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[BECCLES]. An account of the corporation of beccles fen, in the county of suffolk, with a translation of their charter, and copies of various other documents relating to said corporation. Drawn up in the year 1807 for the use of the Corporation. Beccles. Jarman, Printer, 1826. Reprinted with various notes and additions. 8vo. 82pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled red half-roan, powder blue paper boards. Heavily rubbed, marked, and stained. Later newspaper clippings, manuscript notes, and two photographs to endpapers, illustration (extracted from a later periodical) pasted to verso of title page, photographed pasted to blank verso of leaf E3, line map pasted to REP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24358
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SHARPE, Charles Kirkpatrick. A ballad book...reprinted With Notes and Ballads from the unpublished MSS. of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. and Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1880. 8vo. xxiii, [1], vii, [3], 183pp, [3]. With a coloured engraved frontispiece, and two etchings on India paper. Contemporary calf-backed decorative purple cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled. Typed booksellers description and review extracted from contemporary periodical pasted to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32504
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[ANSTEY, Christopher]. The new bath guide: or, memoirs of the b-n-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles. London. Printed by N. Biggs, 1804. New edition. viii, 155pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[Bound with:] COTTON, Charles. Scarronides, or virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneis, in english burlesque. London. Printed by J. Galton, 1804. [2], 122pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved illustrations in the text.

8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, marbled endpapers. Rubbed. ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32455
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[CALCUTTA FIRE INSURANCE]. Tariffs of the Calcutta Fire Insurance Agents' Association. Corrected to 1st January 1912. Calcutta. Printed at the Criterion Printing Works, 1912. Quarto. [4], 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed, marked, and discoloured, upper joint starting. Upper hinge partially exposed, occasional marginal staining/dust-soiling, very occasional early manuscript annotations to text.

[Together with:] Rules of the fire offices' committee (foreign) for automatic sprinkler installations. [s.i.], [s.n.], 1909. Second edition. 8vo. 30, 3pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32120
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COBBETT, William. The woodlands: or, a treatise On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods. London. Printed and published by William Cobbett, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [340]pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Book-label of S. Lord, surgeon dentist of Blackburn to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18254
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PHILO-VERITAS [i.e. GILLILAND, Thomas]. Diamond cut diamond; or, observations on a pamphlet, entitled "a review of the conduct of his royal highness the prince of wales;" comprising a free and impartial view of mr. jeffreys, as a tradesman, politician, and courtier, during a period of twenty years. London. Printed by B. McMillan, 1806. Third edition. 8vo. [4], 74pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Later brown half-morocco, light brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. ink-stamps of the Birmingham Assay Office to endpapers, fly-leaves, and verso of title page, early inked shelf-mark to head of title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32452
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[HUNTING]. [A photograph album containing images of a hunting expedition Northern India].. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Small quarto. [9] leaves. Contemporary Kodak limited brown cloth album. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Ticket of Middlesbrough based chemists Middleton & Co. to FEP. With 24 black and white photographs, two pasted to FEP, the remainder loosely inserted. Contemporary manuscript notes to verso of 12 photographs. One photograph naively repaired with clear tape. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 22589
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[MOURNING CARDS]. [An album of mourning cards]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1845-1916] Oblong quarto. 117 mourning cards mounted on 28 heavyweight card leaves, the majority printed within black borders. Bound by W. & J, Milne of Edinburgh in contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt initials 'I. N. S. L.' to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31578
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MILNES, Richard. The warning voice of a hermit abroad, who has been compelled to write in his justification, and he hopes for the good of mankind, under the protecting hand of divine providence, (For which he can never be thankful enough.) Through a long and tedious passage of the most imminent perils and dangers of being extinguished, and sent to his grave.. Wakefield. Printed for the author, by E. Waller, 1825. First edition. Quarto. 181pp, [3]. Printed in double columns. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30626
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SAVAGE, Richard. The works of richard savage, esq. son of the earl rivers. With an account of the life and writings of the author, by samuel johnson, l.l.d. Dublin. Printed for William Whitestone, 1777. 12mo. In two volumes. [8], cvii, 156, [2]; [4], 275pp, [5]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, marked. Armorial bookplates of Hastings to both FEPS, armorial bookplates of Oliver Brett to both FFEPs, manuscript note and shelf-mark to front endpapers of Vol. I, dampstaining to initial four gatherings of Vol. I, occasional pencilled annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32482
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[CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of]. [WALLER, Edmund]. The case of the hanover forces, In the pay of great-britain, Impartially and freely examined. With some Seasonable Reflexions on the Present Conjuncture of Affairs. London. Printed for T. Cooper, 1742. 8vo. 35pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Loss and later paper repairs to title page, with some loss to text. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22030
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GISBORNE, Thomas. A familiar survey of the christian religion, and of history as connected with the introduction of christianity, and with its progress to the present time. Intended primarily for the use of young persons, of either sex, during the course of public or private education. London. Printed by A. Strahan, 1801. Third edition, corrected. 8vo. xv, [1], 542pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32459
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ORSINI, Felice. Memoirs and adventures of felice orsini, written by himself, containing unpublished state papers of the roman court. Edinburgh. Thomas Constable and Company, 1857. First edition in English. 8vo. xix, [1], 286pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Partially unopened in original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and heavily sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32441