London.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886.
First trade edition.
8vo.
[8], 136, [2], 32pp. With a half-title, nine coloured engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, a tipped-in errata slip, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original Publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Armorial bookplate of Charles R. C. Hibbert and later book-label of F. Lucy, Uxbridge, to FEP. Inked inscription to head of ... More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 27138
London.
Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774.
First edition.
Folio.
Two volumes. With the subscribers' list sometimes discarded; [12], lxxx, 24, xxix, 8, 12, [618]; [4], 528, 61pp, [1]. With 10 folding pedigrees, a portrait of the author, the folding map of the county, and 59 engraved plates (a full five further plates than are called for in the indexed list, including a charming north east view of Dorchester, and another of Woolcombe Hall, seat ... More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 23057
London.
Printed and Sold by J. Bailey, [s.d., c.1810?]
24pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece - severely shaved by the binder, with the loss of the six depictions of swimming figures surrounding the central image in the original plate. Textblock shaved to very narrow margins (loss of part of A2 at foot).
[Bound after:] [SIMPSON, James]. A visit to flanders, in july, 1815, being chiefly an account of the field of Waterloo... Edinburgh. Printed ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 21674
[Bound after:] [SIMPSON, James]. A visit to flanders, in july, 1815, being chiefly an account of the field of Waterloo... Edinburgh. Printed ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 21674
Glasgow.
Printed in the Courier Office, 1797.
First edition.
8vo.
249, [1], 6pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain tan morocco, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, a trifle marked, slight chipping to lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, armoiral bookplate to FEP, internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inscribed to verso of front blank fly-leaf; 'Mr. Drummond, / of Blairdrummond, / with most respectful compliments from / The Author.' More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 15169
[London].
Diprose and Bateman, Portugal Street, [s.d., 1860]
8vo.
16pp. Unopened, folded from a single sheet. A little marginal chipping and tearing. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 29865
Spitzbergen.
Printed for the benefit, if any, of the Whippers-in, 1782.
First edition.
8vo.
30pp. Later buff wrappers. Housed in custom red cloth folder with green morocco lettering-piece, armorial bookplate of Gloucester to front flap. A trifle creased, scattered foxing, early ink date to text of first page of text. Armorial bookplate to verso of upper wrapper of Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939), who's extensive collection of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings relating to hunting, hawking and shooting, ... More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 22072
London.
Printed for J. Wilcox...and S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, 1732.
Folio.
[4], 128pp, [20]. With an engraved folding map and six engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked annotation to recto of FFEP, armorial blind-stamp of Thomas Homer-Saunders beneath, offsetting to title page, small hole to head of leaf Nn2 - touching index running-title, lightly foxed and browned. More >
£ 650.00
Antiquates Ref. 18780
[Lucknow].
[Perry's Press], [1922-24]
8vo.
Four programmes, stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Very occasional manuscript corrections to text. More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 30236
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d.,1838?]
8vo.
10pp. Stitched, as issued. Remnants of original publisher's powder blue wrappers to spine. Spotted. Signed and annotated by the author.
[Together with:] A single sheet typescript letter, dated 4th May, 1837, informing Stirling both that his paper on the Seychelles has been read before the Bombay Geographical Society and that he had been elected a member. Three old horizontal folds. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30994
[Together with:] A single sheet typescript letter, dated 4th May, 1837, informing Stirling both that his paper on the Seychelles has been read before the Bombay Geographical Society and that he had been elected a member. Three old horizontal folds. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30994
[London].
[s.n.], [1840].
First edition.
Folio.
6pp. Docket title to verso of final leaf. A trifle creased, some very short tears to margins. More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 24366
Dublin.
Printed by A. Reilly, For Edward Exshaw, 1744.
First edition.
8vo.
xx, 271pp, [21]. With a large engraved folding map. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Later armorial bookplate to FEP M.A. of Dublin, and a member of the Irish Bar, Daniel De La Cherois (1825- 1905) of Donaghadee, County Down, inked ownership inscription to head of title: 'Danl. De La Cherois / Donaghadee 29 Decr. 1859', typed note (signed by De La ... More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 30940
[Cirencester?].
