London.
Printed for Private Circulation by Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society, 1919.
First edition.
Quarto.
Limited edition of 505 copies on handmade paper, of which this is number 165. 93pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and five further photographic plates. Uncut in original publisher's cream buckram-backed light blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Endpapers browned, near contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 29014
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., c. 1875]
Oblong 8vo.
Manuscript on paper. [98] leaves. Paper watermarked 1875. Contemporary red half-morocco, red buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, hinges exposed, typed bookseller's description pasted to verso of FFEP, first leaf detached. More >
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref. 28162
New York.
Simon and Schuster, 1949.
First edition, second impression.
8vo.
[14], 273pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Gift inscription to FEP, presenting the books to Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim. Loosely inserted manuscript note, addressed to Slim, from a representative of an American embassy. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 25951
London.
Printed by March and Teape, 1802.
First edition.
Quarto.
Large paper copy. 36pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, black morocco lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 28401
London.
Cassell, [1959].
First edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. xix, [1], 462; xiv, 555pp, [1]. With numerous plates and folding maps. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver to spines, printed paper dustwrappers. Lightly rubbed, dustwrappers worn and price-clipped. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 28923
London.
Printed for T. Gardner, 1739.
First edition.
23pp, [1]. With a half-title. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles (Guildhall and Oxford), and none elsewhere. ESTC T177449.
[Bound with:] [TRENCHARD, John]. An argument, Shewing, that a Standing Army Is inconsistent with A Free Government, and Absolutely destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy. London. [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1697. iv, 30pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22717
[Bound with:] [TRENCHARD, John]. An argument, Shewing, that a Standing Army Is inconsistent with A Free Government, and Absolutely destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy. London. [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1697. iv, 30pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 22717
In Venetia [i.e. Venice].
Appresso Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1586.
Quarto.
[40], 344 [i.e. 346]pp. Contemporary vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Marked and discoloured, old vellum repair to head of wormed spine. Hinges exposed, naive paper extensions to shaved margins of leaves Hh1-4. From the library of Giovanni Domenico Berio, marchese di Salza (d. 1791), which passed to his son, author and librettist Francesco Maria Berio (1765-1820), with their 'Ex Libris Marchionis Salsae' armorial bookplate on ... More >
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref. 22668
[London].
Sold by J. Oliver...and J. Sellar junior, [s.d., c.1686?]
Dimensions: Sheet - 490 x 310 mm; Engraved area - 462 x 230 mm.
Single engraved sheet, folded vertically and housed in modern blue paper wrappers. Some old folds (with occasional minor tearing), offsetting, and browning - especially to gutter. Short tear to the head of spine of the enclosing wrappers. More >
£ 2,000.00
Antiquates Ref. 22662
London.
Printed for E. and T. Williams, 1798.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 195pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled tree calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 22981
London.
Printed by A. Macpherson...for Gray and Son, 1804.
First edition.
12mo.
[2], 25pp, [1]. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut in recent red half-calf, marbled boards. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 22793
[London].
[C. Roworth], [1804].
8vo.
iv, vi, 133pp, [7]. With three folded leaves of blank forms for annual and other returns. Contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed, joints starting, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, short tear to gutter of first form, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 28031
[London].
[Printed by A. Strahan], [1798].
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 255pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, chipping to spine and lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of politician and connoisseur of the arts Sir Charles Long (1760-1838) to FEP, scattered spotting. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 28107
London.
Printed for R. Ackerman, 1814.
Eighth edition.
8vo.
xvi, 104, 6, [2], 4pp. With two hand-coloured engraved folding maps and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 28085
London.
Printed for Samuel Leigh, 1815.
Second edition.
8vo.
viii, 416pp. With three engraved folding maps (one hand-coloured) Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 28059
London.
[s.n.], 1758.
Third edition.
Quarto.
[6], xxxii, 292pp. With two fine naval vignettes, to first and final leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, with some marking, bumping to corners, loss to head and foot of spine, cracking to lower joint. Captain Thomas Peyton's copy, with his inscription (dated 1790) to head of blank fly-leaf at front; ink offsetting evidencing the removal of the FFEP (showing the mirror ... More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 27732
London.
Jonathan Cape, [1935].
First trade edition.
Quarto.
672pp. Original publisher's brown buckram, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper chipped, torn, and stained. Internally clean and crisp.Inscribed to recto of FFEP by Eric Kennington's son: 'With every best wish to / Tom Redman / in thanks for many helpful things. / New Year, 2002 / Chris Kennington'. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 27426
[London].
[Printed for Frigidaire Ltd. by Harrison & Sons Ltd.], [1941].
First edition.
Quarto.
Limited edition, copy 2297 of an unspecified number. [32]pp. With 17 monochrome portraits of sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Inked ownership inscription of Kennington's son, Christopher, to upper wrapper. More >
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref. 27563
[London].
[s.n.], [1825].
8vo.
iv, 673pp, [145]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, chipping to head of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 27553
London.
Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, 1927.
First English edition (Limited edition, no. 63/300).
Quarto.
[2], 445pp, [1]. With half-title/limitation, coloured frontispiece portrait of Lawrence, eighteen further illustrations, nine of which are coloured, and a large folding map to rear. Original publisher's brown quarter-pigskin over sand-coloured buckram boards, gilt. Dustwrapper. T.E.G., others uncut. A remarkably preserved copy, with only the slightest of shelf-wear externally, bookplate (a skull with the initials PMF) and slight marking to FEP, else fine. Dustwrapper (correctly ... More >
£ 2,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 22016
London.
Longman, Brown, and Co., 1859.
Fourth edition.
8vo.
xi, [1], 376, 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 27333