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[BRITISH ARMY]. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. London. Printed by Mark Baskett, 1766. 8vo. [2], 5-206pp, [2]. Imprint from general title page. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, corners exposed, upper board detached, lower joint split, some loss to head of spine. Early ownership inscription to general title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28034
CRABBE, George. The works. London. John Murray, 1823. 8vo. In five volumes. With half-titles. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled crushed green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spines dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23344
POLYAENUS. Polyaenus's stratagems of war; translated from the original greek. London. Printed for George Nicol, 1793. First edition in English. Quarto. [3], vi-xxxv, [1], 366pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting, spine dulled. Early bookplate of Viscount Donne and later armorial bookplate of P. A. H. Muschamp to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22978
[PATMORE, Coventry]. The Unknown Eros and other odes. London. George Bell and Sons, 1877. First edition. 8vo. x, 128, ix pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering -piece to spine. Extremities worn and sunned, spine panel attached at upper joint only. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP, ink ownership inscription of Richard Garnett to head of title, occasional light marginal spotting. With a one-page ALS tipped-in to front blank fly leaf: 'Hastings Sept. 19, 1877. Sir, ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29797
BANDURI, Anselmo. D. Anselmi Bandurii...Bibliotheca nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt... Hamburgi [i.e. Hamburg]. Apud C. Liebezeit et T.C. Felginer, 1719. First edition. Quarto. [8], 248pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting gilt-tooled morocco lettering-piece. Foot of spine with large (and rather unsightly) split, some marking, text significantly browned and spotted, with some old damp-staining to preliminaries, soiling to signatures K-L. Various later shelf-marks in manuscript (variously pencil and ink) to endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24060
BRENT, Nathanael. The historie of the councel of trent... London. Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629. Second edition. Folio. [12], 881 [i.e. 879]pp, [17]. Contemporary blind-ruled sprinkled calf. Rubbed, marked, and scored, wear to head of spine, corners exposed. Pastedowns sprung, without free-endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30967
FREZZA, Fabio. Massime, regole, et precetti, di Stato, & di Guerra... Venetia. Evangelista Deuchino, 1614. First edition. 382pp. Without terminal blank leaf. Title within engraved ornamental border. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marginal worm-tracks, very occasional early manuscript annotations. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22742
[CRIMEA]. [Two manuscript journals composed by Thomas Munn Hall, second-mate aboard first (i) the transport ship Mary Anne during the summer of 1856 by the first for the voyage from London to Balaklava, June 1856, and later (ii) the Elizabeth for a voyage from London to St Paul de Loanda (October 1856-July 1857).. 8vo. Two volumes. Manuscript on paper. 109; 119pp. Contemporary half- morocco and morocco-backed marbled paper boards respectively. Cocked and a little soiled, remaining tight, some rear leaves removed from earlier volume. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29397
A MODERN ANTIQUE [BYRON, Medora Gordon]. Celia in search of a husband. London. Printed at the Minerva Press, For A. K. Newman and Co., 1809. Second edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. viii, 322; [4], 306pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern brown cloth. A trifle rubbed and marked. Small hole to leaf Q7 of Vol. I - touching text without loss of sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30831
[BIBLE - French]. La Sainte Bible, qui contient L'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament. A Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Mortier, [1699]. Nouvelle edition reveu sur les textes Hebreux & Grecs par les Pasteurs et Professeurs de Geneve. 12mo. Signatures: A-3O6, 3P2. Without the New Testament (A-S6, T10), clearly never bound into this volume. With an engraved general title page. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled black calf, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins closely trimmed - occasional shaving to chapter titles at head, horizontal tear and partial naive paper repair to leaf T4 - touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30415
[MOORE, Margaret King]. Continuation of the stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. Containing narratives of foreign countries and manners, and designed as an introduction to the study of voyages, travels, and history in general. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1820. First edition. 12mo. [4], 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled papers boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, later paper label to spine. Inked initials and armorial bookplate of Baldwin J. R. Bastard to FEP, frontispiece browned and spotted. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27679
[SCHOOLMASTERS]. An address to the public, in behalf of the association among protestant schoolmasters in the North of England, For the support of their Aged Brethren, Widows, and Orphans: In which the Necessity and Utility of that charitable Institution are briefly illustrated... Newcastle. Printed by M. Angus, 1788. Second edition. 8vo. 45pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Title page browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30625
SHELLEY, P. B.. Poems from shelley selected and arranged by stopford brooke. London. Macmillan and co, 1880. 8vo. lx, 339pp. Bound by J. Larkins in contemporary brown half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Heavily worn, upper board detached, large piece of head of spine torn away.

Around 40 manuscript annotations to margins throughout; accompanied by several pressed flowers. With unidentified photographic portrait of a man sat at a desk loosely inserted.
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£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32054