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[12TH ROYAL LANCERS]. [An attractive scrapbook predominantly comprised of material relating to the 12th Royal Lancers]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1860s-70s] Oblong folio. [34] leaves, of which 23 used, the remainder blank. Containing, inter alia, 13 hand-drawn watercolour postal fronts, 20 watercolours/pen and ink sketches, and 34 photographs, primarily depicting members of the Royal Lancers. Contemporary gilt-ruled half crushed morocco, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper board 'A. F. 12th. R. L.', T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 27689

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[4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS]. Lieutenant General The Earl of Ross's Report on the First Regiment of Horse Reviewed by Him in Dublin on the 2nd Day of July 1783. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1783]. Folio. A five sheet report comprising a manuscript summary signed by Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ('Ross Lieut. General'), and four engraved sheets ('General Return...', 'Return of the Arms...', numbered 1-4), with all the details neatly completed in manuscript. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24214

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[ABBOTSFORD CLUB]. Abbotsford Club. A list of the members; the rules; and a catalogue of books printed for the abbotsford club since its institution in 1833. Edinburgh. [s.n.], 1866. Quarto. xxiii pp, [1]. Contemporary green paper wrappers, spine naively rebacked. Rubbed and creased, spine worn. Initial gathering working loose, short marginal tear to head of title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30753

ABBOTT, Jacob. The mother at home; or, the principles of maternal duty familiarly illustrated. Derby. Thomas Richardson, 1837. New edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. xx, [13]-187pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription of Mrs James Smith, Branderburgh House, February 24th, 1881 to FFEP. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34157

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[ABC]. VALLÉE, H[ippolyte]. Abécédaire Miniature en action, destiné a l'amusement des enfants. Paris. Chez Aubert et Cie., 1840. Oblong 16mo. 112pp. With 16 lithographed plates. Original publisher's decorative green paper boards, lettered in red and black. Lightly rubbed and marked. Near contemporary prize label to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33188

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[ABERDEEN ALMANAC]. The Aberdeen Almanack, for the year 1804... Aberdeen. Printed and sold by J. Chalmers & Co., [1804]. 12mo. 252pp. With a folding table. Contemporary limp sheep. Remnants of flap to upper board. Extremities heavily rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, loss to front blank fly-leaf, early manuscript price list to recto, occasional spotting, single short tear to table at gutter, fore-edge shaved. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24509

[ABERDEEN ALMANAC]. The Aberdeen Almanack, For the Year 1789... Aberdeen. Printed and sold by J. Chalmers & Co., [1789]. 12mo. 192pp, [4]. The first 24 pages are printed on one side only. Contemporary limp sheep wallet binding, with flap. Extremities worn, some loss to head and foot of spine, flap torn - covered in later calf. Scattered foxing, early ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional manuscript price lists, doggerel poetry to blank versos, recent armorial bookplate of Alexander Hannah to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24510

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ABERNETHY-DRUMMOND, William. A form of consecrating burying-ground. First used at the consecration of a burial-place for General Count Lockhart of Lee, At dryden, March 15. 1790. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], 1790. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by C. Murton in nineteenth-century half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, occasional early manuscript corrections to text, later ownership inscription of Christopher Wordsworth to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27730

ABINGDON, [Willoughby Bertie] Earl of. Speech of the earl of abingdon, on his lordship's motion for postponing the further consideration of the abolition of the slave trade; with some strictures on the speech of the bishop of st. david's. London. Printed for Debrett, [1793?] First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Disbound. Recent book-label and armorial bookplate of Robert Washington Oates to verso of title page, single early manuscript correction to p.21. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 12564

ABLEMAN, Paul. Vac. London. Victor Gollancz, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 159pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Significant smoke damage to wrapper, with additional staining and tearing; the book has also held the odour of smoke. With the author's inscription 'For My good Lady Olwyn Love Paul' to half-title. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29559

ABLEMAN, Paul. Bits. London. Latimer Press, 1969. First edition. Small quarto. 45pp. Original publisher's orange buckram lettered and stamped in gilt, with the corresponding decorative dustwrapper. Wrapper toned, with some smoke damage and marking, with minor tearing. Boards bright and sharp with a small snag to buckram of rear board. Whilst the book holds the odour of smoke, it is internally bright and clean, inscribed 'For The Good Lady Olwyn devotedly Paul'. From the estate of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29561

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A BURGESS [i.e. KINGTON, John Barnett]. City and port of bristol. Letters, essays, tracts, and other documents, illustrative of the municipal history of bristol, and of the trade of its port... Bristol. W. Browne, 1836. 12mo. In 13 parts (with pp.25-33 of a related pamphlet at end), each with individual pagination, most with a separate title page, the majority with the imprint: Bristol, W. H. Somerton, 1835. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering- piece. Rubbed and marked. Ticket of William George & Sons of Bristol to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy- ink inscription to front ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29708

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[ACADEMY ADDRESS]. [Drop-head title:] Prologue to the public readings at Messrs. Flack's Academy, For Christmas, 1810, To be Spoken by Henry Tolhurst. [London]. J. Barfield, Printer, [1810]. Dimensions 200 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Three old horizontal folds. Short central tear to head, creased, a trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25502

A CAMBRIDGE M.A [i.e KNOTT, Robert Rowe]. The new aid to memory. Part the first, containing the most remarkable events of the history of england. London. Published by Whittaker and Co., 1839. First edition. 12mo. xxxi, [1], 63pp, [3]. With 12 engraved plates, a list of subscribers, and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, a subscriber's name (Richard Halfhead) added in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32890

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ACHILLES TATIUS. Achillis tatii alexandrini de leucippes et clitophontis amoribus libri octo. Lipsiae [i.e. Leipzig]. In bibliopolio Dykiano, 1821. 8vo. cxiv, 388, [4], 391-1034, [6]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip, A.E.G. Heavily rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, leaves browned, scattered spotting. Inked gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Herbert Coleridge / from his affectionate mother / Sara Coleridge / Decr. 1847', and 'Edith Coleridge / from Mr. Buchanan / 1878'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32511

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A CITIZEN OF LONDON [i.e. PATERSON, John]. A plan for raising Two Hundred and Eighty-two thousand pounds, For the purpose of Discharging the Debt remaining due to the Artificers of london Bridge... Londonm. Printed by H. Woodfall...For J. Rivington et al., 1767. First edition. Quarto. [2], 32pp. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32721

A CIVIL MAGISTRATE [L'ESTRANGE, Hamon]. A Legacy to the World: or, essays to promote Practical Christianity. London. Printed by J. and W. Oliver for the Author, 1762. First edition. 8vo. ix, [2], 12-72pp. Disbound. Occasional dust-soiling to margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21449

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A CLERGYMAN [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. The christian hebdomad, or week of human life. A souvenir of the savior! And an occasional help to family devotion. London. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 117pp, [3]. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, a trifle marked, some chipping to head and foot of spine. Recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to recto of FFEP, blank marriage certificate pasted to RFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Ellen E. Henslowe / 29 April 1884 / from the author WHH'.

[Together with:] [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20817

A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. The godmother: A Tale. London. Saunders and Otley, 1854. First edition. 12mo. viii, 109, [1], 2pp. With list of subscribers and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32343

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A COMMANDER IN THE NAVY. Sketches by a sailor; or, things of earth and things of heaven. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 149, [1], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Early ink gift inscription to FEP, early ink ownership inscription of Richard Benyon Croft to head of p.[5], very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29511