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COLERIDGE, W. H.. An address delivered at the city of Caracas, on the 26th February, 1834, at the consecration of a chapel and burial ground, for the interment of the Member of the English Church dying within that city.. Winchester. Jacob and Johnson's County Newspaper Office, [1834]. First edition. 8vo. 20pp. Sewn, as issued. General surface wear. Small manuscript corrections from pp16-18. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28021

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JACKSON, Thomas [editor]. The lives of early methodist preachers. Chiefly written by themselves. London. Wesleyan Conference Office, 1871-72 Fourth edition. 8vo. In six volumes. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some chipping to spines at head and foot, a trifle cocked. Early inked ownership inscription to FFEP of Vol. I, later ownership inscriptions to first page text of all volumes, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27922

HORTON, Rev. Edward. A sermon on the horrors of war, preached on wednesday evening, april 26th, 1854, (the day set apart for prayer and humiliation,) in the wesleyan chapel, retford, (published by request.). Retford. J. Whiteside, 1854. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers, stapled into modern cloth-backed card cover. Wrappers marked, chipped, and torn. Short tear to head of title page, a trifle creased. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27876

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[CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE]. A summary of christian doctrine, for the Instruction of Youth. Bristol. Printed for H. W. Essex, 1828. New and improved edition. 8vo. 68pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep-back marbled paper boards. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine. Without fre-endpapers, later inked ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27680

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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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MAUCLERC, James. The Christian's Magazine, or, treasure. Containing, a choice collection of many remarkable passages upon several important religious subjects, Taken out of the Writings of Some of the Most Eminent Modern Divines: Tending to Our Confirmation Both in the Belief and Practice of the True Christian Religion, against Atheists, Deists, Socinians, Papists, And other Corrupt and Loose Christians. London. Printed for the author, by S. Richardson, [s.d., 1745?] First edition. 8vo. viii, [4], 403pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, lower joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Henry Bowes Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, scattered foxing, very occasional chipping/small holes to margins. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25713

D'OYLY, Mrs. Catherine. The history of The life and death of our blessed saviour. Southampton. Printed and sold by T. Baker, 1794. First edition. 8vo. vi, 15pp, 8-554, 553-711pp. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, later rebacked in tan cloth. Rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Early inked ownership inscription of 'Miss S. Newenham' to upper board - a Miss S. Newingham appears in the list of subscribers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25229

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HOY, Teresa. The creation of heaven and earth. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1990s] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [26] leaves. With 13 tipped-in black and white screen-prints. Original two-tone pictorial cloth, housed in custom slipcase. Very minor shelf-wear. Decorated endpapers, internally immaculate. A fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24645

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BLAKE, William. MILTON, John. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. Milton's hymn with illustration with William Blake and a note by Geoffrey Keynes. Cambridge. At the University Press, 1923. Limited edition, no. 6 of 150. Quarto. 32pp, [2]. Six full-page monochrome reproductions of Blake's drawings included within the pagination. Original vellum-backed buckram, lettered in gilt to spine, with both the original glassine underwrapper and the printed dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. The book itself is fine but for the slightest shelfwear. The glassine wrapper with a short tear to upper board; the dustwrapper a little chipped at head of both boards, and slightly ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24641

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BOND, W.. A sermon, preached in the church of saint peter, dorchester, at the primary visitation of folliott, lord bishop of bristol, On Saturday, June 9, 1798. Salisbury. Printed by J. Easton, 1799. First edition. Quarto. [4]11pp, [1]. Stitched into later buff card wrappers. Rubbed, chipped, and marked. Book-label of the Dorset collection to verso of upper panel, leaves toned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24329

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[BASTIAN, Adolf]. Buddhistic essays referring to the abhidharma. Colombo. Printed at the "Ceylon Examiner" Press, 1903. First edition. 8vo. 21pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, some chipping, staples rusted. Ink-stamp of the Theological College, Gala to head of p.[1]. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24319

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JINARAJADASA, C[uruppumullage]. The Ritual Unity of Roman Catholicism and Hinduism. Adyar, Madras. Theosophical Publishing House, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [2], 21pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed brown wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper: 'Muriel Harper. Nov. 1920'. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24289

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[MOULIN, Lewis du]. Jugulum causae, seu nova, unica, compendiaria, & una propemodum periodo comprehensa, ratio: per quam totus doctrinarum Romanensium complexus, de quibus lis est inter Protestantes & pontificios, & unà papa, ejusque imperium, funditus evertuntur. [s.i.]. Juxta exemplar Londinense, 1671. First edition. 8vo. 317, [39], 396pp, [2]. In two parts, 'Jugulum cauae, seu nova & expeditissima ratio', has a separate dated title page and separate pagination. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Extremities worn, joints split. Very small hole to title page, later armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell to verso. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23978

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NEWCOME, William. Observations on our lord's conduct as a divine instructor: and on the excellence of his moral character. London. Printed for G. Robinson, 1782. First edition. Quarto. [6], xviii, 474pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23897

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GRAVES, Robert. PODRO, Joshua. The nazarene gospel by robert graves and joshua podro: Being part III (text only) of their nazarene gospel restored. London. Cassell and Company, 1955. First edition. 8vo. xii, 175pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper dulled and sunned. Internally immaculate, A near fine copy. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Leanne and Frank / with love / Joshua / 3 March 1955'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23465

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L'ESTRANGE, Hamon. A Friendly and Charitable legacy to the world... Bury. Printed and Sold by W. Green et al., 1767. Second edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 90pp, [2]. With a final leaf of advertisements (not recorded by ESTC). Contemporary sheep, spine richly gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to head of spine. Hinges exposed, inked ownership signature to FFEP of Anna Maria Ewen Junr. (1786-1857) whose mother (according to neat pencilled notes on front endpapers), was the granddaughter of the author. With an acrostic poem ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23175

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NORRIS, John. Treatises upon Several Subjects, Formerly Printed singly, Now Collected into One Volume. London. Printed for S. Manship, 1697. First edition. 8vo. [16], 448, 443-506pp. Each treatise has a separate divisional title page. Contemporary panelled calf boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Richard Banner to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22201

SNEPP, Charles B.. Songs of grace and glory for mission services, &c. &c. Selected from the full edition of 1025 hymns. Enlarged, with appendix. London. James Nisbet Sixty-third Thousand. 16mo in 8s. 160pp. Original publisher's mauve printed wrappers. Slightest of creasing to extremities, else a fine copy of a fragile production. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21412

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[CHRISTIANITY]. Plain truth confirmed, and the Righteousness of faith opened; Being an Answer to the Objections of J. M. sent to the Author. London. [s.n.], 1764. First edition. 8vo. 14pp. Disbound. Title page very nearly detached. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21402

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RUSTICANS, Philalethes [i.e. SHEPHERD, Richard]. Reflections on the doctrine of materialism; and the application of that doctrine to the pre-existence of christ: addressed to joseph priestley... London. W. Flexney, 1779. First edition. 8vo. [2], xx, [2], 256pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, the later lettered in gilt Vol. III. Lightly rubbed. Recent book-label of John Stephens to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21087