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[HILL, Richard, Sir]. Five letters to the Reverend Mr. Fletcher, Relative to his Vindication of the minutes of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley. Intended chiefly for the comfort or mourning backsligers, and such as may have been distressed and perplexed by reading Mr. Wesley's Minutes, or the Vindication of them. London. Printed for E. and C. Dilly...and sold by J. Eddowes, 1772. Second edition, revised and much enlarged. 8vo. 52pp. Disbound. A trifle spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21344

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[LEEDS THEATRE]. The leeds theatre...Tuesday, october 27th, 1846, Her Majesty's Servants will perform Tobin's celebrated Comedy of The honey moon!...To conclude with the celebrated Drama, in three Acts, by Thomas Archer Esq., entitled Don Caesar de Bazan!... Leeds. Mann, Printer and Stationer, [1846]. Dimensions 190 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Damp-stained to head, lightly creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21376

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[LEEDS THEATRE]. The leeds theatre...On friday evening, november 13th, 1846, The performances will commence with (first time in Leeds) an entire New Domestic Drama, entitled The Soldier's grave! Or, The Last Kiss...The entertainments to conclude with Lillo's Tragedy of George Barnwell!... [Leeds]. Mann, Printer and Stationer, [1846]. Dimensions 190 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21378

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[LEEDS THEATRE]. The leeds theatre...Miss fitzpatrick and miss acosta Having to depart for London To-Morrow, the Lesse begs to announce their last appearance, In their favourite characters in "The Love Chase" and "The Honey Moon," consequently these Two beautiful & popular Comedies will be performed tis Evening... Leeds. Mann, Printer and Stationer, [1846]. Dimensions 190 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased, slight chipping to margins. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21379

MORGAN, Thomas. Letters to the Rev. Dr. priestley, of Leeds, in defence of An appeal to The Common Sense of plain and common Christians, in Behalf of the Old Christianity of the Gospel, and In Defence of the Author... Leeds. Printed by G. Wright, 1772. First edition. 8vo. 28pp. Disbound. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21396

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[ALNWICK ELECTION]. Board of health election. To the ratepayers of alnwick... Alnwick. Printed by M. Smith, [s.d., c.1882] Dimensions 290 x 440 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly creased, very short tear to one edge, central horizontal fold. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21433

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ALIGHIERI, Dante. The lyrical poems of dante alighieri; including the poems of the vita nuova and convito. London. William Smith, 1845. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 144pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21477

WILLIAMS, G. Valentine. With our army in flanders. London. Edward Arnold, 1916. Second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 34, 8pp. With a frontispiece, a further 15 plates, a a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spins sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21511

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[ACTS - GEORGE III]. Anno quadragesimo quarto georgii III. regis. Cap. LIV. An Act to consolidate and amend the Provisions of the several Acts relating to Corps of Yeomanry and Volunteers in Great Britain; and to make further Regulations relating thereto. - [5th June 1804]. [Edinburgh]. [William Blackwood and Sons], [1848]. 8vo. 32pp. Stitched, as issued. Central horizontal fold, lightly dust-soiled, inked ownership inscription of Sir John Orde to head of title page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21537

[PRISON BOARD OF SCOTLAND]. Rules as to the Safe Custody of Prisoners, made by the General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, and certified by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, on 28th April 1853... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1853]. Quarto. 2pp, [2]. Single folded sheet. Two horizontal folds, manuscript docket title to verso. Lightly creased and dust-soiled. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21538

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[FOREIGN OFFICE]. Regulations respecting Passports. [London]. [s.n.], [1851]. Dimensions 180 x 230 mm. Single leaf handbill. Three horizontal folds, manuscript docket title to verso. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21541

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[HEBREW CHRISTIAN WITNESS]. The hebrew christian witness: an anglo-judaeo-christian magazine, under the entire management of editor and contributors from patriotic jewish believers. 1872. London. Elliot Stock, 1872. Quarto. iv, 204pp. Original publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Extremities sunned and lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21592

BEAUMARCHAIS, [Pierre-Augustin] Caron de. Memoires de m. caron de beaumarchais: ecuyer, conseiller-secretaire du roi, lieutenant-general des chasses au bailliage & capitainerie de la Varenne du Louvre, grande venerie & fauconnerie de France, accuse de corruption de juge, contre M. Goezman, conseiller de grand-chambre au Parlement de Paris, accuse de subornation & de faux, Mme. Goezman, & le sieur Bertrand, accuses, le sieur Marin, gazetier de France, & le sieur Darnaud-Baculard, conseiller d'ambassade, assignes comme temoins. Paris. [s.n.], 1775. 499pp, [1].

[Bound with:] BEAUMARCHAIS, [Pierre-Augustin] Caron de. Memoire pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Paris. [s.n.], 1775. xiv, [1], 16-143pp, [1].

12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece, loss and worming to head of spine, joints split, boards held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, later bookplates of Roger Senhouse and John Fowles to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21599

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SPROULE, John Watson. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de rachitide... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1787. 8vo. [4], 21pp, [1]. Recent brown cloth. A clean and crisp copy. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21618

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[WORDSWORTH, William]. Transactions of the wordsworth society No. IV.: Five portraits of the poet. [Edinburgh University Press]. [T. and A. Constable], [s.d., c.1882] First edition. 8vo. [3], 80-91pp, [1]. With five Woodburytype portraits. Original publisher's printed stiff card boards. Extremities lightly dust-soiled, splitting to upper joint, some creasing/short tears. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21624

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[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. Sayings and doings; or sketches from a life. Third series. London. Henry Colburn, 1828. 12mo. In three volumes. [4], 378; [2], 326; [2], 333pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Private ink-stamps to title pages, foxed, without terminal advertisement leaf to Vol. III. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21628

[CATECHISM - Shorter]. The A, B, C, with the shorter catechism... Glasgow. George Cameron, 1863. 16mo. 16pp. Stitched, as issued, into original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Slightest of spotting to extremities. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21668

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TAYLOR, Bayard. Rhymes of travel, ballads and poems. New York. George P. Putnam, 1849. Second edition. 8vo. 152, [2], 8pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, a trifle toned, occasional spotting, two printed clippings of Taylor's verse pasted to 'Notes' leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21772

[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Bee, a Selection of poetry, from the best Authors. London. Printed and Sold by Darton & Harvey, 1797. New edition. 12mo. [8], 204pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurt to FEP, near contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21850

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FONTENELLE, [Bernard Le Bouvier de]. Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes, augmentes des dialogues des morts. A Lyon. De l'Imprimerie de Leroy, 1800. Nouvelle edition. 12mo. xii, 407pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some splitting to joints. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21865