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BROWNING, Robert. The poetical works of Robert Browning. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 748; vii, [1], 786pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume. Bound by Bumpus in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled boards, A.E.G. Spines lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to both FEPs. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23115
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HOOD, Thomas. The poetical works. London. E. Moxon, Son, & Co., [s.d., c.1872] 8vo. xxxi, [1], 400, 12pp. With and engraved portrait frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, a further five engraved plates, and six final leaves of publisher's advertisements dated 1872. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt, A.E.G. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Lightly spotted. Landscape pencil sketch to verso of frontispiece with pencilled note: 'Drawn by Mary in bed & very sleepy. 1875'. Pencilled ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18765
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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works. 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
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WHITE, Henry Kirke. The poetical works. 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
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BAXTER, [Richard]. The plain man's guide to heaven... London. Religious Tract Society, [s.d., c.1850] 12mo. vii, [1], 243pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, tooled in blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23367
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[CHURCHILL, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough]. DALRYMPLE, Sir David. The opinions of sarah duchess-dowager of marlborough. Published from the original mss. [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], 1788. Sole edition. 12mo in 4s. xx, 120pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled polished calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed to spine, extremities, upper board slightly marked, some browning to endpapers and fly-leaves, but a pleasing family copy, with the engraved bookplate of Lord F.A. Spencer to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21220
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LOVE, David. The Nottingham Drapers. Nottingham. Hodson, Printer. [s.d., c.1810s] Folio. Dimensions 200 x 312mm. Single leaf broadside. With woodcut vignette (of a beehive) to head, printed in two columns, all within a greek-key style border. Creased and crinkled, with some soiling, damp-staining and old folds.

Incipit: 'As in the muses I delight, On all the Drapers' shops I write;'
Explicit 'Who all sell cheap to stand the test, But READY MONEY they love best'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23092
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COWARD, Noël. The Noël Coward Song Book. London. Michael Joseph, 1953. First British edition. Quarto. 314pp, [2]. With a frontispiece portrait by Clemence Dane and numerous illustrations by Gladys Calthrop in the text. Original publisher's two-tone cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper a trifle marked, chipping and short tears to spine and edges. Signed by Coward to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23085
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OLIPHANT, [Margaret], Mrs.. The Makers of Venice: doges, conquerors, painters, and men of letters. London. Macmillan and Co., 1887. First edition. 8vo. xii, 390pp. With a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, and 21 illustrations in the text by R. R. Holmes. Bound by Riviere in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Light shelf-wear, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to front blank fly-leaf, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23213
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COLVIN-SMITH, R. C. M.. The life and works of Colvin Smith, R.S.A. 1796-1875. Aberdeen. The University Press, 1939. First edition. 8vo. One of one hundred copies printed. viii, 134pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and damp-stained. 'Review copy' inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23376
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WATKIN, David. The life and work of C. R. Cockerell. London. A. Zwemmer Ltd., [1974]. First edition. Quarto. xxiii, [1], 272pp. With 170 half-tone photographic plates, and one in-text figure. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, short tear to head of sunned spine panel, intriguingly a second copy of the wrapper is present beneath, identically torn but not sunned. Internally immaculate. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23353
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LAWRENCE, T. E.. The letters of T. E. Lawrence. New York. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. First American edition. 8vo. 896pp. With 16 halftone illustrations, seven linecuts, and four maps. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper spine panel sunned with some loss to head and foot, corners clipped. Leaves toned, ink-stamp of inspector of Army Air Forces, Lloyd E. Brown (not to be confused with Lloyd D. Brown) to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23378
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ANDERSON, James, Rev.. The ladies of the covenant. Memoirs of distinguished Scottish female characters, embracing the period of the covenant and the persecution. Glasgow. Blackie and Son, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 627, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 38 engraved illustrations/plates, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Philip Hamond to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23269
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SPARLING, H. Halliday. The Kelmscott Press and William Morris. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], With a photographic frontispiece and a further 16 photographic plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece, dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper spotted, chipped, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23373
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JARVIS, Rupert C.. The Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1745... [Carlisle]. [Printed by Steel Bros. Ltd.] Published by the Cumberland County Council, 1954. First edition. 8vo. xx, 427pp, [1]. With six photographic plates and a folding map. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23362