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[FLIGHT OF THE PRETENDER]. The flight of the Pretender, with Advice to the poets. A Poem, in the Arthurical, -- Jobical, -- Elizabethecal Style and Phrase of the sublime poet maurus. London. Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1708. 8vo. [4], 8pp. Recent marbled wrappers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22053

BROOKE, Mr. [Henry]. The Fool of Quality; or, the history of henry earl of moreland.. London. Printed for Edward Johnston, 1777. A new edition. 8vo. In five volumes. 372pp; 248pp; 252pp; 216pp; 256pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Antique-style gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering- pieces. Slightly rubbed and marked with a little more surface wear to joints and spine. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Richard Sinclair Brooke, Wyton Rectory, Huntingdon to FEP of vol. I. Inked ownership inscription to head of title of each volume. Light scattered spotting ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26567

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[ADDISON, Joseph]. The free-holder, or Political Essays. London. Printed for D. Midwinter...and J. Tonson, 1716. First edition. 12mo. [12], 311pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece, wear to head of spine. Early inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31006

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[PHILIPS, Ambrose]. The free-Thinker: or, essays on ignorance, superstition, bigotry, enthusiasm, craft, &c...Design'd To restore the Deluded Part of Mankind to the Use of Reason and Common Sense. In three volumes.. London. Printed for J. Brindley, 1733. The second edition, with compleat indexes. 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 269pp, [8]; [2], 238pp, [6]; [3],260pp, [8]. Title pages to each volume in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to vol. I, preliminary leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. III, terminal index to each volume, and additional terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. III. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked, surface loss to upper joint and lower board ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33035

[TRANSPORTATION]. The gamester. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, [1796]. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a woodcut illustration to title. Stitched as issued. Entirely uncut and unopened, slightest of marking to extremities, else a fine copy. Two editions were printed in 1796, in this variant the second line of the imprint ends 'for Moral'; the phrase 'Great allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers' is set as part of the imprint; the phrase 'Entered at Stationers ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20554

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[WALMESLEY, Charles]. The general history of the christian church, from her birth, to her final triumphant state in heaven, chiefly deduced from the apocalypse of st. john the apostle. Dublin. Printed by J. Mehain, 1790. First Irish edition. 8vo. xv [i.e.xvii], [7], 504pp. With a list of subscribers. Recent paper boards, lettered in black. Leaves browned and foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 11992

PASTORINI, Sig. [i.e. WALMESLEY, Charles]. The general history of the christian church, from her birth to her final triumphant state in heaven, chiefly deduced from the apocalypse of st. john the apostle. [London?]. [s.n.], 1771. 8vo. [2], xxvi [i.e.xxiv], 589pp, [1]. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, paper-shelf label to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27855

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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

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RAMSAY, Allan. The gentle shepherd: a scots pastoral comedy...Adorned with Cuts, the Overture to the Songs, and a complete Glossary. Glasgow. Printed for John Robertson junr., 1758. 12mo. xv, [1], 139pp, [1]. Title in red and black. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree-calf. A trifle rubbed. Later inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33234

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COTTON, Charles. The Genuine poetical works of Charles Cotton... London. Printed for J. Rivington et al., 1771. Sixth edition, corrected. 12mo. 348pp. With nine engraved plates (one folding). 'Scarronides' is of the fifteenth edition and 'Burlesque upon burlesque' is of the eighth edition. Contemporary calf, later rebacked, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Kenneth Monkman to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27407

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COTTON, Charles. The genuine works of Charles Cotton, Esq; containing I. Scarrönnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoft. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. . London. Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin, et al., 1715. First edition. 8vo. [4],14,17-384pp. Each work has its own title page. With 10 engraved plates, including one fold-out illustration. Unpressed in contemporary blind-stamped sprinkled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red leather lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked, with slight wear to joints, loss to head of spine, upper joint starting. Inked shelf mark and armorial bookplate of William Hanbury of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire to FEP. Light browning to FEP, otherwise internally ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33830

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1729. Fifth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. 349, [9]; 358pp, [14]. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines chipped at head and foot. Armorial bookplates of Rev. Thomas Greene to FEPs, with his inked ownership inscription to Vol. I title, occasional dampstaining. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32395

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. Glasgow. Printed and sold by Robert Foulis, 1746. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 334, [8]; [4], 346pp, [10]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28529

COLMAN, George. The heir at law, a comedy in five acts... Dublin. Printed for P. Byrne, 1800. 12mo. 68pp, [2]. Recent burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly spotted internally, small hole to leaf A5 - touching text with slight loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19460

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[SATIRICAL HERALDRY]. The Heraldry of Nature; or, instructions for the king at arms: comprising, The Arms, Supporters, Crests, and Mottos, both in Latin and English, of the peers of E--l--d. Blazoned from the Authority of Truth, and characteristically descriptive of the several Qualities that distinguish their Possessors. To which is added several Samples, neatly etched by an eminent Engraver. London. Printed for M. Smith, 1785. First edition. 8vo. [2],ii,1-4,3-119,[1]. Pagination irregular, text apparently continuous. Several leaves misbound. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Contemporary red calf-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, surface loss to spine. A majority of the anonymous peer titles completed in manuscript in an early hand. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26234

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[LE SAGE, Alain Rene]. The history and adventures of gil blas, of santillane... London. Printed for the proprietors; and sold by all booksellers in town and country, 1795. New edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. 357pp, [1]. The title page is a cancel; a reissue of Hogg's edition of [1794] without the advertisement on the verso of p.357. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board and spine. Recent book-label of J. F. Fuggles to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of M. Lodge to recto of FFEP, a trifle toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21634

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[ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH]. The history and statutes of the royal infirmary of edinburgh. Edinburgh. Printed by Balfour and Smellie, 1778. Quarto. 94pp. With two engraved folding plates depicting the facade of the infirmary, and a plan of the interior respectively. Nineteenth-century green buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some marking, spine separating, with some loss. Recent ownership inscription and private library shelf-label of Robert Croall to front-endpapers, small hole to title-page - not touching text, occasional dust-soiling, spotting to plates. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 18935

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[JOHNSTONE, Charles]. The history of arsaces, prince of betlis. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xx, 303, [1]; viii, 278pp. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. A trifle rubbed, slight surface loss to boards of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates of George Baillie to both FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of same to title pages. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24571

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GLENIE, James. The history of gunnery, With a New Method of deriving the Theory of Projectiles in Vacuo, from the properties of the Square and Rhombus. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Balfour, 1776. First edition. 8vo. viii, 163pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle sunned. Title page browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22812

GLENIE, James. The history of gunnery, With a New Method of deriving the Theory of Projectiles in Vacuo, from the properties of the Square and Rhombus. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Balfour; and T. Cadell, and J. Nourse, 1776. First edition. 8vo. viii, 163pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed, some short cracks to joints. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14609