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Stillingfleet (Edward) Irenicum. A Weapon-Salve for the Churches Wounds..., second edition, by R.I. for Henry Mortlock, 1662 ~ Tillotson (John) The Rule of Faith; an Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I.S. entituled Sure-footing, &c, second edition, imprimatur leaf, marginal staining towards end, by H.C. for O.Gellibrand, 1676 ~ [Wharton (Henry)] A Specimen of some Errors and Defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England...by Anthony Harmer, for Randall Taylor, 1693 ~ Hale ( Sir Matthew) Several Tracts..., some water-staining, by J.P. for W.Shrowsbery, 1684, some soiling and browning, contemporary calf, the first with gilt spine, rubbed, [Wing S5597, T1218, W1569 & H259], 4to & 8vo (4).

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[Dugard (Samuel)] The Marriages of Cousin Germans, Vindicated from the Centuries of Unlawfullnesse, and Inexpediency, first edition, with the two final blanks, title soiled and frayed at outer edge, lightly water-stained, modern tree calf, [Wing D2459; Madan 2973], small 8vo, Oxford, H. Hall for T. Bowman, 1673.

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[Shirley (John)] The Life of the Valiant & Learned Sir Walter Raleigh...with his Tryal at Winchester, first edition, imprimatur leaf, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rubbed, joints split, [Wing S3495], by J.D. for Benjamin Shirley, 1677; and another (Wing B5924), 8vo (2).

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B[lount] (T[homas]) Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Ancient Tenures of Land, and Jocular Customs of some Mannors..., first edition, imprimatur leaf at beginning, errata leaf at end, lightly browned, notes in manuscript on errata, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, repaired and recased, new endpapers, [Wing B3333], 8vo, by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for Abel Roper..., 1679.

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Lawrence (William) Marriage by the Morall Law of God Vindicated..., first edition, preliminary leaf of verse, engraved historiated title, water-stained causing a few leaves to stick together, contemporary sprinkled calf, slightly rubbed, [Wing L690], 4to, 1690. *** At the end of the book is printed, "By the Interruption of the Press, I am compell'd to break off this Book abruptly."

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[Mudie (Alexander)] Scotiae Indiculum: or the Present State of Scotland...by A.M.Philopatris, first edition, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, outer edge cropped, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Marchmont, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland on verso of title, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Wing M3038], 12mo, for Jonathan Wilkins, 1682.

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[Skene (Alexander)] Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland..., first edition, woodcut coat-of-arms on verso of title, woodcut initials, lacking free endpapers, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Marchmont, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland on front paste-down, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine slightly worn at head, [Wing S3935], Aberdeen, by John Forbes, 1685.

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Gildon (Charles) The Deist's Manual: or, A Rational Enquiry into the Christian Religion, first edition, contemporary calf, worn at decorations, for A.Roper [&c.], 1705 ~ Fry (Roger) A Serious and Affectionate Address to the People called Quakers, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1758; and 5 others, English Religion, 8vo & 12mo (7).

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Elstob (Elizabeth, editor and translator) An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-Day of St.Gregory...giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, head-pieces and initials, list of subscribers at end, some ink finger-pointers in contemporary hand, engraved bookplate of James Frampton on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, decorative red and gold endpapers, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo, by W.Bowyer, 1709.

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Elstob (Elizabeth) The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue..., first edition, title in red and black, engraved head-piece and initial, woodcut decorations, without the final blank, neat ink signature at head of title, title slightly soiled, final leaf of text lightly damp-stained, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked and recased, new endpapers, 4to, by W.Bowyer, sold by J.Bowyer and C.King, 1715.

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Steele (Sir Richard) An Account of the State of the Roman-Catholick Religion throughout the World, first edition, title torn at upper fore-corner with loss to printed border, later bookplate, contemporary calf, joints slightly cracking, 8vo, for J.Roberts, 1715.

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Chandler (Samuel) The History of Persecution, first edition, title partly printed in red, 9 folding engraved plates, contemporary speckled calf, gilt borders, a very good, clean copy, 8vo, for J.Gray, 1736.

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B. (S.) The Great Duties of Life, first edition, Cardinal Thomas Weld's copy with his bookplate, contemporary calf, joints slightly splitting, 8vo, Charles Ackers, 1738.

