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[ALMANACS]. COLEY, Henry. Merlinus Anglicus Junior: or the starry messenger, For the Year of our Redemption, 1704... London. Printed by Robert Everingham, for the Company of Stationers, 1704. [48]pp. Title page and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T16929.

[Bound before:] COOKSON, William. Menologian or, an ephemeris of the Celestial Motions, For the Year of Our Lord MDCCIV... London. Printed by T. Ilive, 1704. [48]pp. First word of title transliterated from the Greek. Title page and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T17001.

[And:] FISHER, John. Stella nova: Or, an almanack ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25239
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[MALLET DU PAN, Jacques]. Mercure Britannique; ou notices historiques et critiques sur les affaires du tems. Londres [i.e. London]. De l’imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, Snow-Hill. Se trouve chez l’auteur, 1798-1800 First edition. 27 of 36 numbers:

Volume I. [Nos. I/III-VIII (Aug./Sept.-10th Dec. 1798)]
Volume II [Nos. IX-XVI (25th Dec. 1798-10th April 1799)]
Volume III. [Nos. XVII-XX, 25th April-10th June 1799)]
Volume IV. [Nos. XXV, (25th Sept. 1799), XXX (10th Dec. 1799), XXXII (10th Jan. 1800)] Volume V. [Nos. XXXIII-XXXVI (25th Jan.-25th March.1800)]

8vo. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. No. XXXIV without ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28799
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THOMPSON, R. W.. Men under fire. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd, [1945]. First edition. 8vo. 160pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in white, with the striking unclipped dust wrapper by Redgrave. Boards slightly bumped, wrapper torn and faded without major loss. Internally bright and clean, decorative endpapers showing warfare scenes from the London Illustrated News. Annotated throughout by Henry Williamson with his reactions to the text. Some passages marked in red pencil, highlighting his true feelings about the Holocaust, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28115
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[MATHEMATICS]. Mensuration of Superficies, By William Stead. Nov. 1848. 4to. 75ff. Roan backed machine-marbled paper boards. Black and blue ink throughout. Rubbed, with some chipping, tear to base of spine. Some loss to FEP. An extensive mid-nineteenth century manuscript mathematical workbook consisting on calligraphic titles, problems, calculations and well-executed diagrams. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 9543
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MARSHALL, Emma. Memories of Troublous Times: Being the History of Dame Alicia Chamberlayne Of Ravensholme, Gloucestershire. London. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1880. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 316pp, [4]. With a frontispiece, a further five plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of dedication leaf: 'Henry Birkbeck / from the author E. M. / Jun 7. 1880'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31344
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DICKENS, Sir Henry F.. Memories of my father. London. Victor Gollancz, 1928. First edition. 8vo. 30pp, [2]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and 11 further plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. With a loosely inserted engraved portrait of Charles Dickens, bearing facsimile signature. Browning to endpapers, light spotting to plates. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34840
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FIELDING, C[harles] H[enry]. Memories of malling and its valley: with A fauna and flora of Kent. West Malling. Henry C. H. Oliver, 1893. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 291pp, [1]. With half-title, a photographic frontispiece, two plates, and a folding map. 6pp booklet listing subscribers loosely inserted. Original publisher's blue buckram, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, loss to head of spine, slightest of splitting to upper joint. Decorated endpapers, light spotting to frontispiece and title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14916
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TAYLER, Rev. C. B.. Memorials of the English Martyrs. London. Seeleys, 1853. First edition. 8vo. [6], 392pp. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine heavily sunned. Foxed More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32284
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BALL, Hannah. Memorials of hannah ball, the first methodist sunday school teacher. London. Wesleyan Conference Office, 1880. Third edition, revised. Small 8vo.. xii, 143pp. Original publishers light orange cloth boards printed and lettered black and gilt. Boards rubbed and marked, endpapers toned with light foxing throughout. FFEP with small tear. With a pencilled date annotation on p5, and further passages marked with improvised bookmarks. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32016
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MILNES, Richard Monckton. Memorial of many scenes. London. Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. 8vo. 8, xii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title and initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities marked and worn, spine and lettering-piece chipped and torn. Hinge exposed, bookplate of George H. Culshaw to FEP. Inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30472
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[LEWIS, W.S.]. [Memorial manuscript presented to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham]. [Birmingham]. [Erle Foster Newey], [1943]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [2]ff. Handsomely bound by Erle Foster Newey (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tan morocco, orange and green morocco onlays, initialled 'W.S.L.' to upper board, A.E.G., green moire silk endpapers, gilt dentelles. Housed in custom red cloth case. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30444
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[OXFORD FREE PRESS COMPANY LIMITED]. Memorandum and articles for oxford newspaper. [Oxford]. [s.n.], [1857]. Large folio. Manuscript on parchment. [1], 23ff. Contemporary hard- grained, blind-ruled and gilt-decorated, brown morocco, titled in gilt to upper board, rebacked to style. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Marbled endpapers. With a single-leaf broadside advertisement/application form for the release of shares in same company, with three horizontal folds, loosely inserted. The official seal removed from the first leaf of the 'Memorandums of Association', that to the 'Articles ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18803
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[TEMPLE, William]. Memoirs Of what past in christendom, From the war Begun 1672. To the peace Concluded 1679. London. Printed by R. R. for Ric. Chiswell, 1692. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 392pp. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Extremities marked and worn, some surface loss to boards, loss to head and foot of spine, upper joint splitting. Near contemporary book-label of W. Hunt Grubbe to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to title of 'Walt: Grubbe', inked inscription to head; 'Ex Lib: Guilielmi Hunt / Donum Gualterii Grubbe Armigeri 1715', internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18550
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BRITTON, John; BRAYLEY, E. Memoirs of the tower of london: comprising historical and descriptive accounts of that national fortress and palace.... London. Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1830. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 374pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title vignette, and 18 engraved plates. Bound by Whitehead & Morley of Leeds in contemporary half-calf, purple moire cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, sunned, and discoloured. Binder's ticket to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32394