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Photo of "The elements of botany: for ..."
[BOTANY]. The elements of botany: for families and schools. London. John W. Parker, 1837. Third edition, enlarged. 12mo. 143, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, two further plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green decorated cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Occasional spoting, booksellers ticket of W. Barwick of Lancaster to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25601
Photo of "The history of a merchant's ..."
HOFLAND, Mrs.. The history of a merchant's widow and her young family. London. Printed for A. K. Newman & Co., [1857]. New edition. 12mo. [2], 176pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to head of engraved title, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24314
Photo of "Ralph richards, the miser"
TAYLOR, Jefferys. Ralph richards, the miser. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy...and N. Hailes, 1821. First edition. 12mo. [2], 159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's black roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Light offsetting to title, very occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25408
Photo of "My happy home"
[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. My happy home. [London]. [The Religious Tract Society], [c.1875] 8vo. Eight unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only, comprised of seven coloured illustrations positioned above a four-line stanza. Stitched, as issued. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. A trifle creased, ink-spotting to verso of final leaf. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21361
Photo of "Pretty pussy"
[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. Pretty pussy. [London]. [The Religious Tract Society], [1873]. 8vo. Eight unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only, comprised of seven coloured illustrations positioned above a single rhyming couplet. Stitched, as issued. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21360
Photo of "The winter vacation; or, holidays ..."
[WINTER VACATION]. The winter vacation; or, holidays in the country. London. Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. First edition. 12mo. 71pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's marbled boards, green roan spine, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, both boards held by single cords only, loss to spine. Booksellers ticket of Duffield's Juvenile Library, Bath to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21369
Photo of "Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay ..."
MACKAY, John. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scoury... Edinburgh. Laing and Forbes, 1836. First edition?. Quarto. xii, 213pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final errata leaf. Recent brown cloth-backed blue paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Closed tears to foot of leaf B4 (touching text without loss), scattered foxing. Inked ownership inscription and pencilled note of Andrew Jervise to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23520
Photo of "A traveller's thoughts; or, lines ..."
[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
Photo of "Hunting Vindicated from Cruelty, In ..."
[HUNTING]. [A BARBARIAN]. Hunting Vindicated from Cruelty, In a letter to The Monthly Reviewers. Spitzbergen. Printed for the benefit, if any, of the Whippers-in, 1782. First edition. 8vo. 30pp. Later buff wrappers. Housed in custom red cloth folder with green morocco lettering-piece, armorial bookplate of Gloucester to front flap. A trifle creased, scattered foxing, early ink date to text of first page of text. Armorial bookplate to verso of upper wrapper of Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939), who's extensive collection of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings relating to hunting, hawking and shooting, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22072
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GODWIN, William. Lives of edward and john philips, nephews and pupils of milton. Including various particulars of the literary and political history of their times. London. Printed for Longman, Hurts, Rees, Orme, and Brown...by S. Hamilton, 1815. [2], v-xv, [1], 410pp, [2]. With and engraved portrait frontispiece (of John Bradshaw) and two further engraved portraits (of William Lilly and Titus Oates), and a terminal blank; without half-title. Handomely bound in nineteenth-century red gilt-lettered half-morocco, marbled boards. Very slightly rubbed to extremities; some marking, base of spine neatly and expertly furbished. With the armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to FEP. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19613
Photo of "Tables of logarithms for All ..."
GARDINER, William. Tables of logarithms for All Numbers from 1 to 102100, and For the Sines and Tangents to every ten seconds of each degree in the Quadrant; as also, for the Sines of the first 72 minutes to every single second: with Other useful and necessary tables. London. Printed for the Author...by G. Smith, 1742. First edition. Quarto. [6],14,[74];[152]pp. With a list of subscribers and an errata slip. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros of the La Rochefoucauld family to both boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, ink-stamp of the Château de La Roche-Guyon to title page, inked inscription of the author to final page of preface. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18632
Photo of "The beggar's opera...With the ouverture ..."
GAY, [John]. The beggar's opera...With the ouverture in score, The Songs, and the basses, Engrav' on copper plates. (The ouverture and basses Compos'd by Dr. pepusch). London. Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1761. Quarto. [8], 56pp. With 46 plates of engraved musical notation and six later leaves with hand-ruled staves (else blank) bound to rear. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contemporary red morocco lettering-piece to upper board ('BEGGARS OPERA/I. FAWCETT 1765'). Extremities worn and marked, some surface loss to edges and bumped corners. Foxed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19332
Photo of "The triumphs of temper; a ..."
HAYLEY, William. The triumphs of temper; a poem. In six cantos. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. First edition. Quarto. xii, 164pp. With a half-title. Later two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Recent bookplates of 'E.M.L. and Helen M. Scurr to FEP, half-title washed (faint manuscript annotations to foot), blind-stamps of the University of Bridgeport Library to title page and leaf M1, scattered spotting. Early inked ownership inscriptions of George Glennie and James Beattie to title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20385
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[LITERARY MEMOIRS OF GERMANY]. Literary memoirs of germany and the north, Being a Choice Collection of essays on the following interesting subjects, viz. Alchemy, Algebra & Analysis, Anatomy, Animal Oeconomy...Done from the latin and high-dutch, By a society of gentlemen. London. Printed for J. Warcus...and J. Ross, 1759. Second edition. Quarto. Two volumes bound as one. [2], viii, 460; 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and a further 12 engraved plates (10 folding). Early sheep-backed paper boards. Extremities heavily worn. Very occasional chipping to margins. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Wallis to title page, dedication page, verso of first plate (alongside later inscription of Stephen Cummins), head of first leaf of text, and above caption title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19198