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MEIGS, Dr. [Charles]. Extracts from the diary of the late samuel emlen, m. d. Physician to the Pennsylvania hospital. With a short memoir of his life. London. Harvey and Darton, 1830. First edition. 12mo. 23pp, [1]. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab wrappers. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21331

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MICHAELIS, Gustav. Meine Erinnerungen an Josef Kainz. [Austria]. [Nowawes, Th. Steiner], 1930. First edition. Private printing. 8vo. 243pp. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's gold cloth, stamped in gilt and green, top-edge green. Boards and all edges a little foxed, spine worn. A little toned throughout. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'He who has a God given gift has everything. – To us God’s gifts go not to Emperors [and] Kings but to artists who are the heaven-sent Princes of the World.” (Written ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31239

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MICHAUD, L.G.. Catalogue de la librairie de L.G. Michaud éditeur de la biographie universelle, des oeuvres de Delille.... Paris. [s.n.], 1822. 8vo. 12pp. Disbound (evidently from a sammelband), original wrappers preserved. Margins closely trimmed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17468

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MICHELL, J[ohn]. CANTON, J[ohn]. Traites sur les aimans artificiels... Paris. Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin l'aine, 1752. First French edition. 8vo. cxx, 160pp. With four engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Extremities worn, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary spine panel. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26409

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Rüstungswettlauf: Ursachen und Auswirkungen. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1972]. First edition. 8vo. 452pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked. Family copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my dear daughter Olga with / all my love. / Daddy / (?) / 29. 1. 1972.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29189

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Bis 2000: Entscheidung in der Vierten Welt. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1979]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, ink inscription in the author's distinctive hand to title page: 'To my very dear Olga / from her / Daddy / Paris, (?) 2, the 17th of Sept. 1980'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29190

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Der Atomkrieg findet nicht statt: Das Versagen der Atomstrategie. Stuttgart. Friedrich Vorwerk, [1958]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver. Rubbed, marked, and damp- stained, spine dulled. Extensive ink and pencil annotations. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30665

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30670

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30672

MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Vom Kriegsbild. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1976]. First edition. 8vo. 317pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'To my darling Olga, a hard work of three years, Daddy Paris. 1. XII. 75'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30673

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MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Moskaus indirekte Strategie: Erfolge und Niederlage. Stuttgart. Seewald, [1983]. First edition. 8vo. 432pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly creased and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'To my darling daughter Olga C. Clark from her loving Daddy Paris, 15.1.1984'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30674

MIKSCHE, Lt.-Col. F. O. Atom-waffen und streitkrafte. Bonn. Westunion, [1955] 8vo. 190pp, [1]. Original publisher's light blue cloth. Heavily worn and marked remnants of original publisher's dustwrapper loosely inserted. Rubbed and stained, spine dulled. Upper corner of text-black damp-stained. Manuscript notes in the author's hand throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30724

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MIKSCHE, Lt-Colonel F. O. Les erreurs strategiques de hitler. Paris. Payot, 1945. First edition in French. 8vo. 204pp, [2]. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, marked, and sunned, loss to spine and upper panel. Leaves browned. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30723

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MIRABEAU, [Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de]. Opinion de m. De mirabeau l’aine, sur les retours de l’inde. Paris. De l’imprimerie nationale, 1790. First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Later printed buff wrappers. Book-label of Peter Stewart Young to verso of upper wrapper, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27988

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[MISSAL]. Missale romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii tridentini restitutum... Olispone, [i.e. Lisbon]. Typographia regia, et privilegio, 1784. Folio. [30], 672pp, cxlvi, [10], 58. Several engraved devotional images within pagination. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, marbled endpapers and gilt gauffered edges, yellow metal clasps. Rubbed, small incision to lower joint, paper label to upper board. Tears to FFEP, occasional marginal loss/tearing, some occasional marking. More > £ 1,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14409

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MITCHELL, Andrew. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de dysenteria... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1789. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 35pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28532

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[MODENA]. Notificazione Dovendo continuare le Imposte sino che siano pagati li debiti fruttiferi contratti dal Magistrato in Genova, Milano, & altrove per cagione de' passati Quartieri, e Contribuzioni... Modena. Bartolomeo Soliani Stampatore Ducale, 1718. Dimensions 0 x 0 mm. Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. Single old central horizontal fold. A trifle creased, some marginal loss, sealing wax remnants to both recto and verso. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23193

MOLIERE. Oeuvres choisies de moliere. Paris. A la Librairie de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, 1861. 8vo. x, 488pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 19 engraved plates. Contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled calf, red calf lettering-piece, marbled edge. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29767

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MONCADA, Francisco de. Expedicion de les catalanes y aragoneses contra turcos y griegos, dirigida a D. Juan de Moncada, arzobispo de tarragona, por D. Francisco de Moncada, Conde de Orsono, su sobrino. Madrid. Por D. Antonio de Sancha, 1777. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 383pp, [1]. Contemporary Spanish cats-paw calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, minute wormhole to base of spine, occasional marking to text, else a fine copy. With the armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Clive to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 11440