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[reprieve of death sentence]<P> A NOTICE ISSUED BY THE JUDGE OF THE ASSIZES IN LANCASTER. 7th April, 1767. Twelve-lines, suspending the sen...

A COLLECTION OF MILITARY EPHEMERA AND MANUSCRIPT ITEMS. Mid-19th Century. Including: a document of Acting Appointment, signed by Sir Charles Napier,

THEATRICAL EPHEMERA. A small collection, mostly threatre & concert programmes, ca 1870-80. Programmes include the Royal Philhamonic Theatre, Pr...

A SMALL COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY EPHEMERA AND MANUSCRIPT ITEMS. Includes a letter dated Feb. 2nd 1827, signed by George Canning and another signed

SHROPSHIRE. A collection of prints and printed ephemera.

STAFFORDSHIRE. A collection of printed ephemera.

A NEW FAMILY PRAYER-BOOK. Ed: J. Cookson. Winchester, 1783. Tall 8vo. Engr. frontis. Full crimson morocco; deep floral gt. borders with urn devices

James (Maurice Rhodes) <P> A PETERBOROUGH PSALTER AND BESTIARY. Roxburgh Club, 1921. Folio. Ltd edn. [450]. B/w plates. Orig. half morocco

Clarke (Samuel)<P> EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM. 1747. 4th edn. 12mo. Inscribed at head of title by James Lackington.<P> Cont...

[Asplin, William]<P> ALKIBLA. A DISQUISITION UPON WORSHIPPING TOWARDS THE EAST. 1728-31. 2 parts in 1 vol. Gen. title & 2 divisional ...

Duranti, or Durand (Joannes Stephanus)<P> DE RITIBUS ECCLESIAE CATHOLICAE......... Paris, 1624. Engr. t.p. vignette. Cont. marginalia in e...

Chalmers (Thomas)<P> SPEECH ..... TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Glasgow, 1822. Plus 8 other works in 1 vol. Includi

<P> A KORAN......probably late 18th Century. In red and black with gilt, red and black borders to text. Defective towards end of vol. La

Pindar<P> THE PYTHIAN, NEMEAN, AND ISTHMIAN ODES. L. 1778. 4to. Blind stamp to title & final leaf. Library bookplate. Cont. half cal...

Petronius Arbiter (Titus)<P> THE SATIRICAL WORKS. 1708. Engr. frontis & 9 plates. A little marginal spotting. Bookplate. Cont. panel...

Plinius Secundus (Gaius)<P> DES WIJTBEROEMDEN BOOCH. Arnhem, 1610. Sm. 4to. Title in red & black with hand-col. engraving. Near-cont....

Plinius (Gaius Caecillius Secundus)<P> EPISTOLAE ET PANEGYRICUS. Ed. M.Z. Boxhorn. Oxford, 1660. 1st Latin edition printed in England. 12m...

Casaubon (Meric)<P> DE QUATUOR LINGUIS COMMENTATIONIS ..... DE LINGUAE HEBRAICA : ET, DE LINGUA SAXONICA. L. 1650. 1st edition. 12mo. Titl...

Pascal (Blaise)<P> LES PROVINCIALES ..... Cologne, 1666. 12 mo. Sl. staining of title. Bookplate to title verso. Cont. mottled calf. Rebac...

Nicolson (William)<P> THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL LIBRARY. L. [1697]. Parts I & II with separate pagination & titles. Cont. panelled ca...

[Holt, Henry - Lord Kames]<P> THE DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF SESSION ...... Edin. 1741. 2 vols. Folio. Titles in red & black. Cont. ...

[Boswell, James]<P> THE ESSENCE OF THE DOUGLAS CAUSE ...... 1767. 1st edn. [without the "Observations" - as usual]. Title & ...

THE LONDON MAGAZINE 1769 & 1782. 2 vols. Engr. maps (including W. Indies) & plates. Bindings worn. w.a.f. (2)

Garinet (Jules)<P> HISTOIRE DE LA MAGIE EN FRANCE. Paris, 1818. 1st edition. Half-title; engr. frontis. Sl. foxing of frontis. Cont. gt....

Phillips (John) <P> THE LIFE OF CHARLES HECTOR, MARQUIS ST. GEORGE DE MARSAY ..... Copy of a transalation of Marsay's original m

Bussy-Rabutin (Roger de)<P> LES MEMOIRES. Paris, 1696. 1st edn. 2 vols. 4to. Engr. t.p. devices. Feint college stamps to blank before ti...

TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE Nos 27-44. 1848. 18 issues bound in 1 vol. Articles on otter hunting, Kaffir Warfare, Big-game hunting, Borneo, Malta, Cooker

ALMANACH ROYAL, ANNEE MDCL LXXXIII. Paris, 1782. Woodcut device on title. Cont. calf gt. Spine worn at ends. Corners frayed.

Locke (John)<P> AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. 1796. 2 vols. Fldg. chart. Faint ink stamps to titles with cancel stamps to verso...

Boothby (Sir Brooke)<P> SORROWS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF PENELOPE (and other works). Ill: H. Fuseli, Reynolds & others. 1796. Folio. S...

Sheffield (John - Duke of Buckingham)<P> THE WORKS ......... 1726. 2nd edn. 2 vols in 1. Sm. 8vo. Early C19th half-calf; gt. ruled spine...

Perkins (G.)<P> CLAVIS HOMERICA. 1647. Sm. 8vo. Title in red & black. 18th Century calf gt. Minor wear.

Brown (Thomas)<P> THE REMAINS ...... 1720. Engr. frontis. Title in red & black. Head pieces etc. Cont. calf, re-backed. New endpaper...

Milton (John)<P> PARADISE LOST. 1799. Tall 8vo. Port-frontis; engr. title & 11 plates. Advt. leaves. Subscribers' list. Cont. cr...

Villedieu (Madame -, de)<P> OEUVRES ...... Paris, 1741. 12 vols. Titles in red & black. Cont. calf gt. Rubbed. Lacking most labels. (...

Moliere (Jean Baptiste Pocquelin)<P> LES OEUVRES ..... Amsterdam, 1735. 4 vols. 12mo. Titles in red & black. 3 port. frontispieces &am...

Dodsley (Robert)<P> A COLLECTION OF POEMS, BY SEVERAL HANDS. 1748. 1st edn. 3 vols. 12mo. Vol. 1. lacks pp 27/28. Title vignettes cont. ...

Dodsley (Robert)<P> A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY SEVERAL HANDS. 1758. 5th (1st complete) edition. 6 vols. Half-titles. Engr. title vignettes...

Settle (Elkanah)<P> CAMBYSES KING OF PERSIA: A TRAGEDY. 1672. 1st edn. Sm. 4to. Title page chipped at edge. Some light marginal browing....

Spenser (Edmund)<P> THE FAERIE QUEENE. 1611/13. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Lacks all before A3. Engr. second title dated 1613. Colophon has ...

[Tauchnitz editions] Bronte (Charlotte, 'Currer Bell')<P> JANE EYRE. Leipzig, 1850. 2 vols. Half-titles. Cont. cloth. Leather tit...

Johnson (Samuel)<P> THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS. Edin. 1818. 4 vols. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Heads of s...

Lewis (Mathew Gregory)<P> TALES OF WONDER. Dublin, 1801. 1st Dublin edition. 2 vols in 1. Untrimmed. Mod. quarter calf gt.

Hood (Thomas)<P> MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG. Ills: T.S. Seccombe, 1870. Folio. Caligraphic type on India paper, mounted. Engr. i...

Campbell (Thomas)<P> THE POETICAL WORKS. 1828. 2 vols. Port. frontis. Some foxing of frontis & offsetting to first title. Cont. maroo...

[Prest, Thomas Peckett]<P> FATHERLESS FANNY; OR MEMOIRS OF A LITTLE MENDICANT ...... 1820. Engr. frontis. & t.p. vignette, and 5 engr. p...

Sotheby (William)<P> SAUL; A POEM IN TWO PARTS. 1807. 1st edition. 4to. Half-title. Inscribed: "From the Author" on half-title. ...

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan)<P> THE PARASITE. Westminster, 1894. Narrow 8vo. With 2 half-titles. Orig. gt. dec. cloth designed by L. Housman. ...

Hall (James)<P> THE WILDERNESS AND THE WAR PATH. L.1846. Half title. Some occasional spotting. Orig. cloth gt. Sl faded. <I>Anecdot...

Campbell (Thomas)<P> GERTRUDE OF WYOMING. 1809. 1st edn. 4to. Orig. boards. Lower board det; upper almost det. In slip-case. Terentius ...