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STANHOPE, Charles Stanhope, Earl. Observation on Mr. Pitt's plan, for the reduction of the national debt. London. Printed by J. Davis, for P. Elmsly, 1786. First edition. Quarto. 39pp, [25]. Disbound. Very occasional slight shipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18248

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STANHOPE, Charles, Third Earl of Stanhope. A letter from earl stanhope to the right honorable edmund burke containing a short answer to his late speech on the french revolution. London. Printed by George Stafford, 1790. First edition. 8vo. 34pp, [2]. With half-title and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Recent brown paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, with chipping to spine. Light staining and spotting to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29090

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STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn. Sinai and palestine in connection with their history. London. John Murray, 1873. New edition. 8vo. [2], lviii, 560, 32pp. With a half-title, seven chromolithographed maps (including frontispiece), five woodcut illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped mauve cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, marked, and sunned, slight loss to head of spine. Book-label of T. W. Scott and blind-stamp of bookseller T. Kerslake of Bristol to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30680

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[STATES OF INDIA]. Memoranda on the indian states 1939 (Corrected up to the 2nd January 1939). New Delhi. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, 1939. 8vo. [2], viii, 370pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23672

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STEARNE, Johanne. Tractatus de visitatione infirmorum, Seu de eis Parochorum Officiis, quae infirmos, et moribundos respiciunt. In Gratiam Juniorum, & in Visitandis Infirmis minus Exercitatorum Editus. Londini [i.e. London]. Prostant apud A Baldwin, 1704. Second edition. 12mo. [10], 120pp. A1 not present, likely duplicate title as of 1700 edition. Contemporary speckled calf, recently rebacked. Slight rubbing to extremities. Both front and rear pastedowns have worked loose, occasional marginal browning. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12789

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STEELE, Richard. The Conscious Lovers. A comedy... London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1723. 8vo. [16], 86pp, [2]. Later mottled half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Manuscript initials 'A. A.' to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31766

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STEELE, Richard, Sir. An account of the fish-pool: Consisting of A Description of the Vessel so call'd, lately invented and built for the Importation of Fish alive, and in good Health, from Parts however distant...Likewise, A Description of the Carriage intended for the Conveyance of Fish by Land, in the same good Condition as in the Fish-Pool by Sea. London. Printed and sold by H. Meere, 1718. First edition. vii, [1], 60pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. ESTC T18823.

[Bound after:] CERRI, [Urbano]. STEELE, Richard, Sir [translator]. An account Of the state of the Roman-Catholick Religion Throughout the World... London. Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition in English. [2], lxxviii, viii, 197, [1], x pp. Very occasional early annotations to margins. ESTC T57998.

[And:] [ERKSINE, John]. A letter from the Earl ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23160

[STEELE, Sir Richard]. The lover and reader. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1723. Third edition. 12mo. [12], 297pp, [15]. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, upper joint split. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32444

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STEELE, Sir Richard. The Christian Hero: an argument Proving that no principles but those of religion Are Sufficient to make a great man. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755. 12mo. [16], 78pp. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn, boards detached, substantial loss to spine. Contemporary amorial bookplate of Arthur Young to FEP, Young's inked ownership inscription and recent inscription of G. Gibb (dated 1972) to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26306

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STEPHEN, Geo. A. Music and Musical Literature: an annotated and classified catalogue of music and works on music and musicians in the norwich public libraries. Norwich. Public Libraries Committee, 1924. 8vo. [6], 58pp, [2]. Original publishers red cloth-backed printed light-blue paper boards. Rubbed and sunned. Inked initial 'RCF' to FEP, very occasional pencilled notes. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30783

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[STEPHENS, Frederic George]. A history of Gibraltar and its sieges. London. Provost & Co., 1873. Second edition. Quarto. vi, [2], with a albumen frontispiece, a further three albumen plates, and an engraved map. Bound by George J. Swayne of Brooklyn, N.Y. in contemporary gilt-tooled half morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate and withdrawal stamps of the Minnesota Historical Society to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29129

STEPHENS, William. Sermons on several subjects. Oxford. Printed at the Theatre, 1737. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [56], 430, [2]; [8], 455pp, [1]. With a 45 page list of subscribers to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board to Vol. I, without lettering-pieces. Minute worm-track to foot of Vol. I text-block, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31745

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STEVENSON, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 32pp. With two finely engraved plates; a portrait frontispiece of the subject, and a fine dramatic view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, originally drawn by Miss Stevenson. Original publisher's gilt-tooled and titled buckram. Spine a trifle faded, light shelf-wear and few indents to lower board, else a fine copy. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Tolbooth Chuch Library, From Mesr. Stevenson' to head of title, and in a ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31291

[STEVENSON, Alan]. The british pharos; or a list of the lighthouses on the coasts of great britain and ireland, descriptive of the appearance of the lights at night. For the use of mariners. Leith. Published and Sold by W. Reid & Son, 1831. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 118pp. Original publisher's glazed cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed to extremities and bumped to corners, short splits and chips at head and foot of spine. Inscribed 'From the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses' to FFEP, and with printed note regarding the mooring of a 'Floating Light Vessel...off the North End of Haisborough Sand' pasted to FEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31285

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STEVENSON, Alan. Report to the committee of the commissioners of northern lights, appointed to take into consideration the subject of illuminating the lighthouses by means of lenses. Edinburgh. Printed by Neill & Company, 1835. First edition. Quarto. [2], 41pp, [3]. With six engraved plates (one of which folding). Original publisher's green roan-backed brown cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, else internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Admiral Sir David Milne with The Author's Respects'. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31602

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STEVENSON, John. A Rare Soul strengthening and comforting cordial, For Old and Young Christians... Glasgow. Printed by John Bryce, 1772. 56pp. Not in ESTC.

[Bound with:] SHIRRA, Robert. Godliness and its exercise recommended in two sermons... Edinburgh. Printed by John Gray and Gavin Alston, 1769. First edition. 50, 16pp. ESTC T95195.

12mo. Recent gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly browned internally. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24288

STEVENSON, Robert. Journal of a trip to holland. Communicated, during a short tour in the year 1817, in letters to his daughter. Edinburgh. Reprinted in 1848 12mo in 6s. iv, 141pp, [1]. With two lithographed plates; the first a plan of 'Bonaparte's Fly Bridge over the Scheldt', which is hand-coloured, the second an impression of the 'Gold Medal' presented to the author by the Dutch King. Original publisher's blind-stamped and gilt-tooled red cloth. Lightly rubbed to extremities, some exposure of boards to bumped corners, small nick to head of spine and old ink stain ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31289

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. New Arabian Nights. London. Chatto & Windus, 1889. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 60. viii, 328pp. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, marked and dust-soiled, spine sunned, corners bumped. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27063

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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Island nights' entertainments. London. Cassell & Company, 1893. First edition. 8vo. First issue, with inked price alteration to initials advertisement leaf. x, [2], 277p, [19]. With 28 full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Original publisher's pictorial blue/green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, later armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27422

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Ballads. London. Chatto & Windus, 1890. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 73. vi, [2], 137pp, [3]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27064