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DOUGLAS, Francis. A general description of the east coast of scotland, from edinburgh to cullen; Including a brief Account of the Universities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, Of the Trade and Manufactures carried on in the large Towns, and the improvements of the country. In a series of letters to a friend. Aberdeen. Re-printed by D. Chalmers & Co. for W. Gordon.., 1826. 12mo in 6s. 247pp, [1]. Neatly bound in gilt-tooled twentieth-century tan half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed to extremities, corners, some occasional browning or paper-flaws to text, else fine. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with the inscription of D. Alan Stevenson to blank fly. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31307
[DRYDEN, John]. JUVENAL. PERSIUS. The satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: and of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English verse By Mr. Dryden, And several Eminent Hands... London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1735. Sixth edition. 8vo. cxi, [1], 296pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 23 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, some loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate of Admiral Duff (dated 1858) to FEP, inked gift inscription to head of title page: 'Archd. Duff from (?)C. Dyne'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28431
ELTON, Charles. Origins of english history. London. Bernard Quaritch, 1882. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiv, [2], 458pp. Without half-title. With 10 folding plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32960
FELTON, Henry. A dissertation On Reading the classics, And Forming a Just Style. Written in the Year 1709, And addressed to the Right Honourable john Lord roos, The Present Marquis of granbby. London. Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1715. Second edition, with large Additions. 12mo. [2], xx, [14], 274pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. Rubbed, marked, and dulled, without lettering-piece. Pastedowns sprung, text-block lightly dampstained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33050
FEUERBACH, Anselm von. Caspar hauser. An account of an individual kept in a dungeon, separated from all communication with the world, from early childhood to about the age of seventeen. Drawn up from legal documents. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. First British edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 191pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary cloth, with new endpapers. Rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine, some loss to head and foot. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, a trifle spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19747
FIELDING, Henry. An enquiry Into the causes of the late Increase of Robbers, &c. with some proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. In which The Present Reigning Vices are impartially exposed; and the Laws that relate to the Provision for the Poor, and to the Punishment of Felons are largely and freely examined. London. Printed for A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. 12mo. xxxii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, worm-hole to head of spine. Early inked initials to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32977
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
FORSYTH, Captain J. The highlands of central india: notes on their forests and wild tribes, natural history, and sports. London. Chapman & Hall, 1871. First edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xii, 472pp. Without half-title. With a chromolithographed frontispiece, a further five chromolithographed plates, a lithographed folding map, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled black half-calf, grey cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of George James Ferguson to title page, manuscript note to foot of p.285, scattered spotting/staining. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32897
GALTON, Francis. Finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. xvi, 216pp. With a half-title and 16 plates.

[Together with:] GALTON, Francis. Supplementary chapter to 'finger prints' decipherment of blurred finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition. [2], 18pp. With 16 plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Fingerprint directories. London. Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. [8], 127pp, [1]. With a half-tile and nine plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Hereditary genius an inquiry into its laws ... More >
£ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32941
GAY, John. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1771. 12mo. In two volumes. 213, [1]; [6], 203pp, [1]. With half-titles. Modern half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Leaves browned and foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32784
[GRANT, James]. The great metropolis. Second series. London. Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 312; iv, 324pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32925
[GRIMM, Brothers]. [CORNER, Julia]. Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty". [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1882]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [65]ff, ruled, with text to rectos only. With [2]ff printed programme for the performance bound in at front. Contemporary black morocco, gilt, titled to upper board. Marbled endpapers, edges red. A handsome copy with only slight rubbing to extremities. Inscribed 'Edwardus R from Il Maestro, Signor Watson, in remembrance of the pleasant hours spent in the preparation and performance of "The Sleeping ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21669
HAMILTON, Walter. The east india gazetteer; containing Particular Descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of hindostan, and the adjacent countries, india beyond the ganges, and the Eastern Archipelago... London. Printed for John Murray, 1815. First edition. 8vo. xv, 862pp. With an engraved folding map. Contemporary gilt-tooled half- calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Hinges exposed, recent ink-stamp of E. Alistair Smith to recto of FFEP, with his inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32791
HARVARD, W. M. A narrative of the establishment and progress of The Mission to ceylon and india, founded by the late rev. thomas coke, l.l.d. under the direction of the wesleyan-methodist conference: including Notices of Bombay, And the Superstitions of various Religious Sects at that Presidency, and on the Continent of India. With an introductory sketch of the natural, civil, and religious history of the island of ceylon. London. Printed for the author, and sold by T. Blanshard et al., 1823. First edition. 12mo. vi, [6], lxxii, 404pp. With a very fine hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece view of a street scene outside the Wesleyan Mission House in Colombo and a hand-coloured engraved map of Ceylon. Uncut and partially unopened in modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green calf lettering-piece. A trifle marked and sunned. Ink-stamp of the Library of Colby University to verso of frontispiece, ink-stamp of Waterville College ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32898
HEATON, James. The extraordinary affliction, and gracious relief of a little boy; supposed to be the effects of spiritual agency. Carefully examined, and faithfully narrated; with Observations on Demonic Possession, and Animadversions on Superstition. Plymouth. Printed and sold for the Author by J. Williams, 1822. Second edition. [3], 6-156pp, [2]. Without half-title.

[Bound with:] HEATON, James. Farther observations on Demonic Possession, and animadversions on some of the curious arts of Superstition, &c. Frome. Printed for the author. First edition. 114pp.

12mo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary bookplate of Walter Wilson to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19744