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[JACOBIN CLUB]. A speech, delivered at the jacobin club, supposed in the candlerigs of glasgow. [Glasgow?]. [s.n.], [1793?]. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, printed paper lettering- piece to upper wrapper. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33306

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JACKSON, Major R[obert] P[ostance]. Some copper coins issued by the english east india company and other european powers in southern india. London. Harrison and Son, 1909. First edition. Quarto. 6pp. With a photographic plate depicting numerous coins issued by the British, Dutch, Danes, and French in Southern India. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. With original publisher's upper wrapper bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Ink-stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21752

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[ITALIAN LITERATURE]. [A collection of 21 Italian pamphlets, on various subjects, printed mostly in Milan, Venice, Florence, and Ferrara]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1822-1848] In four volumes.

Vol. I:

Sopra il nuovo libro intitolato delle origini italiche Letterea di Risposta di un vecchio ad un giovine amico. Brescia. Tipografia Venturini, 1841. 72pp.

[Bound with:] Al consigliere gaetano pinali epistola di caterina bon brenzoni. Verona. Dalla stamperia Libanti, 1844. 18pp, [2]. With a lithographed frontispiece.

[And:] Memoire relative al monumento emo esistente nell' arsenale di venezia opera dell' immortale antonio ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25067

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ISOCRATES. Isokratous hapanta. Isocratis opera quae quidem nunc extant omnia...ac notas adjunxit Gulielmus Battie M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. et Soc. Reg. Socius.. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis C. Davis, J. Whiston, et B. Dod, 1749. First complete Battie edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, [3], 492pp; [4], 568pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, joints split. Armorial bookplate of Moor Park, Hertfordshire and inked shelf-mark to FEPs of both vols. Very occasional light browning to leaves, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33861

IRVING, Washington. The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. London. John Murray, 1831. 8vo. xi, [1], 354pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved folding maps. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, brown calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27837

IRVING, Washington. Sketch of william roscoe. Liverpool. Printed by Harris and Company, [1853]. First edition. 8vo. 15pp, [1], iv. Stitched, without original wrappers. Slightest of dust-soiling and marking to title-page and terminal leaf, overall a near fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14934

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IRVING, David. The elements of english composition. Containing practical instructions for writing the english language with perspicuity and elegance; and Designed, in the Progress of Education, to succeed to the Study of English Grammar, and of the Latin and Greek Classics. London. Printed for R. Phillips...By T. Gillet, 1801. First edition. 8vo. x, 262pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn, boards held by cords only. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31815

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[IRELAND AND THE IRISH UNION]. [A large collection of 51 pamphlets relating to Ireland, and the Irish Union with Great Britain, from the library of the Marquesses of Lothian at Newbattle Abbey]. [Dublin, Edinburgh and London]. [vs., 1789-1801] 51 volumes. Preserved in the original states; the vast majority stitched as issued, many uncut and in the original plain paper wrappers. More > £ 12,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17706

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[IRELAND]. Speeches of the Right Honorable Henry Grattan, with prefatory observations. The whole comprising a brief review of the most important political events in the history of Ireland. Dublin. Printed for H. Fitzpatrick, 1811. First edition. 8vo. Volume one, all published. [4], xcvi, [2], 415pp, [1], x. An unsophisticated copy, uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbing to spine with loss to head and foot, splitting to joints, chipping to lettering-piece, boards a trifle marked, corners bumped. Ink ownership inscription to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11090

[IRELAND]. Speeches of the Right Honorable Henry Grattan, with prefatory observations. The whole comprising a brief review of the most important political events in the history of Ireland. Dublin. Printed for H. Fitzpatrick, 1811. First edition. 8vo. Volume one, all published. [4], xcvi, [2], 415pp, [1], x. Uncut an unsophisticated copy in original publisher's blue paper backed green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed with loss to spine, lettering-piece chipped, boards slightly sunned and soiled, corners bumped. Sporadic foxing throughout, slight marginal loss to N2, near contemporary ink inscription to head of title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11089

