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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
THOMSON, James. The seasons, hymns, ode and songs, of james thomson. London. Stereotyped and printed by A. Wilson, for Taylor and Hessey, 1809. Stereotype edition. 8vo. 323pp, [1]. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Finely bound in contemporary green calf, stamped in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine lightly dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of first blank fly-leaf. Scattered spotting and browning. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34759
RUSKIN, John. The seven lamps of architecture. London. Smith-Elder, and Co., 1849. First edition. 8vo. viii, [4], 205pp, [1]. With half-title, 14 plates, and a tipped-in errata slip. Extra-illustrated with an additional plate of unpublished Ruskin etchings. Contemporary green half-morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Stopford A. Brooke's copy, with his inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26563
RACKHAM, Arthur. Evans, C. S.. The sleeping beauty. London. William Heinemann, 1920. Large 8vo. 110pp, [2]. Original publisher's decorated boards, over pink cloth spine, with the original silhouette design dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated throughout the text as well as full page spreads of 2-3 colour silhouettes including the title page. Full colour illustrated frontis 'Briar Rose' tipped in. Boards bright, with the dustwrapper worn to all edges, sunned and with minor losses. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32712
DICKENS, Charles. The story of little dombey. London. Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition, first issue. 16mo. [2], 121pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and black, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. Original publisher's green pictorial wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30819
STATHAM, E[dward] [Phillips]. The story of the "britannia" the training ship for naval cadets; with some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903. London, Paris, New York and Melbourne. Cassell and Company, Limited, 1904. First edition. 8vo. xii, 274pp. With a lithograph frontispiece and numerous in-text photographic and engraved illustrations. Original publisher's gilt-decorated navy cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, with light wear to extremities. Inked ownership inscription of Cyril H. G. Benson, 'joined "Britannia" 1899', to FFEP, along with two further inscriptions relating to Captain Blake, Royal Navy 'Killed at Namsos 1939'. Endpapers browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34800
[COBB, James]. The strangers at home; a Comic Opera, In Three Acts: As performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.. London. Printed for Harrison & Co., 1786. Second edition. 80pp. With an engraved title page. ESTC T55507.

[Bound with:] [MURPHY, Arthur]. The way to keep him: a comedy. Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1787. vi, 121pp, [2]. ESTC T45419.

[And:] The first floor; a farce. In two acts. As it is now acting At the Theatre Royal in drury lane. London. Printed for C. Dilly, 1787. 54pp. ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34342
COBB, James. The strangers at home. A comic opera, in three acts.. Dublin. Printed for Messrs. Gilbert, Walker et al., 1787. First Irish edition. 8vo. 83pp, [1]. Without half-title. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Paper repair to gutter margin of title. Leaves browned, very light scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34356
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
[HOUSE OF PEERS]. The tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the house of peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors...Begun in Westminster-Hall the 27th day of February, 1709/10, and from thence continued by several Adjournments until the 23d Day of March following. . London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1710. First edition. 8vo. 456pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Henry Sacheverell. Contemporary gilt-tooled, panelled mottled calf, later rebacked, with a contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A.E.G. Rubbed, with loss to head of spine and surface wear to joints and edges. A Coleridge family copy, with the armorial bookplate of Bernard, Lord Coleridge to FFEP, inked ownership inscription of Jane Fortescue Coleridge, Heath's Court to head of second blank ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34134
[GYLES, Jonathan]. The Welcome; or Great-Britain's Happiness in the Hanover Succession; with its Obligations also, under god, for it to the late King William of Glorious and Immortal Memory, Consider'd in a sermon oh his Majesty's Safe Return: And humbly Dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. London. Printed for R. Ford, 1717. First edition. 8vo. [4], 32pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Early manuscript note to title page attributing authorship to Jonathan Gyles, library shelf-marks to verso of title page, perforated-stamps of GTS library to title and terminal leaf. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33767
WORDSWORTH, William. The white doe of rylstone; or the fate of the nortons. A poem.. London. Longman, Hurst, et al., 1815. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 162pp. With half-title and an engraved landscape frontispiece. Original publisher's buff paper boards, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints. Ink-stamp of Wheelwright to FEP. Light scattered spotting, browning to title. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30336
WELSTED, [Leonard]. The works of dionysius longinus, On the Sublime: or, a treatise Concerning the Sovereign Perfection of Writing. Translated from the Greek. With Some remarks on the English poets.. London. Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1712. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [10], 192pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Worn, with some loss to foot of spine, joints cracked, surface wear to boards and edges. Pastedowns sprung. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33914
SHAKESPEARE, William. The works of william shakespeare. Cambridge and London. Macmillan and Co., 1864. 8vo. viii, 1079pp, [1]. Finely bound by MacLehose of Glasgow (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine slightly dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, dated October 1866, to front blank fly-leaf. Light spotting and browning to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34758
O'KEEFE, John. The world in a village; a comedy, in five acts.. London. Printed for J. Debrett, [1793]. 8vo. [4], 75pp, [1]. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Library stamp of the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia to title. Slight marginal loss to edge of terminal leaf, leaves browned, with slight chipping to edges, scattered staining and spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34364