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Photo of "Napoleon the third"
[PHILLIPS, Charles]. Napoleon the third. London. Richard Bentley, 1854. Third edition. 8vo. 35pp. Sewn, as issued. Spine later naively reinforced with brown paper. Ink-stamp of Thomas Gaisford to upper wrapper, unrelated inked manuscript price list to lower wrapper. Wrappers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34140
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[AIX-LA-CHAPELLE TREATY]. Ministerial artifice detected, or, a full answer to a pamphlet lately published, Intitled, The Interests of the Empress Queen, the Kings of France and Spain, &c. betrayed in the Preliminary Articles at Aix-la-Chapelle.. London. Printed for A. Hill, 1749. Second edition. 8vo. 32pp. Modern grey paper boards, original gilt-tooled green morocco lettering-piece preserved and pasted to spine. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34549
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[MATTHIAE, August Heinrich]. Index of quotations from greek authors contained in the fifth edition of blomfield's translation of of matthiæ's grammar.. London. John Murray, 1833. First edition. 8vo. 16, [4], 236pp. With a preliminary catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's tan paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spine, lettering-piece chipped. Armorial bookplate of Julius Lucius Brenchley to FFEP, browning to endpapers and initial leaves of text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34507
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JONES, Dr. bence. The life and letters of faraday. London. Longman, Green, and Co., 1870. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vi, [4], 427, [1], 24; [6], 499pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, one further engraved plate, six engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Early inked ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18193
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[PINDAR, Peter, i.e. WOLCOTT, John]. A poetical, supplicating, modest, and affecting epistle to those literary colossuses, the reviewers. London. Printed for the Author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1778. First edition. [2], 8pp. ESTC T174481.

[Bound with:] PINDAR, Peter. Lyric odes to the royal academicians, for M,DCC,LXXXII. London. Printed for G. Kearsley, 1787. Eighth edition, enlarged. 36pp. ESTC N3345.

[And:] PINDAR, Peter. More lyric odes to the royal academicians...and to the laureat to the academy. London. Printed for J. Kearsley. 1789. Fifth edition. [2], 5-35pp, [1]. Without half-title. ESTC T41415.

[And:] PINDAR, Peter. Lyric odes for ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 11756
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MARSHALL, Mrs. Julian. The life & letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 369, [1]; viii, 325pp, [1]. With photogravure frontispieces to each volume. Contemporary red roan-backed red cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spines heavily worn and cracked. Endpapers browned, armorial bookplates of A. G. Foster-Barham to FEPs, early inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Clarked to both FFEPs, later ownership inscription of E. Morgan Humphreys pasted to FFEP ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32490
Photo of "L'allegro and il penseroso"
MILTON, John. L'allegro and il penseroso. [London]. The Art-Union of London, 1848. Quarto. [64]pp. With 30 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Cuff brothers of Preston in contemporary dark green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt, dentelles, binder's ticket to FEP, fosed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32514
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[DUCAREL, Andrew Coltée] . Bibliotheca topographica britannica. No V. Containing the history of the royal hospital and collegiate church of St. katharine, near the tower of london, from its foundation in the year 1273, to the present time. . London. Printed by and for J.Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1782. First edition. Quarto. iv, viii, 46pp, 74pp,*74-*75, 75-112pp. With an additional title page, engraved frontispiece, seven large folding engravings, and six further engraved plates, depicting the exterior, interior, and architectural detail of the chapel. Loosely inserted ALS by the Warden of the Chapel, dated 1926. Later half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight surface loss to joints and ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 17525
Photo of "The hotchkiss revolving cannon. Descriptions ..."
VERY, Lieut. Edward W. The hotchkiss revolving cannon. Descriptions and illustrations of the systems as designed for Naval Service, field Artillery and flank Defence... Paris. Printed for private circulation, 1885. Quarto. [4], 76pp. With a phototype frontispiece and a further 30 phototype/lithographic plates. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, recently rebacked. Rubbed, marked, and bumped. Numerous marginal tears, many naively repaired with clear tape. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30520
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COLLAS, Achille. CHORLEY, Henry F. The authors of england. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of british artists. London. Charles Tilt, 1838. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 93, [1], 12pp, [2]. With an additional engraved title page, a further 15 plates engraved by Collas's patent process, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's embossed brown cloth, later neatly rebacked, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary ticket of booksellers W. Pritchard of Carnarvon, armorial bookplate and inked ownership inscription of Lord Newborough to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32506
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MEREDITH, George. Poems and lyrics of the joy of earth. London. Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition. 8vo. ix, 181pp, [3]. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, half-title and a terminal leaf of meter explanations for three poems. Contemporary navy paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of H.P. Addleshaw, Sept. 2nd 1889, to half-title. Small manuscript addition to terminal leaf of meter notation. Spotting to ... More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 34539
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MEYNELL, Alice. Poems . London. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Second edition. 8vo. ix, [3], 72pp, [4]. With half-title. Uncut in original publisher's olive green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed, with boards and spine toned, edges singed. Inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw to FFEP. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34540
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FREND, William. Evening amusements; or, the beauty of the heavens displayed. In which several striking appearances, to be observed on various evenings in the heavens, during the year 1813, are described.. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1813. First edition. 8vo. iv, 192pp. Contemporary blue half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, boards and spine sunned, light surface wear to edges and corners. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Jane & Harriet Cunningham, from their dear Papa', to second blank fly-leaf. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34611
Photo of "The foresters: robin hood and ..."
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The foresters: robin hood and maid marian. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. 8vo. [8], 155pp. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of H. P. Addleshaw to head of half-title. Browning to endpapers, occasional light scuffing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34541
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HOWARD, Frank. Imitative art; or the means of representing the pictorial appearances of objects, as governed by aerial and linear perspective. London. Darton and Clark, [1854]. 8vo. viii, 117pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, 11 further engraved plates, and numerous in-text illustrations and diagrams. Without terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red calf lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints and edges. Inked gift inscription to Eliza Carter, 'from her affect. brother, Frank Carter', to head of FFEP. Occasional ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34321
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HEALDE, Thomas. The new pharmacopoeia of the royal college of physicians of london. London. Printed by J. W. Galabin, for T. Longman, 1788. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 343pp. Original publisher's blue paper boards, rebacked in contemporary brown calf. Heavily rubbed and marked, with surface wear to edges, toned. Without free endpapers, initial advertisement leaf and final printed leaf used as pastedowns. Spotting throughout, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34322