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B[RETON], [W[illiam]. Militia Discipline. The Words of Command, and directions for Exercising the Musket, Bayonet, and Carthridge: And the exercise for the Soldiers of the Militia Horse, Arm'd with Carbine, Pistols, and Sword... London. Printed by R. Harbin, and Sold by J. Morphew, 1717. Fourth ediiton. 8vo in 4s. [8], 67pp, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, Later rebacked. Boards worn. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, title browned, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30264
MILTON, [John]. Milton's paradise lost. London. Printed T. Bensley, 1802. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 264; [2], 250pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and a further 12 engraved plates. Finely bound by Stoakley in early twentieth-century gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle dulled. Very occasional early inked annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30201
MARSH, Edward. Minima. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1947]. First edition. 8vo. 1,000 copies printed (100 signed by the author), of which this is number 41. [10], 38pp. Title in red and black. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Bookplate of Dennis Silk to FEP, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25976
[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE TREATY]. Ministerial artifice detected, or, a full answer to a pamphlet lately published, Intitled, The Interests of the Empress Queen, the Kings of France and Spain, &c. betrayed in the Preliminary Articles at Aix-la-Chapelle.. London. Printed for A. Hill, 1749. Second edition. 8vo. 32pp. Modern grey paper boards, original gilt-tooled green morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34549
AIKIN, J[ohn]. AIKEN, A[nna]. L[aetitia].. Miscellaneous pieces, in prose. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1775. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 219pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Armorial bookplate of Lavington House to FEP, later shelf-label of Wilberforce Library, Backsettown to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27019
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Miscellaneous Poems. London. William Benbow, 1826. 8vo. [2], 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later full calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper board sunned. Bookplate of John A. Radford to FEP, leaves browned and stained, title and frontispiece chipped, and small marginal loss to upper edge of terminal leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31162
BYROM, John. Miscellaneous Poems. Manchester. Printed by J. Harrop, 1773. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], vi, 352; [4], vi, 353pp, [1]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, without Vol. II lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22055
TAYLOR, James. Miscellaneous poems. Oldham. Printed by Hirst & Rennie, 1864. First edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 178pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers stained, blind-stamps of the Werneth Mechanics Institute, Oldham, to title page, and leaves B2, C2, and C3. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Presented to the / Werneth Mechanic's / Institution / by / Mr. Wallace Rennie / Decr. 5th 1865'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30510
COOK, Reverend Thomas. Miscellaneous poems. Kidderminster. Printed by T. Pennell, 1832. First edition. 8vo. [6], 40pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to verso of front blank fly-leaf. Subscriber's copy, ink ownership inscription to FEP: 'Mrs. Brown Westhead / Lea Castle'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22379
B[ULLOCK], J[ames] T[rower]. Miscellaneous poems. London. Edward West, 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 128pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32290
O'LEARY, Rev. Arthur. Miscellaneous tracts... London. Printed by H. Reynell, For P. Keating, 1782. Third edition. 8vo. [2], v-xx, 417pp, [1]. Without half-title. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed and marked. Occasional ink-stamps of the Pantasaph Monastery library, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25287
ARMSTRONG, John. Miscellanies. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1770. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [1], 216; iv, 279pp, [1]. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked to style, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21711
ARMSTRONG, John. Miscellanies. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1770. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 216pp; iv, 279pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, small loss to head of each spine. Manuscript shelf-marks to both FEPs. Armorial bookplate of James Street to FEP of vol. I, with his inked ownership inscription of to head of p.5, vol.Il. Endpapers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34144
EMBRY, Basil, Sir. Mission completed. London. Methuen & Co., 1957. First edition. 8vo. 350pp. Numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP and his inked ownership inscription 'Bill / 6th August 1957' to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25835
[HAVERGAL, Frances Ridley]. Mizpah. [London]. [Ernest Nister], [Printed in Bavaria], [s.d., c. 1897] 16mo. [16]pp. Chromolithographed illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial boards, contemporary - and likely original - glassine wrapper. Slight shelf-wear, wrapper dulled. Early inked gift inscription to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34244