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Photo of "Histoire d'un navire"
VIMONT, Charles. Histoire d'un navire. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1879. Septième édition [i.e. seventh edition]. 8vo. [4], 367pp, [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary red buckram boards, stamped in gilt and blind, later rebacked to style, gilt supralibros of the Lycee de Lille to upper board. Extremities rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, foxed, ink-stain to lower corner of latter half of text-block. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23302
Photo of "Particulars and recommendations of the ..."
[BERENGER, Charles Random Baron de]. [CRUIKSHANK, George. CRUIKSHANK, Robert]. Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or british national arena for manly and defensive exercises, equestrian, chivalric, and aquatic games, and skilful andamusing pastimes; at the residence of the late lord cremone...extending from the king's road, chelsea, to the thames, and distant less than 21/4 miles from piccadilly. London. Published for the proprietor, by T. Hurst, 1835. 8vo. 28pp, [4]. With a half-title and 11 plates and plans, three of which folding, and a printed notice advertising 'sacrifices and alterations from the terms, amusements & regulations' tipped to the inside of the upper wrapper. Original publisher's buff paper wrappers. Some loss to spine, slight marking, but generally a well preserved example. Early ownership inscription of 'Mary Wright Bought this Book at Chelsea on ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19264
Photo of "A son at the front"
WHARTON, Edith. A son at the front. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First U.K. edition. 8vo. v, [1], 365pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23368
Photo of "The Fruit of the Tree"
WHARTON, Edith. The Fruit of the Tree. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. First U.K. edition. 8vo. [4], 606pp, [10]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23369
Photo of "T. E. Lawrence"
RICHARDS, Vyvyan. T. E. Lawrence. London. Duckworth, [1949]. 8vo. 144pp. With a wood engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper worn and marked, substantial loss, naive clear tape repairs. Inked ownership inscription of R.A.F. Wing Commander Reginald Sims to recto of FFEP. Sims and Lawrence had been friends, having met in Iraq and bonded over a shared love of photography. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23370
Photo of "T. E. Lawrence"
RICHARDS, Vyvyan. T. E. Lawrence. London. Duckworth, 1939. 8vo. 144pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper worn, substantial loss, paper repairs to verso, remnants of earlier naive clear tape repairs, pen scrawl to price on upper panel. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FFEP, distinctive inked ownership inscription of Jeremy Wilson to head. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23371
Photo of "Vox stellarum: or, a loyal ..."
[ALMANACS]. MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the Year of Human Redemption M,DCC,XCI... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1791. 48pp. ESTC T175488.

[Bound with:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the Year of Human Redemption, M,DCC,XCII... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1792. 48pp. ESTC T175490.

[And:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the Year of Human Redemption, M,DCC,XCII... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1792. 48pp. ESTC T175490.

