London.
George Routledge and Co., 1856.
New complete edition.
8vo.
viii, 581pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further seven engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, occasional spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23125
London.
William Pickering, 1853.
8vo.
lviii, 252pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, light offsetting to title. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 23126
London.
Richard Bentley, 1871.
First series (Vol. I): eleventh edition, second series (Vol. II): seventh edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. [4], xvi, 362; xxiv, 360pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a further. Bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to both FEPs, inked gift inscriptions to verso of both FFEPs. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 23127
London.
Griffith Farran & Co., [1893].
143pp.
[Bound with:] LAW, William. The spirit of love: in dialogues. London. Griffith Farran & Co., [1893]. 185pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, leaves toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23128
[Bound with:] LAW, William. The spirit of love: in dialogues. London. Griffith Farran & Co., [1893]. 185pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, leaves toned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23128
Glasgow.
Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1771.
[8], 216, 213-240pp, [4]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, surface loss to upper board. Early inked ownership inscription to first page of text, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23111
Oxford.
Clarendon Press, 1809.
12mo.
xxx, 354pp. Handsomely Regency binding, salmon calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and marked. Early inked ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 23124
London.
J. Hatchard, 1832.
Third edition.
12mo.
vii, [1], 388pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23123
London.
Blackie and Son, 1855.
First edition.
8vo.
xvi, [4], 715, [1], 8pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, speckled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Mary Anne Birkbeck to head of half-title, foxed. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 22581
London.
George Bell and Sons, 1881.
Thirty-fourth thousand.
12mo.
In two volumes. xxxi, [1], 264; vi, 223pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to both FEPs. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 23118
Oxford.
Clarendon Press, 1892.
Sixteenth thousand.
8vo.
ix, [1], 374pp. Bound by Bickers and Son in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23121
Westminster.
Archibald Constable and Co., 1894.
8vo.
ix, [3], 145pp, [3]. Handsomely bound by Bumpus in contemporary gilt-tooled red calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Margaret to pastedowns, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23117
London..
Bradbury and Evans, 1854.
First illustrated edition.
viii, [2]. 550pp. With a duplicate 'preface' leaf bound in at front. Frontispiece and 16 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. A crisp bright copy, with slight wear to head and foot of spine. Some cracking to hinges. Bookplates of R.N.H. Moore Stevens and Robin Stephen Benson to front endpapers. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 23048
London.
Rudolph Ackermann, 1843.
First Alken-illustrated edition.
8vo.
viii, 358pp, [2], 8pp adverts. Frontispiece, extra-engraved title and 13 hand-coloured plates by Henry Alken. A bright copy, with small repairs to hinges, with the webbing exposed but boards firmly attached to the text block. Bookplates of R.N.H. Moore Stevens and Robin Stephen Benson to front endpapers. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 23047
London.
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.
First edition.
8vo.
In three volumes. viii, xxx, [2], 625, [1]; [2], 630; [2], 518pp. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of James Darbishire to FEPs, foxed. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 22584
London.
Printed for Archibald Constable.., 1819.
First edition.
8vo and Quarto.
In three volumes. xv, [1], 587, [1]; vii, [1], 589, [1]; [4], 91pp, [1]. Without the terminal advertisement leaf to Vol II, but with 33 engraved plates (one of which hand-coloured) and 10 engraved maps (some folding, all but one hand-coloured), and a manuscript transcription, in an early hand, of William Sotheby's 'Staffa' to blank fly-leaf at the end of the volume of plates. Contemporary ... More >
£ 1,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 23011
Edinburgh.
Printed for William Creech.., 1798.
First edition.
Quarto.
[4], xiv, 202pp. With an engraved folding map (of the Shetland Islands) and three engraved plates on two leaves (one of which a map of Arran). Early twentieth-century half-calf (with a manuscript note 'Re-bound april 1904' inscribed to RFEP), contrasting morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A generously margined copy, with fore-edges and bottom edges uncut. Very slightly marked, slightest of wear to extremities. Spotting to endpapers, and ... More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 23010
Manchester.
Printed for Private Circulation, 1889.
First edition.
Quarto.
72pp. With a half-title and a photographic portrait frontispiece. Handsomely bound in original publisher's blind-stamped black crushed morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G., housed in a contemporary cloth, felt-lined folding case. A fine copy, remarkably preserved by the now rubbed and marked case. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. Printed compliment slip (on mourning notepaper) from Mrs. Rylands loosely inserted. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 23012
London.
Blackie & Son Limited, 1900.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, 245pp, [3]. With a colour frontispiece, 10 colour plates, and 19 illustrations in the text by Walter Crane. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Occasional spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 22580
Paris.
Editions Bossard, 1926.
8vo.
xiv, 145pp, [3]. Handsomely bound by Frost & Company of Bath in recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 22429
Grenoble.
Editions Didier & Richard, 1961.
Quarto.
xxxvii, [1], 362pp, [2]. With 12 plates of maps and plans. Contemporary recent red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 22422