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PIKE, Rev. G[ustavus] D. The jubilee singers, and their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1872. Ninth thousand. 8vo. [2], 219pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further eight plates. Original publisher's brick red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, discoloured, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp.

[Together with:] A contemporary Woodburytype photograph depicting 10 members of the Jubilee Singers, with a letterpress caption identifying each. Pen and ink inscription of J. Price to verso. More >
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30662
[BOYLE, Eliza]. Boyle's court and country guide, and town visiting directory, corrected up to January 1st, 1810. London. Printed and sold by E. Boyle, [1810]. 12mo. xii, 467pp, [3]. With half-title. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, splitting to joints, worming to spine, some loss to head of spine, and small worm-hole to foot. Early manuscript date to head of half-title. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33445
A CAMBRIDGE M.A [i.e KNOTT, Robert Rowe]. The new aid to memory. Part the first, containing the most remarkable events of the history of england. London. Published by Whittaker and Co., 1839. First edition. 12mo. xxxi, [1], 63pp, [3]. With 12 engraved plates, a list of subscribers, and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, a subscriber's name (Richard Halfhead) added in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32890
TELESCOPE, Tom. The newtonian system of philosophy, explained by familiar objects, In an Entertaining Manner, for the use of young persons. London. Printed for Ogilvy and Son...and Darton and Harvey, 1806. New improved edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 136pp. With an engraved frontispiece, three further plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, head of spine worn, corners exposed. Hinges exposed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33056
MILLER, Samuel. A sermon, preached in new-york, july 4th, 1793. Being the anniversary of the independence of america: at the request of the tammany society, or columbian order. . New-York . Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, [1793]. First edition. 8vo. 38pp, [2]. Stapled in modern cloth-backed paper wrappers, loosely inserted in a modern library folder. Spine split, tears to edges of upper and lower wrapper, small hole to lower wrapper. Inked gift inscription addressed to the New York Historical Society from John Pritchard, 1807 to head of title. Perforated and ink-stamp of the General Theological Seminary, New York, to recto and verso of title respectively. ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33769
[ALMANACK]. Time's telescope for 1814. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 370pp. With a handful of in-text illustrations. Modern red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25895
[ALMANACK]. Time's Telescope, for 1831. London. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1831. First edition. 8vo. viii, 416pp. Title page in red and black, with numerous in-text illustrations. Modern red cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25894
[OWEN, John]. The fashionable world displayed. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1805. Third edition. 12mo. xii, 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's power blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to half-title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32484
[HAZLITT, William]. The plain speaker: opinions on books, men and things.. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 465pp; [4], 447pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked in buckram, contrasting burgundy morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed, marked, and worn at edges. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FFEP, some surface loss to title page of Vol. I., some loss to terminal gathering of Vol. II, without loss of textscattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29116
TWEDDELL, John. Remains of the late john tweddell fellow of trinity-college cambridge being a selection of his letters written from various parts of the continent together with a republican of his prolusiones juveniles... London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1815. First edition. Quarto. [4], 479, [1], 179pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further eight engraved plates, and three engraved maps. Contemporary half-calf, later neatly rebacked, marbled paper boards. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23317
DE STAAL, Madame. Mémoires de madame de staal (mademoiselle delaunay). Paris. Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. 8vo. Limited edition of 600 copies, of which this is number 98. [10], xxviii, 386pp, [4]. With and engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 34 engraved plates (duplicating engraved vignettes). Elaborately bound by Maurius Michel (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt- tooled brown morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Modern ink-stamp to rear blank fly-leaf comprised of Asian inspired motifs and lettered 'Jean'. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25912
EDWARDS, Bryan. The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the west indies. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xxiv, xxiii, [1], 576; viii, 617, [1]; [2], xxxii, 477pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 10 engraved folding plates, and 11 engraved folding maps. Bound by Vicary & Co. of Plymouth, Devon (tickets to FEPs) in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower board of Vol. I, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31542
[LIBRARY CATALOGUE]. Catalogue of Books selected from the Library of An English Amateur. London. [Printed at the Leadenhall Press] For private circulation only, 1893-97 First edition. Large 8vo. Limited edition, one of 153 copies printed. In two volumes. [2], 49, [1]; [2], 56pp, [2]. Titles in red and black. With 21 collotype plates (two colour, one folding). Uncut in original publisher's plain tan wrappers. Rubbed, some loss to spines. Bookplate of Raphael Esmerian to FEP of Vol. I. Internally immaculate. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13966
WORTHY, Charles. Practical heraldry or The Epitome of English Armory showing how and by whom arms may be borne or acquired, how pedigrees may be traced or family histories ascertained. London. George Redway, 1889. First edition. 8vo. viii, 250pp, [6]. With 124 illustrations in the text from designs by the author and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Partially unopened in modern bright-red morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, top-edge gauffered; with a loosely inserted typed note attributing the binding to Maureen Duke. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33147
[LADIES' DIARY]. The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1791... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1791]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. Not in ESTC.

[Bound with:] The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1792... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield, [1792]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3191.

[And:] The Ladies' Diary: of Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1793... London. Printed ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33495
DE SERVIEZ, Jacques Roergas. The roman empresses; or, the history of the lives and secret intrigues of the wives of the twelve cæsars. London. The Walpole Press, 1899. Fine Library edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 499pp, [1]; viii, 573pp, [1]. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to FEP of both volumes. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30904