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BENTHAM, Edward. A sermon Preached in the Parish-Church of Christ-Church, London...To which is annexed, An Account of The Society for promoting Christian knowledge. London. Printed by J. and W. Oliver...and Sold by John Rivington, 1772. First edition. Quarto. 145 [i.e. 153]pp, [3]. Stitched, as issued. Fore-edge damp-stained, corners creased with some occasional loss. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20976

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HERD, Richard. Scraps of poetry. An essay on free trade. Kirkby Lonsdale. Printed by Arthur Foster, 1837. First edition. 12mo. [2], ix, [1], 95pp, [1]. Original publisher's dark green cloth, recently expertly rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed and marked. Long horizontal tear, naively repaired, to leaf G1 (not touching text), Foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21049

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FORESTER, Fanny. Memoir of sarah b. judson, of the american mission to burmah. London. Thomas Nelson, 1850. 12mo. 230pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary green morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary school prize inscription to FFEP, ownership inscription of Rebecca L. Cooper to front blank fly-leaf, frontispiece and additional title browned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21057

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[THEATRE ROYAL WEYMOUTH]. Under the Patronage of the Borough Members, henry edwards, esq. m.p. and c.i.t. hambro, esq. m.p. On Thursday Eve. September 2nd, 1869, The performances will commence with the celebrated Comedy entitled...The wonderful woman!. Weymouth. Jeffery Brothers, Dramatic Printers, [1869]. Dimensions 200 x 500 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly browned and scuffed, with chipping and marginal tears to edges and corners. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21200

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[HAYES, Charles]. A Critical Examination of the holy gospels according to St. Matthew and St. Luke, With Regard to the history of the Birth and Infancy of our Lord Jesus Christ. London. Printed for T. Woodward, 1738. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 144pp. With a half-title. Later half-calf, brown buckram boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Library withdrawal stamp to FEP, a trifle spotted and dust-soiled. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21347

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[WINTER VACATION]. The winter vacation; or, holidays in the country. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. First edition. 12mo. 71pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's marbled boards, green roan spine, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, both boards held by single cords only, loss to spine. Booksellers ticket of Duffield's Juvenile Library, Bath to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21369

[YORKSHIRE AUCTION]. To be Sold. In the following Lotts and Subject to such Conditions as will be Produced at the House of Joseph Lodge near the Church in Thornhill, on Monday the 9th of November 1778. between the Hours of four and six in the afternoon of the same day. [s.i., Dewsbury?]. [s.n., Mr Sykes?, 1778] Dimensions 165 x 160mm. Single leaf handbill. Fore- and gutter margin edges uncut. Creased, with some marginal tearing, marking and early manuscript notes to verso. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21439

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FLORIAN, [Jean-Pierre Claris de]. Numa pompilius, second roi de rome. A Paris. De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'Aine, 1786. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [2], 212; 226pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary tree-calf, spines richly gilt. A trifle rubbed. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, lightly spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21576

[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630

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[TRADE CATALOGUE]. E. Butterick & Co's Catalogue: Spring 1879. [London]. [E. Butterwick & Co.], [1879]. Quarto. 32pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Edge-wear, browned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21694

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BROWN, Thomas, The Younger [MOORE, Thomas]. Intercepted letters; or, the Twopenny Post=Bag. To which are added, trifles reprinted. London. Printed for James Carpenter, 1822. xxiv, 119pp, [1].

[Uniformly bound with:] MOORE, Thomas. Epistles, odes, and other poems. London. Printed for James Carpenter, 1822. Sixth edition. In two volumes. xv, [1], 176; vii, [1], 182pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a final publisher's advertisement leaf to Vol. II.

[And:] MOORE, Thomas. Odes of anacreon... London. Printed for James Carpenter, 1820. Tenth edition. In two volumes. xlvii, ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21739

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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or the history of several young ladies; related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1814. Fourth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-176pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed, slight split to upper joint. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21837

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[ROYAL NAVY]. Observations upon a memorial sent from london to scotland, To Procure Petitions against the bill For Manning the Royal Navy. London. Printed for T. Cooper, 1741. First edition. 8vo. 37pp, [1]. Uncut in modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Title page browned and stained at gutter, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22029

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AN IMPARTIAL HAND [i.e. HENDERSON, Andrew]. The history of the Rebellion, 1745 and 1746. Containing, A full Account of its Rise, Progress and Extinction... London. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Edition, and Sold by R. Griffiths, 1748. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 126pp. Recent marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed. Paper repair to gutter of title page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22033

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[FLIGHT OF THE PRETENDER]. The flight of the Pretender, with Advice to the poets. A Poem, in the Arthurical, -- Jobical, -- Elizabethecal Style and Phrase of the sublime poet maurus. London. Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1708. 8vo. [4], 8pp. Recent marbled wrappers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22053

PEEL, Sidney. Trooper 8008 I Y. London. Edward Arnold, 1901. Second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 168, 31pp, [1]. With a frontispiece and a further seven plates of photographs taken by F Hoare, 40th Company, I. Y., a folding map to rear, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt and black. Very slight rubbing. Foxed. Mervyn Lloyd Peel's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP and inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22164

INGELOW, Jean. Poems. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1865. Author's edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo. 256, 10pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Later inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'John Linnell sen. 1865 from the Author' - likely landscape and portrait painter, and rival of Constable, John Linnell (1792-1882), with whom Ingelow corresponded. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22218

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[HUGHES, Mary]. Aunt mary's tales for the entertainment and improvement of little boys. Addressed to her nephews. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819. Fourth edition. iv, 174pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Darton 500 (4).

[Together with:] [HUGHES, Mary]. Aunt mary's tales for the entertainment and improvement of little girls. Addressed to her nieces. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819. Fifth edition. Darton G501 (5).

12mo. Uniformly bound in original publisher's green roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22233

JAMES I. The works of james I, king of scotland... Perth. Printed by R. Morison, Junior, 1786. 12mo. [10], iii, [1], 112, [5], 116-121pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Orrock of Edinburgh in later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, earlier inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22372

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[LAWSON, John]. A dissertation on the geometrical analysis of the antients. With a Collection of Theorems and Problems, without solutions, for the exercise of young students. Canterbury. Printed and sold by Simmons and Kirkby, 1774. First edition. 8vo. [2], xxiv, 32pp. With two engraved folding plates. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22452