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[BATH]. Some thoughts on the manner of spending the passion week. Addressed to the fashionable world; but particularly to the polite circles in the gay city of bath.. London. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1795. First edition. 8vo. 45pp, [1]. Disbound, calf remnants to spine. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33876

[HAVERSHAM, Lord]. The speech of the Lord Haversham's ghost. London. [s.i.], 1710. Second edition. 8vo. 8pp. Modern gilt-tooled marbled boards.Rubbed, with surface loss to spine. Book-labels of bibliophile Charles Whibley and J. O. Edwards to FEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33880

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[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and W. Dawson, Printers to the University, 1795. Unpaginated. ESTC T504813.

[Bound with]: A New Edition of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches. London. Printed by S. Brooke, 1793. 237pp, [4]. ESTC T87368.

8vo. [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to edges and joints, spine dulled and creased. Inked ownership inscription of Robert Williams, Bridehead, 36 Grosvenor Square to FEP. Very occasional ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34094

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[BIBLE - N.T., English]. The family testament and scholar's assistant.... London. Printed for W. Lowndes, 1794. New edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Contemporary blind-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, loss to head of spine, corners exposed. Without FFEP, lightly dampstained. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34255

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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

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KINGSFORD, William. A vindication of the baptists, from the criminality of a charge exhibited against them.. Canterbury. Printed by J. Grove, 1789. Third edition. 8vo. 16pp. Disbound. Leaves browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34408

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[WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION]. An enquiry into the State of Affairs on the Continent; and What Encouragement we Have from that to expect Happy Events from continuing the present dangerous expensive war.. London. Printed for H. Carpenter, 1747. First edition. 8vo. [2], 34pp. Stitched, as issued. Uncut, with chipping to edges, spotting to title, leaves lightly browned. Manuscript transcription of title to verso of terminal leaf. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34528

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REYNOLDS, Frederick. How to grow rich: a comedy... London. Printed for T. N. Longman, 1793. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 70pp, [2]. ESTC T112295.

[Bound with:] [BURGOYNE, John]. The heiress. A comedy in five acts... London. Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. Third edition. [2], 112pp. Without half-title. Initial two leaves shaved, without loss of text. ESTC T36081.

[And:] [GUILBERT DE PIXÉRÉCOURT, René Charles]. The wife with two husbands: a tragi-comedy, in three acts. Translated from the french by miss gunning... London. Printed [by Bye ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34856

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GERAGHTY, James. The Present State of Ireland, and the only means of preserving her to the empire, considered in a letter to the Marquis Cornwallis.. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [2], 84pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with a touch of chipping to edges. Light spotting.
More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34937

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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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[OSBORNE, Thomas, Duke of Leeds]. Copies & Extracts of some letters Written to and from The Earl of Danby (now Duke of Leeds) in the Years 1676, 1677, and 1678. With particular remarks Upon some of them. Published by his Grace's Direction.. London. Printed for John Nicholson , 1710. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 364pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-stamped panelled speckled calf, recently rebacked, spine tooled in gilt and blind, with contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with staining and singeing to boards. Leaves browned and stained; some light chipping to edges of initial blank fly-leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35140

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[DU PERRAY, Brossays]. Historical remarks and anecdotes on the castle of the bastille. Translated from the french published in 1774.. London. Printed for T. Cadell, and N. Conant, 1780. First edition. 8vo. [6], 29, [1]. With a large folding engraved map as frontispiece. Modern blind-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Armorial bookplate of Alan Waterworth to FEP. Numerous later naive paper repairs to verso of folding map. Light browning to initial leaves, some staining to plate and title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35207

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[ROMAN CATHOLICISM]. A parallel between Transubstantiation and the Incarnation; shewing That the Objections against Transubstantiation are also against the Incarnation. London. [s.n.], 1747. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Advertisement for 'J. Marmaduke, bookseller' to verso of final leaf. Disbound. Manuscript annotation to head of title-page, a trifle marked, foxed. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15403

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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. A scripture catechism, consisting of A Series of Questions, with References to the Scripture instead of Answers. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition. 12mo. viii, 43pp, [5]. With five final pages of publisher's advertisements/ Contemporary blind-tooled sheep. Extremities worn and marked, surface loss, boards held by cords only. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, very occasional spotting/inked corrections to text. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 17054

BUNYAN, John. The holy war, made by shaddai upon diabolus, For the Regaining of the metropolis of the world: Or, the Losing and taking Again of the Town of mansoul. Glasgow. Printed for J. Duncan and Son et al., 1793. 12mo. 276pp. Later brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities discoloured and a trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked inscription of Worton Library to title-page, leaves toned and foxed. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 18902

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[AMHURST, Nicholas]. Observations on the conduct of great-britain, with regard to the negociations and other transactions abroad. . London. Printed and Sold by J. Roberts, 1729. 8vo. 61pp, [1]. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Light browning and slight scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 33554

[AMHURST, Nicholas]. Observations on the conduct of Great-Britain, with Regard to the Negociations and other Transactions Abroad. London. Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts, 1729. First edition. 8vo. 61pp. p.[24-25] and [24-27] set out as four tables cataloguing 'Ships taken from his Majesty's Subjects by the Spaniards in the West-Indies, since the Hanov. Treaty, Sep. 3. 1725'. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Title page lightly browned, else a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 33814

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SCHAFFER, Jacob Christian. Apus pisciformis insecti aquatici species noviter detecta brevibusque descripta a Jacobo Christiano Schaeffero... Ratisbonae [i.e. Regensburg]. Typis Christ. Gott. Seiffarti Viduae, 1757. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. Quarto. 24pp. With an engraved hand-coloured folding plate of anatomical diagrams of numerous specimens. Disbound. All leaves a trifle toned, A2 and A3 detached from text block, short tear to head of title, small paper repair to margin of same, occasional spots of light foxing, pen trial to verso of plate. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10760

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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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[WILL AND JEAN]. Scotland's Skaith; or, the history o' Will and Jean: owre true a tale! Together with some additional poems, by the author of The Harp. Edinburgh. Printed by Mundell and Son, 1795. Second edition. Three works bound together. [64]pp. With three engraved plates.

[Bound with]; The waes o'war: or, the upshot o'the history o' Will and Jean, Edinburgh, Printed for A. Guthrie, 1796. iv, [1], 6- 32pp.

[And]; A town eclogue, Edinburgh, Printed for the Author by Oliver and Co., 1804. [5], 8-33pp; [1].

8vo. Later blue-green calf over marbled boards, five raised bands, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 12161