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Photo of "The miner's dream"
[ALCOHOL]. The miner's dream. Helston, Cornwall. R. Woolcock, [s.d., c. 1860] Dimensions 180 x 260 mm. Single leaf broadside. Printed in double columns within engraved boarder. A trifle creased, several very short tears to margins. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24519
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ALDRICH, Henry. The elements of civil architecture... Oxford. Printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker, 1818. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 151pp, [1]. With a half-title, and engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further 55 engraved plates. Later black cloth, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title page, occasional spotting to plates. Armorial bookplate of Cranstoun of Corehouse to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25066
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ALFIERI, Victor. Memoirs of the life and writings of Victor Alfieri; written by himself. London. Printed for Henry Colburn, 1810. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. x, [1], 6-286; [7], 6-328pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Heavily rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Charles Cammell to both FEPs, later inked ownership inscriptions to free-endpapers, deleted inked inscription to head of Vol. II title page, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24743
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AMUNDSEN, Roald. Die Nordwest-Passage... München [i.e. Munich]. Albert Langen, 1908. First edition in German. 8vo. [14], 544pp. With a photographic frontispiece, numerous photographic illustrations in the text, and three maps (two folding). Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Extremities rubbed. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of Arctic explorer George Back, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23755
Photo of "The thousand and one nights, ..."
[ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Lane, Edward William. The thousand and one nights, commonly called in England, The Arabian Night's Entertainments. London. John Murray, 1859. New edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xxx, 555; xii, 578; xii, 704pp. With additional decorative title pages to each volume and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Thompson, Landells, Green, and others after William Darbey. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 15547
Photo of "Aristophanis aves. Cum prolegomenis et ..."
ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis aves. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1902. [6], xv, [1]. 275pp, [1]. With a half-title.

[Together with:] ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis lysistrata. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1903. [4], xiv, 177pp, [1]. With a half-title.

[And:] ARISTOPHANES. Aristophanis plutus. Cum prolegomenis et commentariis edidit J. van Leeuwen J. F. Lugduni-Batavorum [i.e. Leiden]. A. W. Sijthoff, 1904. [4], xxvi, 182pp. With a half-title.

[And:] ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24841
Photo of "The bible atlas, with ancient ..."
ARROWSMITH, Samuel. The bible atlas, with ancient and modern names, being a delineation of the geography, and a chronological arrangement of the history of the holy bible, as also of the apocryphal books and josephus. London. Published by the Author, 1835. First edition. Quarto. [22]pp. With an engraved title page and a further 21 engraved plates. Original publisher's green half-calf, marbled boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper. Extremities rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24851
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ASTON, F[rancis] W[illiam]. Isotopes. London. Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. viii, 152pp. Original publisher's blind-ruled navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Endpapers browned, bookseller's ticket to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25083
Photo of "Emma: a novel"
AUSTEN, Jane. Emma: a novel. London. [Printed by A. and G. A. Spottiswoode for] Richard Bentley, 1854. 8vo. [4], 435pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown buckram, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rubbed, a trifle marked, corners bumped. Light damp-staining to foot of all leaves. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20966
Photo of "A survey of the holy ..."
BANNISTER, J. T.. A survey of the holy land; its geography, history, and destiny. Designed to elucidate the imagery of scripture, and demonstrate the fulfilment of prophecy. Bath. Binns and Goodwin, [s.d., c. 1845] 8vo. xiv, 575pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved vignette to title page, and a further 19 engraved plates (several folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled green calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Bookplate of Sylvanus Fox to FEP, plates and title page foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24891
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BARROW, Isaac. A treatise of the Pope's Supremacy. To which is added a discourse Concerning The Unity of the Church. London. Printed by Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, 1680. First edition. Quarto. [8], 428, [2], 49pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. 'A discourse concerning the unity of the Church' (Wing B932) has separate title page and pagination beginning quire 4A. Without portrait frontispiece. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, later rebacked. Extremities worn, upper joint split, upper board held by two cords only. Bookplate of the Bath Reference Library to FEP, upper corner of text-block damp-stained, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15438
Photo of "An Egyptian Oasis.."
BEADNELL, H. J. Llewellyn. An Egyptian Oasis... London. John Murray, 1909. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 248pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 27 photographic plates, and four maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers browned, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24969
Photo of "Alfred, eller tiggargossen"
BELLAMY, Thomas. Alfred, eller tiggargossen. Örebro. Nils Magnus Lindh, 1804. First edition in Swedish. 12mo. In three volumes. 132; 172; 168pp. Uncut in contemporary (original?) marbled paper boards, later rebacked in marbled paper, early paper labels, with manuscript shelf marks, to spines. Extremities worn, extensive surface loss to spines. Inked ownership inscriptions and shelf-marks to head of all titles, occasional closed tears and paper repairs to gutter margins. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 18477
Photo of "A history of British birds"
BEWICK, Thomas. A history of British birds. Newcastle. Printed by J. Blackwell and Co., 1847. 8vo. In two volumes. xxxvi, 374, [4]; xxiii, [1], xi, [1], 406pp, [4]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, later expertly rebacked preserving original spine panels. Lightly rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions to both FEPs, scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16563