[And:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20658
Photo of "Whisperings from the great: An ..."
MEREDITH, Constance A. [compiler]. Whisperings from the great: An Autograph Birthday Album. London. Henry Frowde, 1906. Quarto. Unpaginated. Two calendar dates to a page with quotations opposite, both with red borders and fleur-de-lis decoration to corners. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, vellum boards, stamped and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and discoloured, corner's bumped. Marbled endpaper, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, partially completed, two charmingly naive watercolour illustrations pasted in. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23357
Photo of "Revolt of the Tartars: or, ..."
QUINCEY, Thomas de. Revolt of the Tartars: or, Flight of the Kalmuck Khan & his People from the Russian Territories to the Frontiers of China. London. The Dropmore Press, 1948. Quarto. Limited edition of 450 copies, of which this is number 45 - one of 50 specially bound by Evans of Croyden and signed by the Artist, Stuart Boyle. [8], 96pp, [4]. With a frontispiece, title page vignette, a further seven plates and six illustrations in the text. Pictorial endpapers. Uncut and unopened in original red morocco, stamped and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23354
Photo of "The life and work of ..."
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
Photo of "Everybody's Boswell: Being a lIfe ..."
BOSWELL, James. Everybody's Boswell: Being a lIfe of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell's complete text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides". London. G. Bell and Sons, Limited, 1930. Large paper edition. 8vo. Limited edition, number 196 of 350 copies signed by the illustrator. xx, 607pp, [1]. With 54 engraved plates by Ernest H. Shepard, and a map of the Hebrides to rear endpapers. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23352
Photo of "Life of Lord Kitchener"
ARTHUR, George, Sir. Life of Lord Kitchener. London. Macmillan and Co., 1920. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume, and a further eight plates of maps and plans. Original publisher's navy cloth, ruled and lettered in green. Extremities rubbed and marked. Admiral Jellicoe's copy, with his inked ownership inscriptions to all FEPs. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23350
Photo of "Jo: alberti fabricii bibliotheca latina"
FABRICIUS, Johann Albert. Jo: alberti fabricii bibliotheca latina. Venetiis [i.e. Venice]. Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1728. Quarto. In two volumes. [14], 676; [2], 687pp, [1]. Contemporary vellum, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Very occasional chipping to margins. Armorial bookplates of conte Giambattista Carlo Giuliari (1810-1892) to both FEPs. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18735
Photo of "Erodoto Alicarnasseo padre della greca ..."
HERODOTUS. Erodoto Alicarnasseo padre della greca istoria, dell'imprese de' greci e de' barbari, con la vita d'Omero, nuovamente nella nostra lingua tradotto dal signor Giulio Cesare Becelli...la vita dell'autore descritta per Tommaso Porcacchi...la cronologia di Tommaso Gale, con dieci tavole di geografia antica. E questo è il econdo anello della Collana istorica greca. Verona. Appresso Dionigi Ramanzini, 1733. Quarto. In two volumes. [16], 424; [2], 244, 100, xxxii pp, [4]. With a woodcut Giolito device on title and final pages, a full-page engraved coat-of-arms to Vol. I, and woodcut pictorial initials. Without the 10 engraved folding maps. Contemporary vellum, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities a trifle rubbed and discoloured. Very occasional staining and Armorial bookplate of Lord Robert Spencer to FEP of Vol. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18734
Photo of "How the "Mastiffs" went to ..."
TROLLOPE, Anthony. How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland. London. Virtue & Co., 1878. First edition. Quarto. 46pp. With a coloured map, 14 lithographed plates of illustrations by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, and two silverprint photographs tipped-in. Original publisher's navy cloth. stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed, spine and upper board discoloured. Hinges exposed, margins toned. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23284
Photo of "Flora: a book of drawings"
BIANCO, Pamela. MARE, Walter de la. Flora: a book of drawings. London. William Heinemann, [1919]. First edition. Quarto. [8], 43pp. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous line illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Rubbed, bumped, and a trifle discoloured, dustwrapper worn, with substantial chipping and loss. Lightly spotted internally. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23355
Photo of "The sculptured garland"
LANDOR, Walter Savage. The sculptured garland. London. The Dropmore Press, 1948. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, one of 300 copies printed, of which this is number 43. [12], 54pp, [4]. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Iain Macnab. Original publisher's half-morocco, cream cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, drab card slipcase. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper browned and spotted, slipcase worn - without top-edge. Internally immaculate. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted (bearing ink-stamps of Dorchester bookseller Longmans. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23356
Photo of "An act for Continuing and ..."
[ENGLAND AND WALES]. An act for Continuing and Establishing the subsidie of Tunnage and Poundage, and For reviving an Act for the better Packing of Butter, and redress of abuses therein... London. Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1657. Folio. [2], 16pp, [2]. With a final blank leaf. In this edition on A1r, last word in first line of text: 'Commons'; first word under initial: 'of'; last word in last full line of text: 'the'. Disbound. A trifle creased. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22450
Photo of "Notes on the Dorset Flora"
LINTON, E. F., Rev.. Notes on the Dorset Flora. Dorchester. 'Dorset County Chronicle" Printing Works, 1908. First offprint edition. In two volumes. [1], 15-29; [3], 117-132pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inked inscriptions 'With the writers kind regards' to head of both wrappers.

[Together with:] LINTON, E. F., Rev. Dorset Plants. Dorchester. 'Dorset County Chronicle" Printing Works, 1905. First offprint edition.[3], 76-87pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of wrapper: 'C. E. S. from E. F. L.'

[And:] LINTON, E. F., Rev. British Species of ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23365