Lugduni [i.e. Leiden].
Apud Jacobum Roussin, 1596.
First edition, second issue.
8vo.
[16], 633pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and several woodcut diagrams (chiefly astronomical). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked, partly preserving contemporary spine panel, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed. Decorated endpapers, bookplate with initials 'G. H.' to FEP, inked ownership inscription (with a Bible verse in Greek beneath) of Charles Hénault (1685-1770), conseiller au ... More >
£ 1,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 23029
London.
Faber & Faber, [1953].
First edition.
8vo.
238pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in blue, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle cocked, slight surface loss to head of spine and lower board, dustwrapper rubbed, spine panel chipped and sunned. Endpapers lightly browned. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With all best wishes / from / Gerald Durrell / 1953'. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 26089
Newcastle.
Printed by Edward Walker…for T. Bewick, 1821.
First edition.
8vo.
Two parts bound as one, as issued. 50, [2];49pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Uncut in contemporary gilt-tooled black half-roan, marbled boards. Rubbed and discoloured, lower joint starting, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of H. M. Clifford to FEP, scattered foxing. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 26175
Chiswick.
Printed by C. Whittigham, 1830.
12mo.
In two volumes. viii, 240; viii, 240pp. With half-titles. Numerous wood-engravings in the text. Bound by Hodgson of Liverpool in contemporary blue calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 21158
London.
The Casanova Society, 1926.
First British edition.
Quarto.
Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 85.00
Antiquates Ref. 24736
Oxford.
Clarendon Press, 1887.
New edition.
8vo.
xii, 515pp, [1]. With 407 woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary dark green calf-backed green cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional spotting/creasing. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23899
London.
Printed for James Duncan, 1825.
New edition.
8vo.
xix, [1], 245pp, [3]. With 28 engraved plates. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, marked, and sunned. Occasional spotting. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 18470
Dehra Dun.
Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1973.
8vo.
Three volumes bound as two. [2], xvii, [1], 500, v, [1]; [2], 266, 283pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrappers. Light shelf-wear, dustwrappers rubbed and creased, some chipping and very short tears. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 23361
Karachi.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
First edition.
Quarto.
xxxiii, [1], 298pp. With 104 plates of colour photographs. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, short closed tear to foot of dustwrapper spine panel. Ink library 'damaged' stamp to title page, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23214
London.
Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1845.
8vo.
xii, 360pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 51 engraved illustrations. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate to FEP, frontispiece a trifle creased, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 22161
London.
Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1903.
Second edition.
8vo.
In three volumes. With a photographic portrait frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Remnants of removed bookplates to FEPs, later inked ownership inscription to FFEP of Vol. I, occasional spotting. "Presentation copy", with embossed stamps to that effect to all title pages. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 21981
Stockholm.
The Continental Book Company AB, 1946.
Fifth edition, eighth impression.
8vo.
700pp. With fourteenth illustrations and four maps. Original publisher's buff cloth. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 22038
Taunton.
Published for the Society by Barnicott and Pearce, 1896.
First edition.
8vo.
lxi, [1], 437pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece and a folding map of the county.
[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of somerset. Taunton. Published by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. iv, 242pp.
8vo. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower joint split.Inked ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22039
[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of somerset. Taunton. Published by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. iv, 242pp.
8vo. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower joint split.Inked ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22039
[London].
Country Life & George Newnes Ltd., [1901].
First edition.
8vo.
xiv, 177pp, [1]. With 147 black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 21990
Edinburgh.
Edmonston and Douglas, 1868.
First edition.
8vo.
xv, [1], 416pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-ruled dark green cloth, letters in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Occasional spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 21655
Oxford.
[Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.], 1930.
8vo.
[4], viii, 49pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Near contemporary ink ownership inscription to FFEP, lightly foxed. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 16850
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., c.1905]
8vo.
Manuscript on paper. Three volumes; two in contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, marbled edges (predominantly filled, the second with numerous leaves excised); the third, black half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges (with many leaves unused). Extremities a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates of John Walker Ford to FEPs of both full-calf volumes. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 14484
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [1916].
Quarto.
Manuscript on paper. [5] leaves, four written on one side only, the fifth on both. Recent red cloth, lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplate of John Davie Manson Robertson to FEP, horizontal and vertical creases to all leaves. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 18941
London.
Macmillan & Co., 1871.
First edition.
8vo.
xv, [1], 296pp. With a half-title and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight chipping to head and foot of spine. Residue from removed bookplate to FEP, contemporary inked ownership to recto of half-title - later deleted with coloured pencil, inked private library shelf number to title-page, a trifle toned. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 18676
London.
Henry S. King & Co., 1876.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 254pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, split to head of upper joint. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 18678