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GALTON, Francis. The narrative of an explorer in tropical south africa. London. John Murray, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 314pp. With a lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates, five engraved illustrations in the text, and a lithographed folding map. Handsomely bound by Riviere (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled 'Spanish calf', contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Spine a trifle dulled. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24859
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FULLARTON, Mrs. H. Proceedings on the several motions for judgment in the case, the king versus draper, on the prosecution of The Hon. Mrs. h. fullarton, for a libel against The late Col. fullarton, of Fullarton... Brentford. Printed and sold by P. Norbury, [s.d., c. 1810] 8vo. xvi, 191pp, [1]. Contemporary half-sheep, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine worn and scorched at head. Remnants of publisher's powder blue wrappers to gutter of title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33341
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FRY, Francis. A Bibliographical description of the editions of The New Testament tyndale's version in english with Numerous Readings Comparisons of the Texts and Historical Notices... London. Henry Sotheran & Co., 1878. First edition. Quarto. xxiii, [1], 196, 4, [2]. With a woodburytype portrait frontispiece, a further 75 plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's' pictorial dark green pebbled cloth, stamped and lettered in red, black, and gilt. A trifle rubbed, short splits to joints at head. Ticket of William George's Sons, booksellers of Bristol to FEP, very occasional light spotting. With loosely inserted remnants of single ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33738
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[FRANK, Elizabeth]. True stories; or, interesting anecdotes of children: designed through the medium of example, To inculcate principles of virtue and piety. York. Printed by Thomas Wilson & Sons...For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown et al., 1814. Second edition. 12mo. 192pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Inked and coloured pencil juvenile ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP, offsetting to title page, lower corner of text-block lightly dampstained, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34254
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[FLORA'S GALA]. [FLAXMAN, Maria]. Flora's gala. Illustrated with elegant engravings. London. Printed for J. Harris, Successor to R. Newberry, at the Original Juvenile Library, 1808. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. With frontispiece and five further hand-coloured engraved plates depicting Flora (as a goddess) and her fairies, within detailed botanical scenes. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped and marked, some damp-staining to upper wrapper, contemporary previous owner's inscription to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32832
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EDWARDS, Bryan. The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the west indies. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xxiv, xxiii, [1], 576; viii, 617, [1]; [2], xxxii, 477pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 10 engraved folding plates, and 11 engraved folding maps. Bound by Vicary & Co. of Plymouth, Devon (tickets to FEPs) in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower board of Vol. I, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31542
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DUNBAR, William. The poems of william dunbar, now first collected. With notes, and a memoir of his life. By david laing. Edinburgh. Printed for Laing and Forbes, 1834. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xiv, 71, [1], 255, [1]; [2], [v]-vi, 498pp. Without half-titles. Titles in red and black. Handsomely bound by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled olive-green morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Slightest of shelfwear, spines a little sunned, else an immaculate set. Armorial bookplates of T. M. Bruce Gardyne to FEPs. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23496
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DOWSON, Ernest. The poems of ernest dowson... London. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1905. First edition. 8vo. xxxviii, 166pp. Title in red and black. With a portrait frontispiece and a further four plates. Handsomely bound by Harrison & Sons (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled tan morocco, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle marked, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29524
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[DODSLEY, Robert]. Melpomene: or The regions of terror and pity. An ode. London. [s.n.], 1757. First edition. Quarto. 15pp, [1]. Modern tan cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Book-label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to upper board. Loan label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to FEP, typed booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to title page, p.3, and p.15, nineteenth-century inked ownership inscription and manuscript author attribution to title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29353
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DICKENS, [Charles]. Dickens's dictionary of the thames, from its source to the more. 1896. An unconventional handbook. [London]. Published for the Proprietors by J. Smith, [1896]. 8vo. 122, [2], 123-308pp, [10]pp. With 20 engraved maps and plans in the text and five terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary brown. morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Original publisher's upper wrapper bound in. A trifle rubbed and dulled. Bookplate of Guild of Women-Binders member Mary Simpson Sorley to FEP, inked inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'To Marjorie Purdy in memory of ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33653
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DICKENS, Charles. Little dorrit. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form. 8vo. xiv, 625pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 38 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Later recased, new endpapers. Rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership inscription to title page, small hole to leaf A8 (list of plates), with slight loss of text and sense, plates foxed, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32516
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DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London. Chapman & Hall, [1903]. 991pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 39 full-page engraved illustrations in the text by 'Phiz'. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, richly gilt-tooled half-calf, tan cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32515
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[DEVON ELECTION]. The spirit of election wit, at the city of exeter, and the county of devon: together with the burlesque election At Ide, in the year 1812; containing the whole of the addresses, speeches, songs, and squibs. Including the origin of the titular borough of ide. Exeter. Printed by R. Cullum, [1812]. First edition. 12mo. 152pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31536
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DETMOLD, E. J. DUGDALE, Florence E. The book of baby birds. London. Henry Frowde. Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. First edition. Quarto. 120pp. With 19 mounted colour plates by E. J. Detmold. Bound by the Ashley Bindery in 1970 (stamp-signed in blind 'A. B.' and dated on rear turn-in) in later blind-tooled dark green morocco, geometric red and orange morocco inlays arranged in circular pattern to centre of both boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., stamp-signed in blind 'A. B.' and dated in blind 1970 on rear turn-in. ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33692
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DE STAAL, Madame. Mémoires de madame de staal (mademoiselle delaunay). Paris. Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. 8vo. Limited edition of 600 copies, of which this is number 98. [10], xxviii, 386pp, [4]. With and engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 34 engraved plates (duplicating engraved vignettes). Elaborately bound by Maurius Michel (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt- tooled brown morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Modern ink-stamp to rear blank fly-leaf comprised of Asian inspired motifs and lettered 'Jean'. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 25912
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DE SERVIEZ, Jacques Roergas. The roman empresses; or, the history of the lives and secret intrigues of the wives of the twelve cæsars. London. The Walpole Press, 1899. Fine Library edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, 499pp, [1]; viii, 573pp, [1]. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in modern gilt-tooled blue half-morocco. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to FEP of both volumes. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30904
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DANTE. La divina commedia di dante alighieri, con Argomenti, ed Annotazioni scelte da' migliori Commentatori. Avignone. Presso Fr. Seguin Aíné, Stampatore e Librajo, 1816. Nuova edition [i.e. new edition]. 12mo. In three volumes. xii, 287, [1]; 287, [1]; 311pp, [1]. With half-titles. Handsomely bound by Charles Thurnam (tickets to FEPs) in later tan calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Book-labels of Harriet Dunlop to FEPs, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Given to Mary F. Coleridge / as a Remembrance / with her cousin ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26017