[s.n.], [1767].
8vo.
[2], 8pp. Recent blind-ruled calf, lettered in gilt to upper board. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers bound in. Label (dated 1986) to FEP of the Robert Raikes Reference Library at Gloucester, later paper repair to upper wrapper, inked annotation to REP: 'Purchased at sale of Mark Skillicone's books, march 1936. Roland Austin(?)'. More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 21085
Madrid.
Imprenta de Antonio Perez de Soto, 1761.
First edition.
8vo.
With an engraved frontispiece and a large engraved folding map. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, all edges red. Discoloured, lightly rubbed. Text-block separating from binding. Hinges exposed. Armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Clive to FEP, later inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title. More >
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref. 11439
London.
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 135, [1], 32pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbing to spine, joints, and edges, a trifle marked. Armorial bookplate of 'Mervyn Lloyd Peel' to FEP, lightly foxed. More >
£ 600.00
Antiquates Ref. 14845
London and Belfast.
William Mullan and Son, 1879.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 488pp. With twelve engraved plates, two engraved coloured maps (one folding), and two engraved illustrations in the text. Modern gilt-tooled red morocco-backed red cloth boards. Paper repairs to verso of folding map, scattered spotting. More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 30124
8vo.
Two volumes. Manuscript on paper. 109; 119pp. Contemporary half- morocco and morocco-backed marbled paper boards respectively. Cocked and a little soiled, remaining tight, some rear leaves removed from earlier volume. More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 29397
[Salisbury].
Printed at the Salisbury Press: and sold by W. Morris...and B. C. Collins, 1795.
Twelfth edition.
[6], xvi, 133pp, [15]. Without half-title. ESTC T193594.
[Bound with:] The weymouth guide: exhibiting the ancient and present state of weymouth and melcombe regis... Weymouth. Printed for P. Delamotte, [1792]. Third edition. 128pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece, and one further engraved folding plate. ESTC T66352.
[And:] [MOREAU, Simeon]. A tour to the Royal Spa at Cheltenham; or, Gloucestershire Displayed... Bath. Printed for the Author ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28838
[Bound with:] The weymouth guide: exhibiting the ancient and present state of weymouth and melcombe regis... Weymouth. Printed for P. Delamotte, [1792]. Third edition. 128pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece, and one further engraved folding plate. ESTC T66352.
[And:] [MOREAU, Simeon]. A tour to the Royal Spa at Cheltenham; or, Gloucestershire Displayed... Bath. Printed for the Author ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28838
London.
Printed for S. Bladon, 1773.
First edition.
8vo.
48pp. With a half-title. Modern grey paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine. More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 26612
London.
T. Fisher Unwin, 1896.
Second edition.
Quarto.
xvi, 363pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. With a frontispiece, a further 48 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text ('original drawings by Joseph Pennell, H.G. Willink, A.D. McCormick, photographs by the author'). Large foldings map housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in dark brown, T.E.G. Extremities rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, bookplate of George Lowe to ... More >
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref. 23440
[London?].
Printed for the benefit, if any, of the Whippers-in, 1783.
Second edition.
8vo.
30pp. With a half-title. Not in ESTC.
[Bound after:] [BLANE, William (editor)]. Essays on hunting. Containing a philosophical enquiry into the Nature and Properties of the Scent; Observations on the different Kinds of Hounds, with the Manner of training them... Southampton. Printed and sold by T. Baker, [1781] xxvii, [1], 135pp, [3]. With a final leaf of errata. ESTC T71428.
8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 21810
[Bound after:] [BLANE, William (editor)]. Essays on hunting. Containing a philosophical enquiry into the Nature and Properties of the Scent; Observations on the different Kinds of Hounds, with the Manner of training them... Southampton. Printed and sold by T. Baker, [1781] xxvii, [1], 135pp, [3]. With a final leaf of errata. ESTC T71428.
8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 21810