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PROCTER, Adelaide Anne. Legends and lyrics. A book of verses. London. George Bell and Sons, 1881. Thirty-fourth thousand. 12mo. In two volumes. xxxi, [1], 264; vi, 223pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to both FEPs. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23118
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[PRIVATEERING]. The privateer; a tale of the sea. London. Andrews, 1848. Second edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], 212; [2], 219pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20831
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[PRISONS - LINCOLN GAOL]. Rules for the government of the county gaol and castle of lincoln: made and established in a court of gaol sessions, held at leincoln in the 5th day of january 1827; and confirmed by the judges of assize, on the 10th day of march, in the same year. London. Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, 1827. First edition. Quarto. 56pp. With four lithographed folding plans, by William Webb. Contemporary (perhaps original) publisher's roan-backed boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, to upper board. Rubbed, with slight loss to spine and short cracks to joints at head and foot. Some spotting and damp-marking to plates. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19356
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718. First subscriber's edition. Folio. Large paper copy. [42], 506pp, [6]. Printed on fine paper with the Strasbourg Arms watermark of a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield. With a list of subscribers, an engraved frontispiece, and numerous engraved vignettes/initials. Contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn. Recent book-label of Peter Scupham to FEP, offsetting to title page, damp-staining to foot of text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27449
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed [by John Watts] for J. Tonson, and J. Barber, 1725. In two volumes. [26], 231, [5]; 259pp, [5]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75636.

[Uniformly bound with:] [PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions...Volume III. London. [s.n.], 1727. Second edition. [8], xii, [2], 48, 47-70, 73-129, [1]; [8], 54pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75647.

12mo. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spines, loss to ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27331
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1721. 12mo. In two volumes. [26], 267, [5]; 238pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece: E. Lib. Ph: Hunt / Trin: Coll: / Cantab. 1798.', worm-track to foot of intial gathering of Vol. I, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32261
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713. 12mo. [28], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent book-label of David Stather to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of 'Will. Morrice' to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28490
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PRINCE, John Critchley. Autumn leaves: Original Poems. Hyde. Printed by G. Booth, and sold by the author, [1856]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29259
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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. An inquiry into the knowledge of the antient hebrews, concerning a future state. London. Printed for J. Johnson...by D. Levi.., 1801. First edition. 8vo. viii, [3]-67pp, [9]. With an 8pp terminal 'catalogue of books, written by Dr. Priestley, and printed for J. Johnson', and numerous blanks bound in at front and rear. A crisp copy in nineteenth-century limp half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed, marking to corners, else fine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24079
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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. A scripture catechism, consisting of A Series of Questions, with References to the Scripture instead of Answers. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition. 12mo. viii, 43pp, [5]. With five final pages of publisher's advertisements/ Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn and marked, surface loss, boards held by cords only. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, very occasional spotting/inked corrections to text. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 17054
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PRICHARD, T. J. Llewelyn [editor]. The cambrian wreath; a selection of English Poems and Welsh Subjects, original and translated from the cambro-british, historic and legendary, including wlesh melodies: by various authors of celebrity, living and departed. Aberystwyth. Printed for the editor, by John Cox, 1828. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to lower board, spine dulled. Later ink and pencil ownership inscriptions to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30179
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[PRICE, Richard]. Observations on reversionary payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and Persons in Old Age; on The Method of Calculating the Values of Assurances on Lives; and on The national debt... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1773. Third edition. 8vo. xxxix, [1], 431pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily worn. Later inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21943
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PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263
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[PRETYMAN, George]. George Pretyman from the Royal Point in Cornhill, London. Haberdasher, Hosier, Glover, & Linnen Draper in ye Cook Rdn St. Edmunds Bury, Suffolk... [London]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1770] Dimensions 170 x 200 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Entirely engraved. Text within ornamental border. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Creased, chipping to edges. Contemporary manuscript bill of sale (dated 1772) to verso; later manuscript note beneath: 'This is a curiosity: the shop Bill of the father of the present Bishop of Wincester, The Receipt is to my Mother when this day signed by J. P. ... More > £ 390.00 Antiquates Ref. 34697