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Photo of "Dudley castle"
SHERWOOD, [Mary Martha]. Dudley castle. London. William Darton and Son, c.1832. First edition. 12mo. 108pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing to spine. Ink gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, light foxing, a fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14416
Photo of "Arthur granville; or, the gifts ..."
GLENNIE, Anna Maria. Arthur granville; or, the gifts of god. Addressed to children. London. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848. 12mo. 68pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and seven woodcut illustrations in the text. Stitched within original publisher's tan printed paper wraps, woodcut illustration to lower wrap. A trifle dust-soiled, loss to head and foot of spine with some tearing. Light damp-staining to foot of upper wrap and bottom margins of all leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13274
Photo of "The Lord Mayor's visit to ..."
[DILLON, Robert Crawford]. The Lord Mayor's visit to Oxford, in the month of July, 1826. Written at the desire of the party, by the Chaplain to the Mayoralty. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1826. First edition. 8vo. vi, 157pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate. Contemporary black half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, T.E.G. Some rubbing to extremities, particularly to spine. Marbled endpapers, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14712
Photo of "Sketch of william roscoe"
IRVING, Washington. Sketch of william roscoe. Liverpool. Printed by Harris and Company, [1853]. First edition. 8vo. 15pp, [1], iv. Stitched, without original wrappers. Slightest of dust-soiling and marking to title-page and terminal leaf, overall a near fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14934
Photo of "The calendar of nature. Designed ..."
AIKIN, John. The calendar of nature. Designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons. London. Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. New edition, corrected and much improved. 18mo in 6s. [2], x, 91pp, [5]. With half-title and two terminal advertisement leaves, vignette engraving to title and head of each month within text. A handsome copy in original roan-backed marbled paper boards, gilt. Boards a little faded, slightest of rubbing. Bookseller's label of 'H. Fraser, Greenock' to FEP, gift inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15174
Photo of "A short sketch of the ..."
COLLINS, Robert. A short sketch of the life and writings of the late joseph clarke...containing minute results of his private practice, extending over a series of forty-four years, including three thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight births. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 88pp. Original publisher's cloth-backed plain paper boards. Without cloth spine panel, some marking. Without FFEP, foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title; 'With the author's compt. / To Dr. W. Fasque'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13898
Photo of "The new turkish. An Elementary ..."
MOWLE, A[lfred] C[harles]. The new turkish. An Elementary Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book of the Turkish Language in the New Latin Characters. Nicosia, Cyprus. Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1930. First edition. 8vo. [2], 65pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed paper boards. Slight rubbing and marking to extremities, ink ownership inscription to head of upper board. Ink ownership inscriptions and ink-stamps to FEP and RFEP, pencil notations to rear endpapers. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16381
Photo of "Cautions for company and battalion ..."
PERCY, Henry. Cautions for company and battalion drill. London. John W. Parker and Son, 1860. 12mo. 64pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed paper drab wrappers. Extremities rubbed, dust-soiled and a trifle creased, illegible ink inscription to upper panel that gives mention to Henry Percy. Very occasional ink marking to margins, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16699
Photo of "T. E. Lawrence: A bibliography"
DUVAL, Elizabeth W.. T. E. Lawrence: A bibliography. New York. Arrow Editions [The Spiral Press], [1938]. First edition, limited to 500 copies. 8vo. [2], 95pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's canvas-backed blue-black paper boards, lettered in black, glassine wrapper, housed in original publisher's brown card slipcase. A very fine copy. Slipcase a trifle marked and sunned, some splitting to joints, loss to foot. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15378
Photo of "Illustrated and unabridged edition of ..."
[POISONING]. Illustrated and unabridged edition of The Times report of the Trial of William Palmer, for poisoning John Parsons Cook, at Rugeley. From the short-hand notes taken in the central criminal court from day to day.. London. Ward and Lock, 1856. First Edition. Quarto. 184pp. Engraved folding frontispiece depicting the trial in progress within court, an engraved title vignette, numerous engraved illustrations both full- and double-page and within text throughout. Original publishers yellow printed paper wraps. Spine rubbed with slight loss to head and foot, soiling to wrap edges. Occasional spots of foxing to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12152
Photo of "Papal aggression. Speech of the ..."
RUSSELL, John Russell Earl. Papal aggression. Speech of the right honourable lord john russell, delivered in the house of commons, February 7. 1851. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. First edition. 8vo. [3], 6-48pp. Without half-title.

[Bound with:] M'CAUL, Alexander. The bill worse than the bull. A letter to the very rev. gilbert elliot, d.d., dean of bristol. London. Wertheim and Macintosh, 1851. First edition. 8pp.

[And:] The queen, or the pope? The question considered in its political, legal and religious aspects... Edinburgh & London. William Blackwood & Sons, 1850. Second edition. x, [1], 12-112pp.

[And:] WISEMAN, ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17507
Photo of "A list of eton college, ..."
[ETON COLLEGE]. A list of eton college, taken at election, 1829. Eton. Printed and Sold by E. Williams, [1829]. 23pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [A further 12 Eton College lists covering the years 1830-1840 (two representing 1839, taken at election and Christmas respectively), all printed by E. Williams.]

12mo. Contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed. Very occasional loss and short tears to margins, occasional ink and pencil deletions and corrections. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17434
Photo of "Extracts from the religious works ..."
FENELON, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-. Extracts from the religious works of Monsr francois salignac de la mothe fenelon, archbishop of cambray. Translated from the original french by miss marshall. London. Published by J. Hatchard, 1809. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 291pp, [1]. With half-title and a list of subscribers. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Rubbed, slight splitting to joints, occasional spotting, ink gift inscription dated 1814 to head of title-page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17032
Photo of "Italy. A poem."
ROGERS, Samuel. Italy. A poem.. London. Edward Moxon, 1842. 8vo. vii, [1], 320pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Handsomely bound by Hayday in richly gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Francis Ferns to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18373
Photo of "L'arco di costantino o della ..."
BERENSON, Bernard. L'arco di costantino o della decadenza della forma. Milano. Electa Editrice, [1952]. First edition. 8vo. 74pp, [16]. With 80 monochrome photographic plates. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in black, dustwrapper. Upper board nearly detached, slight dust-soiling and chipping to dustwrapper. Upper hinge exposed, lightly browned. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To Mason Hammond / with the affectionate / friendship / of / Bernard Berenson / (?) / Dec. 29 / 1952'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14538
Photo of "Brambletye house; or, cavaliers and ..."
[SMITH, Horace]. Brambletye house; or, cavaliers and roundheads. A novel. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 378; [2], 399, [1]; [2], 413pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of 'Lawford / Downhill' to head of all titles, occasional private library blind-stamps, lightly spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18053
Photo of "A treatise on self-knowledge"
MASON, John. A treatise on self-knowledge. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne, for Manners and Miller, 1803. 8vo. [4], xvi, 253pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Later armorial bookplate of William Cowburn to FEP, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14905
Photo of "Letter to the right honourable ..."
WEMYSS, David. Letter to the right honourable the lord high chancellor of great britain, upon the present state of the scotch law of entail. Edinburgh. Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [4], 46, 2pp. With a half-title and a terminal advertisement leaf. Uncut, stitched, as issued. Half-title and verso of terminal leaf lightly dust-soiled, vertical crease to all leaves. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title; 'Marquis of Lothian / With most respectful compliments / from the Author.' More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18960