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Photo of "Bengal district gazetteers. Saran"

O'MALLEY, L. S. S. Bengal district gazetteers. Saran. Calcutta. The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1908. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 177pp, [1]. With a coloured lithographed folding map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription of W. C. Macpherson to initial leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32174

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SAPRU, Sir Tej Bahadur. Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform: memorandum on the white paper. Allahabad. Allahabad Law Journal Press, 1933. First edition. 8vo. iv, 175pp, [1]. Contemporary purple half-cloth, decorated paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to upper board. Original publisher's printed cream wrappers bound in. Rubbed and marked, loss to head of sunned spine. Text-block detached from binding, marginal worming throughout, coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With best compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32180

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SITARAMAYYA, B. Pattabhi. The history of the Indian National Congress (1885-1935). [Madras]. [Printed at the Law Printing House], 1935. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 1038, civ pp. With 12 photographic plates. Original publisher's yellow buckram, lettered in black. Heavily rubbed and marked, boards bowed, spine sunned. Tickets of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha of Madras and Arthur Probsthain of London to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32182

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MITRA, Subal Chandra. Isvar chandra vidyasagar: a story of his life and work. Calcutta. Printed and Published by Sarat Chandra, 1902. First edition. 12mo. [4], ii, xii, xiv, 675pp, [1]. With six photographic plates. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, paper shelf-label to foot of spine, corners bumped. Book-label of Allahabad- based advocate Pandit Sundar Lal to FEP, text-block split in two, occasional long tears. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32183

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NORTH, Lieut.-Col. R. The Literature of the North-West Frontier of India. A Select Bibliography. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1946]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 66pp. With a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Book-label of the United Service Club to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32184

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[JAMES, Thomas]. The honey bee. Reprinted from the 'Quarterly Review'. London. John Murray, 1852. 8vo. [4], 99pp, [1].

[Bound after:] JAMES, Thomas. The history and antiquities of northamptonshire. London. John Murray, 1864. iv, 103pp, [1].

[And:] [JAMES, Thomas]. The flower garden. With an essay on the poetry of gardening. London. John Murray, 1852. 108pp.

8vo. Handsomely presented in richly gilt-tooled green calf, with the titles of the works lettered in gilt to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. With an ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32208

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[BRITISH INDIAN ARMY]. [Two scrap books containing numerous photographs of India and British Indian Army infantrymen]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1917] Folio. 359 photographs pasted into two scrap books; one in original publisher's black cloth-backed pictorial wrappers, the other disbound, displayed on [59] and [62] leaves respectively. Without lower wrapper of first book. Occasional marking/tearing to leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32238

A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. The godmother: A Tale. London. Saunders and Otley, 1854. First edition. 12mo. viii, 109, [1], 2pp. With list of subscribers and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32343

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FOSBROKE, Rev. T[homas] D[udley]. The tourist's grammar; or rules relating to the scenery and antiquities Incident to Travellers: compiled from the first authorities, and including an epitome of Gilpin's Principles of the Picturesque. London. John Nichols and Son, 1826. First edition. 12mo. cvi, 230pp. Original publisher's green cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32480

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[ARISTOPHANES]. [Drop-head title:] The acharnians. [Malta]. [Printed at the Government Press], [1839]. Quarto. 70pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, later rebacked. Boards rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32487

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COLLAS, Achille. CHORLEY, Henry F. The authors of england. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of british artists. London. Charles Tilt, 1838. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 93, [1], 12pp, [2]. With an additional engraved title page, a further 15 plates engraved by Collas's patent process, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's embossed brown cloth, later neatly rebacked, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary ticket of booksellers W. Pritchard of Carnarvon, armorial bookplate and inked ownership inscription of Lord Newborough to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32506

NORTHCOTE, James. The life of titian: with anecdotes of the distinguished person of his time. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 399, [1]; [4], 384pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. and a folding genealogical chart. Original publisher's blind-stamped burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Booksellers ticket of Charles Smith of Edinburgh to FEP of Vol. I, upper board of Vol. II held by single cord only. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32530

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[HOFLAND, Barbara]. The panorama of europe; or, A New Game of Geography. London. Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Co., 1819. Second edition. 12mo. v, [1], 191pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-tooled red roan-backed buff paper boards. Rubbed, joints starting, corners exposed. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32558

[MCCRINDELL, Rachel]. The school girl in france. London. Published by R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1840. First edition. 8vo. vii, [2], vi-viii, 379pp, [5]. With a half-title, and additional engraved title page, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal chipping, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32561

[HODDER-WILLIAMS, John Ernest]. Like English Gentlemen. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First edition. 8vo. 61pp, [3]. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32563

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[FERTEL, Rev. J.W.]. A catalogue of the library of about 1200 vols. of Books. The property of the Representatives of the Rev. J.W. Fertel, late Vicar of Holton-le-Clay, Which will be Sold by Auction, by messrs. Thompson & Wood in the corn exchange grimsby, On Wednesday, 21st Jan., 1891. Sale to commence at 6.30pm. Grimsby. Albert Gait, Printer, Market-Place, [1891]. 8vo. 8pp. Disbound, old staple rusted away. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32594

Photo of "Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. ..."

HOOLE, Elijah. Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. Containing the morning and evening services, and other portions of the book of common prayer, in romanized tamil: accompanied by the english version in parallel columns. Together with an anglo-tamil grammar and vocabulary. London. Longman and Co.. Madras. Higginbotham, 1859. First edition. 8vo. [4], 148pp, [2]. Parallel English and Tamil text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, early manuscript Tamil language annotations throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32612

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[A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN]. A country clergyman's observations upon some letters Which have been addressed to him, in reply to a pamphlet, entitled, reasons for not attending the British & Foreign Bible Society. Chelmsford. Printed and sold by R. C. Stanes and Co., [1812]. First edition. 8vo. 46pp. Uncut and unopened. Stitched, as issued. Title page and verso of terminal leaf a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32621

Photo of "India in relation to great ..."

JERVIS, Major Thomas Best. India in relation to great britain. Considerations on its future administration. London. John Petheram, 1853. First edition. 8vo. viii, 88pp, [4]. With a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, supralibros of the United Service Club to foot of spine. Bookplate of the United Service Club to FEP, initial two leaves of text working loose, leaf B8 detached, single word on p.82 seemingly deliberately rubbed away, with a marginal manuscript note 'Sheridan see speech at ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32636

Photo of "Don gypsy: Adventures with a ..."

STARKIE, Walter. Don gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andalusia and La Mancha. London. John Murray, [1836]. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 525pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece and six plates by Arthur Rackham, a large folding map. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in later gilt- tooled red morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Original publisher's cloth bound at rear. Lightly rubbed. Very light scattered spotting to initial leaves. Overall a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32716