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GRAHAM, George. Bishop of Orkney. [A bound collection of his correspondence and papers, amongst others, from the archives of the Graham family]. [s.i., vs.]. [s.n.], 1570-1700 Folio. 48 separate letters and documents; manuscript on paper. Mounted on stubs with small,numbered, printed labels either affixed directly to the documents, or to the blank leaves behind which they are mounted nineteenth-century half-Russia, neatly rebacked (original spine laid down) and recornered, with new marbled paper covering boards. Recent photocopies of much of the text of ‘Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme, Bishop of Dunblane ... More > £ 9,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23954
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[DUKE OF YORK]. D'ARNAUDIN, H.E.. Memoire Historique et Miitaire des Campagnes de 1793, 1794 et Commencement de 1795 dans les Pays-Bas, la Hollande &c par l'Armee Britannique aux Ordres de SAeRe Monseigneur le Duc d'York agissant de Concert avec les Armees Imperiale, Prussienne de Hollandoise. Avec le Recit decequi s'est passe en memetems aux Armees du Rhin le tout Enrici de Cartes et Plans. Tome Premier [-Deuxieme]. . [s.i.]. Dec. 1796 a Londres Manuscript on paper. Two volumes. [2], 192, 191*-192*, 193-264, [4]; [6], 114, 111*-114*, 115- 198, 195*-198*, 199-274, 273*-274*, 275-409pp, [3]. With three illustrated orders of battle/charts. Contemporary red straight-grained, richly gilt-tooled morocco, bound for the dedicatee, the Duke of York, with his armorial to head of spine. Rubbed, with some loss/tearing to spines, joints, some marking. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Upper hinge of volume I split. More > £ 9,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17774
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[HUGHES, William]. A Treatise concerninge ArchBishopps, Bishopps, Deanes, Chapters, Parsons, Viccars, Curats & other Ecclesiasticall personsm wth theire Confirmation, Consecration, Investure, presentation, Inductions & Institution with all things incident thereunfo. Devided Into sundry Chapters the contents whereof appeareth in the Table anneced to this Treatise. Written Anno Nono Caroli Regis. Annoq. Domini 1633. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1633. Folio. Manuscript on paper. [7], 127ff, [5]. With five terminal blank leaves. Contemporary polished calf, panelled in gilt and blind, with initials 'N P' impressed in blind to both boards around central gilt decoration. Rebacked to style, corners consolidated; a trifle rubbed, lacking ties. Occasional light marking, generally internally crisp and fresh. With the partially removed library blind- stamps of Hull Public library, and ink stamp ... More > £ 8,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28248
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[BROOKE, Stopford A.]. ['Riquet with the Tuft'].. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c. 1880] 12mo. Manuscript on paper. [57]ff. Bound in contemporary dark green moire cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Pencilled inscription to front blank fly- leaf: 'Maud Brooke from father 1885'. Portion of final leaf of text torn away (without loss), rear blank fly-leaf torn away. Ticket of Creswick and Co., stationers of 12 Great Portland St. to REP, further occasional pencilled corrections throughout. More > £ 7,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32096
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[CLAYTON, Nicholas]. [Two bound collections of scraps, silhouettes and sketches painted, both titled 'Medals', mostly within roundels and with running mottos summarising the sitter's personality]. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d. but likely 1780s-90s] 8vo and oblong 8vo.. Two volumes. Featuring 54 painted portraits within 237pp (8vo), and 17 further examples within 74pp (oblong 8vo). Exquisitely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled navy crushed morocco, A.E.G. Very slightly rubbed, with occasional internal offsetting, else fine. More > £ 7,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29941
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[JAMAICA]. The new Jamaica Almanack, and register, Calculated to the Meridian of the Island for the Year of our Lord 1794. Being the Second after Bissextile or Leap Year. [Second Edition - Carefully Corrected]. Saint Jago de la Vega. Printed by David Dickson, for Thomas Stevenson, Stationer, Kingston, [1794]. 12mo in 6s. 146pp, [14]. With two hand-coloured engraved leaves of plates depicting 'Signals for distinguishing the Several Packets on the Falmouth Station' bound in before title. Variously interleaved at front, with numerous blanks at end inserted, some of which removed. Contemporary, perhaps original gilt-tooled wallet-format calf over card boards, the fold-over flap missing, but with an open fore-edge to upper board with marbled paper-lined pocket. Rubbed and ... More > £ 6,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30515
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[WILTSHIRE]. THOMPSON, Thomas. The Visitation of Wiltshire taken 1565 by Tho. Thompson Lancaster Herald.. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., c.(?)1670s] Folio. Manuscript on paper, with some remains of pencilled sketches beneath ink. [4], 79ff. Paper watermarked foolscap, seven-pointed collar, three balls, countermark DA (similar to Heawood 2061, which he dates c.1676, but with a different countermark). Elaborate drawings of coats of arms (tricked) throughout. Modern gilt-tooled half calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, earlier marbled boards. A trifle rubbed (largely to surfaces of boards). Small 'Heraldry Today' ... More > £ 5,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 19577
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JOYCE, Jeremiah [editor]. A complete analysis or abridgement of dr. adam smith's inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. By Jeremiah joyce. Cambridge. Printed by Benjamin Flower: for J. Deighton et al., 1797. First edition. 8vo. [4], 290pp, [2]. With a final publisher's advertisement leaf (not recorded by ESTC). Contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, loss to head of spine. Head of title page shaved (sadly, to remove an early ownership inscription), foxed. More > £ 4,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20001
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MURDOCH, Iris.. [A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. . London. [vs., 1980-1999] [vs. editions]. 8vo. 20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.

