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DARLING, James. Catalogue of books belonging to Sir William Heathcote, baronet, at Hursley Park, in the county of southampton. [London]. James Darling, Bookseller, 22 little Queen Stret. Lincolns Inn Fields, 1834. First edition. Quarto. viii, 154pp, [2]. With terminal blank. Original publisher's blind-tooled green textured cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with spine panel lacking the top half, and the remainder split from lower joint, bumping to corners and slightly, slightly marked. Ink-staining to fore- edge. Presentation copy, inscribed to 'The Honble. Mr Justice Coleridge' at Hursley in 1839, by William Heathcote to verso of FFEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24960

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[GALERON, Frédéric]. Catalogue général de la bibliothèque de la ville de falaise. [Falaise]. [Imprimerie de Brée l'ainé], [1830]. First edition?. 8vo. 6, 41pp, [1]. Uncut. Stitched, as issued in original publisher's printed tan wrappers. Stitching perished, wrappers detached, text-block separated in constituent gatherings, some chipping to extremities. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27784

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Catalogue de livres rares Dont la Vente se sera le Lundi 13 Mars 1786 & jours suivants, trois heures de relevée, en l'une des Salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion, rue Plâtriere. Par Guillaume de Bure, Fils aîné. Paris. Chez G. de Bure, 1786. First edition. xii, 259, [1], 26pp. With an index of authors. Priced in a contemporary hand throughout.

[Bound with:] Prix des livres rares, dont la vente s'est faite le lundi 20 mars 1786, en l'une des salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion... [Paris], [s.n.], [1786]. 32pp, [4].

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, wear to head of spine and upper joint, ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22577

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[MÉQUIGNON, Paul-Claude-Louis]. Catalogue de livres ecclésiastiques, de piété, classiques, liturgie et autres, qui se trouvent chez Méquignon junior, libraire, rue des Grands-Augustins, n.9.... Paris. de l'imprimerie de Cellot, 15 Octobre 1821 8vo. 54pp. Without final blank leaf. Disbound (evidently from a Sammelband), original publisher's wrappers preserved. Lightly damp-stained. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17467

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MICHAUD, L.G.. Catalogue de la librairie de L.G. Michaud éditeur de la biographie universelle, des oeuvres de Delille.... Paris. [s.n.], 1822. 8vo. 12pp. Disbound (evidently from a sammelband), original wrappers preserved. Margins closely trimmed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17468

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[MONTPELLIER LIBRARY]. Catalogue de la bibliothèque centrale des salons littéraires de donbernard, successeur de m. gras, Grand 'Rue, 21, maison d'Adhémar, à Montpellier. Montpellier. J.-A. Dumas, [s.d., c. 1860] 8vo. [2], 128pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal errata leaf. Rubbed, some loss to spine panel. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30811

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BARTHOLIN, Caspar. Caspari Bartholini Thom. F. Specimen philosophiae naturalis, Praecipua Physices Capita exponens... Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. Typis Leon. Lichfield, Impensis Henr. Clements, 1703. 12mo. [12], 164, [4], 23pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn, loss to head and foot of spine and lettering-piece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19418

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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

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[SHOWER, Bartholomew]. Cases in parliament Resolved and Adjudged, upon Petitions, and Writs of Error. London. Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1698. First edition. Folio. [10], 224pp, [2]. Later panelled speckled calf, recently rebacked to style preserving spine panel and contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional early marginal annotations. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP: 'Ex dono Auctoris Bartholomai / Showers militem Fran: Dwas(?)' More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 12766

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[WILKS, Samuel Charles]. Case of Miss Fancourt. The documents and correspondence in the christian observer on the alleged miraculous cure of miss fancourt. London. Printed by Ellerton and Henderson...for J. Hatchard and Son, 1831. First edition. 8vo. 77pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Later brown half- cloth, blue paper boards, paper label lettered "bibliotheca Occulta' to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Book-label of Captain F. G. Irwin to FEP, letterpress bookseller's description pasted to recto of FFEP, title page stained. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33632

