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[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list, for April, 1861. [London]. [s.n.], [1861]. 12mo. 306, 14pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23778

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[BRITISH ARMY]. [A Victorian manuscript copy of the general orders of several British Regiments during campaigns in Scotland 1745-46]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1875] Oblong 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [98] leaves. Paper watermarked 1875. Contemporary red half-morocco, red buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, hinges exposed, typed bookseller's description pasted to verso of FFEP, first leaf detached. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28162

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[BRITISH ARMY]. Text book of gun carriages and gun mountings. London. Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationary Office by Harrison & Sons, 1924. First edition. 8vo. 366pp. With 138 engraved and photographic plates, of which many folded, and a tipped-in errata slip to title. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with bumping to corners, spine sunned, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, ink-stamp reading 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED' to head of title. Browning to endpapers, light scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34478

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[BRITISH ARMY]. Regulations of the prices of the commissions in all His Majesty's Land-Forces. Made by the Right Honourable the Board of general officers; and Approved by His Majesty. London. Printed for J. Roberts...and A. Dodd, 1720. Second edition. Folio. [2], 8pp. Modern marbled paper boards. Leaves dust-soiled. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30320

[BRISTOL REFUGE SOCIETY]. The first report of the bristol refuge society, for the Restoration of Females Who have unhappily fallen from Virtue, Ending 6 Month 30, 1815; with a list of the donors and subscribers. [s.i., Bristol?]. [s.n.], [1914]. 12mo. An early twentieth-century facsimile reprint of the original 1815 printing. 31pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed drab paper wrappers. Very light creasing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18217

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[BRISTOL GAOL]. [Drop-head title:] Bristol Gaol Bill. Bristol, August 4, 1792. Objections to an act lately obtained for building a new gaol within the city of Bristol, and for other purposes; and reasons for a suspension and repeal thereof, presented to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, by the Delegates from the several Parishes, and from the Castle-Precincts, within the city. [Bristol]. Printed by W. Pine, [1792]. First edition. Folio. Dimensions 335 x 215mm. 9pp, [1]. Uncut, stitched as issued. With docket title printed to verso of final leaf. Three horizontal folds, later stitching to spine, substantial ink-stain to verso of final leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17491

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[BRISTOL CITY CHARTER]. Bristol: an abstract of the city charter: containing the institutions of mayors, recorders, sheriffs, town clerks, and all other officers whatsoever: as also of a common council... Bristol. Printed and sold by I. N. Pearce, 1832. 8vo. 22pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled, loss to spine, short closed tear to foot of upper cover. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21337

[BRISTOL AUCTION]. City of bristol. To be Let by Auction...The Following valuable Premises situate in the parish of brislington in the county of somerset, in the immediate vicinity of bristol, And several of the Lot's possessing an extensive Frontage against the Bath Road, and presenting advantageous Sites for Building... Bristol. Mills and Son, Printers, [1833]. Folio. Single bifolia. [4]pp. Docket title to p.[4]. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Some loss/tearing at folds and margins, touching text in places with some loss of sense, a trifle creased and dust-soiled, priced-up in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32009

[BRISTOL]. Bristol: an abstract of the city charter. Containing the institution of mayors, recorders, sheriffs, town clerks, and all other officers whatsoever: as also a common council. To which is added, by way of Appendix, a brief historical account of the antient Lords, Constables, & Wardens of Bristol Castle. Bristol. Printed for the Editor, and sold by T. Smart.., 1792. First edition. 8vo. [3]-64pp. Without half-title. Uncut, in twentieth-century cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Some marking to upper board. Title a trifle marked, else a fine, unpressed copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22065

BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J[acques] P[ierre]. J. P. brissot, deputy of eure and loire, to his constituents, on the situation of the national convention; on the influence of the anarchists, and the evils it has caused; and on the necessity of annihilating that influence in order to save the republic. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1794. New edition. 8vo. xl, 121pp, [15]. With a 14pp terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue, ESTC calls for 15 terminal advertisement leaves, but other copies appear to be known as here. Uncut and partially unopened, stitched, as issued. Inked ownership inscription to title-page, else clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19000

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[BRIENNE, Henri-Auguste de Lomenie, comte de]. Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses pour servir a l'histoire. A Cologne. Jean du Castel, 1664. 12mo. 297pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red melange paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, marking to boards. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19248

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[BRIDGEWATER]. [Borough of Bridgewater charters and oaths of public officals]. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., but c.1750?] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 108pp, followed by 31 blank leaves. Eighteenth-century blind-ruled vellum. Slightly marked, a trifle rubbed to extremities, else a crisp copy with some spotting. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19092

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BRIDGES, Robert. Collected essays papers &c. vols i - v.. London. Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, 1927-30 8vo. Five volumes bound as four (instalments two and three together). Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth-backed paper boards. Fore and bottom edges foxed and untrimmed, some pages unopened. Armorial bookplates of Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, third Viscount Esher (1881-1963) to all FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30648

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[BRIDGES, Rev. George Wilson]. Emancipation unmask'd in a letter to the right honourable the earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for the colonies.. London. Edward Churton, 1835. First edition. 8vo. 28pp. Stitched, as issued. A little creased and somewhat toned and marked, especially at front and end, and to fore-edges. Small marginal loss to final leaf. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29933

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[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL]. EDWARD VI. The supplication made to his majesty king edward the sixth, for obtaining the house of bridewell: and a copy of the deed of settlement, made by his majesty king edward the sixth, on the hospitals of christ, bridewell, and st. thomas. [London]. Printed at the Philanthropic Reform, [1807]. First edition. 8vo. 21pp, [1]. Modern navy wrappers. Lightly browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28068

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[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL]. WADDINGTON, William. Considerations on the original and proper objects of the royal hospital of bridewell. Addressed to the governors. London. Printed at the Philanthropic Reform...for R. Bickerstaff, 1798. First edition. 8vo. [2], 58pp. With a half-title (misbound after title page). Modern navy wrappers. Lightly browned. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28065

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[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL].. Correspondence between scrutator and respondens respecting bridewell-hospital, as it appeared in the times news-paper, in the month of october, 1814. London. Printed by H. Bryer, Bridewell-Hospital, 1814. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Modern navy wrappers. Lightly browned. Inked inscription to head of title page: 'Ex dono Respondentis'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28069

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[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL]. The charters of the royal hospitals of bridewell and bethlem. [London]. [s.n.], [1792?] 8vo. [2], 37pp, [1]. Modern navy wrappers. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28067

[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL]. A list of the governors of the hospital of bridewell and bethlem, and of their benefactions. London. Printed by Thomas Parker, 1792. 8vo. 31pp, [1]. Later powder-blue wrappers. Lightly browned, scattered spotting throughout. Very occasional small holes, primarily marginal, with the exception of slight loss to text of p.10, without loss of sense. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28066

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[BRICKLEY]. Brickley's new primer. Adorned with beautiful cuts. Being A Present for my dear Child. London. Printed for T. Hughes, Broadway, Blackfriars, and T. Coldwell, 50, Capel-S. Dublin. [s.d., c. 1825?] 32mo?. [2], 3-15pp, [1]. With three crude woodcut illustrations (of a cat, a sheep, and a goose), pagination includes printed wrappers which were evidently designed as such. Sewn within original publisher buff paper wrappers, with a further crude woodcut captioned 'The Market Girl' to lower wrapper. A trifle dusty, upper wrapper (in effect the title leaf) shaved at foot. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24639