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[TREATY OF SEVILLE]. The treaty of Peace, Union, Friendship, and Mutual Defence, Between the crowns of Great-Britain, France, and Spain, Concluded at Seville on the 9th of November, N. S. 1729. London. Printed by S. Buckley, 1729. First edition. Quarto. 16pp. Uncut in recent brown cloth, earlier black calf lettering-piece. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25437

[TREATIES]. A collection of all the treaties of peace, alliance, and commerce, between great-britain and other powers, from the Revolution in 1688, to the present time. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1772. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 404, [4]; iv, 342pp. With a half-title to Vol. I and a folding table. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Slight rubbing and soiling, surface loss to upper board of Vol. I, upper joint of Vol. I starting. Light marginal damp-staining to final two registers of Vol. II. From the library of the Earls of Lovelace, with ink-stamps of the ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 13525

[TRAVELLING COMPANY OF ACTORS]. For three nights only A Company of comedians on their way to a Situation, purpose to give a Dramatic Performance, humbly trusting to the approbation of a generous Public...On Monday Evening, the Tragedy of Douglass...After which, the Laughable Farce of the village lawywer... Newcastle. W. Fordyce, Printer, [s.d., c. 1820s] Dimensions 150 x 230 mm. Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. A trifle creased and browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22324

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[TRAVANCORE PETITION]. A reply to lieutenant-general macauley's desultory notes on the travancore petition. London. Printed by George Taylor, [1832]. First edition. 8vo. 41pp, [1]. Modern gilt-tooled red morocco-backed red cloth boards. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, occasional chipping to margins. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 32631

[TRANSPORTATION]. A scheme For Payment of the Sum of 49,301,855 l. 6 s. 1 d. 1/2 being the National Debt of great-britain...which, Ir Enacted into a Law, will be of infinite Service to the Merchants Trading to the West-Indies... London. Printed for J. Wilford, 1732. First edition. 8vo. [2], 26pp. Modern powder blue card, paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle marked. Light spotting to title page. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26620

[TRANSPORTATION]. The gamester. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, [1796]. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a woodcut illustration to title. Stitched as issued. Entirely uncut and unopened, slightest of marking to extremities, else a fine copy. Two editions were printed in 1796, in this variant the second line of the imprint ends 'for Moral'; the phrase 'Great allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers' is set as part of the imprint; the phrase 'Entered at Stationers ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20554

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[TRAFALGAR]. [A commemorative card headed 'Victory off Trafalgar']. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1843?] Dimensions 230 x 90 mm. Brown card with embossed ornamental border, white, gilt-edged, card onlay decorated with a depiction of Nelson’s final flag semaphore signal. Manuscript inscription to verso: 'Presented to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel, with Mr. P. Scott's best compliments. Norwich. Oct. 21st, 1843'. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30304

[TRAFALGAR]. A form of prayer and thanksgiving to almighty God; to be used In all Churches and Chapels throughout those Parts of the United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Thursday the Fifth Day of December 1805, being the Day appointed by His Majesty's Royal Proclamation for a General thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the late signal and important Victory obtained by His Majesty's Ships of War, under the Command of the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, over the combined Fleets of France and Spain. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1805. First edition. Quarto. 11pp, [1]. Uncut and stitched, as issued. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24447

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[TRADE UNIONISM]. HYNDMAN, H. M. The chicago riots and the class war in the united states. (A Reprint from "Time."). London. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1886. First offprint edition. [2], 16pp

[Bound with:] [Caption title:] To-day. No. 26.----february, 1886. [33]-64pp.

[And:] "The Times" and Mr. Parnell: the press and the patriot. A lecture, Being a Criticism of the pRess and a Defence of the Patriot, Delivered in the Unitarian Christian Church, Aberdeen, 7th May, 1887. First edition. Aberdeen. George Middleton, [1887]. 12pp. Ink-stamp of the Aberdeen Branch of the Socialist League to head of ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 29372

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[TRADE CATALOGUE]. E. Butterick & Co's Catalogue: Spring 1879. [London]. [E. Butterwick & Co.], [1879]. Quarto. 32pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Edge-wear, browned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21694

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[TOWNSEND, Rev. Charles]. Winchester, and a few other compositions, in prose and verse. Winchester. James Robbins, 1835. First edition. Quarto. 82pp. Original publisher's cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32411

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[TOWN HALL, BRIDGNORTH]. By Permission of the Worshipful the bailiffs. Town hall, bridgnorth. Mr. thorpe, ...respectively intimates that it is his intention to deliver his Comic Lectures...Amongst the pieces introduced on this occasion, will be - The Rev. Dr. Disney's admired Address on Negro Slavery, and his Appeal to Free-born Britons... [Bridgnorth]. Gitton, Printer, [1824]. Dimensions 180 x 230 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. A trifle creased and marked, loss to one margin. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19635

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[TOWNELEY, John]. Bibliotheca towneleiana. A catalogue of the curious and extensive library of the late john towneley, esq. Part I.... [London]. [Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.], [1813]. First edition. 8vo. Part one only. [2], 47pp, [1]. Uncut in modern gilt-ruled red morocco-backed marbled paper boards. Pencilled annotation to title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31918

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TOPHAM, Rev. Jon. An epitome of chemistry; wherein the principles of the science are illustrated in one hundred beautiful entertaining, and instructive experiments... Worcester. T. Eaton, 1822. First edition. 12mo. [6], 10-131pp, [3]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's printed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed, marked, spine cracked, joints starting. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29734

[TOPHAM, Edward]. The poetry of the world. London. Printed for J. Bell, 1788. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [5], 164; [6], 143pp, [3]. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, small worm-tracks to lower joint. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30573

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TOMORY, Alexander. Alexander tomory: indian missionary. Edinburgh. Macniven & Wallace, [1910]. First edition. 8vo. lvi, 185pp, [3]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, inked gift inscription to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29750

TOMLINSON, H. M.. Gallions reach: a romance. London. William Heinemann Ltd., [1927]. First edition. 8vo. [6], 292pp, [1]. Original publisher's turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn, browned, and spotted, closed tear to upper panel, loss to head, with paper repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of American bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. (1910-2001), director of the Pierpont Morgan Library between 1948-1969, to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title from the ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21977

TOMLINSON, H. M.. Old junk. London. Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1918. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 227pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in yellow, pictorial dustwrapper. Rubbed and a trifle marked, dustwrapper lightly soiled, some chipping and short tears to edges. Lightly browned. Bookplate of American bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. (1910-2001), director of the Pierpont Morgan Library between 1948-1969, to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21509

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TOMKINS, E. [compiler]. Poems on various subjects: selected to enforce the Practice of Virtue, and to comprise in one Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. London. Printed for B. Crosby and Co., 1808. New edition. 16mo. [6], 256pp, [2]. With four engraved vignettes by Hopwood and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Miss Katherine Wilkinson to front blank fly-leaf, inked initials 'J.W.' to title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21063

[TOLSTOY, Leo] TOLSTOI, Lyon N., Count. Stories of Sevastopol. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21938