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NOY, William. The Compleat Lawyer; or, A Treatise concerning Tenures and Estates in Lands of Inheritance for Life, and other Hereditaments, and Chattels real and Personal. And how any of them may be conveyed in a Legal form by Fine, Recovery, Deed of Word, as the Case shall require. London. Printed for John Benson, 1661. 12mo. [2], 60, 63-124pp, [2]. Text continuous despite pagination. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Without pastedowns, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, small worm-track to initial four gatherings - touching text at times without loss of sense. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25197

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[ACTS - GEORGE I]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for Repairing the Road from Market Harborough to Loughborough in the County of Leicester. London. Printed for John Baskett, 1726. Folio. [2], 183-196pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. A trifle browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31017

[ACTS - GEORGE I]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for Repairing and Widening the Road from Sherbrook-Hill near Buxton and Chappel in the Frith, in the County of Derby, to Manchester in the County of Lancaster. London. Printed by John Baskett, 1724. Folio. [2], 263-282pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31016

[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for continuing and making more effectual an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of HIs late Majesty King Georg the First, For repairing the Roads from the Top of Stoken-church Hill to Enslow-bridge, and the Road from Wheatley-bridge, throught the City of Oxon, by Begbrook to New Woodstock in the County of Oxon (except the Mile-way on each Side of the said City) and for repairing the Road from the Crown Alehouse, to the Turnpike on Stoken-church Hill aforesaid. London. Printed by John Baskett, 1740. Folio. [2], 339-360pp. Disbound. Stab-stitich holes to gutter. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31015

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[PARLIAMENT]. Three ordinances of the lords and commons Assembled in parliament. The first for keeping in godly Ministers placed in Livings by Authority of Parliament. The second concerning the regulating the sale of Bishops Lands, and expediting the Conveyances thereof. The third for the reliefe of Chester. London. Printed for John Wright, 1647. First edition. Quarto. [2], 6pp. Disbound. Leaves toned, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20484

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[ADDISON, Joseph]. The free-holder, or Political Essays. London. Printed for D. Midwinter...and J. Tonson, 1716. First edition. 12mo. [12], 311pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece, wear to head of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31006

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[POOR RELIEF]. A plan suggested for mature consideration, for superseding the necessity of the poor rates, by means of cottage acres, and farms, turned Leaven Farms; thus denominated from the intended benefits likely to result from its pervading the whole mass. [s.n.]. [s.i.], 1817. 8vo. [2], 219-233pp. Modern cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31021

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GREEN, William. Plans of economy; or, The Road to ease and independence. London. Printed for I. Hatchard, 1803. Fifth edition. 12mo. 80pp. Uncut in contemporary (original?) marbled paper boards, later rebacked and recornered. Boards rubbed and dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31012

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SANDERSON, Robert. De Juramento. Seven lectures concerning the obligation Of Promissory oathes. Read publickly in the Divinity School at oxford. London. Printed by E. C. for Humphrey Moseley, Octavian Pulleyn, and Andrew Crook, 1655. First edition in English. 16mo. [6], 272 [i.e. 274]pp, [12]. Without initial blank leaf. Title in red and black. Later half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked preserving black calf lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate of The Law Society to FEP, with their occasional ink-stamps throughout, title page laid down, paper repair to initial leaf of text with some loss of text and sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25509

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MILLET, A. F. Report on the settlement of the land revenue of the sultánpur district. Lucknow. Printed at the Oudh Government Press, 1873. First edition. 8vo. [2], 12, ii, iv, [4], 247, [3], 18, 12, xlvi, xvii pp, [1]. Contemporary green cloth. Extremities rubbed and wormed. Book-label of Allahabad-based advocate Pandit Sundar Lal to FEP, FFEP detached, ink-stamp of the Board of Revenue, Fort William, Calcutta to initial page of text, several leaves working-loose, worm-trails throughout, primarily marginal, though touching text at times without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30900

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CLEGG, James [editor]. The Directory of Second-hand Booksellers and List of Public Libraries, British and Foreign. Rochdale. Printed and published by James Clegg, 1888. Second edition. Quarto. [3], viii, 112, 51pp. With a terminal catalogue of advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed green cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine worn, with loss at head and foot. Very occasional light marginal spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19474

CONSTANT, B. H. On The Liberty of the Press; or an enquiry how far government may safely allow the publication of political pamphlets, essays, and periodical works. [London]. [Printed by A. J. Valpy], 1815. First edition in English. 8vo. [2], 207-238pp. Extracted from volume six of the Pamphleteer. Modern green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Ink-stamp of the British Library of Political & Economic Science to head of first page of text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30601

[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for repairing and amending the Highways from the North Part of Harlow-bush Common, in the Parish of Harlow, to Woodford in the County of Essex. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, 1742. Folio. [2], 423-426pp. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30920

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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act to render more effectual an Act made in the Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for erecting Hospitals and Workhouses within the Town of Colchester in the County of Essex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof. London. Printed by John Baskett, 1742. Folio. [2], 587-594pp. Disbound. Lightly browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30919

[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for repairing the Roads leading from the Western Part of the Parish of Shenfield, to Harwich in the County of Essex; and the Road leading from Chelmsford in the said County, to Sudbury in the County of Suffolk; and from Margretting to Malden in the County of Essex; and from Colchester to Langham in the same County. London. Printed by John Baskett, 1726. Folio. [2], 495-508pp. Disbound. Lightly spotted. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30918

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[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the church of scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 14th Day of May 1752. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson, and Robert Fleming, 1752. Folio. 27pp, [13]. Disbound. Scattered spotting, title page and initial leaf detached, head of text-block shaved - loss to running title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30925

[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 5th of May, 1726. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson and Robert Fleming, 1726. Folio. 21pp, [17]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30924

[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for repairing and widening the Road leading from a Place called Harlow Bush Common, in the Parish of Harlow in the County of Essex, to Stump Cross, in the Parish of Great Chesterford in the said County. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, 1743. Folio. [2], 183-207pp, [1]. Disbound. Small marginal worm-tracks. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30921

[ACTS - GEORGE II]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for repairing the Road from Wakefield to Pontefract, and from thence to a Place called Weeland in the Township of Hensall, and from Pontefract to Wentbridge, in the Township of Darrington, in the West Riding of the County of York. London. Printed by John Baskett, 1740. Folio. [2], 411-435pp, [1]. Disbound. Light damp-staining to head. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30922

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SELKIRK, [Thomas Douglas], Earl of. A letter addressed to john cartwright, esq. chairman of the committee at the crown and anchor; on the subject of parliamentary reform. London. Printed for Constable, Hunter, Park & Hunter, 1809. First edition. 8vo. 22pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Modern brown crushed morocco-backed tan paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Decorated endpapers, bookplate of Sidney Broad to FEP. Clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30616