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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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[CECIL, John]. Sixty curious and authentic narratives and anecdotes respecting Extraordinary Characters: illustrative pf the tendency of credulity and fanaticism; exemplifying the imperfections of circumstantial evidence; and recording singular instances of voluntary human suffering. London. Printed for Richard Beckley, 1822. New edition. 12mo. [2], vi, [2], 288pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, some surface loss to upper board. Armorial bookplate of Samuel Dendy to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33038
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CHADWICK, William. The life and times of daniel de foe: with remarks digressive and discursive. London. John Russell Smith, 1859. First edition. 8vo. viii, [1], 464pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33046
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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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CHUBB, Tho[mas]. Three tracts, viz. I. A Discourse concerning Persecution, wherein the Grounds upon which Christians afflict and grieve, and bereave each other of Life, for their different Opinions in Matters of Religion, are Examin'd. II. A Letter of Thanks to the Author of the Tract intituled, A Friendly Admonition to Mr. Chubb. III. Some Remarks on Dr. Morgan's Tract, intituled, A lEtter to Mr. Chubb, occasioned by his two Letters to a Friend. London. Printed by J. Darby and T. Browne, 1727. 8vo. [2], 103pp, [1]. With a half-title. Disbound, all edges red. Later paper shelf-label to head of browned half-title, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32980
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CINNAMUS, Joannes. Joannis cinnami de rebus gestis Imperat. Constantinop. joannis & manuelis, comnenorum, historiar. Libri IV. cornellius tollius Primus edidit, vertit, castigavit. Trajecti ad Rhenum [i.e. Urecht]. Typis Theodori ab Ackersdyck, & Gisberti a Zyll, 1652. Quarto. [24], 356pp, [34]. Title in red and black. Recent half-calf, light brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Dampstained throughout, tear to text of leaf Nn4, without loss of sense. Recent bookplate of the King Edward VI School, Southampton to FEP, nineteenth century inked inscription to title recording the donation of the book to the ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25867
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CLARE, John, Earl of. The speech of the late rt. hon. john, earl of clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland: delivered in the irish house of peers on the second reading of the bill for the relief of his majesty's roman catholic subjects, in ireland, March 13, 1793. (First printed in Dublin 1798.) To which is now added a preface. London. Printed for J. J. Stockdale, 1813. 8vo. 41, 3pp. With three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and unopened in modern cream paper boards. Rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, occasional marginal loss, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32964
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COCCHI, Antonio Celestino. Corticis Peruviani vindiciæ dissertatio physico-practica antonii caelestini cocchii In Romano Archilyceo Medicinae Lectoris... Romae [i.e. Rome]. Ex Typographia Komarek in via Cursus, 1746. First edition. 8vo. [12], 83pp, [1]. Contemporary stiff buff wrappers. Early paper label with title in manuscript to spine, manuscript title to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later ink-stamp to verso of title page, small wormtrack reducing to single wormhole from title to leaf B4, affecting text in places without loss of sense. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24389
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COLLINS, A[rchie] Frederick. Shooting for boys. New York. Moffat, Yard and Company, 1917. First edition. 8vo. xx, [1], 201pp. With photographic frontispiece of Eliphalet Remington, The Boy Gun Maker. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33126
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COMBE, George. Elements of phrenology. Edinburgh. John Anderson, Jun., 1828. Third edition, improved and enlarged. 12mo. [5], viii-ix, [1], 218pp. Without half-title. With an engraved folding frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, plates browned, latter half of text-block dampstained, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33129
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[COMMITTEE ON MADHOUSES IN ENGLAND]. Report, together with the minutes of evidence, and an appendix of papers, from the committee appointed to consider of provision being made for the better regulation of Madhouses in England. London. Reprinted for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy...and R. Hunter, 1815. First edition. 8vo. [3], xii, 399pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Very lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18826
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[CROXALL, Samuel]. An Original Canto of spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made publick, By Nestor Ironside... London [i.e. Edinburgh?]. Printed for James Roberts, 1714. Second edition. Quarto. 30pp. Handsomely bound by W. Pratt in later gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, library shelf-mark etched into upper board. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of chemist, archaeologist, and numismatist Alan Morris to FEP, text-block shaved at head. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28860
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CRUIKSHANK, George. George cruikshank's table book. London. Bell and Daldy, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 277pp, [3]. With and additional engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, and 116 wood-engravings in the text. Original publisher's bevelled green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: To Thomas Barlow Esq. MD. &c. &c. / with the regards of George Cruikshank / March 23rd. 1876'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30351
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CRUIKSHANK, George. Cinderella and the glass slipper. Edited and illustrated with ten subjects, designed and etched on steel, by george cruikshank. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1865]. 8vo. 31, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, spine a little dulled. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Geoffrey S. Williams to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'To Geoffrey S. Williams with the best / wishes of Geo. Cruikshank'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31600
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DEL MAR, Alexander. History of monetary systems: a record of actual experiments in money made by various states of the ancient and modern world, as drawn from their statutes, customs, treaties, mining regulations, jurisprudence, history, archaeology, coins, nummulary systems, and other sources of information. London. Effingham Wilson, 1895. First edition. 8vo. xxxix, 511, [1], 4pp. With a half-title and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28426
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DEL MAR, Alexander. The science of money. London. Effingham Wilson, 1896. Second edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 205pp, [3], 2pp. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28425