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[DUNDAS, Henry – Trial of.]. The trial, by impeachment, of henry lord viscount melville, for high crimes and misdemeanours, before The House of Peers, in westminster hall, Between the 29th of April and the 17th of May, 1806.. London. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. First edition. 8vo. iv, xcv, [1], 1-120, 121*-230*, 121-378pp, [8]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Twentieth century green buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. browning to title and blank fly-leaves, light scattered spotting, with chipping to edges of title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35068
KEYNES, John Maynard. A revision of the treaty: being a sequel to the economic consequences of the peace. London. Macmillan and Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. viii, 223, [1], 6pp. With half-title and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, damp-staining to foot of boards, faded shelf -mark in correction fluid to spine. Slight marginal water-marking to preliminaries, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, with embossed stamp to that effect to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15211
ORCZY, Baroness. The Emperor's Candlesticks. A tale. London. Greening and Co., Ltd., 1905. 8vo. 288pp. With half-title. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt and black with device in black to upper board. Rubbed, slight loss to sunned spine. Leaves lightly toned/foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP: 'To R. Barber with fond love from Emmuska Orczy, 1905' and again to half-title, 'With my dear love Emmuska Orczy, May 1905'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11111
[HARDY, Thomas]. The proceedings in cases of high treason, under a special commission of oyer and terminer, which was first opened at hicks’s hall, oct. 2, 1794, and afterwards continued at the sessions house, in the old bailey. Taken in short hand, by william ramsey.. London. Printed for James Ridgeway and H.D. Symonds, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 811pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. 20th century tan cloth, with gilt-tooled red paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, with a little wear to extremities. Title browned and stained, with some damp staining to corners, some light foxing and browning, fore-edges of last 3 quires singed and chipped with some loss of text. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35066
NUGENT, Nicholas.. The Case of Nicholas Nugent, Esq. Late Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Foot Guards. With Copies of the Letters Which Passed Between Him and General Craig, Lord Barrington, and the Judge Advocate, on Mr Nugent's Application for a Court Martial.... London. Printed for J.Almon., 1776. Second Edition. 8vo. vii,[1], [5], 106pp. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half calf, contrasting lettering piece, gilt titling, top edge gilt, with the fore and lower edges uncut. A fine copy but for slight wear to upper joint and extremities. Neat marginal paper repairs to final leaf. More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 10479
[NAVAL]. The naval and military magazine Vol I[-II]. London. T. Clerc Smith, 1827. Second Edition. 8vo. First two volumes only. viii, 672pp. [3], 722pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I one depicting 'The Duke of York, Commander in Chief' and an engraved plate to Vol. II showing 'His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral'. Later blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spines. Marginal tears to Vol, I at p.179-180, p.381-382, p.389-390 - in no instance touching text, browning to titles ... More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 12195
TURNER, John. Two Discourses Introductory to a Disquisition Demonstrating the Unlawfulness of the Marriage of Cousin Germans; From Law, Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity. London. Printed by H.H. for Walter Kettilby, 1682. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 63pp, [1]. [Bound with:] A Letter of Resolution to a Friend, Concerning the Marriage of Cousin Germans. London. Printed by H.H. for Walter Kettilby, 1682. [16], 29pp, [1]. With blank A1 but without final leaf of advertisements, C8. Two works bound in one, recent blue paper boards. Occasional marginal loss and slight shaving to fore-edge notes of first work. Ink inscriptions of Tho. Twisleton ... More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 10979
SOCIETY OF NAVAL GENTLEMEN. Britannia triumphant: or, An Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English Nation, From the earliest Times, down to the Conclusion of the late War...to which is prefixed, A Large Introduction, Containing the History of Navigation... London. Sold by R. James, 1766. Second edition. 8vo. li, [1], 224pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and five engraved plates. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints cracked, ink inscription to lower board. Overall internally clean and crisp, later ink inscription to recto of FFEP, marginal ink annotation to title, ink-stamped initials to front blank fly-leaf and top margin of first page of text. More > £ 225.00 Antiquates Ref. 13453