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Newton (Sir Isaac) Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John, first edition, modern binder's cloth, [Babson 224], 4to, Printed by J.Darby and T.Browne, sold by J.Roberts [and others], 1733.

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Pope (Alexander) An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visc. Cobham, first edition, half-title and title with small holes repaired (no loss of text), for Lawton Gilliver, 1733; bound with Sober Advice from Horace, to the Young Gentlemen about Town, ?first edition, sig.C2 line 3 "amiss" spelt correctly and C2 verso note includes final word "BENT", some blank names completed in manuscript, for T.Boreman, [1734], modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Rothschild 1611; and Rothschild 1621; Griffith 347], folio

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Alsop (Anthony) Odarum libri duo, [Edited by Sir Francis Bernard], first edition, contemporary ownership signature and bookplate of Ralph Adderley of Coton, front blanks slightly torn without loss, contemporary mottled calf, morocco label, 4to, Londini, 1752.

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Burn (Richard) The History of the Poor Laws: with Observations, first edition, contemporary calf, [Goldsmiths 10030; Kress 6160], 8vo, H. Woodfall & W. Strahan for A. Millar, 1764. *** The first history of the Poor Laws.

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Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London, second edition, first impression, some contemporary inked annotations on final p., occasional slight foxing, hinges cracked, contemporary tree calf, extremities slight rubbed, lower hinge partly split, [Todd 53b], 8vo, Printed for J.Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke (Edmund) A Letter from Mr. Burke, to a Member of the National Assembly, first edition, half-title, contemporary tree sheep, slightly rubbed, joints splitting, 8vo, J. Dodsley, 1791; and another, 8vo (2).

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Hazlitt (William) The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men, and Manners, 2 vol., slight foxing, armorial bookplate, later calf by Riviere, gilt spine, morocco lables, Edinburgh, 1817; Criticisms on Art, 2 vol., first edition, original cloth, spines slightly faded and ends chipped, 1843-44, 8vo (4).

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[Bertoldi (Giuseppe)] Memoirs of the Secret Societies of the South of Italy, particularly the Carbonari, first edition in English, lithograph portrait and folding plate, library stamp on title and plates, front hinge broken, untrimmed copy in contemporary cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 1821.

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Hood (Thomas) Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse, 2 vol., first edition, first and second Series, all published, plates, illustrations, slight foxing, mostly limited to preliminaries, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, oval morocco labels, gilt, 8vo, 1826.

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Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., first edition, issue without "Boz" on title, half-titles in vol.I & II, vol.III without half-title but with Bentley's advertisement as issued, 24 engraved plates, with the "Church" plate rather than "Fireside", by Cruikshank, 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.I, all before titles loose, minor marking to some plates, 1 plate torn at foot without loss, original brown diaper cloth with blind-stamped decoration on covers, rubbed, upper joints broken, spine of vol.1 torn with loss to ends, spine of vol.III with loss to head, 8vo, 1838.

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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Virginians, a Tale of the Last Century, first edition in the original 24 parts, engraved pictorial title and 45 plates, stitched as issued in original printed wrappers, plates slightly foxed, part 1 front wrapper slightly torn and spine split, part 24 lacks stitching and lower wrapper marginally torn, few other backstrips slightly defective, ownership signature on few front wrappers, contained in a morocco slip-case, spine gilt, bookplate, 1 corner broken, another partly split, 8vo, 1857-59.

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Trollope (Anthony) Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vol., first edition in bookform, engraved plates, some foxing, contemporary half calf, 1864-5.

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Shakespeare (William) "The First Folio Shakespeare". The Complete Works Reprinted from the First Folio. Edited by Charlotte Porter and H.A.Clarke, 13 vol., frontispieces, original cloth gilt, vol. I front hinge cracked, n.d. [c.1906] ~ Scott (Sir Walter) The Waverley Novels. The Imperial Edition, 25 vol., plates, original cloth, 1 vol. spine defective, n.d. [c.1900] ~ Encyclopaedia Britannica (The ). Fourteenth Edition, 24 vol., original cloth, 2 covers slightly bumped, 1 spine defective at head, London and New York, 1932 ~ Garnett (Richard, editor) The International Library of Famous Literature, 20 vol., colour frontispieces, plates, original cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1899, 8vo & 4to (qty).

