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GREEN, Emanuel. Some Bath love letters of John Wilkes... Bath. George Gregory, 1918. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [2]. With a final leaf of advertisements. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed grey wrappers. Inked ownership initials to upper wrapper, lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22008

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LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven pillars of wisdom a triumph. Stockholm. The Continental Book Company AB, 1946. Fifth edition, eighth impression. 8vo. 700pp. With fourteenth illustrations and four maps. Original publisher's buff cloth. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22038

[HASLEWOOD, John]. St. Paul, No mover of sedition: or, A Brief vindication of that apostle, From the False and Disingenous exposition of Mr. hoadly... London. [s.n.], 1706. First edition. Quarto. 16pp. Disbound. Short tear to gutter of title page, foxed and browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22135

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KNIGHTLY, Phillip. SIMPSON, Colin. The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia. [London]. Nelson, [1969]. First edition. 8vo.. ix, [1], 293pp, [1]. With five plates of black and white photograph. Original publisher's wrappers. Extremities sunned and a trifle creased and rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22141

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SEARCY, Alfred. By flood and field: Adventures Ashore and Afloat in North Australia. London. G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1912. First U.K. edition. 8vo. 327pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 17 photographic plates, and a folding map. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, remnant of small paper label to upper board. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22151

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FAY, C[harles] R[yle]. Great britain from adam smith to the present day: an economic and social survey. London. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1928. First edition. 8vo. xii, 458pp. With three maps (one folding). Original publisher's blind-ruled red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22152

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FENELON, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-. Extracts from the writings of francis fenelon, archbishop of cambray. With some memoirs of his life... London. Printed and sold by Phillips and Fardon, 1805. Second edition. 12mo. xii, 215pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities heavily rubbed, joints split. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Sarah Steevens to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22195

GRINLING, C. H., INGRAM, T. A., POLKINGHORNE, B. C.. A survey and record of woolwich and west kent... Woolwich. Labour Representation Printing Co. Ltd., 1909. First edition. 8vo. viii, 526pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in dark green. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Endpaper browned, inked ownership inscription to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22178

GOSSE, P[hilip] H[enry]. The ocean. London. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1845. 8vo. xii, 360pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 51 engraved illustrations. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate to FEP, frontispiece a trifle creased, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22161

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JELLICOE, Roland L.. The New Zealand Company's Native Reserves... Wellington. By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, 1930. First edition. 8vo. x, 116pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22175

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JAMES, Lawrence. Imperial warrior: The Life and Times of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby 1861-1936. London. Weidenfield and Nicolson, [1993]. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 279pp, [1]. With seven plates of black and white photographs/illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally immaculate. A fine copy. With a loosely inserted bookplate inscribed: 'To Mike Reskin / with best wishes / Lawrence Jones / 29.vi.93'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22169

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SOTHEBY'S. The Sir Maxwell Joseph Collection: postage stamps and postal history of the Cape of Good Hope. [London]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.], [1982]. First edition. Quarto. xiv, 298pp, [2]. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, corners bumped. Inked gift inscription to half-title, else internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 12334

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BURROUGHS, E[dward] A[rthur]. World-builders all: the task of the rising generation. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1918. Third impression. 8vo. xv, [1], 99pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, brown cloth boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22269

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HORACE, Quintus Flaccus. Quinti horatii flacci opera, ad fidem editionis gesnero-zeunianae. Londini [i.e. London]. Sumptu J. Rodwell et al., 1815. 12mo. viii, 245pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, slight splitting to upper joint, chipping to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to FEP, occasional creasing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22268

DUNALLEY, Lord. Khaki and rifle green. London. Hutchinson & Co., [1940]. First edition. 8vo. 255, [1], 24pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Rubbed and soiled, edges spotted, dustwrapper worn and marked, with significant loss. Contemporary pencilled ownership inscription of Captain R. Ford to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22255

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KELLY, Francis M. SCHWABE, Randolph. A short history of costume & armour: chiefly in England Vol. I. 1066-1485 [Vol. II. 1485-1800]. London. B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 82, [2], 30pp; x, 86, [2], 30pp. With terminal publisher's advertisement catalogues to both volumes. Profusely iIllustrated with colour and black and white photographs and sketches. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt and blind, pictorial dustwrappers. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrappers rubbed, sunned, and price-clipped. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to FFEPs, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22258

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SHEIL, Richard Lalor. The speeches of the right honourable richard lalor sheil. Dublin. James Duffy, 1853. Second edition. 8vo. xliv, [1], 26-471pp, [1]. Largely unopened in recent green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine sunned. Lightly toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22606

GRATTAN, Henry. The speeches of the right hon. henry grattan; to which is added his letter on the union, with a commentary on his career and character. Dublin. Published by James Duffy, 1853. Second edition. 8vo. xxxvi, [1], 38-468pp. Recent green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine sunned. Lightly toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22605

[ANLEY, Charlotte].. Miriam; or, the power of truth. A Jewish Tale. London. J. Hatchard, 1832. Third edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 388pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23123

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MILNER, J[ohn], Rev.. An historical and critical inquiry into the existence and character of saint george... London. Printed for J. Debrett et al., 1792. First edition. 8vo. [2], 59pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound, stab-stitch holes to gutter. Text-block separated into two parts. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23051