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OSBORN, Captain Sherard. A cruise in japanese waters. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. Second edition. 8vo. vi, 210, 16pp. With a half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34384
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DUMAS, Alex[andre]. Acte. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Societe Typographique Belge, Adolphe Wahlen et Compagne, 1838. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [5], 8-266; [3], 6-251pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary red half-calf, tooled in gilts and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Loftus Henry Bland to FEP, light marginal dampstaining, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32483
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[COURT OF SESSION]. Act of sederunt, 11th july, 1828; for consolidating the enactments contained in certain previous acts, and further improving the forms of process in the court of session, in pursuance of the statute 6th geo. iv. c. 120. Edinburgh. Printed by James Clarke and Company, [1828]. First edition. 8vo. 73, [1], 48pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25546
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[SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT]. Acts made in the first parliament of our most high and dread soveraign charles, by the grace of god King of Great Britane, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden by Himself, present in person, with his Three Estates, at Edinburgh, upon the 28 day of June, 1633. Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1633 [between 1640 and 1651] 66pp, [10]. ESTC S122278, Wing S1168A.

[Bound with:] The acts made in the second parliament of our most high and dread sovereign charles...Acts past and done in this present Session of Parliament, the eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh. Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler, 1641. 160pp, [20]. ESTC R33336, Wing S1168D.

[And:] The acts done and past in the first session of the third ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33467
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[MELANCHOLY]. A cure for melancholy: being a select collection of elegant anecdotes, bon mots, &c. of celebrated characters: including many originals. Edinburgh. Printed for Alexander Mackay and Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. First edition. 12mo. xii, 382pp. Handsomely bound in later green half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford and later typed bookseller's description to FEP, later bookplate of William Crampton to recto of FFEP, inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, lightly spotted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19716
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[BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE]. Address by Sir Henry E. Roscoe. Manchester. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., 1887. First edition. 8vo. 27pp. [Bound with:] Address to the mathematical and physical section of the British Association, by Sir Robert S. Ball..., Manchester, Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., 1887. 11pp. [And:] Address to the chemical section of the British Association. By Edward Schuch..., Manchester, Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., 1887. 12pp. [And:] Address to the geological section of the British Association, by Henry Woodward...,Manchester, Printed by Spottiswoode and ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12906
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HEYWOOD, B. A.. Addresses delivered at the meetings of the proprietors of the liverpool royal institution, on the 27th february, 1822, and 13th february, 1824. Liverpool. Printed by Harris and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. 87pp. With an engraved landscape frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later blue paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece pasted to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Occasional light scattered spotting, endpapers browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30623
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HEATH, George Y.. Address in Surgery, Delivered at the Thirty-Eight Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, Held in Newcastle, August 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th. 1870.. [London]. T. Richards, [Reprinted from the British Medical Journal], [1870]. Offprint. 8vo. [2], 18pp. With the colour plate illustrating the results of surgery on three different afflictions of the leg; an amputation through the knee joint, a mal-united fracture and a club foot. Sewn within original publisher's pale-blue paper wraps. Slight creasing, else a fine presentation copy from the author. Inscribed 'H. Lonsdale M.D. With authors Compt.' to head of title, with a short annotation in the ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10090
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[PATTON, Henry]. Address to the members of the United Church of England & Ireland, In the Johnstown Deanery, on the subject of an episcopal fund. Cornwall [Ontario]. Printed at the Constitutional Office, 1854. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed powder-blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, two old vertical folds. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'The Reverend Ernest Hawkins B. D. with the author's kind respectful regards. H. Patton'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32620
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[DONNELLAN, John]. A defence and Substance of the Trial of john donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for the murder of Sir theodosius boughton...Founded on the case solemnly attested by the Sufferer after his Conviction, and published at the Request of his Solicitors, Messr. inge and webb. London. Printed for John Bell, 1781. First edition. Folio. iv, [1], 28-72, xii, [4], [1], 6-25pp. Partially misbound. With a tipped-in errata slip. Nineteenth century calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Extensive contemporary manuscript notes to margins, title page and terminal leaf (G1) laid-down, occasional short tears touching text (without loss of sense), majority of leaves later repaired/reinforced at gutter with paper (at times obscuring manuscript notes), spotted. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28228
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MARSHALL, Nathaniel. A defence of our constitution in Church and State: Or, an answer to the Late Charge of the Non-Jurors, Accusing us of heresy and schism; perjury and treason... London. Printed by H. Parker for William taylor...and Henry Clements, 1717. First edition. 8vo. [2], 191pp, [1], li, [3]. With terminal advertisement leaf. Contemporary panelled calf. Slight splitting to joints, some loss to head of spine. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf; Jo: Dod / Ex dono Rich: Atherton de Bucey Armig: / Oxon: 1719, worming to lower margins of first three and final two gatherings - clipping text occasionally. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17252
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MILTON, John. A defence of the People of england, by john milton: In answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1692. First edition in English. 8vo. [8], xii, [2], 246pp, [2]. With an initial blank leaf and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, later rebacked, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn, corners exposed. Armorial bookplate of Edward Arthur Lee to FEP, photocopies of bookseller's D. Mellor & A. L. Baxte description and receipt of sale, for £400 in 1992 to David Norman Tappenden, tipped-in to FFEP, photocopy of ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30991
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[CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. WILSON, William. A defence of the Reformation-Principles of the Church of Scotland... Edinburgh. Printed by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, for J. Jaffray Book-seller in Stirling, 1739. First edition. xviii, 19-331pp, [3]. ESTC T79910.

