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Photo of "Hudibras, a poem.."
BUTLER Samuel. Hudibras, a poem... London. Printed for Akerman et al., 1822. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. lxxiv, [2], 444; 494pp. With 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary green calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial ink-stamps to versos of both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33043
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BUTLER, Frances Anne. Journal. London. John Murray, 1835. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 313, [3]; [4], 287pp, [1]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29697
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BUTLER, Charles. Horae juridicae subsecivae: a connected series of notes, respecting the geography, chronology, and literary history, of the principal codes, and original documents, of the grecian, roman, feudal and canon law. London. Brooke and Clarke, 1804. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 136pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, joints starting. 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. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29292
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BUSH, Vannevar. Modern arms and free men: a discussion of the role of science in preserving democracy. New York. Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition, second impression. 8vo. [14], 273pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Gift inscription to FEP, presenting the books to Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim. Loosely inserted manuscript note, addressed to Slim, from a representative of an American embassy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25951
Photo of "Socrates, a dramatic poem."
BUSHE, Amyas. Socrates, a dramatic poem.. London. Printed for the author and sold by R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1758. First edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 98pp, [2]. With terminal blank (O2). Contemporary plain speckled calf, later morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A little rubbed, some cracking to joints at foot, some marking/surface loss to boards, but nevertheless a firmly bound volume, generously margined on good quality paper. With recent book-label to FEP, early inked price (‘5-5’) to head of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30579
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[BURTON, Richard Francis]. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi: translated and annotated by his friend and pupil F. B. Portland, Maine. Thomas B. Mosher, 1923. 8vo. xv, [1], 124pp, [2]. With a portrait frontispiece. Title in red and black. Bound by Belgian binder Jules Karel Van West (1889-1968) in contemporary brown half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting green morocco lettering pieces, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Later inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Original publisher's paper lettering-pieces pasted to stubs at rear. A fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23943
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BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New edition. 8vo. x, civ, 427pp, [1]. With an etched frontispiece, a tinted wood-engraved plate, and two vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 68 engravings/chromolithographs (predominantly portraits of prominent authors, but also illustrations of fine bindings), two leaves extracted from later publications, and two tipped-in A.L.S. in the hand of Katharine Burton (the author's second wife). Contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20584
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BURTON, Isabel. AEI. Arabia Egypt India: a narrative of travel. London and Belfast. William Mullan and Son, 1879. First edition. 8vo. viii, 488pp. With twelve engraved plates, two engraved coloured maps (one folding), and two engraved illustrations in the text. Modern gilt-tooled red morocco-backed red cloth boards. Paper repairs to verso of folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30124
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[BURT, Edward]. Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London;...interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. . London. Printed for S. Birt, 1754. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [1], x, 344pp; [2], 368pp, [1]. With an engraved map to Vol. I and a further eight engraved plates across both volumes. Contemporary calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily worn, with significant splitting to joints of both volumes. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun to FEP and ink-stamps of Alex. D. Denny, Dumbarton to FFEPs, of each volume. Some staining ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33422
Photo of "The Mother's Book of Songs"
[BURN, John Henry]. The Mother's Book of Songs. London. Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. xv, [1], 216pp. With a frontispiece and a further 26 illustrations in the text by Charles Robinson. Original publisher's pictorial gilt-stamped green cloth. With original publisher's buff pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper rubbed, marked, creased, and discoloured, some edge wear. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33776
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BURNET, Thomas. Poems on Various Subjects. Edinburgh. Printed by Oliver & Co, 1802. First edition. 12mo in 6s. [iii]-xx, 115pp, [1]. With extra-engraved title page, without half-title. Contemporary half-sheep-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, with some loss to foot of spine. Foxing and occasional soiling throughout, tears to gutter margin of preliminaries, FFEP and frontispiece detached. William St Clair's copy, with his pencilled inscription to FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31801
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B[URNETT], C[hristina] L[eslie]. Songs of a Caged bird. [Inverurie]. Printed [by George M. Cornwall] for private circulation, [s.d., c. 1875] First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 133pp, [1]. With an albumen portrait frontispiece and two further albumen plates of Inverurie by photographer R. Brown. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Inked inscription to half-title: 'To Jane Ramsay Walker In memory of one who felt much indebted to her kindness. April 17th, 1875'. Manuscript inscription pasted to foot of frontispiece: 'Yr. affect. CLB'. Manuscript ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25742
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BURNETT, Bishop [Gilbert]. The lives of Sir matthew hale, Knt. Lord Chief Justice of england; wilmot, Earl of Rochester; and Queen mary.. London. Printed for T. Davies, 1774. 8vo. [14], 139, [8], 4-120, 82pp. With half-title and divisional title page to each of the 'lives'. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with wear to corners. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Rolt to FEP. Leaves browned, with staining to endpapers, light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35139
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BURNET, John. History of the water supply to glasgow, from the Commencement of the Present Century... Glasgow. Printed by Bell & Bain, 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With three folding lithographed maps and a folding lithographed diagram. Unopened. Bound by R. Nelson of Glasgow in original publisher's blind-stamped brick-red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ticket of Glaswegian bookseller Hugh Hopkins to FEP. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33271
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BURNET, Gilbert. A Vindication of the authority, constitution, and laws of the church and state of scotland. In four conferences. Wherein the Answer to the Dialogues betwixt the Conformist and the Non-con-formist, is examined. Glasgow. Robert Sanders, Printer to the City, and University, 1673. First edition. 8vo. [26], 102, 133-362, [2], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, modern black calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed and marked, joints split, insect damage to foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun and later book- label of Mr. William Macmath to FEP, paper repair to head of FFEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title, slight loss to lower corner of L4. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30432
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[BURNET], Gilbert. A discourse of the pastoral care. London. Printed for Dan. Midwinter...and Benj. Cowse, 1713. Third edition, with a new preface suited to the present time; and some other additions.. 8vo. [30], xxii, 244pp (and 16 blank leaves inserted between L4/5). Recent black cloth, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Bookplate and shelf-marks of the Bath Reference Library to recto of FFEP, lightly spotted, with occasional minute marginal wormtracks. With a printed presentation leaf, apparently produced specially for this volume, inserted at the beginning of the text block, reading 'For / Mr Giles Hill / Of Oriel College ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 15394
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[BURNET], Gilbert. Some sermons preach'd on several occasions; and an essay towards a new book of homilies, in seven sermons, Prepar'd at the Desire of Archbishop Tillotson, and some other Bishops. . London. Printed for John Churchill, 1713. 8vo. xxv, [7], 349pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled and blind-panelled speckled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Light rubbing and marking to extremities. Some staining to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33414