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[ANLEY, Charlotte].. Miriam; or, the power of truth. A Jewish Tale. London. J. Hatchard, 1832. Third edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 388pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23123

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MILNER, J[ohn], Rev.. An historical and critical inquiry into the existence and character of saint george... London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., 1792. First edition. 8vo. [2], 59pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound, stab-stitch holes to gutter. Text-block separated into two parts. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23051

GANDHI, M[ohandas] K. For pacifists. Ahmedabad. Navajivan Publishing House, [1949]. First edition. 8vo. viii, 106pp. Original publisher's drab wrappers, lettered in red. Extremities rubbed and spotted, chipping to head and foot of spine, joints split. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23217

NASIR, Yasin J., RAFIQ, Rubina A.. Wild flowers of Pakistan. Karachi. Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition. Quarto. xxxiii, [1], 298pp. With 104 plates of colour photographs. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, short closed tear to foot of dustwrapper spine panel. Ink library 'damaged' stamp to title page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23214

FORDE, Georgiana M.. Christ The King of Love: A simple Life of Our Lord. London. Skeffington & Son, 1906. Second Impression. (Third and Fourth Thousands). 8vo. x, 163pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary prize binding, red calf, gilt supra libros of Christ's Hospital to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize bookplate to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23222

BRYANT, William Cullen. Poems... Liverpool. John Walker, 1850. 8vo. xv, [9], 275pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23206

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STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn. Lectures on the history of the eastern church: with an introduction on the study of ecclesiastical history. London. John Murray, 1862. Second edition. 8vo. lxxxviii, 437pp, [1]. With an engraved folding map. Contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt supra libros of the Priory of St. Mary of Cartmel to upper board, marbled endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf, heavily foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23223

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[CHRISTIAN VERSE]. Christian Lyrics: chiefly selected from modern authors. London. Frederick Warne and Co., [1872]. 8vo. xv, [1], 614, [1], xviii-xx, 615-616pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 249 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23219

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EADIE, John [editor]. A new and complete concordance to the holy scriptures, on the basis of Cruden. London. William Wesley, 1865. Forty-forth edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 567pp, [1]. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23221

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BROWNE, Edward Harold. An exposition of the thirty-nine articles historical and doctrinal. London. Longmans, Green & Co., 1882. Twelfth edition. 8vo. viii, 864pp. Contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt supra libros of the Forest School to upper board, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23220

WATKIN, David. The life and work of C. R. Cockerell. London. A. Zwemmer Ltd., [1974]. First edition. Quarto. xxiii, [1], 272pp. With 170 half-tone photographic plates, and one in-text figure. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, short tear to head of sunned spine panel, intriguingly a second copy of the wrapper is present beneath, identically torn but not sunned. Internally immaculate. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23353

WHARTON, Edith. A son at the front. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First U.K. edition. 8vo. v, [1], 365pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23368

VIMONT, Charles. Histoire d'un navire. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1879. Septième édition [i.e. seventh edition]. 8vo. [4], 367pp, [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary red buckram boards, stamped in gilt and blind, later rebacked to style, gilt supralibros of the Lycee de Lille to upper board. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, foxed, ink-stain to lower corner of latter half of text-block. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23302

GAMBLE, Henry, Rev.. Sermons... London. Ranken & Co., 1873. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 217pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Frontispiece foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23286

BAXTER, [Richard]. The plain man's guide to heaven... London. Religious Tract Society, [s.d., c.1850] 12mo. vii, [1], 243pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, tooled in blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23367

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RADIUS, J. S. C., de. Historical account of every sect of the Christian religion: its Origin, Progress, Rites and Ceremonies, with a brief description of Judaism and Mahometanism, compiled from the latest authorities. London. [s.n.], 1864. Second edition. 8vo. viii, [1], 173. [3], 8pp. With a list of subscribers. Original publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, A.E.G. Heavily rubbed and sunned, a trifle marked. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23299

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[CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The Scottish hymnal (with appendix incorporated) for use in churches. Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons, [1889]. 12mo. v, [1], 393pp, [1]. Contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, hinges exposed, RFEP detached, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23280

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ANDERSON, James, Rev.. The ladies of the covenant. Memoirs of distinguished Scottish female characters, embracing the period of the covenant and the persecution. Glasgow. Blackie and Son, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 627, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 38 engraved illustrations/plates, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Philip Hamond to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23269

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JARVIS, Rupert C.. The Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745... [Carlisle]. [Printed by Steel Bros. Ltd.] Published by the Cumberland County Council, 1954. First edition. 8vo. xx, 427pp, [1]. With six photographic plates and a folding map. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23362

SCHILLER, [Friedrich]. The poems and ballads of Schiller...With a brief sketch of Schiller's life. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1844. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. clv, [1], 139, [1]; viii, 235pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of Francis Darby to FEP of Vol. II, evidence of same bookplate having been removed from FEP of Vol. I, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23366