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[POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS]. Extracts from the information received by his majesty's commissioners, as to the administration and operation of the poor-laws. London. B. Fellowes, 1833. First edition. 8vo. xxi, [1], 432pp. Original publisher's printed tan cloth. Lightly rubbed and spotted, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed library of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire, once the seat of Robert Berkeley (1764-1845), with his inked ownership inscription to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23842
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SELDEN, John [editor]. Fleta, seu commentarius Juris Anglicani sic nuncupatus, sub edwardo rege primo, seu Circa Annos abhinc CCCXL. ab Anonymo conscriptus, atque è Codice veteri, Auctore ipso ipso aliquantulùm recentiori, nunc primùm Typis Editus... Londini [i.e. London]. Typis S. R. Prostant apud H. Twyford, T. Bassett, J. Place, & S. Keble, 1685. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. Quarto. [8], 64, 63-452, 453-553pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. Without blank leaf Mmm4. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, title in manuscript to fore-edge. Rubbed and marked, some loss to head of spine, small worm-hole to upper joint. Occasional marginal loss, scattered spotting. 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 ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33453
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[COMMON COUNCIL]. Forbes Mayor. Commun' Concil' tent' in Camera Guilhald' Civitat' London' Die Jovie, 24 Die Martii, Anno Domini 1725. It is this Day Ordered by this Court: That the Clause relating to Servants, in a late Act of Parliament passed in the Sixth Year of Queen Anne... London. Printed by George James, Printer to the Honourable City of London, [1726]. Dimensions 308 x 390 mm. Single leaf broadside. Somewhat marked, with some creasing and tearing to extremities, especially at horizontal folds. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31788
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AUCKLAND, William Eden, Baron. Four letters to the earl of carlisle, from william eden, esq. On certain Perversions of Political Reasoning; and on the Nature, Progress, and Effect of Party Spirit and of Parties. On the present Circumstances of the War between Great Britain and the combined Powers of France and Spain. On the Public Debts, on the Public Credit, and on the Means of raising Supplies. On the Representations of Ireland respecting a Free-Trade. London. Printed for B. White...and T. Cadell, 1779. First edition. 8vo. [2], 163pp, [1]. Without half-title. Uncut and partially unopened. Stitched, as issued. Small marginal hole to dust-soiled title page, very occasional light spotting, verso of terminal leaf marked. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20162
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[GREENWICH AUCTION]. Freehold estates, Greenwich, Kent; Webb Square, near. Shoreditch; Hoxton Town; and Golden Lane, Barbican. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a valuable freehold estate...which will be sold by auction, by mr. gibbons... [London?]. [s.n.], [1809]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Three old horizontal folds. Loss to centre of second leaf - touching text, with some loss of sense, lightly creased, dust-soiled. Contemporary manuscript highlights and calculations, manuscript declaration to verso of second leaf, in the hand of one Jacob Wood, confirming the purchase of lot nine. Manuscript note relating to the Greenwich estate loosely ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25501
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[HISÁR]. Gazetteer of the hisár district, 1883-84. Lahore. Printed at the "Arya Press". by Ram Das, 1884. First edition. 8vo. [4], iii, [1], 75, [1], xxiii pp, [1]. Contemporary half-sheep, orange cloth boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, several minute worm-holes to upper board. Leaves browned, book-label of Allahabad-based advocate Pandit Sundar Lal to FEP, marginal paper repairs to terminal leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31179
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[HIGHWORTH ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS]. Highworth Association, For the prosecution of felons. The Undersigned Members of this Association give this public Notice of their determination to spare no pains, or expence whatever, to detect and prosecute to the utmost rigour of the Law, all Persons who shall commit any kind of Depredations on their property; and that handsome Rewards will be given for the discovery and conviction of Offenders... Devizes & Swindon. Coulton, Printer, [s.d., c.1810] Dimensions 180 x 220 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Clean and crisp, partially legible blind-stamp to head - incorporating the name 'BATH'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21429
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[HOME, Henry, Lord Kames]. Historical law-tracts. Edinburgh. Printed by A. Kincaid, 1761. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 463pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription of Joseph Crombie to title page, scattered ink-spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28530
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KERR, Andrew William. History of banking in Scotland. London. Adam and Charles Black, 1902. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, 348, 6pp. With a half-title and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'W. R. Stall, Manager, Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27643