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[EMIGRANT'S HYMN]. [Drop-head title:] Emigrant's hymn. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1860s?] Dimensions 130 x 200 mm. Single card sheet, printed on one side only. Engraved vignette to head with caption: 'An emigrant to the Far-west of Canada, or the United States, having partially cleared his land, erected his log-hut & surmounting the first toils of settlement, thinks of his early and pious home, and remembering the lessons learnt at a British mother's knee, sits down with his Bible, and is supposed ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28259

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EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Essays by ralph waldo emerson: first series. London. George G. Harrap & Co., [1926]. 8vo. [6], 277pp, [1]. With half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Title page in red and black. Bound in a contemporary blind-tooled, slightly tinted arts and crafts binding, with elaborate decoration to upper board and spine. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27229

EMERSON, George [editor]. The gem, (Re-set.). London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., 1850?] 12mo. vii, [1], iii, [1], 312pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds of London in contemporary (original?) burgundy calf, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, some scoring to boards. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27863

EMBRY, Basil, Sir. Mission completed. London. Methuen & Co., 1957. First edition. 8vo. 350pp. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP and his inked ownership inscription 'Bill / 6th August 1957' to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25835

ELTON, Charles. Origins of english history. London. Bernard Quaritch, 1882. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiv, [2], 458pp. Without half-title. With 10 folding plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32960

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ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart. The history of india. The hindú and mahometan periods. London. John Murray, 1857. Fourth edition. 8vo. xxiv, 698pp. Later half-calf, brown cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Title page and terminal leaf browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30318

ELLIOTT, S. M.. A pilgrim's visit to the land of jesus. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927. First edition. 8vo. x, 115pp, [1]. With numerous monochrome photographic illustration in the text. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper lightly dust-soiled with very small hole to spine panel. Internally immaculate. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18010

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ELLIOTT, Marie. L'Opiniátre,* ou Les jeunes têtes ne sont pas les plus sages...*Self-will; or, young heads not the wisest. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21362

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ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite entremetteuse;* ou, une faute conduit a plusieurs...*the little meddler. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding, partially hand-coloured, engraved frontispiece and two further plain engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, faint pen-trials, ticket of bookseller T. Connolly of Dublin to upper wrapper. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, ink-stamp of W. T. Matier of Belfast to title, very short tear to margin of final leaf, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21705

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ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite rapporteuse.*...*The telltale. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, [s.d., c.1825] First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed stiff buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and dusty. Frontispiece a little creased, very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21704

ELLIOTT, Marie. La petite entremetteuse;* ou, une faute conduit a plusieurs...*the little meddler. Londres [i.e. London]. Chez William Darton, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. 36pp. With a folding engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's printed light blue stiff paper wrappers. Marked, lightly rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21697

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[ELIZABETHAN POETRY]. Zepheria: reprinted from the original edition of 1594. [Manchester]. Printed [by Charles S. Simms] for the Spenser Society, 1869. Quarto. xi, [1], 44, 8, 4pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26316

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[ELIZABETH]. [Manuscript of the death of a husband]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1818?] Quarto. Speculative date from watermark. Manuscript on paper. [21]pp. excluding blanks. Unbound. A few small tears to gutter margins, slightly browned. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23019

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EKINS, Charles. Naval battles, from 1744 to the peace in 1814, critically reviewed and illustrated. London. Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. First edition. Quarto. xxix, 425pp, [3]. With half-title, a list of subscribers, and 79 engraved plates.Later navy half-morocco, navy cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, some offsetting, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24143

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EHRMAN, J. P. W.. [Drop-head title:] The official papers transferred by pepys to the admiralty by 12 july 1689. [London]. [s.n.], [1948]. First offprint edition. Quarto. [1], 256-270pp. Later blue cloth. Light shelf-wear. Spotting to endpapers. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of first page: 'With love - Ehrman'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21946

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EHRENSTROM, Mariaane L.K.L.d.. Notices Sur La Litterature et Les Beaux-arts En Suede. Stockholm. De I'Imprimerie d'Eckstein, 1826. First edition. 8vo. (6), vi, 157pp, (3), 79pp, (3), 111pp. Original blue paper wrap. Entirely uncut, a fine copy More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 10493

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EHRENREICH, Paul. Die allgemeine Mythologie und ihre ethnologischen Grundlagen. Leipzig. J. C. Hinrich' sche Buchhandlung, 1910. First edition. 8vo. vi, [1], 288pp. Contemporary half green cloth, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Slight rubbing and marking to extremities. Light foxing to title, occasional pencil annotations, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 14931

[EGERTON, George Le Clerc]. [An archive of letters]. [c. 1882-1907] Including: nine ALS within stamped envelopes, eight addressed to George Le Clerc Egerton, and one to Lady Egerton; seven stamped envelopes variously addressed to Egerton and Lady Egerton; six postcards; two receipts from Curtiss & Sons, Royal Pantechicon, Portsmouth; and a copy of E. M. Tenison's The Legend of Saint Christopher (Plymouth, 1922?), inscribed by the author to Egerton. More > £ 1,800.00 Antiquates Ref. 31490

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EGAN, Pierce. Recollections of john thurtell, who was executed at hertford on friday, the 9th of january, 1824; for murdering mr. w. weare...being An Appendix to his Account of the Trial. London. Knight & Lacey, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [2], 44pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Disbound. Small manuscript note to head of title. Leaves lightly browned and spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35083

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[EDWARD VIII]. [Photographs of Edward VIII in New Zealand]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1920s] Dimensions 200 x 150 mm. 31 black and white photographs. A trifle curled. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20189