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[BYRON, Lord]. [ROGERS, Samuel].. Lara, a tale. Jacqueline, a tale.. London. Printed for J. Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. With a half-title. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in modern gilt-tooled blue calf, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, joints creased. Very occasional light spotting. W. A. Foyle's copy, with his morocco bookplate to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31057
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BROWN, John. Notes on an excursion into the Highlands of Scotland, in autumn 1818. Edinburgh. Printed for Ogle, Allardice & Thomson et al., 1819. First edition. 12mo. [6], 88pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue paper boards. Rubbed, spine worn, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Later inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33494
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BRITTON, John. Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the marquis of stafford, in the gallery of cleveland house... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme...for the Author, 1808. First edition. 8vo. viii, 147pp, [13]. With two engraved plates. Modern half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, tan cloth boards. A trifle marked, spine sunned. With a terminal contemporary 14pp catalogue of publisher's advertisements, the leaves of which all laid-down. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'To Wm. Owen Esq. R.A. / with the author's compts.' More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26439
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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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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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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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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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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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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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[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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[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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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