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PRICE, Uvedale. A letter to h. repton, Esq. on the application of the practice as well as the principles of Landscape-Painting to Landscape-Gardening... Hereford. Printed by D. Walker; for J. Robson, 1798. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 180pp. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30019

BENSON, E.F.. Six common things. London. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. First edition thus. 8vo. [6], 271pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt with blind tooling. Boards are scuffed and marked, rolled spine ends fraying, with some staining. Decorative endpapers remain bright, with a little toning through the loosening page block. With an ink ownership inscription to the title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30110

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Drop-head title:] Substance of the Engagements between the Courts of St. Petersburgh and Stockholm, signed at St. Petersburgh the 24th of March 1812, so far as the same are referred to it the Treaty between His Majesty and the King of Sweden, signed at Stockholm on the 3d of March 1813. London. Printed by R. G. Clarke, [1813]. Dimensions 180 x 330 mm. Single leaf broadside. Old central horizontal fold. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30122

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[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. Bulletins of the campaign, 1805. [London]. [s.n.], [1805]. 8vo. 203pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30169

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HORDERN, Joseph Calveley. Sermons preached to seafaring men. Portsea. James Griffin, 1860. First edition. 8vo. viii, 96pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown limp cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, sunned. RFEP creased, pencil prayer to REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30170

[SEVEN YEARS' WAR]. A form of prayer, to be used...upon Friday the seventeenth day of February next, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God, to be observed in most Devout and Solemn Manner, by sending up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty: For obtaining pardon of our sins, and for averting those heavy judgements which our manifold provocations have most justly deserved; and imploring His Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of His Majesty by Sea and Land, and for restoring and perpetuating peace, safety, and prosperity to Himself, and to His Kingdoms. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1758. Quarto. 30pp, [2]. Predominantly printed in blackletter. Initial and terminal leaves are blank. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Short marginal tears to head of leaves C1-2. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30172

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[SCOTTISH MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMY]. Report of the ordinary directors of the scottish military and naval academy. Read and approved of at a meeting of the extraordinary and ordinary directors, on 31st december 1829. Edinburgh. Prined by M. Anderson, 1830. First edition. [4], 16pp. With a folding frontispiece.

[Bound with:] Report by the directors of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy, to the subscribers; occasioned by a printed letter addressed to them by major downes. Edinburgh. [s.n.], 1832. 36pp. With a folding table.

8vo. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. A trifle marked. Stab-stitch holes to gutters, inked ownership inscription of Sir John ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30221

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PUSEY, Rev. E[dward] B[ouverie]. Our pharisaism: a sermon preached at st. paul's, knightsbridge, on ash-wednesday, 1868. Oxford. Sold by James Parker & Co., 1868. First edition. 8vo. [2], 21pp, [1]. Partially unopened. Stitched, as issued. Stitching perished, Title page and three terminal leaves detached. Title page browned and dust-soiled, scattered spotting, occasional marginal loss. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'From the Author'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30276

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ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart. The history of india. The hindú and mahometan periods. London. John Murray, 1857. Fourth edition. 8vo. xxiv, 698pp. Later half-calf, brown cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Title page and terminal leaf browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30318

FITCHETT, W. H. The tale of the great mutiny. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1901. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 384pp, [8]. With a portrait frontispiece, a further seven plates, four maps (one folding), and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped, a trifle cocked. Inscribed to British Indian official Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936) on recto of FFEP: 'W. C. Macpherson / 11th August. 1902 / From Ella', very occasional ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30319

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POPE, Mr. [Alexander]. One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. A dialogue Something like horace. London. Printed for T. Cooper, [1738]. [4], 10pp, [2]. A reimpression of the impression with '(Price One Shilling.)' on the title page; sig. D under 'her'. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC T5720, Foxon P933

[Bound with:] POPE, Mr. [Alexander]. One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight. Dialogue II. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1738. First Edition, second state, with 'Fools' corrected to 'Tools' on the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30338

[BRITISH WEST INDIES]. The two charters of the society for advancing the christian faith in the British West India Islands, and elsewhere, within the dioceses of jamaica and of barbadoes, and the leeward islands, and in the mauritius: to which is prefixed, a short account of the charitable fund. London. Printed by Richard Clay, 1836. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's marbled wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed, creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30369

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MILLS, Alfred. Pictures of Roman History, in miniature, Design by Alfred Mills. With Explanatory Anecdotes. London. Printed by Darton and Harvey...And J. Harris, 1809. First edition. 64mo. [2], 96pp. With 48 engraved plates. Contemporary brown cloth. Rubbed and dulled. Scattered spotting, very small hole to one plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30379

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HERTZ, Henrik. King rene's daughter: A Danish Lyrical Drama. London. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1850. First edition. 8vo. [8], 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Insect damage to head of initial three leaves. Ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Robert Roy Esq. / with the kind regards / of the Translator / Theodore Martin / 17 January 1850'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30466

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RUNEBERG, Johan Ludvig. Lyrical songs, idylls and epigrams. London. C. Kegan Paul, 1878. First edition. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 232pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's olive green cloth, ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Hinges partially exposed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30517

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[RAILWAYANA]. [Caption title:] North staffordshire railway. Time and fare table. Thursday, march 1st. 1849. Hanley. Allbut, Son, & Hobson, [1849]. Dimensions 380 x 390 mm. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Several old horizontal and vertical folds. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30523

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A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN. Scloppetaria: or considerations on the nature and use of rifled barrel guns, with reference to their forming the basis of a permanent system of national defence, agreeable to the genius of the country. London. Printed by C. Roworth...for T. Egerton, 1808. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, With an engraved frontispiece and a further 12 engraved plates. Uncut in modern navy-half calf, grey cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, plates browned. With a contemporary single leaf broadside of the rule and regulations of the Acrotormentarian Society of Riflemen tipped-in to RFEP More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30528

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[FIREARMS]. Abridgments of the Specifications relating to fire-arms and other weapons, ammunition, and accoutrements. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1859. First edition. 8vo. xii, 323pp, [1]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Bound by Bayntun Riviére in later gilt-tooled navy morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt rifle and powder flask motifs to spine, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30533

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THOMSON, James. Shelley, a Poem: with other Writings relating to Shelley, by the late James Thomson ('B. V.'): to which is added an Essay on The Poems of William Blake, by the same Author. [London]. Printed for Private Circulation by Charles Whittingham and Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 190 copies, 160 on toned paper (as here), and 30 on 'Whatman's had-made paper', each numbered and signed by the editor Bertram Dobell. xii, 128pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed, wear to spine panel, lightly marked. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30557

[TOPHAM, Edward]. The poetry of the world. London. Printed for J. Bell, 1788. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [5], 164; [6], 143pp, [3]. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, small worm-tracks to lower joint. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30573