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ACTON, Eliza. The english bread-book for domestic use, adapted to families of every grade: containing the plainest and most minute instructions to the learner; practical receipts for many varieties of bread; with notices of the present system of adulteration, and its consequences; and of the improved baking processes and institutions established abroad. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xii, 204, 24pp. With (illustrated) half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, heavily marked. Very occasional light spotting, early manuscript recipe to blank recto of RFEP. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 32112
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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act to empower the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London to set the Price upon all Coals, commonly called Sea Coals, imported into the Port of London from Newcastle and the Ports adjacent thereunto, for the Space of One Year... [London]. [Printed by John Baskett], [1738]. [2], 31-36pp. cf. ESTC N51659.

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] An Act for continuing the Duty of Two Penies Scots, or One Sixth Part of a Peny Sterling, on each Pint of Ale and Beer that shall be vended or sold within the Town of Invernes... [London]. [Printed by John Baskett], [1738]. [2], 39-42pp. cf. ESTC N51660.

[And:] [Drop-head title:] An Act for securing the Estates ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 35163
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[ACTS - SCOTLAND]. The laws and acts Made in the first parliament Of Our most High and Dread Sovereign James VII... Edinburgh. Printed by Robert Freebairn, 1731. 12mo. 875pp, [1]. Each session of Parliament has a separate title page. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, foot of spine worn. Early ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, head of text-block shaved with occasional loss to running-title, initial four gatherings dampstained at foot, very small hole to leaf Mm7, touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 35301
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A GENERAL OFFICER. The military mentor. Being a Series of Letters recently written by a general officer to his son, on his entering the army.... London. Printed for Richard Phillips, 1804. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. x, 336pp; iv, 122pp, [40]. With a terminal index and terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol.II. Contemporary mottled calf, ruled and tooled in gilt to spine, with contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spines, upper joint of Vol.I cracked, joints of Vol.II starting. Armorial bookplates of Christopher Hamilton to FEPs. Light browning ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22767
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AINSLIE, Whitelaw. Materia indica; or, some account of those articles which are employed by the hindoos, and other eastern nation, in their medicine, arts, and agriculture... London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [7], x-xxiv, 654; xxxix, [1], 604pp. Without half-titles. Modern black half-cloth, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Occasional ink stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34998
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ALIGHIERI, Dante. The vision; or hell, purgatory, and paradise. London. Printed for John Taylor, 1831. The third edition, with the life of Dante, notes, and an index. 8vo. In three volumes. [8], li, [3], 280pp; [2], ix, [1], 286pp; [4], 271pp, [27]. With half-titles to each volume and a terminal index to Vol.III. Modern burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with the printed paper labels of the London Library, St. James's Square, to upper board of each volume. Very lightly rubbed. With the regulation book-label and barcode of the London Library to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35150
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[ALLAHABAD]. Code of municipal laws & rules allahabad municipality. Allahabad. Printed at the Municipal Press, 1892. Quarto. [2], 3, [1], 35, [1], 6, [20], 61-[62], 9-19, [1], 16, 7, [1], 92-94, [21], 3, [1], [7], 21, [1], 3, [1], 9, [1], 15, [1], 11, [3], 11, [1], 9, [1], 4, [2], 2pp. Quarto. Twentieth century light blue cloth boards. Rubbed, lightly marked, a few minute wormholes, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, leaves lightly browned, outer margin of title page trimmed, occasional marginal text ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34967
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ALLEN, Charles [editor]. Plain tales from the raj: images of british india in the twentieth century. [London]. Andre Deutsch, [1976]. First edition, fifth impression. 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, original publisher's pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'To Anne something to read on those extended train journeys but not to be taken as a guide to the sub-continent! Charles Allen Nov '76'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34340
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A LOVER OF HIS COUNTRY [i.e. MACKINTOSH, William]. An essay on ways and means for Inclosing, Fallowing, Planting, &c. Scotland; And that in Sixteen Years farthest. Edinburgh. Printed, and Sold at Mr. Freebairn's Shop, 1729. First edition. 8vo. lii, [4], 355pp. With a folding plate. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, upper board stained, without lettering-piece. Early ownership inscription of William G. Wall to head of title, short tear to folding plate, upper corner of text-block lightly dampstained, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33909
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A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION. [Drop-head title:] Considerations upon The intended Navigable Communication between the Friths [sic] of Forth and Clyde. In a Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Preses [sic]of the General Convention of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, from a Member of the Convention. [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], [1767]. First edition. Quarto. 21pp, [1]. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Scattered spotting. Early, shaved, inscription to head of initial leaf: 'From (?)R. Algermont for the R. Honble Welbore Ellis'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35295
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ANDREWS, William. Famous frosts and frost fairs in great britain. Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time. . London. George Redway, 1887. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 400 copies, of which this is copy 37. viii, 91pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's? gilt-ruled navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, light staining to lower board, and chipping to head and foot of spine. Bookplate of Peter Dennis Anthes to FEP. ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 35475
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AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and sensibility. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1890?] 8vo. 379pp, [5]. With engraved frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head and foot of spine. Ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. Contemporary inked ownership inscription dated 'Oxford. 1890' to head of title; manuscript list of the novel's Dashwood family to verso of RFEP. Endpapers browned, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28647
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[AUSTEN-LEIGH, Richard Arthur. AUSTEN-LEIGH, Emma]. Jane austen and lyme regis. London. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., 1944. Second impression. 8vo. vi, 58pp. With engraved maps to endpapers, portrait frontispiece of Jane Austen, five further photographic plates depicting relevant locations in Lyme Regis, and several in-text illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial printed paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with damp-staining to upper wrapper, and toning to spine and edges. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35900
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BAGEHOT, Walter . Lombard street: a description of the money market. New York. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1873. First American edition. 8vo. viii, 359pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Rubbed and marked, upper board stained, loss to head and foot of dulled spine. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 35030
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BANNATYNE, George. Ancient scottish poems. Published from the MS. of george bannatyne, mdlxviii.. Edinburgh. Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochran. For John Balfour., 1770. First edition. 8vo. xii, 330pp, [2]. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints and edges, and some damp-staining to boards. Book-label of J. O. Edwards and early manuscript shelf-mark 'PP. c 34' to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, with occasional light spotting throughout, and heavier spotting and staining to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32733
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BARNES, William. Poems of rural life, in the dorset dialect. With a dissertation and glossary. London. John Russell Smith, 1847. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 411pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Ticket of bookseller W. George of Bristol to FEP. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Edward Doggett to head of title, modern ownership inscription of R. S. G. Perry to FFEP, library stamp of H. G. Doggett to FFEP. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32142
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BARNES, William. Poems, partly of rural life, (In national English.). London. J. R. Smith, 1846. First edition. 8vo. vii, 144pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and edges sunned, lettering-piece chipped. Book- label of Simon Nowell-Smith to FEP, tipped-in autograph of the author to title. Light dust- soiling to endpapers, short marginal tear to initial leaf of text. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32143
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BARNES, William. Poems of rural life, in the Dorset Dialect: with a dissertation and glossary.. London & Dorchester. John Russell Smith, 1844. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 373pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine, joints split at head, lettering-piece heavily worn. Book-labels of Alan Lubbock and Arthur Hull to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32144