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Photo of "The stories of old daniel: ..."
[MOORE, Margaret King]. [LAMB, Charles]. The stories of old daniel: or tales of wonder and delight. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1813. Third edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 196pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. Several leaves protruding from text-block. Prize plate of the Oxford House Seminary to FEP, recent pencilled inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28648
Photo of "The history of sandford and ..."
DAY, Thomas. The history of sandford and merton. London. Printed for J. F. Dove, 1833. 12mo. 347pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent ticket of the Museum Bookshop, Dublin to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28680
Photo of "Notes by Mr. Ruskin on ..."
RUSKIN, John. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on his Drawings by the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries, 148, New Bond Street, March, 1878. Also An Appendix containing a list of the Engraved Works of J. M. W. Turner exhibited at the same. [London]. [Printed by John C. Wilkins], [1878]. First edition. 8vo. 101pp, [1].

[Bound with:] RUSKIN, John. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on his Drawings by the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries, 148, New Bond Street, March, 1878... [London]. [Printed by John C. Wilkins], [1878]. Second edition. 111pp, [7].

8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, vellum boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28712
Photo of "Elementary treatises on the fundamental ..."
[HORSLEY], Samuel, Lord Bishop of Rochester. Elementary treatises on the fundamental principles of practical mathematics. For the use of students. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1801. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 398pp. With a half-title and eleven engraved folding plates. Uncut and largely unopened in contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Sylvester Lord Glenbervie to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24902
Photo of "British education: Or, The Source ..."
SHERIDAN, Thomas. British education: Or, The Source of the disorders of great britain. Being An Essay towards proving, that the Immorality, Ignorance, and false Taste, which so generally prevail, are the natural and necessary Consequences of the present defective System of Education. London. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1769. New edition. 8vo. xvi, 507pp, [1]. With a half-title and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to lettering-piece. Bookplate of the Ramsgate Monastery to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23767
Photo of "The schoolmaster: or, A plain ..."
ASCHAM, Roger. The schoolmaster: or, A plain and perfect Way Of teaching children To Understand, Write, and Speak the Latin Tongue... London. Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1711. 8vo. [12], xiii, [1], 212, [2], 40pp, [4]. With a half-title and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed. Later book-label of James Jackson of Lancaster to FEP - obscured by late nineteenth-century presentation plate of the Warrington Museum Library, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28438
Photo of "Mrs. leicester's school: or, the ..."
[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or, the history of several young ladies, related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1821. Eighth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title page, scattered spotting. William St. Clair's copy, with his characteristic pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28703
Photo of "Select lessons in prose and ..."
[SELECT LESSONS]. Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, designed for the Improvement of youth. To which are added, A Few Original Pieces. Tamworth. Printed and Sold by B. Shelton, 1785. Fourth edition, with additions. 12mo. [2], 140pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, very occasional chipping/short tears to margins, slight loss to lower corner of leaf I6 - touching text with some loss of sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28681
Photo of "The stranger at home"
SHERWOOD, Mrs. [Mary Martha]. The stranger at home. London. Printed for Houlston and Son, 1830. 12mo. 65pp, [5]. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green paper-backed printed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked, loss to spine, pen-trials to upper board, lower board held by cords only. Upper margin of first leaf of text shaved, two early manuscript corrects to text, inked gift inscription to verso of RFEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28705
Photo of "The rational brutes; or, talking ..."
PELHAM, M. [KILNER, Dorothy]. The rational brutes; or, talking animals§. London. Printed for J. Harris...and by and for Darton and Harvey, 1807. 12mo. 154pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions and pen-trials of John Nutter to front endpapers, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27950
Photo of "The rescue. A true story"
[THE RESCUE]. The rescue. A true story. London and Birmingham. J. Groom, [1846]. 16mo. 16pp. With two wood-graved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's buff pictorial wrappers. Lower wrapper and final four leaves damp-stained. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28702
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TAYLER, Charles B.. Unripe fruit. London. The Religious Tract Society, [s.d., c. 1850] 32mo. 32pp. Original publisher's yellow wrappers, black paper lettering-piece to upper panel, A.E.G. A trifle dusty. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28700
Photo of "The two lambs. An allegorical ..."
CAMERON, Mrs. [Lucy Lyttelton]. The two lambs. An allegorical history. London. Printed for Houlston and Co., [s.d., c. 1840] Thirty-third edition. 32mo. 42pp, [6]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed, marked, and creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28682
Photo of "The village curate. Founded on ..."
[VILLAGE CURATE]. The village curate. Founded on truth. London. Printed and published by Knevett, Arliss, and Baker, [1810]. 24mo. [2], 129-159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece (dated Novr. 1. 1810). Original publisher's buff pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Bookplate of Crewe Hall Library tipped-in to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25806