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[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323
[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
LITTLETON, [Sir Thomas].. Littleton's tenures in English. Lately perused and amended. London. Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. 8vo. 142ff, [2]. Later (twentieth-century?) gilt-tooled brown calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, joints cracking at head and foot of spine, trimmed ownership inscription to head of title, occasional marginal numeration; nevertheless, a nicely presented and firmly bound example of an often heavily used legal text. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25196
MUDIE, Robert. Man, as a moral and accountable being. London. Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1840. First edition. 12mo. xiii, [1], 262pp. With a engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Early inked ownership inscription and blind-stamp of bookseller G. Winterburn of Bolton to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32445
[DONNELLAN, John]. A defence and Substance of the Trial of john donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for the murder of Sir theodosius boughton...Founded on the case solemnly attested by the Sufferer after his Conviction, and published at the Request of his Solicitors, Messr. inge and webb. London. Printed for John Bell, 1781. First edition. Folio. iv, [1], 28-72, xii, [4], [1], 6-25pp. Partially misbound. With a tipped-in errata slip. Nineteenth century calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Extensive contemporary manuscript notes to margins, title page and terminal leaf (G1) laid-down, occasional short tears touching text (without loss of sense), majority of leaves later repaired/reinforced at gutter with paper (at times obscuring manuscript notes), spotted. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28228
BOETHIUS. The metres of boethius, on the consolation of philosophy. London. Printed for the author, by J. Crowder, 1792. 8vo. [8], cix, [3], 6-108pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Modern two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece, Minor shelf-wear, spine dulled. Early inked annotation to verso of frontispiece, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32375
MORRISON, C[harles]. An essay on the relations between labour and capital. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 328, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked. One Scattered spotting, one gathering working loose. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'The Revd. J. Downes / from the Author'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32285
SYMONDS, John Addington. The principles of beauty. London. Bell and Daldy, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 72pp. With a half-title and eight engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Plates foxed. Ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Gladstone to FEP and head of title. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 400.00 Antiquates Ref. 28755
[FABRIC SAMPLES]. [A selection of fabric samples issued by Ezra M. Sutton of Cairo]. [Cairo]. [Ezra M. Sutton], [c. 1900] 25 cloth samples, mounted on stiff card, loosely inserted in contemporary folder: green cloth-backed red paper boards, ornate paper label pasted to upper board, lettered in gilt:' M / E M S / 887 / 144 POS'. Extremities rubbed. Samples lightly dust-soiled, pencilled note to verso of upper board: '25 cloth samples / Ezra M. Sutton / Cairo'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 31096
[BATH PUBLIC MEETING]. [Drop-head title:] The resolutions and petition of the Freeholders, Householders and Inhabitants of the City of Bath and its Vicinity, Unanimously passed at a numerous Meeting, convened by public Advertisement, and held in the Orange-Grove, on Monday, January the 6th, 1817. Bath. Printed by John Browne, [1817]. Dimensions 510 x 390 mm. Single sheet, printed on both sides in triple columns. Several old horizontal and vertical folds, later paper trip pasted to head, a trifle dust-soiled. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32012
[HUGHES, William]. A Treatise concerninge ArchBishopps, Bishopps, Deanes, Chapters, Parsons, Viccars, Curats & other Ecclesiasticall personsm wth theire Confirmation, Consecration, Investure, presentation, Inductions & Institution with all things incident thereunfo. Devided Into sundry Chapters the contents whereof appeareth in the Table anneced to this Treatise. Written Anno Nono Caroli Regis. Annoq. Domini 1633. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1633. Folio. Manuscript on paper. [7], 127ff, [5]. With five terminal blank leaves. Contemporary polished calf, panelled in gilt and blind, with initials 'N P' impressed in blind to both boards around central gilt decoration. Rebacked to style, corners consolidated; a trifle rubbed, lacking ties. Occasional light marking, generally internally crisp and fresh. With the partially removed library blind- stamps of Hull Public library, and ink stamp ... More > £ 8,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28248
MORELAND, W. H. The revenue administration of the united provinces. Allahabad. The Pioneer Press, 1911. First edition. 8vo. [4], xiv, 203pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, numerous minute wormholes. Ink-stamp of Brajmohan Lal Dave to recto of FFEP, pencilled shelf-marks to head of title, worm-track to lower margin of initial six gatherings, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31595
HOBSON, John A.. Towards International Government . London. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1914. First edition. 8vo. 216pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Boards marked and bumped to edges and corners, with significant staining to the spine panel. Inner hinge cracking, first gather loosening. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'Gilbert Murray, with the writer's kind regards, 1916.'

With a loosely inserted manuscript note to Gilbert Murray from an Oxford contemporary. More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31850
DAHLBERG, Arthur. When capital goes on strike. New York. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 218pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards a little rubbed, spine faded. Contemporary bookplate of former British prime minister Clement Attlee to front pastedown; loosely inserted is the publisher's subscription postcard. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31817
EVANS, D. Morier. The commercial crisis, 1847-1848; and facts and figures illustrative of the events of that important period, considered in relation to the three epochs of the railway mania, the food and money panic, and the french revolution. London. Printed and published by Letts, Son, and Steer, 1849. Second edition. 8vo. xi, [5], 155, [1], ci pp, [19]. With nine terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31757