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Photo of "The jockey club, or a ..."
[PIGOTT, Charles]. The jockey club, or a sketch of the manners of the age. London. Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1792. Unofficial third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [16],188p; [28], 186pp; [16], 210pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, with surface loss to boards, splitting to joints of vols. II and III, joints on vol. I starting, losses to head and foot of spine on vol. II and III. Two modern bookseller's descriptions pasted to head of FEP. Inked ownership inscription of Cornelius Paine to FFEP. Light ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29114
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PIGGOTT, S[olomon], Rev.. Antidote to the follies, vices, and crimes of youth, to gambling, melancholy & suicide, in a series of anecdotes and actual narratives, calculated to warn the thoughtless and animate the desponding. London. Published by J. Robins and Co., 1831. Second edition. 12mo. xvi, [3], xviii-xxiv, 388pp, [4]. A reissue of the first edition, with an altered title and the addition of an unnumbered leaf 'Preface to the second edition' between xvi and xvii. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's moire cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-piece. Offsetting to title page, foxed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19714
Photo of "Transactions of the phrenological society, ..."
[PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY]. Transactions of the phrenological society, instituted 22d february 1820. Edinburgh. John Anderson, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [3], xvi, 448pp. With five engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt- tooled green half-roan, marbled paper boards, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners exposed. Later book-label of Geoffrey Jefferson to FEP, offsetting, scattered spotting; some creasing/tearing to folds of the one folding plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31858
Photo of "Dorsetshire Photographically illustrated. By J. ..."
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. POUNCY, John. Dorsetshire Photographically illustrated. By J. Pouncy. The detail and touch of nature faithfully reproduced by a new process on stone, by which views are rendered truthful, artistic, and durable. London. Dorchester. Bland & Long. John Pouncy, Photographic institution, [1857]. First edition. Oblong folio. Four parts in two volumes. [90]; [82]pp. Lithographic title to Vol I., terminal advertisements and colophon leaves to each volume (all included in preceding collation). With 79 photo-lithographic plates, one of which double-page. Original publisher's limp cloth, decorated in blind and titled in gilt; Vol II neatly recased in the original binding at an early date. Some rubbing, tearing and a little marking to binding; ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32953
Photo of "[A photograph album including many ..."
[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM]. [A photograph album including many of India]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1927-35] Oblong quarto. [31] leaves. 317 mounted photographs. Contemporary gilt-ruled black half-morocco, green buckram boards, later rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip. Rubbed, lower board and four leaves detached. One photograph and one postcard loosely inserted. Inked ownership inscription of Blanche Ferguson to recto of initial leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30959
Photo of "The english in italy"
[PHIPPS, Constantine Henry]. The english in italy. London. Printed for Saunders and Otley, 1825. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. ii, 305, [1]; [4], 323, [1]; [4], 318, 2pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Without Vol. I half-title. Contemporary green cloth, brown morocco lettering-pieces.Rubbed and marked, spines dulled, lower joint of Vol. I split, with backstrip separating. Armorial bookplates of Fitzherbert of Swynnerton Park to all FEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22285
Photo of "Diamond cut diamond; or, observations ..."
PHILO-VERITAS [i.e. GILLILAND, Thomas]. Diamond cut diamond; or, observations on a pamphlet, entitled "a review of the conduct of his royal highness the prince of wales;" comprising a free and impartial view of mr. jeffreys, as a tradesman, politician, and courtier, during a period of twenty years. London. Printed by B. McMillan, 1806. Third edition. 8vo. [4], 74pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Later brown half-morocco, light brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. ink-stamps of the Birmingham Assay Office to endpapers, fly-leaves, and verso of title page, early inked shelf-mark to head of title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32452
Photo of "Life and labour in the ..."
PHILLIPS, Ulrich Bonnell. Life and labour in the old south. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. First edition. 8vo. xix, [1], 375pp, [1]. With half-title, a monochrome photographic frontispiece, 15 monochrome photographic plates, five illustrations in the text, and a folding map bound to rear. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Extensive ink annotations throughout. A very good copy. From the library, though not identified as such, of British barrister Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen (1926-2016). More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16758
Photo of "Napoleon the third"
[PHILLIPS, Charles]. Napoleon the third. London. Richard Bentley, 1854. Third edition. 8vo. 35pp. Sewn, as issued. Spine later naively reinforced with brown paper. Ink-stamp of Thomas Gaisford to upper wrapper, unrelated inked manuscript price list to lower wrapper. Wrappers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34140
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PHILLIPS, C. E. Lucas. Alamein. London. Heinemann, 1962. First edition, second issue. 8vo. xi, [1], 434pp. With a frontispiece and 32 photographic plates, and 19 diagrams and maps in the text. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / Field Marshal The Viscount Slim / C. E. Lucas / 1962'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25843
Photo of "The free-Thinker: or, essays on ..."
[PHILIPS, Ambrose]. The free-Thinker: or, essays on ignorance, superstition, bigotry, enthusiasm, craft, &c...Design'd To restore the Deluded Part of Mankind to the Use of Reason and Common Sense. In three volumes.. London. Printed for J. Brindley, 1733. The second edition, with compleat indexes. 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 269pp, [8]; [2], 238pp, [6]; [3],260pp, [8]. Title pages to each volume in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to vol. I, preliminary leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. III, terminal index to each volume, and additional terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. III. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, surface loss to upper joint and lower board ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33035
Photo of "Remaines concerning britaine.."
PHILIPOT, John. CAMDEN, William.. Remaines concerning britaine... London. Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterson, 1636. The fift Impression, with many rare antiquities never before imprinted. Quarto. [8], 420pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Without final blank leaf. Later gilt-tooled sheep. Rubbed, joints split. Small burn hole to text of leaf A4 (without loss of sense), small hole to head of H4, occasional ink and pencil highlighting, scattered spotting. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, inked ownership inscription of J. J. Conybeare to head of FFEP, later biographical note ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20749
Photo of "[Dissected maps on cubes]"
[PHILIP, George]. [Dissected maps on cubes]. London & Liverpool. George Philip & Son, [s.d.] Dimensions 190 x 240 mm. Complete. Hand-coloured engraved maps, dissected and mounted on 20 wooden cubes. Slightest marking to surfaces. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34104
Photo of "The latin inscription, on the ..."
PETTINGAL, John. The latin inscription, on the copper table, Discovered in the Year 1732, near heraclea, in the Bay of tarentum, in magna graecia, And published, by mazochius, at Naples, in the year 1758. More particularly Considered and Illustrated. London. [s.n.], [1760]. First edition. Quarto. 9pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plate. The plate is common to this work and Philip Carteret Webb's An account of a copper table (1760). Uncut and unopened in original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Rubbed, backstrip perished. Loss to lower corner of FFEP and upper corner of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25620
Photo of "[Manuscript perpetual almanac]"
[PERPETUAL ALMANAC]. [Manuscript perpetual almanac]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1842] Dimensions 60 x 90 mm. Manuscript on paper. Two cards, housed in contemporary naive marbled paper wallet, the first a manuscript 'perpetual almanack', the other printed (on one side only) providing the dates of Feast and Saint Days. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Francis Henry Heyman Shepherd to wallet and verso of manuscript card. Wallet rubbed and marked. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24692