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[HYMNAL]. Hymns ancient and modern for the use in the services of the church. London. London Sacred Music Warehouse: Novello & Co, [s.d., c.1860s] 8vo. 370, 261-264, 371-373pp. With two terminal indexes of first lines. Contemporary blind-stamped limp black calf, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of the Lonsdale family to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed to extremities, light scratching to boards. Light spotting to blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34859
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EDGAR, John G.. Biography for Boys. Footprints of famous men designed as incitements to intellectual industry.. London. W. Kent & Co., 1858. Fourth edition. 8vo. vi, 376pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and seven further engraved plates by Birket Foster. Finely bound in contemporary dark green calf, richly gilt-tooled, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very lightly rubbed, with light scoring to boards. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34906
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[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. Proper lessons to be read at morning and evening prayer on the sundays and other holy-days throughout the year.. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, [s.d., c. 1874] 8vo. [2], 361pp, [405]. Contemporary limp red calf, decorated in gilt and blind, with the supralibros of Emily Susan Lonsdale to upper board, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with light wear to extremities. Inked ownership inscription of Emily S. Lonsdale, dated 1874, to head of title. Light browning and spotting to blank fly-leaves, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34907
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[HYMNAL]. Hymns Ancient and Modern for the use in the services of the church. London. London Sacred Music Warehouse: Novello & Co, [s.d., c.1850s] 8vo. 370, 261-264, 371-373pp. With two terminal indexes of first lines. Contemporary blind-stamped limp black calf, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of the Lonsdale family to upper board, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, light scoring to boards. Inked ownership inscription signed 'Lonsdale, 1853' to head of title. Light spotting to title and blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34914
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[HYMNAL]. Hymns Ancient and Modern for the use in the services of the church.. London. London Sacred Music Warehouse: Novello & Co, [s.d., c.1850s] 8vo. 370, 261-264, 371-373pp. With two terminal indexes of first lines. Contemporary blind-stamped limp black calf, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of the Lonsdale family to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed to extremities, light scoring to boards. Light spotting to title and blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34915
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TITLER, Dale M.. The day the red baron died. London. Ian Allen Ltd., 1973. Revised edition. Large 8vo. [16] 328pp. Original publisher's black cloth lettered silver, with the original photographic dustwrapper. Lightly bumped and marked, internally bright and clean. With various related ephemera loosely inserted including five newspaper clippings; a signed envelope, photocopy of a letter, and referenced enclosed photograph of Sqn Ldr C. P. O. Bartlett, DSC, who writes of participating in dog-fights with the 'startlingly coloured fokker tri-planes'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34972
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WOOD, James. The principles of mechanics: designed for the use of students in the university.. Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, by R. Watts, 1803. Third edition. 8vo. [2], 199pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with splitting to head of upper and lower joints, surface wear to spine and extremities, chipping to lettering-piece, light scoring to boards. Armorial bookplate to FEP. With two terminal leaves of pencilled annotations, additional marginal pencilled notes throughout. Leaves browned, light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34974
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DICKENS, Charles. American notes for general circulation. London. Chapman and Hall, 1850. First cheap edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 175pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-ruled half-calf on marbled boards, richly tooled in gilt to spine, with contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, with bumping to corners. With a terminal leaf of pencilled notes, transcribing an English translation of Heinrich Heinr's Für die Mouche (1856). Spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35027
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WOODS, Margaret L.. Lyrics & Ballads. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. 8vo. viii, 100pp. With half-title; title page in red and black. Bound for Hatchards (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in modern blind-ruled green half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, green cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and edges sunned. Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35056
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JONES, Reginald B.. Full account of palmer the rugeley poisoner. Manchester. The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Company, [s.d., c.1911-12] First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stapled in original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements to lower wrapper. Rubbed and marked, with toning and staining to wrapper edges, staples exposed. Leaves browned, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35082
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BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor and Hood...and Longman and Rees, 1802. First edition. ix, [1], 119pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 11 engraved plates. Modern mottled calf, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine, with contrasting olive-green morocco lettering-piece. Very lightly rubbed. Lightly browned throughout, scattered spotting, with small marginal tear to fore-edge of second blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35129
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AVEBURY, The Right Hon. Lord [John Lubbock]. The pleasures of life. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. Two hundred and ninth thousand. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. xii, [2], 199, [1]; [3], vi-viii, 280pp. With half-title to Vol. I. Without half-title to Vol. II. Second volume, one hundred and sixty-sixth thousand, dated 1903. Handsomely bound by Bickers and Son of Leicester (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very lightly rubbed, with light staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35131
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EVANS, W. H.. Spiritualism a philosophy of life. London. London Spiritualist Alliance, Limited, [s.d., c.1913] First edition. 8vo. [4], 76pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, some spotting throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35195
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WATTS, Alaric A.. The literary souvenir. London. Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown and Green, 1832. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 344pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, colour engraved frontispiece, and 11 further plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities. Hinges exposed; spotting and browning throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35200
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[LADY'S CABINET ALBUM]. The lady's cabinet album. New York. Peabody and Co., 1832. First edition. 8vo. xii, 348pp. With an additional engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 19 further engraved plates. Original publisher's dark green roan-backed green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, and some toning to boards. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP; taped-in business card of G. A. Varty of the Lake District Herald to rear ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35212
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HOLLAND, Henry Scott. ROCKSTRO, W[illiam] S[mith].. Memoir of madame jenny lind-goldschmidt: her early life and dramatic career. 1820-1851.. London. John Murray, 1891. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xx, 438pp, [2]; xiv, 468pp. With half-title to both volumes, a lithographed portrait frontispiece to Vol.I, six further engraved plates, two facsimile letters to Vol.I, several in-text illustrations, and an appendix of sheet music to Vol.II. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with gilt decoration to upper boards, patterned endpapers. Lightly rubbed, with very slight chipping to head ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35281
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MEREDITH, George. Poems and lyrics of the joy of earth. London. Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition. 8vo. ix, 181pp, [3]. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, half-title and a terminal leaf of meter explanations for three poems. Contemporary navy paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of H.P. Addleshaw, Sept. 2nd 1889, to half-title. Small manuscript addition to terminal leaf of meter notation. Spotting to ... More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 34539
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PILKINGTON, Lawrence. An alpine valley and other poems. London. Longmans, Green & Co., 1924. First edition. 8vo. [4], 70pp, [2]. With numerous in-text woodcut illustrations. Original publisher's cloth-reinforced? green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, very slight loss to foot of spine. A presentation copy, inscribed from the author (and illustrator) to FFEP: 'R. J. Forles? from L.&M. Pilkington'. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 34586