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A COUNTRY CLERGYMAN [JONES, William]. A preservative against the publications dispersed by modern socinians. In which The impiety and absurdity of their principles are clearly shewn. London. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, 1788. Fourth edition, with corrections and additions. 12mo. 28pp. Stitched, as issued. Lightly spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21912

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] A bill for Confirming and Establishing a Division and Inclosure of the Common or Open Fields and Waste Grounds within the Parish of Mildenhall, in the Country of Wilts, and certain Exchanges of Lands and Estates within the said Parish. [London]. [s.n.], [1799]. Folio. 12pp. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched, as issued. Three early horizontal folds. A trifle creased and browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24867

MASON, William. Poems. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1774. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 294pp, [2]. Contemporary sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and sunned, small worm-hole to foot of upper joint. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26192

[QUAKERISM]. A journal of the life, travels, and gospel labours, of that faithful servant and minister of christ, job scott. New York printed: London reprinted. James Phillips & Son, 1798. New edition. 12mo. [2], xiii, [1], 293pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, some surface loss to spine, corners bumped. Pencil trials and worm tracks to endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26260

WHITEHEAD, [Paul]. Honour. A satire. London. Printed for M. Cooper, 1747. First edition. Quarto. [2], 22pp. With a half-title. Recent buff paper boards. Short closed tear to head of title page, leaves damp-stained at margins, verso of final leaf browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27191

WHITEHEAD, William. Elegies with an ode to the Tiber. London. Printed for R. And J. Dodsley, 1757. First edition. Quarto. 22pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. Recent buff paper boards. A trifle spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27192

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[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for altering Whitsuntide and Lammas Terms for the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], p.247, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27193

[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for ascertaining and Directing the Payment of the Allowances to be made for or upon the Exportation from Scotland, of Fish, Beef, and Pork Cured with Foreign Salt... [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], 221-227pp, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27194

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[YOUNG, Edward]. Love and fame, the universal passion in Seven Characteristical satires. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1752. Fifth edition. 12mo. 144pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Edward Greathed and later typed bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27329

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WALLER, Edmund. The works of Edmund Waller, Esq; in verse and prose. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1730. First edition. 12mo. [16], 295, [1], clxiii, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Loss to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27338

[MONCREIFF, John]. Appius: a tragedy... London. Printed for A. Millar; and D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1755. First edition. 8vo. [8], 68pp, [4]. With a half-title. Later buff wrappers. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27350

[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713. 12mo. [28], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent book-label of David Stather to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of 'Will. Morrice' to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28490

CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912

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[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 5th of May, 1726. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson and Robert Fleming, 1726. Folio. 21pp, [17]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30924

[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the church of scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 14th Day of May 1752. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson, and Robert Fleming, 1752. Folio. 27pp, [13]. Disbound. Scattered spotting, title page and initial leaf detached, head of text-block shaved - loss to running title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30925

[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

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1729. Fifth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. 349, [9]; 358pp, [14]. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines chipped at head and foot. Armorial bookplates of Rev. Thomas Greene to FEPs, with his inked ownership inscription to Vol. I title, occasional dampstaining. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32395

KELLY, Hugh. The babler. In two volumes. London. Printed for Harrison and Co., 1786. Harrison's edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. 199pp, [1]. With six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf-backed, vellum-tipper marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Francis Hall and recent inked ownership inscription to FEP, plates browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32405

[STEELE, Sir Richard]. The lover and reader. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1723. Third edition. 12mo. [12], 297pp, [15]. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, upper joint split. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32444

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[SAVAGE, John]. Horace to scaeva. Epist. XVII. Book I. imitated. London. Printed for John Brindly, 1730. First edition. 8vo. 36pp. With a half-title. Attractive engraved vignette, printed in sepia, to title page. Disbound. Light damp-staining at foot, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32982