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Adler (Michael) British Jewry Book of Honour, limited edition, plates, map, original cloth, 4to, 1922. *** A record of Jewish service-men in the first world war. Includes a contribution by Sir Winston Churchill, not recorded by Woods.

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Belloc (Hilaire) The Postmaster-General, Philadelphia, 1932 ~ Fabes (Gilbert) John Galsworthy. His First Editions: Points and Values, limited edition, 1932 ~ Sassoon (Siegfried) The Heart's Journey, 1928 ~ Waugh (Evelyn) Helena, dust-jacket cut at head, 1950 ~ Gascoyne (David) A Vagrant and other poems, 1950, original cloth, all but the second and third dust-jackets; and a quantity of others, v.s., v.d. (qty).

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Clery (Jean Baptiste) Journal de ce qui s'est passe a la Tour du Temple, pendant la captivite de Louis XVI, Roi de France, first edition, frontispiece, plan and facsimile, bookplate, contemporary half calf, corners worn, label chipped, 8vo, Londres, de l'Imprimerie de Baylis, se vend chez l'auteur, 1798.

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Rogers (R.S.) A Book of the Poster, first edition, plates, 12 colour, loosely inserted carbon copy of 2 autograph letters of the author concerning the unauthorised reproduction of a poster by Herkomer, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, 1901.

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Lowndes (William Thomas) The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, 4 vol., first edition, original cloth, rebacked, extremities worn, corners bruised, 1834 ~ [Morison (Stanley)] The History of the Times, 4 vol. in 5, colour frontispieces tipped in, plates, original cloth, gilt, extremities worn, corners bruised, 1935-52; and another, Morison pamphlet, 8vo (10).

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Stott (Raymond Toole) Circus and the Allied Arts, a World Bibliography 1500-1957, 4 vol., limited edition, presentation set inscribed to O.F.Snelling and signed by the author, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, Derby, 1958-71 ~ Fairfax-Blakeborough (J.) The Analysis of the Turf, plates, original cloth, 1927 ~ Steen (Marguerite) Bulls of Parral, first edition, original boards, slightly frayed dust-jacket, 1954; and 15 others, Miscellaneous, 4to & 8vo (21).

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Beck (Richard) A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use, and Capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's Achromatic Microscopes, first edition, 28 plates including 2 chromolithographs, bookplate, slight marginal stain few ff., hinges cracked, shaken, original cloth, original cloth, worn, large 8vo, 1865.

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Challis (Rev. James) Lectures on Practical Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments, first edition, bookplates, 1 partially removed, contemporary prize calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Cambridge and London, 1879.

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Donders (F.C.) On the Anomalies of Accomodation and Refraction of the Eye, first edition, text illustrations, inscription on front free endpaper, original blind-stamped cloth, spine worn, joints cracked, 8vo, New Sydenham Society, 1864.

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Goring (C.R.) and Andrew Pritchard. Micrographia: Containing Practical Essays on Reflecting, Solar, Oxy-Hydrogen Gas Microscopes; Micrometers; Eye-Pieces, &c. &c., first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, bookplates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1837.

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Martin (Benjamin) The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, Philosophical, Philological, Mathematical, and Mechanical, first edition, 2 frontispieces and 32 (of 33) engraved plates, lacks plate 8, 1 folding plate split at fold without loss, preliminaries partly stained, bookplate partly removed, modern rexine-backed cloth, 8vo, Printed for W.Owen, 1755.

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Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries relating to Vision, Light, and Colours, first edition, folding chart, 24 folding engraved plates, modern binder's cloth, slight discolouration at fore-edge only, 4to, Printed for J.Johnson, 1772.

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Pritchard (Andrew) The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects, first edition, 13 engraved plates, 2 folding, some hand-coloured, front hinge cracked, 2 bookplates, contemporary half calf, morocco label, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1832.

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Quekett (John) A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope, first edition, 9 engraved plates, many text illustrations, slight foxing, early ownership signature on title, hinges cracked, original cloth, spine defective at head and foot, 8vo, 1848.

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Quekett (John) A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope, first edition, 9 engraved plates, bookplate, modern binder's cloth, 8vo, 1848.

