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[SELECT LESSONS]. Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, designed for the Improvement of youth. To which are added, A Few Original Pieces. Tamworth. Printed and Sold by B. Shelton, 1785. Fourth edition, with additions. 12mo. [2], 140pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, very occasional chipping/short tears to margins, slight loss to lower corner of leaf I6 - touching text with some loss of sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28681
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SELLON, William. A sermon preached at the Assizes held at guildford for the County of Surrey, August 10. 1759. before the Honourable Sir Edward Clive, Knight, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas; and the Honourable Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, Knt. One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. . London. Printed by J. Hughs, [1759]. First edition. Quarto. 27pp, [1]. Sewn in modern tan paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed. Leaves browned, light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34325
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[SEVEN YEARS' WAR]. A form of prayer, to be used...upon Friday the seventeenth day of February next, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God, to be observed in most Devout and Solemn Manner, by sending up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty: For obtaining pardon of our sins, and for averting those heavy judgements which our manifold provocations have most justly deserved; and imploring His Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of His Majesty by Sea and Land, and for restoring and perpetuating peace, safety, and prosperity to Himself, and to His Kingdoms. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1758. Quarto. 30pp, [2]. Predominantly printed in blackletter. Initial and terminal leaves are blank. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Short marginal tears to head of leaves C1-2. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30172
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SEWARD, T[homas]. The conformity between Popery and Paganism. Illustrated in several Instances, and supported by Variety of Quotations from the Latin and Greek Classicks. Being A Sequel to Two Treatises on this Subject; the One by the Learned Henry Mower in his Exposition of the Apocalyps, and the other by the Learned Dr. Middleton in his Letter from Rome. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1746. First edition. 8vo. 79pp, [1]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily worn, without backstrip. Ink stain to FFEP, ink inscription of 'William March 1765' to recto of detached front fly-leaf, paper repair to gutter margin of title page, dust-soiling and scattered spotting throughout. From the library of Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist Joseph Mendham (1769-1856). More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12280
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[SEWARD, William]. Anecdotes of distinguished persons, chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries. London. Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Fourth edition. 8vo. In four volumes. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, nine engraved plates, three leaves of facsimile handwriting, and seven leaves of engraved music. Contemporary marbled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Rubbed, some minor loss to head of spines, slight splitting to joints. Lightly spotted/toned, some worming to rear endpapers of Vol. I. From the library of successful merchant of Scottish origin ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11801
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SEWEL, Willem. A Compendious guide to the Low-Dutch Language... Amsterdam. Janssoons van Waesberge, 1725. Second edition, . 12mo. 168, 288pp, [72]. Parallel English and Dutch text. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, a trifle marked, some loss to lettering-piece. Modern book-label of Broughton Baptist Library and later bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to sprung FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22096
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SEYER, Samuel. Principles of christianity. Bristol. Printed by J. Rudhall, 1796. First edition. 8vo. 79pp, [1]. Contemporary sheep, tooled in gilt and blind, later rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip. Rubbed, scored, surface loss to boards. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Bartlet Goodrich / 4. Sep. 1803'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30912
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SHAW, William. An analysis of the galic language. Edinburgh. Printed by W. and T. Ruddiman, 1778. Second edition. 8vo. xviii, [1], 20-171pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine. Very occasional chipping to margins, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25537
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[SHEBBEARE, John]. An authentic narrative of the oppressions of the islanders of jersey. To which is prefixed a succinct history of the military actions, constitution, laws, customs, and commerce of that island. London. Printed for S. Hooper, 1771. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [6], 10-322, [2], 47, [1]; xv, [1], 428pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering- pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, later armorial bookplates of John Carteret Hyde Seale (1881- 1964) to FEPs, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page of Vol. I.: 'For Sir Fletcher Norton / From his most obed. ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30794
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[SHENSTONE, William]. The judgment of hercules, a poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1741. Second edition. 8vo. 35pp, [1]. Without half-title or terminal advertisement leaf. Stitched in modern marbled paper wrappers, lightly rubbed. Assorted manuscript annotations throughout, with some obstruction to text on p.11; inscription to foot of terminal leaf reads 'A Contempt of Strong Allurements'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34149
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SHERIDAN, Charles Francis.. A History of the Late Revolution in Sweden: Containing An Account of the Transactions of the Three Last Diets of That Country; Preceded By a Short Abstract of the Swedish History, So Far as Was Necessary to Lay Open the True Caufes of That Remarkable Eve. Dublin. Printed By M.Mills, 1778. First Dublin edition. 8vo. [4], 443pp. Contemporary sheep with contrasting morocco lettering piece, gilt. Worn with some splitting to spine, occasional staining to text. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 10492
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the german drama of kotzebue; and adapted to the english stage. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: "No!---thought and memory are my Hell.", a variant edition reads: "No living---thought and memory are my Hell." Recent plain paper wrappers. Slight chipping to spine. Title-page a trifle dust-soiled and working loose, small marginal hole to G3, very light damp-staining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 14966
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the german drama of kotzebue; and adapted to the english stage. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: ‘No!---thought and memory are my Hell.’, a variant edition reads: ‘No living---thought and memory are my Hell.’ Disbound. Title page browned and marked, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29278
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SHERIDAN, Thomas. British education: Or, The Source of the disorders of great britain. Being An Essay towards proving, that the Immorality, Ignorance, and false Taste, which so generally prevail, are the natural and necessary Consequences of the present defective System of Education. London. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1769. New edition. 8vo. xvi, 507pp, [1]. With a half-title and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to lettering-piece. Bookplate of the Ramsgate Monastery to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23767
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SHERLOCK, Tho[mas]. Several discourses preached at the temple church. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Dickson, and J. Fairburn, 1789. 12mo. In three volumes. xvii, [7], 329, [1]; [8], 336; [8], 335pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed, loss to head of Vol. III spine, corners bumped. Without Vol. I FFEP, More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24909
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[SHERLOCK, Thomas]. A letter from the lord bishop of london, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; On Occasion of the late earthquakes. London. Printed by Vertue and Goady, 1750. 16pp. ESTC T1232.

[Bound after:] The Bishop of london's Pastoral Letter To the People of his Diocese; Especially those of the two great Cities of London and Westminster: By way of Caution, Against Lukewarmness on one hand, and enthusiasm on the other. London. Printed by S. Buckley, 1739. Second edition. [3], 6-55pp, [1]. Complete despite pagination. ESTC T22834.

[And:] WHITEFIELD, [George]. The Rev. Mr. whitefield's ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25184