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Photo of "Letters from simkin the second ..."
[BROOME, Ralph]. Letters from simkin the second to his dear brother in wales, For the year 1790; giving a full and circumstantial account of all the most material points...brought before the high court of justice...during the trial of warren hastings... London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1790. First edition. 8vo. [4], 124pp, [4]. With a half-title. Without two of the final advertisement leaves. Uncut in contemporary marbled boards, later rebacked in drab paper. Boards worn and marked. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, naive paper repairs to foot of leaves B3-6 - clipping text, without loss of sense, occasional light dust-soiling. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20446
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MACPHERSON, Ossian. The dreamer, a poem, in three cantos, With other Poems; and an introductory epistle upon the island of madeira. London. Printed for the Author, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [6], v, [2], 152pp, [4]. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped red buckram, lettered in gilt. Extremities sunned and a trifle marked. Manuscript booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, closed tears touching text of leaves C2-3, lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20469
Photo of "Sunday reading. The Harvest home"
[CHEAP REPOSITORY]. Sunday reading. The Harvest home. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, (Printer to the Cheap Repository), [1795]. First edition. 12mo. 22pp, [2]. With a woodcut vignette to title page and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20559
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ADAM, Thomas. Practical lectures on the Church Catechism. London. Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1755. Second edition. 12mo. vi, [1], 118pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound in ninetenth-century polished calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20641
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TRIMMER, Mrs. [Sarah]. New and comprehensive lessons; containing a general outline of the old testament; with twenty-four engravings. London. John Harris, [s.d., c. 1830] 12mo. vi, [1], 8-138pp, [6]. With 24 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and three final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Augusta Fludyer / Janry. 1. 1834', very short tear to fore-edge of leaf H2. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20659
Photo of "The Cheapest Carpet Warehouse in ..."
[LONDON TRADE]. The Cheapest Carpet Warehouse in london, Is Established at 161, strand, (Removed from Bedford House, Covent Garden.) E. richardson has now to offer to the public 2000 yds. of the best Brussels Carpetting Of the Newest & most Fashionable Patterns, in every Colour, at the low Price of 6s. yer yd... [London]. Wood, Printer, [s.d., c.1820] Dimensions 230 x 280 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Horizontal folds, lightly creased, one edge soiled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20723
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[MORIER, James Justinian]. Ayesha, the maid of kars. London. Richard Bentley, 1834. First edition. 8vo. in three volumes. vii, [1], 317, [1]; [2], 330; [2], 335pp, [1]. Bound by Porter & Custard of Yeovil in contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Bookplates of Coker Court to all FEPs, binder's ticket to FEP of Vol. I, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20731
Photo of "Good Queen anne vindicated, and ..."
[SWIFT, Jonathan]. Good Queen anne vindicated, and The Ingratitude, Insolence, &c. of her whig ministry and the allies Detected and Exposed, in the Beginning and Conducting of the war... London. Printed and sold by W. Owen, 1748. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Latter half of text-block separated into individual gatherings. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Hesketh Yarburgh to head of half-title. Lightly dust-soiled, some chipping to head of initial five leaves, occasional spotting/creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20765
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GROSSETESTE, Robert. The Castle of Love: A Poem...Now first printed from Inedited Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. Brixton Hill. [Printed by C. & J. Adlard] For private circulation only, 1849. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publisher (ten of which printed on thick paper); this copy is number 66, on thin paper. vii, [1], 80pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, short tear to margin of p.51-52, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20792
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[NORWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY]. City and county of norwich readers' guide: the bimonthly magazine of the norwich public library. Volume I [-III]. Norwich. Published by The Public Library Committee, 1911-14 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 206; v, [1], 155, [1]; iv, 172pp. Uniformly bound in contemporary red half-morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, bookplates of Bryan William James Hall to FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20818
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[HENSLOWE, William Henry]. Wermigey; or the weir amid the water. A norfolk legend of the beginning of the wars of the roses. King's Lynn. Thew and Son, 1865. First edition. 8vo. [4], 203pp, [5]. Original publisher's blue pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Ron Charles Fiske to recto of FFEP. The author's own copy, with his book-label and inked inscription 'Author's own copy - WHH' to FEP, occasional manuscript corrections and annotations to text, and earlier bookplate to REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20821
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HINCHLIFFE, John. Sermons. London. Printed for R. Faulder, 1796. First edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xiv, 202pp. Without half-title. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain green morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Contemporary inked inscription to front blank fly-leaf of Charlotte Hinchliffe, the author's daughter. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20919
Photo of "Agricultural mechanism; or, a display ..."
WILLIAMSON, Thomas. Agricultural mechanism; or, a display of the several properties, and powers, of the vehicles, implements, and Machinery, connected with husbandry... London. Printed for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiii, [1], 311pp, [1]. Without half-title. With 20 engraved plates. Bound for Richard Gregory in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Gregory to FEP, with his ownership inscription to p.1 and a single note in his hand to foot of p.195. With four loosely inserted printed invitations, addressed to Gregory, for the Society for ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20920
Photo of "Dred; A Tale of the ..."
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. London. Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. First English edition. 8vo. viii, 524, 12pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brick red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, marked, and sunned. Shelf-label of Dalton Hall Library and ticket of Lancaster-based bookseller T. Edmondson to FEP, blind-stamp and contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21080
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RUSTICANS, Philalethes [i.e. SHEPHERD, Richard]. Reflections on the doctrine of materialism; and the application of that doctrine to the pre-existence of christ: addressed to joseph priestley... London. W. Flexney, 1779. First edition. 8vo. [2], xx, [2], 256pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, the later lettered in gilt Vol. III. Lightly rubbed. Recent book-label of John Stephens to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21087
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HORTON, Harry Howells. Birmingham: A Poem, in two parts... Birmingham. Printed for the Author by Martin Billing, 1851. First edition. 12mo. vi, [1], 8-100pp. Original publisher's printed purple wrappers. Extremities discoloured, dust-soiled, and lightly rubbed. Later book-label of John L. Marks of 'Chippendale' Earlswood to verso of upper wrapper, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21093
Photo of "Scenes and sketches in Cornwall"
[TRELAWNY, Anne]. Scenes and sketches in Cornwall. Tavistock. W. Brendon, 1844. First ediiton. 8vo. 54pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers, later naively rebacked in calf. Some staining to extremities. Title lightly dust-soiled, closed tear to gutter, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21094
Photo of "Rhymes of the times and ..."
BRUCHHAUSEN, C. Rhymes of the times and other chimes. New York. [S. Angell], 1870. First edition. 8vo. 210pp, [4]. With a mounted albumen portrait frontispiece and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Original publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. Signed by the author beneath albumen portrait: 'C. Bruchhausen / 1869'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21110