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Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair first edition, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848

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Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair first edition, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848

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Vredenburg, Edric 'Tinker Tailor' illustrated by Louis Wain, first edition (?), twelve colour plates and black and white ill

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Vredenburg, Edric 'Tinker Tailor' illustrated by Louis Wain, first edition (?), twelve colour plates and black and white illustrations, brown cloth spine over boards, 25 x 18cm

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GROTIUS (HUGO) ANNALES ET HISTORIE DE REBUS BELGICIS, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved printer's device, engraved portrait on verso of **4, some marginal marking and damp-staining, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, covers detached, 4to, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1657.

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BIBLE, Hebrew. BIBLIA HEBRAICA MANUALIA..., 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title, title printed in red and black, lacks 2 folding plates, some browning and light water-staining, back free endpaper with corner torn, [Darlow & Moule 5155], Amsterdam, apud Jacobum a Wetstein, 1753 ~ Parkhurst (John) An Hebrew and English Lexicon, Without Points, seventh edition, engraved plates, some foxing, 1813, contemporary calf, rubbed, first mentioned with head of spine loose, 8vo (2).

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[IMBERT (GUILLAUME)] LA CHRONIQUE SCANDALEUSE, OU, MEMOIRES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DES MOEURS DE LA GENERATION PRESENTE, FIRST EDITION, front hinge cracked, title to A2 loose, contemporary calf, spine rubbed, [Barbier 600f], Paris, 1783 ~ Mortier (Raoul, translator) La Chanson de Roland, limited edition, 16 gouache plates by Yves Brayer, contemporary vellum, g.e., gilt, Paris, 1945; and 6 others, Continental Literature, v.s. (8).

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Zola (Emile) La Terre, FIRST EDITION, number 45 of 275 copies, uncut, later half cloth, original, slightly foxed, printed wrappers preserved, 8vo, Paris, 1887.

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HOOKER (RICHARD) OF THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITIE, engraved title, title of book 5 in woodcut border, without Certayne divine Tractates sometimes found at end, slight spotting, bookplate removed, library duplicate stamp, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, spine damaged, [STC 13716], Will Stansby for Matt. Lownes, 1617 [1616] ~ Cave (William) Apostolici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms, FIRST EDITION, engraved additional title, half-title, little browning and marking, contemporary calf, worn, spine damaged, hinge broken, [Wing C1590], A.C for Richard Chiswell, 1677 ~ Hody (Humfrey) De bibliorum Textibus Originalibus...Libri VI, engraved portrait, contemporary reversed calf, worn, covers scuffed, Oxford, e theatro Sheldoniano, 1725; and 4 others, including another edition of the first, folio (7).

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BAYLY (THOMAS) Certamen Religiosum..., FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end, title hinge strengthened, slightly creased, L2 lower half of leaf split without loss, slightly stained, browned, ink inscription on front free endpaper, near contemporary ink inscription on lower free endpaper, some ink markings, contemporary calf, rubbed, remains of manuscript label on upper cover, upper cover detaching, [Wing B1506B; not in the British Isles], 8vo, Printed by H. Hills... sold by John Williams... and Edward Black-more, 1649. *** This title in second setting, line 7 begins "annd Earl" [sic]. Ink inscription reads: "Bought at my P Angleseys Auction at the Black Swan in St. Pauls churchyard Decemb.r 1686."

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FEATLEY (DANIEL) The Dippers dipt...seventh edition, engraved frontispiece, frayed, and portrait, mounted, some browning, nineteenth-century half morocco, [Wing F590], E.C. for N. Bourne & R. Royston, 1660 ~ Walton (Izaak) The Life of Dr Sanderson, 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, portrait, light browning, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing W667], For Richard Marriott, 1678 ~ Lowth (Robert) The Life of William of Wykeham...Second Edition, frontispiece, title spotted, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, uncut, A. Millar & R & J Dodsley, 1759; and 10 others, Theology, &c, 8vo (13).

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SMITH (WILLIAM) BALM FROM GILEAD. COLLECTION OF THE LIVING DIVINE TESTIMONIES, FIRST EDITION, marginal annotations, lacks free endpapers, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, spine defective and joints cracked at head, [Wing S4287], 1675 ~ Harrington (James) The Oceana and Other Works, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 1 other plate, engravings offset, later half calf, edges untrimmed, upper cover loose, lacks backstrip, spine cracked, Printed for A.Millar, 1737; and 5 others, eighteenth century, folio & 8vo (7).

