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BOATE, Gerard. Irelands naturall history. Being a true and ample Description of its Situation, Greatness, Shape, and Nature; Of its Hills, Woods, Heaths, Bogs, Of its Fruitfull Parts and profitable Grounds, with the severall ways of Manuring and Improving the same. With its Heads or Promontories, Harbours, Roads and Bays; Of its Springs and Fountains, Brooks, Rivers, Loghs; Of its Metalls, Mineralls, Freestone, Marble, Sea-coal, Truf, and other things that are taken out of the ground... Imprinted at London. for John Wright at the Kings Head in the Old Baily, 1657. Second edition. 8vo. [16], 186pp, [6]. Occasional pencilled highlighting to text. ESTC R27215. USTC 3073182. Wing B3373.

[Bound after:] [DAVIES, Sir J.] A discoverie of the true causes why ireland Was never entirely Subdued, nor brought under Obedience of the Crowne of England, Untill the Beginning of His Majesties happie Raigne. Printed exactly from the Edition in 1612. London. Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine Street in the ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31288
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BROOKE, Stopford A.. On ten plays of shakespeare. London. Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. 8vo. [4], 311pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked with bumping to corners. Darkening to spine and damp staining to fore edge of upper board.

[With:] [Two manuscript autograph lectures, delivered at University College London in March and November of 1905]. Each 22ff sewn. Slightly marked. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32041
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[HOLY BIBLE]. The holy bible Containing the Old Testament and the new: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues, And With the former Translation diligently compar'd & revis'd By his Mats. special Command and Appointed to be read in Churches. Dublin. Printed by Boulter Grierson printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1758. First Boulter Grierson edition. [1296]pp, bound with the Apocrypha, which follows a separate register (A-I8, K4); title page is engraved, with a divisional NT title. With a charming manuscript gift inscription (see below) dated 1767 to verso the final leaf of Apocrypha, and a neat manuscript correction to PP4r. ESTC T91957. Herbert 1123.

[Bound with:] [PSALTER - BRADY, N. TATE, N.]. A New Version of the psalms of david, ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32529
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [India paper proofs of the complete set of 12 plates for the Dickens' edited Memoirs of Grimaldi]. [London]. . [s.n., 1838] Quarto, dimensions 210 x 290mm. 12 india paper proof impressions. With an additional coloured portrait by H. Brown, and an address front in Grimaldi's hand, with his initials, bound in at front. Leaves mounted on linen guards. Finely bound in Victorian ('super extra') gilt tooled straight-grain crushed red morocco, ('in the Roger payne style') by Francis Bedford. T.E.G. Slightest of shelf-wear to extremities, else fine. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32652
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [India paper proofs, before letters, of the 21 etched plates for Maxwell's History of the irish rebellion in 1798]. [London]. [s.n., 1845] Oblong folio, dimensions 370 x 270mm. 21 india paper proof impressions, before letters, captioned in pencil. With an additional carte de visite mounted at front, inscribed by the author. Finely bound in elaborately gilt-tooled nineteenth-century red crushed morocco, by Riviere. A.E.G, marbled endpapers. Fly-leaves a little spotted, lightest shelfwear to extremities, else fine. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32656
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[FLORA'S GALA]. [FLAXMAN, Maria]. Flora's gala. Illustrated with elegant engravings. London. Printed for J. Harris, Successor to R. Newberry, at the Original Juvenile Library, 1808. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. With frontispiece and five further hand-coloured engraved plates depicting Flora (as a goddess) and her fairies, within detailed botanical scenes. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped and marked, some damp-staining to upper wrapper, contemporary previous owner's inscription to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32832
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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. POUNCY, John. Dorsetshire Photographically illustrated. By J. Pouncy. The detail and touch of nature faithfully reproduced by a new process on stone, by which views are rendered truthful, artistic, and durable. London. Dorchester. Bland & Long. John Pouncy, Photographic institution, [1857]. First edition. Oblong folio. Four parts in two volumes. [90]; [82]pp. Lithographic title to Vol I., terminal advertisements and colophon leaves to each volume (all included in preceding collation). With 79 photo-lithographic plates, one of which double-page. Original publisher's limp cloth, decorated in blind and titled in gilt; Vol II neatly recased in the original binding at an early date. Some rubbing, tearing and a little marking to binding; ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32953
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[ROYAL WEDDINGS]. [Drop-head title:] Ceremonial. St. James's Palace, January 25, 1858. Upon this day, at half-past Twelve o'Clock, P.M., was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, the Marriage of Her Royal Highness Victoria-Adelaide-Mary-Louisa, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, Eldest Daughter of Her Majesty Queen Victoria...with His Royal Highness Prince Frederic-William-Nicolas-Charles, Only Son of His Royal Highness Frederic-William-Louis, Prince of Prussia.... [London]. [Printed by Harrison and Sons], [1858]. 28pp.

[Together with:] Ceremonial. Windsor castle, 10th March, 1863. Upon this day at half-past twelve o'clock, was solemnized at Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, the Marriage of HIs Royal Highness Albert Edward...with Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia, eldest daughter of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark. [London]. [Printed by Harrison and Sons], [1863]. 33pp, [1].

