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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Catalogue de livres rares Dont la Vente se sera le Lundi 13 Mars 1786 & jours suivants, trois heures de relevée, en l'une des Salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion, rue Plâtriere. Par Guillaume de Bure, Fils aîné. Paris. Chez G. de Bure, 1786. First edition. xii, 259, [1], 26pp. With an index of authors. Priced in a contemporary hand throughout.

[Bound with:] Prix des livres rares, dont la vente s'est faite le lundi 20 mars 1786, en l'une des salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion... [Paris], [s.n.], [1786]. 32pp, [4].

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, wear to head of spine and upper joint, ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22577
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COLLISSON, Nora W.. By Royal Command: A Pageant Play of English Church History. Adelaide. Hunkin, Ellis and King, Ltd., 1947. First edition. 8vo. 51pp. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. Extremities faded and toned with minor tearing. Internally bright and fresh, with several annotations to the text. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'Sir Laurence Olivier, with Miss Collisson's compliments'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31090
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BEHRMAN, Samuel Nathanial. Biography. New York. Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. First edition. 8vo. xii, 241pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. A trifle cocked, spine sunned with additional staining to boards. Internally bright and clean. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier, whom I look forward, one day to being in a play of my own. From Bernie. Beverly Hills, Cal, Aug. 15, 1933'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31081
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BURNET, Gilbert. A Vindication of the authority, constitution, and laws of the church and state of scotland. In four conferences. Wherein the Answer to the Dialogues betwixt the Conformist and the Non-con-formist, is examined. Glasgow. Robert Sanders, Printer to the City, and University, 1673. First edition. 8vo. [26], 102, 133-362, [2], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, modern black calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed and marked, joints split, insect damage to foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun and later book- label of Mr. William Macmath to FEP, paper repair to head of FFEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title, slight loss to lower corner of L4. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30432
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GIBSON, Matthew. A view of the Ancient and Present State of the churches of door, home-lacy, and hempsted; Endow'd by the Right Honourable john, Lord Viscount scudamore. With Some Memoirs of that Ancient Family; and An appendix of Records and Letters relating to the same Subject. London. Printed by W. Bowyer, for R. Williamson, 1727. First edition. Quarto. [8], 238pp. With an engraved folding plate. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked preserving contemporary back-strip. Heavily rubbed, lettering-piece detached. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29647
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STROUD, George M. A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the united states of america. Philadelphia. Henry Longstreth, 1856. Second edition. 8vo. 300pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, chipping to head cap. Endpapers browned, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J T. Coleridge / Southwick Crescent / Febry. 1863', long tear to p.297-298 - touching text without loss of sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 26021
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BEATSON, Robert. A political index to the histories of great britain & ireland: or, a complete register of the hereditary honours, public offices, and persons in office, from the earliest periods to the present time. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. With half-titles. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, title in manuscript to spines. Extremities worn and marked, loss to backstrips. Scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31010
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PALMER, Charles. A perswasive to Parochial Communion. In two parts... London. Printed by W. Sayes, and sold by R. Clavel et al., 1706. Second edition, corrected. 12mo. [14], 92, [12], 48pp. Without half-title. Each part has separate title page, pagination and register. The second, entitled 'A disswasive from imprecations and cursing...', does not bear an edition statement; its imprint reads 'printed by W. Sayes, and sold by R. Clavel, and W. Haws'. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Rubbed, marked, and scored, spine worn and wormed. Without pastedowns/free-endpapers, worm-tracks to head of text-block throughout (touching ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17533
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SMITH, Adam. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. Edinburgh. Printed for Adam and Charles Black, and William Tait, 1839. New edition. 8vo. [6], lxiii, [1], 648pp. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Modern gilt-tooled calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30260
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BOSSUET, James Benigne. An exposition Of the doctrine of the Catholic Church In Matters of controversie. London. Printed by Henry Hill, 1686. [8], 20, 55pp, [1]. Wing B3784A.

[Bound with:] [WAKE, William]. An exposition of the doctrine of the Church of England, in the Several Articles proposed by Monsieur de meaux, Late Bishop of Condom, in his Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholick Church... London. Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1686. [4], xxxvi, 87pp, [1]. With an initial imprimatur leaf. Wing W243.

[And:] [GILBERT, John]. An answer ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22521
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MARRYAT, Joseph. An examination of The Report of the berbice commissioners, and an answer to the letters of james stephen, esq. Respecting the crown estates in the west indies, published in the courier, under the signature of "truth.". London. Printed by Hughes & Baynes...Sold by J. M. Richardson, 1817. First edition. 8vo. [4], 122pp. With a half-title. Modern half-calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Minor shelf-wear. Loss to lower corners of leaves C7-8, small marginal hole to head of leaf G5. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'Lewis Hoyes Esq. / With the Author's Compliments'. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29950
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[SHIPWRECK]. A narrative of the loss of the kent east indiaman, by fire, in the bay of biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. In a letter to a friend. Edinburgh. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with no indication of such. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31290