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WOLSELEY, Lieut.-Colonel G. J. Narrative of the war with china in 1860. London. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. First edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xiv, 415pp, [1]. Without half-title. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled dark brown morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29515
GRANT, Sir James Hope. Incidents in the china war of 1860... Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 263pp, [1]. With a half-title and three engraved folding maps. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in contemporary gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29516
[ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY]. [A manuscript memorial volume]. [London?]. [s.n.], [1951]. Large quarto. Manuscript on paper. 963 autographs pasted on 64 leaves. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco, decorative endpapers, housed in custom red cloth clamshell case. Clean and crisp. Case rubbed and marked. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30440
RAWNSLEY, Rev. H[ardwicke] D[rummond]. Literary Associations of the English Lakes. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1901. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, [3], 236, [2]; vii, [3], 251pp. With half-titles and 32 plates. Extra-illustrated with 156 plates, primarily engraved landscapes views of the Lake District and portraits of the Romantics and their circle. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy crushed half-morocco, blue cloth boards, T.E.G.Slightest of rubbing. Bookplates of Brackenburn and morocco bookplates of W. A. Foyle to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31072
JOCELINE, Elizabeth. The mother's Legacie, To her unborne Childe. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood & Sons, 1853. 8vo. 32, [36], 141pp, [1]. Original publisher's carved wooden panels inlaid on gilt-tooled navy morocco, upper panel comprised of Christogram IHS within a border of ivy, lower panel comprised of a sprig of flowers within a lattice border, gauffered edges. A trifle rubbed, small chip to border of upper panel. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31116
WILLIAMS, Benjamin. Chronicque de la traïson et mort de richart deux roy dengleterre... À Londres [i.e. London]. Aux dépens de la Société, 1846. First edition. 8vo. xcvi, 324pp. Text in English, Latin, and Old French. Interleaved throughout. Bound by Lake and Mackenzie of Uxbridge in contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled papers boards, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped and exposed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary review of the publication - extracted from The Gentleman's Magazine - tipped-in to front blank fly-leaf. Armorial bookplate of Benjamin Williams to FEP, with his ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31449
[VAIRASSE, Denis]. Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui habitent une Partie du troisieme Continent, communement appelle la terre australe... Amsterdam. Aux depens d'Estienne Roger, 1702. 12mo. In two volumes. 333, [1]; 303pp, [25]. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Uncut. Handsomely bound in later red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Early armorial bookplates of Lord Bracco tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. I and verso of frontispiece of Vol. II respectively, frontispieces heavily ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31618
RICCIOLI, Giovanni Battista. Prosodia reformata duobus tomis comprehensa Quorum Prior continet Prosodiae Rudimenta, Prosodiam Majorem, Poetarum versus plures quàm vigintiquatuormille, & eorundem Poetarum Tempora... Bononiæ [i.e. Bologna]. Hæredis Victorii Benatii, 1655. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [22], 180, 492; [610]pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering- piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. The Macclesfield copy, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate and typical armorial blind-stamps to title page and initial leaves of text, pencilled shelf-marks to front endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31930
LAMY, Bernard. Traité de perspective, Où sont contenus les fondemens de la Peinture. Paris. Chez Anisson Directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale ruë de la Harpe, 1701. First edition. 8vo. xxi, [3], 227pp, [9]. With eight engraved plates (one folding) and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum. With fore-edge decoration comprised of a charming repeating floral pattern. Extremities a trifle rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, marginal loss to lower corners of leaves G1 and K2, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32692
JUVENIS. The village muse; or, a poem on summer. York. Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1796. First edition. Quarto. [2], ix, [2], 10-118pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP. Subscriber's copy; elaborate inked ownership inscription of Charles Stanley Esquire to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33118
SCOTT, J[ohn]. Glasgow illustrated in a series of picturesque views drawn and engraved by j. scott with Historical & Descriptive Illustrations by john cullan esq. Glasgow. J. Scott, 1834. First edition. Quarto. [4], ii, 68pp. With an engraved title page and 24 engraved plates, executed in aquatint. Handsomely bound in twentieth century navy half- morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, short closed tears to leaf I1 and contiguous plate. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33283
[IONA CLUB]. Collectanea de rebus albanicis. Edited by the iona club. With the transactions of the club. Edinburgh. Printed for the Iona Club, 1839. First edition. 8vo. Four parts in one volume. xiii, [1], viii, viii, v, [7], 362, [2], 16, [4], [17]-52, [16], 79-80pp. With three original annual subscription tickets, made out to David Laing, and the original mauve wrappers from each of the four issues (the first three with Laing's signature to upper wrapper) bound in at end. Later gilt-tooled turquoise half- morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, T.E.G., others untrimmed. ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33287
WOOD, John Jarrett. Jamaica: its history, constitution, and topographical description: with geological and meteorological notes. Compiled for the use of Schools. Kingston. McCartney & Wood, 1884. First edition. 8vo. vi, 163pp, [1]. Later gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, blue cloth boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Likely a family copy, with inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'J. L. Wood. March 19th. 1885'; and a perforated photographic portrait (appearing thus as a postage-stamp) tipped to blank fly-leaf at front. Very occasional inked and pencilled manuscript errata. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33727
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible, with notes, critical and explanatory by the rev. john styles, brighton. Lewes. Sussex Press, Printed and sold by John Baxter, 1811. Quarto. In two volumes. With an engraved title page to each volume and a further 30 of 32 plates. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplates of John Trotter, Royal Artillery to both FEPs, naive clear tape repair of head of leaf 4Z2 of Vol. I, small marginal hole to leaf 5N2, loss to lower ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33894
MAUPASSANT, Guy. La vie errante. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, Editeur, 1895. Vingtieme edition. Small quarto. [4], 233pp, [3]. Beautifully extra-illustrated with 13 vignette drawings, variously in ink and wash and pencil, and two further inserted plates, each ink on paper, all by J. Ernest Boilvin. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled marbled blue 'Spanish Calf', gilt-tooled inner dentelles. Slightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, unobstrusive old scuff marks to lower board neatly refurbished. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33927
COBBETT, William. A history of the protestant reformation in England and Ireland... London. Published by the Author, 1829. Large format edition. 8vo. In two volumes. Extra-illustrated with 45 portraits and 110 views Later gilt-tooled green half- morocco, marbled papers boards, T.E.G., other untrimmed, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Typed bookseller's description pasted to recto of FFEP of Vol. I., scattered spotting. W. A. Foyle's copy, with his morocco bookplates to FEPs. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34473
ROBSON, G[eorge] F[ennell]. Picturesque Views of The English Cities... London. Published by J. Britton, 1828. First edition. Quarto. [4]pp. With an additional engraved title page and 31 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary green morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, monogram of George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757- 1839) to head of spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Inked ownership inscription 'T. Balston. Jan. 1923' to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 30349
[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823. Quarto. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T., and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births, deaths, marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19315