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SMITHERS, Henry. Liverpool, its commerce, statistics, and institutions; with a history of the cotton trade. Liverpool. Printed by Thos. Kaye, 1825. First edition. Quarto. [8], viii, 461pp, [1], iii, [1]. With half-title, and two leaves of plates. Extra illustrated with 46 tipped-in engraved plates, several further plates and newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Contemporary [original?] drab paper boards, rebacked and recornered in late nineteenth-century tan calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Ink ownership inscription to FEP; 'R. R. Made-King / 1894', engraved ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15324

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LITTLETON, [Sir Thomas].. Littleton's tenures in English. Lately perused and amended. London. Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. 8vo. 142ff, [2]. Later (twentieth-century?) gilt-tooled brown calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, joints cracking at head and foot of spine, trimmed ownership inscription to head of title, occasional marginal numeration; nevertheless, a nicely presented and firmly bound example of an often heavily used legal text. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25196

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[WAYLAND, Jane]. Little Sophy, a true story, for little children. Derby. Printed for Henry Mozley, [c.1830]. Second edition, enlarged. 12mo. [5], 6-108pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, very slight loss to lower corner of title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23395

[JUVENILE]. Little Sophy, a true story, for little children. Derby. Printed by and for Henry Mozley, [c.1830]. Second edition, enlarged. 12mo. [5], 6-108pp. With half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary red half calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed with some surface loss to spine and board edges. Ink inscription 'Emma Sutherland November 1830' to recto of FFEP, heavily foxed throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 11778

[CHILDREN'S CHAPBOOKS]. Little Peepy. London. William Wesley, [s.d., c. 1855] 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. Apparently unrecorded.

[Bound with:] Little Folk's Books. The story of Little Maia. Edited by the Madame de Chatelain. [London]. [Darton & Co.], [s.d. c. 1855]. [16]pp. OCLC records copies at just two locations (Princeton and Toronto). Darton H150.

[And:] The little fortune seekers. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33132

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[SCHMID, Johann Christoph von]. Little henry of eichenfels, showing how he came to the knowledge of god. Translated from the German by A. P. Yeovil. Whitby, Bookseller, 1858. [2], 72pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34226

SHERWOOD, Mrs.. Little Henry and his bearer. London. T. Nelson and Sons, 1862. 12mo. 62pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'John Williams / Gift of Friend's first day school / 5 mo. 25th. 1863'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26267

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STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Little foxes, or, the little failings which mar domestic happiness. London. George Bell & Sons, 1896. Author's edition, revised. 8vo. [8], 133pp, [3]. Original publisher's printed tan wrappers. Extremities sunned and browned, some chipping to spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21313

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BYRD, Richard Evelyn. Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic & the flight to the South Pole. London. G. P. Putman's Sons, [1931]. First British edition. 8vo. xvi, 422pp. With 74 illustrations and maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed, spine sunned. Pictorial endpapers, upper hinge exposed with upper board working-loose. Bookplate of George Lowe to verso of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23619

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RICHARDSON, Joseph. Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson...consisting of the comedy of the fugitive, and a few short poems; with a sketch of the life of the author... London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [6], 176pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary morocco backed marbled boards cornered in vellum, gilt. Rubbed, slight chipping to spine. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Subscriber's copy, from the library of the Earl of Guilford, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11400

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[LITERARY MEMOIRS OF GERMANY]. Literary memoirs of germany and the north, Being a Choice Collection of essays on the following interesting subjects, viz. Alchemy, Algebra & Analysis, Anatomy, Animal Oeconomy...Done from the latin and high-dutch, By a society of gentlemen. London. Printed for J. Warcus...and J. Ross, 1759. Second edition. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one. [2], viii, 460; 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and a further 12 engraved plates (10 folding). Early sheep-backed paper boards. Extremities heavily worn. Very occasional chipping to margins. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Wallis to title page, dedication page, verso of first plate (alongside later inscription of Stephen Cummins), head of first leaf of text, and above caption title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19198

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DRAKE, Nathaniel. Literary hours: or sketches critical, narrative, and poetical. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [6], iv, ii, 458; [2], ii, 481, [1], x; [2], ii, 552, vi pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges. Very lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19375

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RAWNSLEY, Rev. H[ardwicke] D[rummond]. Literary Associations of the English Lakes. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1901. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, [3], 236, [2]; vii, [3], 251pp. With half-titles and 32 plates. Extra-illustrated with 156 plates, primarily engraved landscapes views of the Lake District and portraits of the Romantics and their circle. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy crushed half-morocco, blue cloth boards, T.E.G.Slightest of rubbing. Bookplates of Brackenburn and morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31072

[ANTHROPOLOGY]. List of the members of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Correct to March 1872. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1872. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps. Extremities lightly dust-soiled and foxed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13338

[WILLIAM IV]. List of Persons who are to be admitted into the Entrée Room St. James's Palace 25th March 1835. [s.i.]. [s.d.], 1835. 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [7]pp manuscript register, the remainder blank. Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, fore-edge partially dusty-soiled. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28951

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[GREY, Henry George Grey, Earl]. List of Enclosures in the Correspondence of the 3rd Earl Grey in Earl Grey's papers from the muniment Room at Howick now deposited in The Prior's Kitchen, Durham. Durham. [University of Durham], 1962. First edition. Folio. [1], 218ff. Printed in typescript on rectos only. Contemporary grey cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21988

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[BRITISH MUSEUM]. List of catalogues, guide books, and other publications published by the british museum. [London]. [s.n.], [1922]. 8vo. 32pp. Stitched, as issued. Housed in modern marbled paper slipcase. Lightly browned, loss and subsequent naive paper repairs to foot of title page and gutter of terminal leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34806

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[HUNTER, John]. List of books, manuscripts, portraits, &c., relating to john hunter in the royal college of surgeons of england. [London]. [Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1891. First edition. 8vo. 8pp. Sewn, as issued. Very short marginal tear to terminal leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30755

CRAWFORD, Mrs. A. Lismore. London. Thomas Cautley Newby, 1853. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 283; [2], 282; [2], 264, [2], 16pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Contemporary blind-tooled black calf-backed, green cloth-tipped marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, corners bumped, remnants of bookseller's advertisement to upper board of Vol. I. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, short tear to leaf D8 of Vol. III, ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 22311

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[NELSON, Admiral Lord]. Lines composed since the death of Lord Nelson, Sung to the Tune of Rule Britannia. [s.i.]. [s.n., s.d., c.1821] Single leaf slip-song, dimensions: 220 x 160mm. Printed, the text in black letter, on paper watermarked 1821 (beneath a fleur-de-lys and the initials FC&McM). Neat repairs to verso, making good margins where evidently removed from an album More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21841