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[LEYBOURNE, George]. [Drop-head title:] You never miss the water till the Well runs Dry...After the opera: Sung by George Leybourne... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Dimensions 190 x 240 mm. Single leaf broadside. With a single - very worn - woodcut vignette. Creased and a trifle spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25478

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] Write me a letter from home... [London]. W. S. Fortey, [s.d., between 1858 and 1885] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. With two woodcut vignettes. Early folds, some spotting and small holes to margins, creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25477

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons humbly offer’d to the Honourable House of Commons, against passing a bill for making provision for the rector of St. John Clerkenwel, in the county of Middlesex, and his successors. [London]. [s.n.], [1727]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Shave at head, a trifle creased, leaves separating at gutter. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25475

[GEORGE IV]. Death of the king. Poole. Moore and Sydenham, Printers, [1830]. Dimensions 190 x 230 mm. Single sheet handbill, text within black border. Creased, some loss to margins, evidence of removal from a mount to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25473

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[COURSING]. By the kind permission of The Right Hon. The Earl Ferrers. The staunton harold open coursing meeting will take place On tuesday, November 23rd, 1858. Ashby [i.e. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester]. W. and J. Hextall, [1858]. Dimensions 140 x 220 mm. Single leaf handbill. A trifle creased. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25360

[CATNACH, James]. The dying pilgrim. [London]. Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, [s.d., c.1830] Dimensions 260 x 390 mm. Single leaf broadside. With three engraved illustrations. Early central horizontal fold, some chipping to margins. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25334

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[FYFE & COMPANY]. Domestic sanitary measures. Fyfe & Co. engineers and machinists...Respectfully invite the Public to inspect the following useful articles at their Repository of Scientific Inventions for Sanitary Purposes... [London]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1850] Quarto. [4]pp. Single folded sheet. Manuscript title to verso of final blank page. Three early horizontal folds.

[Together with:] [An advertisement for Fyfe's 'Fixed Water Closets']. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Dimensions 200 x 180 mm. Three early folds. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25330

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[BARROW]. Wrought-iron barrow with apparatus, for heating gas tar, &c. manufactured by Edward Hill Brierley-Hill iron works, near Dudley. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1845] Dimensions 190 x 230 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Several early vertical and horizontal folds, manuscript title to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25329

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[ENCLOSURE AUCTION]. [Drop-head title:] Church Streeton, Wistanstow, and Edgton inclosure. We, the commissioners of this inclosure, will proceed to sell by auction...The following very Valuable Parcels of Freehold Land... Ludlow. Printed by T. Griffiths, [1819]. Folio. Single bifolium. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Three early horizontal folds. Terms of sale for three lots completed in manuscript. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24352

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[ENCLOSURE]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons Humbly Offered, for Inclosing Gratwood-Heath, in the Parish of Eccleshall, in the County of Stafford. [London]. [s.n.], [1719]. Dimensions 200 x 330 mm. Single sheet, printed of both sides, edges uncut. Docket title to verso. Three old horizontal folds, stab-stitch holes and remnants of binding to gutter margin. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24227

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[CASTLEMAINE, Richard Tylney, Viscount]. [Drop-head title:] The case of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Castlemain; against Thomas Juson, rector of Wansted in Essex, William Hatton and John Brooks his servants, and Richard Spencer, labourer, touching a breach of privilege. [London?]. [s.n.], [1729]. Dimensions 200 x 310 mm. Single sheet. Docket title to verso. Old horizontal folds, stab-stitch holes and remnants of binding to one margin. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24225

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HANWAY, Jonas. The Seaman's Christian Friend; Containing Moral and Religious Advice to Seamen. London. Sold by Dodley et al., 1779. 8vo. [6], liv, [6], 292pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page. Recent blind-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Slight loss to lower corner of leaf C4, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25151

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HANWAY, Jonas. The Commemorative Sacrifice of our lord's supper considered as a preservative against superstitions fears and immoral practices... London. Printed for Dodsley et al., 1777. First edition. 12mo. iv, *v-xiii, [1], lxvii, [1], 344pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Recent gilt-tooled brown morocco. Very minor shelf-wear. Frontispiece and title page browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25150

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CADOGAN, William. A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, As proceeding from the same Causes; What those Causes are; and A rational and natural Method of Cure proposed. Addressed to all Invalids. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1771. Eight edition. [3], vi-x, [1], 12-100pp. Without half-title. ESTC T120906.

[Bound with:] WILLIAMS, J[ohn]. Advice to People afflicted with the Gout: containing practical observations upon The Treatment of Patients in the different Stages of that Disorder; and The Means of preventing those severe Paroxysms, which are so terrible to the Human Species. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. [4], 86pp, [2]. With a half-title and ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24654

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[BROADSIDE BALLAD]. Donder & Blixin. The dutch rubbers, or bite your own nose. [London]. [Printed by W. & T. Bailey], [s.d., c.1785-1799] Dimensions 200 x 290 mm. Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. Shaving to foot, with loss of imprint. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25363

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[SMITH & WELLSTOOD]. Smith & Wellstood's Registered American Heating Stoves, for parlours, bedrooms, offices, shops, halls, chapels, lobbies, galleries... [Glasgow]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1860] Dimensions 290 x 450 mm. Single leaf broadside. Numerous early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25353

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WAKEFIELD, Priscilla. A family tour through the British Empire; Containing some Account of its manufactures, natural and artificial curiosities, history and antiquities: interspersed with biographical anecdotes. Particularly adapted to the amusement and instruction of youth. London. Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1823. Eleventh edition. 8vo. iv, 454pp, [16]. With a engraved, hand-coloured folding map. Contemporary red half-roan, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, without FFEP, several long vertical and horizontal tears to map, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25164

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HALL, Mrs. S. C.. The juvenile forget me not. A Christmas and New Year's gift, of birthday present, for the year 1829. London. N. Hailes, [1829]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed, early inked gift inscription to presentation plate, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24076

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[MOORE, Margaret King]. [LAMB, Charles]. The stories of old daniel, for the amusement of young persons. London. Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, 1833. Eleventh edition. 8vo. viii, 287pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary (original?) red roan-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24072

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[HUMAN MIND]. A practical survey of the faculties of the human mind; with hints for their proper exercise, regulation, and improvement... London. Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1828. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 111pp, [1]. Contemporary (original?) dark green moire cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24524