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ERSKINE, John. The private life of helen of troy. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Twentieth Anniversary edition. 8vo. 304pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Corners bumped, spine faded, with a few small marks. Internally bright and clean. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier - with the sincere regard of Helen Worden Erskine - London January 6 1953'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31206

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[LOUIS XV]. The private memoirs of louis XV: taken from the memoirs of madame du hausset, lady's maid to madame de pompadour... London. H. S. Nichols & Co., 1895. 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies. xii, 282pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a trifle sunned. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley and recent book labels of Marion C. Walker to FEP, occasional spotting/browning. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21723

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BARNARD, Mrs. Caroline. The prize: or, the lace-makers of missenden. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co. at the Juvenile Library, 1817. First edition. 12mo. [4], 167, [1], 12pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, recently rebacked, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, recent bookplate of Francis Edwards of Northwood to FEP, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31043

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SPENCE, Lewis. The problem of atlantis. London. William Rider & Son, Limited, 1924. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 233pp. With a frontispiece and a further 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Joseph Appleby dated December 1924 to browned FFEP, light spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35192

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[ROYAL NAVY]. The proceedings at large of the court-martial, on the trial of The Honourable Augustus Keppel...for the admiral, and published by his permission. London. Printed for J. Alomn, 1779. First edition. [2], 184, 10pp.

[Bound with:] Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial, Assembled for the trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart....Published by order of The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1779. First edition. [4], 95pp, [1].

Folio. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, surface loss to boards, joints split ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 16016

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DUNGLISON, Richard J.. The Public Medical Libraries of Philadelphia. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1871. First Edition. 8vo. 46pp. Original publisher's printed wraps. Slight marking and foxing to covers, occasionally to text, vertical creasing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 10416

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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

[QUEEN VICTORIA]. The Queen's Visit to the Continent: The fast and favourite Steam Packet, The city of canterbury, Capt. large. - will leave london bridge wharf, this afternoon at 4 o'Clock, call at blackwall at half-past 4 stop at woolwich to witness Her Majesty's Embarkation And accompany the Royal Squadron to the nore, Returning to London Bridge the same Evening... [London]. E. Colyer, [1845]. Dimensions 160 x 120 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only, edges uncut. Fine. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30487

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HOGG, James. The queen's wake: a Legendary Poem. Edinburgh. Printed by Andrew Balfour, 1813. First edition. 8vo. [8], 353pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, green buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of W. M. Spalding to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27719

[DILLON, John Joseph]. The question, as to the admission of Catholics to Parliament, considered, upon the principles of existing laws. With supplemental observations on the coronation oath. London. Printed by W. and C. Spilsbury, 1801. First edition. 8vo. [4], 79pp, [1]. Uncut and partially unopened, stitched, as issued. Printed errata to verso of advertisement leaf, with contemporary manuscript errata notes beneath, some creasing/spotting, More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18987

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CHASE, Rev. Drummond Percy. The question, should industrial schools erected at the cost of the poor-rate be made available, (on payment,) to children not chargeable to the poor-rates? Considered in a letter to the guardians of the Oxford incorporation. Oxford and London. John Henry and James Parker, 1855. First edition. 8vo. 14pp. Recent morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of Sidney Broad to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22128

LUCIE-SMITH, Edward. The rabbit. London. Turret Books, 1973. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. Bifold pamphlet in pale blue card wraps, featuring a six-line poem comparing virile rabbits to vegetarians, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. One of 1,000 copies of which the first 100 were numbered and signed by both Lucie- Smith and Steadman. This copy out of series and not numbered, but nevertheless signed 'Olwyn love Ted' on the rear wrap. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29650

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STEWART, Thomas. The rainfall on Table Mountain (Read June 19, 1912). From the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Vo. III., Part 1, 1913. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1913. First offprint edition. Quarto. 41-46pp. Original publisher's green printed paper wraps. Light dust-soiling to extremities, ink-stamp of the Royal Meteorological Society and pen and coloured pencil annotations to upper wrap. Occasional spot of foxing to margins, ink annotations to text of rainfall tables. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of upper wrap; 'The Royal Meteorological Society, with the authors compliments.' More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13423

BELSON, Mary. The rambles of a butterfly. London. Printed by and for W. Darton, Jun., 1819. 12mo. [2], 177pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further two engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards,, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to foot of spine. Later bookplate of S. & E. S. Taylor to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Anne Thompson to FFEP, final gathering protruding from text-block, foxed. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23163

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CLAUDIANUS, Claudius. The Rape of Proserpine, From Claudian. In Three Books. With the story of Sextus and Erichtho, From Lucan's Pharsalia, Book 6. Translated by Mr. Jabez Hughes. London. Printed by J. D. and sold by Ferd. Burleigh, 1714. First edition. 8vo. xii, 116pp. Recent brown half-morocco, tan cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Marbled endpapers, initial gathering foxed and toned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15132

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PELHAM, M. [KILNER, Dorothy]. The rational brutes; or, talking animals§. London. Printed for J. Harris...and by and for Darton and Harvey, 1807. 12mo. 154pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions and pen-trials of John Nutter to front endpapers, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27950

PELHAM, M. [KILNER, Dorothy]. The rational brutes; or, talking animals. London. Printed for J. Harris...and by and for Darton and Harvey, 1803. 12mo. 154pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary red roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Near contemporary ownership inscription of Eliza Bush to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25810

SMITH, Arthur D. Howden. The real colonel house. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [c.1918]. First edition. 8vo. xi, [2], 13-306pp. With half-title, a monochrome photographic frontispiece and five plates. Original red cloth, lettered in black. Slightly rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. One plate detached, lightly foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14516

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[SYKES, Arthur Ashley]. The reasonableness of mending and executing the laws against papists. Humbly offered to The Consideration of all that have a Regard for the Dignity of our sovereign, and the Liberty of great britain. London. Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1746. First edition. 8vo. 40pp. Recent calf-backed brown cloth boards. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp, stab-stitch holes to gutters. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23714

WORDSWORTH, William. The recluse. London. Macmillan and co, 1888. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp., [2]. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, else a crisp copy. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription 'Stopford A. Brooke' to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32050