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[SHIPWRECK - RMS TEUTON]. Loss of nearly 200 lives At Sea, off the Coast of Africa, on board of Stempship 'Teuton'. Several from Porthleven and other Cornish places. [Cornwall?]. Woolcock, General & Commercial Printer Dimensions 190 x 250mm. Single leaf quarto broadside sheet. Printed within decoratie black borders, with a woodcut of a steamship at head. Dated in manuscript, 'Septem. 1881' beneath drop-head title More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29403

[SHIPWRECKS]. Perils of the ocean, or disasters of the seas. New York. Murphy, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 72pp. With 22 engravings in the text. Original publisher's pictorial buff paper boards. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine panel, upper board working loose. Early ink ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30642

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SHIRREFF, Emily. Intellectual education and its influence on the character and happiness of women. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. New edition. 8vo. xii, 276pp. Bound by Bickers & Son (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'Clementine Mitford from her loving mother H. Blanche Airlie. Dec. 1889'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34749

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SHOBERL, Frederic. Narrative of the most remarkable events which occurred in an near leipzig, immediately before, during, and subsequent to, the sanguinary series of engagements between The Allied Armies and the French, from the 14th to the 19th october, 1813. London. Printed for R. Ackerman, 1814. Eighth edition. 8vo. xvi, 104, 6, [2], 4pp. With two hand-coloured engraved folding maps and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28085

[SHORTHOUSE, Joseph Henry]. John Inglesant: a romance. London. Macmillan and Co., 1882. New edition, tenth thousand. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], x, [2], 344; [4], 388pp. With half-titles. Bound by Slinn of Sheffield in contemporary half-morocco, tan cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25789

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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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[SHROPSHIRE AUCTION]. Shropshire. To be Sold by Auction...The fee simple and inheritance of and in all that capital Messuage, Tenement, and Farm, called, or commonly known by, the Name of Bayston... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1800]. Dimensions 190 x 300 mm. Single leaf handbill. Printed on one side only, edges uncut. Three early horizontal folds. Heavily creased, single small hole (not touching text). More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24351

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SHYLOCK, Sir David. Waterocracy: a tale of fire. A letter to myneer von romp, merchant, rotterdam, from his friend sir david shylock, a. s. s. on his visit to the house of lords to oppose the new gass and water bills at the public expense. Translated from the german, and illustrated with two engravings by peter flint. Sunderland. Printed by W. Hollis, 1846. First edition?. 12mo. 12pp. With two engraved plates. Six loose bifolia. Later paper shelf-label to title page, terminal leaf detached, a trifle dusty. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27499

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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

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SIDNEY, Sir Philip. The works of The Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. In Prose and Verse. London. Printed for E. Taylor et al., 1725. Fourteenth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [12], 32, 419, [1]; [3], 402-881, [1]; [4], 64, 184, [6]. With six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red ad green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Armorial bookplate of John Searle to sprung front pastedown of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscriptions to endpapers, all three volumes dampstained. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33041

SILIUS ITALICUS, Tiberius Catius. Caji silii italici punica. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis R. Faulder. Excudebat Gul. Bulmer, 1792. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, [2], 240; [4], 270pp, [2]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of errata to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, tickets of Henry Sotheran and Co. to FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28362

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[SILKS]. Fifty methods of producing a silk. London. Jack Hughes and Harry Stanley. [s.d., c. 1940s?] First edition. 8vo. 16pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, wrappers toned. Light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34506

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[SILVER PLATE]. [A manuscript inventory of the silver and gold plate at the estate of the Campbell-Orde baronets]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1885-86] Quarto. [45] leaves, 23 used, the remainder blank. Later limp black cloth. Extremities worn. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplates of Peter Campbell and Charles William Orde loosely inserted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28607

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SIMES, Thomas. A military course for the government and conduct of a battalion, designed For their Regulations in quarter, camp, or garrison; with useful observations and instructions For their Manner of attack and defence. London. Printed for the Author, 1777. Second edition. 8vo. [32], 286pp, [2]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates (on 17 leaves), a list of subscribers, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, chipping to spine. Partially excised armorial bookplate to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22808

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SIM, Frances M. Robert Browning (Mystic and Artist). London. The Golden Vista Press, [1931]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28101

SIM, Frances M. Robert Browning (Mystic and Artist). London. The Golden Vista Press, [1931]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to the Browning Settlement by Lady Sim. June 1931.' More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26210

SIM, Frances M. Robert Browning (Mystic and Artist). London. The Golden Vista Press, [1931]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to the Browning Settlement by Lady Sim. June 1931.' More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26211

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[SIMLA]. [An album of photographs taken at Simla]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1901]. Oblong quarto. 12 photographs mounted on six leaves, captioned in manuscript. Contemporary red cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Rubbed, marked and dulled, joints split, some loss to spine. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP: 'Ernest / from his brother in India. / 27th Nov. 1901'. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 29671

SIMMONDS, Rose. Manual of Nutrition. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney. Cassel and Company Ltd., 1945. First edition. Quarto. vi, 90pp. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, wrappers toned. Staples rusted. Short tear to head of title page, light scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed 'with the author's compliments' to verso of upper wrapper, and with the author's manuscript corrections to head of terminal leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34385

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SIMPSON, Andrew R. B. . Another life: lawrence after arabia. Stroud . Spellmount Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 366pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. Loosely inserted are two versions of the same newspaper review article regarding this publication, and the bifold flyer for the Dorset County Museums 2007 exhibitions, of which one was on T. E. Lawrence (The Man and the Myth: Lawrence of Arabia). From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28305