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[BRITISH CONTROVERSIALIST]. The british controversialist and impartial enquirer...Volume I. London. Houlston and Stoneman, 1850. First edition. 8vo. viii, 288pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and dulled, joints starting, corners exposed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription 'Mr Johnson, Spalding, Feby. 53' to FFEP, index leaf detached, light staining to endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34044

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CLAY, Philip S. RICHARDS, J. H.. Official record of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Victoria, June 20, 22, 23, 24, 1897. Nottingham. James Bell & Son, 1898. First edition. 8vo. [8], 135pp, [1]. Text within printed red line border. With half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece, and seven further photographic plates depicting key people and places essential to Nottingham's procession. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, top edge gilt. Very lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, occasional marginal loss. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34051

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SAINT-PIERRE, Bernadin de. Paul and virginia. Translated from the french of bernardin saint-pierre. London. Printed for John Sharpe et al., 1819. 8vo. viii, 168pp. With half-title and five engraved plates. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-tooled polished navy calf. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, small surface loss to head and foot of spine. Bookplate of Liam Sims FSA to FEP. Inked ownership inscription 'Lewis Thorpe, Cambridge, 2 Sept 47' and library stamp of G. A. Judd to verso of FFEP. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34053

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LLOYD, William Watkiss. Pindar and themistocles: aegina and athens. London. Williams and Norgate, 1862. First edition. 8vo. [2], 25pp. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Spotting and light damp-staining to extremities, loss to foot of spine. Inked manuscript annotation to foot of p.18, with no obstruction to text; otherwise, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34061

SWAN, Annie S.. Aldersyde A Border Story. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d.] First edition. 8vo.. 68pp, iv. Stapled, as issued, within original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed. Leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34068

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COUNTESS COWPER, Mary. Diary of mary countess cowper, Lady of the Bedchamber to the princess of wales. London. Printed for John Murray, 1864. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 207pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine, corners bumped. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34072

TANNER, Anodyne. The Life of the Late celebrated Mrs Elizabeth Wisebourn, vulgarly call'd mother wybourn. London. Printed for A. Moore, [s.d., c.1850] First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 54pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, with surface loss to head and foot of spine. Heavy spotting to endpapers, occasional light spotting to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34086

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GRAY, Thomas. The poetical works of thomas gray. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1821. 8vo. xxviii, [4], 134pp. With half-title, an additional engraved title page, and six further engraved plates designed by Richard Westall, R. A. Contemporary gilt-tooled green calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and edges sunned. Bookplate of Robert Williams to FEP, blank fly-leaf at front excised, small mark to verso of FFEP and first blank fly-leaf. Light spotting to plates. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34089

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JOHNSON, Samuel. The history of rasselas, prince of abyssinia. A Tale.. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1822. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With a half-title, an additional engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates by Richard Westall. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine darkened and sunned. Bookplate of Robert Williams to FEP, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'Robert Williams, the gift of his affectionate cousin and sincere friend, C. M. Williams, August ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34090

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BOWDLER, Henrietta Maria. Sermons on the doctrines and duties of christianity. Bath. Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1803. Sixth edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 225pp, [1]. With half-title. Contemporary blind-panelled calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, some surface wear to boards and edges, slight loss to head of spine. Armorial bookplate of Christopher Cole to FEP, occasional light spotting.
More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34112

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MORE, Hannah. Sacred dramas; chiefly intended for Young Persons. The subjects taken from the bible. Edinburgh. Oliver & Boyd, [s.d., c. 1810] New edition. 12mo. 160pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, slight loss to head of sunned spine. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34129

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MORE, Hannah. The search after happiness; a pastoral drama: and other poems. Edinburgh. Printed and published by Oliver and Boyd, [s.d., c. 1810] 12mo. 151pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and a further three woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary straight-grain tan morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, loss to head and foot of dulled spine, lettering-piece chipped. Offsetting to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34130

CALONNE, M. [Charles Alexandre] De. De l'état de la France, présent et a venir. Londres [i.e. London]. De L'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & Fils, 1790. First edition. 8vo. [2], viii, 318pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, joints split, small losses to head and foot of spine. Spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34137

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COOKE, Robert. Catholic Memories of the Tower of London. First series. I. Bishop Fisher. II. Sir Thomas More. Being the substance of two lectures delivered at the temporary church of the english martyrs, tower hill . London. Burns and Oates, 1875. First edition. 8vo. 66pp. Sewn, as issued. Heavy spotting to title and terminal leaf, lighter scattered spotting within. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34138

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MOUNT-EDGCUMBE, Ernest Augustus, Earl of. Extracts from a journal kept during the roman revolution. London. James Ridgway, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 65pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Sewn, as issued. Contemporary inked inscription to head of title. Spotting to title, very occasional light marking to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34139

[PHILLIPS, Charles]. Napoleon the third. London. Richard Bentley, 1854. Third edition. 8vo. 35pp. Sewn, as issued. Spine later naively reinforced with brown paper. Ink-stamp of Thomas Gaisford to upper wrapper, unrelated inked manuscript price list to lower wrapper. Wrappers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34140

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SHAKESPEARE, William. Macbeth, a tragedy, by william shakespeare as arranged for the stage by henry irving, and presented at the lyceum theatre, 29th december, 1888, with music by arthur sullivan. London. Printed at the "Nassau Steam Press", 1889. 8vo. 72pp. With half-title. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers, all edges red. Wax-stain to head of upper wrapper. Very light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34141

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SHAKESPEARE, William. King henry viii., an historical play by william shakespeare as arranged for the stage by henry irving, and presented at the lyceum theatre, 5th january, 1892. London. "Nassau Steam Press," Limited, 1892. 8vo. 69pp. With half-title. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers, all edges red. Very light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34143

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FORSYTH, D.R.. South african war medal 1877-8-9. The medal roll. Berkshire. Roberts Publications, [s.d.] Folio. 267pp, [3]. Original publisher's laminated paper wrappers. A trifle marked and rubbed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34200

NELSON, Robert. An address to persons of Quality and Estate. London. Printed by G. James, 1715. First edition. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 267pp, [1], 55pp, [7]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary blind-panelled speckled calf. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards, foot of upper joint split. FEP sprung. Inked ownership inscription of J. Seale to head of title, leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34212