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BROWNING, Robert. Letters of Robert Browning: Collected by Thomas J. Wise... London. John Murray, [1933]. First edition. 8vo. xx, 389pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, and a further 15 photographic plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrappper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally immaculate. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For Rev. Herbert Herries / in remembrance of kind. 1933 / from / Fannie Barrett Browning'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26208

GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Macmillan & Co., 1891. Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 305pp, [7]. With a frontispiece and a plethora of illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27086

THOMPSON, Sir Henry. Food and feeding. London. Frederick Warne and Co., [1880]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 147pp, [3]. With a half-title and a final leaf pf publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27088

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[COOKERY]. Social etiquette the art of cookery and hints on carving. London. Houlston and Sons, [s.d., c. 1860] Sixth thousand. 8vo. [5], 10-248pp, [8]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, later bookplate of John Fuller to FEP, early inked ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP, some loss to gutter of title page, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27087

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The song of hiawatha. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition, first issue. 8vo. The first issue, with 'dove' for 'dived' on p.96. iv, 316, 24pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive green cloth, lettered in gilt. Recently expertly rebacked, preserving original spine panel. Extremities heavily worn and rubbed, spine chipped and dulled, upper joint split - board working loose. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27089

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GRESWELL, Rev. William Parr. Geography of the dominion of Canada and Newfoundland. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1891. First edition. 8vo. xii, [4], 154, 20pp. With a half-title, 10 engraved coloured maps (three folding), and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-ruled navy cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, inked inscription to recto of half-title: 'William Greswell / Dodington / Bridgwater / Somerset / May 5 / 05' More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27090

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AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. Lays of the Scottish cavaliers and other poems. Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. Tenth edition. 8vo. 351pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27091

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MICHELL, J[ohn]. CANTON, J[ohn]. Traites sur les aimans artificiels... Paris. Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin l'aine, 1752. First French edition. 8vo. cxx, 160pp. With four engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Extremities worn, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary spine panel. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26409

CLARKE, James Stanier, Rev. M'ARTHUR, John.. The life of admiral lord nelson, k. b. from his lordship's manuscripts. London. Printed by T. Bensley...for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. First edition. Quarto. In two volumes. vii, 15, [1], xlv, [1], 375, [1]; [2], 511pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, 10 further engraved plates, and four engraved vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 21 engraved plates. Nine manuscript documents, two facsimile letters, [2]pp description of Naples, three leaves of The Times newspaper, and a broadside variously bound, tipped-in, or loosely inserted. Recent half calf, tooled in gilt ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24111

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[DURHAM HISTORY]. [A late eighteenth-century manuscript history of England and Scotland]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., late eighteenth-century] Folio. Manuscript on paper. [27] leaves. Stitched into contemporary marbled papers boards. Extremities worn and marked. Several leaves excised, one leaf detached, some scoring to gutter margins, contemporary manuscript note on Gillygate Manor, Durham, loosely inserted. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 13041

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[NAVAL ANNUITANT SOCIETY]. 1825. Collins's memoranda, or daily register for Appointments, Bills due, Remarkable Occurences, &c... London. Printed and published by the proprietors Chalrs Collins and Co., [1825]. Quarto. 68pp. Original publisher's green roan-backed drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20008

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[INNOCENT X, Pope]. [Document conferring a degree of canon law on Count Verginius]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1650]. 8vo. Manuscript on vellum. Names, underlining, and borders of text all in gilt, endorsements in two other hands at end. 8pp. Recent gilt-tooled red morocco-backed marbled paper boards. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, a trifle dusty. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21801

[GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A List of the Wardens, Assistants and Livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmith's. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [14] leaves. Recent calf-backed brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Ink-stamp of the Assay Office Library, Birmingham to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21756

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HAWKE, Martin. Howell Wood; Or, The Raby Hunt, in Yorkshire. A new Hunting Song, to the tune of Ballynamonaora. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. 16 leaves. In buff Middle Hill boards, title in manuscript to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, some loss and splitting to spine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18160

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[CLYDE CRUISING CLUB]. [Three manuscript log books and original photographs of Yacht trips of the West Coast of Scotland]. Glasgow. Printed and published by James Hedderwick & Sons, [1936-39] 8vo. Three blank books, each comprised of approximately 62 leaves, with printed headings for 'Anchorage', 'Nearest Water', and 'Fuel Supplied and Consumed', interleaved with blank leaves for the insertion of 'sketches or snapshots'. 93; 59; 24pp of manuscript notes, hand-drawn maps, photographs, and several postcards. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25682

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[4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS]. Lieutenant General The Earl of Ross's Report on the First Regiment of Horse Reviewed by Him in Dublin on the 2nd Day of July 1783. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1783]. Folio. A five sheet report comprising a manuscript summary signed by Ralph Gore, 1st Earl of Ross ('Ross Lieut. General'), and four engraved sheets ('General Return...', 'Return of the Arms...', numbered 1-4), with all the details neatly completed in manuscript. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24214

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[MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE]. [A finely executed late eighteenth-century calligraphic commonplace presented as a gift for the New Year to John Hadfield Kennedy from his mother]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1794]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [21] leaves. Stitched into contemporary limp calfskin, housed in contemporary calf-covered slipcase. Extremities rubbed, a trifle toned/spotted, else a fine copy. More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 17561

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[PERPETUAL ALMANAC]. [Manuscript perpetual almanac]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1842] Dimensions 60 x 90 mm. Manuscript on paper. Two cards, housed in contemporary naive marbled paper wallet, the first a manuscript 'perpetual almanack', the other printed (on one side only) providing the dates of Feast and Saint Days. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Francis Henry Heyman Shepherd to wallet and verso of manuscript card. Wallet rubbed and marked. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24692

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[EDINBURGH ESTATE]. [A dozen manuscript receipts and bills for the interior decoration of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], 1800-69 Twelve loose leaves of manuscript, together with an [8]pp manuscript account book (dated 1800/01) stitched into contemporary powder blue wrappers. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 26093

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[WINE]. [An archive of 79 Victorian manuscript and printed lists and receipts relating to the purchase of alcohol]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1848-1878] An archive of manuscript and printed ephemera regarding the purchase and storage of wine and spirits between 1848 and 1878. More > £ 6,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 24671