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LAWRENCE, T. E.. Oriental assembly. London. Williams and Norgate, [1939]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. xii, 164pp. With a photographic frontispiece, and a further 130 photographic plates. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Inked inscription of R. W. S. Livingstone to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26298
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LAWRENCE, T. E.. Oriental assembly. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1940. First American edition. 8vo. xii, [2], 291pp, [1]. With a half-title. Profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs by the author (many previously unpublished), facsimiles of pages of the author's diary, and a line-drawn map. Original publisher's red buckram, lettered in gilt, dustwrapper. Wrapper marked and chipped, two closed tears to head. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22192
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[INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION]. Oral instruction of the deaf and dumb... [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Arts, by William Clowes and Sons, 1884. First edition. [2], 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] SPARKES, John C. L. Schools of art: their origin, history, work, and influence. [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Arts, by William Clowes and Sons, 1884. First edition. viii, 152pp.

[And:] PAGET, Charles E. Healthy schools. [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24340
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OPTATUS, Saint. Optati afri milevitani episcopi De Schismate Donatistarum contra parmenianum Donatistam Libri Septem... Londini [i.e. London]. Typis Joh. Legat, 1631. First edition. 8vo. [16], 271, 276-364pp. With errata to verso of title page. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and a trifle marked, minute worm-holes to lower joint and foot of spine. Without free-endpapers, rear pastedown sprung, early inscriptions to title page of Sa. Byfield, (?) J. Rougier, and 'Grego: Fitz Gerald for J. Bro:', head of text-block trimmed, occasional spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19364
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SITWELL, Osbert. Open the door!: A volume of Stories. London. Macmillan & Co., 1941. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 281pp, [1]. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / January 1942'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27107
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SHAW, W. N. COHEN R. Waley. On the seasonal variation of atmospheric temperatures in the British Isles, and its relation to wind-direction, with a note on the effect of sea temperature on the seasonal variation of air temperature. From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. 69. London. Harrison and Sons, [1901]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 85pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed paper wraps. Very light soiling to extremities, ink-stamp of the Royal Meteorological Society to upper wrap. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of upper wrap; 'With the authors complts.' More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13414
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WRIGHTSON, Thomas. On the punishment of death. London. John Hearne, 1837. Third edition. 8vo. xxiv, 113pp, [1]. Original publisher’s green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26388
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DARWIN, Charles. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. New York. Appleton and Company, 1871. Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. 8vo. 447pp, [9]. With a folding table. Original publisher's printed brown cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine, edges of boards slightly toned, spine dulled. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25484
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BLAKE, William. MILTON, John. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. Milton's hymn with illustration with William Blake and a note by Geoffrey Keynes. Cambridge. At the University Press, 1923. Limited edition, no. 6 of 150. Quarto. 32pp, [2]. Six full-page monochrome reproductions of Blake's drawings included within the pagination. Original vellum-backed buckram, lettered in gilt to spine, with both the original glassine underwrapper and the printed dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. The book itself is fine but for the slightest shelfwear. The glassine wrapper with a short tear to upper board; the dustwrapper a little chipped at head of both boards, and slightly ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24641
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MIVART, St. George. On the genesis of species. London. Macmillan & Co., 1871. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 296pp. With a half-title and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight chipping to head and foot of spine. Residue from removed bookplate to FEP, contemporary inked ownership to recto of half-title - later deleted with coloured pencil, inked private library shelf number to title-page, a trifle toned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18676
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BROOKE, Stopford A.. On ten plays of shakespeare. London. Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. 8vo. [4], 311pp, [3]. Original publisher's pale green boards, lettered in gilt to spine, original publisher's blind-stamped decoration to lower board. Faded and rubbed. Inked inscription 'Corrected' to upper board. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32042
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BROOKE, Stopford A.. On ten plays of shakespeare. London. Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. 8vo. [4], 311pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked with bumping to corners. Darkening to spine and damp staining to fore edge of upper board.

[With:] [Two manuscript autograph lectures, delivered at University College London in March and November of 1905]. Each 22ff sewn. Slightly marked. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32041
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MAURICE, Baron P.-E. On national defence in england. London. Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1852. First edition in English. 8vo. [2], xiv, 88pp. With a lithographed folding map. Modern light green cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Short tear to map at gutter, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30224