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[MISSIONARY MAGAZINE]. The Harvest Field. A Missionary Magazine. Mysore. Wesleyan Mission Press Comprising:

Vol. XIV. Nos. 2-3 February-March, 1903.

Vol. XVII. Nos. 1-4, 6-12, January-April, June-December, 1906.

Vol. XXXIX. Nos. 3-12, March-December, 1919.

Vol. XL. Nos. 1-11, January-November, 1920

8vo. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured, staples rusted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26396
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PIGGOTT, S[olomon], Rev.. Antidote to the follies, vices, and crimes of youth, to gambling, melancholy & suicide, in a series of anecdotes and actual narratives, calculated to warn the thoughtless and animate the desponding. London. Published by J. Robins and Co., 1831. Second edition. 12mo. xvi, [3], xviii-xxiv, 388pp, [4]. A reissue of the first edition, with an altered title and the addition of an unnumbered leaf 'Preface to the second edition' between xvi and xvii. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's moire cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-piece. Offsetting to title page, foxed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19714
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[CAM]. [Drop-head title:] The Lantern of the Cam. [Cambridge]. [Printed by F. Talbot... and Published for the Proprietors by G. J. Preston], [1871-73] Quarto. Vol. I, no. 1 (Jan. 32nd 1871) - Vol. I, no. 3 (April 1871); Special number (Dec. 1873). All published. 14, 4pp. With four photo-lithographed plates (two of which folding). Contemporary green cloth, original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17699
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[SOUP KITCHEN]. Leicester square soup kitchen & refuge, ham yard, great windmill street, st. james's, w. Founded by the late Charles Cochrane, Esq., 1846. For the relief of destitution, and prevention of mendicancy... London. Printed by Geo. Witt, 1875. 11pp, [1].

[Bound after:] A LAYMAN. Lord selborne's letter to "the times" and an answer paragraph by paragraph. London. Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874. First edition. 16pp.

[Bound before:] Letter from the right reverend the lord bishop of orleans to m. minghetti, minister of finance to king victor emmanuel, on the Spoliation of the Church at rome and throughout italy. Together with the brief of the ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33169
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CASE, Mrs. [Adelaide]. Day by day at Lucknow. A journal of the siege of lucknow. London. Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33140
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[NELSON, Jean]. Extrait du journal de Mr. Jean Nelson, Predicateur de l'Evangile, contenant au recit des tendres soins de dieu envers lui depuis son enfance jusqu'a sa quarante-deuxieme annee. Traduit de l'anglais. Guernsey. De L'Imprimerie de N. Mauger, Imprimeur du Roi, Au Bas du Bordage, 1823. 12mo in 6s. [4], 192pp. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Heavily worn and marked; spine covering perished, boards each hanging by a cord only. Some damp-staining; pen trials to FEP; RFEP torn away. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33131
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, modernized. London. Whittaker & Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo. cxlvii, [1], 331pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius to FEP, some marginal loss to leaf R7, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33085
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HAMILTON, Walter. The east india gazetteer; containing Particular Descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of hindostan, and the adjacent countries, india beyond the ganges, and the Eastern Archipelago... London. Printed for John Murray, 1815. First edition. 8vo. xv, 862pp. With an engraved folding map. Contemporary gilt-tooled half- calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Hinges exposed, recent ink-stamp of E. Alistair Smith to recto of FFEP, with his inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32791
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HILL, Benson E.. The epicure's almanac; or Diary of Good Living; containing a choice and original receipt or a valuable hint for every day in the year. The result of actual experience, applicable to the enjoyment of the good things of this life, consistently with the views of those who study genteel economy. London. How and Parsons, 1841. First edition. 12mo. viii, 172pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, marked, sunned spine chipped at head and foot. Upper hinge exposed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32544
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NEWMAN, John Henry. The office and work of universities. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. 8vo. 384pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Hinges exposed. Presentation copy, paper slip with letterpress statement 'From the Author' tipped-in to gutter of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31644
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SHYLOCK, Sir David. Waterocracy: a tale of fire. A letter to myneer von romp, merchant, rotterdam, from his friend sir david shylock, a. s. s. on his visit to the house of lords to oppose the new gass and water bills at the public expense. Translated from the german, and illustrated with two engravings by peter flint. Sunderland. Printed by W. Hollis, 1846. First edition?. 12mo. 12pp. With two engraved plates. Six loose bifolia. Later paper shelf-label to title page, terminal leaf detached, a trifle dusty. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27499
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[EUMENES]. A plan for the government of bengal, And for the Protection Of the other British Settlements in the East Indies: In a Letter To the Right Honourable Lord North, First Lord of the Treasury, &c. To which is added, The Speech of an East India Proprietor, upon the Extraordinary Commission for regulating the Company's Affairs Abroad. London. Printed for J. Almon, 1772. First edition. 8vo. 42pp. Modern marbled wrappers. A trifle rubbed. Alternative manuscript pagination to upper corners. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26613
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A JOURNEYMAN MASON [i.e. MILLER, Hugh]. Poems, written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason. Inverness. Printed by R. Carruthers, 1829. First edition. 12mo. [4], 268pp. With a half-title. Finely bound in later gilt-tooled black half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate H. D. Colvill-Scott to FEP, later photographic illustration depicting the author pasted to verso of half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26457
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[GRESWELL, Edward]. Europæ pacatores oxonium invisentes. [Manchester]. [R. and W. Dean], [1815]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 8pp, [2]. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, creased. Later manuscript annotations to upper wrapper and title page signed William H. P. Greswell, occasional highlighting. A.L.S. on Brasenose College stationery pinned to upper wrapper: '9 Nov. 1916. Dear Mr. Greswell, I write to thank you heartily for sending me the interesting Latin verses written by your uncle on ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26218
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[SAINT GERMAIN, Christopher]. Two dialogues in english Between A Doctour of Divinity, and A Student in the Laws of england, of The Ground of the said Laws, And of Concscience. London. Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher, and Henry Twyford, 1673. Newly Revised and Re-printed. 8vo. [2], 366pp, [8]. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, title in manuscript to head of spine and fore-edge. Rubbed and marked, joints starting. Early manuscript notes and ownership inscriptions to front endpapers and title page, small marginal hole to leaf N4, without RFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25204