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HELWICH (CHRISTOPHER) THE HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL THEATRE, FIRST EDITION, title in red and black, text in rows and columns, contemporary mottled calf, panelled, edges of spine cracked, corners bruised, [Wing H1411], folio, for George West and John Crosley, by M. Flesher, 1687.

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TULLY or TULLIE (GEORGE) A Discourse of the Government of the Thoughts, FIRST EDITION, title within border, errata pasted down on verso of last f. of preface, slightly browned, 18th century panelled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Wing T3238; no copy in the BL], 8vo, Ric. Chiswell, 1694.

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Nisbet (Alexander) A System of Heraldry..., vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, title in red and black, dedication with engraved coat-of-arms, woodcut decorations, 35 engraved plates, browned and spotted, a few paper flaws and marginal defects, 4X2 torn and repaired (no loss), small rust-hole to 5C2 with loss of one or two letters, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and recased, new endpapers, rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, 1722. *** The second volume was published in 1742.

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Smalridge (George) Sixty Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions, FIRST EDITION, printer's leaf at end, engraved frontispiece, engraved printer's device, some browning, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt borders and spine compartments, badly rubbed, Oxford, 1724; and another copy of the same, folio (2).

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[POPE (ALEXANDER)] THE FIRST SATIRE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE, IMITATED IN A DIALOGUE..., FIRST EDITION, English & Latin text, first & last leaf slightly worn from previous folding, light foxing & stains, modern calf-backed boards, [Rothschild 1608], folio, L.G., sold by A. Dodd, E. Nutt, [& others], 1733.

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SALE (GEORGE, translator) THE KORAN, COMMONLY CALLED THE ALCORAN OF MOHAMMED, FIRST EDITION of Sale's translation, title in red & black, folding map, short tear, 4 plates, 3 folding, a little very light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, covers detached, 4to, C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734.

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WADSTRÖM (CARL BERNHARD) OBSERVATIONS ON THE SLAVE TRADE, AND A DESCRIPTION OF SOME PART OF THE COAST OF GUINEA...1787, AND 1788, FIRST EDITION, James Phillips, 1787; Abingdon (Willoughby Bertie, Earl of ) Speech on His Lordship's Motion for Postponing the further Consideration of the Question for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, [1793]; Abstract of the Information recently laid on the table of the House of Commons on the subject of the Slave Trade, 1821; An Impartial Review of the Question pending between Great Britain and her West Indian Colonies, respecting the Abolition of Negro Slavery. By a Resident and Proprietor in the West Indies, inscribed "From the Author", 1824; Pallmer (Charles Nicholas) The Genuine Speech...Petition of the Free People of Colour of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1827, 5 works in 1 vol., later cloth, 8vo.

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Brooke (Frances) The History of Charles Mandeville. A Sequel to Lady Julia, FIRST DUBLIN EDITION, half-title, slight tears and damp-stained in lower margins, slightly browned, ink signature of Michael Doran on half-title, title and B1, contemporary calf, corners bumped, 12mo, Dublin, Chamberlaine and Rice [and others], 1790.

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VOLNEY (CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS, Comte de) THE RUINS: OR A SURVEY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding plates, modern binder's buckram, Printed for J.Johnson, 1792 ~ Fox (Charles James) A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, stipple-engraved portrait, slight foxing, 19th century half morocco, worn, 1808 ~ Malham (Rev. John) The Grand National History of England, Civil and Ecclesiastical, 1 vol.in 2, engraved illustrations, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, remains of original backstrips laid down, 1816 ~ Ratzel (Friedrich) The History of Mankind, 3 vol., colour plates, maps, text illustrations, modern binder's buckram, 1896 ~ Guizot (F.P.G.) The History of France, 8 vol., folding colour map, plates, text illustrations, 20th century morocco-backed boards, 1872 ~ Jameson (Mrs. Anna) Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, 2 vol., engraved portraits, modern binder's buckram, 1838, ex-library copies with bookplate and stamps; and a large quantity of others, History, Biography, Engraved Portraits, v.s. (lge. qty.).

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