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[RHYMING DICK]. Rhyming dick and the Strolling Player: Being a true Account of the Life and Death of richard nancollas, the alehouse poet; and of a portuguese player, who died in london With another Narrative, shewing the Advantages of Societies for visiting the Sick. Nottingham. Printed by C. Sutton, for the Flying Stationers, [s.d., c.1805-1815] 16mo. 8pp. Unopened; folded from a single sheet, as issued. Slightly browned, small hole to central fold, paper flaw (and consequent softening) to the second leaf. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23254
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TAYLOR, Bayard. Rhymes of travel, ballads and poems. New York. George P. Putnam, 1849. Second edition. 8vo. 152, [2], 8pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, a trifle toned, occasional spotting, two printed clippings of Taylor's verse pasted to 'Notes' leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21772
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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
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A MOTHER [i.e. GURNEY, Maria]. Rhymes for my children. London. John W. Parker, 1840. Second edition, enlarged. Small 8vo. viii, 110, [6]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Text-block detached from binding. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34221
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LAWRENCE, T. E.. Revolt in the desert. New York. George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American trade edition. 8vo. xvi, [4], 335pp, [1]. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper (horse variant). Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper heavily worn and marked, with substantial loss and several tape repairs. Short tear to margin of p.9-10, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22256
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LAWRENCE, T.E.. Revolt in the desert. London. Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, 1927. First English edition (Limited edition, no. 63/300). Quarto. [2], 445pp, [1]. With half-title/limitation, coloured frontispiece portrait of Lawrence, eighteen further illustrations, nine of which are coloured, and a large folding map to rear. Original publisher's brown quarter-pigskin over sand-coloured buckram boards, gilt. Dustwrapper. T.E.G., others uncut. A remarkably preserved copy, with only the slightest of shelf-wear externally, bookplate (a skull with the initials PMF) and slight marking to FEP, else fine. Dustwrapper (correctly ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22016
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[TURNLEY, Joseph]. Reveries of affection in memory of that good and beloved prince His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort who departed this life on the fourteenth day of december 1861. [London]. [Dalziel Brothers, Camden Press], [1868]. Quarto. [12], 74pp. With four mounted photographic vignettes. Titles and text within ornamental borders printed in gold. Section-titles for each of the four Reveries not included in pagination. Attractively bound by Riviere (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in publisher's gilt-tooled red morocco, lettered 'In Memoriam' to upper board, supralibros (Royal arms) to centre of lower board, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed. Later armorial bookplate of Robin ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31112
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[BUNBURY, Selina]. Retrospections; a soldier's story. Dublin. William Curry, Jun. and Co., 1829. First edition. 12mo. 294pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, spotted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30076
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STEVENSON, Alan. Report to the committee of the commissioners of northern lights, appointed to take into consideration the subject of illuminating the lighthouses by means of lenses. Edinburgh. Printed by Neill & Company, 1835. First edition. Quarto. [2], 41pp, [3]. With six engraved plates (one of which folding). Original publisher's green roan-backed brown cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, else internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Admiral Sir David Milne with The Author's Respects'. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31602
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VICE ADMIRAL THE EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA. Report to the combined chiefs of staff by the supreme allied commander south-east asia 1943-1945. London. His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 280pp. With 39 maps and four charts. Contemporary cream cloth, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Original publisher's printed green wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed and marked. With later bookplate 'From the Library of the Earl of Avon', i.e., Sir Anthony Eden, loosely inserted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of upper wrapper: 'To Anthony, in memory of his very gallant son from Dickie'. More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29517
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GLANVILLE, John. Reports of certain cases, Determined and Adjudged by the commons in parliament, in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Years of the Reign of King James the First. . London. Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1775. First edition. 8vo. [4], cxiv, 153pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards, spine slightly pitted. Very minimal touch of spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31537
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[SOUTH AFRICA]. Reports, &c., on the working of the refugee camps in the transvaal, orange river colony, cape colony, and natal. London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, 1901. 384pp.

[Bound with:] South Africa. Further papers relating to the working of the refugee camps in south africa... London. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Darling & Son, 1902. iv, 134pp.

Folio. Later red half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, red cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28839
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[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323
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MILLET, A. F. Report on the settlement of the land revenue of the sultánpur district. Lucknow. Printed at the Oudh Government Press, 1873. First edition. 8vo. [2], 12, ii, iv, [4], 247, [3], 18, 12, xlvi, xvii pp, [1]. Contemporary green cloth. Extremities rubbed and wormed. Book-label of Allahabad-based advocate Pandit Sundar Lal to FEP, FFEP detached, ink-stamp of the Board of Revenue, Fort William, Calcutta to initial page of text, several leaves working-loose, worm-trails throughout, primarily marginal, though touching text at times without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30900
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[ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS]. Report on examination of medical practitioners. Drawn up by a committee of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh. Received and ordered to be printed 7th may 1833. Edinburgh. Printed by Neill & Company, 1833. First edition. Quarto. viii, 132pp. With manuscript leaf by F. H. Davidson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, tipped in facing title, later ink-stamp of the Ministry of Health to verso. Uncut in modern cloth-backed paper boards, printed paper label to upper board. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30597
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TYTLER, William Fraser. Report of the trial of the issues, in the action of defamation and damages, william fraser tytler, Esq. of Burdsyards, &c. sheriff-depute and vice-lieutenant of the county of inverness - pursuer, against lachlan mackintosh, Esq. of Raigmore - defender. Taken in Short Hand. Edinburgh. Printed for William Blackwood, 1823. First edition. 8vo. [8], 131, [1], 31pp, [1]. With a half-title. Later maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Naive marginal paper repairs to leaves L1- 2, scattered spotting. Letterpress slip tipped-in at title: 'Agreeably to the instructions he has received, the Publisher has the honor to transmit this Report to', completed in manuscript 'George Inglis Esq. of Kingsmill'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23517
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HEYWOOD, B. A.. Report of the state of the liverpool institution, made to the meeting of the proprietors on the 14th march, 1820. Liverpool. Printed by G. F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1820. First edition. 8vo. v, [2], 8-24pp. Original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, chipping to wrap edges, spotting. Title-page lightly foxed, else internally clean and crisp. Inscribed ‘Fasque’ to head of upper wrapper, from the recently dispersed Scottish Gladstone estates. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13682