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Photo of "Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium ..."
[IRELAND, William Henry]. Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultitia. The modern ship of fools. Aere perennius. London. Printed for William Miller, 1807. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 295, 9pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19710
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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
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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
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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
Photo of "Songs from books"
KIPLING, Rudyard. Songs from books. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition, third impression. 8vo. xix, [1], 302pp, [2]. Bound by Truslove & Hanson in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned, lower joint slightly scuffed/cracked but holding firmly. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29828
Photo of "The volunteer rifleman and the ..."
BOUCHER, John. The volunteer rifleman and the rifle. In three parts: science, practice, and the mechanical aids. London. W. O. Mitchell, Military Library, 1859. Second edition, greatly enlarged. 8vo. xviii, [2], 183, [1], 35, [1], 38, 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece, two folding diagrams, and two plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Later bookplate of C. A. Cuthbert Keeson to FEP, without FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To William ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31836
Photo of "An account of jane c. ..."
BELDEN, L[emuel] W[hittlesey]. An account of jane c. rider, the Springfield Somnambulist: the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the springfield lyceum, jan. 22, 1834. Springfield [Massachusetts]. Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1834. First edition. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-134, [2], 4pp. With a final errata leaf and two leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's salmon cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, sunned, and lightly rubbed, paper shelf-labels to spine. Booklabel of the Town Library, Longmeadow, Massachusetts to FEP, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19727
Photo of "Seven lectures on somnambulism"
WIENHOLT, Arnold, Dr.. Seven lectures on somnambulism. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xxxv, [1], 219pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's dark green buckram, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece dust-soiled. Half-title browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19733
Photo of "The maniac, with other poems"
LAWSON, John. The maniac, with other poems. London. Printed for Samuel Lawson, 1821. 12mo. [4], ii, 95pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, later naively rebacked in cloth. Extremities worn and marked. Hinges exposed, later book-label of Robert Barr and partially erased ownership inscription to FEP, foxed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21862
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[LANCASTER COUNTY]. Proceedings of the court of annual general session, for the County Palatine of Lancaster, Holden on the Twenty-fifth Day of June, 1829, with the reports of committees, the physician to the county lunatic asylum, the keepers of lancaster castle, and of the several houses of correction, and the papers and communications presented to the court... Preston. Printed by Addison, [1829]. 8vo. 202pp, [12]. With a folding table. Original publisher's marbled wrappers. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to spine. Short tear to centre of folding table, small worm-track to head of text-block, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33105
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[LANCASTER COUNTY]. Proceedings of the court of annual general session for the County Palatine of Lancaster: holden on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1839, with the reports of committees, the physician to the county lunatic asylum, the keepers of lancaster castle, and of the several houses of correction, and the memorials, papers, and communications, presented to the court... Preston. Printed by Addisons, 1839. 8vo. 195pp, [21]. With a folding table. Original publisher's limp burgundy cloth, stamped in blind, supralibros of the County of Lancaster. Lightly rubbed, marked, dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33106
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[LANCASTER COUNTY]. Proceedings of the Court of Annual General Session For the County Palatine of Lancaster, holden on the first day of June, 1841, with the reports of committees, the physician to the county lunatic asylum, the keepers of lancaster castle, and of the several houses of correction, and the memorials, papers, and communications, presented to the court... Preston. Printed by Addisons, 1841. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. With a folding table. Original publisher's limp green cloth, stamped in blind, supralibros of the County of Lancaster. Lightly rubbed, marked, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33107
Photo of "Fairy tales"
ANDERSEN, Hans. Fairy tales. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. Quarto. 197pp, [1]. With a colour tipped-in frontispiece, a further 11 tipped-in plates, and numerous illustrations in the text by Kay Nielsen. Original publisher's pictorial blue cloth. Rubbed, upper board heavily marked, spine sunned, cocked. Decorated endpapers, early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33063
Photo of "Poems of passion and pleasure"
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler. Poems of passion and pleasure. London. Gay & Hancock, [1912]. Quarto. xiii, [3], 267pp, [1]. With a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a further 19 tipped-in colour plates by Dudley Tennant. Original publisher's pictorial cream cloth, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked. Decorated endpapers, hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33064
Photo of "The secret history White=Hall, from ..."
JONES, D[avid]. The secret history White=Hall, from the Restoration of Charles II. Down to the Abdication of the late K. James...The Whole consisting of Secret Memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal'd, as not being discoverable by any other Hand. London. Printed, and are to be Sold by R. Baldwin, 1697. First edition. 8vo. [16], 80, 80, 80, 64, 80, 110pp, [2]. With initial and terminal blank leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled panelled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, loss to head of spine, title in manuscript to fore-edge. Early pen-trials and ownership inscriptions of William Lawley to front endpapers and title page, marginal loss to lower corners of leaves D1, Ccc4, Aaaaa2, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24589