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WILKIE, William. Fables. London. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768. First edition. 8vo. [10], 140pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 17 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled black half-morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25415
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1721. 12mo. In two volumes. [26], 267, [5]; 238pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed. Inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece: E. Lib. Ph: Hunt / Trin: Coll: / Cantab. 1798.', worm-track to foot of intial gathering of Vol. I, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32261
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LLOYD, Robert. The poetical works... London. Printed for T. Evans, 1774. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. [4], xliii, [1], 195, [1]; [4], iii, 242pp. Later sprinkled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32253
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THOMSON, Alexander. Whist: a poem, in twelve cantos. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1792. Second edition. 8vo. 196pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and soiled, spine worn. Early inked ownership inscription of B. M. Murdo to title page, title page shaved at head. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32252
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OLDHAM, John. The compositions in prose and verse of mr. john oldham. To which are added memoirs of his life, and explanatory notes upon some obscure passages of his writings, by edward thompson. London. Printed for W. Flexney, 1770. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. viii, lxxx, 116; [2], vii, [1], 192; [2], 182pp. Recent red morocco-backed grey cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, blind-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Reference Library to upper boards, ink stamps of same to bottom edges. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned. Occasional ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Reference Library, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32251
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BOWDEN, Samuel. Poems on Various Subjects; with some essays in prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. Bath. Printed by T. Boddely, for the Author, 1754. First edition. 8vo. xxi, [11], 390pp. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary half-sheep, marbled papers boards. Rubbed, joints starting, wear to head and foot of spine, without lettering-piece. Very occasional early manuscript annotations, some marginal loss to leaf T1, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26345
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POINTER, John. Oxoniensis Academia: of, the Antiquities and Curiosities of the University of Oxford... London. Printed for S. Birt, 1749. First edition. 12mo. xii, 254pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt- ruled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.

The nurseryman and antiquarian John Dovaston's (1740-1808) copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title page, and very occasional annotations to the text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28229
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CIBBER, C[olley]. The careless husband: a comedy. London [i.e. The Hague]. Printed for T. Johnson, 1721. 8vo. 100pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities rubbed, marked, and creased, loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31826
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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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[APPRENTICES]. [BARNARD, John]. A present for an apprentice: or, a sure guide to gain both Esteem and Estate. With Rules for his Conduct to his Master, and in the World. Under the following Heads, Lying, Dishonesty, Fidelity, Temperance...By a late Lord Mayor of London. London. Printed for R. Withy, at the Dunciad, the third Door from the East End of the Royal Exchange.., 1759. Seventh edition. 8vo. [4], 76pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled polished calf. Rubbed, with cracking to upper joint and small chip at foot of spine; small shelf-label to head of spine. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk to FEP, and his ink inscription to head of title title, along with the shelf-reference 'no. 247'; later book-label of Peter Stewart Young to head of FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30397
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STEVENSON, John. A Rare Soul strengthening and comforting cordial, For Old and Young Christians... Glasgow. Printed by John Bryce, 1772. 56pp. Not in ESTC.

[Bound with:] SHIRRA, Robert. Godliness and its exercise recommended in two sermons... Edinburgh. Printed by John Gray and Gavin Alston, 1769. First edition. 50, 16pp. ESTC T95195.

12mo. Recent gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly browned internally. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24288
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D'OYLY, Mrs. Catherine. The history of The life and death of our blessed saviour. Southampton. Printed and sold by T. Baker, 1794. First edition. 8vo. vi, 15pp, 8-554, 553-711pp. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, later rebacked in tan cloth. Rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Early inked ownership inscription of 'Miss S. Newenham' to upper board - a Miss S. Newingham appears in the list of subscribers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25229