[And:] ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33207
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CAREW, Richard. The survey of cornwall. London. Printed by S. S[tafford] for John Jaggard, 1602. First edition. Quarto. [6], 159pp, [11]. Without initial blank leaf. Partially misbound (initial two contents leaves present at the rear. Later blind-stamped black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine dulled. Recent ticket of bookseller J.A.D. Bridger of Penzance to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33821
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[WALLIS, John]. Wallis's Royal Chronological Tables of English History on a Plan similar to that of the Dissected Maps. Published March 31st 1788 by John Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Str. London. Price 10/6. Dimensions 600 x 420 mm.. Complete. 42 printed wooden pieces, housed in original publisher's wooden box with engraved pictorial title label to lid. Some loss to box at edges, working loose at joints, lettering-piece stained and discoloured, with early ink annotation suggesting this was acquired 'at Mrs Denny's Sale'. Slight loss to two blank areas of two edge pieces. More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 24674
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[SOCIETY FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE SLAVE TRADE]. [Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa, advertisement to verso of One Penny Mulready letter-sheet]. [London]. Dimensions unfolded: 220 x 200 mm; folded: 133 x 88 mm.. Single leaf mulready letter- sheet, folded addressed to 'Mrs Clive, Sanderstead, Croydon, Surrey', postmarked Frome with the 306 duplex cancellation to folded front, and further post-marks of Croydon and Frome dated September 1844, to folded verso. Some tears to folds, margins, without loss of text, remains of opened wax seal and old paper repairs to recto. More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 30000
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[DARTON]. [The world]. London. Darton, [s.d., between 1808 and 1866] 480 x 250 mm. Box dimension 207 x 160 x 550 mm.. One hand-coloured engraved map, mounted on wood, dissected into 47 pieces; displaying two hemispheres, each 230cmm in diameter. A little marking to surface, one plug missing. Preserved in the original wooden box (?light pine), with a sliding top; the latter featuring the printed label 'World', the side of the box with another reading 'Darton, London: Warranted' . More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33548
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GODWIN, William. An enquiry concerning political justice, and its influence on general virtue and happiness. London. Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, 1793. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [23], 411, [1]; [22], 424pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree calf. Heavily worn, with chipping and loss to spines, corners, boards detached. Title leaf of Vol. I. detached, and certainly, like that that of Vol. II, originally a cancel. Some staining to text, with the early ink inscription of Walter Young to head of the first page of contents of both volumes. Preserved ... More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26138
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VICE ADMIRAL THE EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA. Report to the combined chiefs of staff by the supreme allied commander south-east asia 1943-1945. London. His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 280pp. With 39 maps and four charts. Contemporary cream cloth, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Original publisher's printed green wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed and marked. With later bookplate 'From the Library of the Earl of Avon', i.e., Sir Anthony Eden, loosely inserted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of upper wrapper: 'To Anthony, in memory of his very gallant son from Dickie'. More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29517
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[REYNARD THE FOX]. The Most Delectable history of Reynard the Fox. Newly Corrected and Purged, from all grossness in Phrase and Matter. Augmented and Enlarged with sundry Excellent Morals and Expositions upon every several Chapter. To which may now be added a Second Part of the said History: As also the Shifts of Reynardine the Son of Reynard the fox, Together with his Life and Death, &c. London. Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster, [1701?]. Quarto. [160]pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC T60836.

[Bound with:] The Most Pleasant and Delightful history of reynard the fox. The second part... London. Printed by A. M. and R. R. for Edward Brewster, 1681. [112]pp. ESTC R218371, Wing M2912.

[And:] The shifts of reynardine The son of Reynard the Fox, Or a Pleasant history of his life and death... London. Printed by ... More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33150
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REYNOLDES, Edward. Self-Deniall: Opened and applied in a sermon Before the Reverend Assembly of divines: On a Day of their private Humiliation. London. Printed for Robert Bostock, 1646 [i.e. 1645] First edition. [4], 47pp, [1]. ESTC R200389, Wing R1278.

[Bound with:] REYNOLDO, Ed. Animalis Homo: concio latine habita ad Academicos Oxonienses; Nono die Octobris, 1649. Pro inchoando termino. Londini [i.e. london]. Excudebat T. Newcomb pro Roberto Bostock, 1650 [i.e. 1649]. First edition. [6], 36pp, [2]. With terminal blank leaf. ESTC R206253, Wing R1236.

[And:] REYNOLDS, Edward. Joy in the Lord: Opened in a sermon Preached at Pauls, ... More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33339
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[HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY]. [A collection of largely eighteenth-century pamphlets and broadsides relating to the Honourable Artillery Company]. London. [vs.], 1786-1813 Folio, 8vo and others. This collection consists of:

- Lists of the chiefs, officers, court of assistants, members, &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark, [1788]. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar, for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers, some light staining.

- An address to the inhabitants of london from the ... More > £ 3,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14449
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MURDOCH, Iris.. [A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. . London. [vs., 1980-1999] [vs. editions]. 8vo. 20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.

[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.

[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25826
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SHELLEY, Mary. The fortunes of perkin warbeck. A romance. By the author of "Frankenstein," "The Last Man, " &c. In two volumes. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First American edition. 12mo in 6s. In two volumes. 261, [13]; 239pp, [1]. With five terminal leaves of advertisement ads to Vol. I. Uncut, in original publisher's cloth- backed paper boards, printed lettering-pieces. Rubbed, worn to extremities and some surfaces, loss to lettering-pieces, especially that of Vol. I. Internally browned, as with most American novels of this era, with some creasing and water-marking, especially to the end of Vol. I. From ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26142