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O'SHEA, John Augustus. Romantic spain: A Record of Personal Experiences. London. Ward and Downey, 1887. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 311, [1]; ix, [1], 317pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, red cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title of Vol. II, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33044
BYRON, Lord. Fugitive pieces and Reminiscenes of lord byron: containing an enitre new edition of the hebrew melodies, with the addition of several never before published... London. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1829. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xxxvi, 196, 11pp, [1]. Without half-title. With six terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary brown cloth. Rubbed, spine dulled, paper label of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. Upper hinge exposed, endpapers and advertisement leaves dampstained, occasional ink-stamps of Nottingham Public Libraries throughout, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33022
BYRON, Lord. The bride of abydos. A turkish tale. London. Printed by Thomas Davison...for John Murray, 1813. Fourth edition. [4], 72pp.

[Bound with:] [BYRON, Lord]. Ode to napoleon buonaparte. London. Printed for John Murray...by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. Fifth edition. 17pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper board held by cords only, paper labels of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. Armorial bookplate of Francis Launder to ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33021
BYRON, Lord. Cain, A Mystery. London. Printed for the booksellers, published by W. Benbow, 1824. 12mo. 85, [1], 2pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Recent red half-cloth, marbled paper boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Rubbed spine dulled, paper label of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. Library loan label to recto of FFEP, wrappers heavily rubbed and stained, paper repair to lower corner of upper wrapper, ink-stamps of Nottingham Public Libraries throughout, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33017
JAFFRAY, Alexander. Diary of alexander jaffray, provost of aberdeen, one of the scottish commissioners to king charles II., and a member of cromwell's parliament... London. Published by Harvey & Darton, 1833. First edition. 8vo. xxx, [2], 592pp. With a plate of Jaffray's handwriting in facsimile. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, recently rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip, marbled edges. Recent book-label of B. B. Holmes to recto of FFEP, plate browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33015
JAMES, G[eorge] P[ayne] R[ainsford]. The robber. A tale. Paris. Published by A. and W. Galignani and Cie., 1838. 8vo. [2], 370pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Terminal leaf laid-down, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33003
[REDDING, Cyrus]. The pictorial history of the county of lancaster: with one hundred and seventy illustrations and a map.. London. George Routledge, 1844. First edition. 8vo. [4], 238, xlviii pp. With an engraved folding map and 170 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Conservative politician Sir Mervyn Lloyd Peel (1856-1929) to FEP, blind-stamp of Manchester-based bookseller Simms to FFEP, map foxed, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33000
KERMODE, P[hilip] M[oore] C[allow]. Catalogue of the manks crosses with the runic inscriptions and various readings and renderings compared. [Ramsay] Isle of Man. C. B. Heyes, [1892]. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 60pp. With engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-tooled brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, small circular paper label pasted to upper board. Photographic images of Manks crosses tipped-in to recto of FFEP and title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32999
THIERS, A[dolphe]. The history of the french revolution. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1861. 8vo. [4], 972pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked, sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32996
HOWARD, Alfred. The beauties of byron, consisting of selections from his works. London. Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg, [s.d., c. 1835] 12mo. [4], 212pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Modern tan cloth-backed brown paper boards, original publisher's printed covers pasted over, lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's covers marked, chipped, and discoloured. Manuscript dates to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32994
HOWARD, Alfred. The beauties of byron, consisting of selections from his works. London. Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg, [s.d., c. 1835] 12mo. [4], 212pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed, lightly marked. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, offsetting to title page, manuscript shelf-marks to verso, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32993
ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. Second series. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. v, [3], 210, vi, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Ticket of Westerton's Library of London to FEP, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32991
ROWE, Elizabeth. Friendship in Death: in twenty letters from the Dead to the Living. To which are added, letters Moral and Entertaining, In Prose and Verse: In three parts. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1750. 12mo. xix, [1], 292pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, marked, some loss to head of spine. Hinges exposed, without FFEP, early inked ownership inscription of Joseph Steevens to title page, long tear to leaf I4 - naively repaired at margin, loss to foot of leaf P4, with slight loss to catchword, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32978
AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood, a romance. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. [5], viii-xvii, [1], 344pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, small ink-stain to p.301, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32974
BYRON, Lord. Ode to napoleon buonaparte. London. Printed for John Murray...by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. Sixth edition. 8vo. [7], 10-17pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Recent green cloth, blind-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Typed bookseller's pasted to FEP, blind-stamp and manuscript shelf-mark of Nottingham Public Libraries to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32972