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[PALMER, William]. Illustrated Life and Career of william palmer, of rugeley: containing details of his conduct as school-boy, medical-student, racing-man, and poisoner... London. Ward and Lock, 1856. 8vo. [3], 136pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two leaves of Palmer's diary in facsimile. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Extremities rubbed and creased, ink staining to lower wrapper. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28306
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VERTOT, René Aubert de, abbé. Origine de la grandeur de la cour de rome: et de la nomination aux eveche's et aux abbaïes de france. A la Haye [i.e. The Hague]. Chez Jean Neaulme, 1737. First edition. [4], 244pp, [2]. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Title in red and black.

[Bound with:] Recueil de plusieurs pieces, contenant les secrets les plus cachées des jesuites. Cologne. Chez Charles Marteau, 1733. First edition. [16], 160pp. Unpaginated preliminaries partially misbound.

12mo and 8vo. Later calf-backed speckled paper boards, morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Later recased. Extremities worn, upper joint split, loss to spine caps. Early ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28444
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FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam. Portland, Maine. Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 12mo. xxxii, [2], 146pp, [2]. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green crushed morocco, T.E.G. Heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28512
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SHERWOOD, Mrs. [Mary Martha]. Social tales for the young. London. William Darton and Son, [1836]. New edition, with additions. 12mo. [4], 247pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, printed in oils by J. Baxter. Original publisher's embossed maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, later bookplate of W. Kinning Crone to REP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28651
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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or, the history of several young ladies, related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1821. Eighth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title page, scattered spotting. William St. Clair's copy, with his characteristic pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28703
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HALL, S. C. [editor]. The book of british ballads. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Folio. vii, [1], 440pp, [2]. With an engraved title page and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. text within engraved border. Bound by J. W. Mason & Son in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, bookbinder's ticket to FEP, blind-stamp of bookseller C. W. Holdich of Hull to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28915
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FOSTER, Birket. MAYHEW, Henry. The Upper Rhine: the scenery of its banks and the manners of its people. Mayence to the Lake of Constance. London. George Routledge, 1858. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 448pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates. Original publisher's richly gilt-stamped navy cloth, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and cocked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28917
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TUER, Andrew W.. Bartolozzi and his works... London. Field & Tuer, [1881]. First edition. Quarto. One of 75 copies on large paper. In two volumes. [10], 211, [9]; [6], 152pp, [10] With 10 plates. Original publisher's vellum, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and discoloured, spines dulled. Scattered spotting, publisher's advertisements tipped-in to FFEPs - typed bookseller description pasted to that of Vol. I. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28930
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[EMPIRE TEA BUREAU]. The small canteen: How to plan and operate modern meal service. London. Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press [Printed at the Curwen Press], 1947. First edition. Quarto. [8], 108pp. Numerous photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper designed by design by Diana Wilbraham. Rubbed and marked, dustwrapper chipped and lightly soiled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29008
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[SNOWDON]. Snowdon. Llanberis. Published by Francis, [s.d., c. 1900] Oblong 8vo. 16 photographic plates on eight leaves. Tied, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29031
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BOSWELL, [James]. Boswell's life of johnson. London. Office of the National Illustrated Library, [s.d., c.1851] Tenth thousand. 8vo. Four volumes bound in two. xxxii, 291, [1], viii, 298; viii, 298pp, viii, 298pp, [2]. With an engraved title page and engraved frontispiece to each volume, with an additional title page to vol. i., numerous in-text illustrations, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. iv. Later gilt-tooled, blind-stamped calf, contrasting green lettering-pieces to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges, Lightly rubbed. Bookplates of Francis ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29050
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MOORE, Thomas. The love of the angels, a poem. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Third edition. Quarto. x, 148pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spine. Scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist, and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29253
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P., B. Alice, a tale of real life. London. Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1860. First edition. 8vo. vi, 264pp, [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29254
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DEARDEN, William. The star-seer: a poem, In Five Cantos. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 173pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Thomas Adam and recent ticket of W. J. Jaggard booksellers of Liverpool to FEP, recent label of Nottingham Public Libraries to FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29263
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MONNIER, Antione. Eve et ses incarnations Sonnets & Eaux-Fortes. Paris. Leon Willem, 1878. First edition. 8vo. Number 48 of 350 copies printed. 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and 12 etched plates in two states. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G., original publisher's printed paper upper wrapper bound in. Extremities rubbed and dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mexborough to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29274