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[WHISTLER, James McNeill]. Eden versus whistler: the baronet & the butterfly. A valentine with a verdict. New York. R. H. Russell, 1899. First American trade edition. 8vo. [32], 78pp, [2]. Uncut in original publisher's cloth-backed drab paper boards, lettered in gilt, housed in recent custom drab paper slipcase. A trifle rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18843

MACKENZIE, Compton. Echoes. London. Chatto & Windus, 1954. First edition. 8vo. 187pp, [3]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped, lower joint split, a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Bryan Matheson / with all good wishes / from / Compton Mackenzie'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24918

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DILLON, Henry Augustus Viscount. Eccelino da romano, surnamed the tyrant of padua. A poem, in twelve books.. London. E. Lloyd and son, 1828. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 420pp. With a corrigenda leaf between the preface and the beginning of the text. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering piece. Slightly scuffed on spine, slight surface loss to boards. Heavy spotting to end-papers. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29196

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[TRADE CATALOGUE]. E. Butterick & Co's Catalogue: Spring 1879. [London]. [E. Butterwick & Co.], [1879]. Quarto. 32pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Edge-wear, browned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21694

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LAZARUS, J[oshua] G[eorge]. "Ebenezer," or, "hitherto hath the lord helped us." - 1 sam. VII. 12. A Narrative of the Lord's Doings with one of his ancient people... London. Wertheim and Macintosh, 1855. Second edition. 8vo. xxxix, [1], 323pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a list of subscribers. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown buckram, lettered in gilt, near contemporary plain brown paper dustwrapper. Slight rubbing to extremities. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16656

[EASY LESSONS]. Easy lessons for the young. Otley. Printed by the Yorkshire Joint Stock Publishing and Stationery Company, [s.d., c. 1865] 12mo. 12pp. With several engraved illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, into original publisher's pictorial green wrappers. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26164

OMAN, C.P.A.. Eastwards. London. Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1864. First edition. 8vo. [4], 297pp, [1]. Nineteenth-century blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed to joints, spine, else a crisp copy. Some spotting to preliminaries, slightly lighter to text itself. Evidently a family copy, inscribed C.W.C. Oman to FFEP - most likely the author's son, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-1946). More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24722

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[EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE]. East India (Civil Services in India) Report of the Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India. Dated 27th March, 1924. [Simla]. [Government of India Press], [1924]. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 181pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Heavily rubbed and marked, spine worn, several small worm-tracks. Inked ownership inscription and later coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32179

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MACKENZIE, Compton. Eastern epic. Volume I September 1939 - March 1943: Defence. London. Chatto & Windus, 1951. First edition. 8vo. Volume I only. xxiv, 623pp, [1]. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William Slim, to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25945

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[POETRY]. [Early Nineteenth-century manuscript commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 62pp, [78]. Handsomely bound in Regency diced calf. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to spine and extremities, joints just starting. Ink inscription of Mrs J. Ram and newspaper clipping of two stanzas by Lord Byron to verso of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13126

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SULLIVAN, W[illiam] F[rancis]. Early habits; or, the effects of Attention and Neglect: exemplified in the history of master thomas towardley, and laurence lacey, alias lazy. London. Published by Whittingham and Arliss, 1816. First edition. 12mo. [2], 127pp, [3]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, one further hand-coloured engraved plate, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32886

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AYLIES, Mr.. Du Systeme Penitentiare et De Ses Conditions Fondamentales. Paris. Librairie de Ch. Gosselin Et Ce., 1837. First Edition?. 8vo. [4], iv, 246pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed yellow paper wraps. A trifle rubbed/marked, slight spotting to text, else a fine copy More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10798

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HOOLE, Elijah. Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. Containing the morning and evening services, and other portions of the book of common prayer, in romanized tamil: accompanied by the english version in parallel columns. Together with an anglo-tamil grammar and vocabulary. London. Longman and Co.. Madras. Higginbotham, 1859. First edition. 8vo. [4], 148pp, [2]. Parallel English and Tamil text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, early manuscript Tamil language annotations throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32612

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DUNCAN, [William Wallace]. Duncan on Investment and Speculation in Stocks and Shares. London. Effingham Wilson, 1895. Fifth edition. 8vo. [6], 227pp, [1]. Original publisher's embossed green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, top-edge a trifle dusty. Decorated endpapers, blank fly-leaves browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23101

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VIETTE, M. de. Dumourier unmasked: or, an account of the life and adventures of the hero of jemapper. London. Printed for the author; and sold by J. Owen et al., 1793. First edition. 8vo. [2], 106pp. Modern brown paper boards, contrasting green calf lettering-piece to spine. Text-block lightly dampstained at head, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33756

SHERWOOD, [Mary Martha]. Dudley castle. London. William Darton and Son, c.1832. First edition. 12mo. 108pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing to spine. Ink gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, light foxing, a fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14416

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[LUND, John, of Pontefract]. Ducks and green peas; or, the newcastle rider. A Farce in one Act founded on fact. To which is added, the newcastle rider. A tale in rhyme. Alnwick. Printed and sold by W. Davidson, 1827. 12mo. 34pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's pictorial printed grey wrappers. Slight rubbing to spine, a trifle spotted. More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 16529

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[LEYBOURNE, George]. [Drop-head title:] You never miss the water till the Well runs Dry...After the opera: Sung by George Leybourne... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Dimensions 190 x 240 mm. Single leaf broadside. With a single - very worn - woodcut vignette. Creased and a trifle spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25478

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] Write me a letter from home... [London]. W. S. Fortey, [s.d., between 1858 and 1885] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. With two woodcut vignettes. Early folds, some spotting and small holes to margins, creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25477

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[WILLIAM BAIN & COMPANY]. [Drop-head title:] William bain & company's improved wrought-iron continuous bar fencing, For horses, cattle, sheep, and deer. Edinburgh. Banks & Co. [s.d., c. 1876] Folio. Single bifolium. Five old horizontal folds, else clean and crisp. Manuscript docket title to blank verso of second leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31295