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WHITE, James. The adventures of john of gaunt, duke of lancaster. London. Printed by John Crowder, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], vii, [1], 259, [1]; [4], 257, [1]; [4], 250pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates with initials 'G.F.B.' and motto 'Deo adjuvante non timendum' to FEPs, very occasional shaving to margins of Vol. II, scattered spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25729
BONHOTE, Mrs.. The parental monitor. Dublin. Printed by William Porter, 1788. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. x, 162; [3], 166-326pp. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of Fanny Butler to head of Vol. I title page, inked gift inscription to head of p[iii]: 'The gift of Fanny Butler to Margaret Ellinore Cooker.' More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25703
NANSEN, Fridtjof. In northern mists: artic exploration in early times. London. William Heinemann, 1911. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, 384; [5], 416pp. With tipped-in colour frontispieces and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Without the rarely seen dustwrappers. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Endpapers browned. Bookplate of Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975) to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to Brocklehurst to recto of ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25696
[PARALLEL]. The parallel: An essay on friendship, love and marriage. London. Printed for Henry Playford, at his shop near the Temple-Church, 1689. First edition. Quarto. [4], 35pp, [1]. Twentieth- century gilt-tooled red morocco backed cloth boards. With the modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young to FEP. Some browning, two inked numerals to title, occasional pen trial and a single manuscript correction (shaved) to margins of text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25653
COCKBURN, John. Bourignianism Detected: or the Delusions and Errors of antonia bourignon, and her Growing Sect. Which may also Serve for a Discovery of all other Enthusiastical Impostures. Narrative I. London. Printed for C. Brome et al., 1698. First edition. [4], 76pp. ESTC R17688, Wing C4804.

[Bound with:] COCKBURN, John. Bourignianism Detected: or the Delusions and Errors of antonia bourignon, and her Growing Sect. Which may also Serve for a Discovery of all other Enthusiastical Impostures. Narrative II. London. Printed for W. Keblewhite et al., 1698. First edition. [2], 61pp, [1]. ESTC R224538, Wing C4804A.

[And:] COCKBURN, John. A letter from John Cockburn, D. D. ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25493
UVEDALE, [Thomas]. The Death-Bed Display'd: with the state of the dead. A sacred poem. Westminster. Printed by A. Campbell, 1727. First edition. ix, [1], 48pp. Errata on p.[x]. ESTC T141492.

[Bound after:] [BURGER, Gottfried Augustus]. Lenore, a tale. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by Sampson Low, 1796. First edition in English. [6], 17pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC T88492.

[And:] [MALLET, David]. Amyntor and theodora: or, The hermit. A poem. In three cantos. London. Printed for Paul Vaillant, 1747. First edition. [4], viii, 92pp. With ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25248
MASON, Major Kenneth. Records of the survey of india Vol. XXII. Exploration of the shaksgam valley and aghil ranges 1926. Dehra Dun. Published by order of Brigadier E. A. Tandy, R. E. Surveyor General of India. Printed at the Geodetic Branch Office, Survey of India, 1928. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 182pp. With a photogravure frontispiece, one further photogravure plate, 16 illustrations from photographs by the author on 13 plates, a line map, and a large heliozincographed map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of C. J. Price to recto of FFEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25060
[LIBRARY CATALOGUE]. Catalogue of books in Stirling's Public Library. Glasgow. Printed by William Reid and Co, 1805. Third edition. 8vo. [94]ff (of [97]ff), [pi]1, A1-4 (-A2-3), B-Z4 2A4( -2A4). With six additional leaves, completed in manuscript, forming a subject index of the library's contents. Lacking A2-3, and without the terminal leaf Aa4, which follows the printer's imprint and was thus presumably a blank. Contemporary gilt-tooled red roan, contrasting lettering-piece, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, with some loss to spine. Browning and spotting to preliminaries, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24782
[JOHNSTONE, Charles]. The history of arsaces, prince of betlis. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xx, 303, [1]; viii, 278pp. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. A trifle rubbed, slight surface loss to boards of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates of George Baillie to both FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of same to title pages. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24571
[SAINT BARTHÉLEMY]. [Drop-head title:] Kongl. Maj:ts förordning och taxa på lösen för domar, resolutioner och öfrige til justitiarie-embetet på ön S:t Barthelemy i Vest-Indien hörande skrifter, contracter, attester m. m. : gifven Stockholms slott den 2 maji 1797... Stockholm. Tryckt i kongl. Tryckeriet, 1797. Dimensions 430 x 530 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in three columns, parallel Swedish, French, and English text. Edges uncut. Several old horizontal and vertical folds. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24330
[ROYAL NAVY]. [Drop-head title:] A list of the Flag-Officers of His Majesty's Fleet: with the dates of their First Commissions, as Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Rear-Admirals, and Captains. [London]. [s.n.], [1799]. [10], 120 leaves. Predominantly printed on versos only with rectos blank. ESTC T101523.

