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[MELANCHOLY]. A cure for melancholy: being a select collection of elegant anecdotes, bon mots, &c. of celebrated characters: including many originals. Edinburgh. Printed for Alexander Mackay and Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. First edition. 12mo. xii, 382pp. Handsomely bound in later green half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford and later typed bookseller's description to FEP, later bookplate of William Crampton to recto of FFEP, inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, lightly spotted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19716
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[SUICIDE]. A dissertation, or discourse, on suicide; Grounded on the immoveable Foundation of scriptural, rather than of philosophical principles. Wherein also occur, Several incidental weighty considerations, suggested by the critical state of our own times: Which therefore (it is humbly hoped) may be of some practical Use to the present Generation. Northampton. Printed by Thomas Dicey and Co. for the Author, 1785. First edition. 12mo. 36pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Damp-stained. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19770
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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
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MCCARTHY, Justin. A history of our own times: from the accession of queen vitoria to the general election of 1880. London. Chatto & Windus, 1882. New edition. 8vo. In four volumes With half-titles. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, tickets of London-based booksellers Gilbert & Field to all FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33047
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[SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE]. An abstract of the annual reports and correspondence of the Society for promoting Christian knowledge, from the commencement of it connexion with the east india missions, a. d. 1709, to the present day; together with the charges to the missionaries at different periods, on their departure for their several missions. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 730pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. Rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, occasional marginal chipping. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32537
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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
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[SONGS]. An antidote against melancholy. Being a collection of Fourscore Merry songs, wherein Those on the same Subject and Key, are placed in an agreeable Succession, In Relation to the Different Measures of Time, After the Manner of suits of lessons. The Music of them all entirely new, and several of the Songs never before set to Music. London. Printed for Daniel Browne, 1749. First edition. 8vo. [2], 207pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Later typed bookseller/auction descriptions pasted to FEP, lightly spotted. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19735
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ROUX, Philibert Joseph. A narrative of a Journey to London, in 1814; or, a parallel to the english and french surgery; preceded by some observations on the london hospitals. London. Printed for E. Cox and Son, 1816. First edition in English. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 296pp. Without half-title. Contemporary half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Later label of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to FEP, closed tear and small hole to leaf E4, short tear text of leaf K4, ink-stamps of the RCSI to verso of title page and head of p.85, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30599
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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
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KEY, Astley Cooper. A narrative of the recovery of h. m. s. gorgon, (charles hotham, esq., captain.) stranded in the bay of monte video, may 10th, 1844. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 113, [5], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 16 engraved plates, an engraved folding chart, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lower corner of upper board lightly dampstained, cocked. Later armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33170
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BARRIE, J. M. An edinburgh eleven. Pencil Portraits from College Life. London. Office of the"British Weekly", 1889. First edition. 12mo. 115pp, [5]. With a half-title and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's tan cloth. Housed in modern black morocco-backed blue cloth slipcase. A trifle marked, spine slightly dulled, else a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32205
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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
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[BABBAGE, Charles]. Annual report of the board of regents of the smithsonian institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution, for the year 1856. And the proceedings of the board up to january 28, 1857. Washington. A. O. P. Nicholson, 1857. First edition. 8vo. 467pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, heavily marked and sunned. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22390