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GREGORY, Olinthus. Memoirs of the life, writings, and character, literary, professional, and religious, of the late john mason good, M.D. London. Henry Fisher, Son, and Co., 1828. First edition. 8vo. [8], 472pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of Sarah Wright to head of title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21638

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[CHUBB & SON]. Chubb's patent locks and safes [a catalogue].. London. [s.n.], October 1st, 1867 Large folio, dimensions 345 x 515mm. 9pp, [1]. Folded, with both horizontal and vertical creases, slight tearing to folds, spotting and manuscript docket title to lower wrapper. Original publisher's printed wrappers, with elaborate decoration to upper wrappers and copious engraved illustrations throughout. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21467

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[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. Sayings and doings; or sketches from a life. Third series. London. Henry Colburn, 1828. 12mo. In three volumes. [4], 378; [2], 326; [2], 333pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Private ink-stamps to title pages, foxed, without terminal advertisement leaf to Vol. III. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21628

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VERTOT, [Rene Aubert de]. Histoire des revolutions de suede... Paris. Chez Durand de Sugeres, 1778. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. In two volumes. [16], 401, [5]; [4], 362pp. With a half-title to Vol. II. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, paper repair to verso of Vol. I FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21631

JEFFERIES, Richard. Hodge and his masters. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [3], 359; [6], 312pp, [4]. With half-titles and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Original publisher's brown buckram, blocked in black and blind, gilt pictorial devices to upper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Typed booksellers description pasted to FEP of Vol. I, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20808

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BEATTIE, James. The minstrel; or, the progress of genius: and Other Poems. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1827. 12mo. xiv, 176pp. With an additional engraved title page and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP, pencilled annotations to front blank fly-leaves, occasional inked highlighting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21569

[THE SCOTCH HUT]. The scotch hut, a poem, addressed to euphorbus; or, the earl of the grove. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1779. First edition. Quarto. 12pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Central horizontal crease, lightly spotted and dust-soiled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19207

[FITCHETT, John]. Bewsey, a poem. Warrington. Printed by W. Eyres, for J. Johnson, 1796. First edition. Quato. xi, [1], 32pp. Disbound. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Half-title marked and dust-soiled, shaved to head, text-block separated into two parts. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 16802

BACKHOUSE, William. The History of the Man of God, who was sent from Judah to Bethel; a Caution against Religious Delusion. A sermon preached at the visitation of the archdeacon of ely, in The Church of St. Michael, Cambridge, on Thursday, May 19. 1763. Cambridge. Printed By J. Bentham, Printer to the University; For T. & J. Merrill, 1763. First edition. Quarto. [4], 19pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Stitched, as issued. Some slight chipping to margins, overall clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21302

[ATHANASIAN CREED]. A letter to the Mayor and Corporation of deale, in kent, In Relation to their Opinion upon the trinity. London. Printed for J. Shuckburgh, 1752. First edition. 8vo. [2], 33pp, [1]. Disbound. Title page working-loose, else a crisp copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21311

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[ASSEMBLY OF THE FRENCH CLERGY]. Actes de l'assemblee generale du clerge de france sur la religion, Extraits du Proces-Verbal de ladite Assemblee, tenue a Paris, par permission du Roi, au Couvent des Grands-Augustins, en 1765. A Paris. De l'Imprimerie de Guilleaume Desprez, 1765. 8vo. 92pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Edges a trifle dusty, else clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21341

CAYLEY, Cornelius. A letter to the Rev. Mr. potter. In Answer to his sermon preach'd at Reymerston in Norfolk, against the People call'd methodists. Norwich. Printed and sold by R. Davy, and at Mr. Gleed's, Bookseller, 1758. First edition. 8vo. 31pp, [1]. With proposals for printing (by subscription) a new edition of the same author's autobiography The Riches of God's Free Grace, dated Feb. 4, 1758, to verso of final leaf. Uncut, stitched as issued. Slightly dusty, else a fine copy. With ink inscriptions of both Ben and Thomas Spalding to margins of the verso of title, and recto of the second leaf. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 19572

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BARBEYRAC, Jean. The spirit of the ecclesiasticks Of all Sects and Ages, As to the Doctrines of Morality, and more particularly the Spirit of the Ancient Fathers of the Church, examin'd By Mons. Barbeyrac... London. Printed for J. Peele, 1722. First edition. 8vo. [8], 72pp. Disbound, all edges red. Title page spotted. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21310

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[CHRISTIANITY]. Plain truth confirmed, and the Righteousness of faith opened; Being an Answer to the Objections of J. M. sent to the Author. London. [s.n.], 1764. First edition. 8vo. 14pp. Disbound. Title page very nearly detached. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21402

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BURKE, Edmund. Nouvelles reflexions sur la revolution de france Par Mr. edmund burke, traduites de l'anglois, et contenues dans deux lettres, l'une adressee a un membre de l'Assembles nationale, et l'autre, a Mgr. l'Archeveque d'Aix. A Paris. [s.n.], 1791. 8vo. xxiv, 93pp, [1]. Disbound. With a half-title. Very occasional chipping to margins, ink-stamps of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to head of title page and p.73. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21252

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[HILL, Richard, Sir]. Five letters to the Reverend Mr. Fletcher, Relative to his Vindication of the minutes of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley. Intended chiefly for the comfort or mourning backsligers, and such as may have been distressed and perplexed by reading Mr. Wesley's Minutes, or the Vindication of them. London. Printed for E. and C. Dilly...and sold by J. Eddowes, 1772. Second edition, revised and much enlarged. 8vo. 52pp. Disbound. A trifle spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21344

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[WARD, John]. De Ordine, Sive De venusta & eleganti tum vocabulorum, tum membrorum sententiæ collocatione. His quædam adjiciuntur de vitiis ordinis: Item De variis modis, quibus, pro verborum numero, ordo sententiae transponi potest. Londini [i.e. London]. Apud R. Robinson, 1712. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 7-39pp, [1]. Disbound. Foxed, damp-staining to title page, leaves shaved at foot with occasional loss of catch-word. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21340

A CIVIL MAGISTRATE [L'ESTRANGE, Hamon]. A Legacy to the World: or, essays to promote Practical Christianity. London. Printed by J. and W. Oliver for the Author, 1762. First edition. 8vo. ix, [2], 12-72pp. Disbound. Occasional dust-soiling to margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21449

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LORD BISHOP OF CHICHESTER, John. A charge delivered to the clergy of the diocese of chichester, at the primary visitation of the diocese, in the year 1798. London. Printed for J. Robson, 1799. First edition. Quarto. [4], 7-47pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21336

[EYRE, Francis]. A short essay on the christian religion, descriptive of the advantages which have accrued to society by the establishment of it, as contrasted with the manners and customs of mankind before that happy period... London. Printed by J. P. Coghlan, 1795. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 140pp. With a half-title. Uncut, stitched as issued in original publisher's blue wrappers. Title in manuscript to upper cover, wrappers creased, substantial loss to spine panel. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19006