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B., D. B. The little hill station and other sketches & verses. Bombay. Thacker & Co., [s.d., c. 1910] First edition. 12mo. 109pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth-backed green paper boards, lettered in black to upper board 'The little hill station And other sketches & verses By D. B. B. to P/ F.' Rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30632
DE SERVIEZ, Jacques Roergas. The roman empresses; or, the history of the lives and secret intrigues of the wives of the twelve cæsars. London. The Walpole Press, 1899. Fine Library edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 499pp, [1]; viii, 573pp, [1]. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to FEP of both volumes. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30904
[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to The Church of England; with notes upon the epistles, gospels, and psalms, By a Member of the Established Church. London. Sold by Otridge and Son et al., 1813. First edition. 8vo. xxvi, 482pp. Printed in double columns. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board 'Wm. Vavasour', A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, newspaper clipping pasted to FEP, extracts of devotional verse in manuscript to blank fly-leaves, later newspaper clippings relating to the Vavasour family to front blank fly- leaf, very occasional light spotting, terminal ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30910
[NAPIER, Francis, Baron Napier and Ettrick]. [Drop-head title:] The demon chain: A Legend of the Swedish Counts of Piper. [London]. [s.n.], [1853]. 170-172pp.

[Bound with: [Drop-head title:] Pinocchi. [London], [s.n.], [1856]. 438-442pp.

8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Baron Napier to FEP, nine press- cuttings, dated 1883-1891, relating to Napier's involvement in the restoration of Edinburgh castle.

With three A.L.S. loosely inserted:

- The first, on Windsor Castle stationery, dated 30th ... More >
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31080
ERSKINE, John. An institute of the law of scotland. In four books. In the Order of Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of that Law. Edinburgh. Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1793. Third edition. Folio. Two volumes bound as one. x, 813pp, [57]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of James Ewing to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31157
[ROYAL EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS]. Military instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercises, intended for the use of the volunteers of the united kingdom...respectfully dedicated to the officers of the royal edinburgh volunteers. Edinburgh. Published by Denham and Dick, 1803. 12mo. 60pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut in later brown cloth. Light shelf-wear. Scattered spotting. Recently dispersed from the Cottlesloe Military Library 'probably the most extensive private collection of early printed books focused on military matters', with the bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, 3rd Lord Cottesloe (1862-1965) to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31221
[HAXBY HALL]. [A manuscript commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Oblong 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [28] leaves. Contemporary red half-roan, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, marked, and dulled. Hinges exposed, marbled pastedowns, without free-endpapers, several leaves seemingly removed, scattered spotting, occasional marginal loss. Engraved advertisement sheet pasted to FEP: 'Haxby Hall. Revd. John Heslop, Curate of Skelton, receives into his Family, a limited number of Young Gentlemen under fourteen years of Age; ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31336
BALL, Hannah. Memoirs of miss hannah ball. York. Printed for her sister, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1796. First edition. 12mo. 71pp, [1]. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Remnants of original publisher's powder blue wrappers at spine. Title page and terminal leaf chipped and stained. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31367
[INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONFERENCE]. International monetary conference held, in compliance with the invitation extended to certain governments of europe by the government of the united states, in pursuance of the second section of the act of congress of february 28, 1878, in paris, in august, 1878, under the auspices of the ministry of foreign affairs of the republic of france. Washington. Government Printing Office, 1879. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 918pp. With a folding chart. Original publisher's red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31653
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. My Fossils. Vol. I [all published?]. Dublin. George Herbert, 1880. First edition. 8vo. [6], vi, 308pp, [2]. Original publisher's green gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with bumping to corners and chipping to spine. FFEP detached. Inked inscription to FEP: 'Edward Brooke, 11 Herbert Street Dublin - 1880'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32061
MARTIN, Theodore [Translator]. Poems; original and translated. London. Printed [by the Chiswick Press] for Private Circulation, 1863. First edition. Small quarto. vi, 350pp, [2]. With a terminal errata leaf. Unopened in original publisher's red cloth, stamped in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned, loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, with an A.L.S in the author's hand pasted to recto of FFEP: ' My dear Sir, If you should find the accompanying volume, not printed for publication, worth a place in your ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32069
[PATTON, Henry]. Address to the members of the United Church of England & Ireland, In the Johnstown Deanery, on the subject of an episcopal fund. Cornwall [Ontario]. Printed at the Constitutional Office, 1854. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed powder-blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, two old vertical folds. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'The Reverend Ernest Hawkins B. D. with the author's kind respectful regards. H. Patton'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32620
CLELAND, James. Historical account of the grammar school of glasgow, with a list of the duxes, from 1782 till 1825. Glasgow. Printed by Khull, Blackie, and Co., 1825. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. With a half-title and two engraved plates. Handsomely bound by J. Carss & Co. of Glasgow in contemporary richly gilt-tooled burgundy straight-grain morocco, A.E.G., gilt dentelles, green moire silk doublures and free-endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Binder's ticket to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'To / James A. Anderson Esquire / from ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32686
BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor cecco. London. Chatto & Windus, 1925. First edition. Quarto. 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, six further chromolithograph plates, and numerous in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in contemporary gilt-ruled tan morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Internally clean and crisp, overall, a fine copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32717