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The Ingoldsby Legends.
London: Blackie and Son, no date [circa 1940s]. [Literature] SANGOSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BINDING. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 394; [2]. Fully bound in red morocco with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, gilt ruling to boards, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled dentelles to turn-ins. Illustrated frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Light..... More
The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer. The Fourteenth Edition: To which is added an Appendix, including the Statures of the last Session of Parliament (20G.3.) and some adjudged Cases.
London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall for T. Cadell, 1780. [English Legal Procedure] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING, the fourteenth edition. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 19cm), pp.[2] xxviii; 540 [6]; pp.[2] 607 [1]; pp.[2] 581 [5]; pp.[4] 504 [170]. With an unpaginated table of statutes..... More
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches; the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion; and their Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical: with Notes Explanatory, Practical, and Historical, from Approved Writers of the Church of England, Selected and Arranged by the Right Reverend Richard Mant, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and Late Domestick Chaplain to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
London: J. G. F. and J. Rivington, 1840. FINELY BOUND, fifth edition thus. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.[6] 2, lxxii, 966 [4]. In two columns with very extensive notes by Rev. Mant. In contemporary dark brown diced calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and further blind decoration to..... More
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches; the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion: with Notes Explanatory, Practical, and Historical, from Approved Writers of the Church of England, Selected and Arranged by the Right Reverend Richard Mant, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and Late Domestick Chaplain to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter for J. Parker and C. and J. Rivington, 1825. FINELY BOUND, third edition thus. Quarto (31 x 25cm), pp.[6] lxxii, 966 [2]. In two columns with very extensive footnotes by Rev. Mant. Contemporary panelled and gilt-decorated brown calf, re-backed in the late nineteenth or early..... More
Brewster's Millions
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Co., 1903. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[x]; 325; [3], blank; [1], imprint; [3], blank. Elegantly bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full burgundy morocco with gilt ruling and raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Discreet initials stamped to third blank..... More
A Short History of the English People.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 872 [2]. With a chronology, genealogical tables, six coloured maps, and dates printed to margins. Contemporary navy half morocco with gilt titles to spine, blue cloth over boards, and the gilt crest of King..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842-1847. [Strange Tales and Humour] FIRST AND EARLY EDITIONS, volume I a third edition, volumes II and III first editions. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 339 [1]; pp.x; 288; pp.viii; 364. With a total of 18 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to volume..... More
Malebranch's Search After Truth. Or, a Treatise of the Nature of the Mind, and of its Management for avoiding Error in the Sciences. To which is Added, The Author's Defence against the Accusations of Monsieur de la Ville. Also The Life of Father Malebranch, of the Oratory at Paris: With an Account of his Works, and several particulars of his Controversie with Monsieur Arnaud Dr. of Sorbonne, and Monsieur Regis, Professor in Philosophy at Paris. Written by Monsieur Le Vasseur, lately come over from Paris.
London: Printed for J. Dunton and S. Manship, 1694 and 1695. [Philosophy and Theology] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[32] 224; 229-244; 241-271 [1]; 95 [1]; 96 [2]; pp.[16] 104; 129-312; 353-488; 737-820; [2] 23 [5]. Complete continuous text, despite the wild pagination..... More
The Guardian.
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1745. [Newspaper] JANE AUSTEN FAMILY ASSOCIATION. In two volumes. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.362; [10]; pp.369; [15]. Contemporary full speckled calf with gilt volume numbers to spines. Armorial bookplates of Thomas Austen to pastedowns of both volumes. Black ink..... More
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