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[AUCTION]. Catalogue of the capital hunters, carriage horses, carriages, harness, saddles...To be Sold by Auction... Ashby-de-la-Zouch. T. Wayte, [1859]. Dimensions 500 x 630 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old horizontal central fold, numerous short tears to margins, some creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18423

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. A catalogue of a valuable Collection of Prints, Recently Imported from the Continent, consisting of rare british portraits, and historical subjects...which will be sold by auction, by Mr. c. dubois. [London]. [s.n.], [1823]. 12mo. 11pp, [1]. Disbound. Title-page a trifle toned, small hole to text of p.5-6 - without loss of sense, light spotting/creasing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13971

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Particulars and conditions of sale of A Desirable Freehold Estate, called ingo estate...Exclusive of the Inexhaustible seam of coals, and Valuable lime quarry...Which will be sold by auction By Mr. Christie...At his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Thursday the 25th of August, 1791, at one o'clock. [London]. [s.n.], [1791]. First edition. Quarto. 3pp, [1]. Single folded leaf, with docket title to verso. Very lightly browned and dust-soiled, slight creasing. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 13549

AUDEN, W. H.. Some poems. London. Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's salmon paper boards, dustwrapper. Very slight marking to boards, dustwrapper a trifle chipped and creased, spine panel sunned. Internally clean and crisp. A very good copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18774

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AUDLEY, Matthew. A sermon Preached before the several associations of the laudable order of anti-gallicans, at bow-church in Cheapside, On Thursday, April 23, 1752. London. Printed for J. Robinson, 1752. First edition. Quarto. [4], 20pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Extremities worn, without spine panel, loss to wrappers, a trifle marked. Browned and spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20161

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[AUSTEN, Jane]. Marigold stories: From jest to earnest. BY E. P. Roe; Pride and prejudice. By Jane Austen; The wide, wide world. By Susan Warner. London. S. W. Partridge, [1896?] First edition. Quarto. 130, [3], 6-130, [3], 6-130pp. With three half-tone plates. Printed in double coloumns. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, leaves browned and spotted, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of James W. Ager to FEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24545

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AUSTIN, David. The downfal of Mystical Babylon; or, a key to the providence of god. In the political operations of 1793-4... Edinburgh. Printed for John Ogle, 1795. First British edition. 8vo. 45pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Recent green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21792

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A VILLAGER [WHUR, Cornelius]. Village musings on moral and religious subjects. Norwich. Jarrold and Sons, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 203pp, [1]. Original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, remnants of paper lettering-piece to spine. Hinges exposed, early book-label of Canon Duckett and recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30509

A WELL-WISHER TO ALL MANKIND. Remarks on "A Letter to a Baptist-Minister, containing Some Strictures on his late Conduct in the Baptization of certain Adults, at Sh--s--y, &c.". Shrewsbury. Printed for the Author, [s.d., 1776?] First edition. 8vo. 40pp. With a half-title. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, half-title working-loose, very short tear to margin of leaf C2. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21394

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AYLIES, Mr.. Du Systeme Penitentiare et De Ses Conditions Fondamentales. Paris. Librairie de Ch. Gosselin Et Ce., 1837. First Edition?. 8vo. [4], iv, 246pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed yellow paper wraps. A trifle rubbed/marked, slight spotting to text, else a fine copy More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10798

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A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF TRURO SCHOOL [POLWHELE, Richard]. The Fate of Lewellyn; or, the druid's sacrifice. A legendary tale. To which is added, The genius of carnbre', a poem. Bath. Printed by R. Crutwell, for the Author, 1777. First edition. Quarto. [6], 5-55pp, [1]. Modern green wrappers. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to verso of upper wrapper. Small marginal worm-track running throughout, blank lower margin of leaf F1 shaved, ink-stamps of Merton House to terminal leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30003

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AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. Lays of the Scottish cavaliers and other poems. Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. Tenth edition. 8vo. 351pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27091

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[BABYLON]. [Drop-head title:] Plan of the ruins of the city of babylon. [London?]. Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F., [1918]. Dimensions 320 x 410 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Spotted, two small holes. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28026

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BACHMAN, Walter [Translator and Editor]. Swiss bakery and confectionery. London. Maclaren & Sons Limited, 1949. First edition in English. Quarto. x, [2], 288pp, xi-xlii, [4]. With colour plates and numerous black and white photographs and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper marked and chipped, short tears to upper panel. With a loosely inserted 2pp publisher's prospectus, and a typed letter on publisher's stationery stating this to be a complimentary copy provided at the request ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22604

BACKHOUSE, William. The History of the Man of God, who was sent from Judah to Bethel; a Caution against Religious Delusion. A sermon preached at the visitation of the archdeacon of ely, in The Church of St. Michael, Cambridge, on Thursday, May 19. 1763. Cambridge. Printed By J. Bentham, Printer to the University; For T. & J. Merrill, 1763. First edition. Quarto. [4], 19pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Stitched, as issued. Some slight chipping to margins, overall clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21302

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BACON, [Francis]. Bacon's essays: with annotation by Richard Whately. London. Longman, Green, and Co., 1892. New edition. 8vo. xxiv, 620pp. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26198

[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. Hunting by his grace the Duke of Beaufout, K.G. and Mowbray Morris with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Rev E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson. With illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1891. Sixth edition. 8vo. xii, 373pp, [3]. With half-title, frontispiece and terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Hinges weakening, with webbing exposed at front and rear endpapers. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. Another owner's ink inscription to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15452

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. Skating by J.M. Heathcote and C.G. Tebbutt. Figure-skating by T. Maxwell Witham with contributions on Curling (Rev John Kerr), Tobogganin (Ormond Hake), Ice-sailing (Henry A. Buck), Bandy (C.G. Tebbutt), illustrated by Charles Whymper and Captain R.M. Alexander and from photographs. London. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 464pp. With half-title, and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15472

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. Shooting by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bt. With contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J. Stuart-Wortley. Field and Covert. London. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900. Sixth edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 358pp, [4]. With half-title, frontispiece and two terminal advertisement leaves. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and (especially foot of) spine, some foxing to text. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15454

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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H.. Fishing, with contributions from other authors. Salmon and Trout. With numerous illustrations. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Fourth edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 472pp. With a half-title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text, hinges just starting. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15469