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[STOKER, Bram]. The Art of Ellen Terry [article in - The Cosmopolitan]. New York. The Cosmopolitan Press, 1901. First edition. Large 8vo. [10], 227-336, [48]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. Wraps toned wth creasing to spine ends and top edge, Internally bright and clean throughout save light toning. Significant contemporary advertising throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30768

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[STOKER, Bram]. The red stockade [short story in - The Cosmopolitan]. New York. The Cosmopolitan Press, 1894. First edition. Large 8vo. [8] 518-640, [9-64]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. All edges untrimmed, top edges unopened. Wrappers toned sunned, with minor losses to all edges and sunned spine. Internally bright with contemporary advertising to both front and rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30773

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[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 5th of May, 1726. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson and Robert Fleming, 1726. Folio. 21pp, [17]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30924

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STRINGHALT [i.e. MURRAY, James]. Runs with the lanarkshire & renfrewshire fox-hounds, and other sporting incidents. Glasgow. Kerr & Richardson, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 116pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and two further photographic plates. Original publisher's red pebbled cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Rubbed and marked, upper joint split. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30969

[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the church of scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 14th Day of May 1752. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson, and Robert Fleming, 1752. Folio. 27pp, [13]. Disbound. Scattered spotting, title page and initial leaf detached, head of text-block shaved - loss to running title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30925

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[HACHETTE]. Hachette et Cie. Catalogue de livres d'etrennes. [Paris]. [Hachette et Cie.], [1896]. 8vo. 16pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle creased and marked. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30813

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[HEREFORD LIBRARY]. City of Hereford: The eighteenth annual report of the committee of the free public library and museum, to the town council. 1889-90. Hereford. S. Adams, [1890]. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Light vertical crease to centre of all leaves, slight splitting at spine, rust-spots from staples, else clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 17262

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[POOR RELIEF]. A plan suggested for mature consideration, for superseding the necessity of the poor rates, by means of cottage acres, and farms, turned Leaven Farms; thus denominated from the intended benefits likely to result from its pervading the whole mass. [s.n.]. [s.i.], 1817. 8vo. [2], 219-233pp. Modern cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31021

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[DEVONSHIRE]. The Two Widecombe Tracts, 1638 giving a Contemporary Account of the great Storm, reprinted with an introduction. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1905. vi, [4], 37pp.

[Bound with:] Richard Peek of Tavistock: His three to one, The Commendatory Verses and the Play of dick of devonshire. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1905. [4], x, 100pp.

[And:] CLAYDEN, Arthur W. The history of devonshire scenery: an essay in Geographical Evolution. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1906. [6], 202pp. With a photogrpahic frontispiece and a further 42 photographic plates.

[And:] An Old ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31020

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Letters from percy bysshe shelley to elizabeth hitchener. Now first published. With an Introduction and Notes. London. Bertram Dobell, 1908. First trade edition. 8vo. li, [1], 351pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP and inked and pencilled notes to rear endpapers. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28089

[RIVER DEE]. The Shakin' Brig: an appeal. Aberdeen. William Smith & Sons, The Bon-Accord Press, [s.d., 1920?] First edition. 8vo. [4]pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31250

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[SIDEY, James Archibald]. Remollescences of a Medical Student: with an anthropophology of the author and a physician's holiday. Edinburgh. Maclachlan & Stewart, 1886. First edition. Quarto. [8], 54pp, [2]. With a half-title, a real photograph frontispiece, and 80 engraved illustrations in the text by John Smart and Charles Doyle. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31247

[GLEIG, George Robert]. The subaltern. Edinburgh. William Blackwood, 1828. Third edition. 12mo. 372pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Heavily rubbed, without lettering-piece. Hinges exposed, bookplate of Nelson Matcham to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 11976

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MORLEY, Sheridan. John g The Authorised Biography of John Gielgud. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. First edition. Large 8vo. xvii, 510pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's photographic dustwrapper. Corners a trifle bumped, wrapper a little scuffed and creased at the top panel. Presentation inscription to title page: 'Darling Joannie all love Sheridan'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31313

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GEORGE, Christopher [i.e. AMOROSA, John and Anthony]. Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. New York. Vantage Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 82pp. Original publisher's red morocco, lettered in silver, with original publisher's pictorial pink textured dustwrapper. Dustrapper scuffed and marked, flaps taped to pastedowns. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Complimentary Copy to Sir Laurence Olivier from Christopher Lynley George'. Loosely inserted is a typewritten letter in it's original addressed envelope from the brothers expressing their admiration for Olivier: 'I would deem it an honor if you would ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31310

VINAVER, Michel. Iphigenie Hotel. Paris. Gallimard, 1963. First edition. 8vo. 208pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed wrappers. Contemporary address to front verso wrap. Inscribed on the half-title: 'a Laurence Olivier hommage de M Vinaver'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31425

WARREN, Samuel. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, iv, [2], 381, [1]; iv, 369pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31681

ALDIN, Cecil. Time I was dead: Pages from My Autobiography. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 389pp, [1].With a coloured frontispiece, eight coloured plates, 16 black and white plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Modern green calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31657

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MARSHALL, Emma. Memories of Troublous Times: Being the History of Dame Alicia Chamberlayne Of Ravensholme, Gloucestershire. London. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1880. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 316pp, [4]. With a frontispiece, a further five plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of dedication leaf: 'Henry Birkbeck / from the author E. M. / Jun 7. 1880'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31344

HORT, W. Jillard. The new pantheon; or, an introduction to the mythology of the ancients in question and answer: compiled for the use of young persons... London. Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. New edition. 12mo. viii, 260pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece and a further 16 plates. Original publisher's black cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, loss to head of spine. Hinges exposed, publisher's advertisements to pastedowns, minute marginal worm-track to one plate. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31334