HEATH, George Y.. Address in Surgery, Delivered at the Thirty-Eight Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, Held in Newcastle, August 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th. 1870.. [London]. T. Richards, [Reprinted from the British Medical Journal], [1870]. Offprint. 8vo. [2], 18pp. With the colour plate illustrating the results of surgery on three different afflictions of the leg; an amputation through the knee joint, a mal-united fracture and a club foot. Sewn within original publisher's pale-blue paper wraps. Slight creasing, else a fine presentation copy from the author. Inscribed 'H. Lonsdale M.D. With authors Compt.' to head of title, with a short annotation in the ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10090
GRAILE, John. Sacra privata In duas Partes distributa: quaram una Tractatum continet de Religiosa Solitudine, Privatis Precibus aliisque Officiis piis, cum Doctrinae Studio conjungendis. Altera Varias id genus Preces, Literatorum (in primis Juniorum) Pietati augendae destinatas. Londini, [i.e. London]. Typis J.L. Impensis autem Gualteri Kettilby, 1699. First edition. 8vo. [16], 141, [7], 183pp, [3]. Without terminal blank leaf. Contemporary panelled sheep. Rebacked in later calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Rubbed, with loss to extremities. Some loss and perforation to FFEP, small paper flaws to E3 and G4 with slight loss of text. Ink inscriptions of Hugo Pigot to FEP (dated 1710) and title, with latin motto inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11482
GOODMAN, Walter. The Keeleys on the stage and at home. London. Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 357pp, [1]. With two portrait engravings from photographs, one as frontispiece and one plate, depicting Mary Anne Keeley and Fanny Stirling respectively, and a further 16 plates of black and white illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt device and lettering, decorated endpapers. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to foot of spine with spots of soiling in places. Bookplate of R.G.E. Sandback to FEP. Occasional ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11772
[ROYAL SOCIETY]. Philosophical transactions. Numb. 166. Decemb. 20. 1684. [s.l.]. [s.n.], 1684. First edition. Quarto. 799-834pp. Drop-head title. With two engraved folding plates, one depicting a stone chimney, the other a tabled of tide times. Bound in recent blue paper boards. Some marginal damp-staining throughout with worming to top corner of all leaves and folding table. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12894
SCHAFFER, Jacob Christian. Apus pisciformis insecti aquatici species noviter detecta brevibusque descripta a Jacobo Christiano Schaeffero... Ratisbonae [i.e. Regensburg]. Typis Christ. Gott. Seiffarti Viduae, 1757. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. Quarto. 24pp. With an engraved hand-coloured folding plate of anatomical diagrams of numerous specimens. Disbound. All leaves a trifle toned, A2 and A3 detached from text block, short tear to head of title, small paper repair to margin of same, occasional spots of light foxing, pen trial to verso of plate. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10760
[MIRTIL]. The Loves of Mirtil, Son of Adonis; A Pastoral. London. [s.n.], 1770. First edition. 8vo. [2], iv, [4], 139pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and title, and five further engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Mary Kelly, Easter 1957', some spotting to plates. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13930
[IRELAND]. Speeches of the Right Honorable Henry Grattan, with prefatory observations. The whole comprising a brief review of the most important political events in the history of Ireland. Dublin. Printed for H. Fitzpatrick, 1811. First edition. 8vo. Volume one, all published. [4], xcvi, [2], 415pp, [1], x. Uncut an unsophisticated copy in original publisher's blue paper backed green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed with loss to spine, lettering-piece chipped, boards slightly sunned and soiled, corners bumped. Sporadic foxing throughout, slight marginal loss to N2, near contemporary ink inscription to head of title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11089
[MIRABEAU, Honore-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de]. Memoires du ministere du duc d'Aiguillon, pair de France, et son commandement en Bretagne; pour servir a l'histoire de la fin du regne de Louis XV et a celle du commencement du regne de Louis XVI. A Paris. Chez F. Buisson, 1792. Third edition. 8vo. [4], 392pp. With half-title. Early twentieth-century calf-backed glazed orange paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, sunned, library shelf-marks in correction fluid to spine. Bookplate of Bath Reference Library to FEP, with their occasional embossed stamps throughout, closed tear to C8 just clipping text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14462
SHERER, Moyle. The story of a life. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. In two volumes. [3], vi-xii, 316; [2], 364pp. Without half-titles. Ink deletion of three lines to p.60 of Vol. I and two lines to p.110 of Vol. II.

[Bound uniformly with:] SHERER, Moyle. Tales of the wars of our times. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. In two volumes. [3], vi-vii, [1], 364; [2], 369pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Single ... More >
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10925