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[BENGAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT]. Directions for revenue officers in the north-western provinces of the bengal presidency, regarding the settlement and collection of the land revenue, and the other duties connected therewith. Promulgated under the authority of the honorable the lieutenant-governor. Agra, November 1, 1849. Calcutta. Printed by J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, [1850]. 8vo. 513pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan. marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, surface loss to boards, joints starting, worming and chipping to spine. Hinges exposed, extensive worming to gutters/endpapers, pencilled shelf-marks to head of detached title page, imprint date rubbed away, very occasional early manuscript notes to margins. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28119
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BOSSUET, [Jacques-Benigne]. Discours sur l'histoire universelle. A Paris. De l'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes de Pierre Didot L'Aine, 1803. Edition stereotype. 12mo. In three volumes. [6], 257, [1]; [2], 283, [1]; [3], 6-298pp, [2]. Without half-titles. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Virginia to head of all titles, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21567
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[PHILIP, George]. [Dissected maps on cubes]. London & Liverpool. George Philip & Son, [s.d.] Dimensions 190 x 240 mm. Complete. Hand-coloured engraved maps, dissected and mounted on 20 wooden cubes. Slightest marking to surfaces. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34104
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WITHER, George. Divine Poems (by way of Paraphrase) on the Ten Commandments... London. Printed for Joseph Marshall, 1728. Second edition. [16], 118pp. Preliminaries misbound. With 12 engraved illustrations in the text. ESTC N55028. ESTC records a single copy of this edition in the British Isles (V&A), and one further in North America (Illinois).

[Bound after:] MURPHY, Arthur. The grecian daughter. A tragedy... London Printed for W. Lowndes, 1796. 60pp. Early inked ownership inscription to browned title page. Not in ESTC.

[And:] ADDISON, [Joseph]. Cato. A ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 28851
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WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs attempted in easy language for the use of children. London. Printed for C. Dilly et al., 1800. 12mo. x, 70pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements.Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Extremities worn, marked, and bumped, surface loss to spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'William Steevens / Wycombe / Bucks / 1800 / 9th mo: 22nd', small holes to text of leaves A3 and F5 (without loss of sense). More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25147
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WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs, in easy language, for the use of children. Glasgow. Published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1814. 32mo. 30pp, [2]. First and terminal leaves pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With 10 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. Rubbed and lightly dust-soiled, title in manuscript to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19805
Photo of "Dodo: a detail of the ..."
BENSON, E. F. . Dodo: a detail of the day. London. Methuen and Co. , 1893. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [8] 216; [6] 218-441pp, [16]. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in gilt. Slightly shaken, all edges shelf-worn and bumped, with evidence of early library plates being removed from the front boards. A little toned throughout, fore and bottom edge uncut. Decorative endpapers, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Slightly toned throughout, with a split in the page block at pp.328/329, Vol II. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30091
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DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and son. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 624pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 38 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Without half-title or errata leaf. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Oswald Augustus Smith to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting, offsetting. First Edition, early issue, with none of the usual ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30133
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DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and son. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [vi-xi], xii-xvi. 624pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 38 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Without half-title or errata leaf. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Sir James Clark Brook to verso of FFEP, scattered ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30820
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LEGH, Richmond. Domestic portraiture; or, the successful application of religious principle in the education of a family; exemplified in the memoirs of three of the deceased children of the rev. legh richmond. London. Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1847. Seventh edition. 8vo. xxviii, 372pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine a trifle dulled. Marbled endpapers, ticket of Josiah Fletcher, bookseller of Norwich to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Henry & Mary Anne Birkbeck / from / their very affectionate friend / Catherine Gurney / 25th Oct. 1849'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33001
Photo of "Domestic sanitary measures. Fyfe & ..."
[FYFE & COMPANY]. Domestic sanitary measures. Fyfe & Co. engineers and machinists...Respectfully invite the Public to inspect the following useful articles at their Repository of Scientific Inventions for Sanitary Purposes... [London]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1850] Quarto. [4]pp. Single folded sheet. Manuscript title to verso of final blank page. Three early horizontal folds.

[Together with:] [An advertisement for Fyfe's 'Fixed Water Closets']. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Dimensions 200 x 180 mm. Three early folds. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25330
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
Photo of "Do not forget to pray"
[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. Do not forget to pray. London. Religious Tract Society [Reed & Pardon, Printers], [s.d., c. 1855] 8pp.

[Together with:] The plate of cherries. London. Religious Tract Society [Reed & Pardon, Printers], [s.d., c. 1855]. 8pp.

[And:] Now is the time! London. Religious Tract Society [Reed & Pardon, Printers], [s.d., c. 1855]. 8pp.

[And:] The two rich young men. London. Religious Tract Society [Reed & Pardon, Printers], [s.d., c. 1855]. 8pp.

[And:] The shepherd and his flock. London. Religious Tract Society [Reed ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32586
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NEWBERY, Francis. Donum Amicis. Verses on various occasions.. London. Printed for the Author by Thomas Davison, 1815. First edition. 8vo. 72pp. With a half-title. Finely bound in contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and sunned. Armorial bookplate of the Bridehead estate, Dorset, to FEP, very occasional spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Robert Williams Esquire. From the author'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34516