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[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630
MURDOCH, Iris.. [A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. . London. [vs., 1980-1999] [vs. editions]. 8vo. 20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.

[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.

[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes ... More >
£ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25826
WALTON, Izaak. The life of Mr. george herbert... London. Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Rich: Marriott, 1670. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 146pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. A reissue, with cancel title page, of the edition with 'Richard Marriott' in the imprint. Contemporary speckled calf boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed. Inked ownership inscription 'C. Preston. 1812' and later armorial bookplate of John Norcliffe Preston of Flasby Hall, Yorkshire, to FEP, head of leaf A3 a trifle shaved, early manuscript note to verso of RFEP: 'Sacred ... More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 28323
[LOCKHART, John Gibson]. Peter's letters to his kinsfolk. Edinburgh. Printed for William Blackwood, 1819. Second edition [i.e. first edition]. 8vo. In three volumes. xv, [2], vi-viii, 333, [1]; viii, 363, [1]; ix, [3], 351, [1], 24pp. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, a further 13 engraved portrait plates, and four vignettes. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Bookseller's tickets of J. Robertson & Co. of Edinburgh to all FEPs, labels of the Colinsburgh subscription library to ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28506
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Poems. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1873. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], xxvi, [2], 282pp, [4]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from her loving father, July 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32058
[ROSCOE, Jane Elizabeth]. Poems, by one of authors of "poems for youth, by a family circle.". London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. 12mo. iv, 66pp. Original publisher's powder blue boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, loss to lettering-piece, corners bumped and exposed. Bookseller's ticket of W. Robinson & Son of Liverpool and early book-label of E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, to FEP, pencilled bibliographical note to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28347
COLERIDGE, Ernest Hartley. Poems. Chertsey. [Frank E. Taylor, Printer] Not Published, 1881. First edition. 8vo. viii, 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, wear to head and foot of dulled spine, corners bumped and exposed. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32064
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Poems before congress. London. Chapman and Hall, 1860. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 65, [3], 32pp. With half-title and publisher's catalogue at rear. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, gilt-titled. Rubbed, darkening to spine. With Stopford Brooke's bookplate to FEP, and ownership inscription dated March 1860 to head of half-title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32046
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. My Fossils. Vol. I [all published?]. Dublin. George Herbert, 1880. First edition. 8vo. [6], vi, 308pp, [2]. Original publisher's green gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with bumping to corners and chipping to spine. FFEP detached. Inked inscription to FEP: 'Edward Brooke, 11 Herbert Street Dublin - 1880'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32061
WORDSWORTH, William. The excursion, being a portion of the recluse, a poem. London. Longman, 1820. Second edition. 8vo. xx, 452pp, [2]. Original publisher's buff paper boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, with bumping to edges and corners and a small loss to top of spine. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke January 1902'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32057
KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. E.H. Moonshine Fairy Stories. London. Macmillan and Co., 1871. Second edition. 8vo. [3], x, [2], 338pp, [2]. A leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear. With half-title, a wood-engraved frontispiece depicting 'Charlie among the elves' and seven further wood- engraved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in gilt and black. Splitting to joints, loss to head and foot of spine. Heavily worn and marked. Inked inscription to half-title: 'Honor Brooke from her loving father S. A. Brooke, Xtmas ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32062
ROSSETTI, William Michael. Shelley adonais. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1891. 8vo. viii, 154, 20pp. Original publisher's green gilt-tooled cloth. Partially unopened. Inked ownership inscription of 'Stopford A. Brooke 1891' to FEP. Some rubbing to extremities. Small split at head of lower joint. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32043
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1865. First edition. 8vo. xx, 302pp., [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-decorated brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, bumping to corners. Two inked inscriptions to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke', 'Send it home at once'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32045
WORDSWORTH, William. The recluse. London. Macmillan and co, 1888. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp., [2]. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, else a crisp copy. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription 'Stopford A. Brooke' to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32050
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. Recollections of the irish church. London. Macmillan and Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. [6], 212, 36pp. With half-title, and tipped-in errata slip, and terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth. Some rubbing and historic water damage to boards. Two inscriptions to half-title: pencilled, 'S. A. Brooke, Aug: 1882'; inked, 'Maud Brooke from Father'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32049
ROGERS, John Benjamin. The Days of Harold. A metrical tale. London. Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman, 1816. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-x, 404pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Ticket of Dorking-based bookseller and jeweller Langley to FEP, offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20717
DE SELINCOURT, E.. English poets and the national ideal. London. Oxford university press, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [1], 119pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in guilt to spine. Some fading to spine, discolouration to endpapers. With inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Stopford A. Brooke, with Grateful memories of Four Winds. from the writer. Sept 1915.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32047
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. The story of parson annaly. Dublin. George Drought, 1870. First edition. 8vo. [2], 429pp., [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's half-calf with gilt-tooled morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, with wear to corners and edges. Marbled endpapers and edges. Pencilled inscription to FFEP: 'M Rolleston, 1908'. Inked presentation inscription to page [iii]: 'To William Grahame Brooke. from his loving father R. S. Brooke. Wyton. Christmas 1870'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32053