An Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Rare Books for Sale at Prices Affixed, Parts 1-2

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Pickering & Chatto, 1899 - Antiquarian booksellers - 364 pages

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Page 313 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Page 350 - The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. Simon Peter said, I go a fishing : and they said, we also -will go with thee.
Page 272 - An apology for the true Christian divinity as the same is held forth and preached by the people called in scorn Quakers...
Page 92 - Scouring of the White Horse. Or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk. By the Author of
Page 349 - THE | RIVER DUDDON, | A SERIES OF | SONNETS: | VAUDRACOUR AND JULIA: | AND | OTHER POEMS. | To WHICH Is ANNEXED, | A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION | OF THE | COUNTRY Of the LAKES, | IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.
Page 78 - Life in London; or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis.
Page 202 - Sum up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul : mark the decay And growth of it : if with thy watch, that too Be down, then wind up both ; since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
Page 98 - D'URFEY'S (" Tom") WIT AND MIRTH ; or, PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY. Being a Collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice or Instrument ; most of the Songs being new set.
Page 85 - Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic in their Pursuits through Life in and out of London...
Page 87 - Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver 'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself.

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