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[IONA CLUB]. Collectanea de rebus albanicis. Edited by the iona club. With the transactions of the club. Edinburgh. Printed for the Iona Club, 1839. First edition. 8vo. Four parts in one volume. xiii, [1], viii, viii, v, [7], 362, [2], 16, [4], [17]-52, [16], 79-80pp. With three original annual subscription tickets, made out to David Laing, and the original mauve wrappers from each of the four issues (the first three with Laing's signature to upper wrapper) bound in at end. Later gilt-tooled turquoise half- morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, T.E.G., others untrimmed. ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33287

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[INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION]. Oral instruction of the deaf and dumb... [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Arts, by William Clowes and Sons, 1884. First edition. [2], 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] SPARKES, John C. L. Schools of art: their origin, history, work, and influence. [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Arts, by William Clowes and Sons, 1884. First edition. viii, 152pp.

[And:] PAGET, Charles E. Healthy schools. [London]. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24340

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[INSTITUTE OF BANKERS]. The Institute of Bankers. Catalogue of the library. London. Blades, East & Blades, 1915. Fourth edition. 8vo. iv, 185pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed printed buff boards. Rubbed, marked, and dulled, surface loss to spine. Book-label of the Bank of England Library, manuscript shelf-marks, and deaccession stamp to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24521

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[INFANT SCHOOLS]. Reflections on the kind of instruction, best adapted for infant schools. Bristol. Wright & Bagnall, 1828. First edition. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher’s buff wrappers. Lightly creased and marked. A trifle dusty, chipping to foot of text-block. More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 17649

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[HUMAN MIND]. A practical survey of the faculties of the human mind; with hints for their proper exercise, regulation, and improvement... London. Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1828. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 111pp, [1]. Contemporary (original?) dark green moire cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24524

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[HULL ROCKINGHAM]. [Drop-head title:] Slavery. From the "Hull Rockingham" of January 31, 1824. [Liverpool]. [Rushton and Melling], [1824]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 8pp. Disbound, later stitched into marbled wrappers. Leaves dampstained, primarily at margins More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 13684

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[HUDDESFORD, William]. The lives Of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood; with An authentick Account of their respective Writings and Publications, from original papers. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press, for J. and J. Fletcher...And Joseph Pote, 1772. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 111, [113], 20, [2], iv, 139, [9]; [2], v, [3], 404, 58pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and a further nine engraved plates, three of which folding. Uncut in contemporary marbled boards, recently rebacked in calf. Heavy rubbing and some surface loss to boards. Recent armorial bookplates of 'G.A.B.D. Hacket' to both FEPs, eighteenth-century book label ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 14708

[HOUSE OF PEERS]. The tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the house of peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors...Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th day of February, 1709/10, and from thence continued by several Adjournments until the 23d Day of March following. . London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1710. First edition. 8vo. 456pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Henry Sacheverell. Contemporary gilt-tooled, panelled mottled calf, later rebacked, with a contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A.E.G. Rubbed, with loss to head of spine and surface wear to joints and edges. A Coleridge family copy, with the armorial bookplate of Bernard, Lord Coleridge to FFEP, inked ownership inscription of Jane Fortescue Coleridge, Heath's Court to head of second blank ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34134

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HOUGH, J. [editor]. The Young Man's best companion; or, the New Book of Knowledge; being a regular system of education, without the aid of a tutor... Manchester. Printed and published by J. Gleave and Son, 1825. 8vo. 612pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 10 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Plates browned, folding plate split, marginal loss to leaf 3G, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained, spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30382

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H[OSKYNS], C[handos] W[ren]. Talpa: or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm. An Agricultural Fragment. London. Reeve & Co., 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 237pp, [3], 4pp. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's marbled red cloth, stamped ing gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, sine sunned. Recent armorial bookplate of John Bryam to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32249