Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

BLEWITT, Reginald James. The court of chancery: A Satirical Poem. London. Printed and published by J. Kay, 1827. First edition. 8vo. [4], ii, [4], 106pp. Uncut in modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32457

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WOOD, James. The principles of mechanics: designed for the use of students in the university. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, 1824. Seventh edition. 8vo. [4], 211pp, [1]. Contemporary green cloth, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32453

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[BRIDEWELL ROYAL HOSPITAL]. EDWARD VI. The supplication made to his majesty king edward the sixth, for obtaining the house of bridewell: and a copy of the deed of settlement, made by his majesty king edward the sixth, on the hospitals of christ, bridewell, and st. thomas. [London]. Printed at the Philanthropic Reform, [1807]. First edition. 8vo. 21pp, [1]. Modern navy wrappers. Lightly browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28068

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[WILLIAMSON, Mrs. J.]. Hymns for the household of faith, and Lays of the better Land. London. Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1861. First edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 419pp, [1]. Original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32443

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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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BALME, [Claude]. Observations et réflexions sur le scorbut, D'aprés celui qui a régné parmi les troupes français formant la garrison d'Alexandrie (en Egypte), pendant le Blocus et le Siége de cette ville, en l'an IX (1801), par les Armées combinées des Turcs et des Anglais. [Lyon]. [Impr. de Rusan], [1803]. First edition. [4], 31pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Parisian physician M. Hamon to title page.

[Bound with:] [An unidentified French language article, likely an offprint from a contemporary medical periodical]. [Lyon. [s.n.], [1807]. 11pp, [1].

[And:] BALME, [Claude]. Procès-verbal De la Séance publique de la Société de Médecine de Lyon, tenue le 14 juin 1810, et compte rendu De ses travaux pendant les ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17014

FENOULHET, A. C.. History of the barbarians. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1835]. 12mo. Manuscript on paper. 27pp, [1]. Contemporary decorative dark green cloth, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities rubbed and stained. Spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25885

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[ARCHAEOLOGY]. Annual bibliography of indian archaeology for the year 1926: published with the aid of the government of netherlands india. Leyden. E. J. Brill, 1928. First edition. Quarto. viii, [2], 107pp, [1]. With 12 plates. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32175

HARRISON, J[esse] B[urton]. The indian mutiny. [London]. Published for the Historical Association by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. First edition. 8vo. 11pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers detached, a trifle faded, creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32134

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GORDON-CANNING, Capt. R. Ypres and Empire (Special reference to India). [London]. [Hodgsons], [1930]. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. With a photographic plate. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Rubbed and sunned, staples rusted. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27149

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GIBB, Sir Alexander. Gwalior state. Proposed railway extensions. Bombay. Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, [1927]. First edition. Folio. [1], 6ff. Letterpress title page and six leaves of typescript. With a large coloured folding map. Original publisher's black cloth-backed printed buff wrappers. Rubbed and marked, coloured pencil shelf-mark to upper board. Occasional coloured pencil annotation to text. Terminal leaf signed in initials Gibb. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31569

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AHMED, Zahir. Life's yesterdays: glimpses of sir nizamat jung and his times. Bombay. Thacker & Co., [1945]. First edition. 8vo. [2], xv, [1], 287pp, [1]. With four photographic plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24581

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[EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE]. East India (Civil Services in India) Report of the Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India. Dated 27th March, 1924. [Simla]. [Government of India Press], [1924]. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 181pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Heavily rubbed and marked, spine worn, several small worm-tracks. Inked ownership inscription and later coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32179

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BESANT, Annie. Proofs of the Existence of the Soul. Adyar, Madras. Theosophical Publishing House, [1914]. Second impression. 8vo. [2], 43pp, [1]. Original publisher's salmon pink wrappers. Rubbed, creased, and discoloured, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper: 'Muriel Harper. Nov. 1920'. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24290

[HARDWAR]. Report on the working of the hardwar improvement advisory committee appointed to advise the municipal board of hardwar union, hardwar. [Lucknow]. [Newul Kishore Press], 1928. First edition. 8vo. [2], 17pp, [1]. With three large folding lithographic colour plans. Contemporary red half-cloth, decorated paper boards. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed and marked. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to upper wrapper, title page browned, variable paper-disruption and tears along folds of plans, but all intact. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29323

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[CALCUTTA PORT]. The calcutta port trust: a brief history of fifty years' work 1870-1920. Calcutta and Simla. Thacker, Spink & Co., 1920. First edition. Quarto. [4], 44pp. With a photographic frontispiece, numerous photographic illustrations, and three folding line maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contents leaf stained. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29983

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AWASTHI, M[ahesh] D[at] [compiler]. Lucknow Guide: a guide to places of interest with a history & a map. [Lucnow]. [Printed by - Pt. Ram Shanker Bajpai, ath the Lucknow Steam Printing Press], [1926]. Fifth edition. 12mo. [4], 41pp, [1]. With a large folding sketch map (dated 1922). Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25384

BAREH, Hamlet. Khasi democracy. Shillong. Published by the Author, Printed at Ri Khasi, 1964. First edition. 8vo. [4], 122pp. Several photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed textured paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'With best compliments to Dr. R. A. Hughes, from the Author. Hamlet Septmer. 5, 1964'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26468

[BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA]. 1st 4th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Bareilly 1915. [Ranikhet]. [Abdulla Khan, photographer], [1915]. Oblong 8vo. 24 black and white photographs mounted on twelve leaves. Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's printed red wrappers. Rubbed and creased, a trifle bowed. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27136

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FOSTER, William. A descriptive catalogue of the paintings, statues, &c., in the india office. London. Printed by His Majesty's Stationery Office for the India Office, 1924. Fifth edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 126pp, [2]. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine. Ink-stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21748