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[CUNNINGHAM, Timothy]. GENTLEMAN OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE. A new treatise on the law concerning tithes: containing All the Statutes, Adjudged Cases, Resolutions and Judgments relative thereto...Corrected and enlarged, with the addition of several Cases never before printed. London. Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers; For W. Griffin, 1766. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 298pp, [10]. With half-title and terminal blank. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, a little marked. Several eighteenth-century ink inscriptions of John Todd, one of which partially erased without loss of text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11733
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[HILL, Thomas]. The Cause of Truth defended; being a plain statement of the facts connected with the Two Trials of the Rev. T. Hill, methodist preacher, for defamation of the character of Miss Bell, of North-Shields, containing a correct report of the trial at York, And other Matter relative thereto, illustrated by fac-similes of Three different Hand-Writings of Mr Hill.. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1827. First edition. 8vo. viii, 155pp, [1]. With six folding plates containing facsimiles of manuscript letters. Uncut in contemporary two-tone paper boards, rebacked, contrasting modern gilt-tooled burgundy morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly worn, with chipping to foot of spine, and bumping to corners. Some light damp-staining to gutters, scuffing to endpapers, and occasional spotting, but largely clean. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 35067
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[BRET, Antoine]. Ninon de lenclos. London. Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 8vo. [4], 310pp. With half-title; title page in red and black. Finely bound for Hatchards of Piccadilly (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-ruled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary inked gift inscription reading 'To my darling mother, with the best love of ? Airlie, Xmas. 1904' to first blank fly-leaf; otherwise, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34787
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[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE TREATY]. Ministerial artifice detected, or, a full answer to a pamphlet lately published, Intitled, The Interests of the Empress Queen, the Kings of France and Spain, &c. betrayed in the Preliminary Articles at Aix-la-Chapelle.. London. Printed for A. Hill, 1749. Second edition. 8vo. 32pp. Modern grey paper boards, original gilt-tooled green morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34549
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ALISON, Archibald. Essays on the nature and principles of taste. Edinburgh. Printed for Bell and Bradfute et al., 1811. Second edition. 8vo. xxix, [1], 376pp, [4]; 447pp. Title page and index of volume ii misbound to rear of volume i. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards and joints, chipping to lettering-pieces, corners bumped. Leaves lightly browned, scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34323
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[ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHWAYS]. [Drop-head title:] An act for Making and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges, and Quays, and for regulating Ferries in the Shire of Argyll; and for altering and repairing certain Military and other Roads, Bridges, and Quays in the said Shire, and in the Parish of Arrochar, and Shire of Dumbarton. [London]. [D. Caldwell], [1816]. Folio. 27pp, [1]. Docket-title to verso of terminal leaf. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Three old horizontal folds. Very small hole to text leaf G1, without loss of sense, loss and chipping to terminal leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33333
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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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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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LAIRD, William. The export coal trade of liverpool: a letter to thomas littledale, esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Trust. Liverpool. Printed by Baines and Herbert, 1850. First edition. 8vo. [4], 59pp. With a folding lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates (four folding), and a large folding lithographed map. Original publisher's pictorial orange paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints split, head and foot of spine worn, corners exposed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription and recent ink-stamp to recto of FFEP, short tear to folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31741
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ROBERTSON, Charles. Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1838. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 408, 36[4], 451, [1], 16pp. With tipped-in errata slips. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28555
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[DONNELLAN, John]. The trial of John Donnellan, Esq. (Late master of the ceremonies at the pantheon in Oxford-Street) at the assizes holden at warwick, On Tuesday the 27th of March, 1781, before francis buller, Esq. On of the judges of the court of king's bench, for the wilful murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart... London. Printed for, and sold by, T. Brewman, [1781]. First edition. 8vo. 43pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting, slight loss to upper corners of leaves F1-2, manuscript mathematical calculations to blank verso of final leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28227
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[YORKSHIRE AUCTION]. To be Sold. In the following Lotts and Subject to such Conditions as will be Produced at the House of Joseph Lodge near the Church in Thornhill, on Monday the 9th of November 1778. between the Hours of four and six in the afternoon of the same day. [s.i., Dewsbury?]. [s.n., Mr Sykes?, 1778] Dimensions 165 x 160mm. Single leaf handbill. Fore- and gutter margin edges uncut. Creased, with some marginal tearing, marking and early manuscript notes to verso. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21439