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MITCHELL, T. H.. A system of light drill; or, Questions and Answers on the rudiments of skirmishing...also, a system of company light drill, for the instruction of young officers and non-commissioned officers, and the duties of sentries in garrison. London. W. Clowes & Sons, 1847. Fifth edition. 12mo. 84pp. With nine engraved folding plates. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31559

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BARANTE, [Baron de]. A tableau of French literature during The Eighteenth Centuury. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1834. 12mo. xxxi, [1], 215pp, [1]. Bound by Carss & Co. of Glasgow in contemporary half-calf, green cloth boards. Rubbed, without lettering-piece. Very occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27358

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-Auguste. Atala, ou les amours de deux sauvages dans le désert. Paris. Chez Migneret, 1801. Troisieme edition [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. xxiv, 207pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by T. J. Farndell of Windsor in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Binder's ticket and contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP: 'Wm. Danby / the gift of his sister / Mary Harcourt / May 1803'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17383

ALFORD, D. P.. A tale of tresco, the tavistock chimes, and other poems, mostly of the west country. Tavistock. T. W. Greenfield, 1894. First edition. 8vo. [6], 72pp, [2]. Original publisher's gilt-tooled turquoise cloth. A trifle rubbed and marked. Title page browned. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'N. L. Southam, d.d. D. P. Alford; Christmas 1903'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33391

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A MEMBER OF THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY [i.e. DUNTON, John]. Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes merrily argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age... London. Printed for B. Bragg, 1707. First edition. 8vo. xxxii, 544pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, brown morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked. Recent bookplate of American bibliophile and lawyer Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015) to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28849

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[DUNTON, John]. Athenian Sport: or, Two Thousand Paradoxes merrily argued, To Amuse and Divert the Age: as A Paradox in praise of a Paradox. . London. Printed for B. Bragg, 1707. First edition. 8vo. xxxii, 544pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, staining and scoring to boards. Armorial bookplate of John Seale to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33916

TROIL, Magnus. A third letter to the earl of zetland, from magnus troil. Kirkwall. Printed by J. U. Anderson, 1847. First edition. 8vo. 8pp. Modern blue wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece to upper wrapper. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33323

[MACKAY, Charles]. A thousand and one gems of English poetry. London. George Routledge and Sons, 1881. 8vo. iv, 538pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further eight engraved plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, lightly foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23122

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[BROWN, Thomas]. [A ticket for his Lectures on Moral Philosophy: University of Edinburgh 16th Nov. 1810 ]. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1810] Dimensions 110 x 80 mm. Card ticket, engraved on one side only. Date completed in manuscript in the hand of Thomas Brown, with his signature beneath. 'Mr. Andrew Lawson' in manuscript to verso. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 24134

MIKSCHE, Lieut.-Colonel F. O. Atomic Weapons and Armies. London. Faber and Faber, [1955]. First edition. 8vo. 222pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30666

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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WINGFIELD, W[illiam] F[rederick]. A tour in dalmatia, albania and montenegro; with an historical sketch of the republic of ragusa, from the earliest times down to its final fall. London. Richard Bentley, 1859. First edition. 8vo. viii, 348pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled red calf, brown morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 18994

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[WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddocke]. A tour through monmouthshire and wales, Made in the Months of June, and July, 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777. Salisbury. Printed and sold by E. Easton, 1781. Second edition. Quarto. [4], xii, 214pp, [2]. With 16 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of errata. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Recent armorial bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24110

KEYNES, John Maynard. A tract on monetary reform. London. Macmillan and Co., 1923. First edition. 8vo. [2], viii, 209pp, [3]. With a half-title and initial and final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of the Library of Mistakes to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Percy George to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27859

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[LEATHAM, William Henry]. A traveller's thoughts; or, lines suggested by a tour on the continent. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837. Third edition. 124pp, [2]. With a half-title.

[Bound with:] [LEATHAM, William Henry]. The victim. A tale of the "Lake of the Four Cantons." London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1838. 68pp, [2]. With a half-title and a tipped-in errata slip.

[And:] [LEATHAM, William Henry]. Sandal in the olden time. An historical poem. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839. 106pp, [2]. With a half-title. With ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 21038

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MASSINGHAM, H. J. [compiler]. A treasury of seventeenth century english verse: form the death of shakespeare to the restoration (1616-1660). London. Macmillan and Co., 1919. 8vo. xxiii, 399pp, [1]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Modern gilt-ruled brown morocco, T.E.G., signed 'Katharine Pountney' to rear lower turn-in. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29139

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HUNTLEY, Thomas. A treatise of arithmetic and mensuration, for the use of schools. Banbury. Printed by Thomas Cheney, 1811. Fourth edition. 12mo. 71pp, [1]. Original publisher's sheep-backed blue paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, worming and slight loss to spine and lower board. Minute wormhole to text and minor wormtrack to final two leaves. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23995

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FORBES, William. A treatise of Church-lands & Tithes: In two Parts... Edinburgh. Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. First edition. 8vo. [16], 450, 1pp, [23]. The first page of the index is numbered 1. With a terminal supplementary index leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled sprinkled calf. Without lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked, and dulled. Contemporary ownership inscription of Jacobi Nasmyth to FEP, later struck-through, near contemporary ownership inscriptions to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33329

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H[UTCHINSON], J[ohn] . A treatise of power essential and mechanical. Wherein the original, and that part of religion which now is natural, is stated. . London. Printed by W. Bowyer, 1732. First edition. 8vo. [2], 315pp, [7]. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting brown morocco-lettering piece. Rubbed and mark, with cracking to joints and small splits to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers. Inked ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to head of title. A touch of browning to endpapers, but otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33245

FAIRFAX, N[athaniel], M.D.. A treatise of the bulk and selvedge of the world. Wherein The greatness, littleness and lastingness of bodies are feely Handled. With an Answer to Tentamine de Deo, By. S.P. D.D.. London. Printed for Robert Boulter, 1674. First edition. 8vo. [38], 201, 200-201pp, [5]. Without initial blank (A1), but with two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, with gilt tooling and remains of a morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn and rubbed; with surface loss to joints and corners, chipping to head and foot of spine, and lettering-piece, upper board detached. Later endpapers, with pencilled notes regarding the text, some browning and spotting to ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28721