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ADDINGTON, William. An abridgment of penal statutes... London. Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, 1775. First edition. Oblong 8vo. viii, 558pp, [38]. Contemporary reverse calf, tooled in black, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board at top corner, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title, occasional creasing. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27134
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[ALMANACS]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's almanack, For the year of our lord 1762... [London]. Printed by A. Wilde, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T58266.

[Bound with:] The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our lord 1762... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T57483.

[And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia Domata; or, an almanack for the year of Our Lord God, 1762... London. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27435
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[MOORE, Margaret King]. Continuation of the stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. Containing narratives of foreign countries and manners, and designed as an introduction to the study of voyages, travels, and history in general. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1820. First edition. 12mo. [4], 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled papers boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, later paper label to spine. Inked initials and armorial bookplate of Baldwin J. R. Bastard to FEP, frontispiece browned and spotted. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription to FFEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27679
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RAEMOND, Jean Charles Florimond de. Error popularis Seu fabula joannae quae pontificis romani sedem occupasse falso credita est... Coloniae [i.e. Cologne]. Apud Petrum Henningium, 1614. 12mo. [16], 347pp, [4]. Later vellum-backed pink paper covered wooden boards, titled in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, corners exposed, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, manuscript bibliographical notes on the subject of Pope Joan to verso of FFEP, very occasional underlining, loss to margins of N2 and T3, small paper flaw to gutter margin of S7 at head - touching ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27771
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[ROYAL MARINES]. A list of the officers of his majesty's royal marine forces, with the numbers of the companies stationed at each of the four head-quarters. Also, alist of the officers who have been allowed to retire upon their full pay: and a list of the reduced officers of the said forces; with an alphabetical list of the whole. London. Printed by S. Brooke, [1816]. 8vo. [2], 71pp predominantly printed on versos only, 83pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, damp-stained, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, Armorial bookplate of William Henry to FEP, ink-stamps of the Law Society of London to front blank fly-leaves, blank recto of p.6, and rear blank fly-leaf. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27801
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[BRITISH ARMY]. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. London. Printed by Mark Baskett, 1766. 8vo. [2], 5-206pp, [2]. Imprint from general title page. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, corners exposed, upper board detached, lower joint split, some loss to head of spine. Early ownership inscription to general title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28034
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SMITH, Rev. Thomas. The scientific library; or, repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising astronomy, geography, mythology, ancient history, modern history, and chronology. London. Printed for J. Wallis...and J. Harris, 1806. First edition. 24mo. In six volumes. With a half-title to Vol. I and an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-ruled red roan. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Offsetting to titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28100
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MONCRIEFF, W. T.. Songs, duets, chorusses, &c. &c. serious and comic, as sung in The New Broad Comic Extravaganza Entertainment, in two acts, 'yclept Giovanni in London; or, the libertine reclaimed. Comprising all the subsequent adventures of that celebrated character, as performed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London. Printed for John Lowndes, [s.d., c. 1820] 16pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece depicting 'Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni' by caricaturist and painter Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1764-1811).

[Bound after:] [STUART, James]. The trial of james stuart, esq. younger of dunearn, before the High Court of Justiciary, at edinburgh, on monday, june 10. 1822... Edinburgh. Printed by Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First edition. [4], 186, [2], 20pp.

[And:] [A defective copy of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28234
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SYMONDS, John Addington. The principles of beauty. London. Bell and Daldy, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 72pp. With a half-title and eight engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Plates foxed. Ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Gladstone to FEP and head of title. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28755
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PELLING, Edward. A Practical Discourse upon humility. Wherein is shewn, The Nature, Reasonableness, and Usefulness thereof. Together With the Ways of Expressing and Increasing it. London. Printed for William Crooke, 1694. First edition. 8vo. [8], 198pp, [10]. With an initial imprimatur leaf and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, calf lettering-piece, 'James Stonhouse' lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed, joints split, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. Ownership incsription to recto of FFEP: 'Price 2:0 / James Stonhouse (M:B) M:D / of Northampton / E Coll: DIv: Joh: Bapt: / Oxon'. Later inked ownership inscription ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28808
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[RICHARDSON, George]. Aedes pembrochianae: a new account and description of the Statues, Bustos, Relievos, Paintings, Medals, and other antiquities and curiosities in wilton-house... [Salisbury]. Printed at the Salisbury Press: and sold by W. Morris...and B. C. Collins, 1795. Twelfth edition. [6], xvi, 133pp, [15]. Without half-title. ESTC T193594.

[Bound with:] The weymouth guide: exhibiting the ancient and present state of weymouth and melcombe regis... Weymouth. Printed for P. Delamotte, [1792]. Third edition. 128pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece, and one further engraved folding plate. ESTC T66352.

[And:] [MOREAU, Simeon]. A tour to the Royal Spa at Cheltenham; or, Gloucestershire Displayed... Bath. Printed for the Author ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28838
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AN ADEPT [i.e. JOHNSTONE, Charles]. Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea... London. Printed for T. Becket, 1760. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xxvi, [12], 234; [12], 275pp, [1]. Bound by Riviere in later gilt-tooled mottled calf, recently rebacked preserving spine panels and contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. Housed in modern brown cloth slipcase. Rubbed, chipping to spines. Armorial bookplate of J. Leveson Douglas Stewart and later bookplate of American industrialist and bibliophile Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) to FEPs. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29123
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[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323