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PIOZZI, Hester Lynch. Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through france, italy and germany. London. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [1], 437pp; [3], 389pp, [7]. Later gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lightly rubbed, with slight surface loss to edges and spine, corners bumped. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34156
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[COLE, John]. Picture of Scarborough for the year 1824; forming a guide to that favourite watering-place. Scarborough. Printed by and for John Cole, 1824. First edition. 12mo. [4], 88pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved illustrations in the text. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, later paper label with title in manuscript to sunned spine. Later armorial bookplate of Francis Gray Smart to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33706
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DICKENS, [Charles]. Dickens's dictionary of the thames, from its source to the more. 1896. An unconventional handbook. [London]. Published for the Proprietors by J. Smith, [1896]. 8vo. 122, [2], 123-308pp, [10]pp. With 20 engraved maps and plans in the text and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary brown. morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Original publisher's upper wrapper bound in. A trifle rubbed and dulled. Bookplate of Guild of Women-Binders member Mary Simpson Sorley to FEP, inked inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'To Marjorie Purdy in memory of ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33653
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ROSE, T[homas]. Westmorland, cumberland, durham, and northumberland, Illustrated. From original drawings by thomas allom, george pickering, &c. with descriptions by t. rose. London. H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson [1832-35] First edition. Quarto. Three volumes bound as one. 220pp. With an engraved frontispiece (not called for in the list of plates), an additional engraved general title page, a general letterpress title, and 214 (of 215) steel engraved views (including additional title) on 109 leaves; without 'General View of Windermere Lake' (plate number 213) as usual (possibly not issued). Without separate volume titles. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled black ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 31077
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[SIMLA]. [An album of photographs taken at Simla]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1901]. Oblong quarto. 12 photographs mounted on six leaves, captioned in manuscript. Contemporary red cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Rubbed, marked and dulled, joints split, some loss to spine. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP: 'Ernest / from his brother in India. / 27th Nov. 1901'. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 29671
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[COLE, Sir Henry]. A railway traveller's reasons for adopting uniformity of gauge, addressed to i. k. brunel, esq.. [s.i.]. [Printed by Charles Wittingham and published by Joseph Cundall], [s.d., c.1845] First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Later green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, with damp-staining to boards. Robin de Beaumont's copy, with his book-label to FEP, and trademark loosely inserted collection of bookseller's clippings, alongside his receipt of purchase. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31722
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LAWSON, John Parker. Scotland delineated. A series of views.. London. Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, [c.1858] Quarto. [8], 285pp. With an additional tinted lithograph title and 71 further tinted lithograph plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting burgundy morocco lettering-piece. Slightly rubbed to extremities and surfaces. Marbled endpapers and edges. Occasional light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33870
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KAVANAGH, Julia. A summer and winter in the two sicilies. London. Hurst and Blackett, 1858. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, [1], 333pp, [3] ads; [2], 316pp, [2] ads. With an engraved frontispiece and title vignette to each volume. Original publisher's red cloth, gilt. Extremities rubbed with some slight surface loss and spots of soiling. Sporadic foxing throughout, armorial bookplate of 'Robert Hutton' to FEP of both volumes. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 11703
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ELLIOTT, S. M.. A pilgrim's visit to the land of jesus. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927. First edition. 8vo. x, 115pp, [1]. With numerous monochrome photographic illustration in the text. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper lightly dust-soiled with very small hole to spine panel. Internally immaculate. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18010
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MOULE, Thomas. Great britain illustrated: a series of original views . London. Charles Tilt, 1830. First edition. [2], vi, [1], 118pp. With an additional engraved title page and 118 steel engraved plates.

[Bound with a sample prospectus for:] [SHEPHERD, Thomas]. Modern Athens!: Displayed in a series of views: or, Edinburgh in the nineteenth century: exhibiting the whole of the new buildings, modern improvements, antiquities, and picturesque scenery, of the Scottish metropolis and its environs, from original drawings. London. Published by Jones and ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33868
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BROWN, Tho[mas]. Amusements serious and comical Calculated for the Meridian of london. London. Printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703. Third edition. 8vo. [2],184pp. Contemporary blind-stamped sheep, later rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, corners exposed, surface loss to boards. Book-label of Peter Stewart Young Tillingham to FEP. Head of title page shaved to remove earlier inked ownership inscription, leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27667
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AN AMERICAN INDIAN. The citizen of nature, in a series of letters from an american indian, in london, to his friend at home. London. Published by W. Benbow, 1824. [2], iv, 238pp.

[Bound after:] Every night book; or, life after dark. London. Published by T. Richardson, 1827. [3], xvi, [17]-192pp. Without half-title.

12mo. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, without lettering-piece. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young (antiquarian bookseller of Tillingham) to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27665
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KEENE, H. G. A handbook for visitors to agra and its neighbourhood. Calcutta. Thacker, Spink and Co., 1888. Fifth edition. 8vo?. vi, [6], 163pp, [1], 30pp, [2]. With a half-title, five maps (three folding), and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ink-stamp of Bombay-based booksellers A. J. Combridge & Co. to verso of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30884