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[THE MARINE SOCIETY]. A sermon preached before the President, Vice-Presidents, and Governors, of the marine society, at St. andrew's church, holborn, on occasion of their anniversary meeting, on thursday 10th february 1774.. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1777. The third edition. [4], 36pp.

[Bound with:] GLASSE, Samuel. A sermon preached before the president, vice-presidents, and governors, of the Marine Society...Including The General Account of Receipts and Disbursements to the present Time: with the State of the Subscription; and a List of the Governors. London. Printed for Dodsley, 1778. First edition. [4], 62pp. ESTC T136163.

[And:] KAYE, Richard. A sermon preached before the president, vice-presidents, and governors, ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 35146
PRYNNE, William. A brief necessary vindication of the old and new secluded Members, from the false malicious calumnies; and of the fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, government, interest of the freemen, parliaments, people of England, from the late avowed subversions 1. Of John Rogers, in his un-christian concertation with Mr. Prynne, and others. 2. Of M: Nedham, in his Interest will not lie. Wherein the true good old cause is asserted, the false routed;...and the only way to peace, safety, settlement.. [London]. [Printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas], [1659]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 62pp. Foot of title page shaved, with loss to imprint. Later blind-ruled half-calf, pebbled purple buckrum boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, loss to head and foot of spine, and wear to extremities. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 29097
SPENCE, Lewis. The problem of atlantis. London. William Rider & Son, Limited, 1924. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 233pp. With a frontispiece and a further 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Joseph Appleby dated December 1924 to browned FFEP, light spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35192
CRAWFORD, W[illiam] J[ackson]. The reality of psychic phenomena raps, levitations, etc.. London. John M. Watkins, 1916. First edition. 8vo. [8], 246pp. With half-title, photographic portrait frontispiece, two further photographic plates, and numerous in-text diagrams. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with light damp-staining to boards. Inked ownership inscription of Joseph Appleby dated Feb. 1914 to front blank fly-leaf, spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35197
ADAMS, W. H. Davenport. Lighthouses and lightships: a descriptive and historical account of their mode of construction and organization. London. T. Nelson and Sons, 1871. 8vo. 318pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, 16 further engraved plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. Finely bound in contemporary green calf, richly gilt-tooled, with the supralibros of Craigmount House School, The Grange, Edinburgh to upper board, and contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, sunned Later inked ownership inscription of S. H. Sanders to first blank fly-leaf; prize bookplate of ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35132
KIPLING, Rudyard. The seven seas. London. Methuen and Co., [1916]. Twenty-eighth edition. 8vo. xv, [3], 230pp. Title within red decorative border. With a half-title. Finely bound in contemporary blue calf, richly gilt-tooled, with a twentieth-century supralibros of the British Admiralty ('The Seal of the Office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, etc') to upper board, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, A.E.G., gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Prize bookplate of the Royal Naval ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35130
AVEBURY, The Right Hon. Lord [John Lubbock]. The pleasures of life. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. Two hundred and ninth thousand. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xii, [2], 199, [1]; [3], vi-viii, 280pp. With half-title to Vol. I. Without half-title to Vol. II. Second volume, one hundred and sixty-sixth thousand, dated 1903. Handsomely bound by Bickers and Son of Leicester (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very lightly rubbed, with light staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35131
CATON, T[homas] M[ott]. A practical treatise on the prevention and cure of the venereal disease; particularly its consequences, as Strictures, Affections of the Prostate Gland, Tabes Dorsalis, including Onanism, &c. &c. &c. in which a mild and successful mode of treatment is pointed out. London. Printed for Samuel Highley, 1809. Third edition, enlarged. 8vo. [2], ix, [1], 122pp, [2]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn, upper board held by cords only.

[Together with:] The pharmacopÅ“ia of the royal college of physicians of london, M.DCCC.XXIV... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1824. 8vo. [3], vi-xii, 205pp, [1]. Without half-title. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, recently ... More >
£ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34227
[SOUTH AFRICA]. Reports, &c., on the working of the refugee camps in the transvaal, orange river colony, cape colony, and natal. London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1901. 384pp.

[Bound with:] South Africa. Further papers relating to the working of the refugee camps in south africa... London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Darling & Son, 1902. iv, 134pp.

Folio. Later red half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, red cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. More >
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28839
[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
MURRAY, A[lexander] H[enry] Hallam. Sketches on the old road through france to florence. London. John Murray, 1904. First edition. 8vo. xxv, [1], 328pp. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, and 47 further illustrated plates, of which some engravings, and others chromolithograph. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in contemporary gilt-decorated green half-morocco, marbled boards, with contrasting white morocco onlay to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned, with light toning to extremities. Very light spotting; overall, a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34959
[ROYAL NAVY]. A list of the flag officers and other commissioned officers of His Majesty's fleet; with the dates of their respective commissions. London. Printed by Henry Teape, 1823. 8vo. 135, [1], 253pp, [1]. Contemporary calf backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavy rubbing and cracking to spine, without marbled paper to upper board and loss of majority to lower board. Light damp-staining to preliminaries, several gathering protruding from text-block, spots of dust-soiling, ink deletions to entries of first 10 pages. Ink ownership inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Captain Macnamara / R.N. / ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11708
TAIT, John. John Tait's directory, for the city of Glasgow, villages of Anderston, Calton, and Gorbals; also for the towns of Paisley, Greenock, Port-Glasgow, and Kilmarnock, from the 15th May 1783, to the 15th May 1784... [Glasgow]. [Robert Forrester], [1871]. 8vo. 103pp, [1]. With an initial leaf of advertisements. Contemporary paper boards, marbled paper spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, slight wear to extremities. Endpapers heavily browned. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34784
[COIN CATALOGUES]. Catalogue of the coins and medals. .. collected ... by the late joseph miller ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. sotheby and son...On Wednesday, February 25th, 1829.... [London]. [s.n.], [1829]. 35pp, [1]. Fore-edge of terminal leaf shaved. Priced in manuscript. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BNF, Harvard, NT, NYPL, and Kings College).

[Bound with:] Catalogue of the extensive and valuable collection of coins and medals of the late joseph gordon leybourn...which will be sold by auction, by mr. s. leigh sotheby...On wednesday, june 20, 1838... [London]. [s.n.], [1838]. 27pp, [1]. ... More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19612
HACKWOOD, Frederick W.. Inns, ales, and drinking customs of old england. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 392pp. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 40 further illustrated engraved plates. Finely bound by Asprey of London (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, brown cloth boards, with thematic devices within spine compartments. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Light spotting to initial leaves, light browning to plates. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34485
HACKWOOD, Frederick W.. Good cheer: the romance of food and feasting. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. 8vo. 424pp. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 25 further lithographed plates. Finely bound by Asprey of London (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, brown cloth boards, with thematic devices within spine compartments. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, very slight chipping to edges. Internally clean & crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34487
HACKWOOD, Frederick W.. Old english sports. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 361pp, [1]. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 39 further engraved illustrated plates. Finely bound by Asprey of London (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, brown cloth boards, with thematic devices within spine compartments. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting, particularly to edges. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34486