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[WELSH BORDERS]. [Five manuscripts detailing walking tours of towns adjacent to the Welsh border]. [s.i]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Folio. Manuscript on paper. [3]pp. Five bilfolia. Old horizontal folds. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 33342

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WELSTED, [Leonard]. The works of dionysius longinus, On the Sublime: or, a treatise Concerning the Sovereign Perfection of Writing. Translated from the Greek. With Some remarks on the English poets.. London. Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1712. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [10], 192pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn, with some loss to foot of spine, joints cracked, surface wear to boards and edges. Pastedowns sprung. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33914

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WEMYSS, David. Letter to the right honourable the lord high chancellor of great britain, upon the present state of the scotch law of entail. Edinburgh. Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [4], 46, 2pp. With a half-title and a terminal advertisement leaf. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Half-title and verso of terminal leaf lightly dust-soiled, vertical crease to all leaves. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title; 'Marquis of Lothian / With most respectful compliments / from the Author.' More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18960

WESLEY, John. An extract Of the Rev. Mr. john wesley's journal, From Sep. 2, 1770, to Sep. 12, 1773. XVI. London. Printed by R. Hawes, 1777. 12mo. 119pp, [1]. Disbound. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21910

WESLEY, John. An extract of the Rev. Mr. john wesley's journal, From May 14, 1768, to Sept. 1, 1770. London. Printed and sold at the New-Chapel, 1790. 12mo. 112pp. Disbound. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21909

WESLEY, John. An extract of the Rev. Mr. john wesley's journal, From May 27, 1765, to May 18, 1768. XIV. London. Printed by G. Paramore, 1791. 12mo. 128pp. Disbound. Upper edge damp-stained, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21908

WESLEY, John. An extract of the Rev. Mr. john wesley's journal, From Sept. 13, 1773, to Jan. 2, 1776. XVII. London. Printed by G. Paramore, 1791. 12mo. 80pp. Disbound. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21911

WESLEY, John. An extract of the Rev. Mr. john wesley's journal, From Aug. 12, 1738, to Nov. 1., 1739. III. London. Printed and sold at the New Chapel, 1788. 12mo. 119pp, [1]. Disbound. Title page very nearly detached, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21907

WESLEY, John. An extract of the Revd. Mr. John Wesley's journal, From Nov. 1, 1739. To September 3, 1741. Bristol. Printed by Felix Farley, 1749. Second edition. 12mo. 120pp. Disbound. Occasional very light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21905

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WESLEY, John. Primitive physic: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases. Dublin. Printed by Wilkinson ans Courtney, 1809. Twenty-sixth edition. xx, [1], 22-132pp.

[Bound after:] TISSOT, [Samuel Auguste David]. Advice with respect to health. Extracted from dr. tissot. Dublin. Printed by Wilkinson and Courtney, 1809. Seventh edition. 228pp.

12mo. Recent half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Lightly foxed, paper repairs to fore-edges of leaves D2-3 of first bound-work, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17441

WESLEY, Samuel. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for the Author by E. Say...and sold by S. Birt, 1736. First edition. Quarto. [2], iv, [6], 412pp. A variant, with leaf A1 cancelled and replaced by one with a woodcut headpiece, with a woman holding a flaming heart in the central compartment, flanked by two angels. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, recently rebacked, recent contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn. Marbled endpapers, paper repair to head of front blank fly-leaf, small stain to lower corner of leaf F2. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29984

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WESSELING, Peter (editor). Vetera romanorum Itineraria, sive antonini augusti itinerarium... Amstelaedami [i.e. Amsterdam]. Apud J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1735. Quarto. [26], 762pp, [56]. With a half-title and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities marked and discoloured. Later armorial bookplate of Rugby School to FEP, armorial plate to recto of FFEP: 'From the library of the Rev. T. Arnold, D.D. Head Master. Presented to the School by his Widow. 1842'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24399

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[WESTAWAY HOUSE]. Westaway house, barnstaple, devon. Inventory & valuation of household furniture...the property of major o. l. trechmann. Taken for the purposes of Insurance. July. 1920. W.E.F.. [London]. [Waring & Gillow], [1920]. Folio. Typescript and manuscript on paper. [3], 64ff. Contemporary blind-tooled green morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Two leaves detached. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32025

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[WESTERN AFRICA]. Report of commissioner of inquiry on the western coast of africa. Climate, and it's influence on health. London. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1842. First edition. Folio. 46pp. Stitched, as issued. Slight chipping to fore-edge of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24365

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[WEST INDIAN SUGAR]. A statement of the claims of the west india colonies to a protecting duty against east india sugar. London. Published by Whitmore and Fenn, 1823. First edition. 8vo. [4], 120pp. Recent dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, blue cloth boards. Very minor shelf-wear. Title page a trifle marked. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32361

[WEST INDIES]. The present state of the revenues and forces, by sea and land, of France and Spain. Compar'd with Those of great britain. Being An essay to demonstrate the Disadvantages under which france must enter into the present War; if the natural Force of britain is vigorously exerted... London. Printed for Tho. Cooper, 1740. First edition. 8vo. [2], v-viii, 9-62pp. Without half-title. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26617

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WESTMACOTT, Charles. Points of misery; or fables for mankind: Prose and Verse. London. Sherwood, Jones and Co. , 1823. First edition. 8vo. [2], vi, [2], 97pp. With a half-title and 20 designs by Robert Cruikshank, including an engraved frontispiece, eight engraved plates, and several further in-text illustrations. Original publisher's grey paper boards, with original paper lettering-piece to upper board, later naively rebacked in cloth. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spine, surface wear to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Lieut. General Robert Meade ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17607

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WESTMACOTT, C[harles] M[olloy]. British galleries of painting and sculpture, comprising a general historical and critical catalogue, with separate notices of every work of fine art in the principal collections... London. Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. viii, 240pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Uncut in later navy crushed morocco-backed marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed, spine stained and sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22613

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[WESTMINSTER SCHOOL]. Anthologia sive Epigrammatum Græcorum ex Anthologia editâ, MS. Bodleianâ, aliisque autoribus delectus in usum Scholæ Westmonasteriensis. Oxoniæ [i.e. Oxford]. E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1724. First edition. 8vo. [2], 99p, [3]. The first and sixth words of the title are transliterated from the Greek. Contemporary panelled sheep. Rubbed, joints starting, paper label with title in manuscript to head of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of James Stuart to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24901

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[WEST, Miss]. [A Victorian manuscript verse commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1863]. Quarto. [42] leaves. Original limp brown morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16042