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[RICHARDSON, Thomas]. A natural history of british beasts and birds. Derby. Printed and published by Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830] 31pp, [1]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text.

[Together with:] Select pieces for the nursery. Derby. Printed and published by Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 31pp, [1]. Wrappers included in pagination. With a woodcut frontispiece and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text.

[And:] Nursery rhymes. Derby. Printed by and for Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 31pp, [1]. Wrappers ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26051
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BLOUNT, Sir Thomas Pope. A Natural History: Containing Many not Common Observations: Extracted out of the best Modern Writers. London. Printed for R. Bentley, 1693. First edition. 8vo. [16], 463pp, [3]. With three pages of terminal advertisements. Contemporary blind-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A crisp and unpretentious unpressed copy, with a little chipping at head and foot of spine, short crack to upper joint and neat diamond-shaped shelf-label at foot of spine. Occasional spotting/browning to text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27402
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[12TH ROYAL LANCERS]. [An attractive scrapbook predominantly comprised of material relating to the 12th Royal Lancers]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., 1860s-70s] Oblong folio. [34] leaves, of which 23 used, the remainder blank. Containing, inter alia, 13 hand-drawn watercolour postal fronts, 20 watercolours/pen and ink sketches, and 34 photographs, primarily depicting members of the Royal Lancers. Contemporary gilt-ruled half crushed morocco, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper board 'A. F. 12th. R. L.', T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 27689
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HOPKINS, John. An Attempt to restore the true reading and rendering of the last Verse of the 4th Chapter of Nehemiah. A discourse Preached before the University of Oxford, At St. Mary's, On Sunday, Sept. 29. 1771. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon-Press, 1771. First edition. 8vo. [2], 24pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. Recent navy cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Slightest of wear to extremities. Lightly spotted, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14779
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[CLAN GREGOR]. An Artist's Ramble in Scotland During the Summer of 1870. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c. 1870] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 68pp. Illustrated with engravings extracted from contemporary published works, photographs, and original pen and ink, pencil, and watercolour sketches. Modern brown cloth, preserving contemporary morocco upper board, A.E.G. Rubbed. Scattered spotting. Later pencilled inscription 'Mary Gregory from her husband No. 19/71' and inked inscription 'James R. Gregory from his mother. Nov. 19th / 22' to FFEP. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32236
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ISHIGURO, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World. London. Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 206pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very light damp-staining to head of dustwrapper, else clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21461
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KEY, Astley Cooper. A narrative of the recovery of h. m. s. gorgon, (charles hotham, esq., captain.) stranded in the bay of monte video, may 10th, 1844. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 113, [5], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 16 engraved plates, an engraved folding chart, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lower corner of upper board lightly dampstained, cocked. Later armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33170
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HAY, Lieut.-Col. Leith. A narrative of the peninsular war. London. Henry Washbourne, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, [2], 314pp, [2]; viii, [2], 298pp, [2]. With 22 engraved plates, a leaf of errata and a terminal list of plates to both volumes. Finely bound in contemporary burgundy morocco, richly gilt-tooled, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Book-labels of Charles Benson to FEPs; inked gift inscription addressed to 'Theodore Beale, from his friend Henry Gore Hulse on his leaving ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34472
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[SHIPWRECK]. A narrative of the loss of the kent east indiaman, by fire, in the bay of biscay, on the 1st March, 1825. In a letter to a friend. Edinburgh. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with no indication of such. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 31290
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[AN EYE-WITNESS]. A narrative of the late awful & calamitous earthquake in the west india islands of antiqua, monsterrat, nevis, st. christopher, guardaloupe, &c. &c. on february 8th, 1843. London. Thomas Tegg, 1843. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stitched in original publisher's buff printed wrappers. Some creasing and a little marking to wrappers, else a crisp copy on unusually fine paper for a Tegg production (likely explained by the fact that the printing was completed by Bradbury and Evans). More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34442
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[DENNIS, Isaac]. A narrative Of the Cruelties & Abuses Acted by isaac dennis keeper, HIs Wife and Servants, In the Prison of Newgate, In the City of bristol: Upon the People of the Lord in Scorn called Quakers, who were there Committed for the Exercise of their Consciences towards God. With an Account of the Eminent Judgments of God upon Him, and his End. Published for a Warning to others, by some of those People who were Sufferers under him. [London]. [s.n.], [1683]. First edition. Quarto. 27pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled sprinkled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Title page shaved at foot, without loss, leaf A4 shaved at foot with loss of catchword, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28263
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[DRINKWATER, John]. [An archive of material relating to Drinkwater's 1918 play Abraham Lincoln]. London. FINDON, B. W. [editor]. The Play Pictorial: No. 234, Vol. XXXIX: "Abraham Lincoln". [London]. [Greening & Co.], [1921]. [1], 42-60pp. Later green cloth, lettered in gilt. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Leaves damp-stained, occasional chipping to margins. Eight reproduction photographs of Lincoln pasted to front and rear endpapers.

[Together with:] [DRINKWATER, John]. [PARKER, Lewis N. [translator]]. [A typescript Italian ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22686
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[EGERTON, George Le Clerc]. [An archive of letters]. [c. 1882-1907] Including: nine ALS within stamped envelopes, eight addressed to George Le Clerc Egerton, and one to Lady Egerton; seven stamped envelopes variously addressed to Egerton and Lady Egerton; six postcards; two receipts from Curtiss & Sons, Royal Pantechicon, Portsmouth; and a copy of E. M. Tenison's The Legend of Saint Christopher (Plymouth, 1922?), inscribed by the author to Egerton. More > £ 1,800.00 Antiquates Ref. 31490