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[WELLESLEY, Richard Wellesley, Marquess]. Substance of lord mornington's speech in the house of commons, on tuesday, january 21st 1794, on a motion for an address to his majesty at the commencement of the sessions of parliament. London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1794. First edition. 8vo. [4], 176pp, [8]. With a half-title and four terminal advertisement leaves. Without preliminary errata leaf. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Inked ownership inscription to title-page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18999
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WELLBELOVED, C[harles]. Memoir of Thomas Thrush, Esq., formerly an officer of rank in the royal navy: who resigned his commission on the ground of the unreasonableness of war. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. 8vo. [4], 116pp. With a facsimile portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of loss and splitting to head and foot of spine. Light offsetting to title, very short marginal tear to F8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13856
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[WEITBRECHT, Mary Edwards]. Memoir of the rev. john james weitbrecht, late missionary of the church missionary society at burdwan, in bengal. Comprehending a history of the burdwan mission. Compiled from his journal and letters, by his widow... London. James Nisbet and Co., 1854. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 580pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and an engraved folding map. Bound by Knill of Reading in contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership/gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31441
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WEBSTER, Noah. A dictionary of the english language: abridged from the american dictionary, for the use of primary schools and the counting house. New-York. Published by White, Gallaher, & White, 1831. 12mo. [8], 532pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Susan W. Merrill to front blank fly-leaves, several short incisions to two leaves (pp183-4 and 259-60), terminal gathering dampstained at head, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27728
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WEBSTER, Alexander. Burns and the kirk... Aberdeen. A. Martin, 1889. Second edition. [4], 145pp, [1].

[Bound with:] BROOKE, Stopford A. Theology & miracle. Two sermons preached in bedford chapel, bloomsbury, On Sunday Mornings, in July, 1880. London. British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1891. 23pp, [1].

[And:] BROOKE, Stopford A. What think ye of Christ? A sermon... London. [Woodfall & Kinder], [1884]. 16pp.

[And:] SALADIN [i.e. ROSS, William Stewart]. Concerning the Devil. London. W. Stewart & Co., [s.d., ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33328
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[WEBSTER, Alexander]. Calculations, with the principles and data On which they are instituted: Relative to a late Act of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raising and establishing a Fund for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the Minister of the Church, and of the Heads, Principals, and Masters of the Universities of Scotland. Shewing The Rise and Progress of the fund. Published by Order of the Trustees nominated in the said Act of Parliament. Edinburgh. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and Company, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, and by the Booksellers in Town, 1748. First edition. Folio. [10], 5-45pp, [1]. With half-title. Later library buckram, lettered in gilt to spine; with the bookplate, ink- and associated withdrawal-stamps of the Institute of Actuaries to front endpapers. A little rubbed and marked. Large vertical tear to the first leaf of introduction neatly (and expertly) repaired; inked addition to title, some pagination to blanks also added in manuscript. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33191
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WEBB, Daniel. Remarks on the beauties of poetry. London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762. First edition. 8vo. [4], 125pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf backed blue paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Stamped in blind by Worchester Public Library to title, subsequent two leaves, and final three leaves, all leaves lightly toned, marginal dust-soiling to final gathering and blank RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12210
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WEAVER, Richard. To you is the word of salvation sent. Seven addresses to the working men and women of england, delivered at st. martin's hall, london, by richard weaver, a converted collier and ex-pugilist. With a biographical sketch. Prescott, C[anada] W[est], [Ontario]. Printed at the "Evangelizer" Office, [1860]. First Canadian edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Rubbed, dulled, and stained, loss to backstrip. Title page and terminal leaf dampstained, head of penultimate leaf trimmed. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29871
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[WAYLAND, Jane]. Little Sophy, a true story, for little children. Derby. Printed for Henry Mozley, [c.1830]. Second edition, enlarged. 12mo. [5], 6-108pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, very slight loss to lower corner of title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23395
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WATTS, John. The facts of the cotton famine. London. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. xii, 472pp. With a large folding chart. Original publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31742
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WATTS, [Isaac] et al. Elegant miscellaneous extracts selected from watts, hervey, newton, young, blair, sturm, &c. &c. to which are added, a few original pieces. Woodbridge. Printed and published by B. Smith, 1813. New edition. 8vo. [6], 442pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece.Extremities worn, upper joint split, loss to head-cap. Hinges exposed, early ink ownership inscription of Joyce D. Fox to recto of FFEP, worm-tracks to gutter, lower corner of leaf Y3 torn away (though present), with some loss of text and sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencil ownership inscription and ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30562
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WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs attempted in easy language for the use of children. London. Printed for C. Dilly et al., 1800. 12mo. x, 70pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements.Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Extremities worn, marked, and bumped, surface loss to spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'William Steevens / Wycombe / Bucks / 1800 / 9th mo: 22nd', small holes to text of leaves A3 and F5 (without loss of sense). More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25147
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WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs, in easy language, for the use of children. Glasgow. Published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1814. 32mo. 30pp, [2]. First and terminal leaves pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With 10 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. Rubbed and lightly dust-soiled, title in manuscript to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19805
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WATTS, Alaric A. Poetical sketches: the profession; the broken heart. etc. with stanzas for music, and other poems. London. Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1823. First trade edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 148pp. Bound by J. Bulcock in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Francis Sterry and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28884
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WATSON, William. Wordsworth's grave And other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. First edition. 8vo. 76pp. With engraved half-title and a photographic landscape frontispiece. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with chipping to edges, spine heavily dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw, March 30th, 1890 to FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to edges. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34584
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WATSON, William. Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. With original publisher's protective tan dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to FEP, calling card of Rev. Charles Tulloch to verso of RFEP, further contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32370