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GRAY, Colin. Group Captain DSO, DFC, RAF. . Spitfire patrol. London. Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Lrg 8v0. 166pp. With three signed photographs and three further signatures card mounted to FFEP & half-title, twenty four photographic leaves & two maps bound in. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt, with the original colour illustrated dustwrapper. Minor bumping to spine ends. Loosely inserted is a ms 'wanted' list of pilots that appear in the account but whose signatures have not yet been collected. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34296
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GRAY, T[homas]. Poems by Mr. T. Gray. This Collection contains all the Author's Poetical Works, among which are three never before published in Ireland. . Cork. Printed by William Flyn, 1768. First edition. 8vo. 79pp, [1]. With contents page printed at rear. Contemporary calf- backed marbled boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering- piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and food of spine and surface wear to boards. Armorial bookplate of Sir George Cooke, Baronet, of Wheatley to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 34415
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[SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin De]. Paul and mary, an indian story. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1789. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xii, 191pp, [1]; [2], 158pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, some surface loss to dulled spines. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Charles Barclay to both FEPs, later armorial bookplates of W. Douro Hoare to both FFEPs, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to verso of FFEP of Vol. I, early gift inscription to front ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33108
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A LADY. Memoirs of the danby family: designed chiefly for the entertainment and improvement of young persons. London. Printed for E. Newbury, 1799. First edition. 12mo. xii, 258pp, [6]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary tree-sheep. Rubbed, surface loss to upper board and spine, joints starting. Early book-label of Anne Crosse to FEP, near contemporary and later inked gift inscriptions to FFEP, small worm-track to gutter of initial gathering, slight marginal loss to upper corner of leaf F5. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34350
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SIMMONDS, Rose. Manual of Nutrition. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney. Cassel and Company Ltd., 1945. First edition. Quarto. vi, 90pp. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, wrappers toned. Staples rusted. Short tear to head of title page, light scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed 'with the author's compliments' to verso of upper wrapper, and with the author's manuscript corrections to head of terminal leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34385
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RENOU, Sarah. The temple of truth. A Poem, in five cantos.. Edinburgh. Printed for James Taylor Smith and Company, 1821. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 102pp. Finely bound for Sotherans in early twentieth-century half-calf, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Slightly faded, light shelf-wear, else a fine copy. Some spotting to preliminaries. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34279
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MOODY, Elizabeth. Poetic trifles. London. Printed by H. Baldwin and Son; For T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1798. First edition. 8vo. [4], xv, [1], 186pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards. Bumping to corners, splitting to lower joint (the board nevertheless remains firmly attached) and heavy wear to boards. With the early ink inscription of '(?)Samuel Bothy, 50 Ludgate Hill' to FFEP, opposite a now defaced bookplate; small old-stains to G1v and G2v, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 34272
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MOORE, Virginia. The life and eager death of emily brontë: A Biography. London. Rich & Cowan, [1936]. 8vo. Proof copy. [16], 374pp. Without the 12 plates issued with the first edition (list of illustrations fittingly blank). Original publisher's buff wrappers, printed paper title label to upper wrappers. Housed in modern green cloth solander. Lightly rubbed, creased, some loss to lower wrapper, head and foot of spine chipped. Occasional contemporary marginal pencilled annotations/corrections. With a loosely inserted single sheet prospectus announcing the 1939 French ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23926
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EDGEWORTH, Maria. EDGEWORTH, Richard Lovell. Memoirs of richard lovell edgeworth, esq. begun by himself and concluded by his daughter, maria edgeworth. London. Printed for R. Hunter, 1820. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 392; [4], vii, [1], 498pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume and a further seven engraved plates (two folding). Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33103
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DE STAËL, Madame La Baronne. Considérations sur les principaux événemens de la révolution françoise, ouvrage posthume de mad. la baronne de staël. Londres [i.e. London]. Baldwin, Cradock, et Joy, 1819. Second edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xvi, 436; viii, 421, [1]; vii, [1], 430pp. Finely bound by J. Kelly (small paper label to verso of FFEP, Vols. I and III) in contemporary gilt-tooled, blind- ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, extremities a trifle worn. With a small tear Y8 of Vol. III. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26469
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[FERRIER, Susan Edmonstone]. Destiny; or, the chief's daughter. Edinburgh. Printed for Robert Cadell, 1831. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [6], 337, [1]; [4], 407, [1]; [4], 399pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, joints starting. Foxed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Eliza Doherty to title pages More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34921
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[MORRIS, Griffith]. [Advertising ephemera relating to Griffith Morris, merchant of Liverpool]. Comprising:

I. [Drop-head title:] Monthly price list for burning oils, candles, soaps, &c... [Liverpool?] [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1870]. Single bifolium. Three old horizontal folds, manuscript docket-title. Together with attendant related blank letterpress order form. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Dimensions: 200 x 260 mm. Three old horizontal folds.

II. [Drop-head title:] Hungarian flour. The finest pastry flour in the world. [Liverpool?] [s.n.], [s.d., ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34049
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BLAIR, Robert. The grave; By robert blair: To which is added gray's elegy In a Country Church Yard.. London. Printed for John Fielding, [1785]. New edition, with notes moral, critical, and explanatory. 8vo. vi, 40pp. With an engraved landscape frontispiece and engraved title page. Stitched in original publisher's marbled paper wrappers. Worn, with chipping to edges, losses to spine, toning to wrappers, and some light staining to lower wrapper. With a paper flaw to verso of leaf F2, affecting five lines of text. Leaves lightly browned, with some spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 35034
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WOOD, James. The principles of mechanics: designed for the use of students in the university.. Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, by R. Watts, 1803. Third edition. 8vo. [2], 199pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with splitting to head of upper and lower joints, surface wear to spine and extremities, chipping to lettering-piece, light scoring to boards. Armorial bookplate to FEP. With two terminal leaves of pencilled annotations, additional marginal pencilled notes throughout. Leaves browned, light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34974