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[WINDMILL]. To be let, and entered upon at lady-day, (O.S.) 1821, a capital Wind-Mill At Congham... Lynn [i.e. King's Lynn, Norfolk]. Wm. Turner, [1821]. Dimensions 200 x 250 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only, edges uncut. A trifle creased. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24507

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[INSTITUTE OF BANKERS]. The Institute of Bankers. Catalogue of the library. London. Blades, East & Blades, 1915. Fourth edition. 8vo. iv, 185pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed printed buff boards. Rubbed, marked, and dulled, surface loss to spine. Book-label of the Bank of England Library, manuscript shelf-marks, and deaccession stamp to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24521

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[NAPOLEON]. [Drop-head title:] The ashes of napoleon. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Dimensions 110 x 260 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. A trifle creased. Small tear to beginning of first line of text (without loss of sense). More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24620

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[SCOTT, Walter]. Tales of my landlord, Third Series, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham... Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. First edition. 8vo. In four volumes. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24756

[SCOTT, Walter]. Quentin Durward. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], lxiii, [1], 273, [1]; 331, [1]; 360pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary red half-roan, marbled boards. Rubbed, spines sunned. Foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24757

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MANNING, Thomas. [Caption title:] XVI. New Method of computing Logarithms. By Thomas Manning, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. Read June 5, 1806. [London]. [Printed by W. Bulmer], [1806]. First edition. Quarto. 327-342pp. Stapled into later blue power blue powder wrappers, booksellers ticket of Henry Sotheran to upper wrapper. Extremities a trifle creased a browned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24821

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[TYTLER, Alexander Fraser]. Essay on the principles of translation. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797. Second edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. 8vo. [2], ix, [1], 416pp. With a half-title. Contemporary vellum, lettered in black to spine, all edges red. Lightly discoloured, spine dulled, a trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25029

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[BLENCLOWE, Charlotte]. The casket, a miscellany, consisting of unpublished poems. London. John Murray, 1829. First edition. 8vo. xxii, [4], 451pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's brick-red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Mrs. Lovibond to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25046

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LE SAGE, [Alain René]. The bachelor of salamanca. Or, memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda. In three parts. Dublin. Printed by George Faulkner, 1737. 12mo. Volume one of two only; the second volume (comprising part III), was not published until 1740. [8], 259pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and bumped, joints split, loss to head of spine and lettering-piece. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of literary patron and antiquary Paul Panton ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25110

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[THE INDIAN POLO ASSOCIATION]. The indian polo association: rules of polo and notes for officials 1938. [Meerut]. [Station Press], [1938]. 8vo. [2], 99pp, [1]. With a single card sheet, printed on both sides, detailing penalties for the use of umpires, loosely inserted into rear pocket. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to upper board. Heavily rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25120

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KER, John Bellenden. An essay on the archaeology of our popular phrases and nursery rhymes. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Co., 1835. Second edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 290pp. Title page a cancel. Although the signatures read 'Vol. I' throughout, and there is mention of an upcoming second volume in the introductory remarks, it would appear Vol. II was never published; however, a two volume 'new edition' did appear in 1837. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Endpapers renewed, fore-edge of title page ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25163

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[TAILORS]. [An advertisement for London-based tailors S. K. Salaman]. [London]. [s.n.], [1857]. Dimensions 430 x 260 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Several early vertical and horizontal folds. Manuscript title to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25298

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[BARROW]. Wrought-iron barrow with apparatus, for heating gas tar, &c. manufactured by Edward Hill Brierley-Hill iron works, near Dudley. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1845] Dimensions 190 x 230 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Several early vertical and horizontal folds, manuscript title to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25329

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[SMITH & WELLSTOOD]. Smith & Wellstood's Registered American Heating Stoves, for parlours, bedrooms, offices, shops, halls, chapels, lobbies, galleries... [Glasgow]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1860] Dimensions 290 x 450 mm. Single leaf broadside. Numerous early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25353

WILKIE, William. Fables. London. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768. First edition. 8vo. [10], 140pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 17 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled black half-morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25415

RUSSELL, Bertrand. An outline of philosophy. London. George Allen & Unwin, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. vi, 317pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear, spine a trifle sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Prize plate of the London School of Economics to FEP - awarded by then Director, British economist and liberal politician William Beveridge (1879-1963) to Robert Brown Fraser (1904-1985), the first Director-General of the Independent Television Authority. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25451

[GEORGE IV]. Death of the king. Poole. Moore and Sydenham, Printers, [1830]. Dimensions 190 x 230 mm. Single sheet handbill, text within black border. Creased, some loss to margins, evidence of removal from a mount to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25473

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] A bill to enable Elizabeth Gomeldon, widow, and her trustees, to enter their respective claims before the Commissioners and Trustees for the Forfeited Estates... [London]. [s.n.], [1720]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Edges uncut. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin, small burn-holes to text (without loss of sense). More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25474

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons humbly offer’d to the Honourable House of Commons, against passing a bill for making provision for the rector of St. John Clerkenwel, in the county of Middlesex, and his successors. [London]. [s.n.], [1727]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Shave at head, a trifle creased, leaves separating at gutter. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25475

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[TERRIERS]. [Drop-head title:] Terriers Produced in the Court of Chancery be the Respondent. Extracted from the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. [London?]. [s.n.], [1768]. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Several small holes and short tears to text - with some loss of sense, creased and a trifle dusty, pen-trials to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25504