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COOPER, Alan. Born leader the story of guy gibson dambuster. Bromley. Independent Books, 1993. First edition. Large 8vo. [viii] 192pp. Original publisher's navy cloth boards lettered gilt, with the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper. With forty-four photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Contemporary postcards and photographs to pasteboard through FFEP, including a postcard signed by various aircrew related to the dambusters. Further RAF and commemorative ephemera loosely inserted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34971
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PUFFENDORF, Samuel. An introduction to the history Of the Principal Kingdoms and States of europe...Made English from the Original. London. Printed for M. Gilliflower , 1695. First edition. 8vo. [28], 538pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf, recently rebacked, with contrasting gilt-tooled black morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with corners exposed. FFEP renewed. Armorial bookplate of the Crawford Library (Bibliotheca Lindesiana) and additional book-label to FEP; second armorial bookplate of Robert Keith of Craig to verso of title. Pasted paper label with title in manuscript to foot of p.106. Manuscript ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35138
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BURNETT, Bishop [Gilbert]. The lives of Sir matthew hale, Knt. Lord Chief Justice of england; wilmot, Earl of Rochester; and Queen mary.. London. Printed for T. Davies, 1774. 8vo. [14], 139, [8], 4-120, 82pp. With half-title and divisional title page to each of the 'lives'. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with wear to corners. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Rolt to FEP. Leaves browned, with staining to endpapers, light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35139
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[OSBORNE, Thomas, Duke of Leeds]. Copies & Extracts of some letters Written to and from The Earl of Danby (now Duke of Leeds) in the Years 1676, 1677, and 1678. With particular remarks Upon some of them. Published by his Grace's Direction.. London. Printed for John Nicholson , 1710. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 364pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-stamped panelled speckled calf, recently rebacked, spine tooled in gilt and blind, with contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with staining and singeing to boards. Leaves browned and stained; some light chipping to edges of initial blank fly-leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35140
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JEFFERIES, Richard. Bevis: the story of a boy. London. Jonathan Cape, [1932]. New illustrated edition. 8vo. 519pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Original publisher's decorated green cloth boards, with original printed pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped and spotted, with some marginal tearing. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35194
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[DU PERRAY, Brossays]. Historical remarks and anecdotes on the castle of the bastille. Translated from the french published in 1774.. London. Printed for T. Cadell, and N. Conant, 1780. First edition. 8vo. [6], 29, [1]. With a large folding engraved map as frontispiece. Modern blind-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Armorial bookplate of Alan Waterworth to FEP. Numerous later naive paper repairs to verso of folding map. Light browning to initial leaves, some staining to plate and title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35207
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BARRINGTON, Shute. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy Of the Diocese of Sarum at the Primary Visitation of That Diocese, In the Year MDCCLXXXIII By Shute Lord Bishop of Sarum. Oxford. [s.n.], 1783. 8vo. [4], 24pp. Uncut in original paper wraps with later stitching, inscribed in ink to upper wrapper 'The Revd. Mr Clark Curate of Chadleworth'. As the present copy bears the name of an English clergyman in the Marlborough area, it is possible that Shute Barrington (1734-1826) distributed this short encouragement of residency, activity and diligence given on his translation to Salisbury to his subordinates in the ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 9890
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[WINE]. [An Act for repealing the Duties upon Licenses for retailing Wine and Sweets, and upon Licenses for retailing distilled Spiritous Liquors, and for granting other Duties in Lieu thereof]. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1790. Folio. [2]. pp-711-730pp. Twentieth-century red morocco, gilt, titled in gilt to upper board. Slight wear to extremities. Reinforcement to gutter margins of text. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 10903
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KATER, Henry. A Description of a Vertical Floating Collimator; and an account of its application to astronomical observations with a circle and with a zenith telescope. London. Printed by Richard Taylor, 1828. First offprint edition. Quarto. [3], 258-289pp, [1]. With two engraved plates illustrating the device. Recent black buckram, lettered in gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title-page; 'Presented by the author, at / Bedford, in Nov. 1828'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 10993
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[ACTS - GEORGE II]. Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714... London. Printed by John Baskett, 1715. [2], 315-330pp, [2]. ESTC N53667.

[Bound with:] Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714... London. Printed by John Baskett, 1715. [4]pp. ESTC N53670.

[And:] Anno Regni georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, primo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11390
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RICHARDSON, Joseph. Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson...consisting of the comedy of the fugitive, and a few short poems; with a sketch of the life of the author... London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [6], 176pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary morocco backed marbled boards cornered in vellum, gilt. Rubbed, slight chipping to spine. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Subscriber's copy, from the library of the Earl of Guilford, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11400
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SKINNER, Rev. John. Amusements of Leisure Hours: Or Poetical Pieces, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By the Late Reverend John Skinner; At Longside, Aberdeenshire. To Which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's Life, with Some Remarks on Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh. Printed By John Moir...and Sold By Stuart Cheyne...by Alexander Brown, 1809. First edition. 8vo. 144pp. Original publisher's paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, loss to spine and bumped corners. Ink inscription to title, occasional foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12051
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WEBB, Daniel. Remarks on the beauties of poetry. London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762. First edition. 8vo. [4], 125pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf backed blue paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Stamped in blind by Worchester Public Library to title, subsequent two leaves, and final three leaves, all leaves lightly toned, marginal dust-soiling to final gathering and blank RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12210
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[BOLTON, Robert]. Letters to a Young Nobleman. Dublin. Printed for G. and A. Ewing, and J. Exshaw, 1763. First Irish edition. 12mo. [4], 230pp, [6] ads. Contemporary calf, morocco lettering-piece. Joints cracked, upper board held by cords. Lower corners of first four leaves with some fraying, occasional spots of foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12323
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MACLAREN, Roderick. On a long Sea voyage in Phthisis Pulmonalis. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1871]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 10pp. Stitched, as issued. Some light marginal dust-soiling, occasional spots of foxing. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of drop-title; 'With Dr. Maclaren's compts.', with annotation in the same hand at foot; 'Reprinted from the Brit. (?) Med-Chir. Review. Jan. 1871.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12410
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MOORE, Thomas. Odes of anacreon, translated into English verse with notes. Dublin. Printed by Robert Napper, 1803. First Irish edition. 12mo. ix, [2], 12-214pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Attractively bound in contemporary tree-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Slight rubbing to joints. Nineteenth century ink inscription to FEP, offsetting to title, lightly foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 13166