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... Letters to R. Heber , Esq . containing Critical Remarks on the Novels of the " Author of Waverley . " Post 8vo , boards , best edition . 48 1822 22 ADOLPHUS ( John ) British Cabinet , containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages ...
... Letters to R. Heber , Esq . containing Critical Remarks on the Novels of the " Author of Waverley . " Post 8vo , boards , best edition . 48 1822 22 ADOLPHUS ( John ) British Cabinet , containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages ...
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... Letters from a Father to his Son , relative to Literature and Conduct of Life . 2 vols . 8vo , calf neat . 38 37 AKERMAN'S ( J. Y. , Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries ) Archæo- logical Index , or Guide to Celtic , Romano - British ...
... Letters from a Father to his Son , relative to Literature and Conduct of Life . 2 vols . 8vo , calf neat . 38 37 AKERMAN'S ( J. Y. , Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries ) Archæo- logical Index , or Guide to Celtic , Romano - British ...
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... LETTER , wanting pages 13 to 16 , and all after 99 Bb iii , green morocco . 1541 54 ALEXANDER ( Sir James Edward ) Expedition ... Letters from Italy in 1847 , of things and per- sons concerning the Church and Education . Post 8vo , cloth ...
... LETTER , wanting pages 13 to 16 , and all after 99 Bb iii , green morocco . 1541 54 ALEXANDER ( Sir James Edward ) Expedition ... Letters from Italy in 1847 , of things and per- sons concerning the Church and Education . Post 8vo , cloth ...
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... Letters . 8vo , etchings , boards . 1827 68 299 AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Joseph Lister , of Bradford , in Yorkshire , 1627 ... Letters from eminent Persons . 4to , cloth ( an interesting collection ) . 6s London , R. Glynn , 1837 AUTOGRAPH ...
... Letters . 8vo , etchings , boards . 1827 68 299 AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Joseph Lister , of Bradford , in Yorkshire , 1627 ... Letters from eminent Persons . 4to , cloth ( an interesting collection ) . 6s London , R. Glynn , 1837 AUTOGRAPH ...
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John Russell Smith. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS . 301 THREE LETTERS of Charles , 3rd Duke of Richmond . 3s Goodwood , 1769-71-72 302 CRADOCK ( Joseph , Author of Memoirs , and Miscellaneous Writer ) Letter to John Taylor , Esq . 2s 303 COMBE ...
John Russell Smith. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS . 301 THREE LETTERS of Charles , 3rd Duke of Richmond . 3s Goodwood , 1769-71-72 302 CRADOCK ( Joseph , Author of Memoirs , and Miscellaneous Writer ) Letter to John Taylor , Esq . 2s 303 COMBE ...
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Page 103 - A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, FRS, FSA, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. containing upwards of 1000 pages, closely printed in double columns, cloth, £2.
Page 300 - A PHILOLOGICAL GRAMMAR, grounded upon English, and formed from a comparison of more than Sixty Languages. Being an Introduction to the Science of Grammars of all Languages, especially English, Latin, and Greek. By the Rev. W. Barnes, B D., of St. John's College, Cambridge; Author of " Poems in the Dorset Dialect,
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Page 206 - BIBLIOTHECA CANTIANA.— A Bibliographical Account of what has been published on the History, Topography, Antiquities, Customs, and Family Genealogy of the County of Kent, with Biographical Notes. By John Russell Smith. In a handsome 8vo volume (pp. 370), with two plates of facsimiles of Autographs of 33 eminent Kentish Writers.
Page 361 - HANDBOOK TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; containing a brief History of its Formation, and of the various Collections of which it is composed ; Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use ; Classed Lists of the Manuscripts...
Page 200 - Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race, derived from a Comparison of the Languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 8vo, cloth. 6s (original price 12s 6d) Printed at the suggestion of Dr. Prichard, to whose works it will be found a useful supplement. JONES' (Morris Charles) Valle Crucis Abbey, its Origin and Fountion Charter.
Page 301 - The Vision of Piers Ploughman' is one of the most precious and interesting monuments of the English Language and Literature, and also of the social and political condition of the country during the fourteenth century. . . . Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about the year 1362. On this and on all matters bearing upon the origin and object of the poem, Mr, Wright's historical introduction gives ample information In the thirteen years...
Page 348 - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS UNDER THE HAND AND SEAL OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the Original MSS.
Page 175 - THE Iliads of HOMER, Prince of Poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a Comment on some of his chief PlacesDone according to the Greek by GEORGE CHAPMAN, with Intro.
Page 160 - The present volume is truly a worthy sequel (to the 'SURNAMES') in the same curious and antiquarian line, blending with remarkable facts and intelligence, such a fund of...