[Bound with:] Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Presbytery, Met at Edinburgh, May 1739... Edinburgh. Printed for J. Jaffray, 1739. First edition. vi, 7-60pp. ESTC T79917.

[And:] ERSKINE, Ebenezer. The sovereignty of Zion's King; in some discourses upon psalm ii. 6. Edinburgh. Printed by Alexander Alison, for David Duncan, 1739. First edition. 84pp. ESTC T75161. Copies recorded at four locations ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19694
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[DUNNING, John]. A defence of the united company of Merchants of England, Trading to the east-indies, and their servants, (Particularly Those at bengal) Against the Complaints of the dutch east-india company: being a memorial from the English Company to His Majesty on that Subject. London. Printed for J. Brotherton...and Sold by R. and J. Dodsley...and T. Waller, 1762. First edition. Quarto. [4], 71pp, [1]. With an engraved plan and a tipped-in errata slip. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, without backstrip. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32613
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KATER, Henry. A Description of a Vertical Floating Collimator; and an account of its application to astronomical observations with a circle and with a zenith telescope. London. Printed by Richard Taylor, 1828. First offprint edition. Quarto. [3], 258-289pp, [1]. With two engraved plates illustrating the device. Recent black buckram, lettered in gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title-page; 'Presented by the author, at / Bedford, in Nov. 1828'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 10993
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GREEN, William. A description of sixty Studies from Nature; etched in the soft ground, by william green, of ambleside; after drawings made by himself in cumberland, westmorland, and lancashire. Comprising, a general guide to the beauties of the north of england. London. Printed for the Author, by J. Barfield, 1810. First edition. 8vo. x, 122pp. Uncut in original publisher's green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, marked, and dampstained, joints starting, surface loss to spine. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30079
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VERTUE, George. A description of the works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His life. London. Printed for William Bathoe, 1759. Second edition, with additions. Quarto. vi, 151pp, [1]. With an engraved plate featuring an index, key, and vignette view of London from the South Bank; vignette portrait to title, two further engraved vignette head-pieces, and a tail-piece. Contemporary russia, rebacked. Rubbed and marked to edges, joints, bumping and loss to corners. John Leigh Philips' copy, with his bookplate to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, a tipped in manuscript ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22115