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VELASCO, Antonio Palamino de Castro y. Histoire abregée des plus fameux peintres, sculpteurs et architectes Espagnols. Paris. Chez Delaguette, 1749. First edition in French. 12mo. [4], 389pp, [3]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, speckled edges. Rubbed, joints split. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of J. B. Bury to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19797

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[BARNARD, Sir John]. Some rules for the conduct of life: To which are added, a few cautions, For the Use of such freemen of london As take apprentices. London. Printed by Henry Fenwick, [s.d., c.1805] 8vo. 24pp. Recent half-calf, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Very light rubbing to extremities. Slight paper flaw to title page affecting last line of imprint, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20033

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SLIGHT, Henry. A metrical history of portsmouth; with delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of this Port and Arsenal. Portsmouth. Printed by Hollingsworth & Price, 1820. First edition. 8vo. viii, 136pp. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20035

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STADTMANN, Johann Friderick. Dissertatio medico-chirurgica de tetano quam gratiosae facultatis medicae consensu in alma argentoratensium universitate... Argentorati [Strasbourg]. Typis Joh. Henrici Heitzii, Universitatis Typographi, 1785. Quarto. 34pp. Marbled wrappers, stitched as issued. Slightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20109

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WEGELIN, Christophorus. Dissertatio inauguralis medica duas circa vermes observationes cum earum epicrisi sistens quam consensu gratiosae facultatis medicae in alma Argentoratensium universitate [...].. Argentorati [Strassbourg]. Ex Prelo Jonae Lorenzii Typohraphi, 1779. Quarto. 32pp. 18th-century marbled wrappers, stitched as issued. A bit rubbed, slightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20111

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LELAND, Charles Godfrey; ERNST, A., trans.. Francia, Alsacia y Lorena. Traducido del ingles. Caracas. Imprenta de 'El Diario', 1871. Quarto. 22pp. Original printed wrappers. Slightly marked or browned, upper outer blank corner occasionally frayed. Dedication from the translator A. Ernst inscribed: 'Mr James McQueen with the translator's kind regards' to upper wrapper. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20117

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RANDOLPH, Rev. Francis. Sermons, preached at laurel-chapel, bath, during the season of advent 1799. [Bath]. Printed for F. and C. Rivington...and R. Cruttwell, 1800. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-viii, [1], 238pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of M. G. Meredyth to head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20128

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AUDLEY, Matthew. A sermon Preached before the several associations of the laudable order of anti-gallicans, at bow-church in Cheapside, On Thursday, April 23, 1752. London. Printed for J. Robinson, 1752. First edition. Quarto. [4], 20pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Extremities worn, without spine panel, loss to wrappers, a trifle marked. Browned and spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20161

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RASK, Rasmus. Frisisk sproglaere udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den islandske og angelsaksiske. Kobenhavn [i.e. Copenhagen]. Hofboghandler Beekens Forlag, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [4], 34, 138pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, heavily foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20309

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[SMITH, Horace]. [SMITH, James]. Rejected addresses: or, the new theatrum poetarum. London. Printed for John Miller, 1813. Twelfth edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xiii, [3], 127pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary red morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, inked ownership inscriptions to verso of FFEP and head of title page, some loss to head of leaf F10 (p.115-6) - not touching text, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20402

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MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. Fourteenth edition. 12mo. [4], 376pp. With an additional engraved title page and three engraved plates by E. J. Portbury (1795-1885) after designs by Westall. Handsomely bound in contemporary straight-grain black morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional light spotting and ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20404

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[GAMES]. Mirthful moments; or, how to enjoy holidays. A new book of games and forfeits... London. Dean and Son, [s.d., c. 1870] 8vo. 31pp, [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and creased, a trifle dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20535

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[STREATHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY]. Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. General subject-catalogue of Books (except Fiction and Juvenile Literature) in the tate public library, streatham. London. Printed for the Council by Truslove and Bray, 1914. 8vo. 283pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth-backed printed grey paper boards. Heavily rubbed, some loss to head and foot of spine, inked initials 'E. M. M.' to head of upper board. Hinges exposed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20707

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LUDWIG, Christian. A dictionary English, German and French, Containing not only the English words in their Alphabetical Order, together with their several significations; but also their proper Accent, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, Idioms, & Proverbs, Taken from the best new English dictionaries. Leipzig and Francfurt [sic]. [s.n.], 1736. Second edition. Quarto. [4], 739pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. Printed in double columns. Recent brown buckram, lettered in black. Minor shelf-wear. Recent book-label of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, leaves heavily browned and foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20847

VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem. The home of mankind: the story of the world we live in. London. George G. Harrap & Company, 1933. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 506pp. Numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's decorative green clot. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, marked. Presentation copy, inked illustration and inscription to recto of FFEP: 'The will to live / Hendrik Willem van Loon / Madras (?)'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20896

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[BRITISH INSTITUTION OF RADIO ENGINEERS]. The British Institution of Radio Engineers...Catalogue of the lending library... London. Published by The British Institution of Radio Engineers, [1944] 8vo. ii, 102pp. Original publisher's printed tan wrappers. Spine a trifle dulled, else a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20907

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ASH, John. Grammatical institutes; or, an easy introduction to Dr. Lowth's English Grammar: designed for the use of schools... London. Printed for Charles Dilly, 1781. New edition. 12mo. xxii, [1], 24-174pp, [6]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Lightly rubbed and bumped, chipping to head of spine. Near contemporary ownership inscriptions and pen-trials of Ann and Lucy Bayliffe to endpapers and head of p.28. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20981

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EDGEWORTH, Maria. The history of susan price, commonly called simple susan. Belfast. Printed and published by Simms & M'Intyre, [s.d., c.1840] Stereotype edition. 12mo. [3], 6-142pp. Original publisher's black roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn and discoloured, joints split, upper board very nearly detached, surface loss to lower board loss to head of spine. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, two gatherings protruding from text-block. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20984

TIPPLE, S[amuel] Augustus. A summer visit to scotland. Norwich. Charles Muskett, 1847. First edition. 8vo. [2], v, [1], 104pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, board held by cords only, recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, lightly spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21033

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LAMOTTE-FOUQUE, [Friedrich Heinrich Karl]. Ondine, suivie de vingt et un ans, ou le prisonnier. Paris. Chez Arthus Bertrand, 1822. 8vo. [2], 204pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Bound by W. Dearden of Nottingham in contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-calf, burgundy cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, binder's ticket and recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, offsetting to title, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21064