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[DIBDIN, Charles]. [Drop-head title:] Jack's Fidelity. London. Printed and sold by Jennings, [s.d., c. 1810] Dimensions 100 x 210 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Woodcut vignette to head. A trifle creased, evidence of earlier mounting to verso. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32004

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] Liston's Drolleries.---Something new starts every day...Young Donald of Dundee. [London]. Pitts, Printer, [s.d., between 1819 and 1844] Dimensions 170 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in two columns. Edges uncut. Browned and a trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25574

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[MORE, Hannah]. [Drop-head title:] Patient joe; Or, the Newcastle Collier.. London. Sold by J. Marshall [s.d., c. 1795] Dimensions: 270 x 440 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in two columns, text within ornamental border, woodcut vignette at head. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34885

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[ACADEMY ADDRESS]. [Drop-head title:] Prologue to the public readings at Messrs. Flack's Academy, For Christmas, 1810, To be Spoken by Henry Tolhurst. [London]. J. Barfield, Printer, [1810]. Dimensions 200 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Three old horizontal folds. Short central tear to head, creased, a trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25502

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[ARISTOPHANES]. [Drop-head title:] The acharnians. [Malta]. [Printed at the Government Press], [1839]. Quarto. 70pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, later rebacked. Boards rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32487

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] The ancient ship, the noah's ark. Our saviour the captain. Devonport. Printed by S. & J. Keys, [s.d., 1870s?] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in two columns. With two woodcut vignettes. A trifle creased, two old horizontal folds, short tear to right-hand margin. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24623

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[NAPOLEON]. [Drop-head title:] The ashes of napoleon. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1850] Dimensions 110 x 260 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. A trifle creased. Small tear to beginning of first line of text (without loss of sense). More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24620

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[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

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[BROADSIDE BALLAD]. [Drop-head title:] The faithless captain, Or betrayed Virgin. [London]. [J. Pitts], [s.d., c. 1820-44] Dimensions 360 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. Printed in four columns. With three woodcut vignettes. Old central vertical fold. A trifle creased and marked. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31852

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] The Rolling river. [Helston, Cornwall]. R. Woolcock, [s.d., c. 1850] Dimensions 180 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Text within ornamental border. With a woodcut vignette. A trifle creased, some chipping/short tears to margins, later paper repair to lower right-hand corner. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24625

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] Where the grass Grows Green... London. W. S. Fortey, [s.d., between 1858 and 1885] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in two columns. With two woodcut vignettes. A trifle creased, numerous minute holes to edges. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24621

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[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] Write me a letter from home... [London]. W. S. Fortey, [s.d., between 1858 and 1885] Dimensions 190 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. With two woodcut vignettes. Early folds, some spotting and small holes to margins, creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25477

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[POETRY]. [Early Nineteenth-century manuscript commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 62pp, [78]. Handsomely bound in Regency diced calf. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to spine and extremities, joints just starting. Ink inscription of Mrs J. Ram and newspaper clipping of two stanzas by Lord Byron to verso of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13126

OMAN, C.P.A.. Eastwards. London. Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1864. First edition. 8vo. [4], 297pp, [1]. Nineteenth-century blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed to joints, spine, else a crisp copy. Some spotting to preliminaries, slightly lighter to text itself. Evidently a family copy, inscribed C.W.C. Oman to FFEP - most likely the author's son, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-1946). More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24722

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DILLON, Henry Augustus Viscount. Eccelino da romano, surnamed the tyrant of padua. A poem, in twelve books.. London. E. Lloyd and son, 1828. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 420pp. With a corrigenda leaf between the preface and the beginning of the text. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering piece. Slightly scuffed on spine, slight surface loss to boards. Heavy spotting to end-papers. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29196

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[PROCTOR, Bryan Waller]. Effigies poeticæ: or The Portraits of the British Poets illustrated by notes biographical, critical, and poetical. London. James Carpenter and Son, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [4], ii, 112pp. With a half-title. Bound by Hering of London (stamp- signed on verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green straight- grain morocco, A.E.G. Spine a trifle rubbed and dulled. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 32663

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VELEZ DE GUEVARA, Luis.. El diablo cojuelo, verdades sonadas y novelas de la otra vida, traducidas a estaa por Luis Velez de Guevara. Anadido el fin con ocho Enigmas curiosos y dos Novelas. Madrid. En la Imprenta del Consejo de Indias, 1785. 8vo. [12], 257pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled cat's paw calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Josh. Pitt, Cirencester to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19677

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WATTS, [Isaac] et al. Elegant miscellaneous extracts selected from watts, hervey, newton, young, blair, sturm, &c. &c. to which are added, a few original pieces. Woodbridge. Printed and published by B. Smith, 1813. New edition. 8vo. [6], 442pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece.Extremities worn, upper joint split, loss to head-cap. Hinges exposed, early ink ownership inscription of Joyce D. Fox to recto of FFEP, worm-tracks to gutter, lower corner of leaf Y3 torn away (though present), with some loss of text and sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencil ownership inscription and ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30562

WHITEHEAD, William. Elegies with an ode to the Tiber. London. Printed for R. And J. Dodsley, 1757. First edition. Quarto. 22pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. Recent buff paper boards. A trifle spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27192

[BON MOTS]. Elite des bons mots et des pensees choisies, Recueillies avec soin des plus celebres Auteurs, & principalement des Livres en ana. A Amsterdam. Chez Jaques Desbordes, 1706. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 492, [6]; [2], 476pp. Titlepages in red and black. With three final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, some marking and discolouration, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEPs, occasional spotting. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 19498