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[ACTS - GEORGE IV]. An act for Inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Duxford Saint John and Duxford Saint Peter, in the County of Cambridge. [Royal Assent, 15 May, 1822]. [London]. [s.n.], [1822]. First edition. Folio. 36pp, [2]. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched, as issued. A trifle browned and dusty. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24032

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[GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] A bill for Confirming and Establishing a Division and Inclosure of the Common or Open Fields and Waste Grounds within the Parish of Mildenhall, in the Country of Wilts, and certain Exchanges of Lands and Estates within the said Parish. [London]. [s.n.], [1799]. Folio. 12pp. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched, as issued. Three early horizontal folds. A trifle creased and browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24867

[MAIDMENT, James]. The court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. 2, x, 154pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements.

[Bound with:] The court of session garland. Part Second. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition. [4], 16pp.

[And:] Supplement to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. vii, [1], 36pp.

[And:] Appendix to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition/ 22pp.

8vo. ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25539

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[COURT OF SESSION]. Act of sederunt, 11th july, 1828; for consolidating the enactments contained in certain previous acts, and further improving the forms of process in the court of session, in pursuance of the statute 6th geo. iv. c. 120. Edinburgh. Printed by James Clarke and Company, [1828]. First edition. 8vo. 73, [1], 48pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25546

WRIGHTSON, Thomas. On the punishment of death. London. John Hearne, 1837. Third edition. 8vo. xxiv, 113pp, [1]. Original publisher’s green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26388

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[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for altering Whitsuntide and Lammas Terms for the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], p.247, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27193

[ACTS - ANNE]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for ascertaining and Directing the Payment of the Allowances to be made for or upon the Exportation from Scotland, of Fish, Beef, and Pork Cured with Foreign Salt... [London]. [Printed by Charles Bill], [1709]. First edition. Folio. [2], 221-227pp, [1]. Issued with a general title page (as here), and also as a part of ‘ Anno Regni annae reginae…Septimo. At the Parliament Summoned to be Held at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, Anno Dom. 1708...’ Imprint taken from general title page. Disbound. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27194

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[FINANCE]. The pleasing art of money-catching and the way to thrive, by turning a penny to advantage: with a new method of regulating daily expenses. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Disbound. Two leaves detached, occasional ink-spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28605

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[POISONING]. The great glasgow poison mystery. [London]. [Felix McGlennon], [between 1920 and 1930?] 8vo. 8pp. Original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Leaves browned, some chipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28594

[TEMPLE, Henry John]. The new whig guide. London. Printed for W. Wright, 1819. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-viii, 240pp. Without half-title. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29251

HOME, Lord . The Way the Wind Blows. London. William Collins Sins & Co Ltd, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 320pp. Original publisher's moss green cloth boards lettered gilt, with the photographic dustwrapper. Board edges slightly toned, bumping to spine ends. Clipped wrapper a little nicked and toned, with small paper numbered label to foot of spine. Signed by Lord Home on the title page. Previous owner's address inked in manuscript to FFEP, with additional return instructions in pencil below. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30107

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WHEELER-Bennet, John W. . John anderson viscount waverley. London. Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1962. First edition. 8vo. [xv] 430pp. Original publisher's bright turquoise cloth boards, spine stamped red and lettered in gilt. With the publisher's photographic dustwrapper, unclipped. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Dearest Ashley, so appreciated by John, from Ava. December 1962'. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, wrapper scuffed with toning and a little surface loss to the spine panel. Internally bright, fresh and clean. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30106

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[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 5th of May, 1726. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson and Robert Fleming, 1726. Folio. 21pp, [17]. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30924

[ACTS - CHURCH OF SCOTLAND]. The principal acts of the General Assembly of the church of scotland, Conveened at Edinburgh, the 14th Day of May 1752. Edinburgh. Printed by Mr. James Davidson, and Robert Fleming, 1752. Folio. 27pp, [13]. Disbound. Scattered spotting, title page and initial leaf detached, head of text-block shaved - loss to running title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30925

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[POOR RELIEF]. A plan suggested for mature consideration, for superseding the necessity of the poor rates, by means of cottage acres, and farms, turned Leaven Farms; thus denominated from the intended benefits likely to result from its pervading the whole mass. [s.n.]. [s.i.], 1817. 8vo. [2], 219-233pp. Modern cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31021

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BURKE, Right Hon. Edmund. Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. London. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1796. Fourth Edition. 8vo. [4], 188pp. With half-title. Uncut, stitched as issued. Light dust soiling to half-title and final page, occasional spots of foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 11030

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TENNYSON, C[harles]. Observations on the proceedings respecting the queen, addressed to his constituents. London. Printed for J. Ridgway & Sons, 1820. Second edition. [4], 52pp.

[Bound with:] TENNYSON, Charles. Speech of Charles Tennyson, Esq. in the House of Commons, May 19, 1828, on Mr. Nicholson Calvert's motion to substitute the hundred of Bassetlaw for the town of Birmingham, in the bill for disfranchising the borough of East Retford. London. Published at the Office of the Mirror of Parliament, 1829. Fourth edition. 41pp, [1].

8vo. Recent green cloth, lettered ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14642

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DELISLE DE SALES, Jean-Baptiste-Claude. Paradoxes par un citoyen. Premiere partie. A Amsterdam. [s.n.], 1775. First edition. 8vo. xii, 13-123, [9], 269-276pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, text-block holding firm by cords. Internally clean and crisp, a very good copy. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14633

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[VOLTAIRE]. Discorso fatto dal sig. di Voltaire, istoriografo di Francia, In occasione del suo ricevimento nell' accademia Francese, In vece del Presidente Bouhier Il Lunedi 9. Maggio 1746. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1746]. 12mo. 35pp, [1]. Recent marbled paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Slightest of wear to extremities. Occasional light foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14647

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WILLICH, Charles M.. Popular tables arranged in a new form, giving information at sight for ascertaining, according to the carlisle table of mortality, the value of lifehold, leasehold, and church property, renewal fines, &c. the public funds, Annual Average Price and Interest on Consuls from 1731 to 1851... London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. Third edition. xviii, [2], 165pp, [3].

[Bound with;] WILLICH, Charles M. Supplement to willich's popular tables. The new succession and legacy duty tables... London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. [16]pp. With original publisher's green paper wrappers bound-in.

8vo. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To The Very ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14826