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FOSTER, Birket. MAYHEW, Henry. The Rhine and its picturesque scenery. Rotterdam to Mayence. London. David Bogue, 1856. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 386pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates. Original publisher's richly gilt-stamped navy cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and cocked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28916

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SHELLEY, Lady [Jane]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Shelley memorials: from authentic sources. Edited by Lady Shelley. With, now first printed, an essay on Christianity, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1859. Second edition. 8vo. x, [2], 290pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28926

TUER, Andrew W.. Bartolozzi and his works... London. Field & Tuer, [1881]. First edition. Quarto. One of 75 copies on large paper. In two volumes. [10], 211, [9]; [6], 152pp, [10] With 10 plates. Original publisher's vellum, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and discoloured, spines dulled. Scattered spotting, publisher's advertisements tipped-in to FFEPs - typed bookseller description pasted to that of Vol. I. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28930

SHELLEY, Lady [Jane]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Shelley memorials: from authentic sources. Edited by Lady Shelley. With, now first printed, an essay on Christianity, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London. Henry S. King & Co., 1875. Third edition. 8vo. x, [2], 290, [2], 35pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28906

HALL, S. C. [editor]. The book of british ballads. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Folio. vii, [1], 440pp, [2]. With an engraved title page and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. text within engraved border. Bound by J. W. Mason & Son in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, bookbinder's ticket to FEP, blind-stamp of bookseller C. W. Holdich of Hull to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28915

THOMSON, [James]. The seasons. London. [s.n.], 1730. Quarto. [12], 252, 16pp. Title page in red and black. With a list of subscribers and five engraved plates by William Kent. A reissue of the 1730 edition, with the addition of ’Britannia’, second edition corrected, 1730, with separate title page, pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, marginal damp-staining to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28911

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LIDDELL HART, Capt. B. H. The tanks: The History of the royal tank regiment and its predecessors... London. Cassell, [1959]. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xix, [1], 462; xiv, 555pp, [1]. With numerous plates and folding maps. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver to spines, printed paper dustwrappers. Lightly rubbed, dustwrappers worn and price-clipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28923

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[OLD BALLADS]. Old ballads historical and narrative, with some of modern date; Now first collected, and reprinted from rare Copies and MSS. With notes. By thomas evnas. [London]. Printed for T. Evans, 1784. Second edition. 8vo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, joints starting, spines dulled. Early ink-stamps with initials 'J. F.' and recent bookplates of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20759

CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912

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[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Uncut in modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28910

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L'ESTRANGE, Hamon. The alliance of Divine Offices, Exhibiting all the liturgies of the Church of England Since the reformation... London. Printed for Charles Brome, 1690. Second edition. Folio. [16], 264, 275-313, [1], 325-348, 337-339pp, [1]. Text continuous despite pagination. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split. Armorial bookplate of Revd. William Gunn to FEP, leaves toned and spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28932

RUSKIN, John. Sesame and lilies. London. George Allen, 1892. Thirteenth edition in original form. 8vo. xi, [1], 180pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, later inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28919

HOPE, Laurence. The Garden of Kama And other Love Lyrics from India. London. William Heinemann, [1916]. New impression. 8vo. vii, [1], 173pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Hatchards of London in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Early inked gift inscription to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28918

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SMYTH, C. Piazzi. Madeira meteorologic: being a paper on the above subject read before the royal society, Edinburgh, on the 1st of May 1882. Edinburgh. David Douglas, 1882. First edition. Quarto. viii, 83pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Bookplate and shelf-label to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28812

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VUILLIER, Gaston. A history of dancing from the earliest ages to our own times. London. William Heinemann, 1898. First edition in English. Folio. xvi, 446pp. With 20 plates and 409 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's grey cloth boards, lettered and decorated in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28933

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OPIE, Amelia. Tales of the pemberton family; for the Use of Children. London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 104pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate (partially naively hand-coloured). Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head-cap. Bookseller's ticket of C. Brown of Margate to FEP, naively repaired FFEP partially glued to front pastedown, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27969

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HENSLOWE, William-Henry. The phonarthron. Or, natural system of the sounds of speech; a test of pronunciation for all languages: also, the phonarithmon, and the phonodion. To which is added, a practical application of the phonarthron to english and french pronunciation; and to the reading of hebrew &c. London. Published by J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1840. First edition. Quarto. ix, [3], 124pp. With a list of subscribers and a tipped-in errata slip. Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth. A trifle rubbed, surface loss to head of sunned spine, corners bumped. Very occasional creasing to leaves, foxed throughout. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16704

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WHISTON, William. Historical memoirs of the life of Dr. Samuel Clarke. Being a supplement to Dr. Skyes's and Bishop Hoadley's Accounts. Including certain Memoirs of several of Dr. clarke's Friends. London. Sold by Fletcher Gyles...and by J. Roberts, 1730. First edition. 8vo. 191pp, [9]. Later red cloth, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26231

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BLOOMFIELD, Robert. The farmer's boy; a rural poem. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810. Eleventh edition. xlviii, 99pp, [5]. With four engraved plates.

[Bound with:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Sixth edition. [2], vi, 123pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[And:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Wild flowers; or, pastoral and local poetry. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. x, [2], 132pp. With five of six engraved plates (without plate to face ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28087

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[ROYAL ACTS AND ORDERS]. [KING, Gregory]. The order of the installation of Prince George of Denmark, charles Duke of somerset, and george Duke of northumberland. Knights and companions Of the most Noble Order of the garter. In the Royal Chappel of St. george at windsor, april the 8th. 1684. London. Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1684. 14pp. ESTC R16301, Wing K495.

[Bound with:] An exact relation of the Grand Ceremony of the marriage of charles the II...As it was performed at Fontainbleau by Cardinal Bouillon, the Prince of Conti being Proxey in behalf of the most Catholick King. By an Eye-witness, as it was Printed at Paris, and faithfully Translated. London. Printed for Dorman Newman, 1679. [2], 10pp. ESTC R31470, Wing ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27793