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Anon. [ A Manuscript Valuation of Ecclesiastical Preferments and Royal Patronages in England and Wales] Manuscript, 221pp., 4to, recased, qtr lea. worn, marbled boards. The Index in the front lists the preferments in the bestowal of twenty-six Bishops from Canterbury to Durham (pp. 1-123), the Dean of Lincolnshire, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, the Duke of Rutland (pp.124-129), Royal... |
History, Royalty, Social history | £750.00 | |
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Anon. 12 pages, folio, disbound (as issued), fold marks some wear and tear, text clear and complete, a few pencilled annotations. With: (printed) "Memorandum for the Game-Keepers. The LAWS relative to preserving and taking of Salmon are as follow: ......", four pages, two of which are blank, torn into... |
£100.00 | ||
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ANON. A Mother's Historical Chart, or an Outline of the History of the World . . . [Title continued] . . . Divided into Centuries and Millennial Periods, from the Creation to the Present Time., Broadsheet, 32 x 41cms, some marking, nicks tears at folds, text complete and clear comprising approximate dates and events during six millennia, during three "Dispensations" - the "... |
History, Women | £125.00 | |
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'The Chinese Miners of the F.M.S. [Federated Malay States]' [Charles Ingle Robinson, Senior Inspector of Mines, F.M.S.; Malaysia; Malaya] Printed in blue on one side of a piece of white paper roughly 60 x 40 cm. Good: lightly-aged and creased. The text is enclosed within an ornate decorative border, and is headed 'Charles Ingle Robinson Esqr., | B. Sc. (Lond.), Associate R. S. M., | M. I. C. E., M. I. M. M., | Senior Inspector of... |
£85.00 | ||
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Anon. Typescript, 12pp., 4to, cover/title spotted, contents good. |
Literature, Social history | £50.00 | |
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Anon. [Thomas Twining?] Poss. Thomas Twining, divine, musician, linguist and translator of Aristotle, 1735-1804, DNB. Scrap of paper, 7 x 2", some marks, spike-hole, text clear and apparently complete. "Paley's natural Theology/ in good plain binding./for Mr Twining./ Nov 20. 1802." Twining nor Paley (save pos. ref.)... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £25.00 | |
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Anon. The History of Valentine and Orson 12mo, unopened, unbound, g+ |
Literature | £100.00 | |
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Anon. [Anne Marsh (later Anne Marsh-Caldwell) (1791-1874)] Castle Avon. By the author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Mordaunt Hall," etc. etc. 12mo, 352 pp. In contemporary brown calf half-binding, with marbled boards and grey endpapers. Loose and foxed in worn binding. |
Literature, Printing History, Women | £56.00 | |
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Anon. [James Ballantine] [Sir James Ranken Fergusson (1835-1924)] The Gaberlunzie's Wallet. With numerous illustrations on steel and wood. INSCRIBED to 'James R. Fergusson Esq with the kind regards of James Ballantine | Edin[burg]h 16th May 1870'. With Fergusson's armorial bookplate on front pastedown. 8vo: 311 pp. Plates throughout (not listed) and numerous illustrations in text. In original printed grey boards with grotesque... |
Literature, Printing History | £75.00 |
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[Ten printed Schedules of Contract for work for the service of the War Department, in the South-West and Sussex District; W. H. Dudley; Robert Stratton; George Wheeler; Isle of Wight; Hurst Castle] The collection is of great interest, providing a mass of information regarding the Victorian building trade. The owner of the volume, W. H. Dudley, would appear to be a War Office official, and, as described at the end of this entry, it contains manuscript details of two contracts. The ten... |
£850.00 |