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[SARPEDON]. A letter to mr. miles: occasioned by his late scurrilous attack on mr. burke, Conveyed to the Public through the Medium of A Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq. M.P.. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Owen, 1796. First edition. 8vo. [2], 66pp. Disbound. A trifle dust-soiled. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18312

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THOMSON, Arthur Saunders. Prize Thesis. Inaugural dissertation on the influence of climate on the health and mortality of the inhabitants of the different regions of the globe... Edinburgh. John Carfae and Son, 1837. First edition. 8vo. x, 102pp. With a half-title and a hand-coloured engraved folding map. Original publisher's stiff mauve wrappers. Extremities lightly marked, some loss to head and foot of sunned spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of upper wrapper: 'To the Right Honble. The Earl / of Airlie, with the most / respectful compliments of / the Author'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17512

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[WORDSWORTH, William]. Transactions of the wordsworth society No. IV.: Five portraits of the poet. [Edinburgh University Press]. [T. and A. Constable], [s.d., c.1882] First edition. 8vo. [3], 80-91pp, [1]. With five Woodburytype portraits. Original publisher's printed stiff card boards. Extremities lightly dust-soiled, splitting to upper joint, some creasing/short tears. Lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21624

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[SEWARD, A.]. The history of the church in the wilderness; or, Considerations respecting god's dealings with the members of the church, in all ages. Nottingham. Printed by Sutton and Son, 1814. First edition. 12mo. iv, [1], 6-110pp. Partially unopened in contemporary drab paper boards, recently rebacked. Extremities rubbed and marked. Without free-endpapers, paper repair to lower corner of title, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17532

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[WINDSOR]. The royal windsor guide, with a brief account of eton, Virginia Water, and the surrounding neighbourhood. Wndsor. Printed by J. B. Brown, [s.d., c.1850] New and enlarged edition. 8vo. 92pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 10 engraved plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary calf, stamped in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G.. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of George Steed to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21964

JEKYLL, Gertrude. Wall and water gardens. [London]. Country Life & George Newnes Ltd., [1901]. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 177pp, [1]. With 147 black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21990

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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

TOMLINSON, H. M.. Gallions reach: a romance. London. William Heinemann Ltd., [1927]. First edition. 8vo. [6], 292pp, [1]. Original publisher's turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn, browned, and spotted, closed tear to upper panel, loss to head, with paper repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of American bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr. (1910-2001), director of the Pierpont Morgan Library between 1948-1969, to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title from the ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21977

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BARROW, John. Memoirs of the naval worthies of queen elizabeth's reign; of their gallant deeds, daring adventures, and services, in the infant state of the british navy... London. John Murray, 1845. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 495pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Hinges exposed, occasional spotting, contemporary bookplate of William Morris Reade to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FFEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'William Morris Reade, from his sincere friend, Horace Andrew Walpole; on his leaving Eton: Easter, 1847'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21952

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MACKEY, Alexander. Six discourses on important passages of the word of god. Belfast. Printed for the author, 1839. First edition. 12mo. Volume one only, all published. [2], 172pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, remnant of paper lettering-piece to spine. Foxed, endpapers soiled. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 16860

MACKEY, Alexander. Six discourses on important passages of the word of god. Vol. I. Belfast. Printed for the author, 1839. First edition. 12mo. Volume one only, all published. [2], 172pp. Original publisher's black cloth. Rubbed and marked, remnant of paper lettering-piece to spine. Inked ownership inscription to recto of shaved FFEP, foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21961

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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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COLMAN, George. The poor gentleman: a comedy, in five acts... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. 8vo. 77pp, [1]. Later buff paper boards, calf lettering-piece. Extremities lightly marked and sunned. Foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19459

[HURDIS, James]. The village curate, a poem. Bishopstone, Sussex. Printed at the Author's own press, and sold by J. Johnson, 1797. A new and improved edition (being the fourth). 8vo. [4], 136pp, [2]. Without one final publisher's advertisement leaf. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20863

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[PRICE, Richard]. Observations on reversionary payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and Persons in Old Age; on The Method of Calculating the Values of Assurances on Lives; and on The national debt... London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1773. Third edition. 8vo. xxxix, [1], 431pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily worn. Later inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21943

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EHRMAN, J. P. W.. [Drop-head title:] The official papers transferred by pepys to the admiralty by 12 july 1689. [London]. [s.n.], [1948]. First offprint edition. Quarto. [1], 256-270pp. Later blue cloth. Light shelf-wear. Spotting to endpapers. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of first page: 'With love - Ehrman'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21946

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[THEATRE ROYAL, YORK]. Theatre-Royal, York...For the benefit of Mr. walker. Wednesday Evening, May 17th, 1843, Her Majesty's Servants will perform, for the first time for many years, the deeply interesting Play of The deserter or, the point of honour!... York. Blyth and Moore, [1843]. Dimensions 190 x 310 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21391

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[THEATRE ROYAL, YORK]. Theatre-Royal, York...By desire & under the patronage of the members of the york choral society Thursday Evening, May 11th, 1843, Her Majesty's Servants will perform Morton's Opera, in Three Acts, of Henri Quatre; Or, Paris in the Olden Time... York. Blyth and Moore, [1843]. Dimensions 190 x 310 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21389

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[THEATRE ROYAL, YORK]. Theatre-Royal, York...On Friday Evening, May 12th, 1843, Her Majesty's Servants will perform, for the first time for several years, Reynold's celebrated Opera of the exile: or, the deserts of siberia...To conclude with, for the first time in this Theatre, Selby's new Farce, now performing in London, and at most of the Provincial theatres, entitled, boots at the swan... [York]. [s.n.], [1843]. Dimensions 180 x 310 mm. Single leaf broadside. Lightly damp-stained to head, a trifle creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21388

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[THEATRE ROYAL, YORK]. Theatre-royal, york...This present Evening, thursday, March 9th, 1843 Her Majesty's Servants will perform the admired Opera of love in a village... York. Blyth and Moore, [1843]. Dimensions 190 x 310 mm. Single leaf broadside. Damp-stained to head, a trifle creased, very small hole to lower corner. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21390