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VOLTAIRE. The age of lewis XIV... London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 436; [2], 292, 90pp, [20]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, numerous worm-holes to dulled spines, corners bumped. Minute worm-track to foot of initial four gatherings of Vol. II, short tears to margins of leaves Q3-4 of same, central horizontal tear to leaf c4 (appendix) without loss of sense. From the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28321
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WILLIAMSON, Thomas. Agricultural mechanism; or, a display of the several properties, and powers, of the vehicles, implements, and Machinery, connected with husbandry... London. Printed for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiii, [1], 311pp, [1]. Without half-title. With 20 engraved plates. Bound for Richard Gregory in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Gregory to FEP, with his ownership inscription to p.1 and a single note in his hand to foot of p.195. With four loosely inserted printed invitations, addressed to Gregory, for the Society for ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20920
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WHITE, Nathaniel. Unlimited Confidence not to be placed in the best of Princes. A sermon preached...On Occasion of the Sudden and much lamented Death of his late Most Excellent Majesty King George the Second... London. Printed for James Buckland, 1760. First edition. 30pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Presentation copy, partially shaved inked inscription to head of title page: 'Ex dono auc'. two manuscript corrections to text. ESTC T67751.

[Bound after:] CHANDLER, S[amuel]. The Character of a great and good King Full of Days, Riches, and Honour. A sermon Preached on Occasion of the Death of his late Majesty King George II... London. Printed ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22104
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WALKER, Joseph Cooper. Memoirs of alessandro tassoni, author of La Secchia Rapita; or, the rape of the bucket; interspersed with Occasional Notices of his Literary Contemporaries, and a general Outline of his various works... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. First edition. 8vo. c, 316pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an engraved plate. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight shipping to head of spine, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. With manuscript presentation plate to FEP; 'For / Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wakely, / (the early and attached / Friends of the Author,) / from / their truly sincere / & affectionate ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17373
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WILLIAMS, William. Votes of the House of Commons; Perused and Signed to be Printed According to the Order of the House of Commons. London and Oxford. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680-81 Folio. [Numb. 0.] Jovis 210 Octobris 1680 - numb. 62. [sic] Lunae 280 Martii 1681. Issues lack chronological designation; dates are supplied by the text. Pagination and register non-consecutive. A number of speeches, reports, and addresses to the Commons are issued as parts of, or supplements to, the Votes; some were also issued separately. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, later rebacked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 11416
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[STUART, House of]. HAY, Richard. An essay on the origine of the royal family of the stewarts... Edinburgh. Printed by William Adams...1722. Reprinted by Stewart, Ruthven & Co., 1793 Quarto. [4], 41pp, [1]. Without final blank leaf. Later black morocco-backed red cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Contemporary manuscript note to recto of front blank fly-leaf: Cha. Stuart / 1793 / Only thirty copies of this printed'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27379
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[THEOBALD, Lewis], [MESTAYER, Henry]. The Perfidious Brother, a tragedy: As it is Acted at the new theatre in Little lincolns-inn-fields. By Mr. theobald. London. Printed and Sold by Jonas Brown, 1715. First edition. Quarto. [8], 57pp, [1] Without terminal advertisement leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to spine, paper label with manuscript shelf-mark to upper board. Leaves browned, ticket of Dublin-based bookseller T. Connolly to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28340
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SMYTH, Vice-Admiral W. H.. The cycle of celestial objects continued at the hartwell observatory to 1859. With a notice of recent discoveries, including details from the aedea hartwellianae. London. Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1860. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 480pp. With six engraved plates (one in colour depicting Encke’s comet), and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, surface loss to spine and joints, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, bookseller's ticket of Edward Baker of Birmingham to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to The Reverend W. Selwyn. ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27473
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VERTUE, George. A description of the works Of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts; With some Account of His life. London. Printed for William Bathoe, 1759. Second edition, with additions. Quarto. vi, 151pp, [1]. With an engraved plate featuring an index, key, and vignette view of London from the South Bank; vignette portrait to title, two further engraved vignette head-pieces, and a tail-piece. Contemporary russia, rebacked. Rubbed and marked to edges, joints, bumping and loss to corners. John Leigh Philips' copy, with his bookplate to FEP, ink inscription to verso of FFEP, a tipped in manuscript ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22115
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WALKER, Thomas. [Drop-head title:] The original. No. I. [- No.XXIV]. [London]. [Ibotson and Palmer], [1835]. 380pp. Without general title page (presumably issued with a later number?)

[Bound with:] The municipal corporation reform act. An abstract of the act...intituled an act to provide for the regulation of municipal corporations in england and wales...London. Printed by Dean and Munday, [1835]. 30pp.

[And:] [JONES, Thomas, Mrs.] An account of the loss of the wesleyan missionaries...in the maria mail-boat off the island of antigua, ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22566
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[TEMPLE, William]. Memoirs Of what past in christendom, From the war Begun 1672. To the peace Concluded 1679. London. Printed by R. R. for Ric. Chiswell, 1692. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 392pp. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Extremities marked and worn, some surface loss to boards, loss to head and foot of spine, upper joint splitting. Near contemporary book-label of W. Hunt Grubbe to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to title of 'Walt: Grubbe', inked inscription to head; 'Ex Lib: Guilielmi Hunt / Donum Gualterii Grubbe Armigeri 1715', internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18550
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[WOOLSTON, Thomas]. The young gentleman and lady's Poetical Preceptor: being a collection of the most admired poetry: selected from the best authors... Coventry. Printed and sold by M. Luckman, [1795?] First edition. 12mo. xii, 310pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: ' Master Wm. Hands / August 22nd 1796', scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 18859
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BLAKEMORE, Trevor. Moonset and other poems. London. Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1924. First edition. 8vo. 93pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's navy paper boards, lettered in silver and blind. Rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: With very goof wish / from / The Author / december 1924'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28497
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RENIER, G. J. Oscar Wilde. London. Issued to Subscribers by Peter Davies, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 489, signed by the author.xi, [1], 184pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without glassine dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Bookplate of Lionel Brett and ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28495
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[HEATHCOTE, Ralph]. Sylva; or, the wood: being a collection of anecdotes, dissertations, characters, apophthegms, original letters, bon mots, and other little things. By a society of the learned. London. Printed for T. Payne, and Son, 1788. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. xvi, 368pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Board rubbed and marked. Booksellers ticket of John Noble of Inverness and recent armorial bookplate of Arthur Melville Clark of Herriotshall and Oxton to FEP, title page browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28442
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[WOODWARD, Josiah]. An Account of the societies for the Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminster, And other parts of the Kingdom.... London. Printed for B. Aylmer, 1699. First edition. 8vo. [24], 163pp, [9]. A reissue, with cancel quire replacing title leaf (pi2) and following two leaves ('To the author'). With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked in cloth, modern black calf lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and marked. Later manuscript notes to front endpapers, light damp-staining to initial gathering, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28443
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[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713. 12mo. [28], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent book-label of David Stather to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of 'Will. Morrice' to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28490