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[FOXHOUNDS]. A list of the york and ainsty hounds, from 1841. York. John Sotheran, [1886]. 8vo. 137 leaves, printed on rectos only. Handsomely bound by Sotheran's of York in contemporary black straight-grain morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A. E.G. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31735
[JAMES, Thomas]. The honey bee. Reprinted from the 'Quarterly Review'. London. John Murray, 1852. 8vo. [4], 99pp, [1].

[Bound after:] JAMES, Thomas. The history and antiquities of northamptonshire. London. John Murray, 1864. iv, 103pp, [1].

[And:] [JAMES, Thomas]. The flower garden. With an essay on the poetry of gardening. London. John Murray, 1852. 108pp.

8vo. Handsomely presented in richly gilt-tooled green calf, with the titles of the works lettered in gilt to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. With an ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32208
[WOMEN]. [A manuscript commonplace, predominantly concerning the character of women]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1830] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [101]ff, the remainder blank. Paper watermarked 1829. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription and later manuscript note on the provenance of the volume in the hand of a descendent of the original compiler to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30041
QUARMBY, William. Zoluman, a tragedy, and other poems. London. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., [1870]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 116pp. With an errata slip tipped to verso of FFEP, with a vertical crease to both. Interleaved throughout with blank leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32374
LITTLETON, [Sir Thomas].. Littleton's tenures in English. Lately perused and amended. London. Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1627. 8vo. 142ff, [2]. Later (twentieth-century?) gilt-tooled brown calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, joints cracking at head and foot of spine, trimmed ownership inscription to head of title, occasional marginal numeration; nevertheless, a nicely presented and firmly bound example of an often heavily used legal text. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25196
[ALMANACS]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's almanack, For the year of our lord 1762... [London]. Printed by A. Wilde, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T58266.

[Bound with:] The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our lord 1762... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1762. 48pp. Title and calendar printed in red and black. ESTC T57483.

[And:] WING, Tycho. Olympia Domata; or, an almanack for the year of Our Lord God, 1762... London. ... More >
£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27435
STROUD, George M. A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the united states of america. Philadelphia. Henry Longstreth, 1856. Second edition. 8vo. 300pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, chipping to head cap. Endpapers browned, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J T. Coleridge / Southwick Crescent / Febry. 1863', long tear to p.297-298 - touching text without loss of sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 475.00 Antiquates Ref. 26021
[BONAPARTE, Napoleon]. The life of napoleon bonaparte, late emperor of the french, selected from the most authentic sources. London. Milner and Company, [s.d., c. 1890] 16mo. x, 440pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative red cloth. Rubbed and cocked, joints starting. Text block attached to binding by lower hinge only. Blind-stamp of John Fowles to FFEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32431
MILLHOUSE, Robert. The Sonnets and Songs... Nottingham. Norris & Cokayne, 1881. First edition. 12mo. xix, [1], 91pp, [1]. With a frontispiece. Original publisher's dark green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lettering-piece browned and chipped. Bookplate of Nottingham Public Libraries to FEP, blind-stamp of same to title, inked shelf-mark to verso, marginal tears/chipping to frontispiece, leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32503
MUDIE, Robert. Man, as a moral and accountable being. London. Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1840. First edition. 12mo. xiii, [1], 262pp. With a engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Early inked ownership inscription and blind-stamp of bookseller G. Winterburn of Bolton to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32445
[DONNELLAN, John]. A defence and Substance of the Trial of john donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for the murder of Sir theodosius boughton...Founded on the case solemnly attested by the Sufferer after his Conviction, and published at the Request of his Solicitors, Messr. inge and webb. London. Printed for John Bell, 1781. First edition. Folio. iv, [1], 28-72, xii, [4], [1], 6-25pp. Partially misbound. With a tipped-in errata slip. Nineteenth century calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Extensive contemporary manuscript notes to margins, title page and terminal leaf (G1) laid-down, occasional short tears touching text (without loss of sense), majority of leaves later repaired/reinforced at gutter with paper (at times obscuring manuscript notes), spotted. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28228
[THEATRE]. Etrennes de thalie, ou precis historique sur les acteurs et actrices celebres Des trois grands Theatres de la Capitale; suivi d'un Choix d'Anecdotes dramatiques, et d'un Traite de Declamation. Avex soixante portraits. A Paris. Chez Mr. Ve. Hoquart.., 1811. First edition. 24mo in 8s. [14], [v]-xi, [1], 102, [vii]-viii; [5]-128pp, [i]-iii, [1]. Two parts in one volume, with the index of each bound to follow the respective parts. With half-title, and a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece portrait, and 59 further hand-coloured portraits throughout. Finely bound in nineteenth-century elaborately gilt-tooled straight-grained green morocco, housed within a green morocco slipcase. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. From the libraries of Carlo De Poortere and Sir ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28789
HOWITT, William. The book of the seasons; or the calendar of nature. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 404pp. With twelve engraved plates. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Without lettering-piece. Rubbed and sunned. later inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32432
LAWSON, Henry. In the days when the world was wide and other verses. Sydney. Angus and Robertson, 1896. Third thousand. 8vo. 234pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32439
MARTINEAU, John. Letters from australia. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo. xvi, [2], 206pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32440
STEPNIAK, [Sergius]. Nihilism as it is. London. T. Fisher Unwin, [1894?] First edition in English. 8vo. xi, [1], 122pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped and lettered in black. Rubbed, spine dulled. Endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32435