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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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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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[BRICKLEY]. Brickley's new primer. Adorned with beautiful cuts. Being A Present for my dear Child. London. Printed for T. Hughes, Broadway, Blackfriars, and T. Coldwell, 50, Capel-S. Dublin. [s.d., c. 1825?] 32mo?. [2], 3-15pp, [1]. With three crude woodcut illustrations (of a cat, a sheep, and a goose), pagination includes printed wrappers which were evidently designed as such. Sewn within original publisher buff paper wrappers, with a further crude woodcut captioned 'The Market Girl' to lower wrapper. A trifle dusty, upper wrapper (in effect the title leaf) shaved at foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24639
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NORTH, I. W.. A week in the isles of scilly. Penzance. E. Rowe and Son, 1850. First edition. 8vo. [1], viii, [1], 199pp. With an engraved frontispiece and three further illustrated plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, small chip to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Darrell, Trewornan, Cornwall and later ticket of Bridger of Penzance to FEP, bookplate of Charles Woolf to FFEP. Spotting to verso of engraved frontispiece. Inked inscription of Dorothy Dudley to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33394
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WOODLEY, Rev. George. A view of the present state of the scilly islands: exhibiting their Vast Importance to the British Empire.. London. F. C. and J. Rivington, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [1], xviii, [1], 344pp. With half-title and large folding map of the Scilly isles. Uncut in original boards, recently rebacked with a new spine label. Quite worn and marked, with significant bumping to edges and corners. Heavy spotting and a little staining to title and preface, then lighter spotting across remainder of text. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33401
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FORSYTH, William. A treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described. To which is added, a new and improved edition of "observations on the diseases, defects, and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees:" With an account of a particular method of cure, published by order of government. London. Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. Third Edition, with Additions. 8vo. xxx, 523pp, [1]. With thirteen engraved plates. Finely bound in contemporary marbled calf, gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Very slightest of wear to extremities, else a fine copy. Partially erased ink inscription to FEP, neat tear to gutter margin of RFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11173
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DERHAM, William. Astro-theology Or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens. . London. Printed for W. Innys, 1715. First edition. 8vo. lviii, [6], 240pp, [16]. With three large folding engraved copper plates at rear depicting astrological diagrams. Contemporary blind-stamped panelled sprinkled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, with some splitting to lower joint. Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to FEP. Staining and spotting to endpapers, light spotting throughout. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33223
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[SCOTTISH COINAGE]. A short account of scotish money and coins, with tables of their value at different periods, and the price of commodities, &c. Together with tables of the revenues of the archbishoprics, bishoprics, abbeys, nunnerys, &c. at the reformation. Very necessary for understanding scotish history. Edinburgh. Printed for D. Webster, 1817. First edition. 16pp.

[Bound with:] A critical enquiry into the legality of proceedings consequent of the late gold act. Reflections on the said act; explanations respecting debasement; and casual remarks on the nature, par value, and apportionment of our gold and silver coinage. London. Printed for W. Owen, 1774. First edition. [2], 50pp. ESTC T87685. ESTC records copies at just seven locations (Boston, BL, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31022
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SUMNER, John Bird. Apostolical preaching considered, in an examination of st. paul's epistles.. London. J. Hatchard and Son, 1826. Fifth edition. 8vo. v, [3], 334pp, [4]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting brown morocco lettering piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, with some discolouration to head of boards. Armorial bookplate of General A. M. K. Hamilton to FEP. Slight browning to endpapers and edges of front blank fly-leaves and title, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33451
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[CUNNINGHAM, Lady Margaret]. A Pairt of the Life of Lady Margaret Cuninghame, Daughter of the Earl of Glencairn, that she had with her first Husband, the Master of Evandale... [Edinburgh]. [Printed by James Ballantyne], [1827]. Quarto. [2], vi, 30pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, offsetting to title. Early manuscript note to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Only Fifty Printed - no for Sale, July 1827'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26460
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[MACGEORGE, Andrew]. An inquiry as to The Armorial Insignia of the city of glasgow. Glasgow. [W. Blackie] , 1866. First edition. Quarto. [10], 182pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved colour frontispiece and 74 illustrations depicting the seals of Glasgow. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Light scattered spotting and occasional marking throughout. Inked ownership inscription of 'Macgeorge' to FFEP, and presentation inscription 'to John Macgeorge with affte. regards from A Macgeorge'. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33541
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KETTLEWELL, John. An help and exhortation to worthy communicating. Or, a treatise describing the Meaning, Worthy Reception, Duty and Benefits of the holy sacrament.. London. Printed by W.B. for A. Bosvile, 1706. The fifth edition, with large additions, by the author's own hand.. 8vo. [22], 328pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the Rev. John Kettlewell. Contemporary blind-stamped panelled speckled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. A crisp copy, a little rubbed and marked to joints. Small worm-track to foot of upper joint. Slight spotting to text throughout. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33412
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[SALVART, J.F., BEZA, Theodore]. An harmony of the confessions of the faith of the christian And Reformed Churches, which purelie professe the holy doctrine of the Gospell in all the chiefe Kingdomes, Nations, and Provinces of Europe: the Catalogue and order whereof the Pages following will declare...Newlie translated out of Latine into English. Also in the end is added the Confession of the Church of Scotland. [Cambridge]. Imprinted by Thomas Thomas, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1586. First English edition. 8vo. [36], 111, 202-593pp [i.e. 609], [41], [4]. Early, likely seventeenth-century vellum, yapp edges, faded manuscript titling to spine. Slightly rubbed, marked, upper joint split (and blank-fly leaves loosening) revealing three early manuscript vellum fragments beneath, lower joint starting. Small marginal rectangle removed from base of title, marginal loss to M4; two neat but now unintelligble manuscript notes to title, one likely an early name now ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28368
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[CLAN GREGOR]. An Artist's Ramble in Scotland During the Summer of 1870. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c. 1870] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 68pp. Illustrated with engravings extracted from contemporary published works, photographs, and original pen and ink, pencil, and watercolour sketches. Modern brown cloth, preserving contemporary morocco upper board, A.E.G. Rubbed. Scattered spotting. Later pencilled inscription 'Mary Gregory from her husband No. 19/71' and inked inscription 'James R. Gregory from his mother. Nov. 19th / 22' to FFEP. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32236