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The Life of The Learned and Pious Dr. Henry More, Late Fellow of Christ's College in Cambridge. To which are annex'd Dives of his Useful and Excellent Letters.

MORE (Henry). WARD (Richard): · 1710 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, Printed and Sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1710. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 174 x 113 mms., pp. [xxiv], 362 [363 - 366 index, 337 - 338 adverts], fine engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, raised bands between gilt ru...

The Life of Sir Thomas More, By his Son-in-Law, William Roper, Esq. With Notes, and an Appendix of his Letters. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected, By S. W. Singer.

MORE (Sir Thomas). ROPER (William): · 1822 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham For R. Triphook..., 1822. Small 8vo, 165 x 104 mms., pp. l, 195 [196 colophon], 2, ornament on verso of last blank, egraved portrait as frontispiece, additional engraved plate at page 1, contemporary half hard gain morocco, marbled b...

Memoirs of the Life of The Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.

PRICE (Ridhard). MORGAN (Willliam): · 1815 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London: Printed for R. Hunter..., 1815. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 213 x 124 mms., pp. [iii] i viii, 189 [190 blank, 191 adverts, 192 blank], contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed and worn), red leather label; end-papers a little soiled, joints cracked, extremitie...

Life and Correspondence of David Hume. From the Papers bequeathed by his nephew to the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and other original sources.

HUME (David). BURTON (John Hill): · 1846 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Edinburgh: William Tait..., 1846. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 225 x 131 mms., pp. [vii] viii - xvii [xviii blank], 480; [vi], 534, including half-titles, engraved portrait of Hume in each volume, original cloth, paper labels on spine; some light foxing in text, labels chipped,...

Memoirs of Rachel.

[BARRERA (A., Madame de)]: · 1858 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn..., 1858. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 186 x 108 mms., pp. xii, 342; [ii], iv, 326, vi, collotype (probably) portrait of Rachel as frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary half calf, marbled boards,...

Angeli Politiani et Aliorum virorum illust Epistolae cum praefatione in Suet. expositionem.

POLIZIANO (Angelo): · 1644 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Amstelodami, pud Joan. Janssonium, 1644. 12mo, 123 x 68 mms., pp. [xxiv, including engraved title-page], 610, later calf, rebacked, gilt rules across spine, red morocco label; old end-papers from an incubabulum, armorial bookplate of Joseph Pickford, Junr. on front paste-down...

Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover.

DORAN (Dr. [John]): · 1855 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London: Richard Bentley..., 1855. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes, 186 x 115 mms., pp. [iv], 439 [440 blank]; [ii], 395 {396 blank], engraved frontispiece in each volume, contemporary half hard grain dark green morocco and lighter green morocco on boards; some general wear to bind...

The Remains of the Late Tobias Martin of Breage, in Cornwall, Mine Agent, with a Memoir of the Author.

MARTIN (Alfred Tobias John): · 1831 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Helston: Printed at the Temple of the Muses by W. Penaluna, 1831. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 178 x 105 mms., pp. xi [xii blank], 258, with errata slip tipped in before first page of contents, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine, black leather label, with a blank book...

Mother.

[ADAMS (Aaron Chester)]: · 1893 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

No place, No publisher, [c. 1893]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 198 x 147 mms., pp. [2] 3 - 26 [28 - 32 blank], stitched within cream cardboard covers, with gilt lettering, \"H. S. A. / 1813-1892.\" on front cover. The author is given as simply \"Father\" at the foot of p....

The Old Man's Head: Or, Youthful Recollections. With Copper Plates.

HEWLETT (Esther): · 1824 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: William Darton..., no date, [1824] FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo (in 6s), 138 x 85 mms, pp. 180 [181 engraved advert for Dalton imprints, 182 blank], engraved frontispiece and two other engraved plates, contemporary quarter plum roan, marbled boards (worn and soiled),...

Memoires de Monsieur du Guay-Trouin, Lieutenant General des Armees Navales, Commander de l'Orde Royal & Militaire de Saint Louis.

DUGUAY-TROUIN (René). · 1740 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1740. 8vo, 162 x 100 mms., pp. [ii], 279 [280 blank], engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, five folding engraved plates of ships opposite pages xxviii, 86, 120 (2 plates), 122, and facing page 160 is a folding engraved plan of R...

An Outline of the Life of Antonio Rosmini, Founder of the Institute of Charity. With a Short Sketch of His Philosophical System, by Monsignor Gastaldi, Archbishop of Turin, Edited by Father Lockhart. Second Edition.

