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VIRGIL. The works of virgil, translated by john dryden. London. Printed for Scott and Webster, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 476pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32934
ANDREWES, Lancelot. The private devotions... London. Suttaby and Co., 1883. New edition. 16mo. xix, [1], 240pp. Partially unopened in contemporary gilt-ruled brown crushed half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32933
ONE WHO HAS BEEN "ALMOST WORRIED TO DEATH". The greatest plague of life or the adventures of a lady in search of a good servant. Edited by the brothers mayhew. London. George Routledge and Sons, [1892]. 12mo. [2], 285pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved vignette to title, and a further 11 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33040
POUND, Ezra. H. S. Mauberley. Milano [i.e. Milan]. All'Insega del Pesce d'Oro, [1959]. 8vo. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 218. 57pp, [2]. Illustration to upper wrapper and two plates of illustrations by Jean Cocteau. With three plates Parallel English and Italian text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33023
LENORMAND, Seb[astien]. Nouveau manuel complet du relieur en tous genres contenant les art de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, du Brocheur, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, du Marbreur sur tranches et du Doreur sur tranches et sur cuir. Paris. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1890. 12mo. viii, 428pp. With four engraved folding plates. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine.Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33027
MAGNUS, Philip. King edward the seventh. [London]. John Murray, [1964]. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 528pp. With numerous photographic plates and two folding genealogical tables. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, light blue cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32969
[CECIL, John]. Sixty curious and authentic narratives and anecdotes respecting Extraordinary Characters: illustrative pf the tendency of credulity and fanaticism; exemplifying the imperfections of circumstantial evidence; and recording singular instances of voluntary human suffering. London. Printed for Richard Beckley, 1822. New edition. 12mo. [2], vi, [2], 288pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lightly marked, some surface loss to upper board. Armorial bookplate of Samuel Dendy to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33038
LEGH, Richmond. Domestic portraiture; or, the successful application of religious principle in the education of a family; exemplified in the memoirs of three of the deceased children of the rev. legh richmond. London. Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1847. Seventh edition. 8vo. xxviii, 372pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine a trifle dulled. Marbled endpapers, ticket of Josiah Fletcher, bookseller of Norwich to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Henry & Mary Anne Birkbeck / from / their very affectionate friend / Catherine Gurney / 25th Oct. 1849'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33001
POLLARD, Captain Hugh B[ertie] C[ampbell]. Automatic pistols. London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, [1920]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 110pp. With a frontispiece and a further 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33010
READE, A. Arthur. The Literary Ladder. London. S. W. Partridge and Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. [8], 88pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32992
COLLINS, A[rchie] Frederick. Shooting for boys. New York. Moffat, Yard and Company, 1917. First edition. 8vo. xx, [1], 201pp. With photographic frontispiece of Eliphalet Remington, The Boy Gun Maker. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33126
TRIMMER, Mrs. [Sarah]. Fabulous histories; or, the history of the robins. By mrs. trimmer. Designed for the instruction of children, respecting their treatment of animals. London. Printed for N. Hailes, 1821. Thirteenth edition. 12mo. vii, 164pp. With 17 woodcut vignettes by Bewick. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper board sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Cecil George Assheton Drummond to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32560
GAY, John. The flowers of english fable. London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., c. 1835] 16mo. 7, [1], 178pp, [2]. With a wood-engraved title vignette and 33 leaves of wood engravings. Original publisher's brown embossed cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32602
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