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Photo of "Eastern approaches"
MACLEAN, Fitzroy. Eastern approaches. London. Jonathan Cape, 1949. First edition. Small 8vo. 543pp, [1]. With three folding maps (of Central Asia, the Western Desert, and Yugoslavia), photographic frontispiece, and 11 further photographic plates (the final plate containing four illustrations). Original publisher's red cloth, gilt, with original dustwrapper displaying 15s price. Corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy. Some foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper with some light spotting and marking, chipping and creasing to extremities. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 21188
Photo of "The darwin reader"
DARWIN, Charles. The darwin reader. London. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1957. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 481pp, [1]. With a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Slight edgewear to dustwrapper, inked price to front flap. Light browning to endpapers. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21515
Photo of "The people's palace"
SITWELL, Sacheverell. The people's palace. Oxford. B. H. Blackwell, 1918. First edition. 8vo. No. XXII in the "Adventurers All" Series. 52pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and title page, and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's orange-brown wrappers, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper wrapper. Extremities a trifle creased. Internally immaculate. From the library of the Marquess of Crewe, with his inked ownership inscription of 'Crewe' to upper wrapper. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21533
Photo of "Charlie and jeanie in the ..."
[CHARLIE AND JEANIE]. Charlie and jeanie in the country. London. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1859]. First edition. 8vo. 45pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and three engraved vignettes. Original publisher's printed pictorial powder blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased, slight chipping to spine. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP, frontispiece spotted, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20990
Photo of "Lucius junius brutus; father of ..."
LEE, Nat[haniel]. Lucius junius brutus; father of his country. A tragedy. London. Printed for Richard Tonson, 1681. First edition. Quarto. [8], 72pp, [1]. With a final epilogue leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later paper repairs to margins and verso of title page, and lower margins of leaves A4 and I1, pen-trials to p.[8] and fore-edge of p.2, paper flaw to p.5 - with very slight loss of sense, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20338
Photo of "The first world war 1914-1918"
REPINGTON, C. a Court, Lieut.-Col.. The first world war 1914-1918. London. Constable and Company Ltd., 1921. Tenth impression. 8vo. In two volumes. xvii, [1], 621, [1]; xiii, [1], 581pp, [1]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher' green cloth, ruled in black and blind, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle spotted. Endpapers browned. Admiral Jellicoe's copy, with his inked ownership inscriptions to FEPs. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21507
Photo of "Q-ships and their story"
CHATTERTON, E. Keble. Q-ships and their story. London. Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., 1922. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 276pp. With a black and white photographic frontispiece, a further 31 black and white plates, and 16 diagrams in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some soiling to upper board and spine. Upper hinge exposed, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21506
Photo of "An epitomized History of The ..."
HAY, George Jackson, Colonel. An epitomized History of The Militia (The "Constitutional Force") together with the origin, periods of embodied service, and special services (including south africa, 1899-1902), of militia units existing october 31, 1905. London. United Service Gazette, [s.d., 1906?] First edition. 8vo. [4], 444pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Later armorial bookplate of the Baron's Raglan, bearing the name 'Cefntilla', to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21498
Photo of "The Great Jowett"
GREENE, Graham. The Great Jowett. London. The Bodley Head, [1981]. Limited edition. 8vo. Signed limited edition, number 203 of 525 copies printed. [2], 43pp, [1]. Original publisher's orange buckram, lettered in gilt, original acetate wrapper. Very minor shelfwear, spine and top-edge sunned. Internally immaculate. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17059
Photo of "Yes and No and For ..."
GREENE, Graham. Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes. London. The Bodley Head, [1983]. Limited edition. 8vo. Signed limited edition, number 109 of 750 copies printed. [2], 91pp, [1]. Origianl publishers olive green cloth, lettered in gilt, original acetate dustwrapper. Very minor shelfwear. Internally immaculate. A fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17058
Photo of "Letters from a Lost Uncle ..."
PEAKE, Mervyn. Letters from a Lost Uncle (from polar regions). [London]. [Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd.], [1948]. First edition. 8vo. [132]pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings in soft pencil interspersed with typewritten text and passages in the author's hand. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered and decorated in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper soiled and torn, loss to lower panel and spine. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21529
Photo of "Doctor dolittle and the green ..."
LOFTING, Hugh. Doctor dolittle and the green canary. London. Published by Jonathan Cape, [1951]. First U.K. edition. 8vo. 286pp. With an illustrated colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in dark green, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper toned and edgeworn, loss to head of spine, priceclipped. Pictorial endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 17339
Photo of "Last essays"
CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286
Photo of "The end of the affair"
GREENE, Graham. The end of the affair. London. William Heinemann Ltd., 1951. First edition. 8vo. [6], 237pp, [1]. Original publisher's grey boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper toned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Inked initials to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17062
Photo of "The life and pontificate of ..."
ROSCOE, William. The life and pontificate of leo the tenth. [London]. George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [s.d., 1883?] 8vo. In two volumes. xxix, [1], 482; [6], 535pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary decorated paper boards, hand drawn fleur-de-lis motifs in red ink to upper boards, hand-ruled in green, gilt-tooled calf onlays, calf lettering-pieces, all edges red. Lightly dust-soiled. Brocade endpapers, inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I, occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21525
Photo of "The life of wellington"
MAXWELL, W[illiam] H[amilton]. The life of wellington. London. Bickers & Son, 1883. New edition, revised, condensed and completed. 8vo. viii, [2], With a portrait frontispiece, a further 10 plates in permanent photography, and an engraved folding plan of the Battle of Waterloo. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros of Hillbrow School, Rugby to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, upper board, spine, and top-edge heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 16486
Photo of "The Life of Nelson...with twelve ..."
SOUTHEY, Robert. The Life of Nelson...with twelve illustrations by westall, printed in woodburytype, plans, &c. London. Bickers and Son, 1883. 8vo. xiv, [2], 351pp, [1]. Frontispiece and a further 13 illustrations, 11 of which are Woodburytypes, one a facsimile of Nelson's signatures, and one a folding plan of the Battle of the Nile. Contemporary gilt-tooled burgundy calf, gilt supralibros of Hillbrow School, Rugby to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, lower board, spine, and top-edge heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 16487
Photo of "Seven pillars of wisdom: a ..."
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph. London. Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Fifth edition, fourth impression. 8vo. 700pp. With a portrait frontispiece, seven further plates, seven illustrations in the text, and four maps. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt, top-edge blue, printed paper dustwrapper. Very slight browning to dustwrapper, else clean and crisp. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21505