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Photo of "[Drop-head title:] Marsh common inclosure. ..."
[PROPERTY AUCTION]. [Drop-head title:] Marsh common inclosure. Particulars and conditions of sale Of the following cottages of tenements, and pieces and parcels of land, Part of the said Marsh Common which will be sold (in Fee) by auction... [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1815]. Dimensions 260 x 400 mm. Single bifolium, edges uncut, printed on rectos only. Numerous early horizontal and vertical folds. A trifle creased, a couple of small holes to text (without loss of sense). Manuscript details of lot purchase to recto of second leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25336
Photo of "The Wit of Sir Winston"
[CHURCHILL, Winston]. SKYES, Adam. SPROAT, Iain [compilers]. The Wit of Sir Winston. London. Leslie Frewin, 1965. First edition, second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 13-93pp, [3]. With numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear. Internally immaculate. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal William Slim to FEP, likely pasted-in by his son John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), as was his custom. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25934
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BEAMISH, Tufton. Battle royal: a new account of Simon de Montfort's struggle against King Henry III. London. Frederick Muller Limited, [1965]. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 285pp, [1]. With a frontispiece and eight plates. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: ''Bill' Slim / with my kindest regards / and special respect / Tufton'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25848
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[WALLACE, Robert]. A dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in antient and modern Times: in which The superior Populousness of Antiquity is maintained. With An appendix, Containing Additional Observations on the same Subject, And Some Remarks on Mr. Hume's Political Discourse, of the Populousness of antient Nations. Edinburgh. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. First edition. 8vo in 4s. iv, 331pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine and extremities, short splits at head of spine, with remains of small paper shelf-label. Bookplate of an Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, with a few pencilled calculations to endpapers, and a single inked note in an early hand (to E4v). More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25625
Photo of "Rider's British Merlin: For the ..."
RIDER, Cardanus. Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1775... London. Printed by R. and M. Brown, 1775. [60]pp. Initial gathering printed in red and black. ESTC T45015.

[Bound with:] The royal kalendar; or complete and correct annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the year 1775... London. Printed for J. Almon et al., [1775]. [4], 270pp, [2]. ESTC T45299.

12mo. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, metal clasps, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24254
Photo of "An essay upon education"
WHITCHURCH, James Wadham. An essay upon education. London. Printed for T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [4], 220pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently expertly rebacked preserving earlier red morocco lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed. Prize-plate of Swansea Training College to verso of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23772
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[FREDERICK II, King of Prussia]. A letter upon education. Translated from the French of a royal author. London. Printed for J. Nourse, 1777. First edition in English. 8vo. 130pp. Later blind-ruled half-calf, buff paper boards, lettered in gilt, armorial blind-stamps to both boards. Rubbed and marked, joints split, some loss to head of spine, paper library shelf-label to foot. Bookplate of the Swansea Training College to FEP, manuscript shelf-marks to FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 23759
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KNOX, Vicesimus. Liberal education: or, a practical treatise on the methods of acquiring useful and polite learning. London. Printed for Charles Dilly, 1782. Fourth edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xxiii, [1], 486pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, all edges green. Board lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of the Swansea Training College reference library to FEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23768
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
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GOLOWKIN, Fedor. La princesse d'amalfi. Paris. Chez A. Chasseriau, 1821. First edition. 8vo. 209pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Printed in Didot type. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'John Fowles / 1963'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23971
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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
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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
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HOLLAND, Henry Richard, Lord. Some account of the life and writings of lope felix de vega carpio. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. 8vo. viii, 294pp, [2], 16pp. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a final publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, joints split, short tears and surface loss to spine, chipping to lettering-piece. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 21672
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[JACOBITE]. Copy of a letter from a French Lady at Paris. Giving a particular Account of the Manner in which Prince Edward was arrested. London. Printed for W. Webb, 1749. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Uncut in later gilt-ruled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed, spine sunned. Margins dust-soiled, scattered foxing. Armorial bookplate to FEP of the Earls of Orford, a title (created on three separate occasions) held by such luminaries as Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) and Horatio Walpole (1723-1809), Whig politician and godfather of Horatio Nelson. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23718
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[GREAT BRITAIN, Sovereign]. Papers relative to the late negociation at lisle, laid before both houses of parliament, by his majesty's command. [London?]. [s.n.], [1797?] First edition. 12mo. 80pp. Without half-title. Stitched, as issued. Title page and final leaf browned and dusty, loss to head and foot of both, partial early inked ownership inscription to head of title, several wormtracks running through text block - touching text at times, without loss of sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19689