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CARY, [John]. Cary's Survey of the High Roads from london... London. Printed for J. Cary, July 1st. 1810 Quarto. [44] leaves. Engraved throughout. Hand-coloured strip road maps are printed in eighty numbered columns on both the recto and verso of 40 leaves. A handsomely bound copy in contemporary mottled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25745

[CARRIAGES]. [Carriage design]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1840] Dimensions 230 x 140 mm. Single leaf diagram. Pen and ink illustration of a carriage, with a movable flap allowing the carriage to be viewed with the door both opened and closed. Proprietor's name and address in manuscript at foot. Lightly marked. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 20580

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INSH, George Pratt. Carmina Glottiana: Poems of Avondale and Clydeside. Edinburgh. Lindsay & Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. [8], 15pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title: 'With the compliments of the author'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32437

FRANK, Leonhard. Carl and anna. London. Peter davies, 1929. First edition in English. 8vo. 117pp [3], including two pages of publisher's advertising. Original publisher's tan cloth boards stamped in (now faded) gilt, with the tan dustwrapper printed in black. Minor shelf-wear, chipping to edges, browned to spine with some further marks. Henry Inscribed by the translator to FFEP 'With every good wish to Henry Williamson from Cyrus Brooks'. A short annotation in Williamson's hand compares the final line of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27249

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MASON, William. Carattaco poema drammatico scritto sul modello della tragedia greca antica da guglielmo mason ec. ec. Dall' inglese recato in verso italiano da t. j. mathias. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Da' Torchi di Agnelo Nobile, 1823. 8vo. xx, 133pp, [3]. Uncut in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle marked, loss to head and foot of spine. Lightly foxed internally. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title by translator Thomas James Mathias; 'Dall' Autore'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16128

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MASON, W[illiam]. Caractacus. A dramatic poem. Written on the Model of The antient greek tragedy. First published in the Year 1759, and Now altered for Theatrical Representation. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1777. 8vo. [6], 76pp. Without half-title. Modern navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of John Dovaston to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28400

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[NAPOLEON]. [Caption title:] XXe. bulletin de la grande armee. Moscou, le 17 Septembre 1812. Montpellier. l'Imprimerie de Mme. Picot, [1812]. Dimensions 460 x 360 mm. Single leaf broadside. With the Imperial eagle vignette to head. Early vertical and horizontal folds, edges uncut. A trifle browned, single small hole touching text, without loss of sense. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20594

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MANNING, Thomas. [Caption title:] XVI. New Method of computing Logarithms. By Thomas Manning, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. Read June 5, 1806. [London]. [Printed by W. Bulmer], [1806]. First edition. Quarto. 327-342pp. Stapled into later blue power blue powder wrappers, booksellers ticket of Henry Sotheran to upper wrapper. Extremities a trifle creased a browned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24821

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DAVIES, A. M., GREGORY, J. W.. [Caption title:] The Geology of Monte Chaberton. [London]. [s.n.], [1894]. 8vo. [1], 304-310pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's plain salmon wrappers. Extremities a trifle dust-soiled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21319

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[ROYAL CEREMONY]. [Caption title:] The Form of the Proceeding to the funeral Of her late Majesty queen mary II. Of Blessed Memory... [Edinburgh]. In the Savoy: Printed by Edw. Jones, 1694/5 [i.e. 1695] Folio. 4pp. Imprint from colophon. Dated according to Lady Day dating. A rare variant of ESTC R37350 - under title on p.1: 'March 2. 1694/5 I do appoint Edward Jones to print this account of the proceeding. Norfolke, and Marshall.' Two copies are recorded in the British Isles (Advocates and NLS), and none elsewhere. ESTC R177184, Wing F1582A.

[Bound with:] The Form of the Proceeding to ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27792