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Photo of "Oban to Fort William & ..."
KEDDIE, William. Oban to Fort William & Banavie by Ballahulish and Glencoe. Glasgow. Maclure and Macdonald, [1871]. 8vo. 46pp. 26 leaves of advertisements. With a lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates, and an engraved folding map. Original publisher's pictorial green wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Booksellers ticket of James Miller of Oban to verso of upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31251
Photo of "Darby and susan. A Tale ..."
OWEN, R[obert] D[ale]. Darby and susan. A Tale of Old England. London. Printed and published by J. Watson, [s.d., c. 1840] 8vo. 16pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Worn, with stitching perished (the text block is therefore loose in the wrappers), extremities rubbed and marked, several short tears. Occasional light marginal dampstaining. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31325
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[HOULSTON AND SON]. The way to convert a cottage into a palace. Wellington, Salop. Printed & sold by F. Houlston & Son , [s.d., c. 1820] Fifth edition. 32mo. 26pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed brick-red wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31331
Photo of "Some sweet stories of old. ..."
RIDGEWAY, Rev. C. J.. Some sweet stories of old. Boys of Bible Story, No 3. London. Griffith Farran & Co., 1893. First edition. Quarto. 36pp. With a coloured frontispiece, a further six coloured plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper lightly discoloured, a trifle marked, chipped and torn at edges. Upper hinge exposed, endpapers browned, prize plate of Midland Educational Co. to recto of FFEP . More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31486
Photo of "Flora's feast"
CRANE, Walter. Flora's feast. London, Paris, New York & Melbourne. Cassell & Company, 1899. First edition. Quarto. 40pp, [2], 8pp. Lithographed throughout, with numerous in-text illustrations and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, with glassine wrapper. A trifle rubbed and bumped, wrapper chipped and torn, with loss More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31498
Photo of "A treatise proving scripture To ..."
PEACOCK, Reginald. A treatise proving scripture To be the Rule of Faith. London. Printed for James Adamson, 1688. Quarto. [2], xl, xli pp, [3]. Without preliminary imprimatur leaf. Modern calf, lettered in gilt. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of Anne F. Sutton to FEP, early inked annotation to title page, occasional inked numerals to margins, neat paper repairs to gutter margins and text throughout (without loss of sense). More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31502
Photo of "The works of lord byron. ..."
BYRON, Lord. The works of lord byron. In four volumes.. London. John Murray, 1823. 8vo. In four volumes. xi, 303pp; 359pp; 345pp; 367pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by C. Warren to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled Russia. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss and a small worm-track to upper joint at foot of spine on Vol. III. Marbled endpapers and edges. Inked gift inscription 'H. P. Seale from Sir J. A. on Leaving Eton' to FEP of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31524
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[DEVON ELECTION]. The spirit of election wit, at the city of exeter, and the county of devon: together with the burlesque election At Ide, in the year 1812; containing the whole of the addresses, speeches, songs, and squibs. Including the origin of the titular borough of ide. Exeter. Printed by R. Cullum, [1812]. First edition. 12mo. 152pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31536
Photo of "Reports of certain cases, Determined ..."
GLANVILLE, John. Reports of certain cases, Determined and Adjudged by the commons in parliament, in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the Reign of King James the First. . London. Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1775. First edition. 8vo. [4], cxiv, 153pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards, spine slightly pitted. Very minimal touch of spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31537
Photo of "Further recollections of an indian ..."
LEUPOLT, Rev. C. B. Further recollections of an indian missionary. London. James Nisbet & Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 403pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31582
Photo of "Chota Nagpore a little-known province ..."
BRADLEY-BIRT, F. B. Chota Nagpore a little-known province of the empire. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 310pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 43 photographic plates, a sketch map, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. One plate detached. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP:' Offered to / Mr. Thos. Macpherson / by the writer / Gobindpur / Chota Nagpore / 28.6.3'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31592
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MORELAND, W. H. The revenue administration of the united provinces. Allahabad. The Pioneer Press, 1911. First edition. 8vo. [4], xiv, 203pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, numerous minute wormholes. Ink-stamp of Brajmohan Lal Dave to recto of FFEP, pencilled shelf-marks to head of title, worm-track to lower margin of initial six gatherings, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31595
Photo of "Journal of an african cruiser: ..."
AN OFFICER OF THE U. S. NAVY [i.e. BRIDGE, Horatio]. Journal of an african cruiser: comprising sketches of the canaries, the cape de verds, liberia, madeira, sierra leone, and other places of interest on the west coast of africa. London. Wiley & Putnam, 1846. Second edition. 8vo. vi, [1], vi-viii, 179pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscription to FFEP, heavily foxed throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31609
Photo of "A railway traveller's reasons for ..."
[COLE, Sir Henry]. A railway traveller's reasons for adopting uniformity of gauge, addressed to i. k. brunel, esq.. [s.i.]. [Printed by Charles Wittingham and published by Joseph Cundall], [s.d., c.1845] First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Later green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, with damp-staining to boards. Robin de Beaumont's copy, with his book-label to FEP, and trademark loosely inserted collection of bookseller's clippings, alongside his receipt of purchase. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31722
Photo of "Sermons on several subjects"
STEPHENS, William. Sermons on several subjects. Oxford. Printed at the Theatre, 1737. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [56], 430, [2]; [8], 455pp, [1]. With a 45 page list of subscribers to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board to Vol. I, without lettering-pieces. Minute worm-track to foot of Vol. I text-block, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31745