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KINGSFORD, [W]illiam. Three letters to the Rev. Mr. Wesley, containing remarks on a piece lately published with his approbation. . Canterbury. Printed for the author, by J. Grove, 1789. First edition. 8vo. [2], 70pp. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed, with loss to spine and browning to wrappers. Shelf-label pasted to upper wrapper. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title. Leaves browned, particularly to edges. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34410

KINGSLEY, Charles. Andromeda and other poems. London. Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862. Third edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 169pp, [3]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, marked, and bumped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25081

KINGSLEY, Charles. Andromeda and other poems. London. John W. Parker and Son, 1858. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 167pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Ticket of booksellers Henderson & Perry of Birmingham to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32278

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KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part I. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

[Together with:] KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part II. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900]. 60pp. iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

8vo. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21269

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KINGSLEY, Charles. Charles Kingsley: his letters and memoirs of his life. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. 287, [1]; 278pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24885

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KINGSLEY, Rev. Charles. The limits of exact science as applied to history. An Inaugural Lectures, delivered before the university of cambridge. Cambridge. Macmillan and Co., 1860. First edition. 8vo. [6], 72pp, 23pp of advertisements, [1]. Original publisher's printed boards, spine restored. Rubbed, with loss to spine at head, bumping to corners. Presentation copy, inscribed twice: with 'From the author to Elizabeth Stisted, Eversley Augt. 12th 1861' to head of upper board, and 'Miss Stisted with the Rev. Kingsley's kind regards, Eversley aug 12/61' to head of half title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13060

KINGSTON, W[illiam] H[enry] G[iles]. The boy's own book of boats. Including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world. London. Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 224, 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, dulled. Ticket to FEP of Jennett & Co., booksellers of Stockton-on-Tees, contemporary ownership inscription to FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34235

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KING, William. Aviti epistola ad Perillam, virginem scotam. Londini [i.e. London]. [s.n.], 1760. Large quarto. [4], 24pp. Stitched as issued. Occasional marking, small reddish stain at upper gutter, edges untrimmed and a bit dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17455

KIPLING, Rudyard. Songs from books. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition, third impression. 8vo. xix, [1], 302pp, [2]. Bound by Truslove & Hanson in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned, lower joint slightly scuffed/cracked but holding firmly. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29828

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KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories For Little Children. London. Macmillan and Co., 1902. First edition, second issue. Quarto. [7], 249pp, [2]. With half-title and 22 engraved plates by the author. Original publisher's decorated red cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with spine dulled and chipped, some soiling to boards, corners bumped. Light browning and soiling to endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34790

KIPLING, Rudyard, BALESTIER, Wolcott. The Naulahka: a story of west and east. London. William Heinemann, 1892. First edition. 8vo. [4], 276pp, [8]pp. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Rubbed, marked, and a trifle cocked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, later armorial bookplate of George de L'Isle Bush to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32268

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KIRWAN, Richard. An estimate of the temperature of different latitudes. London. Printed by J. Davis, 1787. First edition. 8vo. viii, 114pp. Later brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Armorial bookplate of the Meteorological Office London to FEP, with ink stamp of same to title. Lightly rubbed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12098

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KITTO, John. The lost senses. Series II. - blindness. London. Charles Knight, 1845. First edition. 12mo. [2], iv, [1], 6-254pp. With a half-title. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily sunned, lightly rubbed and spotted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19732

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KITTO, John. The lost senses. Series I. - deafness. London. Charles Knight, 1845. First edition. 12mo. [2], 206pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily sunned, lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19731

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KLETKE, Dr. H[ermann]. Bilder aus dem Weltall...Für Lehrer und Freunde der Naturkunde. Berlin. Verlag von E. H. Schroeder, 1854. Zweiter Abdruck [i.e. second impression]. 8vo. xii, 375pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy morocco, initialled in gilt 'L.d. R.' to foot of spine, A.E.G. A fine copy. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Leopold de Rothschild (1845- 1917) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31705

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KNATCHBULL, Nortono. Animadversiones in libros Novi Testamenti jam Teria cura auctae & emendatae. Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford]. Excudebat Henric. Hall, 1677. 12mo. [6], 191pp, [1]. Without initial blank leaf. Modern speckled paper boards. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32962

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KNIGHT, Charles. Capital and labour; including the results of machinery. London. G.Cox, 1853. Second edition. 8vo. 250pp. Contemporary blind-stamped grey cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title. Very light spotting to title and rear blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34653

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[KNIGHT, Ellis Cornelia]. Dinarbas; a Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.. London. T. Cadell,Jun, and W Davies., 1800. Fourth Edition. 12mo. xii, 309pp [1]. Contemporary speckled calf, decorative spine, contrasting red morocco lettering piece, gilt. Slightly rubbed with a little surface loss and tiny ink spot to spine, very minor occasional foxing but a nice copy. Bottom corner torn away to margin of p.273. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 10207

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KNIGHTLEY, Dr. W. Porter. A plea for private schools, being the substance of A Paper read before the Sussex Educational Association, at Brighton, Nov. 6th, 1876, in reply to some remarks of the Rev. Mark Pattison, B.D., at the Social Science Congress, at Liverpool. Brighton. H. & C. Treacher, 1876. First edition. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. Recent morocco-backed tan cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Bookplate of Sidney Broad to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to contemporary front blank fly-leaf: 'With the Author's kind regards / Dec. 12th 1876'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22129

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KNIGHTLY, Phillip, & SIMPSON, Colin. The secret lives of lawrence of arabia. London. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1969. First edition. 8vo. 293pp. With twenty-three photographs throughout the text. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in blue, with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Edwin Taylor. Minor shelf-wear to boards, dust wrapper with large chip to the bottom rear panel. With a typewritten press release for the title loosely inserted. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. T. E. Lawrence was a dear friend of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28304