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[BIBLE - N.T., English]. The new testament Of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ... Imprinted at London by Robert Barker...and by the Assignes of John Bill. 1641. [528]pp. Title within ornamental woodcut border. ESTC R107604, Herbert 560, Wing B2645. ESTC records copies at just three locations (British and Foreign Bible Society, BL, and NLS).

[Bound with:] The whole booke of psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by T. Sternehold, J. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others: conferred with the Hebrew... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644. [22], 230pp, [16]. ESTC R231218, Wing B2403A. ESTC ... More >
£ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25531
TELESCOPE, Tom. The newtonian system of philosophy, explained by familiar objects, In an Entertaining Manner, for the use of young persons. London. Printed for Ogilvy and Son...and Darton and Harvey, 1806. New improved edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, three further plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, head of spine worn, corners exposed. Hinges exposed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33056
MELMOTH, William Henry. The new universal story-teller; or, a modern picture of human life: consisting of A greater Variety of valuable Matter calculated for the Pleasure and Improvement of Readers of every Class, than was even given in any Book of the Kind: and including A Complete Collection of Genuine and Entertaining stories, tables, narrations... London. Printed for Alex. Hogg, No. 16 Pater-noster Row, [s.d., c.1780] First edition?. 12mo. iv, [1], 14-448pp [i.e.248pp]. With an engraved frontispiece referencing the story of 'Maria: An affecting Narrative', contained within the text of the volume. Contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, with splitting to joints, loss to spine and extremities, boards holding by binding cords. Paper flaw to H5 without loss of sense. Contemporary ink inscription dated June 27th 1781 to FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20467
[LORD'S SUPPER]. The new Week's Preparation for a Worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper, As Appointed and Practised By the church of england; part the Second: Consisting of meditations, prayers and hymns. London. Printed for Edward Wicksteed, 1759. 8vo. [2], 156pp. Contemporary calf. Heavily worn, with surface loss to boards, splitting to joints, and loss to foot of spine. Inked ownership inscription 'Fran = Gwyn' to head of title. Endpapers lightly browned, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33471
HOMES, Nath. The new world, or the new reformed church... London. Printed by T[homas]. P[aine]. and M[atthew]. S[immons]. for William Adderton, 1641. First edition. Quarto. [4], 79pp, [1]. Later half-calf, brown cloth boards, recently rebacked, all edges red. Boards worn and marked, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, marginal chipping to title page, damp-staining to fore-edge. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24304
[GREEN, George Smith]. The nice lady: a comedy. London. Printed by J. Medley, 1762. First edition. 8vo. vi, [4], 107pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-calf, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Later manuscript notes regarding authorship to FEP and title page, foxed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25390
LE CARRE, John. The Night Manager. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 443pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. Flat signed by the author to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28379
ENGLE, Anita. The Nili Spies. Jerusalem. Phoenix Publications Jerusalem, 1989. 8vo. 244pp, [2]. With five photographic illustrations. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed. Internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of half-title: 'With best wished from the Author, Anita Engle'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21550
COWARD, Noël. The Noël Coward Song Book. London. Michael Joseph, 1953. First British edition. Quarto. 314pp, [2]. With a frontispiece portrait by Clemence Dane and numerous illustrations by Gladys Calthrop in the text. Original publisher's two-tone cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper a trifle marked, chipping and short tears to spine and edges. Signed by Coward to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23085
NORDENFELT, [Thorsten]. The nordenfelt machine guns described in detail and compared with other systems; also their employment for naval and military purposes. Portsmouth. Griffin & Co., 1884. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [2], 73, 74A-74D, 75-206pp. With 57 plates. Original publisher's red pictorial cloth, recently rebacked and recornered. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of John Madden (1836-1902) to FEP, bookplate of Henk Visser to recto of FFEP, several leaves/plates detached, but present, scattered spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30519
[STURLA THÓRDARSON]. JOHNSTON, Rev. James. The Norwegian account of haco's expedition against Scotland; A.D. MCCLXIII. now first published, in the original Islandic, from the Flateyan and Frisian mss. with a literal English version and notes. By the Rev. James Johnstone. [Copenhagen]. Printed for the Author, 1782. First English edition. 8vo. Fine and large paper issue. xv, [1], 143pp, [17]. With a half-title. Parallel Icelandic and English text. Finely bound in nineteenth-century burgundy straight-grain half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, black paper boards. Lightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, occasional spotting and marking to text, else fine. Early ink ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32664
OWENSON, Miss. [i.e. MORGAN, Lady Sydney]. The novice of saint dominick. London. Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [2], 364; [2], 360; [2], 378; [2], 363pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt- tooled calf, supralibros of a swan and dragon to upper boards. Rubbed and marked, spines sunned, surface loss to lower boards of Vols. I and II, and upper board of Vol. III. Very occasional light spotting, very small hole to leaf O10 of Vol. I, not touching text, some loss to ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29067
TANSILLO, Luigi. The Nurse, a poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo. By William Roscoe. Dublin. Printed for B. Dornin, 1800. Third edition. 12mo. 31, [1], 89, [3], 34pp. In three parts; a life of Tansillo, the nurse, and notes - each has separate pagination, the register is continuous. The poem has parallel Italian and English texts. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed, joints cracked, some loss to head of spine. Upper hinge cracked, armorial bookplate of Roberti Bourne to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13217
[KUMAUN DIVISION]. The N.-W.P. and Oudh Land Revenue Act, No. III of 1901 as extended to the kumaun division and Rules and Orders Relating to the Kumaun Division. Allahabad. The Superintendent, Government Press, United Provinces, 1930. 8vo. 2], viii, 172pp. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed printed buff paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, worm-tracks and coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper board. Manuscript notes to front endpapers, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, ink-stamps of Brajmohan Lal Dave, advocate at Allahabad to title page and initial leaf of text, occasional ink/pencil underlining. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28125
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The nymphs of fiesole...with the woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Quarto. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper, of which this is copy number 160. xi, [1], 127pp, [3]. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., others uncut. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Internally immaculate. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24646
BENSON, E. F. The oakleyites. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition. 8vo. 318pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered black, with title to spine in gilt. Slightly rubbed, with a little bumping to corners and spine ends, some marking to the fore edge. Internally bright and clean, save minor toning to endpapers and half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30035