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[MISSIONARY MAGAZINE]. The Harvest Field. A Missionary Magazine. Mysore. Wesleyan Mission Press Comprising:

Vol. XIV. Nos. 2-3 February-March, 1903.

Vol. XVII. Nos. 1-4, 6-12, January-April, June-December, 1906.

Vol. XXXIX. Nos. 3-12, March-December, 1919.

Vol. XL. Nos. 1-11, January-November, 1920

8vo. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured, staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26396
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[GALLOWAY, Joseph]. A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir william howe, on a pamphlet, entitled letters to a nobleman: in which His Misrepresentations are detected, and those Letters are supported, by a Variety of New Matter and Argument... London. Printed for G. Wilkie, 1781. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 157pp, [3]. Without half-title. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26622
Photo of "Gustavus; or, the macaw. A ..."
[FISCHER, Gottlob Eusebius]. Gustavus; or, the macaw. A story to teach children the proper value of things. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1814. First edition. 12mo. 174pp, [6]. With an engraved frontispiece and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities marked and worn, surface loss to spine and upper board. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, loss and early pen-trials to RFEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27030
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SHELLEY, Mrs. [Mary Wollstonecraft]. Lodore en zijne dochter. Amsterdam. Hendrik Frijlink, 1836. First edition in Dutch. 8vo. viii, 312pp. With a lithograph frontispiece by H. J. Backer. Original publisher's green moire cloth-backed cream paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27067
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BUCHER, Georg. In the line. London. Jonathan Cape, 1932. First English edition. 8vo. 325pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in black, with the unclipped printed dustwrapper. A few stains and marks to boards, wrapper a little toned with minor water marks. Unusually for Williamson's war memoirs, the book is neither annotated or otherwise marked, save a crude pencil sketch of a male face on the FFEP. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27165
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[STUART, House of]. HAY, Richard. An essay on the origine of the royal family of the stewarts... Edinburgh. Printed by William Adams...1722. Reprinted by Stewart, Ruthven & Co., 1793 Quarto. [4], 41pp, [1]. Without final blank leaf. Later black morocco-backed red cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Contemporary manuscript note to recto of front blank fly-leaf: Cha. Stuart / 1793 / Only thirty copies of this printed'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27379
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BERKENHOUT, John. Synopsis of the natural history of great-britain and ireland. Containing a systematic arrangement and concise description of all the animals, vegetables, and fossils, which have hitherto been discovered in these Kingdoms...Being a second edition of the Outlines, &c. Corrected and considerably enlarged... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1789. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 13-19, [1], 334, [2]; [4], 380pp. Contemporary diced calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, 'Newall' lettered in gilt to foot of spines. Rubbed and sunned. Paper strips pasted to half-titles in order to obscure early ownership inscriptions, inked ownership inscription of Thos: Clifton to title page of Vol. II. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27397
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[SHAKESPEARE, William]. L[ATHAM], H[enry]. Sertum shaksperianum, subnexis aliquot inferioris notae floribus. [Oxonii, i.e. Oxford]. [Excudebant T. Combe...E. Pickard Hall, et H. Latham], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 134pp, [2]. Contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers and edges. A little rubbed to extremities, spine darkened with very short crack at head of upper joint, corners a trifle bumped, text occasionally spotted. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27433
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SMYTH, Vice-Admiral W. H.. The cycle of celestial objects continued at the hartwell observatory to 1859. With a notice of recent discoveries, including details from the aedea hartwellianae. London. Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1860. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 480pp. With six engraved plates (one in colour depicting Encke’s comet), and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, surface loss to spine and joints, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, bookseller's ticket of Edward Baker of Birmingham to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to The Reverend W. Selwyn. ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27473
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[JOHNSON, Richard]. A new history of the grecian states, from Their earliest Period to their Extinction by the Ottomans...Designed for the use of young ladies and gentleman. London. Printed for E. Newbery, 1786. First edition. 12mo. [8], 132pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's green vellum-backed marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, upper joint split, short tears to spine. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscriptions to FEP and recto of front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, leaf C6 detached. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27480
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ARBUTHNOT, Archibald. The life, adventures, And Many and Great Vicissitudes of Fortune of simon, Lord lovat, The Head of the Family of frasers. From His Birth at Beaufort, near Inverness, in the Highlands of Scotland, in 1668, to the Time of his being taken by Capt. Millar, after three Days Search, in a hollow Tree, on the Coasts of Knoidart and Arisaig. London. Printed and Sold (for the Author) by R. Walker, 1746. First edition. 12mo. 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, a trifle marked. Loss to upper corner of leaf H2, touching text with slight loss of sense, loss to lower margin of leaf T3, dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27484
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[TRIALS]. A full and authentic report of the trial of john bellingham, esq. At the Sessions' House, in the Old Bailey, on Friday, May 15, 1812, for the murder of the right honourable spencer perceval, Chancellor of the Exchequer... London. Printed by Charles Squire...for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. First edition. iv, 92pp.

[Bound with:] The trial of Humphry Finnimore, Esq; (reputed to be worth Forty Thousand Pounds) Who was Tried at the Quarter Session...and Convicted of Felony, In stealing of Five Turkies, the Property of Thomas Humphries... London. Printed for B. White...and J. Sewel, 1779. First edition. iv, 42pp. Without half-title. ESTC T68704.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27496