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[ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE]. Royal Lyceum Theatre. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Henry Irving. Faust. [London]. [W. S. Johson], [1886]. Quarto. [8]pp. Stitched, as issued. Old central horizontal fold, a trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23260

[POETRY]. The poet and the muse. London. Printed and Sold by R. Amy, 1737. First edition. Folio. [2], 16pp, [2]. With a half-title ( bearing the imprint 'Dublin: printed, and re-printed in London, and sold by R. Amey...') and a final leaf of publishers advertisements. Uncut, later stab-stitched. A trifle browned and dusty. Later inked ownership inscription to half-title, contemporary manuscript inscription to recto of final leaf: 'Mr. Alex. Williamson / Merkle Mains Parish of Preston / near Haddington / I. The ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25309

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KING, William. Aviti epistola ad Perillam, virginem scotam. Londini [i.e. London]. [s.n.], 1760. Large quarto. [4], 24pp. Stitched as issued. Occasional marking, small reddish stain at upper gutter, edges untrimmed and a bit dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17455

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[WESTERN AFRICA]. Report of commissioner of inquiry on the western coast of africa. Climate, and it's influence on health. London. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1842. First edition. Folio. 46pp. Stitched, as issued. Slight chipping to fore-edge of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24365

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UVEDALE, [Thomas]. The Death-Bed Display'd: with the state of the dead. A sacred poem. Westminster. Printed by A. Campbell, 1727. First edition. ix, [1], 48pp. Errata on p.[x]. ESTC T141492.

[Bound after:] [BURGER, Gottfried Augustus]. Lenore, a tale. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by Sampson Low, 1796. First edition in English. [6], 17pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC T88492.

[And:] [MALLET, David]. Amyntor and theodora: or, The hermit. A poem. In three cantos. London. Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1747. First edition. [4], viii, 92pp. With ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25248

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[TREATY OF SEVILLE]. The treaty of Peace, Union, Friendship, and Mutual Defence, Between the crowns of Great-Britain, France, and Spain, Concluded at Seville on the 9th of November, N. S. 1729. London. Printed by S. Buckley, 1729. First edition. Quarto. 16pp. Uncut in recent brown cloth, earlier black calf lettering-piece. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25437

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RIDER, Cardanus. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1775... London. Printed by R. and M. Brown, 1775. [60]pp. Initial gathering printed in red and black. ESTC T45015.

[Bound with:] The royal kalendar; or complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the year 1775... London. Printed for J. Almon et al., [1775]. [4], 270pp, [2]. ESTC T45299.

12mo. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, metal clasps, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24254

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[MASSARD, Jacques]. Harmonie des propheties anciennes avec les modernes, Sur la durée de l'Antechrist, & les souffrances de l'Eglise. A Cologne. Chez Pierre Marteau, 1687. 12mo. [48], 299pp, [1]. Nineteenth-century vellum, ruled in manuscript, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece., all edges red. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate to FEP, later manuscript note in a French hand to verso of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23349

[TIMBS, John]. Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living. London. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1838. First edition. 12mo. xii, 167pp, [1]. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of J. W. Edwards to FEP, foxed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'By John Timbs / With the Author's Compts. / to J. W. Edwards Esqr.' More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25678

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DOUGLAS, James. Myographiae comparatae specimen: or, a comparative description of all the muscles in a man and in a quadruped. Shewing their discoverer, origin, progress, insertion, use, and difference. To which is added, an account of the muscles peculiar to a woman. With an etymological table, and several useful index's. London. Printed by W. B. for G. Strachan, 1707. First edition. 12mo. xxxvi, 216, 16pp. Distinguished from other edition of the same year by 'G. Strachan' not 'George Strahan' in the imprint. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Early inked initials to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24245

[VILLIERS, Pierre de]. Traité de la satire, ou l'on examine Comment on doit reprendre son prochain, & comment la satire peut servir à cet usage. Paris. Chez Jean Anisson, 1695. First edition. 8vo. [16], 356pp. Contemporary speckled calf, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Early armorial bookplate to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, internally clean and crisp. A fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25107

[VAUMORIÈRE, Pierre d'Ortigue de]. The art of pleasing in Conversation: In French and English. Written by the famous Cardinal Richelieu. London. Printed by J. Darby, for A Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. 12mo. [4], 35 [i.e. 355]pp, [1]. Parallel French and English text. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24187

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LE SAGE, [Alain René]. The bachelor of salamanca. Or, memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda. In three parts. Dublin. Printed by George Faulkner, 1737. 12mo. Volume one of two only; the second volume (comprising part III), was not published until 1740. [8], 259pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and bumped, joints split, loss to head of spine and lettering-piece. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of literary patron and antiquary Paul Panton ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25110

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PARSONS, John Weddell. Essays on education, or principles of intellectual improvement consistent with the frame and nature of man. London. Printed by J. Smeeton...sold by T. Cadell, 1794. First edition. 8vo. viii, 222pp. Recent calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of Chas. Levermore to head of browned title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23758

WHITCHURCH, James Wadham. An essay upon education. London. Printed for T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [4], 220pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently expertly rebacked preserving earlier red morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed. Prize-plate of Swansea Training College to verso of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23772

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[KILNER, Dorothy]. M. P. . The holiday present; containing anecdotes of mr. and mrs. jennet, and their little family; master george, master charles, master thomas, miss maria, miss charlotte, and miss harriet. Interspersed with instructive and amusing stories and observations. London. Printed for John Harris, 1831. Second Harris edition. 8vo. iv, 68pp. With engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's pictorial blue paper boards, red roan spine. Slightly rubbed, a little marked, else a crisp copy. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24308

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CURR, Joseph. Familiar instructions in the faith and morality of the Catholic Church, adapted to the use both of children and adults... Manchester. Printed and published by J. A. Robinbson & Co., 1829. Second edition, revised and corrected. 12mo. xi, [2], 14-184pp. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower starting, some loss to head of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25600

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[FREDERICK II, King of Prussia]. A letter upon education. Translated from the French of a royal author. London. Printed for J. Nourse, 1777. First edition in English. 8vo. 130pp. Later blind-ruled half-calf, buff paper boards, lettered in gilt, armorial blind-stamps to both boards. Rubbed and marked, joints split, some loss to head of spine, paper library shelf-label to foot. Bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 23759

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HALL, Mrs. S. C.. The juvenile forget me not. A Christmas and New Year's gift, of birthday present, for the year 1829. London. N. Hailes, [1829]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. FFEP torn away. Early inked ownership inscription of Edith Mary Simpson to recto of blank fly-leaf, presentation plate working-loose, two gatherings protruding from text-block, very occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25140

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KNOX, Vicesimus. Liberal education: or, a practical treatise on the methods of acquiring useful and polite learning. London. Printed for Charles Dilly, 1782. Fourth edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xxiii, [1], 486pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, all edges green. Board lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of the Swansea Training College reference library to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23768