[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.

[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25826
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[MENDOZA, Daniel]. Brusing unmask'd. Being the Sum and Substance of the Odiham Riot in Moorfields, or a true Epitome of the Tragical Contest between Mendoza and Humphries; or, S. Oliver, (commonly call'd DEATH,) and CRAB, shewing how they painted each other. [s.n., s.d., but c. 1790s]. Folio. Single leaf broadside, trimmed to text with title and sub-title separately trimmed, all mounted to later album sheet (with another apparently unrecorded broadside, unrelated ('Four potatoes'), similarly treated, tipped to verso), resulting in the loss of any imprint. More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29888
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SHELLEY, Mary. The fortunes of perkin warbeck. A romance. By the author of "Frankenstein," "The Last Man, " &c. In two volumes. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First American edition. 12mo in 6s. In two volumes. 261, [13]; 239pp, [1]. With five terminal leaves of advertisement ads to Vol. I. Uncut, in original publisher's cloth- backed paper boards, printed lettering-pieces. Rubbed, worn to extremities and some surfaces, loss to lettering-pieces, especially that of Vol. I. Internally browned, as with most American novels of this era, with some creasing and water-marking, especially to the end of Vol. I. From ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26142
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DANCE, Col Sir C.W.. A letter to his grace to duke of wellington...on the application of steam power to civil and military purposes. London. James Ridgway and Sons, 1837. First edition. 8vo. [2], 26pp. Stitched, as issued. Worn, with some tearing, marking, small hole to final leaf (without loss of sense).

[With:] [An archive of manuscript and printed ephemera relating to Dance, his military service, friendship with the Duke of Wellington, and his descendants].

- Military documents, letters and ephemera: including a bilingual pass, signed by Wellington, permitting Major Dance to 'go by post Horses' from Portalegre ... More > £ 3,600.00 Antiquates Ref. 17181
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[HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY]. [A collection of largely eighteenth-century pamphlets and broadsides relating to the Honourable Artillery Company]. London. [vs.], 1786-1813 Folio, 8vo and others. This collection consists of:

- Lists of the chiefs, officers, court of assistants, members, &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark, [1788]. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar, for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers, some light staining.

- An address to the inhabitants of london from the ... More > £ 3,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14449
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GODWIN, William. An enquiry concerning political justice, and its influence on general virtue and happiness. London. Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, 1793. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [23], 411, [1]; [22], 424pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree calf. Heavily worn, with chipping and loss to spines, corners, boards detached. Title leaf of Vol. I. detached, and certainly, like that that of Vol. II, originally a cancel. Some staining to text, with the early ink inscription of Walter Young to head of the first page of contents of both volumes. Preserved ... More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26138
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HULLS, J[onathan], BRADFORD, W[illiam, DARBY, R.. The description and use of a New-Invented Instrument for detecting frauds in Bad or Counterfeit Gold: by shewing The True Weight of every Piece of Gold Coin no. [s.i., London?]. [s.n., s.d., 1754?] 16mo in 4s. 24pp. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers. A little marked and browned, with a neat manuscript note to the verso of upper wrapper (see below), below at Bradford 'By the King's Patent' stamp, occasional dog-earring to corners. More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19316
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[SOCIETY FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE SLAVE TRADE]. [Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa, advertisement to verso of One Penny Mulready letter-sheet]. Dimensions unfolded: 220 x 200 mm; folded: 133 x 88 mm.. Single leaf mulready letter- sheet, folded addressed to 'Mrs Clive, Sanderstead, Croydon, Surrey', postmarked Frome with the 306 duplex cancellation to folded front, and further post-marks of Croydon and Frome dated September 1844, to folded verso. Some tears to folds, margins, without loss of text, remains of opened wax seal and old paper repairs to recto. More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 30000
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[WALLIS, John]. Wallis's Royal Chronological Tables of English History on a Plan similar to that of the Dissected Maps. Published March 31st 1788 by John Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Str. London. Price 10/6. Dimensions 600 x 420 mm.. Complete. 42 printed wooden pieces, housed in original publisher's wooden box with engraved pictorial title label to lid. Some loss to box at edges, working loose at joints, lettering-piece stained and discoloured, with early ink annotation suggesting this was acquired 'at Mrs Denny's Sale'. Slight loss to two blank areas of two edge pieces. More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 24674
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OPIE, Amelia. Tales of the pemberton family; for the use of children. London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1825. First edition. 12mo in 6s. [4], 104pp. With a half-title, engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green roan-backed marbled boards, with the original price of 1s 6d stamped to spine. Rubbed, with some surface loss to boards. Some spotting, offsetting and marking to text, occasional marginal loss. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to FFEP: 'Elizabeth Freeman with Amelia Opie's love -'. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30226