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BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New edition. 8vo. x, civ, 427pp, [1]. With an etched frontispiece, a tinted wood-engraved plate, and two vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 68 engravings/chromolithographs (predominantly portraits of prominent authors, but also illustrations of fine bindings), two leaves extracted from later publications, and two tipped-in A.L.S. in the hand of Katharine Burton (the author's second wife). Contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20584
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[MIEVILLE COLLECTION]. Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures formed by jean louis meiville, esq. Deceased, late of 103 Lancaster Gate, W., comprising Works of the Modern English, French and Continental Schools, and Choice Works of the Old Dutch Masters: which (by Order of the Executors) Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8 king street, st. james's square, On saturday, april 29, 1899, at one o'clock precisely... [London]. [Printed by William Clowes & Sons], [1899]. 8vo. 34pp. Illustrated with 25 autotype plates. Bound by Johanna Birkenruth of London in contemporary gilt-tooled olive-green morocco. Extremities rubbed, some marking/sunning, bumping to corners. Marbled endpapers, inked inscription to FEP: 'M. G. Machworth(?) / Date of dear father's passing / April 19th 1927 7.30 p.m.', occasional light spotting. Priced throughout in manuscript, with a note of the total amount (£41,751, 3s) to foot of final ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20674
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[HUNTING]. [A BARBARIAN]. Hunting Vindicated from Cruelty, In a letter to The Monthly Reviewers. [London?]. Printed for the benefit, if any, of the Whippers-in, 1783. Second edition. 8vo. 30pp. With a half-title. Not in ESTC.

[Bound after:] [BLANE, William (editor)]. Essays on hunting. Containing a philosophical enquiry into the Nature and Properties of the Scent; Observations on the different Kinds of Hounds, with the Manner of training them... Southampton. Printed and sold by T. Baker, [1781] xxvii, [1], 135pp, [3]. With a final leaf of errata. ESTC T71428.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 21810
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CARPENTER, Lant. A review of the labours, opinions, and character of rajah rammohun roy: in a discourse, on occasion of his death... London. Rowland Hunter et al., 1833. First edition. iv, [1], 6-137, iv pp.

[Bound after:] CARPENTER, Lant. The Duty of the Christian Preacher, in the Investigation and Declaration of the Truth. A discourse, delivered to the united congregations of protestant dissenters, in exeter, April the 21st, 1805. Exeter. Printed by Trewman and Son, 1805. First edition. [4], 37pp, [1]. Presentation copy, paper strip pasted to head of dedication page with inked inscription: 'Mrs. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22295
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[ENGLISH MILITIA]. A Necessary abstract of the laws Relating to the militia, Reduced into A Practical Method. To which is added, instructions For Exercising the Trained Bands. London. Printed for Robert Vincent, 1691. First edition. 8vo. [20], 47, [1], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of Hubert G. Norman to recto of FFEP, foot of frontispiece trimmed. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22716
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AN INFANTRY OFFICER. A treatise on the british drill and exercise of the company; with an introduction to the field exercise of the battalion; explaining the different posts and situations of every individual in the battalion During the Performance of its Movements. London. Printed and sold by W. Clowes, 1814. First edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xxxii, 351pp, [1]. Without half-title. With 82 engraved figures on five folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped, head of spine scorched. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, third Lord Cottesloe (1862-1965) to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to front blank fly-leaf, tear to leaves K9-10 - touching text without loss of sense. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22779
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ASTLEY, Philip. Remarks on the profession and duty of a soldier; with other observations relative to the army, at this time in actual service on the continent. London. Printed for J. Moore and N. Stanley, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. 56pp. With an engraved frontispiece (The French mode of pointing cannon as practised at Valenciennes during the siege of 1793). A reissue with cancel title page of edition with 'Hercules-Hall, Lambeth, London' in title and 'Printed for the author' in imprint. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Worn and marked. Long tear and naive paper repair to leaf C3 - touching text, but without loss of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22783
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POLYAENUS. Polyaenus's stratagems of war; translated from the original greek. London. Printed for George Nicol, 1793. First edition in English. Quarto. [3], vi-xxxv, [1], 366pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting, spine dulled. Early bookplate of Viscount Donne and later armorial bookplate of P. A. H. Muschamp to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22978
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HAWKESWORTH, John. The adventurer. Dublin. Printed by J. Moore, 1788. New edition. 12mo. In four volumes. With an engraved frontispiece and engraved title to each volume. Handsomely bound in contemporary Trinity College, Dublin calf prize binding. gilt supralibros to all boards, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, some shipping to spines, small wormtracks to joints. Prize plates to all FEPs, inscribed to Ricardo Mauleverer (dated 1799), likely the sometime prebendary of Killenellick, County Limerick. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23325
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CRABBE, George. The works. London. John Murray, 1823. 8vo. In five volumes. With half-titles. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled crushed green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spines dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23344
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FITZGERALD, E[dward] A[rthur] et al.. Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Being an Account of Travel and Discovery. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Second edition. Quarto. xvi, 363pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. With a frontispiece, a further 48 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text ('original drawings by Joseph Pennell, H.G. Willink, A.D. McCormick, photographs by the author'). Large foldings map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in dark brown, T.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, bookplate of George Lowe to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23440
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[JACOBITE]. Copy of a letter from a French Lady at Paris. Giving a particular Account of the Manner in which Prince Edward was arrested. London. Printed for W. Webb, 1749. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Uncut in later gilt-ruled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed, spine sunned. Margins dust-soiled, scattered foxing. Armorial bookplate to FEP of the Earls of Orford, a title (created on three separate occasions) held by such luminaries as Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) and Horatio Walpole (1723-1809), Whig politician and godfather of Horatio Nelson. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23718
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BANDURI, Anselmo. D. Anselmi Bandurii...Bibliotheca nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt... Hamburgi [i.e. Hamburg]. Apud C. Liebezeit et T.C. Felginer, 1719. First edition. Quarto. [8], 248pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting gilt-tooled morocco lettering-piece. Foot of spine with large (and rather unsightly) split, some marking, text significantly browned and spotted, with some old damp-staining to preliminaries, soiling to signatures K-L. Various later shelf-marks in manuscript (variously pencil and ink) to endpapers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24060
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WRIGHT, Thomas. A history of caricature & grotesque In Literature and Art. London. Virtue Brothers & Co., 1865. First edition. Quarto. xvi, 494pp. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound by Holloway (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Spine a trifle dulled. Armorial bookplate of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, first Baron Tweedmouth (1820-1894) to FEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24077
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BREWER, J[ames] Norris. Histrionic topography: or, the birth-places, residences, and funeral monuments of the most Distinguished Actors. London. Published by the Proprietor, J. Cole, 1818. First edition. 8vo. [2], iv, 37pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further engraved plates. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Foxed and browned, one gathering (and three attendant plates) detached from text-block. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24608