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YEATS, W. B.. Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose. London. Macmillan and Co., 1927. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 182pp, [2]. With an illustrated colour frontispiece, one further colour plate, and numerous black and white illustrations in the text by Norah McGuinness. Original publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked, chipping to head and foot of sunned spine panel. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23469

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[CHAPBOOK]. Storia del soldato calabrese Salvatore Misdea. Firenze. Tipografia Adriano Salani, 1888. 8vo. 19pp., [3]. Original wrappers with woodcut portrait of Salvatore Misdea. Small scattered spots, somewhat browned, edges uncut. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17793

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[BELL, Martha]. St. martin's, stamford baron. Catalogue of valuable household furniture, pianoforte, glass, china, fixtures, and effects, to be sold by auction...by order of the executors of the late mrs. martha bell... Stamford. Printed by J. Ford, [1859]. 8vo. 20pp. Sewn, as issued. Title page and terminal leaf rubbed and stained, some loss to spine and corners, terminal two leaves working loose. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30661

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[GUERNSEY]. St. julian's hall guernsey. A grand concert Will be given in the above Hall by the band of the royal irish rifles (By the kind permission of the Colonel and officers) on tuesday, nov. 17, 1885... [St. Peter Port]. Le Lievre, [1885]. Dimensions 250 x 220 mm. Single leaf broadside, printed on turquoise silk in two columns. A trifle marked and frayed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31342

HUGHES, Gorden. Stiffen the sinews. Johannesburg. Printed by Camera Press, 2003. First edition. 8vo. 296pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of initial leaf to John Douglas Slim, second Viscount Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970). T.L.S. from the author, addressed to John Slim, recalling a meeting with his father, pasted to blank verso of first leaf of text. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26264

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[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed for D. Steel, Corrected to February, 1799 12mo. [2], 49pp, [1]. With an initial leaf and final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed and spotted, loss to spine, unpaid Lombard St. penny post stamp and manuscript publication date to upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24441

[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed, for P. Mason, by E, Hildyard, 1 October, 1808 12mo. 52pp. Modern black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Bookplate of D. M. Fyffe to FEP, head of text-block shaved with loss to first word of title and running-titles throughout. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30163

[ROYAL NAVY]. Steel's original and correct List of the Royal Navy... London. Printed [by C. and W. Galabin] for P. Steel, Corrected to March, 1804 12mo. 52pp. Naively rebound in later cloth-baked buff paper boards, partially preserving original publisher's upper and lower wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Title page and terminal leaf attached to boards, the remainder (sewn, as issued) loosely inserted.

[Bound between p.26-27:] [Caption title:] Sir james saumarez' victory. Lloyd's Coffee-House, February 17, 1804. [s.i.] [s.n.], [1804]. 4pp. Bound between p2-3 are [4]pp of advertisements for publisher P. Steel. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 27803

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[ORDER OF THE BATH]. Statutes of the most honourable order of the bath. London. Printed in 1725 - reprinted [by Nichols and Son] in, 1787 Quarto. viii, 67pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering- piece. A trifle rubbed, joints split. Internally clean and crisp. Book-label of Robert J, Hayhurst to FEP. Ownership inscription of Capt. A. Hood to recto of FFEP. ESTC N23698.

[Together with:] [Drop-head title:] A ceremonial for the installation of the knights companions of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath; On Monday, the 19th of ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27363

JEFFCOTT, John M. Statute laws of the isle of man, promulgated since the year 1832. To which is added an appendix, which contains rules of the chancery court, and an analysis of the law of the descent of hereditary property, in the isle of man. Compiled, with a digest of the provisions of the statutes... Douglas [Isle of Man]. Printed and sold by J. Quiggin, 1837. 8vo. [6], 134pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to title page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32967

