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[GALLATIN, Abraham Albert]. Report of the secretary of the treasury, on the subject of public roads and canals; made in pursuance of a resolution of senate of march 2, 1807.. Philadelphia. Printed by William Duane, 1808. Second edition. 8vo. 123pp, [1]. Recent gilt-tooled half-half, marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Slight browning to title, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26487

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[PUBLIC HOUSES]. Report of the proceedings of the committee of justices of peace for the county of renfrew, upon the means of improving the practice of licensing public houses. [Paisley]. [Alex. Gardner, Printer], [1847]. First edition. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Unbound. Central vertical fold. A trifle dusty, manuscript title to verso of final leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25576

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[SCOTTISH MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMY]. Report of the ordinary directors of the scottish military and naval academy. Read and approved of at a meeting of the extraordinary and ordinary directors, on 31st december 1829. Edinburgh. Prined by M. Anderson, 1830. First edition. [4], 16pp. With a folding frontispiece.

[Bound with:] Report by the directors of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy, to the subscribers; occasioned by a printed letter addressed to them by major downes. Edinburgh. [s.n.], 1832. 36pp. With a folding table.

8vo. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. A trifle marked. Stab-stitch holes to gutters, inked ownership inscription of Sir John ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30221

KERR, Rev. Dr. Report of the late rev. dr. kerr, senior chaplain of fort st. george, to the right honourable lord william bentinck, on the State of the Christians inhabiting the kingdoms of cochin and travancore. London. Printed by H. Bryer, 1813. First edition. 8vo. 16pp. Stitched, as issued. Two old horizontal folds, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 32622

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ROBERTSON, Charles. Report of the auchterarder case, the earl of kinnoull, and the rev. r. young, against the presbytery of auchterarder. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1838. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 408, 36[4], 451, [1], 16pp. With tipped-in errata slips. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28555

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[AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA]. Report of the agricultural and horticultural society of india, for the year 1841 [sic]. Calcutta. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. First edition. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].

8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
mentioned work (title and drop-head title). More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32634

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[WESTERN AFRICA]. Report of commissioner of inquiry on the western coast of africa. Climate, and it's influence on health. London. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1842. First edition. Folio. 46pp. Stitched, as issued. Slight chipping to fore-edge of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24365

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[SMYTH, Florence]. Report of a judgment...relating to the validity of the will of mrs. florence smyth, of ashton court, in the county of somerset, deceased. With appendix and notes. Clifton. Printed for the proprietor, 1854. First edition. 8vo. iv, [5], 6-34pp. Later morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Original publisher's plain green wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of William George's Sons of Bristol and recent bookplate of F. W. Morris to FEP, amorial bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox to front blank fly-leaf, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24300

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON DECIMAL COINAGE. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. [London]. [s.n.], 1853. First edition. Folio. xiv, 185pp, [1]. Later blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, very short closed tear to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23905

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DUBEN, Benedict. Repetitio Miraculorum et Rerum Mirandarum, Quae Circa Tempus Nativitatis, Hoc Est, Paulo Ante, in & Non Multo Post Nativitarum Christi Evenerunt.... Wittebergae. Excusa Typis M. Georgii Mulleri, 1597. Small 8vo. One work in two parts, bound in two volumes. [94], [80]. Recent marbled boards. Some marginal loss to title, a little fraying to final signature. Closed tear to H2, some browning. Extensively annotated in Latin, in a contemporary or near-contemporary European hand. Not in Adams. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 9860

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RAINES, Rev. F. R. [editor]. Rentale de Cokersand: being the bursar's rent roll of the abbey of cokersand, in the county palatine of lancaster, for the year 1501. Printed from the original. [Manchester]. Printed for the Chetham Scoiety, 1861. Quarto. xviii, 46pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half- calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Extensively annotated in a contemporary hand; these manuscript notes are primarily translations of deeds from Middle English to Modern English. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23664

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[SIDEY, James Archibald]. Remollescences of a Medical Student: with an anthropophology of the author and a physician's holiday. Edinburgh. Maclachlan & Stewart, 1886. First edition. Quarto. [8], 54pp, [2]. With a half-title, a real photograph frontispiece, and 80 engraved illustrations in the text by John Smart and Charles Doyle. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31247

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HAWTREY, Stephen. Reminiscences of a French Eton. London. Printed by Mary S. Rickerby, 1867. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 79pp, [1]. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green buckram. Slight rubbing to extremities. Upper hinge exposed, occasional very light dust-soiling. Presentation copy, inscribed to title; 'R. K. Phillipps / from his sincere / friend / the writer'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13973

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[REMBRANDT]. Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van rembrandt op 15 juli 1606. [Haarlem]. [Joh. Enschede ed Zonen], 1956. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 215pp, [1]. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations in the text. Contemporary green half-morocco, dark green cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28051

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[WOOL TRADE]. Remarks upon Mr. webber’s scheme and the draper’s pamphlet. London. Sold by J. Roberts, 1741. First edition. 8vo. 40pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. A trifle dusty. Scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25221

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LAW, William. Remarks upon A Late book, entituled, The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Publick Benefits in a Letter to the Author... London. Printed for Will. and John Innys, 1724. First edition. 8vo. [2], 106pp. Without half-title or final advertisement leaf. Disbound. Heavily foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15609

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ASTLEY, Philip. Remarks on the profession and duty of a soldier; with other observations relative to the army, at this time in actual service on the continent. London. Printed for J. Moore and N. Stanley, 1794. Second edition. 8vo. 56pp. With an engraved frontispiece (The French mode of pointing cannon as practised at Valenciennes during the siege of 1793). A reissue with cancel title page of edition with 'Hercules-Hall, Lambeth, London' in title and 'Printed for the author' in imprint. Original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Worn and marked. Long tear and naive paper repair to leaf C3 - touching text, but without loss of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22783

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NIMROD [APPERLEY, Charles James]. Remarks on the conditions of hunters, the choice of horses, and their management... London. Printed and published by M. A. Pittman, 1831. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 503pp, [1]. Contemporary cloth-backed buff paper boards, author's name in manuscript to spine. Rubbed, surface loss to boards, spine chipped and sunned. Hinges exposed, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, author's name added in manuscript to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27571

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WEBB, Daniel. Remarks on the beauties of poetry. London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762. First edition. 8vo. [4], 125pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf backed blue paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Stamped in blind by Worchester Public Library to title, subsequent two leaves, and final three leaves, all leaves lightly toned, marginal dust-soiling to final gathering and blank RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12210

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BOULTON, M. P. W. Remarks on some evidence recently communicated to the photographic society. London. Printed by Bradbury & Evans, 1863. First edition. 8vo. 6pp, [2]. Sewn, as issued. Very short tears at head. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25225