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FORSYTH, Captain J. The highlands of central india: notes on their forests and wild tribes, natural history, and sports. London. Chapman & Hall, 1871. First edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xii, 472pp. Without half-title. With a chromolithographed frontispiece, a further five chromolithographed plates, a lithographed folding map, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled black half-calf, grey cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of George James Ferguson to title page, manuscript note to foot of p.285, scattered spotting/staining. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32897
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FLEETWOOD, Bishop [William]. Chronicon Preciosum: or, an account of English Gold and Silver Money; The Price of Corn and other Commodities; and of Stipends, Salaries, Wages, Jointures, Portions, Day-labour, &c. in england, for Six hundred Years last past... London. Printed for T. Osbourne, 1745. Second edition. 8vo. [10], 147, [3], 30pp, [2]. With 12 engraved plates and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Porchester and paper shelf-labels to FEP, short marginal tear to foot of leaf B1, light dampstaining to gutter. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33171
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FIELDING, Henry. An enquiry Into the causes of the late Increase of Robbers, &c. with some proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. In which The Present Reigning Vices are impartially exposed; and the Laws that relate to the Provision for the Poor, and to the Punishment of Felons are largely and freely examined. London. Printed for A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. 12mo. xxxii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, worm-hole to head of spine. Early inked initials to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32977
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FEUERBACH, Anselm von. Caspar hauser. An account of an individual kept in a dungeon, separated from all communication with the world, from early childhood to about the age of seventeen. Drawn up from legal documents. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. First British edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 191pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary cloth, with new endpapers. Rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine, some loss to head and foot. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, a trifle spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19747
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FELTON, Henry. A dissertation On Reading the classics, And Forming a Just Style. Written in the Year 1709, And addressed to the Right Honourable john Lord roos, The Present Marquis of granbby. London. Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1715. Second edition, with large Additions. 12mo. [2], xx, [14], 274pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf. Rubbed, marked, and dulled, without lettering-piece. Pastedowns sprung, text-block lightly dampstained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33050
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FAIRHOLT, F[rederick] W[illiam]. Tobacco: its history and associations: including an account of the plant and its manufacture; with its modes of use in all ages and countries. London. Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 332pp. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine bumped. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33142
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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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ELTON, Charles. Origins of english history. London. Bernard Quaritch, 1882. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiv, [2], 458pp. Without half-title. With 10 folding plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32960
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[DRYDEN, John]. JUVENAL. PERSIUS. The satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: and of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English verse By Mr. Dryden, And several Eminent Hands... London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1735. Sixth edition. 8vo. cxi, [1], 296pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 23 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, some loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplate of Admiral Duff (dated 1858) to FEP, inked gift inscription to head of title page: 'Archd. Duff from (?)C. Dyne'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28431
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DOUGLAS, Francis. A general description of the east coast of scotland, from edinburgh to cullen; Including a brief Account of the Universities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, Of the Trade and Manufactures carried on in the large Towns, and the improvements of the country. In a series of letters to a friend. Aberdeen. Re-printed by D. Chalmers & Co. for W. Gordon.., 1826. 12mo in 6s. 247pp, [1]. Neatly bound in gilt-tooled twentieth-century tan half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed to extremities, corners, some occasional browning or paper-flaws to text, else fine. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with the inscription of D. Alan Stevenson to blank fly. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31307
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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
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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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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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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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[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