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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1803. [London]. [s.n.], 1803. 8vo. 109pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30690

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1806. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1806]. 8vo. [2], 212pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30721

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign, 1804. [London]. [Printed by T. R. Harrison], [1804]. 8vo. [2], 264pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30722

[STOKER, Bram]. The art of ellen terry [article in - the playgoer]. London. Downbarn & Ward Ltd., 1901. First English appearance. Large 8vo. [8] 63pp. Original publisher's green paper wraps printed red and black. Bumped and marked with losses to all edges and rusting to staples, with the rear wrap missing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30775

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GREY, Charles Grey, Earl. Speech of charles, earl grey, on the state of the nation, in the House of Lords, on friday, June 14th, 1810. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1810. First edition. 8vo. iv, 87pp, [1]. With a terminal page of publisher’s advertisements. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30926

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[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1794. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1794]. 12mo. iv, 60, 285pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine. Numerous leaves protruding from text-block, text heavily faded at times. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30971

[ROYAL KALENDAR]. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1799. London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., [1799]. 12mo. iv, 60, 321pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities worn and marked, loss to head and foot of cracked spine, joints split. Several leaves protruding from text-block. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30972

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[HYMNS]. A collection of psalms and hymns, chiefly intended for public worship. Cheltenham. Printed by H. Ruff, 1809. 16mo. xiv, 296pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Single early manuscript correction to index. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30981

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[ADDISON, Joseph]. The free-holder, or Political Essays. London. Printed for D. Midwinter...and J. Tonson, 1716. First edition. 12mo. [12], 311pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece, wear to head of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31006

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[STOKER, Bram]. Our new house [the theatre annual]. London. Carson & Comerford, 1895. First edition. Large 8vo. 34pp, [6]. Original publisher's decorative colour wrappers, staple bound, with contemporary cloth repair to spine. Cloth detaching, wrappers marked and stained with some losses to the edges. Internally bright, with contemporary monochrome advertising throughout, and the original perforated subscription slips intact. Colour advertising bound in at rear. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31011

LEVACHER DE LA FEUTRIE, Thomas. Du rakitis, ou abrege de son histoire; suivi de propositions aphoristiques sur cette maladie. Paris. [s.n.], [1803]. First edition. 8vo. 43pp, [1]. With a half-title. Modern brown cloth, red calf lettering-piece. Bookplate of John Yudkin to FEP, scattered spotting More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31013

[FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS]. [Caption title:] Bulletins of the campaign 1801. London. Printed by A. Strahan, [1801]. 12mo. 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, black morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31014

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CURWEN, J[ohn] C[hristian]. Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1809. Second edtion. 8vo. xxiv, 385pp, [3]. With a half-title, an aquatint frontispiece, five engraved plates on four sheets, and four folding letterpress tables. Uncut in original publisher's grey boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh (1825-1872) and later shelf-label of Easton Neston Library (obscuring bookseller's ticket) to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31038

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SMISSEN, [Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves] Baron van der. Souvenirs du mexique 1864-1867. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. J. Lebegue & Cie., [1892]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 232pp. With three folding coloured maps. Contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, later bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to recto of FFEP, short tear to one map at gutter. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31053

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BRITTEN, Frederick James. Old clocks and watches and their makers. London. E. & F. N. Spon Limited, 1932. Sixth edition. 8vo. viii, 891pp. With a frontispiece and 934 illustrations in the text. Bound by Bumpus of Oxford in navy morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Spine a little chipped and worn, boards lightly rubbed. Upper hinge starting, otherwise internally bright and clean. From the library of Laurence Olivier, without any indication of such. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31085

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SKARZYNSKI, Stanislas. L'Affranchissement futur: pour servir de suite à l'Esclavage moderne du Comte Tolstoi. Paris. Librairie Guillaumin, 1901. First edition. 8vo. 58pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, edges chipped, wrappers very nearly detahced, loss to spine. Slight loss to upper corner of half-title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31155

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HOLT, David, Jun.. Poems, rural and miscellaneous. Manchester. Joseph Gillett, 1846. First edition. 8vo. 152pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31193

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[FISHER, Anne]. The Pleasing Instructor or entertaining moralist consisting of Select Essays, Relations, visions, and allegories collected from The most Eminent English Authors. To which are prefixed, New Thoughts on education... London. Published as the Act directs by F. Fisher & T. Slack, [s.d., c. 1800] New edition. 12mo. [2], xi, [1], 348pp. With three engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, without free-endpapers, title page browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31318

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MARCET, Mrs. The seasons. Stories for very young children. London. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1851. Sixth edition. Vol. IV 'Autumn' is the fifth edition.. 12mo. In four volumes. [4], 176; [4], 192; [4], 173, [1]; [4], 180pp. Contemporary red roan- backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spines dulled. Contemporary inked gift/ownership inscriptions to FFEPs, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31320

GILSTRAP, Elizabeth Haigh. The harp of colne. [London]. Printed [for the Author by Cassell and Company] for Private Circulation, 1886. First edition. 8vo. ix, 230pp. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Ink-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to verso of title page, two early manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31346