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Photo of "Poems of Wordsworth"
WORDSWORTH, William. Poems of Wordsworth. London. W. Kent & Co., 1880. 16mo. Dimensions 70 x 110 mm. In two volumes. xii, 308; viii, 312pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. Rubbed, slight chipping to heads of spines, top-edges dusty. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 12213
Photo of "The Crimea in 1854, and ..."
WOOD, Evelyn, Sir, General. The Crimea in 1854, and 1894. London. Chapman & Hall, 1895. First edition. 8vo. xii, 400p. With a portrait frontispiece of Captain William Peel, and a further 26 illustrations from sketches 'taken on the spot' by Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed, edges foxed. Decorated endpapers, booksellers ticket of Henry Sotheran to FEP. Mervyn Lloyd Peel's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP and inked ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22163
Photo of "The happy prince and other ..."
WILDE, Oscar. The happy prince and other tales. London. Duckworth & Co., [1920]. Quarto. 133pp, [3]. With 12 colour plates and numerous line illustrations in the text by Charles Robinson. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown, pictorial dustwrapper. Rubbed, wrapper creased and marked, some chipping and tearing, spine panel sunned. Decorated endpapers browned, foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22270
Photo of "The rhinegold & the valkyrie"
WAGNER, Richard. The rhinegold & the valkyrie. London. William Heinemann, [1920]. New edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 159pp, [1]. With 34 colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, wrapper chipped and marked, spine panel sunned. Endpapers browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22271
Photo of "The Diary of a Cavalry ..."
TOMKINSON, [William]. The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign 1809-1815. London. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895. Second edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 356pp. With a photogravure portrait frontispiece, a further two photogravure plates, and five folding maps. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked, spine sunned. Later armorial bookplate of the Baron's Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to recto of FFEP, inked ownership inscription of of G. Robertson to verso of FFEP, leaves toned, first gathering ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 22252
Photo of "Laws of life after the ..."
THOM, John Hamilton. Laws of life after the mind of christ. London. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 402pp. Contemporary crushed red morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt supralibros to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 17722
Photo of "The boy's life of colonel ..."
THOMAS, Lowell. The boy's life of colonel lawrence. London. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [1927]. First edition. 8vo. 285pp, [1]. With 31 illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black, decorated endpapers (maps of Mecca). Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed, chipping to head and foot of sunned spine, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, free-endpapers working loose, book-label of the Cotton House Library to verso of FFEP, inked inscriptions and manuscript shelf-marks to recto of front blank fly leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22069
Photo of "Tales for home reading"
[TALES]. Tales for home reading. London and Edinburgh. William and Robert Chambers, 1869. 8vo. 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. FFEP torn away, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22121
Photo of "The life of nelson"
SOUTHEY, Robert. The life of nelson. London. George Routledge & Sons, [s.d., c.1908] 8vo. 353pp, [1]. With numerous illustrations in the text by W. H. Overend. Bound by Relfe Brothers of London in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Prize binding of Market Harborough Grammar School, with their gilt supralibros to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 12535
Photo of "Rob roy"
[SCOTT, Walter]. Rob roy. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., 1818. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. viii, 321, [1]; [4], 324; [4], 348pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to upper board of Vol. II, joints of Vol. III split. Inked ownership inscriptions of J. C. Herries to head of all titles, leaf A12 of Vol. II very nearly detached, lightly foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22189
Photo of "The abbot"
[SCOTT, Walter]. The abbot. Edinburgh. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], iv, 348; [2], 352, [1]; [2], 367pp, [1]. Bound by Stephenson of Edinburgh in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Extremities rubbed, spines sunned. Inked ownership inscriptions of J. C. Herries to head of all titles, occasional spotting. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 22188
Photo of "The monastery. A romance"
[SCOTT, Walter]. The monastery. A romance. Edinburgh. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [4], 331, [1]; [4], 333, [1]; [4], 351pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Occasional spotting. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 22187
Photo of "The waverley album: containing fifty-one ..."
[SCOTT, Walter]. The waverley album: containing fifty-one line engravings to illustrate The Novels and Tales of sir walter scott... London. Published for Charles Heath, [1854]. 12mo. [2], ii, iii, [1], 50 leaves. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 50 engraved plates. Each plate is accompanied by single leaf bearing upon the recto side a quotation from the novel illustrated. Original publisher's dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title, occasional spotting to plates. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22085