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GOLDSMID, Edmund [editor]. Bibliotheca Curiosa. The History of Reynard the Fox, Translated and printed by william caxton, 1481. Edinburgh. Privately printed, 1884. 12mo. In two volumes. 99, [1]; 120pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed, heavily discoloured. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32446

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[SCOTT, Walter]. Guy mannering; or, the astrologer. Paris. Published by P. Didot, 1821. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 226; [4], 229, [1]; [4], 235pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Paper slips pasted to all FEPs seemingly to obscure earlier bookplates, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32449

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[HAMILTON, Lady Anne]. The authentic records of the Courts of England for the last seventy years. London. J. Phillips, 1832. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 395pp, [1]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Edward Jolly to FEP, offsetting to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32450

GISBORNE, Thomas. A familiar survey of the christian religion, and of history as connected with the introduction of christianity, and with its progress to the present time. Intended primarily for the use of young persons, of either sex, during the course of public or private education. London. Printed by A. Strahan, 1801. Third edition, corrected. 8vo. xv, [1], 542pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32459

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SHARPE, Charles Kirkpatrick. A ballad book...reprinted With Notes and Ballads from the unpublished MSS. of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. and Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1880. 8vo. xxiii, [1], vii, [3], 183pp, [3]. With a coloured engraved frontispiece, and two etchings on India paper. Contemporary calf-backed decorative purple cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled. Typed booksellers description and review extracted from contemporary periodical pasted to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32504

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[HILL, Henry David]. Sketches of the domestic manners, and institutions, of the romans. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 347pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, upper joint split, wear to head and foot of spine. Some loss to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32562

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HANNAH, Rev. John [editor]. Poems by sir henry wotton, sir walter raleigh, and others. London. William Pickering, 1845. First edition. 16mo. lxxv, [1], 136pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, Rubbed, heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J. T. Coleridge / Park Crescent / Febry. 2. 1856'. Armorial bookplate Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32927

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[DICKSON, Samuel]. The "destructive art of healing;" or, facts for families. London. Geo. Routledge & Co., [1853]. Second edition. 8vo. 72pp. Modern green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32935

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BRAND, John. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the whole of Mr. bourne's Antiquitates Vulgares, with addenda to every chapter of that work: as also an appendix, Containing such Articles on the Subject, as have been omitted by that Author. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810. 8vo. xxiv, 471pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, brown cloth boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed, spine dulled. Book-label of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32965

WALDEGRAVE, James, Earl. Memoirs from 1754 to 1758. London. John Murray, 1821. First edition. Quarto. [3], vi-xxiii, [1], 176pp. Without half-title. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32968

BYRON, Lord. Ode to napoleon buonaparte. London. Printed for John Murray...by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. Tenth edition. 8vo. [7], 10-17pp, [1]. Later straight-grain half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Title page and verso of terminal leaf marked and dust-soiled, neat paper repairs to gutters. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32970

BYRON, Lord. Ode to napoleon buonaparte. London. Printed for John Murray...by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. Sixth edition. 8vo. [7], 10-17pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Recent green cloth, blind-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Typed bookseller's pasted to FEP, blind-stamp and manuscript shelf-mark of Nottingham Public Libraries to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32972

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BYRON, Right Hon. Lord. Letter to **** ******, on the rev. w. l. bowles' strictures on the life and writings of pope. London. John Murray, 1821. Third edition. 8vo. 61, [1], 6pp, [2]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Blind-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32973

AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood, a romance. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. [5], viii-xvii, [1], 344pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, small ink-stain to p.301, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32974

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[PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS]. The evidence taken before the select committees of the houses of lords and commons, appointed in the sessions of 1824 and 1825, to inquire into the state of ireland. London. John Murray, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [8], 580pp, [4]. With a half-title and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32975

[BYRON, George Gordon Byron, Baron]. The siege of corinth. A poem. Parisina. A poem. London. Printed for John Murray, 1816. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 89pp, [3]. Without collective half-title. Later marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed, marked, and dulled. Blind-stamps of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board and title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32986

ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. Second series. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. v, [3], 210, vi, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Ticket of Westerton's Library of London to FEP, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32991

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THIERS, A[dolphe]. The history of the french revolution. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1861. 8vo. [4], 972pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked, sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32996

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KERMODE, P[hilip] M[oore] C[allow]. Catalogue of the manks crosses with the runic inscriptions and various readings and renderings compared. [Ramsay] Isle of Man. C. B. Heyes, [1892]. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 60pp. With engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-tooled brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, small circular paper label pasted to upper board. Photographic images of Manks crosses tipped-in to recto of FFEP and title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32999

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[REDDING, Cyrus]. The pictorial history of the county of lancaster: with one hundred and seventy illustrations and a map.. London. George Routledge, 1844. First edition. 8vo. [4], 238, xlviii pp. With an engraved folding map and 170 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Conservative politician Sir Mervyn Lloyd Peel (1856-1929) to FEP, blind-stamp of Manchester-based bookseller Simms to FFEP, map foxed, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33000