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London: John van Voorst, 1849. Third edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xxxviii, 675; [4], 670, [2]pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, worn. Provenance: From the library of the Royal College of Surgeon of Ireland, with the usual stamps.

London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1761. First edition, 8vo, [4], 80pp., with half-title, disbound.

London: Walter Scott, [1889.]. First edition, first issue, small 8vo, xvii, [3], 302 + 6pp., of adverts, orig. green cloth, stained and worn through to boards in several places, orig. printed spine label rubbed and worn. Wade, 214.

1874. 8vo, 12pp., manuscript on vellum, hand illuminated by Frank Walker, illuminator to the Queen, in colours and gold, with a green morocco binding, wide gilt decorative border to upper cover, centre lettered in gilt, a nice copy.

Madras: Printed at the S. P. C. K. Press, Vepery; The Christian Literature Society for India: London and Madras, 1898. First edition, 8vo (207 x 135 mm), iv, 136pp., 7pp. of "Publications for Indian Readers.", included in the collation, original cloth-backed printed boards somewhat stained, text clean throughout, a good copy. "The Vedanta, the highest conclusion of Indian thought, is based on a mistaken and pessimistic view of life; on a formulated dogma unsupported by any evidence and untaught in the hymns of Rig-Veda: the whole an elaborate and subtle process of false reasoning." Rev. T. E. Slater, Studies in the Upanishads, p.47.

Plymouth: Rowe, 1830. First edition, viii, 167, [1 blank]pp., orig. boards, cloth spine defective at foot, upper joint split, morocco title label, uncut. The Rev. Duke John Young (1809-1846) Curate of All Saints', Little Bolton, but died young from a shotgun wound. This was his chief work, but he also wrote several songs and was a translator of the classical poets.

London: John Murray, Albermarle Street. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847- 48. 2 vols., First Edition, engraved vignettes on titles, [part 1], plan of York, 3 plates, numerous illustrations in the text, 48, 32, 32, 24, 24, 231, [1] pp., [part 2], folding plan of York Minster, 3 plates, illustrations in the text,8pp. of advertisements at end, [2], xvii, [1],vi, [2], 59, [1], 26, 8,16, [8], pp., both volumes in uniform embossed brown cloth, spines gilt, heads and tails of spines frayed.

London: Printed for J. Almon, [1780]. First and only edition, [2], 17, [1]pp., later cloth. Goldsmiths', 11969.