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Photo of "Ben-hur: A Tale of the ..."
WALLACE, Lew. Ben-hur: A Tale of the Christ. (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Reviews Office". [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 68pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34292
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EHA [i.e. AITKEN, Edward Hamilton]. Behind the bungalow. London. W. Thacker & Co., 1911. Tenth edition. 8vo. [8], 159, [1], 32pp. With a half-title, frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brick-red cloth, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34965
Photo of "The glory hole: yarns for ..."
HOBBS, Major H[arry]. The glory hole: yarns for soldiers; regular, irregular and highly irregular. Calcutta. H. Hobbs & Co., [1943]. First edition. 8vo. [2], 130pp. Stapled in original publisher's printed brown paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece pasted to lower wrapper. Rubbed and marked, with damp-staining to wrappers, and slight chipping to edges and corners. Inked gift inscription reading 'J.R G C from E.N.W. Calcutta, October, 1961' to FEP. Leaves lightly browned. Light spotting to title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35103
Photo of "Victor hugo; a life related ..."
[HUGO, Adèle]. Victor hugo; a life related by one who has witnessed it; including a drama in three acts, entitled inez de castro, and other unpublished works.. London. Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], viii, 371pp, [1]; iv, 426pp. With half-title to Volume I. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, with contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed, with surface wear to spines. Contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to 'J. A. Hwfa Williams With the best wishes of James A. Pears On his leaving Eton Election 1863' to first blank fly-leaf of both vols. ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35151
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PRICE, Julius M.. Six months on the italian front From the Stelvio to the Adriatic. London. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1917. First edition. 8vo. xxi, [3], 300pp. With half-title, a photographic frontispiece, 25 further plates, and a tipped-in library slip to leaf B2. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, with a little staining to upper board. Pictorial bookplate of the Calavry Club to FEP. Embossed 'presentation copy' stamp to fore-edge of title. Endpapers very lightly browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35305
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MILMAN, R[obert]. The love of the atonement. A Devotional Exposition of the fifty-third chapter of isaiah.. London. Joseph Masters, 1853. First edition. 8vo. viii, 239pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-stamped brown calf, contrasting gilt-tooled orange morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.R. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to edges and spine, scoring and dust-soiling to boards. Contemporary inked gift inscription to first blank fly-leaf. Browning and spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35946
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[WAR POETRY]. Songs of the brave. The soldier's dream, and other poems and odes.. London. Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. First edition. 8vo. [2], 46pp. Interleaved with blanks throughout. With an additional engraved title page and numerous in-text illustrations. Contemporary red morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, with the supralibros of Cowbridge School to upper board. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, spine sunned. Inked prize inscription 'Xmas Exam 1876 III Form Classical Prize awarded to D. Birrell. Maurice Williams M.A. Head Master' ... More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 35208
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ALLEN, Charles [editor]. Plain tales from the raj: images of british india in the twentieth century. [London]. Andre Deutsch, [1976]. First edition, fifth impression. 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, original publisher's pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'To Anne something to read on those extended train journeys but not to be taken as a guide to the sub-continent! Charles Allen Nov '76'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34340
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WETHERELL, Elizabeth. Queechy. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Reviews" Office, [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With a terminal catalogue of advertisements. Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with toning to edges, spotting to wrappers, staples rusted and partially exposed under upper wrapper, and small losses to head and foot of spine. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34718
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[HYMNAL]. Hymns Ancient and Modern for the use in the services of the church.. London. London Sacred Music Warehouse: Novello & Co, [s.d., c.1850s] 8vo. 370, 261-264, 371-373pp. With two terminal indexes of first lines. Contemporary blind-stamped limp black calf, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of the Lonsdale family to upper board, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed to extremities, light scoring to boards. Light spotting to title and blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34915
Photo of "Spiritualism a philosophy of life"
EVANS, W. H.. Spiritualism a philosophy of life. London. London Spiritualist Alliance, Limited, [s.d., c.1913] First edition. 8vo. [4], 76pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, some spotting throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35195
Photo of "The literary souvenir"
WATTS, Alaric A.. The literary souvenir. London. Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown and Green, 1832. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 344pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, colour engraved frontispiece, and 11 further plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities. Hinges exposed; spotting and browning throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35200
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HOLLAND, Henry Scott. ROCKSTRO, W[illiam] S[mith].. Memoir of madame jenny lind-goldschmidt: her early life and dramatic career. 1820-1851.. London. John Murray, 1891. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xx, 438pp, [2]; xiv, 468pp. With half-title to both volumes, a lithographed portrait frontispiece to Vol.I, six further engraved plates, two facsimile letters to Vol.I, several in-text illustrations, and an appendix of sheet music to Vol.II. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, with gilt decoration to upper boards, patterned endpapers. Lightly rubbed, with very slight chipping to head ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35281
Photo of "The Mediterranean Strategy in the ..."
HOWARD, Michael. The Mediterranean Strategy in the Second World War. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1968]. First edition. 8vo. xii, 82pp, [2]. With half-title. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, with original tricolour dust-wrapper. Lightly rubbed, with very light chipping to edges of dust-wrapper. Dust wrapper price-clipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35306
Photo of "James lusk...Letters & memories"
LUSK, James. James lusk...Letters & memories. Oxford. Printed for B. H. Blackwell, 1916. First edition. 8vo. 151pp, [1]. With half-title and portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's purple cloth-backed buff paper boards, title printed to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, with light toning to upper board. Light scuffing throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35411
Photo of "Jane austen and lyme regis"
[AUSTEN-LEIGH, Richard Arthur. AUSTEN-LEIGH, Emma]. Jane austen and lyme regis. London. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., 1944. Second impression. 8vo. vi, 58pp. With engraved maps to endpapers, portrait frontispiece of Jane Austen, five further photographic plates depicting relevant locations in Lyme Regis, and several in-text illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial printed paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with damp-staining to upper wrapper, and toning to spine and edges. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35900
Photo of "Lectures on Landscape"
RUSKIN, John. Lectures on Landscape. Orpington and London. George Allen , 1897. First edition. Folio. 84pp. With 22 lithographed plates and two in-text woodcut illustrations. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, with supralibros of the Law Society of England and Wales to upper board, and contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine, T.E.G., gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to extremities, spine sunned. Prize bookplate presented by the Incorporated Law Society to Mr. John Prentice Ashbridge to FEP. ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35902