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BINYON, Laurence. The Art of Botticelli: an essay in pictorial criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition. Folio. Limited edition of 275 copies, this being one of 250 made available for sale. xi, [1], 166, [3]. With an original etching by Muirhead Bone, and a further 23 plates. Uncut in original publisher's vellum-backed navy cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27066
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GRIFFITHS, Captain & Adj. F. A. The Artillerist's Manual, and compendium of infantry-exercise: sword exercise: field battery exercise: service of heavy ordnance, gyns, &c. fortification: pyrotechny: mathematics" gunnery: &c. &c. &c. With the Requisite Plates and Tables. Woolwich. Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, 1839. 12mo. xii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33149
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GRIFFITHS, Major F[rederick] A[ugustus]. The artillerist's manual, and british solder's compendium. London. Published by Authority. Sold by Allen & Co. et al., 1854. Sixth edition. 8vo. xxiv, 331pp, [1]. With 16 engraved plates depicting aspects of British military equipment and strategy. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, some bumping to edges and corners. Early inked ownership inscription to FFEP. Light spotting to text and FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33832
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LA CHAMBRE, [Marin Cureau de]. DAVIES, John - of Kidwelly. The art how to know men. Originally written, By the Sieur de le chambre, Counsellour to His Majesty of France, and Physician in Ordinary. Rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. London. Printed by T.R. for Thomas Dring at the George in Fleetstreet, neer Cliffords-Inn, 1665. First English edition. 8vo. [32], 330pp, [14]. With extra-engraved title (A1v, included in the pagination). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Rubbed, cracking to joints, lacking lettering-piece and chipped to spine, with neat repair to upper board at foot. Small paper flaw to D1, with loss of catchword to recto and two words of text to verso. Philip Bliss' copy, with one line of manuscript notes (identifying the author of 'Address to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31353
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LEBLANC, Maurice. The arrest of arsène lupin. London. Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First Eveleigh Nash edition. 8vo. 277pp, [10]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered gilt, with the pictorial onlay intact. Worn; bumped and marked, with some tearing and chipping to the sunned spine, where the gilt is entirely faded. Toning to endpapers and page block, light foxing throughout and to edges. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30038
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[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list. January, 1873. London. Printed by C. Roworth & Sons...For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1873]. 12mo. lxxxii, 362, 28pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Extremities rubbed, chipped, creased, and heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31561
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[APOCRYPHA, English Authorised Version]. The apocrypha, according to the authorised version. Oxford. Printed at the University Press, [s.d., c. 1898] 8vo. [186]pp. Printed in double columns. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, with initials 'W. E.' (likely William Eden (1849-1915), father of Anthony Eden) to upper board. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Ink inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'With my best wishes M. H. Xmas 1898. "Friendship maketh day light in the understanding, out of darkness & ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29535
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[SMITH, Charles], [HARRIS, Walter]. The Antient and Present State of the County of Down. Containing A Chorographical Description, with the Natural and Civil History of the same... Dublin. Printed by A. Reilly, For Edward Exshaw, 1744. First edition. 8vo. xx, 271pp, [21]. With a large engraved folding map. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Later armorial bookplate to FEP M.A. of Dublin, and a member of the Irish Bar, Daniel De La Cherois (1825- 1905) of Donaghadee, County Down, inked ownership inscription to head of title: 'Danl. De La Cherois / Donaghadee 29 Decr. 1859', typed note (signed by De La ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30940
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TWAMLEY, Louisa Anne. The annual of british landscape scenery. An autumn ramble on the wye. London. W. S. Orr and Co., [1839]. First edition. 8vo. 152pp, [4] With an additional engraved title page, a further 19 engraved plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Attractively bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of Douglas Heber Hill Grainger to FEP, plates foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32420
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OROSIUS, Paulus. [BARRINGTON, Daines]. The Anglo-Saxon version, From the historian orosius. By aelfred the Great. Together with an english translation from the anglo-saxon.. London. Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: And sold by S. Baker and G. Leigh.., 1773. First edition. 8vo. [2], xxxiii, [3], 242, xii, 259pp, [1]. With an engraved folding map 'of Europe for the Illustration of King Aelfred's Anglo-Saxon translation of Orosius', without half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to extremities, chipped to head and foot of the (slightly discoloured) spine with some starting to joints; nevertheless a strongly-bound copy, with small diamond-shaped shelfmark label to foot of spine. With ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20297
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BENSON, E. F.. The Angel of Pain. London. William Heinemann, 1906. First edition. 8vo. [6], 340pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards, lettered black, with the black and red design stamped to front board. Spine toned with boards otherwise marked. Shelf-wear to all edges, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean save an ownership signature to the FFEP. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 30086
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[PATMORE, Coventry]. The angel in the house: the betrothal. London. John W. Parker and Son, 1854. First edition. 8vo. viii, 191pp, [1]. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, Some loss to head of spine/lettering-piece. Endpapers toned, lightly spotted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso fo FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19162
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L'ESTRANGE, Hamon. The alliance of Divine Offices, Exhibiting all the liturgies of the Church of England Since the reformation... London. Printed for Ch. Brome, 1699. Fourth edition. Folio. [16], 264, 275-313, [1], 325-348, 337-339, [1], 44pp. Text is continuous, despite pagination. Partially misbound. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, joints split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, remnants of excised bookplate to FEP, later inked shelf-marks and ownership inscription to front endpapers, FFEP working loose, very small burn-holes to text leaves S3-T1 (without loss of sense), ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27521
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BEETON, Mrs.. The "all about it" books. Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-day Cookery. London. S. O. Beeton, 1865. First edition in book form. 8vo. 371pp, [5]. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, corners bumped and exposed. Two sheets of manuscript recipes naively stitched to gutter of title page, early inked ownership inscription of 'C. Campbell' to head, long tear to one leaf (p.255-256), without loss, very occasional chipping to margins, scattered spotting, later ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31368