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ROSSETTI, D[ante] G[abriel]. The early italian poets from ciullo d'alcamo to dante alighieri (1100-1200-1300) in the original metres together with dante's vita nuova translated by d. g. rossetti... London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 464pp, [2]. With a half-title. Bound by Riviere (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tan morocco, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Spine a trifle dulled. Inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'J. T. Coleridge from his children J. D. C. and J. F. C. on his 73rd birthday 9th July. 1863'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25997
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[DERENZY, Margaret]. Parnassian geography; or, the little wanderer. Wellington, Salop. Printed by and for F. Houston and Son, [1824]. First edition. 12mo. 148pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher’s printed buff paper boards. Extremities worn and marked, later naive clear adhesive repairs to joints and spine. Hinges exposed, frontispiece and title page browned, publication dates scratched away from both, occasional chipping to margins, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26113
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[KAMES, Henry Home, Lord]. Loose hints upon education, chiefly concerning the culture of the heart. Edinburgh. Printed for John Bell…and John Murray, 1781. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 381pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red Morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, joints starting, loss to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of James Crombie of Glasgow to FFEP and head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26115
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SHAKESPEARE, William. The dramatic works... London. Published by William Miller...Printed by Savage and Easingwood, 1806. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 543, [1]; [4], 617pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26222
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[SATIRICAL HERALDRY]. The Heraldry of Nature; or, instructions for the king at arms: comprising, The Arms, Supporters, Crests, and Mottos, both in Latin and English, of the peers of E--l--d. Blazoned from the Authority of Truth, and characteristically descriptive of the several Qualities that distinguish their Possessors. To which is added several Samples, neatly etched by an eminent Engraver. London. Printed for M. Smith, 1785. First edition. 8vo. [2],ii,1-4,3-119,[1]. Pagination irregular, text apparently continuous. Several leaves misbound. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Contemporary red calf-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, surface loss to spine. A majority of the anonymous peer titles completed in manuscript in an early hand. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26234
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GUYON, [Jeanne Marie]. The life of lady guion, Written by herself in French, Now abridged And translated into english... Bristol. Printed by S. Farley, 1772. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], xxi, [1], 268; 381pp, [3]. Vol. II has a half-title but no title page, as issued. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, surface loss to spines and board edges, lightly marked. Later inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Steevens to FFEPs, FFEP of Vol. I detached, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26284
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[CARTER, Elizabeth]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for John Rivington, 1762. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 104pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf. Rubbed and marked, joints starting, paper shelf label to foot of spine. Early ink ownership inscription to head of title, lightly damp-stained throughout, small hole to leaf E4 (not touching text.) More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26339
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[JONES, William]. Poems consisting chiefly of translations from the asiatick languages. To which are added two essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern antions. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. Oxford. At the Clarendon-Press, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [6], viii, 217pp, [1]. With a leaf of errata. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight loss to head of spine, paper shelf-label to foot. Very occasional small holes to margins, short tear to foot of leaf T1. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26347
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[MISSIONARY MAGAZINE]. The Harvest Field. A Missionary Magazine. Mysore. Wesleyan Mission Press Comprising:

Vol. XIV. Nos. 2-3 February-March, 1903.

Vol. XVII. Nos. 1-4, 6-12, January-April, June-December, 1906.

Vol. XXXIX. Nos. 3-12, March-December, 1919.

Vol. XL. Nos. 1-11, January-November, 1920

8vo. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured, staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26396
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[GALLOWAY, Joseph]. A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir william howe, on a pamphlet, entitled letters to a nobleman: in which His Misrepresentations are detected, and those Letters are supported, by a Variety of New Matter and Argument... London. Printed for G. Wilkie, 1781. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 157pp, [3]. Without half-title. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26622
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[FISCHER, Gottlob Eusebius]. Gustavus; or, the macaw. A story to teach children the proper value of things. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1814. First edition. 12mo. 174pp, [6]. With an engraved frontispiece and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities marked and worn, surface loss to spine and upper board. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, loss and early pen-trials to RFEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27030
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BUCHER, Georg. In the line. London. Jonathan Cape, 1932. First English edition. 8vo. 325pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in black, with the unclipped printed dustwrapper. A few stains and marks to boards, wrapper a little toned with minor water marks. Unusually for Williamson's war memoirs, the book is neither annotated or otherwise marked, save a crude pencil sketch of a male face on the FFEP. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27165