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GRESWELL, Rev. William. A popular view of the correspondency between the mosaic ritual and the facts and doctrines of the christian religion. In nine discourses. Oxford. Printed by S. Collingwood...for J. G. and F. Rivington, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, 221pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue buckram, printed paper lettering-piece to spine, Rubbed and bumped, lettering-piece worn. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28074

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GRESWELL, Rev. W[illiam]. A commentary on the order for the burial of the dead, considered as a manual of doctrine and consolation to christians. Oxford. Printed by S. Collingwood...For J. G. & F. Rivington, 1836. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xix, [1], 340; vii, [1], 353, [1], 16pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue to Vol. II. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28075

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GRESWELL, Edward. Preliminary address of the origines kalendariae italicae lately published at the oxford university press. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1854. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 135pp. Bound by Winstanley of Manchester in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting calf lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28212

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[GRESWELL, Edward]. Europæ pacatores oxonium invisentes. [Manchester]. [R. and W. Dean], [1815]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 8pp, [2]. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, creased. Later manuscript annotations to upper wrapper and title page signed William H. P. Greswell, occasional highlighting. A.L.S. on Brasenose College stationery pinned to upper wrapper: '9 Nov. 1916. Dear Mr. Greswell, I write to thank you heartily for sending me the interesting Latin verses written by your uncle on ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26218

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GRESWELL, Edward. The three witnesses, and the threefold cord; being the testimony of the natural measures of time, of the primitive civil calendar, and of antediluvian and postdiluvian tradition, on the principal questions of fact in sacred or profane antiquity. London. Rivingtons, 1862. First edition. 8vo. viii, 307pp, [1]. Original publisher's purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28073

GRESWELL, Edward. A letter to his grace the duke of wellington, chancellor of the university of oxford, on the proceedings in the house of convocation, On thursday, the 23d inst. Oxford. J. H. Parker, 1837. First edition. 8vo. 37pp, [3]. Unopened. Stitched, as issued. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29882

[GRENVILLE, Lord William Wyndham]. Nugae metricae. [s.l.]. [s.n.], 1824. Sole edition; privately printed. Quarto. [4], 89pp, [1]. A well-margined copy, with fore-edge untrimmed, in nineteenth-century half morocco, gilt, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. The leather is somewhat scuffed, spotting to text. With the armorial bookplate of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, and an A.L.S. from the author at Dropmore House, dated 4th May 1829, bound in facing the title, and manuscript corrections to the text to D2r, ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25624

GREISS, C[arl] B[ernhard]. A german grammar. Francfort [i.e. Frankfurt]. Printed for Sigismund Schmerber, [1835]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 253pp, [3]. With an engraved plate (cursive alphabet) and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Partially unopened in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, later rebacked in green cloth, original publisher's printed paper label to spine. Lightly rubbed. Bookseller's ticket to FEP, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33375

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GREGORY, Olinthus. Memoirs of the life, writings, and character, literary, professional, and religious, of the late john mason good, M.D. London. Henry Fisher, Son, and Co., 1828. First edition. 8vo. [8], 472pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of Sarah Wright to head of title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21638

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GREENWOOD, Thomas. Zeta, historic glimpses of england and her sons. London, Liverpool, Manchester, Todmorden. Published for the author, 1861. First edition. 12mo. iv, 111pp, [3]. With a terminal errata leaf. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper board heavily stained, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32073

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GREEN, William. A description of sixty Studies from Nature; etched in the soft ground, by william green, of ambleside; after drawings made by himself in cumberland, westmorland, and lancashire. Comprising, a general guide to the beauties of the north of england. London. Printed for the Author, by J. Barfield, 1810. First edition. 8vo. x, 122pp. Uncut in original publisher's green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, marked, and dampstained, joints starting, surface loss to spine. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30079

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GREEN, William. Plans of economy; or, The Road to ease and independence. London. Printed for I. Hatchard, 1803. Fifth edition. 12mo. 80pp. Uncut in contemporary (original?) marbled paper boards, later rebacked and recornered. Boards rubbed and dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31012

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[GREENWICH AUCTION]. Freehold estates, Greenwich, Kent; Webb Square, near. Shoreditch; Hoxton Town; and Golden Lane, Barbican. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a valuable freehold estate...which will be sold by auction, by mr. gibbons... [London?]. [s.n.], [1809]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Three old horizontal folds. Loss to centre of second leaf - touching text, with some loss of sense, lightly creased, dust-soiled. Contemporary manuscript highlights and calculations, manuscript declaration to verso of second leaf, in the hand of one Jacob Wood, confirming the purchase of lot nine. Manuscript note relating to the Greenwich estate loosely ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25501

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GREEN, J[ohn] H[ippisely]. A catalogue and Description of the whole of the works of the celebrated jacques callot; consisting of 1450 pieces, including those attributed to him, and after him... London. Printed by J. Barfield, 1804. First edition. 12mo. xx, 51, [1], 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Later bookplate of Bristol-based painter William Edkins to FEP, recent bookplate of Winifred M. Oliver-Jones to REP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31031

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GREEN, James. Britain, a poem; to which are added miscellaneous pieces, some of which were written on occasions of national interest. Bath. Printed and published by E. Lansdown, 1844. Third edition. 8vo. 4,132pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29546

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GREEN, Horace. Observations on the pathology of croup... New York. John Wiley, 1849. First edition. 8vo. iv, [3], x-xi, [2], vi-vii, [1], 115pp, [1]. Contents leaves misbound. With two initial leaves of publisher's advertisements and an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped black cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, gilt-stamp of the Birmingham Medical Institute to foot of chipped spine. Ink-stamps of the aforementioned institution to frontispiece and title page, scattered foxing, occasional underlining in ink. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27301

[GREEN FAMILY]. A season in bath: or, Letters from the Green Family, to their friends in the country. First series. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition. 12mo. viii, 75pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's green printed paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine, splitting to joints. Bookplate of the Bath Public Reference Library to FEP, occasional ink-stamps, light spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to half-title; 'The Bath Literary Club / from the author / 1886'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16883

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GREENE, William. Manuel matamoros and his fellow-prisoners; a narrative of the present persecution of christians in spain... London. Morgan & Chase, [1863]. First edition. 8vo. iv, 192, 4pp. With an original photographic portrait frontispiece showing Matamoros in his cell and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33364

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GREEN, Emanuel. The preparations in Somerset against the Spanish Armada. A.D. 1558-1588. London. Harrison and Sons, 1888. First edition. Quarto. [2], v, 137pp, [1]. With an illustrated folding frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Endpapers foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21517

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GREEN, Emanuel. John Wilkes and his visits to Bath. Bath. Printed at the Herald Office, 1905. First edition. 8vo. 39pp, [1]. Unopened. Stapled into original publisher's printed green wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and lightly rubbed, stapled rusted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22007