LAMOTHE, John Corlett. Statute laws of the isle of man, promulgated from the year 1853 to the year 1861 inclusive: with a short appendix, containing the rules of the chancery and exchequer courts, made during that period, &c., &c... Douglas [Isle of Man]. Printed and published by Harriet Curphey, 1862. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 403pp, [1]. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, heavily marked. Blind-stamp of Douglas-based bookseller John Mylrea to FFEP, marginal loss to head of leaves Q7-8, occasional ink-stains, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33025

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[HOME, Henry, Lord Kames]. Statute law of scotland abridged. With historical notes. Edinburgh. Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochran. For A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1757. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 453pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publishers advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28503

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[ROME - AGRICULTURAL STATUTES]. Statuta nobilis artis agriculturae urbis... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Apud Georgium Ferrarium, 1595. Quarto. [8], 196pp, [34]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities worn, heavily marked and discoloured, several worm-holes to boards, spine cracked. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural library to FEP, early ink signatures to title (a couple scored through), leaves browned and stained, some worming to margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19655

[ROME - AGRICULTURAL STATUTES]. Statuta nobilis artis agriculturae urbis... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Ex Typographia Reu. Camerae Apostolicae, 1627. Quarto. [8],160pp, [16]. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities lightly marked and discoloured, later paper labels to foot of spine. Ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Library to FEP and REP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23154

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[FRANCISCANS]. Statuta generalia barchinonensia ordinis seraphici s. p. n. francisci, pro cismontana familia: In Capitulo Generali Toletano Anno 1633. a Patribus Nationis Germanicae & Belgicae recognita, & Provinciis dictae Nationis accommodata; a praefato Capitulo Generali, ac Santissimo D. N. Urbano VIII. confirmata. Brugis [i.e. Bruges]. Typis Petri Vande Cappalle, 1717. 8vo. [16], 206pp, [2]. Contemporary vellum. Extremities marked and discoloured. Nineteenth-century ownership inscription and blind-stamp to FFEP, very occasional ink annotations, foxed, dust-soiling to endpapers and final gathering, very small hole to gutter margin of C4 - just clipping text, without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16236

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[GUERNSEY] [LE MERCHANT, William]. Statement in support of the privileges and immunities of the island of guernsey, &c. By a late magistrate of the said Island: Respecting the Measures to be brought before Parliament. Guernsey. Printed by T. Greenslade, Bookseller, &c, [1805]. 8vo. 16pp. Sewn, original publisher's powder-blue paper wrappers. A little marking to wrappers and title, extremities slightly creased, else fine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32347

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CANDLISH, Rev. Dr. [Robert Smith]. Statement and appeal of the Edinburgh Bible Society: addressed to the friends of pure bible circulation, and the religious public of Scotland. Edinburgh. Andrew Jack, [c.1845]. First edition. 8vo. [2], 26pp. Stitched, as issued. Occasional spots of foxing and dust-soiling, ink stamp and shelf mark of the Webster Collection to p.26. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 13345

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[THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE]. Stanfield's grand local diorama, Embracing the most Picturesque Views of windsor and its vicinity: town and castle of windsor, From the Meadows above the Bridge. The River, near Brocas Meadow. (Sunset) across the field to eton, by moonlight... London. J. Tabby, Printer, [s.d., c.1830] Dimensions 430 x 340 mm. Single leaf broadside. Central vertical fold. Creased, some slight chipping to edges. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 14946

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[ROYAL NAVY]. Standing orders. Channel squadron. 1884. [London]. [Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode...For Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [1884]. Folio. 80pp. With numerous interleaved and pasted in manuscript additions (and one manuscript addition in some form of reproduction - perhaps by lithography?). Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed to extremities, marked to boards, some marking, staining and creasing to text, endpapers. Inscribed 'No. 60' to FEP and 'Capt. Britten. Private' to FFEP. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24658

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[GOTHIC LITERATURE]. Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. By William Beckford, esq.: The castle of otranto. by horace walpole, earl of orford: The bravo of venice. By M. G. Lewis, esq. London. Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. [6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25856