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Photo of "Epitheta joannis ravisii textoris, nivernensis.."
TIXIER DE RAVISI, Jean. Epitheta joannis ravisii textoris, nivernensis... [Geneva]. Jacobus Stœr, 1606. 8vo. 134, [2]pp, 508ff. Title within decorative woodcut border. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title in manuscript to spine, carmine edges. A trifle rubbed and discoloured. Pastedowns sprung, early inked ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title page, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ooi. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 35202
Photo of "The day the red baron ..."
TITLER, Dale M.. The day the red baron died. London. Ian Allen Ltd., 1973. Revised edition. Large 8vo. [16] 328pp. Original publisher's black cloth lettered silver, with the original photographic dustwrapper. Lightly bumped and marked, internally bright and clean. With various related ephemera loosely inserted including five newspaper clippings; a signed envelope, photocopy of a letter, and referenced enclosed photograph of Sqn Ldr C. P. O. Bartlett, DSC, who writes of participating in dog-fights with the 'startlingly coloured fokker tri-planes'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34972
Photo of "Pheasants: their Natural History and ..."
TEGETMEIER, W[illiam] B[ernard]. Pheasants: their Natural History and Practical Management. London. Horace Cox, 1881. Second edition. Large quarto. iv, [2], 142pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 12 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Charles R. C. Hilbert to FEP, later inked ownership inscription of Henry Williamson to recto of FFEP, marginal worm-tracks to ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27141
Photo of "[Seven Weeks at Tarbert]"
[TARBERT]. [Seven Weeks at Tarbert]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1897] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [36] leaves, of which 14 blank. 23 ink/pencil sketches, and two watercolours, pasted in. Contemporary buff limp card wrappers. Extremities rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30848
Photo of "Good Queen anne vindicated, and ..."
[SWIFT, Jonathan]. Good Queen anne vindicated, and The Ingratitude, Insolence, &c. of her whig ministry and the allies Detected and Exposed, in the Beginning and Conducting of the war... London. Printed and sold by W. Owen, 1748. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Latter half of text-block separated into individual gatherings. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Hesketh Yarburgh to head of half-title. Lightly dust-soiled, some chipping to head of initial five leaves, occasional spotting/creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20765
Photo of "Stuthard's trilby deck"
STUTHARD, Joe. Stuthard's trilby deck. Billericay. Kaymar Magic, 1948. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With a loosely inserted supplementary pamphlet and numerous engraved and photographic in-text illustrations. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, some toning to wrappers, staples rusted. Internally clean & crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34509
Photo of "Famiani stradæ prolusiones academicæ"
STRADA, Famiano. Famiani stradæ prolusiones academicæ. Oxonii, [i.e. Oxford]. E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Jac. Fletcher Bibliopolæ, 1745. 8vo. [12], 325pp, [21]. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, later red paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Pastedowns sprung, early manuscript bibliographical note to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23315
Photo of "The survay of london: Containing ..."
STOW, John. The survay of london: Containing The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie... London. Printed by George Purslowe, 1618. Third edition. Quarto. [12], 20, [4], 21-980pp, [4]. Contemporary mottled calf, recently rebacked, black calf lettering-piece, endpapers renewed. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Frederick Arthur Hawker to FEP, small burn-marks to leaves Y8 and Z1, marginal burn-holes to leaves Ss3-5, small worm-track to head of single gathering (Pp1-8), burn-holes to leaves Mmm1-5, touching text in places with slight loss of sense, latter half of text-block dampstained. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32869
Photo of "Excursions in the County of ..."
STOCKDALE, F[rederick] W[ilton] L[itchfield] . Excursions in the County of Cornwall, comprising a concise historical and topographical delineation of the principal towns and villages...illustrated with fifty engravings, including a map of the county.. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1824. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 171pp, [9]. With a terminal index and list of plates. an engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title page, large folding map, numerous engraved in-text illustrations, and 48 further engraved plates, largely depicting the landscapes and settlements of Cornwall. Finely bound in contemporary green morocco, richly gilt-tooled, and lettered in gilt to spine. Pink silk moiré endpapers, A.E.G. Book-label of Liam Sims, FSA to ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33117
Photo of "The Rivers of Paradise and ..."
STIRLING, Major William. The Rivers of Paradise and Children of Shem, with a copious appendix, and a disquisition concerning the expedition of sesostris into india. London. Rivingtons, 1855. First edition. 8vo. 88pp. With two lithographed plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. With two A.L.S. in the hand of the author, both addressed to Sir William Stirling Maxwell; the first (dated 20th January, 1855) presenting this copy, the second (dated 2nd October, 1855) apologising for his unsuccessful attempt to procure from ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30993
Photo of "Don gypsy: Adventures with a ..."
STARKIE, Walter. Don gypsy: Adventures with a Fiddle in Barbary, Andalusia and La Mancha. London. John Murray, [1836]. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 525pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece and six plates by Arthur Rackham, a large folding map. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (stamp-signed to front pastedown) in later gilt- tooled red morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Original publisher's cloth bound at rear. Lightly rubbed. Very light scattered spotting to initial leaves. Overall a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32716
Photo of "Rome on the euphrates"
STARK, Freya. Rome on the euphrates. London. John Murray, [1966]. First edition. 8vo. xi, 481pp, [1]. With half-title; title page in red and black. Original publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, with original pictorial printed paper dust-wrapper. Light wear to edges of dust-wrapper; otherwise, a fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34960
Photo of "The life of nelson"
SOUTHEY, Robert. The life of nelson. London. Printed for John Murray, 1813. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 253, [3]; viii, 280pp. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece of Nelson to Vol. I, and engraved reproductions of his signature as frontispiece to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines a trifle dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Thomas Baring to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Acheson to front blank fly-leaves. The first ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34588
Photo of "Watchman, what of the night?"
SMITH, Henry. Watchman, what of the night?. London. Marcus Ward, [1896]. Oblong quarto. [10]pp. Illustrated throughout by Winifred Smith. Bound with ribbon tied at spine in original publisher's pictorial buff wrappers, printed in red and black, A trifle rubbed and marked, ribbon partially perished. Illustration on initial leaf deftly hand-coloured, foxed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33338
Photo of "The greatest aces "
SIMS. Edward H. . The greatest aces . New York. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First edition. Lrg 8vo. 294pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards stamped & lettered silver, with the original illustrated dustwrapper. Sixteen pages of illustrations and eight maps throughout. Extensively autographed by both Allied and Axis fighter crew. A printed list of the most successful German aces is pasted to the FFEP, and verso the title page of the Ballantine Books edition of the same title, also extensively signed. Loosely inserted ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 34298