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COPE, Henry. Henry Cope & Coy, tours - indre & loire - france. Tours. Printed by J. Bouserez, [s.d., c. 1870] Dimensions 130 x 210 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Old horizontal and vertical folds. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33686

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COOPER, Thomas. The purgatory of suicides. A prison-rhyme. In ten books. London. Jeremiah How, 1845. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 346pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Later bookplate to FEP, inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19765

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[COOPERS - London]. [Caption title:] Observations on the Case of the Working Coopers to the Distillers in and about the City of London. Humbly offered to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons. [London]. [s.n.], [1736?] Folio.. [1]ff. Single sheet. Docket title to verso. Disbound, with chipping at gutter and extremities, old folds, slightly browned to extremities. Ink and wax crayon numerals to head of sheet. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27286

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COOPER, Reverend Mr. [JOHNSON, Richard]. A new history of england. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. On a Plan recommended by The Earl of Chesterfield... London. Printed for E. Newbery, 1791. Eighth edition. 12mo. xii, [1], 14-180pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, without lettering-piece. Later ink ownership stamp of I. Tritton to FFEP, occasional slight chipping to margins, offsetting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21213

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COOPER, J[ames] Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. A Romance of the Red-skins. (Abridged.). London. "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Leaves browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24462

COOPER, James. The trial of James & Mary Cooper, (mother and son) for the wilful murder of Joseph Hollis, late of compton in the County of Surrey... Guildford. Printed and sold by S. Russell and Co., [1809]. First edition. 8vo. 26pp. With an engraved frontispiece depicting the scene of the crime. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. A trifle creased and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 25785

COOPER, Edward H.. Mr. Blake of Newmarket. London. William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. 8vo. [4], 271pp, [7]. With both terminal and initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative three-tone cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing to boards, spine toned, and light surface wear to edges and corners. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP. Endpapers browned, lower hinge exposed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35057

COOPER, Alan. Born leader the story of guy gibson dambuster. Bromley. Independent Books, 1993. First edition. Large 8vo. [viii] 192pp. Original publisher's navy cloth boards lettered gilt, with the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper. With forty-four photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Contemporary postcards and photographs to pasteboard through FFEP, including a postcard signed by various aircrew related to the dambusters. Further RAF and commemorative ephemera loosely inserted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34971

COOLIDGE, Susan. What Katy Did. London & Glasgow. Collins' Clear-Type Press, [s.d., c. 1926] 8vo. 156pp. With an illustrated coloured frontispiece and title page, numerous line illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards. Lightly rubbed, sunned spine chipped at head. Contemporary prize-label of Blanchville School, Birmingham, to recto of FFEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34739

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COOKSON, William [editor]. Agenda a tribute to kathleen raine. London. Agenda and Editions Charitable Trust, 1994. First edition. 8vo. 332pp [4]. Original publisher's pale blue card wraps printed black. Some marking and staining to wraps, internally bright and clean. Inscribed 'For Olwyn Hughes, Kath Raine' to the contents page. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; while much of her library was damaged as the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her sofa - causing a serious ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29651

COOK, Reverend Thomas. Miscellaneous poems. Kidderminster. Printed by T. Pennell, 1832. First edition. 8vo. [6], 40pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to verso of front blank fly-leaf. Subscriber's copy, ink ownership inscription to FEP: 'Mrs. Brown Westhead / Lea Castle'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22379

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[COOKERY]. Social etiquette the art of cookery and hints on carving. London. Houlston and Sons, [s.d., c. 1860] Sixth thousand. 8vo. [5], 10-248pp, [8]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, later bookplate of John Fuller to FEP, early inked ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP, some loss to gutter of title page, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27087

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COOKE, Robert. Catholic Memories of the Tower of London. First series. I. Bishop Fisher. II. Sir Thomas More. Being the substance of two lectures delivered at the temporary church of the english martyrs, tower hill . London. Burns and Oates, 1875. First edition. 8vo. 66pp. Sewn, as issued. Heavy spotting to title and terminal leaf, lighter scattered spotting within. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34138

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[COOK, Captain James]. The royal kalendar; or complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the year 1780... London. Printed for J. Almon et al., [1780]. 12mo. 12mo. [4], 272pp. ESTC T45315.

[Bound with:] RIDER, Cardinus. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1780... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, and sold by G. Hawkins, 1780. [60]pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC T45019.

12mo. Contemporary gilt-tooled red calf, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Slightly shaved at head with occasional loss to pagination ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33842

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[CONVENTION OF EL PARDO]. The Convention between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, concluded at the Pardo on the 14th of January 1739, N.S... London. Printed by Samuel Buckley, 1739. First edition. Quarto. 28pp. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine. Leaves a trifle dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28289

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[CONVENTION OF EL PARDO]. [Drop-head title:] A list of members Who voted For and Against the convention, March 1738. [London?]. [s.n.], [1739]. Dimensions 360 x 470 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Creased, lightly spotted, left-hand margin partially shaved. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32722

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CONSTANTIN-WEYER, Maurice. LONGWORTH CHAMBRUN, Clara, comtesse de Chambrun. Le grand will: drame historique en 3 actes. Paris. Les Éditions de la Nouvelle France, 1945. First edition. 8vo. 244pp [8]. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown wrappers, printed inn black with pink and burgundy detail. A little faded, with some creasing to the sunned spine. Toned evenly throughout. Inscribed to FFEP: 'à Lawrence Olivier – hommage d’admiration et de reconnaissance. Longworth Chambrun Paris Juillet 1945.' More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 31394

CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286

CONGREVE, William.. Love for Love. A Comedy. Dublin. Printed for Peter Wilson., 1757. 12mo. 94pp, (2). Recent cloth with contrasting label and gilt titling. Browning to title, beginning and end. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 10486

CONFUCIUS. The wisdom of confucius. London. Gay and Hancock, 1909. 12mo. vii. [1], 160pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound by J. & E. Bumpus of Oxford in contemporary gilt-tooled green calf, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed and a little marked. Internally clean and crisp. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Bluey from Clarissa / Nov: 9th 1946'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29838