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[WOOLSTON, Thomas]. The young gentleman and lady's Poetical Preceptor: being a collection of the most admired poetry: selected from the best authors... Coventry. Printed and sold by M. Luckman, [1795?] First edition. 12mo. xii, 310pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: ' Master Wm. Hands / August 22nd 1796', scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 18859
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SHERWOOD, Mrs. [Mary Martha]. The stranger at home. London. Printed for Houlston and Son, 1830. 12mo. 65pp, [5]. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green paper-backed printed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked, loss to spine, pen-trials to upper board, lower board held by cords only. Upper margin of first leaf of text shaved, two early manuscript corrects to text, inked gift inscription to verso of RFEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28705
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BLACKBURN, S[amuel]. Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: designed to enrich the memories and form the taste of young persons of both sexes. Colchester. Printed by and for G. Dennis, 1837. Second edition. 12mo. viii, 240pp. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine.Rubbed. Recent inked ownership inscription to title page, occasional chipping/staining to margins. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and bibliographical note to FEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 27635
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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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[DUPUY, Pierre]. Histoire des plus illustres favoris anciens et modernes... A Paris, sur l'Imprint A Leyde [i.e. Leiden]. Chez Jean Elsevier, 1659. 12mo. [16], 514, 120pp. Later calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, bookplate of Le Mis. de Biencourt to FEP, armorial bookplate of Biencourt-Poncins toe recto of FFEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso, small marginal repairs to leaves F1-2, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19544
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OLDYS, William. The british librarian: Exhibiting a compendious review of abstract Of our most Scarce, Useful, and Valuable books in all sciences, as well in manuscript as in print... London. Printed for T. Osborne, 1738. First edition. 8vo. [2], vii, [5], 402pp. With a later engraved portrait of the author bound in. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary backstrip. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting. Edmund Blunden's copy with his pencilled inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 27641
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NOY, William. The Compleat Lawyer; or, A Treatise concerning Tenures and Estates in Lands of Inheritance for Life, and other Hereditaments, and Chattels real and Personal. And how any of them may be conveyed in a Legal form by Fine, Recovery, Deed of Word, as the Case shall require. London. Printed for John Benson, 1661. 12mo. [2], 60, 63-124pp, [2]. Text continuous despite pagination. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Without pastedowns, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, small worm-track to initial four gatherings - touching text at times without loss of sense. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25197
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[SHIPWRECK]. A narrative of the loss of the kent east indiaman, by fire, in the bay of biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. In a letter to a friend. Edinburgh. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with no indication of such. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31290
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[BROWN, William]. A short account of sarah brown, Who Died the 25th of 2d Month, 1821, aged nearly nineteen years. York. Printed for Alexander and Son: sold also by Harvey and Darton et al., 1821. First edition. 16mo. 35pp, [1]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed buff paper boards. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine. Pencil trials to front endpapers, inked ownership inscription of Sarah Steevens to recto of FFEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31350
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WINSTON, W. R. Four years in upper burma. London. C. H. Kelly, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xii, 266pp, [10]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 21 plates, a partially coloured engraved folding map, numerous woodcut vignettes, and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lightly rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, ticket of booksellers Henry Sotheran to verso of FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'To Charles Winston / with his brother's love. / Oct ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31581
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ORLANDI, Pellegrino Antonio. Abecedario pittorico del m. r. p. pellegrino antonio orlandi bolognese. Venezia [i.e. Venice]. Appresso Giambatista Pasquali, 1753. In Questa edizione corretto E Notabilmente Di Nuove Notizie Accresciuto Da Pietro Guarienti Academico Clementino. Quarto. [14], 583pp, [1]. Title in red and black. With a half-title and three engraved plates of artists monograms. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19801
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[LITURGY - Greek]. Biblos tes demosias euches... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1665. [36], 126pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204258, Wing B3632.

[Bound with:] Psalterion tou Dabid... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1664. [2], 115, [3], 117-171pp, [1]. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204259, Wing B2720A.

12mo. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25869