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Photo of "The compleat french-master, for ladies ..."
BOYER, A[bel]. The compleat french-master, for ladies and gentlemen... London. Printed for Richard Sare, 1721. Eighth edition. 8vo. 412 [i.e. 416]pp. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board. without pastedowns/free-endpapers, head of text-block shaved with occasional loss to running-titles, loss/tearing to leaves O7-8, R1-2, and Cc4 with loss of text and sense. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33036
Photo of "Hudibras, a poem.."
BUTLER Samuel. Hudibras, a poem... London. Printed for Akerman et al., 1822. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. lxxiv, [2], 444; 494pp. With 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary green calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial ink-stamps to versos of both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33043
Photo of "An enquiry Into the causes ..."
FIELDING, Henry. An enquiry Into the causes of the late Increase of Robbers, &c. with some proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. In which The Present Reigning Vices are impartially exposed; and the Laws that relate to the Provision for the Poor, and to the Punishment of Felons are largely and freely examined. London. Printed for A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. 12mo. xxxii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, worm-hole to head of spine. Early inked initials to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32977
Photo of "Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium ..."
[IRELAND, William Henry]. Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultitia. The modern ship of fools. Aere perennius. London. Printed for William Miller, 1807. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 295, 9pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19710
Photo of "Caspar hauser. An account of ..."
FEUERBACH, Anselm von. Caspar hauser. An account of an individual kept in a dungeon, separated from all communication with the world, from early childhood to about the age of seventeen. Drawn up from legal documents. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. First British edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 191pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary cloth, with new endpapers. Rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine, some loss to head and foot. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, a trifle spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19747
Photo of "Chronicon Preciosum: or, an account ..."
FLEETWOOD, Bishop [William]. Chronicon Preciosum: or, an account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other Commodities; and of Stipends, Salaries, Wages, Jointures, Portions, Day-labour, &c. in england, for Six hundred Years last past... London. Printed for T. Osbourne, 1745. Second edition. 8vo. [10], 147, [3], 30pp, [2]. With 12 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Porchester and paper shelf-labels to FEP, short marginal tear to foot of leaf B1, light dampstaining to gutter. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33171
Photo of "Illustrations of the lives and ..."
TODD, Rev. Henry J[ohn]. Illustrations of the lives and writings of gower and chaucer. Collected from authentick documents. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al., 1810. First edition. 8vo. [8], xlvii, [1], 394pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, with the supralibros (wolf passant collared and chained with Garter motto) of George Granville Leveson-Gower, first Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) to both boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate to FEP, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19084
Photo of "Some sermons preach'd on several ..."
[BURNET], Gilbert. Some sermons preach'd on several occasions; and an essay towards a new book of homilies, in seven sermons, Prepar'd at the Desire of Archbishop Tillotson, and some other Bishops. . London. Printed for John Churchill, 1713. 8vo. xxv, [7], 349pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled and blind-panelled speckled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Light rubbing and marking to extremities. Some staining to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33414
Photo of "Chrysal; or the adventures of ..."
AN ADEPT [i.e. JOHNSTONE, Charles]. Chrysal; or the adventures of a guinea. London. Printed for Hector M'lean, 1821. New edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], viii, 319pp, [1]; [6], 321pp, [1]; [6], 326pp, [4]. With half-title and engraved colour frontispiece to each volume, 12 further colour engraved plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Original publisher's red roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight surface loss to boards. Very slight spotting to endpapers, otherwise ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33439
Photo of "History of the water supply ..."
BURNET, John. History of the water supply to glasgow, from the Commencement of the Present Century... Glasgow. Printed by Bell & Bain, 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With three folding lithographed maps and a folding lithographed diagram. Unopened. Bound by R. Nelson of Glasgow in original publisher's blind-stamped brick-red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ticket of Glaswegian bookseller Hugh Hopkins to FEP. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33271
Photo of "Mador of the moor; a ..."
HOGG, James. Mador of the moor; a poem. Edinburgh. Printed for William Blackwood, 1816. First edition. 8vo. [8], 140pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, buff paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Book-label of John Millar to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33317
Photo of "Poems on Several Occasions"
[FENTON, Elijah]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1717. First edition. 8vo. [8], 224pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a scene of angels and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, with cracking to upper joint. Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to FEP. Staining to endpapers, with title page browned, and light spotting to text. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33424
Photo of "[Drop-head title:] An act for ..."
[ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHWAYS]. [Drop-head title:] An act for Making and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges, and Quays, and for regulating Ferries in the Shire of Argyll; and for altering and repairing certain Military and other Roads, Bridges, and Quays in the said Shire, and in the Parish of Arrochar, and Shire of Dumbarton. [London]. [D. Caldwell], [1816]. Folio. 27pp, [1]. Docket-title to verso of terminal leaf. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Three old horizontal folds. Very small hole to text leaf G1, without loss of sense, loss and chipping to terminal leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33333