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[TRINIDAD]. COLLENS, James Henry [compiler]. The trinidad and tobago year book, 1898. With Appendix containing the Civil List. Compiled from Official Records, &c. Trinidad. Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1897. First edition. 8vo. 220, 65pp, [1], xxx, [2]. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Contemporary red morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham to FEP. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Lady Jerningham / with compliments & New Years' / greetings from the Compiler / 1 Jan. 1898'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23509

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[TRINIDAD]. Trinidad civil list: shewing Names and Designations of the Civil, Military, and other Servants of Government; to which are added the classification of civil servants, record of public officer' services, colonial office rules and regulations, correspondence, salaries, &c., &c. For the year 1899. Trinidad. Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1898. 8vo. 132pp. Contemporary (original?) red calf, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, ink-spotting to upper board. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23508

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ARISTOTLE. The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher... London. Printed for Miller, Law, and Carter, [s.d., c.1830] New and improved ediiton. 12mo. iv, [1], 310pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Rubbed, joints split, some surface loss to lower board. Scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23928

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[SHOWER, Bartholomew, Sir]. Cases in parliament Resolved and Adjudged, upon Petitions, and Writs of Error. London. Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1698. First edition. Folio. [12], 224pp, [2]. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed, marked, and scored, joints split, some surface loss to lower corner of upper board, early calf repair to upper corner. Armorial bookplate of Tervoe to FEP, very occasional later pencilled annotations to margins, scattered spotting. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 12232

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MALTHUS, T[homas] R[obert]. Principes d'economie politique, consideres sous le rapport de leur application pratique. Paris. J.-P Aillaud, 1820. First edition in French. 8vo. In two volumes. xxxii, 501, [1]; [4], 452pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscriptions to half-titles, scattered foxing. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23195

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON DECIMAL COINAGE. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. [London]. [s.n.], 1853. First edition. Folio. xiv, 185pp, [1]. Later blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, very short closed tear to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23905

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[ACTS - GEORGE III]. An Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places, within the city of Durham, and borough of Framwelgate, and the suburbs thereof, and streets thereto adjoining; for removing and preventing nuisances, annoyances, encroachments, and obstructions therein; for widening and rendering more commodious several of the said streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places; and for regulating and improving the markets within the said city and suburbs.. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1790. Folio. [2], 1303-1370, [2]. With a final blank leaf. Issued separately with a general title page (as here), and also as part of: Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, tricesimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the eighteenth day of May, Anno Domini 1784...And from thence continued, by several prorogations and adjournments, to the twenty-first day of January, 1790; being ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12371

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DURR, Karl. The propositional logic of Boethius. Amsterdam. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1951. First edition. 8vo. x, 79pp, [1]. Original publisher's limp card, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. From the library of Erwin Tomash, though not identified as such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23877

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[ALCOHOL]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons humbly offered By the Maltsters of Surrey and Middlesex... [London]. [s.n.], [1730?] Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. Single leaf. Docket title to verso. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin. Old horizontal folds. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23666

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[GUNPOWDER]. [GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Caption title:] A Bill for making more Effectual an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Intitled, An Act for preventing the Mischiefs which may happen, by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of London and Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof. [London]. [s.n.], [1725]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds, docket title printed to verso of second leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22492

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TEMPLE, W[illiam], Sir. Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, Bart. and other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad. Containing An account of the most Important Transactions that pass'd in Christendom from 1665 to 1672. London. Printed for J. Tonson et al., 1700. First edition. [12], 211, [1], 241-520; [2], 360pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC R14603, Wing T641.

[Together with:] TEMPLE, W[illiam], Sir. Letters to the king, the Prince of Orange, the Chief Ministers of State, and other persons. London. Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1703. First edition. [8], 550pp. ESTC T136603.

8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary blind-ruled calf. Without lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Scottish author Francis Neville ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20802

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[BROUGHAM AND VAUX, Henry Brougham, Baron]. Observations on Mr. brougham's bill "for better providing the means of education for his majesty's subjects;" shewing it's inadequacy to the end proposed, and the danger which will arise from it to the causes of religious liberty. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1821. 8vo. 30pp, [2]. Without half-title. Recent morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. A crisp copy. Bookplate of Sidney Broad to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22131

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WILHEMINA, Queen of the Netherlands et al.. A transatlantic friendship: Addresses by Queen Wilhelmina, Queen Juliana and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to the joints session of the United States Congress. Middelburg. Roosevelt Study Center, 1992. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 15 copies. 37pp, [3]. With three tipped-in photographic illustrations. Original publisher's marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. A fine copy. Armorial bookplate of Lord Carrington to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23683

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[BARCLAYS BANK]. GOODENOUGH, Mr. F.C.. The speeches delivered by Mr. F.C. Goodenough (Chairman of Barclays Bank Limited). 1917-19. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., c.1919?] 16mo. [2], 33, [1];[3]-32; [3]-32pp. Finely bound in contemporary tan calf, gilt, lettered to upper board, with further initials (presumably of the owner?) 'J.C.' at foot. The three parts separated by blanks on stiffer paper, with leather fore-edge tabs. A fine copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23551

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[HUGHES, Mary]. [Drop-head title]. The Apprehending and Taking of the Female Robber, mary hughes, alias King, alias Atkinson, alias Evans, in the City of Bath, for Robbing Mrs Whitcomb, at the Boar's Head, Bristol, of Two Hundred Guineas, and a Bank Note value Twenty Pounds. Newcastle. M. Angus & Son, Printers, [s.d., c1800?] Dimensions 194 x 296mm. Single leaf broadside, printed on recto only in two columns. Edges uncut, with some marking, spotting and marginal loss, slight surface loss/tear to verso. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23226

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HIME, Maurice C.. On the Superiority, as Moral and Spiritual Beings, of Women to Men... London. Charles J. Thynne, 1923. First edition. 8vo. 59pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Light browning to endpapers, else a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18517

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[D'ISRAELI, Isaac]. The literary character, illustrated by the history of men of genius, drawn from their own feelings and confessions. London. John Murray, 1818. First edition. 8vo. vii, [2], 366pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green straight-grain morocco. Rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Edward Farrer Acton to FEP, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23360

JUNIUS. Junius. Stat nominis umbra. London. Printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772. First Woodfall edition, second issue.. 12mo. In two volumes. [2], xxxii, vii, [1], 208; [2], 356pp, [38]. Without final blank leaf to index. Engraved title pages. A reissue of Woodfall’s first edition (ESTC T1830) with the addition of a table of contents and an index covering both volumes. Recent half-calf, brown cloth boards, gilt, A.E.G. A trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23114

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DUNCAN, [William Wallace]. Duncan on Investment and Speculation in Stocks and Shares. London. Effingham Wilson, 1895. Fifth edition. 8vo. [6], 227pp, [1]. Original publisher's embossed green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, top-edge a trifle dusty. Decorated endpapers, blank fly-leaves browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23101

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CHAUNCY, Isaac. The Divine Institution of Congregational Churches, Ministry and Ordinances, [As has bin Professed by those of that Persuasion] Asserted and Proved from the word of god. London. Printed for Nathanael Hiller.., 1697. Sole edition. 12mo. xii, 142pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn, with loss to spine, splitting to joints (but with boards holding firmly), some marking to boards, damp-staining, some browning and occasional marginal worming to text-block. Early ink inscription ('John Stacy his book') to FFEP, further pencilled inscription to FEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 15245