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SELECT COMMITTEE ON DECIMAL COINAGE. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. [London]. [s.n.], 1853. First edition. Folio. xiv, 185pp, [1]. Later blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, very short closed tear to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23905

READE, William Winwood. The martyrdom of man. London. Trubner & Co., 1872. First edition. 8vo. viii, 544pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, early bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20639

SAYERS, Dorothy L. The man born to be king: A Play-Cycle on the Life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1943. First edition. 8vo. 343pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and marked, spine panel sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23882

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[ACTS - GEORGE III]. An Act for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places, within the city of Durham, and borough of Framwelgate, and the suburbs thereof, and streets thereto adjoining; for removing and preventing nuisances, annoyances, encroachments, and obstructions therein; for widening and rendering more commodious several of the said streets, lanes, ways, and publick passages and places; and for regulating and improving the markets within the said city and suburbs.. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1790. Folio. [2], 1303-1370, [2]. With a final blank leaf. Issued separately with a general title page (as here), and also as part of: Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, tricesimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the eighteenth day of May, Anno Domini 1784...And from thence continued, by several prorogations and adjournments, to the twenty-first day of January, 1790; being ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12371

RATTIGAN, Terence. Ross: A Play in Two Acts. London. Samuel French, 1960. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With three black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. A trifle rubbed, chipping to foot of spine panel, inked inscription 'DRAMA CLUB / JLR RAC' to upper panel. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23875

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[ALCOHOL]. [Drop-head title:] Reasons humbly offered By the Maltsters of Surrey and Middlesex... [London]. [s.n.], [1730?] Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. Single leaf. Docket title to verso. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin. Old horizontal folds. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23666

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[GUNPOWDER]. [GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT]. [Caption title:] A Bill for making more Effectual an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Intitled, An Act for preventing the Mischiefs which may happen, by keeping too great Quantities of Gunpowder in or near the Cities of London and Westminster, or the Suburbs thereof. [London]. [s.n.], [1725]. Folio. 3pp, [1]. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. Four old horizontal folds, docket title printed to verso of second leaf. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22492

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MATTHEWS, Bryan, Sir et al.. [Drop-head title:] A discussion on The Physiology of man at high altitudes. [Cambridge]. [University Press], [1955]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 42pp. Stapled, as issued. Edges a trifle browned, staples rusted. Inked ownership inscription of George Lowe to first page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23439

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BRADLEY, Lonsdale. An inquiry into the deposition of lead ore, in the mineral veins of Swaledale, Yorkshire. London. Edward Stanford, 1862. First edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 40pp, [2]. With a geological map, a reference plate, and ten plates of veins, all, except the map, hand-coloured. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Title page browned, occasional spotting. Inked ownership inscription of L. R. Wager to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23659

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[WINDSOR, Edward]. Presidential address by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. [London]. [Samuel Straker & Sons], [1926]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 30pp, [2]. Contemporary (original?) gilt-stamped black morocco. Spine heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Flat signed by the Prince of Wales on title page. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23660

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BURROW, E[dward]. J[ohn]., Rev.. Elements of conchology, according to the linnaean system. London. Printed for James Duncan, 1825. New edition. 8vo. xix, [1], 245pp, [3]. With 28 engraved plates. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, marked, and sunned. Occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 18470

[HURDIS, James]. The village curate, a poem. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition, corrected. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three final pages of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, without front blank fly-leaf, early inked ownership inscription of Decimus Cooke to head of half-title, pen-trials to p.104, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22567

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[D'ISRAELI, Isaac]. Quarrels of authors; or, some memoirs for our literary history, including Specimens of Controversy to the reign of elizabeth. London. Printed for John Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xiii, [3], 308; 316; [4], 320pp. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Boards heavily rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of Vol. I title page: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution by the author'. With the ink-stamp of the institution beneath (and to verso of both other titles). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23579

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[ALMANACS]. The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill, 1798. [Fifty-seventh edition]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N30928.

[Bound with:] [HUTTON, Charles]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield and G. Greenhill. Ninety-fifth edition. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3194.

[And:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20904

BYROM, John. Miscellaneous Poems. Manchester. Printed by J. Harrop, 1773. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], vi, 352; [4], vi, 353pp, [1]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, without Vol. II lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22055

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HICKES, George. A volume of posthumous discourses of the Late Reverend and Learned Dr. George Hickes, Dean of Worcester... London. Printed by W. Bowyer, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [12], 441pp, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight chipping to head of spine, joints starting, corners bumped. Recent book-label of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20843

LIDDELL, R. Scotland. Fifty Thousand Miles of Sun. London. Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1925]. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 283pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further 14 photographic plates. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and red. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate and inked inked ownership inscription of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to endpapers. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23783

OSSENDOWSKI, Ferdinand. Man and mystery in Asia. London. Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. First edition. 8vo. xii, 295pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a sketch map to rear endpapers. Original publisher's blind-ruled green cloth, lettered in gilt and black. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to FEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23780

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ROBARTS, Edward. The Marquesan Journal of Edward Robarts 1797-1824. Canberra. Australian National University Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 360pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23752

NICOLSON, Harold. Some people. London. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition. 8vo. vi, 247pp, [1]. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. Extremities marked and a trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23732