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MALVEZZI, Virgilio. The chiefe events of The Monarchie of spaine, In the yeare 1639. London. Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1647. First edition in English. 12mo. [8], 208pp. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to head and foot of spine, corners exposed. Without front endpapers, title page chipped, torn, and stained, slight marginal loss to penultimate leaf, rear pastedown sprung. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25623

WILSON, W. Carus, Rev. [editor]. The children's friend. London. Sold by Arthur Foster, [1844]. 12mo. [1], 50-72pp. Original publisher's pictorial salmon wrappers. Extremities sunned and a trifle rubbed, early inked ownership inscription to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23416

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[YONGE, Frances Mary et al.]. The child's christian year: hymns for every sunday and holy-day, compiled for the use of parochial schools. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1841. First edition. 12mo. xii, 113pp, [19]. With nine terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29843

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[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. The child's companion; or, Sunday Scholar's Reward. Vol. IV. for 1826. London. Printed [by J. Hill] for the Religious Tract Society, [1826]. 16mo. iv, 380pp. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary sheep. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting, occasional browning. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34241

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[CHILD'S OWN BOOK]. The child's own book. For April, 1839. London. Published by Richard Davis, [1839]. 16mo. 49-64pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers.

[Together with:] Another copy of the same work in variant publisher's printed blue wrappers. A trifle creased and dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25268

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FENOLLOSA, Ernest. POUND, Ezra [editor]. The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry. [San Francisco]. City Lights Books, [1960]. 8vo. 45pp, [3]. Original publisher's illustrated paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. From the library of English Movement poet and literary critic Donald Davie (1922-1995), with his inked ownership inscription to title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23610

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DRINKWATER, John. The christ child at christmas manuscript. Highgate. [s.n.], 1930. Quarto. Pencil on paper. Three (single side) leaves, with a covering note on lined paper ‘My dear ?Jeff This, the original draft of 'The Christ Child at Christmas', of which the first page appears to have been written on blotting paper, is to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year. Yours affectionately, John Drinkwater, Highgate, Christmas 1930'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 29663

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PATTEN, Thomas. The Christian Apology. A sermon Preached before the University of Oxford... Oxford. Printed at the Theatre for S. Parker et al., 1755. Second edition. [2], 38pp. ESTC T30647.

[Bound with:] HEATHCOTE, Ralph. The use of reason asserted in matters of religion: or, natural religion the foundation of revealed... London. Printed for Thomas Oayne, 1756. Second edition corrected. 104pp. ESTC T176132.

[And:] [PATTEN, Thomas]. St. peter's christian apology as set forth In a sermon on I Pet. III. 15, 16 lately published at the Request of the Vice-Chancellor of the ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 17309

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A CLERGYMAN [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. The christian hebdomad, or week of human life. A souvenir of the savior! And an occasional help to family devotion. London. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 117pp, [3]. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, a trifle marked, some chipping to head and foot of spine. Recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to recto of FFEP, blank marriage certificate pasted to RFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Ellen E. Henslowe / 29 April 1884 / from the author WHH'.

[Together with:] [HENSLOWE, William Henry]. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20817

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STEELE, Sir Richard. The Christian Hero: an argument Proving that no principles but those of religion Are Sufficient to make a great man. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755. 12mo. [16], 78pp. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn, boards detached, substantial loss to spine. Contemporary amorial bookplate of Arthur Young to FEP, Young's inked ownership inscription and recent inscription of G. Gibb (dated 1972) to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26306

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[OECONOMY]. The Christian Oeconomy, Translated from the Original Greek of An Old Manuscript, Found in the Island of Patmos, Where St. John wrote his Book of the revelation. London. Printed for T. Waller, 1760. 8vo. 96pp. Contemporary straight-grain black morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Rubbed, old paper label label to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, later bookplate of Mary Flower to FEP, with her inked ownership inscription to foot of title page, scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 16596

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MILBOURNE, Luke [translator]. The Christian Pattern paraphras'd: or, The book of The Imitation of Christ, Commonly ascrib'd to Thomas A Kempis, made English by Luke Milbourne, A Presbyter of the Church of England. London. Printed for Abel Roper...and Roger Clavel, 1697. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 328pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Without initial blank leaf. Contemporary panelled calf, recently expertly rebacked to style. Boards rubbed. Endpapers browned and spotted, early inked shelf-mark to FEP, very occasional chipping/loss to margins, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19359

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[CHRISTIANITY]. The christian's daily guide to prayer, and the study of the holy scriptures. Bath. Binns & Goodwin, 1845. First edition. 12mo. viii, 88pp, [4]. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Original publisher's blind-stamped burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, marking to boards. Later bookplate of the Bath Public Reference Library to FEP, with their occasional embossed stamps throughout, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16872

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MAUCLERC, James. The Christian's Magazine, or, treasure. Containing, a choice collection of many remarkable passages upon several important religious subjects, Taken out of the Writings of Some of the Most Eminent Modern Divines: Tending to Our Confirmation Both in the Belief and Practice of the True Christian Religion, against Atheists, Deists, Socinians, Papists, And other Corrupt and Loose Christians. London. Printed for the author, by S. Richardson, [s.d., 1745?] First edition. 8vo. viii, [4], 403pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, lower joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Henry Bowes Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, scattered foxing, very occasional chipping/small holes to margins. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25713

BEAUMONT, E. C. The Christian Warfare. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1880?] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [34] leaves. Text within hand-coloured illustrated borders. Near contemporary green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. One leaf detached. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30193

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KEBLE, John. The Christian Year: thoughts in verse for the sundays and holydays throughout the year.. London. Bickers and Son, 1880. 8vo. [2], 315pp. Title page in red and black. With half-title, a pasted-in engraved frontispiece, and 11 further engraved plates. Finely bound by Ramage (stamp-signed to ontemporary brown morocco, richly gilt-tooled. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed, corners a little bumped. Inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29953

[KEBLE, John]. The christian year: thoughts in verse for the sundays and holydays throughout the year. Oxford. Printed by W. Baxter, For J. Parker; and C. and J. Rivington, 1827. First edition. 12mo. xii, 201, [1]; viii, 200pp, [2]. With half-titles to each volume and a terminal errata leaf to Vol II. Uncut in original publisher's paper boards (blue for Vol. I, brown for Vol II), expertly rebacked to style in contrasting paper. Some marking to boards, loss to extremities. With an entire A.L.S. from the author to 'The Revd. F. Kilvert, Claverton Lodge, Bath', loosely inserted, spotted, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18023

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[SMITH, Rev. John?] . The chronicles of gotham; or, the facetious history of official proceedings. Glasgow. To be had of the booksellers, 1856. First edition. 8vo. [1], 239pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 further illustrated plates depicting scenes from 'Gotham'. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and a trifle marked, top edge dusty. Title page browned, very occasional spotting throughout, More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33397

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[CHRONOLOGY]. The chronology of kings of england, from the conquest: in Prose and Verse. London. William Darton and Son, 1834. 16mo in 4s. [40]pp. Without wrappers. Some loosening to sewing, short tear at foot of spine. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33480

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[LITURGY - English]. The Church-of-England-Man's Companion: containing the Book of Common Prayer...and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; with Notes, Practical and Explanatory. Extracted from the Works of several learned and pious Divines, and other ingenious Commentators. Chester. Printed by J. Poole, 1780. Quarto. Unpaginated. *2, b-h2, A-3B4, 3C2-Yyy2. With A companion to the altar, and Tate and Brady's A new version of the Psalms, both with separate title pages, but continuous register. Without frontispiece and 10 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, corners bumped. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19597