ROSMINI (Antonio). LOCKHART (William) and LOCKART (William Henry): · 1880 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: Burns and Oates..., 1880. 12mo, 160 x 100 mms., pp. [9- 10 - 132, attractively bound in red cloth, front cover blocked in gilt within border. A very good to fine copy, but with circular library stamp on title-page A work with a similar title was first published in ...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1775 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Dublin: Printed for A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, M. Saunders...[inter alia], 1775. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 97 mms., pp. [ii], 192; [3] 26 - 120, 289 -384, contemporary calf, rebacked, with old label laid, but with hinges rather crudely taped, with an autograph \"S West head\" ...

Brief Memoirs of Nicholas Ferrar, M. A. And Founder of Clare-Hall, Cambridge, Founder of a Protestant Religious Establishment at Little Giddings, Huntingdonshire; Collected from a Narrative by the Right Reverend Dr. Turner, Formerly Bishop of Ely; Now edited with Additions and Biographical Notices of some of Mr. Ferrar's Contemporaries. By a Clergyman of the Established Church.

FERRAR (Nicholas). TURNER (Francis). [MACDONOG (Terene Michael), editor]: · 1829 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

Bristol: Printed and Published by J. Chilcott..., 1829. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 181 x 109 mms., pp. [iv], vii [viii blank] [3] 4 - 248, original boards, uncut; binding fragile, with spine cracked and other wear, but with contemporary purchase notes, a transcription of Byron's ...

Memoir of the Services of Captain Henry Caldwell, Royal Navy, Companion of the Bath, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Commodore.

CALDWELL (Henry). · 1869 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

[No Place] Printed for Private Distribution, 1869. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large 4to, 269 x 204 mms., pp. [3] 4- 16 [17 - 28 blank], portrait photograph of Captain Caldwell tipped in before title-page, with tissue guard present, attractively bound in binder's navy blue cloth...

Memoirs of the Life of Peter Daniel Huet, Bishop of Avranches: Written by Himself; and translated from the original Latin, with copious notes, biographical and critical by John Aikin, M. D.

HUET (Pierre Daniel). AIKIN (John): · 1810 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London: Printed for Longmna, Hurst, Ress, and Orme..., 1810. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, 210 x 125 mms., pp. xxiv, [iv], 366, including half-title in volume 2, contemporary mottled calf, gilt border on covers, gilt spines (faded), red morocco labels; spines...

The Life of Captain James Cook.

COOK (James). KIPPIS (Andrew): · 1788 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

Basil: Printed by J. J. Tourneisen, 1788. FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 203 x 128 mms., pp. xii, 302 [303 adverts, 304 blank]; [iv], 326, contemporary half calf, slightly orange/lemon coloured boards, spines gilt to a botanical motif, morocco labels; fore-edges ...

Les Vrais Portraits des Rois de France. Tire de ce quit Novs Reste de leurs Monumens, Sceaux, Medailles, ou autres Effigies, conseruees dan les plus rares & plus curieux Cabinets du Royaume. Av Tres. Chrestien Roy de France et de Navarre Lovis XIII. Seconde Edition. Augmentee de nouveaux Portraits, & enrichie des Vies des Rois par le R. P. H. de Coste....

DE BIE (Jacques): · 1636 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

A Paris, Chez Jean Camvsat..., 1636. Folio, 297 x 215 mms., pp. [xxiv], 395 [396 Avertissement dl'Auteur, 397 - 423 Index, 424 colophon], title-page printed in red and black, additional engraved title-page, 57 engraved plates, each taking up most of the recto of a leaf, 5 wit...

The Life of Haydn, In a Series of Letters Written at Vienna. Followed by The Life of Mozart, with Observations on Metastasio, and on the Present State of Music in France and Italy. Translated from the French of L. A. C. Bombet. With Notes by the Author of the Sacred Melodies.

[CAPRANI (Giuseppe). STENDHAL. Marie-Henri Beyle]: · 1817 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London: John Murray..., 1817. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 212 x 130 mms., pp. xv [xvi translator's note], 496, including engraved leaf of music, contemporary half roan, gilt spine, marbled boards; some slight browning of text, joints and corners worn, some general overall wear to bi...

The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted from His Original Papers.

GOLDSMITH (Oliver): · 1762 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London: Printed for J. Newbery..., and W. Frederick..., 1762. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 190 x 113 mms., pp. [ii], 234 [235 - 238 adverts], C6 in cancelled state, recently rebound in quarter calf, red morocco lable, marbled boards, gilt rules across spine; an attractive copy, but l...