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PITT, William. [DRAKARD, John].. The necessity of reform inculcated, and its propriety & constitutional legality asserted...and an Article, illustrating that Gentleman’s political Conduct, by his recent Acceptance of a lucrative Sinecure. . London. Printed for Crosby & Co., [1810]. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 51pp, [1]. Possibly lacking a final leaf. Uncut and partially unopened in modern blue paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine heavily sunned; very slight chipping to wrapper edges. Contemporary ink inscription reading ‘No 5 Vol 3’ to title. Very occasional light spotting, subtle repairs to final leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34949
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[PITT, William]. The speech of the Right Hon. William Pitt, chancellor of the exchequer, on Friday, the 17th day of February 1792, on proposing the application of an additional sum for the reduction of the public debt, and the repeal of certain duties on malt, on female servants, on carts and waggons, on houses, and on candles.. London. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1792. First edition. 8vo. 47pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Inked inscription 'Ld. Auckland' to head of title. Light browning and slight scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33555
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PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, on the king's message, which was delivered in the house of commons, On Friday, Feb. I, 1793. London. Printed for J. Owen, 1793. First edition. [2], 44pp. Without half-title. ESTC N25041.

[Bound with:] PITT, William. Speech of the right honourable william pitt, delivered in the house of commons, monday, february 3, 1800, on a motion for an address to the throne, Approving of the Answers returned to the Communications from France relative to a negociation for peace. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for J. Wright, 1800. First edition. [2], 120pp. ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24267
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[PITT, William]. [Drop-head title:] A Letter from a Right Hon. Person to ------ in the City. [London]. [s.n.], [1761]. Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. Single leaf broadside. Mounted on later paper sheet. Engraved name and portrait of William Pitt the Elder at the head of the title. Two old horizontal folds, single small marginal stain. A later pencilled note to the mount curiously quotes an entry in Church of England clergyman James Woodforde's (1740-1803) The Diary of a Country Parson (1924-31): 'Gave the Bath Newsman for Mr. Pitt's speech ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29200
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PITT-RIVERS, [Augustus Henry Lane-Fox]. [Drop-head title:] A short guide to the larmer grounds, rushmore; king john's house; the museum at farnham; and neighbourhood. [London]. [Harrison and Sons], [1894]. First edition. 8vo. 16pp. With three photo-lithographed and 15 photozincotyped plates. Modern dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Original publisher's stiff wrapper bound in. Book-label of John Gadd to FEP, wrappers worn. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23810
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PIOZZI, Hester Lynch. Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through france, italy and germany. London. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [1], 437pp; [3], 389pp, [7]. Later gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lightly rubbed, with slight surface loss to edges and spine, corners bumped. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34156
Photo of "Pinnock's catechisms. A catechism of ..."
PINNOCK, [William]. Pinnock's catechisms. A catechism of navigation; in which the elementary principles of that science are explained in easy language; and the technical terms used at sea rendered perfectly intelligible to youth, For whose use it is designed, preparatory to more copious Works. London. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Fifth edition. 12mo. 70pp, [14]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece depicting Captain Cook, and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Stitching perished, text-block separated into constituent gatherings and detached from binding. Extremities heavily rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25245
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[PINKERTON, John]. Select scotish ballads. London. Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1783. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. lxvi [i.e. lxvii], [1], 159, [1]; xli, [1], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards, joints starting. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, without FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32987
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[PINDAR, Peter, i.e. WOLCOTT, John]. A poetical, supplicating, modest, and affecting epistle to those literary colossuses, the reviewers. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1778. First edition. [2], 8pp. ESTC T174481.

[Bound with:] PINDAR, Peter. Lyric odes to the royal academicians, for M,DCC,LXXXII. London. Printed for G. Kearsley, 1787. Eighth edition, enlarged. 36pp. ESTC N3345.

[And:] PINDAR, Peter. More lyric odes to the royal academicians...and to the laureat to the academy. London. Printed for J. Kearsley. 1789. Fifth edition. [2], 5-35pp, [1]. Without half-title. ESTC T41415.

[And:] PINDAR, Peter. Lyric odes for ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 11756
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[PINCHARD, Elizabeth]. The two cousins, a moral story, for the use of young persons. In which is exemplified the necessity of moderation and justice to the attainment of happiness. By the Author of The Blind Child and dramatic dialogues. London. Printed for E. Newbery, 1794. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 144, 4pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled sheep, gilt. Rubbed, joints split, spine worm. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, leaves C6-8 detached, small holes to gutters, later pinned in. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31317
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PILKINGTON, Lawrence. An alpine valley and other poems. London. Longmans, Green & Co., 1924. First edition. 8vo. [4], 70pp, [2]. With numerous in-text woodcut illustrations. Original publisher's cloth-reinforced? green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, very slight loss to foot of spine. A presentation copy, inscribed from the author (and illustrator) to FFEP: 'R. J. Forles? from L.&M. Pilkington'. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 34586
Photo of "The jubilee singers, and their ..."
PIKE, Rev. G[ustavus] D. The jubilee singers, and their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1872. Ninth thousand. 8vo. [2], 219pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further eight plates. Original publisher's brick red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, discoloured, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp.

[Together with:] A contemporary Woodburytype photograph depicting 10 members of the Jubilee Singers, with a letterpress caption identifying each. Pen and ink inscription of J. Price to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30662
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[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
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[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
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[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