[Bound with:] [ROYAL NAVY]. An alphabetical list of the Commission Officers of his majesty's fleet: with the dates of their First Commissions. [London]. [s.n.], [1799]. 176pp. ESTC T101543.

8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked.Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24138
RHODES, E[benezer]. Peak Scenery, or excursions in derbyshire: made chiefly for the purpose of Picturesque Observation... London. Printed for the author, and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818-24 First edition. Quarto. In four volumes. List of subscriber's to part IV. With half-titles and 29 engraved plates by W. B. & Geo. Cooke, from drawings by F. L. Chantrey. Extra-illustrated throughout with 72 engravings, lithographs, aquatints, pencil sketches, and watercolours (mainly mounted on interleaves), predominantly extracted from contemporary publications. Later red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23806
NEWMAN, John Cardinal Henry, Of the Oratory. Verses on various occasions. London. Burns, Oates, & Co., 1888. 8vo. xv, [1], 389pp, [1]. Finely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tan polished calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers and edges. But for the lightest of shelf-wear, a fine copy.With an Oratory School prize bookplate to FEP made out to 'Viscount Forbes, Second Form Prize, Midsummer 1888', endorsed by Cardinal Newman in his usual manner ('J H Card. N.') More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23129
[CUNNINGHAM, Peter]. Saint anne's hill. A poem. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for the author; sold by J. Debrett...and R. Wetton, 1800. First edition. 25, [1], 26-34pp, [1]. With a makeshift frontispiece (almost detached, and not recorded in other copies) consisting of a printed title and an engraving of Fox's villa after Reynolds. ESTC locates copies at just three British libraries (BL, Edinburgh and Oxford), and elsewhere just a single copy, at Harvard. ESTC T47027.

[Bound with:] ADAIR, R[obert]. Sketch of the character of the late duke of devonshire. ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23005
[STONE, Nicholas]. Enchiridion of fortification, or A handfull of knowledge in Martiall affaires. Demonstrating both by Rule, and Figure, (as well Mathematically) by exact Calculations, as Practically) to fortify any Body, either Regular, or Irregular... London. Printed by M. F. for Richard Royston, [1645]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 70pp, [16]. With an additional etched title page and 20 etched folding plates. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, later recased with new fly-leaves, with several plates and quires protruding from page-edges. Worn, and rather scruffily repaired to head of cracked spine. Pastedowns sprung, margins shaved, occasional slight loss to text (without loss of sense), numerous plates with naive paper repairs to verso. Recently dispersed from the ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22735
[SCOTTISH ARMY]. Articles of militarie discipline. Edinburgh. Printed by James Bryson, 1639. First edition. Quarto. 16pp. Modern blind-ruled tree-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers, trimmed, occasionally affecting pagination and signature. Recently dispersed from the Cottlesloe Military Library 'probably the most extensive private collection of early printed books focused on military matters', with the bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, 3rd Lord Cottesloe (1862-1965) to FEP. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22724
VERTUE, George. A description of the works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His life. London. Printed for William Bathoe, 1759. Second edition, with additions. Quarto. vi, 151pp, [1]. With an engraved plate featuring an index, key, and vignette view of London from the South Bank; vignette portrait to title, two further engraved vignette head-pieces, and a tail-piece. Contemporary russia, rebacked. Rubbed and marked to edges, joints, bumping and loss to corners. John Leigh Philips' copy, with his bookplate to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, a tipped in manuscript ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22115
LE GRAND, M.. Fabliaux or tales, abridged from french manuscripts of the xiith and xiiith centuries by mr. le grand. selected and translated into english verse. With a preface and notes [-Vol. II]. London. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press. Sold by R. Faulder, New Bond-Street. 1796-1800 First edition. Quarto. In two volumes. [4], xxxvii, [3], 280; [2], 340pp. With 52 woodcut vignettes. Exquisitely bound in beautifully gilt- and blind-tooled near contemporary black morocco; with five sets of double raised bands to spine, a gilt fillet encloses an elaborate blind- stamped design, A.E.G. brown silk moire endpapers. With the lightest of shelf-wear, corners a trifle bumped, else a fine set. Circular book labels of Eric ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20834
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