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[PANDE], Sita Ram. LUNT, James [editor]. From Sepoy to Subedar: being the Life and Adventures of Subedar Sita Ram, a Native Officer of the Bengal Army written and related by himself. London. Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1970]. 8vo. xxix, [1], 186pp, [1]. Numerous illustrations in the text by Frank Wilson. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / Field-Marshal Lord Slim / with respect and good wishes / from the Editor and Illustrator / of these memoirs, who fought / under his command in Burma / ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25842

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FITZGERALD, C[harles] C[ooper] Penrose. From sail to steam: naval recollections, 1878-1905. London. Edward Arnold, 1916. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 303, [1], 12pp. With half-title, a terminal publisher's catalogue, a photographic portrait frontispiece and 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing and bumping to extremities. Armorial bookplate of 'Geoffrey Ronald Codrington' to FEP, foxed throughout. An association copy, inscribed to FEP 'J.E.U.P. Fitzgerald / 1916', that is John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald, the author's second son. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 15327

LYTTELTON, Oliver, Viscount Chandos.. From Peace to War: A Study in Contrast: 1857-1918.. London. The Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 208pp. Original publisher's green cloth lettered silver, a little sunned to the edges and spine. Internally bright, with the presentation inscription to the yellow FFEP: 'To Larry from Oliver, A trifle for a passing house and with love and gratitude, Oct 1968.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31233

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RASK, Rasmus. Frisisk sproglaere udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den islandske og angelsaksiske. Kobenhavn [i.e. Copenhagen]. Hofboghandler Beekens Forlag, 1825. First edition. 8vo. [4], 34, 138pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, heavily foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20309

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STONHOUSE, James, Sir. Friendly advice to a patient; Calculated more particularly for the Use of the Sick, belonging to Infirmaries, as well the Outpatients, as those within the House; though the greatest Part of it is suitable and of equal Service to every sick person. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1815. Twentieth edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 36pp. Early drab paper boards. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Several leaves loosening. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19769

DAVID, Elizabeth. French country cooking. London. John Lehmann, [1951]. First edition. 8vo. 247pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, contrasting tan morocco lettering-piece. Clean and crisp. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. dated 29th May, 1979: 'Dear Mrs. Poulson, Thank you so very much for your letter of May 9th. My goodness, that binding sounds very grand indeed - too much so I am afraid for my very simple little. It was only my ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30851

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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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[INDIA RUBBER]. Frederick bird & co.'s india-rubber mats, for carriages, bath rooms, hall doors, closets, conservatories, &c. [London]. [s.n.], [1876]. Dimensions 220 x 280 mm. Single leaf handbill. Numerous horizontal and vertical folds, manuscript docket title to margin, lightly creased and dust-soiled. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21543

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[LOTHIAN, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of]. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the middle ages. Edinburgh. [William Blackwood and Sons], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xii, 478pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of Newbattle Abbey College to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23731

[LOTHIAN, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of]. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the middle ages. Edinburgh. [Printed by William Blackwood and Sons], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xii, 478pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ink-stamp pf Newbattle Abbey College to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22190

WINSTON, W. R. Four years in upper burma. London. C. H. Kelly, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xii, 266pp, [10]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 21 plates, a partially coloured engraved folding map, numerous woodcut vignettes, and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lightly rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, ticket of booksellers Henry Sotheran to verso of FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'To Charles Winston / with his brother's love. / Oct ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31581

CROOK, William. Four Days. London. Eyre Methuen, 1979. First edition. 8vo. 171pp. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. With an A.L.S., pasted to front endpapers, from the author (dated 7th August 1979) addressed to John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970), thanking him for his assistance in researching the book. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 26242

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LANE, E[dward] W[illiam]. Forty-One Eastern Tales and Anecdotes. London. Dean and Son, [1854]. First edition. 12mo. 216pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 33 engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in twentieth century green morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24993

WALPOLE, Hugh. Fortitude: a romance. London. Macmillan and Co., 1933. 8vo. viii, 432, 6pp. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Preliminary leaves partially misbound. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. lettered in gilt to front lower turn-in: 'B. H. H. EASTER 1935. I. C.', signed 'Katharine Pountney' to rear lower turn-in. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to spine. Decorated endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32114

VERNE, Jules. For the flag: from the french of jules verne by mrs. cashel hoey. London. Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1897. First British edition. 8vo. viii, 312pp. With a frontispiece and a further 40 plates. Original publisher's pictorial cloth, bevelled boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Decorated endpapers, frontispiece shaved at head, evidently to remove inked inscription, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27947

PATERSON, Arthur. For freedom's sake. London. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. First edition. 8vo. viii, 323pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, and marked. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30341

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A MOTHER. Food for the young, adapted to the mental capacities of children of tender years. London. Printed by and for W. Darton, Jun., 1818. First ediiton. 12mo. [4], 176pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Upper hinge exposed, early inked ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27960

THOMPSON, Sir Henry. Food and feeding. London. Frederick Warne and Co., [1880]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 147pp, [3]. With a half-title and a final leaf pf publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27088

[CALVERLEY, Charles Stuart]. Fly leaves. Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1872. First edition. 8vo. iv, 120pp. Bound by Potter & Sons of York in contemporary half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting, later bookplate of Ronald and Jay Hamilton to REP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19068

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HUGHES, Ted. Flowers and Insects: Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders. London. Faber and Faber, [1986]. First edition. 8vo. 61pp, [1]. With drawings by Leonard Baskin in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear.Bookplate of Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28498