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MACAULAY, [Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay]. Speeches of lord macaulay corrected by himself. London. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. New edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xvi, 538pp. Without half-title. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, richly gilt-tooled red diced calf, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, prize-plate to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28261

STAMP, L. Dudley [editor]. Slovene studies... London. Published by the Le Play Society, 1933. First edition. Quarto. 70pp, [2]. With 12 black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's pictorial buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28316

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MILBANKE, Ralph. Astarte: a fragment of truth concerning george gordon byron, sixth lord byron. London. Christophers, 1921. New edition. 8vo. xxix, [3], 363pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and blind. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28310

SMITH, Hubert. A short memoir of the late eminent shropshire genealogist and antiquary william hardwicke, Esq. Madeley, Salop. J. Randall, Printer, 1879. First edition in book form. 8vo. iv, [4], 9-49, [1], 43-48pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait plate, four photographic plates, and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth boards, later rebacked. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later typed booksellers descriptions pasted to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'With the Author's / best compliments / 21. Feb. 1880'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28388

RENIER, G. J. Oscar Wilde. London. Issued to Subscribers by Peter Davies, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 489, signed by the author.xi, [1], 184pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without glassine dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Bookplate of Lionel Brett and ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28495

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HUGHES, Ted. Flowers and Insects: Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders. London. Faber and Faber, [1986]. First edition. 8vo. 61pp, [1]. With drawings by Leonard Baskin in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear.Bookplate of Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28498

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BETJEMAN, John. TAYLOR, Geoffrey. English Scottish and Welsh landscape 1700 - c. 1860. London. Frederick Muller, [1945]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. vi, 121pp, [1]. With 12 lithographed plates by John Piper. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28499

BLAKEMORE, Trevor. Moonset and other poems. London. Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1924. First edition. 8vo. 93pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's navy paper boards, lettered in silver and blind. Rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: With very goof wish / from / The Author / december 1924'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28497

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[GRAHAM, Dougal]. The comical tricks of lothian tom; with a selection of anecdotes. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Single folded sheet, unopened, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28601

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RAMSAY, Allen. A collection of scotch proverbs, containing all the wise sayings and observations of the old people of scotland. Paisley. Printed and published by G. Caldwell, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six bifolia, unopened at head, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28598

[LITTLE WHITE MOUSE]. The story of the little white mouse: or the overthrow of the tyrant king. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title. Title within ornamental border. Single folded sheet, unopened, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28604

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CUCKOW, J[ohn] G[eorge]. Our native england; or, the historical "house that jack built:" being the history of england made easy; in familiar verse... London. J. and C. Mozley, 1868. Fourteenth edition. 12mo. vi, [1], 8-60pp. With 47 woodcuts in the text. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Rubbed and creased, loss to spine panel. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28697

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RUSKIN, John. St. mark's rest. The history of venice, written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. George Allen, 1877-1834 First collected edition. 8vo. [2], x, 160; iv, 46; [2], x, 38, xx pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28710

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RUSKIN, John. "Unto this last:" four essays on the first principles of political economy. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. George Allen, 1877. Second edition. 8vo. xxi, [1], 174pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28711

LLOYD, W. Watkiss. The history of sicily to the athenian war; with elucidations of the sicilian odes of pindar. London. John Murray, 1872. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 396, 12pp. With an engraved folding map and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, a trifle marked, heavily sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28713

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[BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB]. Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of the art of primitive peoples. London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1935. First edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1].

[Bound with:] Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of gothic art in Europe (c. 1200- c. 1500). London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1936. First edition. 72pp.

[And:] Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of pictures and drawings by Richard Parkes Bonington and his circle. London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1937. First ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28931

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ARMSTRONG, Douglas B. GREENWOOD, Chas. H. War Stamps of the Allies. 1914-1920. An Historical Record. London. The Offices of "Stamp Collecting", [1920]. Popular edition [i.e. first edition]. 8vo. 116pp. With xvi pages of photographic plates. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, chipping to dulled spine. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28639

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HAYEK, Friedrich A. von. Drei Vorlesungen uber demokratie, gerechtigkeit und sozialismus. Tubingen. J. C. B. Mohr, 1977. First edition. 8vo. 59pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28970

HAYEK, Friedrich A. von. Der strom der guter und leistungen. Tubingen. J. C. B. Mohr, 1984. First edition. 8vo. 28pp. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28974

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WILKES, John. GREEN, Emanuel [editor]. Some Bath love letters of John Wilkes... Bath. George Gregory, 1918. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [2]. With a final leaf of advertisements. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed grey wrappers. Inked ownership initials to upper wrapper, lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28977