1884]. 16pp.

[And:] SALADIN [i.e. ROSS, William Stewart]. Concerning the Devil. London. W. Stewart & Co., [s.d., ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33328
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SILIUS ITALICUS, Tiberius Catius. Caji silii italici punica. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis R. Faulder. Excudebat Gul. Bulmer, 1792. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, [2], 240; [4], 270pp, [2]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of errata to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, tickets of Henry Sotheran and Co. to FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28362
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[WEBSTER, Alexander]. Calculations, with the principles and data On which they are instituted: Relative to a late Act of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raising and establishing a Fund for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the Minister of the Church, and of the Heads, Principals, and Masters of the Universities of Scotland. Shewing The Rise and Progress of the fund. Published by Order of the Trustees nominated in the said Act of Parliament. Edinburgh. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and Company, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, and by the Booksellers in Town, 1748. First edition. Folio. [10], 5-45pp, [1]. With half-title. Later library buckram, lettered in gilt to spine; with the bookplate, ink- and associated withdrawal-stamps of the Institute of Actuaries to front endpapers. A little rubbed and marked. Large vertical tear to the first leaf of introduction neatly (and expertly) repaired; inked addition to title, some pagination to blanks also added in manuscript. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33191
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CARY, [John]. Cary's Survey of the High Roads from london... London. Printed for J. Cary, July 1st. 1810 Quarto. [44] leaves. Engraved throughout. Hand-coloured strip road maps are printed in eighty numbered columns on both the recto and verso of 40 leaves. A handsomely bound copy in contemporary mottled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25745
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FLEETWOOD, Bishop [William]. Chronicon Preciosum: or, an account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other Commodities; and of Stipends, Salaries, Wages, Jointures, Portions, Day-labour, &c. in england, for Six hundred Years last past... London. Printed for T. Osbourne, 1745. Second edition. 8vo. [10], 147, [3], 30pp, [2]. With 12 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Porchester and paper shelf-labels to FEP, short marginal tear to foot of leaf B1, light dampstaining to gutter. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33171
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AN ADEPT [i.e. JOHNSTONE, Charles]. Chrysal; or the adventures of a guinea. London. Printed for Hector M'lean, 1821. New edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], viii, 319pp, [1]; [6], 321pp, [1]; [6], 326pp, [4]. With half-title and engraved colour frontispiece to each volume, 12 further colour engraved plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Original publisher's red roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight surface loss to boards. Very slight spotting to endpapers, otherwise ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33439
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CRUIKSHANK, George. Cinderella and the glass slipper. Edited and illustrated with ten subjects, designed and etched on steel, by george cruikshank. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1865]. 8vo. 31, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, spine a little dulled. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Geoffrey S. Williams to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'To Geoffrey S. Williams with the best / wishes of Geo. Cruikshank'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31600
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[ROBINSON, William]. Collections relative to Claims at the Coronations of several of the kings of england, beginning with king richard II. London. Printed for J. Nichols and Son, 1820. First edition. 8vo. viii, 96pp. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine. Armorial bookplate of Esher to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Thos. Davis to head of title, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28414
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VIVES, Juan Luis. Colloquia, sive exercitatio latinae linguae. Goudae [i.e. Gouda]. Franciscum Hoola, 1662. 8vo. [4], 246pp, [17]. With engraved title page vignette, later naively coloured by hand. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges. Manuscript title to spine. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards, later library shelf label to foot of spine. Pastedowns sprung, inked ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title. Slight staining to endpapers,
occasionally early inked underlining. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33463
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COCCHI, Antonio Celestino. Corticis Peruviani vindiciæ dissertatio physico-practica antonii caelestini cocchii In Romano Archilyceo Medicinae Lectoris... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Ex Typographia Komarek in via Cursus, 1746. First edition. 8vo. [12], 83pp, [1]. Contemporary stiff buff wrappers. Early paper label with title in manuscript to spine, manuscript title to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later ink-stamp to verso of title page, small wormtrack reducing to single wormhole from title to leaf B4, affecting text in places without loss of sense. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24389
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SUETONIUS. C. suetonii tranquilli XII. caesares... Lugduni [i.e. Lyon]. Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1548. 16mo. 632pp, [38]. Later gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints and corners neatly refurbished. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 31907
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CASE, Mrs. [Adelaide]. Day by day at Lucknow. A journal of the siege of lucknow. London. Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33140
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PETRAFICTA, Sebastianus. De Sensuum externorum: usu, affectionibusq[ue]; deq[ue] memoriæ cum rationis laesione vitio, medalaq[ue]...tractatus. Venetijs [i.e. Venice]. Apud Gratiosum Perchacinu[m], 1594. First edition. Quarto. 39 leaves. Without terminal blank leaf. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of Sybil Cooper to front blank fly-leaf, dampstaining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23209
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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. POUNCY, John. Dorsetshire Photographically illustrated. By J. Pouncy. The detail and touch of nature faithfully reproduced by a new process on stone, by which views are rendered truthful, artistic, and durable. London. Dorchester. Bland & Long. John Pouncy, Photographic institution, [1857]. First edition. Oblong folio. Four parts in two volumes. [90]; [82]pp. Lithographic title to Vol I., terminal advertisements and colophon leaves to each volume (all included in preceding collation). With 79 photo-lithographic plates, one of which double-page. Original publisher's limp cloth, decorated in blind and titled in gilt; Vol II neatly recased in the original binding at an early date. Some rubbing, tearing and a little marking to binding; ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32953
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[QUEEN ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] By the Queen, a proclamation, For the Careful Custody and well Ordering of the New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to the North Part of the City of London. London. Printed by Charles Bill, 1703. Dimensions 350 x 460 mm. Single leaf broadside. Black letter, engraved royal arms at head, and a large historiated initial. Several old horizontal and vertical folds, later naive paper repairs to verso, slight loss to upper left-hand corner. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33205