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GRIFFITHS, Captain & Adj. F. A. The Artillerist's Manual, and compendium of infantry-exercise: sword exercise: field battery exercise: service of heavy ordnance, gyns, &c. fortification: pyrotechny: mathematics" gunnery: &c. &c. &c. With the Requisite Plates and Tables. Woolwich. Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, 1839. 12mo. xii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33149
HOLCROFT, Thomas. Memoirs of the late thomas holcroft, Written by Himself, and continued to the time of his death, from his diary, notes, and other papers. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. 12mo. n three volumes. [3], vi-viii, 300; [2], 283, [1]; [2], 320pp. Without half- titles. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, joints starting, spines dulled, paper shelf-label to foot of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, very occasional short tears to margins, leaf I11 of Vol. II creased, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26380
AUSTEN, Jane. Letters of jane austen: edited with an introduction and critical remarks by edward, lord brabourne. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1884. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 374, [2]; [6], 366pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-stamped olive-green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, with neat repair to upper joint of Vol. II and little soiling to upper board of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates to FEPs with the Latin motto 'Suivant Saint Pierre', very occasional slight ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33138
STEVENSON, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 32pp. With two finely engraved plates; a portrait frontispiece of the subject, and a fine dramatic view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, originally drawn by Miss Stevenson. Original publisher's gilt-tooled and titled buckram. Spine a trifle faded, light shelf-wear and few indents to lower board, else a fine copy. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Tolbooth Chuch Library, From Mesr. Stevenson' to head of title, and in a ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31291
[WEITBRECHT, Mary Edwards]. Memoir of the rev. john james weitbrecht, late missionary of the church missionary society at burdwan, in bengal. Comprehending a history of the burdwan mission. Compiled from his journal and letters, by his widow... London. James Nisbet and Co., 1854. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 580pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and an engraved folding map. Bound by Knill of Reading in contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership/gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31441
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. MEDWIN, T[homas]. The Shelley Papers: memoir of percy bysshe shelley by t. medwin, esq. and original poems and papers by percy bysshe shelley. Now first collected. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1833. First edition. 16mo. viii, 180pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement. Handsomely bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in contemporary red crushed morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. A trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27587
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, modernized. London. Whittaker & Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo. cxlvii, [1], 331pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius to FEP, some marginal loss to leaf R7, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33085
HOOLE, Elijah. Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. Containing the morning and evening services, and other portions of the book of common prayer, in romanized tamil: accompanied by the english version in parallel columns. Together with an anglo-tamil grammar and vocabulary. London. Longman and Co.. Madras. Higginbotham, 1859. First edition. 8vo. [4], 148pp, [2]. Parallel English and Tamil text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, early manuscript Tamil language annotations throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32612
[BROWNING, Robert]. Pauline; a fragment of a confession. [London]. [Smith, Elder and Co.], [1868]. 8vo. 41pp, [1]. Extracted from The Poetical Works of Robert Browning (Smith, Elder and Co., 1868, Vol. I). Bound by Morrell in contemporary calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28143
SHYLOCK, Sir David. Waterocracy: a tale of fire. A letter to myneer von romp, merchant, rotterdam, from his friend sir david shylock, a. s. s. on his visit to the house of lords to oppose the new gass and water bills at the public expense. Translated from the german, and illustrated with two engravings by peter flint. Sunderland. Printed by W. Hollis, 1846. First edition?. 12mo. 12pp. With two engraved plates. Six loose bifolia. Later paper shelf-label to title page, terminal leaf detached, a trifle dusty. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27499
WEAVER, Richard. To you is the word of salvation sent. Seven addresses to the working men and women of england, delivered at st. martin's hall, london, by richard weaver, a converted collier and ex-pugilist. With a biographical sketch. Prescott, C[anada] W[est], [Ontario]. Printed at the "Evangelizer" Office, [1860]. First Canadian edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Rubbed, dulled, and stained, loss to backstrip. Title page and terminal leaf dampstained, head of penultimate leaf trimmed. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29871
[LAING, Charles C.]. Bad ober-gegessingen, 1890. London. Jones & Evans (Late Henry Sotheran & Co.,) Booksellers, 1891. Privately printed. 8vo. x, [3], 111pp, [1]. With a lithographed frontispiece, one further lithographed plate, and numerous charming vignette line-drawings throughout text. No. 48 of an unspecified number of privately printed examples; with the caveat that 'This Extract is published for private use only. It has been "stopped" partly by a friendly hand; perhaps it would have been better if he had stopped it altogether'. An inscription (to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33189
RAMUS, Charles Meade. The polysphenic ship; or, the possibility of a greatly increased speed at sea proved by new experiments. With an appeal to the government to publish the experiments made by the admiralty to test the inventor's proposals. London. Edward Stanford, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Central vertical fold. Recent book-label of Robin de Beaumont to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31723
JERVIS, Major Thomas Best. India in relation to great britain. Considerations on its future administration. London. John Petheram, 1853. First edition. 8vo. viii, 88pp, [4]. With a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, supralibros of the United Service Club to foot of spine. Bookplate of the United Service Club to FEP, initial two leaves of text working loose, leaf B8 detached, single word on p.82 seemingly deliberately rubbed away, with a marginal manuscript note 'Sheridan see speech at ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32636