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[GILPIN, John]. [COWPER, William - Adaptations]. The life of John Gilpin, taken From divers Manuscripts in the Possession of the Family, and now published, for the first Time, by their Permission, for the Gratification of the Public Curiousity, respecting so extraordinary a Character... Dublin. Printed for Messrs. Burnet, White, Burton, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, M'Donnel, and Marchbank, 1785. First Dublin edition. 12mo. viii, 144pp. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Rubbed and marked, later sympathetic repairs to upper joint, short split to foot of lower joint. Inscriptions of George Gore, along with other pen-trials, to blank fly-leaves and dedication leaf, some marginal worming at end. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 17573
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[FLEETWOOD, William]. The life and miracles of St. wenefrede, Together with her litanies; with some Historical Observations made thereon. London. Printed for Sam. Buckley, 1713. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in nineteenth- century speckled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. Inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To The Very Rev. Henry Cotton / from his friend / and brother Dean J. T. Letour (?) / July 1839'. Inked inscription of H. Cotton to head of title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25596
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ARBUTHNOT, Archibald. The life, adventures, And Many and Great Vicissitudes of Fortune of simon, Lord lovat, The Head of the Family of frasers. From His Birth at Beaufort, near Inverness, in the Highlands of Scotland, in 1668, to the Time of his being taken by Capt. Millar, after three Days Search, in a hollow Tree, on the Coasts of Knoidart and Arisaig. London. Printed and Sold (for the Author) by R. Walker, 1746. First edition. 12mo. 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, a trifle marked. Loss to upper corner of leaf H2, touching text with slight loss of sense, loss to lower margin of leaf T3, dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27484
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[MELMOTH, William, the younger]. The letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1784. Ninth edition. 8vo. xii, 452pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. A trifle rubbed, splitting to joints, some loss to head and foot of spine. Armorial bookplate to FEP, an internally clean and crisp copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14479
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[BARRINGTON, John Shute]. The Layman's letter to the Bishop of Bangor: or, an examination of His Lordship's Preservative against the nonjurors...imputed to the Body of the People.. London. Printed and sold by J. Roberts, 1716. First edition. Quarto. 44pp. Disbound, all edges red. Title heavily browned and soiled, with several small stab-holes to gutter-margin. Paper manuscript label numbered '28.' pasted to upper left corner of title. Leaves browned, scattered spotting and staining. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34801
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PETTINGAL, John. The latin inscription, on the copper table, Discovered in the Year 1732, near heraclea, in the Bay of tarentum, in magna graecia, And published, by mazochius, at Naples, in the year 1758. More particularly Considered and Illustrated. London. [s.n.], [1760]. First edition. Quarto. 9pp, [1]. With an engraved folding plate. The plate is common to this work and Philip Carteret Webb's An account of a copper table (1760). Uncut and unopened in original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Rubbed, backstrip perished. Loss to lower corner of FFEP and upper corner of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25620
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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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[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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[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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[PIGOTT, Charles]. The jockey club, or a sketch of the manners of the age. London. Printed for H. D. Symonds, 1792. Unofficial third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [16],188p; [28], 186pp; [16], 210pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, with surface loss to boards, splitting to joints of vols. II and III, joints on vol. I starting, losses to head and foot of spine on vol. II and III. Two modern bookseller's descriptions pasted to head of FEP. Inked ownership inscription of Cornelius Paine to FFEP. Light ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29114
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[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
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BOSSUET, James Benign. The history of the variations of the protestant churches. Antwerp. [s.n.], 1742. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxxii, 480pp, [36]; [2], 493pp, [34]. With an index and terminal leaf of errata to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head of spine of both vols., light surface wear to joints and edges. Endpapers stained, very light scattered spotting.
More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34116
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MONTEITH, Robert. The history of the troubles of great britain: Containing a particular Account of the Most remarkable passages in scotland, From the Year 1633 to 1650.. London. Printed for G. Strahan, 1735. First edition in English. Folio. iv, [4], 557pp. Contemporary calf. Heavily worn, without lettering-piece, splitting to joints, loss to foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Sir James Gordon, Baronet, of Letterfoury to FEP. Scattered staining and spotting throughout, particularly to FEP and title. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33511
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[NAVAL HISTORY]. The history of the spanish armada, Which had been preparing three Years for the Invasion and Conquest of England, And which in the Year 1588 Came upon the English Coast to effect it... London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1759. First edition. Quarto. [4], xi, [1], 60pp. With an engraved map of the beacons erected in Kent. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Two small later paper repairs to verso of map, else internally clean and crisp. Later armorial bookplate of Admiral Sir Graham E. Hamond to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to head of title ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 15612
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JACKSON, John. The history of the scottish stage, from its first establishment to the present time... Edinburgh. Printed for Peter Hill, and G. G. and J. Robinson, 1793. First edition. 8vo. 6, [2], 424, 41pp, [1]. With a half-title. In this issue, the text on pp.295-296, beginning on p.295, line 11, and ending at the foot of p.296 is present; the documents numbered xviii-xxii are removed from the appendix by the partial resetting of sig.2e4 and by cancelling leaves 2f1-3; signature *Mm4 appears to be a whole-sheet cancel. Recent gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33178