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Photo of "Scottish proverbs, collected and arranged"
HENDERSON, Andrew. Scottish proverbs, collected and arranged. Edinburgh. Oliver & Boyd, 1832. First edition. Quarto. lxxxviii, 254, [2], 16, [2]pp. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved hand-coloured historiated initial to preface, and eight terminal leaves of addenda. Contemporary burgundy paper boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, cracking to foot of spine and splitting to head, upper joint starting. Manuscript shelf-marks and pasted binder's ticket of J. McLaren of Glasgow to FEP. Spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33458
Photo of "Winter Songs and Sketches"
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Winter Songs and Sketches. London. Griffith, Farran and Company, [1887]. 16mo. 30pp, [2]. With a half-title and numerous illustrations in the text (several full-page) Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial card wrappers, A.E.G. With original publisher's pictorial buff dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn and spotted, upper flap detached, lower wrap absent. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28166
Photo of "The Harvest Moon"
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Harvest Moon. London. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1888]. 12mo. [12]pp. Original publisher's pictorial limp card boards, original pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle chipped and lightly browned, else clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28164
Photo of "The citizen of nature, in ..."
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
Photo of "Parker's ephemeris For the Year ..."
PARKER, [George]. Parker's ephemeris For the Year of Our lord 1760. Being the Bissextile of Leap-Year. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1760. Seventy-first impression. [56]pp. Title page and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T29527.

[Bound with:] Parker's ephemeris For the Year of Our lord 1759. Being the Third after Bissextile or Leap-Year. London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1759. Seventieth impression. [56]pp. Title page and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T29526.

[And:] Parker's ephemeris For the Year of Our lord 1758. Being the Second ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26533
Photo of "Des erreurs et préjugés populaires ..."
CHATELAIN, A[uguste]. Des erreurs et préjugés populaires en médecine. Neuchatel. Delachaux et Sandoz, 1865. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 206pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to foot of dulled spine, early inked ownership inscription to head of upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31794
Photo of "Transactions of the phrenological society, ..."
[PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY]. Transactions of the phrenological society, instituted 22d february 1820. Edinburgh. John Anderson, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [3], xvi, 448pp. With five engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt- tooled green half-roan, marbled paper boards, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners exposed. Later book-label of Geoffrey Jefferson to FEP, offsetting, scattered spotting; some creasing/tearing to folds of the one folding plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31858
Photo of "The Mother's Book of Songs"
[BURN, John Henry]. The Mother's Book of Songs. London. Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. xv, [1], 216pp. With a frontispiece and a further 26 illustrations in the text by Charles Robinson. Original publisher's pictorial gilt-stamped green cloth. With original publisher's buff pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper rubbed, marked, creased, and discoloured, some edge wear. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33776
Photo of "Davidis Ruhnkenii in Terentii Comoedias ..."
RUHNKEN, David. Davidis Ruhnkenii in Terentii Comoedias dictata. Brunsiano exemplo emendatius multisque partibus integrius ex apographo hamburgensi edita. Cura Ludovici Schopeni. Bonnae [i.e. Bonn]. Impensis Ed. Weberi, 1825. 8vo. vi, 285pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in a near contemporary Harrow school prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed, some slight marking. Marbled endpapers, lightly foxed, prize-plate of Harrow school, dated 1841, to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13867
Photo of "[Drop-head title:] A Letter from ..."
[PITT, William]. [Drop-head title:] A Letter from a Right Hon. Person to ------ in the City. [London]. [s.n.], [1761]. Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. Single leaf broadside. Mounted on later paper sheet. Engraved name and portrait of William Pitt the Elder at the head of the title. Two old horizontal folds, single small marginal stain. A later pencilled note to the mount curiously quotes an entry in Church of England clergyman James Woodforde's (1740-1803) The Diary of a Country Parson (1924-31): 'Gave the Bath Newsman for Mr. Pitt's speech ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29200
Photo of "Observations on the conduct of ..."
[AMHURST, Nicholas]. Observations on the conduct of Great-Britain, with Regard to the Negociations and other Transactions Abroad. London. Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts, 1729. First edition. 8vo. 61pp. p.[24-25] and [24-27] set out as four tables cataloguing 'Ships taken from his Majesty's Subjects by the Spaniards in the West-Indies, since the Hanov. Treaty, Sep. 3. 1725'. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Title page lightly browned, else a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 33814
Photo of "Select poems from the hesperides, ..."
HERRICK, Robert. Select poems from the hesperides, or works both human and divine...with occasional remarks by j[ohn] n[ott].. Bristol. J. M. Gutch, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [4], iv, [2], 253pp, [1]. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author after Marshall's famous frontispiece in Hesperides. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, lower joint starting, corners exposed. Spotting and browning to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29115
Photo of "The works of lord byron. ..."
BYRON, Lord. The works of lord byron. In four volumes.. London. John Murray, 1823. 8vo. In four volumes. xi, 303pp; 359pp; 345pp; 367pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by C. Warren to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled Russia. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss and a small worm-track to upper joint at foot of spine on Vol. III. Marbled endpapers and edges. Inked gift inscription 'H. P. Seale from Sir J. A. on Leaving Eton' to FEP of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31524