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COTTON, Thomas. Oriental roundabout. [Nottingham]. Private publication [Thos. Forman & Sons], [1957]. First edition. 8vo. Number 131 of an unspecified limitation. [6], 122pp. With five photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt. A trifle cocked. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author beneath foreword. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28754
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CRANE, Walter. Flora's feast. London, Paris, New York & Melbourne. Cassell & Company, 1899. First edition. Quarto. 40pp, [2], 8pp. Lithographed throughout, with numerous in-text illustrations and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, with glassine wrapper. A trifle rubbed and bumped, wrapper chipped and torn, with loss More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31498
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [The humourist: a Complete Set of the Forty Celebrated Coloured Etchings by george cruikshank of which thirty are Choice Undivided Proofs Before the Publisher's Inscriptions and of the utmost rarity]. [London]. Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. First edition. Oblong quarto. 40 hand-coloured etchings on 20 leaves, with a neat manuscript title leaf bound in at front. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red crushed morocco, A.E.G., green paper endpapers, gilt dentellles. Typed bookseller's description tipped-in to front blank fly-leaf. Slightest shelf-wear to extremities, else a fine copy. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32653
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[DANIEL, George]. Catalogue of the most valuable, interesting and highly important library of the late george daniel, esq. of canonbury...Which will be sold at auction, by messrs. sotheby, wilkinson & hodge...On wednesday, the 20th of july, 1864, and Nine following Days... [London]. J. Davy & Sons, [1864]. 8vo. v, [1], 164, [2], 165-222pp. Later black roan-backed dark green moire cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Without backstrip. Scattered spotting. Bookplate of Henry W. Fincham to FEP, manuscript note 'Lots in the catalogue of The Library of the late George Daniel purchased by the British Museum' tipped-in to recto FFEP, newspaper clipping concerning the sale of the library of the Earl ... More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 18495
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[DARTON]. [The world]. London. Darton, [s.d., between 1808 and 1866] 480 x 250 mm. Box dimension 207 x 160 x 550 mm.. One hand-coloured engraved map, mounted on wood, dissected into 47 pieces; displaying two hemispheres, each 230cmm in diameter. A little marking to surface, one plug missing. Preserved in the original wooden box (?light pine), with a sliding top; the latter featuring the printed label 'World', the side of the box with another reading 'Darton, London: Warranted' . More > £ 3,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33548
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DAVID, Elizabeth. French country cooking. London. John Lehmann, [1951]. First edition. 8vo. 247pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, contrasting tan morocco lettering-piece. Clean and crisp. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. dated 29th May, 1979: 'Dear Mrs. Poulson, Thank you so very much for your letter of May 9th. My goodness, that binding sounds very grand indeed - too much so I am afraid for my very simple little. It was only my ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30851
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DEXTER, Walter. The London of Dickens. London. Cecil Palmer, [1923]. First edition. 8vo. 269pp, [3]. With half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Very lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of D Farringdon to FEP. Inked gift inscription signed 'With Walt Dexter's kindest remembrances, 19th June 1923' to FFEP. With a loosely inserted contemporary business card of the author. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34836
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DEXTER, Walter. The Kent of Dickens. London. Cecil Palmer, [s.d., c.1924] First edition. 8vo. 245pp, [1]. With half-title and a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. A presentation copy, with the author's inked inscription: 'kindest regards, Walt Dexter' to FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, light spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34838
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DICKENS, Charles. The story of little dombey. London. Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition, first issue. 16mo. [2], 121pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and black, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. Original publisher's green pictorial wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30819
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[DICKENS, Charles]. Characters from Charles Dickens. A game. [London]. [Jaques & Son, Hatton Garden], [s.d., c. 1875] Card dimensions: 650 x 930 mm. 54 stiff printed paper cards, backed in glazed lilac paper, including a rule card and 'receive one counter from each player' card. Preserved within the rare publisher's two-part glazed cream box, with front and rear of lower portion featuring a coloured title ('The characters of Charles Dickens. An interesting game' and illustration of Mr. Pickwick) and an advertisement for another Jacques game ('Bumble Puppy' respectively). ... More > £ 2,400.00 Antiquates Ref. 33584
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DODDRIDGE, P[hilip]. The rise and progress of religion in the soul: illustrated in a course of serious and practical addresses, suited to persons of every character and situation: with a devout meditation, or prayer, added to each chapter.. London. Printed for the Religious Tract Society, 1827. 8vo. [4], 284pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled burgundy straight-grain half-morocco, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight surface wear to boards. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Martha Capron, The gift of her affectionate sister Ann Halliley, Dec. 1833' to FFEP. Endpapers browned and stained. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34666
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[DOWLING, Francis]. Fights for the championship; and celebrated prize battles; or accounts of all the prize battles for the championship from the days of figg and broughton to the present time... London. Published at "Bell's Life" Office, 1855. First edition. 8vo. iv, 432pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription of Charles W. A. Oakeley to FEP, single manuscript correction to text, annotations concerning the 1858 fight between Tom Sayers and Tom Paddock to verso of terminal leaf and RFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33820
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DRINKWATER, John. A history of the late siege of gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest perids.. London. Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son...And sold by J. Johnson, 1790. Fourth edition. Quarto. xxiv, 356pp. With ten folding engraved charts and views, three of which with old repairs to verso. Contemporary tree calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, elaborate gilt decoration within spine compartments with central domed bell. Worn, with upper joint split (holding well on the cords), lower joint cracking, loss at head of spine, bumping to corners, with loss, some scuffing. Some spotting, two manuscript corrections ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 20462
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[DRINKWATER, John]. [An archive of material relating to Drinkwater's 1918 play Abraham Lincoln]. London. FINDON, B. W. [editor]. The Play Pictorial: No. 234, Vol. XXXIX: "Abraham Lincoln". [London]. [Greening & Co.], [1921]. [1], 42-60pp. Later green cloth, lettered in gilt. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Leaves damp-stained, occasional chipping to margins. Eight reproduction photographs of Lincoln pasted to front and rear endpapers.

[Together with:] [DRINKWATER, John]. [PARKER, Lewis N. [translator]]. [A typescript Italian ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22686
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[DRINKWATER, John]. [A clutch of manuscript prayers in the hand of John Drinkwater]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Dimensions: 140 x 220 mm. Manuscript on paper. Seven loose light-weight leaves, housed in custom red cloth folder. Inked gift inscription to foot of one leaf: 'To Jess / with humble apologise / and wishing her in / retrospect a merry / Christmas and in prospect / a Happy New Year / John Drinkwater / Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 22687
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[DUCAREL, Andrew Coltée] . Bibliotheca topographica britannica. No V. Containing the history of the royal hospital and collegiate church of St. katharine, near the tower of london, from its foundation in the year 1273, to the present time. . London. Printed by and for J.Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1782. First edition. Quarto. iv, viii, 46pp, 74pp,*74-*75, 75-112pp. With an additional title page, engraved frontispiece, seven large folding engravings, and six further engraved plates, depicting the exterior, interior, and architectural detail of the chapel. Loosely inserted ALS by the Warden of the Chapel, dated 1926. Later half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight surface loss to joints and ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 17525