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BOYER, Peter. The history of the vaudois. Wherein Is shewn their Original; how God has preserved the Christian Religion among them in its Purity, from the time of the Apostles, to our days; The Wonders he has done for their preservation, with the Signal and Miraculous Victories that they have gained over their Enemies; how they were dispersed, and their Churches ruined; and how at last they were re-established, beyond the expectation and hope of all the World. London. Printed for Edward Mory, 1692. First edition in English. 12mo. [12], 250pp. Without terminal blank leaf. Nineteenth century half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned, paper shelf-label to upper board. Bookplate of Walter Wilson to FEP, armorial bookplate of Joseph Tasker to verso of title page, staining to p.96-97, short tear to leaf L2, touching text without loss of sense, slight loss to lower corner and catch-words of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33449
DONALD, T. F.. The Hodge Podge Club 1752-1900. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1900. First edition. 8vo. [8], 98pp. Presentation copy, with the loosely inserted compliments slip of the author. Original publisher's navy blue buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. A crisp copy, lightly rubbed and marked, with a few old paint spots to boards. Endpapers browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33399
[KILNER, Dorothy]. M. P. . The holiday present; containing anecdotes of mr. and mrs. jennet, and their little family; master george, master charles, master thomas, miss maria, miss charlotte, and miss harriet. Interspersed with instructive and amusing stories and observations. London. Printed for John Harris, 1831. Second Harris edition. 8vo. iv, 68pp. With engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's pictorial blue paper boards, red roan spine. Slightly rubbed, a little marked, else a crisp copy. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24308
[HOLY BIBLE]. The holy bible Containing the Old Testament and the new: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues, And With the former Translation diligently compar'd & revis'd By his Mats. special Command and Appointed to be read in Churches. Dublin. Printed by Boulter Grierson printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1758. First Boulter Grierson edition. [1296]pp, bound with the Apocrypha, which follows a separate register (A-I8, K4); title page is engraved, with a divisional NT title. With a charming manuscript gift inscription (see below) dated 1767 to verso the final leaf of Apocrypha, and a neat manuscript correction to PP4r. ESTC T91957. Herbert 1123.

[Bound with:] [PSALTER - BRADY, N. TATE, N.]. A New Version of the psalms of david, ... More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32529
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty's Special Command.. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, printer to the University, 1825. 8vo. Unpaginated. Contemporary black morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, with wear to extremities, and light scoring to boards. Later book-label of Lowther Castle library to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33924
[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823. Quarto. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T., and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births, deaths, marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19315
[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible Containing the old testament and the new. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and revised. Cambridge. Printed by John Field, 1657. 8vo. [1354]pp. Title printed within an ornamental border, containing the seal of Cambridge University, signed: Rob. Vaughan sculp. The New Testament and the Psalms both have separate title pages dated 1657, the register is continuous. Handsomely bound by Gilmour of Salisbury in early nineteenth-century black panelled morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Armorial bookplate ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33174
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special command.. Oxford. Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1869. 8vo. [unpaginated and can't find a copy]. Contemporary blind-stamped black morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board with the initials 'C. E. L.'. Rubbed and marked, with some bumping to corners. Inked ownership inscriptions 'Lowther', 'C.E. Lowther', and 'Charlie Lowther, July 3rd 1869' to FEP, FFEP and first blank fly-leaf respectively. Manuscript doodles of the crucifixion to FEP. Leaves lighly browned, light spotting and scuffing to ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34657
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of The Original Tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special command.. Oxford. Printed at the University Press, 1865. 8vo. Unpaginated, printed in double columns. With a divisional title page to the New Testament. Bound by Field (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary blind-stamped black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, initials 'H. L.' lettered in gilt to upper board. A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to head and foot of spine. Scattered spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34604
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible, with notes, critical and explanatory by the rev. john styles, brighton. Lewes. Sussex Press, Printed and sold by John Baxter, 1811. Quarto. In two volumes. With an engraved title page to each volume and a further 30 of 32 plates. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplates of John Trotter, Royal Artillery to both FEPs, naive clear tape repair of head of leaf 4Z2 of Vol. I, small marginal hole to leaf 5N2, loss to lower ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33894
LAWRENCE, T. E. The home letters of t. e. lawrence and his brothers. Oxford. Basil Blackwell, 1954. First English edition. Quarto. 731pp, 45 photographs tipped in, including frontispiece, and facsimile of Winston Churchill's typewritten permission to reproduce the original Allocution that follows. Original publisher's dark navy cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the pale grey unclipped dustwrapper lettered in black and red. All edges spotted with some further spotting and markings throughout. Dustwrapper is worn and toned with some tearing though intact. Some notes in Henry ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27983
VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem. The home of mankind: the story of the world we live in. London. George G. Harrap & Company, 1933. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 506pp. Numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's decorative green clot. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, marked. Presentation copy, inked illustration and inscription to recto of FFEP: 'The will to live / Hendrik Willem van Loon / Madras (?)'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20896
[JAMES, Thomas]. The honey bee. Reprinted from the 'Quarterly Review'. London. John Murray, 1852. 8vo. [4], 99pp, [1].

[Bound after:] JAMES, Thomas. The history and antiquities of northamptonshire. London. John Murray, 1864. iv, 103pp, [1].

[And:] [JAMES, Thomas]. The flower garden. With an essay on the poetry of gardening. London. John Murray, 1852. 108pp.

8vo. Handsomely presented in richly gilt-tooled green calf, with the titles of the works lettered in gilt to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. With an ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32208
VERY, Lieut. Edward W. The hotchkiss revolving cannon. Descriptions and illustrations of the systems as designed for Naval Service, field Artillery and flank Defence... Paris. Printed for private circulation, 1885. Quarto. [4], 76pp. With a phototype frontispiece and a further 30 phototype/lithographic plates. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, recently rebacked. Rubbed, marked, and bumped. Numerous marginal tears, many naively repaired with clear tape. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30520
KOERNER, Alfred. The hotchkiss single-barrel rapid-firing gun. A description of the system. Paris. Printed for Private Circulation, 1884. First edition. Quarto. 37pp, [3]. With 11 plates, comprising seven albumen print photographs (mounted as issued) and four folding lithographic diagrams. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Henk Visser to FEP, his inked ownership inscription to half-title, FFEP detached, Hotchkiss company ink-stamp to title page, folding plate 10 a touch proud and consequently nicked along fore edge, toned.

[Together with:] [Caption title:] Measurements ... More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30521
BENSON, E. F.. The house of defence. London. William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. 8vo. [vii] 293pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards lettered in black. Boards lightly marked, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Foxing to fore edge, bottom edge untrimmed, some creasing to spine. Bright throughout, save a little toning and marks towards the rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30087
BERNEN, Robert. The House on the Cove. [London]. The Acorn Press, [1987]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 200 copies set in Caslon type and bound by Woolnough and Co., of which this is number 184. [36]pp. With 15 engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn and six loosely inserted off strikes. Original publisher's marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Very minor shelf wear. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33073
CRUIKSHANK, George. [The humourist: a Complete Set of the Forty Celebrated Coloured Etchings by george cruikshank of which thirty are Choice Undivided Proofs Before the Publisher's Inscriptions and of the utmost rarity]. [London]. Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. First edition. Oblong quarto. 40 hand-coloured etchings on 20 leaves, with a neat manuscript title leaf bound in at front. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red crushed morocco, A.E.G., green paper endpapers, gilt dentellles. Typed bookseller's description tipped-in to front blank fly-leaf. Slightest shelf-wear to extremities, else a fine copy. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32653