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[ALLAHABAD]. Code of municipal laws & rules allahabad municipality. Allahabad. Printed at the Municipal Press, 1892. Quarto. [2], 3, [1], 35, [1], 6, [20], 61-[62], 9-19, [1], 16, 7, [1], 92-94, [21], 3, [1], [7], 21, [1], 3, [1], 9, [1], 15, [1], 11, [3], 11, [1], 9, [1], 4, [2], 2pp. Quarto. Twentieth century light blue cloth boards. Rubbed, lightly marked, a few minute wormholes, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, leaves lightly browned, outer margin of title page trimmed, occasional marginal text ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34967

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[B. A. T.]. [Cobbler Stick to Your Last or The Adventures of Joe Dobson, exhibited in sixteen elegant copper-plate engravings]. [London]. [John Harris], [1807 or c.1828]. 16mo?. [16]ff. Hand-coloured loose engravings, each featuring two rhyming couplets, also engraved. Trimmed tightly with occasional shaving (including loss of imprint), some marking and closed tears; evidence of old glue to verso, these were clearly once mounted. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24879

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BUCHANAN, George. Clinical surgical report for the year 1870. [Glasgow]. [s.n], [1871]. Reprinted from the Glasgow Medical Journal, Vol. 3 No. 2 Feb. 1871. 8vo. 16pp. Unbound. Occasional spots of foxing, slight dust-soiling to drop-head title, creasing to all leaf corners. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 12002

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FITZGERALD, E[dward] A[rthur] et al.. Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Being an Account of Travel and Discovery. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Second edition. Quarto. xvi, 363pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. With a frontispiece, a further 48 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text ('original drawings by Joseph Pennell, H.G. Willink, A.D. McCormick, photographs by the author'). Large foldings map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in dark brown, T.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, bookplate of George Lowe to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23440

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[VIRGIL]. Clavis Virgiliana: or, a vocabulary Of all the words in virgil's Bucolics, Georgics, and Aeneid...For the Use of schools, And the Improvement of those who have made but a small Progress in the Knowledge of the Latin Tongue. London. Printed for T. Astley, 1742. First edition. 8vo. [4], 191pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn, some surface loss, small holes to spine, boards a trifle bowed. Slight damp-staining to lower margins, occasional short tears/holes to gutter. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16215

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[PRETYMAN, George]. Claim and case and evidence in the service of George Lord Bishop of Winchester, as nearest heir-male in general of Sir Thomas Pretyman of Greensfarme, baronet of Nova Scotia, and retour of the service. 1823. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. Folio. iv, 47pp, [1]. With a folding genealogical table. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked to style. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate to FEP, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25295

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CAESAR, Julius. C. julii cæsaris commentarii de bello gallico et civili... Londini [i.e. London]. Apud Ricardum Priestley, 1825. Editio nova [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. xxviii, [4], 675pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting calf lettering-piece, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Scattered spotting. Inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Frederic William Coleridge from his affectionate Papa on his being sent up for Good for the first time. July 1840. August 1st 1840', with ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge beneath. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 35425

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MASON, Mrs.. Civilizing mountain men or sketches of mission work among the karens. London. James Nisbet & Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 384, 4pp. With a chromolithographed folding frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement leaves. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked. Hinges exposed, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 35438

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[HEREFORD LIBRARY]. City of Hereford: The eighteenth annual report of the committee of the free public library and museum, to the town council. 1889-90. Hereford. S. Adams, [1890]. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Light vertical crease to centre of all leaves, slight splitting at spine, rust-spots from staples, else clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 17262

[BRISTOL AUCTION]. City of bristol. To be Let by Auction...The Following valuable Premises situate in the parish of brislington in the county of somerset, in the immediate vicinity of bristol, And several of the Lot's possessing an extensive Frontage against the Bath Road, and presenting advantageous Sites for Building... Bristol. Mills and Son, Printers, [1833]. Folio. Single bifolia. [4]pp. Docket title to p.[4]. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Some loss/tearing at folds and margins, touching text in places with some loss of sense, a trifle creased and dust-soiled, priced-up in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32009

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A BURGESS [i.e. KINGTON, John Barnett]. City and port of bristol. Letters, essays, tracts, and other documents, illustrative of the municipal history of bristol, and of the trade of its port... Bristol. W. Browne, 1836. 12mo. In 13 parts (with pp.25-33 of a related pamphlet at end), each with individual pagination, most with a separate title page, the majority with the imprint: Bristol, W. H. Somerton, 1835. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering- piece. Rubbed and marked. Ticket of William George & Sons of Bristol to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy- ink inscription to front ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29708

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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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LUKE, Harry, Sir. Cities and men: an autobiography. London. Geoffrey Bles, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrappers. Lightly rubbed, some chipping and loss to price-clipped dustwrappers. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates and inked ownership inscriptions of John Marstan Gamley to endpapers of Vols. I and II and half-title of Vol. III. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21978

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[CHURCHILL, Winston]. SANDYS, Celia. Churchill by his granddaugter. London. Imperial War Museum, 2011. First edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's wrappers. A trifle rubbed, lower wrapper lightly marked. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author 'Darling Jane with much love Celia 9th May 2014'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34172

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[CHUBB & SON]. Chubb's patent locks and safes [a catalogue].. London. [s.n.], October 1st, 1867 Large folio, dimensions 345 x 515mm. 9pp, [1]. Folded, with both horizontal and vertical creases, slight tearing to folds, spotting and manuscript docket title to lower wrapper. Original publisher's printed wrappers, with elaborate decoration to upper wrappers and copious engraved illustrations throughout. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21467

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AN ADEPT [i.e. JOHNSTONE, Charles]. Chrysal; or the adventures of a guinea. London. Printed for Hector M'lean, 1821. New edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], viii, 319pp, [1]; [6], 321pp, [1]; [6], 326pp, [4]. With half-title and engraved colour frontispiece to each volume, 12 further colour engraved plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Original publisher's red roan-backed buff paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight surface loss to boards. Very slight spotting to endpapers, otherwise ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33439

AN ADEPT [i.e. JOHNSTONE, Charles]. Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea... London. Printed for T. Becket, 1760. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xxvi, [12], 234; [12], 275pp, [1]. Bound by Riviere in later gilt-tooled mottled calf, recently rebacked preserving spine panels and contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. Housed in modern brown cloth slipcase. Rubbed, chipping to spines. Armorial bookplate of J. Leveson Douglas Stewart and later bookplate of American industrialist and bibliophile Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) to FEPs. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29123

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FLEETWOOD, Bishop [William]. Chronicon Preciosum: or, an account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other Commodities; and of Stipends, Salaries, Wages, Jointures, Portions, Day-labour, &c. in england, for Six hundred Years last past... London. Printed for T. Osbourne, 1745. Second edition. 8vo. [10], 147, [3], 30pp, [2]. With 12 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Porchester and paper shelf-labels to FEP, short marginal tear to foot of leaf B1, light dampstaining to gutter. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33171

FORDE, Georgiana M.. Christ The King of Love: A simple Life of Our Lord. London. Skeffington & Son, 1906. Second Impression. (Third and Fourth Thousands). 8vo. x, 163pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary prize binding, red calf, gilt supra libros of Christ's Hospital to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize bookplate to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23222

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BRADLEY-BIRT, F. B. Chota Nagpore a little-known province of the empire. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 310pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 43 photographic plates, a sketch map, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. One plate detached. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP:' Offered to / Mr. Thos. Macpherson / by the writer / Gobindpur / Chota Nagpore / 28.6.3'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31592