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BRAMAH, Ernest. Kai lung's golden hours. London. Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. 8vo. Limited edition, number 131 of 200 copies signed by the author. xv, [1], 306pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed grey paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, printed paper dust-wrapper. Very slight chipping to dustwrapper, light browning to endpapers, else clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18316
ALLEN, Grant. COTES, May. Kalee's shrine. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24699
MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30671
MIKSCHE, Ferdinand Otto. Kapitulation ohne Krieg: Die Jahre 1970-1980. [Stuttgart]. Seewald, [1965]. First edition. 8vo. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30670
DUNALLEY, Lord. Khaki and rifle green. London. Hutchinson & Co., [1940]. First edition. 8vo. 255, [1], 24pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Rubbed and soiled, edges spotted, dustwrapper worn and marked, with significant loss. Contemporary pencilled ownership inscription of Captain R. Ford to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22255
BAREH, Hamlet. Khasi democracy. Shillong. Published by the Author, Printed at Ri Khasi, 1964. First edition. 8vo. [4], 122pp. Several photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed textured paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'With best compliments to Dr. R. A. Hughes, from the Author. Hamlet Septmer. 5, 1964'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26468
MAGNUS, Philip. King edward the seventh. [London]. John Murray, [1964]. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 528pp. With numerous photographic plates and two folding genealogical tables. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, light blue cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32969
[KIDDER, Daniel Parish]. King joash: or, the golden cloud. New-York. Sunday-School Union, [s.d., c.1840] 16mo. 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Endpapers marked, later inked/pencilled ownership inscription to FEP, without RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21885
HERTZ, Henrik. King rene's daughter: A Danish Lyrical Drama. London. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1850. First edition. 8vo. [8], 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Insect damage to head of initial three leaves. Ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Robert Roy Esq. / with the kind regards / of the Translator / Theodore Martin / 17 January 1850'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30466
GEORGE, Christopher [i.e. AMOROSA, John and Anthony]. Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. New York. Vantage Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 82pp. Original publisher's red morocco, lettered in silver, with original publisher's pictorial pink textured dustwrapper. Dustrapper scuffed and marked, flaps taped to pastedowns. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Complimentary Copy to Sir Laurence Olivier from Christopher Lynley George'. Loosely inserted is a typewritten letter in it's original addressed envelope from the brothers expressing their admiration for Olivier: 'I would deem it an honor if you would ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31310
ALPHEN, Mr. Hieronijmus van. Kleine gedichten voor kinderen. Utrecht. Bij de Wed. J. van Terveen en Zoon, 1787. 12mo. [2], 104pp. With a half-title, an engraved title page, and 66 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, sprinkled paper boards. Rubbed and cocked, corners exposed. Scattered spotting. Preface warranted in manuscript by the publisher. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32587
ARKWRIGHT, William. Knowledge and life. London. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xxix, [1], 180pp, [2]. With a half-title and a portrait frontispiece. Uncut and unopened. Bound for the publisher by Riviere & Son in red crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27561
UIHLEIN, Joseph. Kurzer Unterricht in der Naturwissenschaft für die Jugend. Frankfurt am Main. Andeäischen Buchhandlung, 1806. First edition. 8vo. viii, 210pp, [6]. With four engraved plates on two folding sheets. Contemporary blind-tooled half-calf, tan paper boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. FFEP shaved, very occasional early manuscript annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26411
FULLARTON, Lady Georgina. La comtesse de bonneval... Paris. La Libraire d'Auguste Vaton, 1857. First edition in French. 8vo. xiv, [2], 319pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy morocco-backed blue cloth boards, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25075
SCOTT, Robert, Capitaine. La "discovery" au Pôle Sud. Paris. Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1908. First edition in French. Quarto. In two volumes. viii, 390, [2]; [4], 342pp, [2]. With 263 engraved plates, 16 illustrations in the text, and an illustrated map of the expedition. Tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrappers. Recased, with new endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Lightly spotted. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23455