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Photo of "The fortunes of the Colville ..."
SMEDLEY, Frank E.. The fortunes of the Colville family; or, A Cloud and its Silver Lining. A Christmas story. London. Arthur Hall, 1856. 8vo. xii, 244pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page illustrated by "Phiz" [i.e. Hablot Knight Browne]. Contemporary red half-calf, marbled boards, spine richly gilt, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Robert Thornton to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23271
Photo of "Children of love"
MONRO, Harold. Children of love. London. The Poetry Bookshop, 1914. Third edition. Quarto. 31pp, [1]. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked, chipping to wrapper edges. Bookplate of Arthur Lloyd-Taylor to verso of upper wrapper, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24820
Photo of "Strange meetings"
MONRO, Harold. Strange meetings. London. The Poetry Bookshop, 1917. First trade edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked, chipping to wrapper edges. Bookplate of Arthur Lloyd-Taylor to verso of upper wrapper, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24819
Photo of "Herbert's poems: and country parson.."
HERBERT, [George]. Herbert's poems: and country parson... London. Printed for W. Baynes and Son et al., 1824. New edition. 12mo. xii, 338pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further two engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss. Inked ownership inscriptions to FEP More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24884
Photo of "The boy's odyssey"
PERRY, Walter Copland. The boy's odyssey. London. Macmillan and Co., 1902. [Second edition]. 8vo. [10], 204pp. With an illustrated frontispiece and a further seven illustrated plates by Jacomb Hood. Handsome contemporary Ormskirk Grammar School prize-binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to verso of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24844
Photo of "Die Nürnberger Schimpfwörter"
GABLER, A[mbrosius]. Die Nürnberger Schimpfwörter. Nürnberg [i.e. Nuremberg]. M. Edelmann, [s.d., c. 1890s] Oblong 8vo. 16 leaves. Illustrated throughout. Stapled, as issued, into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle creased and browned, closed tear to spine (running through text-block), chipping to wrapper and leaf margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24869
Photo of "Stories from Virgil"
CHURCH, Rev. Alfred J.. Stories from Virgil. London. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1880. Ninth thousand. 8vo. xii, 266pp. With 24 illustrated plates from designs by Pinelli. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24845
Photo of "Stories from Homer"
CHURCH, Rev. Alfred J.. Stories from Homer. London. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1878. Fourth thousand. 8vo. xii, 266pp. With 24 illustrated plates from designs by Flaxman. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24846
Photo of "James Nasmyth, engineer: an autobiography"
NASMYTH, James. James Nasmyth, engineer: an autobiography. London. John Murray, 1883. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 456pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further nine engraved plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24847
Photo of "The Vicar of Bullhampton"
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Vicar of Bullhampton. London. Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1870. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 481pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 22 engraved plates, and 12 engraved vignettes. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24888
Photo of "The rise of the Greek ..."
MURRAY, Gilbert. The rise of the Greek epic. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1911. Second edition. 8vo. 368pp. Contemporary Dulwich College prize binding, gilt-tooled polished red calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24913
Photo of "Ballads for broadbrows"
HERBERT, A[lan] P[atrick]. Ballads for broadbrows. London. Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. First edition. 8vo. 127pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'Commander C. G. Matheson / With all good wishes / and very many thanks / for a delightful voyage / from / A. P. Herbert / RMS Otranto / Feb. 28 - June 4th. 1931 / Voyage 12'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24920