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PIKE, Rev. G[ustavus] D. The jubilee singers, and their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1872. Ninth thousand. 8vo. [2], 219pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further eight plates. Original publisher's brick red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, discoloured, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp.

[Together with:] A contemporary Woodburytype photograph depicting 10 members of the Jubilee Singers, with a letterpress caption identifying each. Pen and ink inscription of J. Price to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30662
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ALLEY, Rev. Jerome. The judge; or, an estimate of the importance of the judicial character, Occasioned by the Death of the Late lord clare, lord chancellor of ireland. A Poem, in three cantos. London. Printed by J. Swan...for Vernor and Hood, 1803. First edition. 8vo. [10], x, 129pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, remnants of paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting, offsetting to title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26369
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[SHENSTONE, William]. The judgment of hercules, a poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1741. Second edition. 8vo. 35pp, [1]. Without half-title or terminal advertisement leaf. Stitched in modern marbled paper wrappers, lightly rubbed. Assorted manuscript annotations throughout, with some obstruction to text on p.11; inscription to foot of terminal leaf reads 'A Contempt of Strong Allurements'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34149
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CHAPMAN, F. Spencer. The jungle is neutral. London. Chatto & Windus, 1954. 8vo. 378pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further seven photographic plates, and four maps in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription of John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William Slim, to title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25944
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CAMPBELL, John. The juvenile cabinet of travels and narratives, for the instruction of young persons. London. Printed for Frederick Wesley and A. H. Davis, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. [4], 287pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red Morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and dulled. Contemporary prize plate of the Blantyre Works, South Lanarkshire, to FEP, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27658
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HALL, Mrs. S. C.. The juvenile forget me not. A Christmas and New Year's gift, of birthday present, for the year 1829. London. N. Hailes, [1829]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. FFEP torn away. Early inked ownership inscription of Edith Mary Simpson to recto of blank fly-leaf, presentation plate working-loose, two gatherings protruding from text-block, very occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25140
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HALL, Mrs. S. C.. The juvenile forget me not. A Christmas and New Year's gift, of birthday present, for the year 1829. London. N. Hailes, [1829]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed, early inked gift inscription to presentation plate, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24076
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[BURTON, Richard Francis]. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi: translated and annotated by his friend and pupil F. B. Portland, Maine. Thomas B. Mosher, 1923. 8vo. xv, [1], 124pp, [2]. With a portrait frontispiece. Title in red and black. Bound by Belgian binder Jules Karel Van West (1889-1968) in contemporary brown half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting green morocco lettering pieces, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Later inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Original publisher's paper lettering-pieces pasted to stubs at rear. A fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23943
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GOODMAN, Walter. The Keeleys on the stage and at home. London. Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 357pp, [1]. With two portrait engravings from photographs, one as frontispiece and one plate, depicting Mary Anne Keeley and Fanny Stirling respectively, and a further 16 plates of black and white illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt device and lettering, decorated endpapers. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to foot of spine with spots of soiling in places. Bookplate of R.G.E. Sandback to FEP. Occasional ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 11772
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DEXTER, Walter. The Kent of Dickens. London. Cecil Palmer, [s.d., c.1924] First edition. 8vo. 245pp, [1]. With half-title and a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. A presentation copy, with the author's inked inscription: 'kindest regards, Walt Dexter' to FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, light spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34838
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RAIT, Robert Sangster. "The Kingis Quair" and The New Criticism. Aberdeen. A. Brown & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 27pp, [5]. With two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Sunned, a trifle marked, chipping to spine, Contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper panel. Very occasional ink highlighting, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18907
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BASKERVILLE, Mrs George [Rosetta]. The king of the snakes and other folk-lore stories from uganda. London. The Sheldon Press, 1922. First edition. 8vo. [2] viii, 88pp, with frontispiece and three further illustrative plates inserted. Original publisher's illustrated boards with the corresponding design on the dustwrapper. Minor foxing to all edges, internally bright and clean; a fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Pencil ownership to front flap, repeated with 'xmas 1925' to FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28840
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KING, E. J.. The Knights of St. John in the British Empire: Being the Official History of the British Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. London. [John Wright and Sons], 1934. Second edition. 8vo. xviii, [1], 248pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 48 photographic plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound Frank Broomhead of Morley College for the 1971 National Book League Binding Competition in black morocco, vellum and red morocco inlays forming the Maltese Cross to upper board. Housed in custom black morocco-backed red cloth clamshell case. Case a trifle rubbed, else immaculate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16603
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[LADIES' DIARY]. The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1791... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1791]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. Not in ESTC.

[Bound with:] The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1792... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1792]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3191.

[And:] The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1793... London. Printed ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33495
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[ALMANACS]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's almanack, For the year of our lord 1762... [London]. Printed by A. Wilde, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T58266.

[Bound with:] The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our lord 1762... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T57483.

[And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia Domata; or, an almanack for the year of Our Lord God, 1762... London. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27435
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[ALMANACS]. The lady's and gentlemen's diary, for the year of our lord 1847, Being the third after Bissextile. Designed principally for the amusement and instruction of students of mathematics... London. Printed [by C. and J. Adlard] for the Company of Stationers, [1847]. 96pp.

[Bound with:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack for the year of human redemption 1847... London Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1847]. 48, 57-60, 53-56, 49-52pp. Partially misbound. Title in red and black.

[And:] PARTRIDGE, John. Merlinus Liberatus. An almanack For the Year of our Redemption, 1847... LondonPrinted for the Company of Stationers, By Harrison & Co., [1847]. 48pp. Title and ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24657
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[LADY'S CABINET ALBUM]. The lady's cabinet album. New York. Peabody and Co., 1832. First edition. 8vo. xii, 348pp. With an additional engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 19 further engraved plates. Original publisher's dark green roan-backed green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, and some toning to boards. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP; taped-in business card of G. A. Varty of the Lake District Herald to rear ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35212