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POWELL, Lewis. Y llwythau mewn dyfnder galar ar ol y diweddar barch. morgan jones... Llanelli. Argraffwyd gan Rees a Thomas, 1837. Second edition. 12mo. 23pp, [1]. Disbound. Leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28642

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HORANINOW, Paulus. Tetractys naturae seu systema quadrimembre omnium naturalium... Petropoli. Typis K. Wienhoberianis, 1843. First edition. 8vo. vi, 62pp. Original publisher's buff printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29044

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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[PSALMS]. Les pseaumes traduits sur l'hebreu... Paris. Chez Charles Osmont, 1739. Nouvelle edition. 12mo. lxxii, 502pp. Near contemporary blind-tooled light brown morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed.Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30407

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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. 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

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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

VINAVER, Michel. Iphigenie Hotel. Paris. Gallimard, 1963. First edition. 8vo. 208pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed wrappers. Contemporary address to front verso wrap. Inscribed on the half-title: 'a Laurence Olivier hommage de M Vinaver'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31425

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RISPART, Eugen [i.e. FRANCOLM, Isaac Asher]. Die Juden und die kreuzfahrerin England unter Richard Lowenhertz. Leipzig. Verlay von Chr. C. Kollmann, 1861. 8vo. [4], 499pp, [1]. Bound by Leighton of London in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, pencilled shelf-marks to verso of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31706

ST. PIERRE, Bernardin de. Paul et virginie. Paris. Chez Deterville, 1816. 8vo. [2], viii, 242pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33111

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VENERONI, [Giovanni]. Le maitre italien. Contenant tout ce qui est nécessaire pour apprendre facilement, & en peu de tems, à parler, lire & écrire en Italien & entendre les Auteurs, tant en Prose qu'en Vers. . Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Brunel, 1691. Nouvelle Edition. 8vo. [8], 375pp, [1]. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with wear to head of spine, minute worm-hole to foot of upper board. Endpapers sprung, without free-endpapers. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page. Some staining to title and very occasional light spotting to text, but largely internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33436

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GROTIUS, Hugo. Hugo grotius de veritate religionis christianae.. Londini [i.e. London]. Joannem Nourse, 1755. Editio novissima, ex collatione optimorum exemplarium emendata.. 8vo. [16], 320pp, [2]. Contemporary blind-stamped calf. Rubbed and marked, with minor surface loss to boards and some surface chipping to spine. Rear pastedowns sprung. All edges red. Small inked initials to head of FEP. Light spotting and browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33468

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LABBE, Philippi [i.e. LABBE, Philippe]. Eruditae pronuntiationis Catholici Indices. Opus omnibus, qui vel ex scripto vel memoriter; ex plano vei suggestu; in Choro, Scholis, Triclinio; publicis privatisve Congressibus, Latine logui, recitare, ac perorare debent, omnino necessarium. Londini [i.e. London]. J. & F. Rivington, 1771. Fourth edition. 8vo. [6], 191pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with splitting to joints, light damp-staining to upper board. Armorial bookplate of Earl Nelson to FFEP. Browning to endpapers and initial leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34504

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AHLWARDT, Dr. Wilhelm. Ueber poesie und poetik der araber. Gotha. Verlag von Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1856. First edition. Quarto. [4], 88pp, [6]. Contemporary black half-cloth, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked. Decorative endpapers, Later inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 11617

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BAILLY, C.. Manuale di fisica ossia compendio degli elementi di questa scienza di C. Bailly...corredato di note, ed aggiunte matematiche Dr. T Richard. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Da' Torchi del Tramater, 1830. 8vo. xxv, 242pp. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary black calf backed marbled boards, gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Leaves foxed throughout. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12272

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RAPIN DE THOYRAS, [Paul de]. Dissertation sur les whigs et les torys. A La Haye. Chez Charles le Vier, 1717. 8vo. [8], 162pp. Title in red and black. Contemporary calf, gilt. Without lettering-piece, rubbed, joints starting, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, light damp-staining and occasional spots of foxing throughout, loss to bottom margin of B2, not affecting text. From the library of Hugh Selbourne, with small ink-stamps to verso of title and occasionally to margins. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13388

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[GOETHE], ARNIM, Bettina von. Goethe et Bettina correspondance inedite de Goethe et de Mme Bettina d'Arnim. Traduit de l'allemand par Seb. Albin. Paris. Au Comptoir des Imprimeurs Unis, 1843. First French editon. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], xvi, 348, [4], 364pp. Recent navy morocco backed mottled boards. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, title-page laid-down due to tearing, loss to bottom corner of p.195-6, second half-title with repaired tear, some minor browning thought overall clean. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13989

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DELISLE DE SALES, Jean-Baptiste-Claude. Paradoxes par un citoyen. Premiere partie. A Amsterdam. [s.n.], 1775. First edition. 8vo. xii, 13-123, [9], 269-276pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, text-block holding firm by cords. Internally clean and crisp, a very good copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14633

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[VOLTAIRE]. Discorso fatto dal sig. di Voltaire, istoriografo di Francia, In occasione del suo ricevimento nell' accademia Francese, In vece del Presidente Bouhier Il Lunedi 9. Maggio 1746. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1746]. 12mo. 35pp, [1]. Recent marbled paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Slightest of wear to extremities. Occasional light foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14647