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THOMAS, Lowell. With lawrence in arabia. London. Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., [s.d., c.1927] Eighth ediiton. 8vo. 317pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece and a further 64 illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, one plate detached. From the library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP and bookplate to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21489
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[LAWRENCE, T. E.] G.. Annotations on some minor writings of "T. E. Lawrence". London. Eric Partridge, Ltd. At the Scholartis Press, 1935. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition, number 478 of 500 copies. 28pp. With a previously unpublished portrait frontispiece by Frederick Carter entitled 'T.E.Shaw - Cecil Court, March 1934'. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in navy, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper lightly soiled. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21520
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SLADE, Gurney. Led by lawrence. London. Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., [s.d., 1934?] 'The Magnet Library' edition. 8vo. 288pp. With an illustrated colour frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered and ruled in black, pictorial dustwrapper. Rubbed and marked, dustwrapper creased, edgeworm, and soiled, some loss to head and foot of spine panel, paper repairs to verso. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21513
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FORBES, Rosita. The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara. London. Cassell and Company, Limited, 1921. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 350pp. With 76 black and white illustrations from photographs by the author, and a map. Original publisher's grey cloth, decorated and lettered in blue, burgundy, and gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate to FEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21512
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ABDULLAH, King of Jordan. Memoirs of king abdullah of transjordan. London. Jonathan Cape, 1950. First edition in English. 8vo. 278pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, and a further two plates. Original publisher's red buckram, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, some soiling and chipping to dustwrapper, neat paper repair to verso of spine panel at head. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21514
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LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph. London. Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Fifth edition, fourth impression. 8vo. 700pp. With a portrait frontispiece, seven further plates, seven illustrations in the text, and four maps. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt, top-edge blue, printed paper dustwrapper. Very slight browning to dustwrapper, else clean and crisp. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21505
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LOFTING, Hugh. Doctor dolittle and the green canary. London. Published by Jonathan Cape, [1951]. First U.K. edition. 8vo. 286pp. With an illustrated colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in dark green, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper toned and edgeworn, loss to head of spine, priceclipped. Pictorial endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 17339
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PEAKE, Mervyn. Letters from a Lost Uncle (from polar regions). [London]. [Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd.], [1948]. First edition. 8vo. [132]pp. Illustrated throughout with line drawings in soft pencil interspersed with typewritten text and passages in the author's hand. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered and decorated in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper soiled and torn, loss to lower panel and spine. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21529
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SITWELL, Sacheverell. The people's palace. Oxford. B. H. Blackwell, 1918. First edition. 8vo. No. XXII in the "Adventurers All" Series. 52pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and title page, and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's orange-brown wrappers, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper wrapper. Extremities a trifle creased. Internally immaculate. From the library of the Marquess of Crewe, with his inked ownership inscription of 'Crewe' to upper wrapper. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21533
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DARWIN, Charles. The darwin reader. London. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1957. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 481pp, [1]. With a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Slight edgewear to dustwrapper, inked price to front flap. Light browning to endpapers. A fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21515
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O'BRIEN, Frederick. Mystic isles of the south seas. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First edition. 8vo. xv, 534pp. With a black and white photographic frontispiece, a further 74 black and white photographic illustrations, and a folding colour map of the South Sea Islands. Original publisher's decorated green cloth. Lightly rubbed, paper and glue residue to lower board. Upper hinge exposed, else internally clean and crisp. Admiral Jellicoe's copy, with his inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21519
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JUBAYR, Ibn. The travels of ibn jubayr... London. Jonathan Cape, 1952. 8vo. 427pp, [3]. With two folding maps. Original publisher's tan buckram, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21494
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BOOTHBY, Guy. Doctor Nikola. London. Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [1896]. First edition. 8vo. viii, 322pp, [4]. With a black and white frontispiece, 21 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text by Stanley L. Wood, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, illustrated colour inlays bordered in gilt to upper board and spine. Rubbed, and lightly marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16929
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BURNS, Robert. Poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect. Kilmarnock [i.e. Toronto]. Printed by John Wilson [i.e. Printed by James McKie for J. Campbell], 1786 [i.e. 1870] 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities marked and lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Signed by James Mckie to verso of title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13780