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[THEOLOGY]. Five letters, viz. I. Some Conjectures concerning an Eternal Creation. II. That there was from Eternity a Fitness and Unfitness, in the Nature of Things, by Which the Will of God was always determined. III. Reflections on the Duties we owe to God and one another. Together with Remarks on some of the Jewish Revelations. In a Dialogue between Saul and Samuel. IV. That God was not the First Institutor of Sacrifices, wherein the Case of Abraham offering up his Son, is fully reasoned; and Moses vindicated from the Aspersion generally thrown upon him, of making God the Author of that Command. V. Concerning the Evidence necessary to ascertain the Divinity of those Revelations which require us to do Action. London. Printed for T. Cooper, 1737. First edition. 8vo. [4], 67pp, [1]. With a half-title. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Half-title working loose, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33018
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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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KENNEDY, William. Fitful fancies. Edinburgh. Published by Oliver & Boyd...and Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 191pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, later rebacked in blue cloth. Boards rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Later bookplate of S. T. Whiteford and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29027
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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H.. Fishing, with contributions from other authors. Salmon and Trout. With numerous illustrations. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1888. Fourth edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 472pp. With a half-title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text, hinges just starting. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP.
More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15469
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[BADMINTON LIBRARY]. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, H.. Fishing with contributions from other authors, Pike and other coarse fish, with numerous illustrations. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1887. Third edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 412pp, [2]. With half-title, frontispiece and terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. With text leaves largely unopened. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 15470
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WATKINS, Roy. First images. Consigny, France. Embers Handpress, 1980. First edition. Small 8vo. 28pp. Original publisher's cream rag paper card wraps, lettered black with a blue paper title label. Over sewn mould made paper, all edged untrimmed. Lightly scuffed to front, rear wrap suffers significant smoke marking, though no losses. First printing consisting of 126 signed copies, 100 on this mould-made paper, signed and numbered by the author, this being no. 32. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29660
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GALTON, Francis. Finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. xvi, 216pp. With a half-title and 16 plates.

[Together with:] GALTON, Francis. Supplementary chapter to 'finger prints' decipherment of blurred finger prints. London. Macmillan and Co., 1893. First edition. [2], 18pp. With 16 plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Fingerprint directories. London. Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. [8], 127pp, [1]. With a half-tile and nine plates.

[And:] GALTON, Francis. Hereditary genius an inquiry into its laws ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32941
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[DOWLING, Francis]. Fights for the championship; and celebrated prize battles; or accounts of all the prize battles for the championship from the days of figg and broughton to the present time... London. Published at "Bell's Life" Office, 1855. First edition. 8vo. iv, 432pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription of Charles W. A. Oakeley to FEP, single manuscript correction to text, annotations concerning the 1858 fight between Tom Sayers and Tom Paddock to verso of terminal leaf and RFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33820
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JOHNS, W.E.. Fighting planes and aces. London. John Hamilton, [1932]. First edition. Quarto. 90pp, [6]. With frontispiece and 30 plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in black to spine and upper board (i.e. the second issue binding, without the stamped image of plane to upper board), with the fabulously evocative rare Howard Leigh dustwrapper displaying the original 5s price. An almost fine copy, but for the slightest of fading at head and foot of spine, in a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21501
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[MUSIC]. BISHOP, Henry R.. [Fifty-three glees by Henry R. Bishop]. [vs.]. [vs.], [c. 1830s] Folio. In two volumes. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges, morocco onlays of Thomas Gladstone to upper boards. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Book-labels of Thomas Gladstone to both FEPs, manuscript lists of contents to front free-endpapers. Inked gift inscription to FEP of Vol. I: 'T. Gladstone / from Robertson G. / 27 Augst. 1835'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11353
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LIDDELL, R. Scotland. Fifty Thousand Miles of Sun. London. Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1925]. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 283pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further 14 photographic plates. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and red. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate and inked inked ownership inscription of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to endpapers. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23783
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[SILKS]. Fifty methods of producing a silk. London. Jack Hughes and Harry Stanley. [s.d., c. 1940s?] First edition. 8vo. 16pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, wrappers toned. Light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34506
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CREASY, E[dward]. Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. London. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., c.1890. Forty-second edition. 8vo. 419pp, [1]. With a half-title, an illustrated frontispiece, and plates. Original publisher's maroon cloth, gilt. Light rubbing to sunned spine, slight soiling to boards. Upper hinge split with board working loose, leaves a trifle toned, recent armorial bookplate to FEP of Cefntilla, family seat of the Raglan baronetcy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13631
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[RICOUART D'HÉROUVILLE DE CLAYE, Antoine de]. Field marshal Count Saxe's Plan For New-Modelling The French Army, Reviving its Discipline, and improving its Exercise... London. Printed for T. Osborn, 1753. First edition in English. 12mo. [2], 197pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plane and three folding letterpress tables. Without publisher's advertisement leaf. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, upper joint split, surface loss to lower board. Armorial bookplate to FEP of Scottish advocate and philosopher, Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782). More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22982
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HUGHES, Ted. Ffangs the vampire bat and the kiss of truth. London. Faber and Faber, 1996. First edition. Quarto. 96pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered silver, with the original illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Chris Riddell.
From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; while much of her library was damaged as the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her settee - causing a serious fire - this copy has escaped almost ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29656
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HUGHES, Ted. Ffangs the vampire bat and the kiss of truth. London. Faber and Faber, 1996. First edition. Quarto. 96pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered silver, with the original illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Chris Riddell. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; while much of her library was damaged as the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her sofa - causing a serious fire - this copy has escaped almost ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29655
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BAILEY, Philip James. Festus: a poem. London. William Pickering, 1852. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 562pp, [2]. Bound by Henderson & Bisset in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Church of England clergyman John Mitchell Harvey (1835-1876) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30446
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BAILEY, Philip James. Festus: a poem. London. William Pickering, 1845. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 396pp, [2]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, later rebacked preserving majority of original back-strip. Extremities rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: '(?) James Fenton / With the Author's / compts.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29555
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MARTINEAU, Harriet. Feats on the fiord. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c.1890] 8vo. 135pp, [1]. With.a coloured frontispiece. Original publisher's pictorial tan cloth. A trifle rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29692