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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [A sammelband of 31 public general Acts passed in the seventh session of the eleventh Parliament of Great Britain]. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1759 [i.e. 1760] Folio. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 12378

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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis...tricesimo primo. At the Parliament begun...the thirty first day of May, anno Dom. 1754...And from thence continued by several prorogations to the first day of December, 1757, being the fifth session of this present Parliament. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1757 [i.e. 1758] Folio. 1043pp, [15]. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 12377

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[LABOUR PARTY]. The Labour Party manifesto 2005. [London]. [Printed by HH Associates Ltd.], [2005]. First edition. 12mo. 112pp. Original publisher's red printed paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Signed by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to recto of contents page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20893

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[THE ROLLIAD]. The rolliad, in two parts; probationary odes for the laureatship; and political miscellanies: with criticisms and illustrations. London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1795. 8vo. xxxii, 396, 154pp. 'Political miscellanies' has separate pagination and register. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page vignette. With an 'Advertisement to the fourth edition' implying that this is the fourth edition. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, small worm-hole to upper joint. Offsetting to title, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21658

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[WYNDHAM, William, Sir]. A letter From a Absented Member to a Friend at Westminster, Shewing his reasons for retiring into the Country upon the present Situation of the Affairs of Great Britain. London. Printed for J. Standen, 1739. First edition. 8vo. [2], 5-26pp. Without half-title. Recent two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Minor wear to extremities. Inked ownership inscription and slight loss to head of title, lightly dust-soiled/toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21654

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LENTULUS, Cyriacus. Cyriaci lentuli augustus, Sive De convertenda in Monarchiam Republica; Juxta ductum & mentem Taciti. Amstelodami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1645. 12mo. [24], 366pp, [2]. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary green calf, gilt supralibros to both boards, recently recbacked, recent contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Boards heavily rubbed, scored, and marked. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, near contemporary manuscript note to front blank fly-leaf, ink-stamp of B. Grandmaison, light damp-staining to final three gatherings. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19254

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[CHAPBOOK]. Storia del soldato calabrese Salvatore Misdea. Firenze. Tipografia Adriano Salani, 1888. 8vo. 19pp., [3]. Original wrappers with woodcut portrait of Salvatore Misdea. Small scattered spots, somewhat browned, edges uncut. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17793

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[CHUBB & SON]. Chubb's patent locks and safes [a catalogue].. London. [s.n.], October 1st, 1867 Large folio, dimensions 345 x 515mm. 9pp, [1]. Folded, with both horizontal and vertical creases, slight tearing to folds, spotting and manuscript docket title to lower wrapper. Original publisher's printed wrappers, with elaborate decoration to upper wrappers and copious engraved illustrations throughout. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21467

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BURKE, Edmund. Nouvelles reflexions sur la revolution de france Par Mr. edmund burke, traduites de l'anglois, et contenues dans deux lettres, l'une adressee a un membre de l'Assembles nationale, et l'autre, a Mgr. l'Archeveque d'Aix. A Paris. [s.n.], 1791. 8vo. xxiv, 93pp, [1]. Disbound. With a half-title. Very occasional chipping to margins, ink-stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to head of title page and p.73. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21252

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BURKE, Edmund. Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, against warren hastings, Esq. Late Governor General of Bengal; Presented to the House of Commons, in the Months of April and May 1786. London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. Second edition. 8vo. [3], 6-460pp. Disbound. Without final advertisement leaf. Occasional shaving to margins - touching text without loss. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21401

[MILES, William Augustus]. A letter to the duke of grafton, with notes. To which is annexed a complete exculpation of m. de la fayette from the charges indecently urged against him by Mr. burke, in the house of commons, On the 17th March, 1794. London. Printed for J. Owen, 1794. First edition. 8vo. [4], 95pp, [1]. With a half-title. Disbound. First two leaves detached, some spotting, single inked highlight to text. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21407

[MILES, William Augustus]. A letter to the duke of grafton, with notes. To which is annexed a complete exculpation of m. de la fayette from the charges indecently urged against him by Mr. burke, in the house of commons, On the 17th March, 1794. London. Printed for J. Owen, 1794. First edition. 8vo. [2], 95pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. Ink library stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to title page and p.53, lightly browned, occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21406

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PITT, [William]. The beauties of pitt, consisting of selections from his speeches. London. Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg et al., [s.d., between 1824 and 1846] 12mo. [4], 188pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, frontispiece foxed, offsetting to title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21575

[PULTENEY, William, Earl of Bath]. A short view of the State of affairs, With Relation to great britain, for Four Years past; with some remarks on The Treaty lately Published and a Pamphlet intitled, observations upon it. London. Printed for R. Francklin, 1730. First edition. 8vo. 36pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Title and final page dust-soiled, small worm-trail to lower margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21619

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[ARBUTHNOT, John]. An invitation to peace: or, toby's Preliminaries to nestor ironsides, Set forth in a dialogue Between toby and his Kinsman. London. Printed and Sold by Mr. Lawrence, [1713]. First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, inked numeral to upper corner of title page, else clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21614

SMITH, Sydney, Rev.. A letter to the electors upon the catholic question. York. Printed by Thomas Wilson and Sons, 1826. First edition. 8vo. [4], 43pp, [1]. With a half-title. Stitched, as issued. Lightly dust-soiled and spotted, single manuscript correction to text. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21621

[HOADLY, Benjamin]. A letter from the Lord Bishop of Winchester, to clement chevallier, Esq. Occasioned by Fournier's new Attack, since the legal Condemnation of his Note over the Bishop's Name for 8,800l... London. Printed, and sold by J. Payne, 1757. First edition. 8vo. [2], xiii, [1], 128pp. Disbound, all edges red. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21309

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[ACTS - WILLIAM III]. Anno Regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Septimo & Octavo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Two and twentieth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1695... London. Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1695. Foilio. [2], 343-346pp. Disbound. A crisp copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21272

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BURKE, Edmund. Lettres d'edmond burke, A un Membre de la Chambre des Communes de Parlement d'Angleterre, sur les negociations de paix: ouvertes avec le directoire. A Paris. Pougin et al., [1796]. First edition in French. 8vo. [4], 212pp. With a half-title. Disbound. Ink-stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to head of title page and p.103, very occasional slight chipping margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21254

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STANHOPE, Charles Stanhope, Earl. Observation on Mr. Pitt's plan, for the reduction of the national debt. London. Printed by J. Davis, for P. Elmsly, 1786. First edition. Quarto. 39pp, [25]. Disbound. Very occasional slight shipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18248