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Photo of "The seasons"
THOMSON, [James]. The seasons. London. [s.n.], 1730. Quarto. [12], 252, 16pp. Title page in red and black. With a list of subscribers and five engraved plates by William Kent. A reissue of the 1730 edition, with the addition of ’Britannia’, second edition corrected, 1730, with separate title page, pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, marginal damp-staining to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28911
Photo of "Popular opinions, or a picture ..."
[CLOVER, Andrew]. Popular opinions, or a picture of real life, exhibited in a dialogue between A Scotish Farmer and a Weaver.... Glasgow. Printed by James Hedderwick & Co., 1812. First edition. 8vo. 108pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, joints starting. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'To Francis Jeffrey, Esq, / Advocate / Great Chapion of literature and law, / The Weaver's friend, the tyrant's awe! / If my attempt thy notice draw, / Me to review; / With mercy wield ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28485
Photo of "Modern arms and free men: ..."
BUSH, Vannevar. Modern arms and free men: a discussion of the role of science in preserving democracy. 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
Photo of "Johnny Panic and the Bible ..."
PLATH, Sylvia. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams. London. Faber & Faber, 1977. First edition. 8vo. 250pp. Original publisher's orange cloth boards lettered in silver, with the unclipped bright orange dustwrapper. Spine bumped with a few other marks to both boards and dustwrapper, internally bright. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, though no indications of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28762
Photo of "A Screw Loose my story ..."
CARON, Sue. A Screw Loose my story so far. London. B&T Publishers, 1977. First edition. 8vo. 272pp. Original publisher's mulberry cloth boards lettered in silver, with the pink dustwrapper. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends, with few other marks, wrapper slightly worn. Internally bright and clean. With a full page of manuscript notes to FFEP by Henry Williamson's son Richard Calvert Williamson, noting having met 'this woman... Susan Gibson' whom 'Henry had met 4th August 1964, and on till 1966'. ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28111
Photo of "New poems"
HOOLEY, Teresa. New poems. London. Jonathan Cape, 1933. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered in navy, with the unclipped cream dustwrapper printed in black. Wrapper a little marked and scuffed. With an ink inscription to Henry Williamson from the author dated July 25th 1934. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27248
Photo of "Men under fire"
THOMPSON, R. W.. Men under fire. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd, [1945]. First edition. 8vo. 160pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in white, with the striking unclipped dust wrapper by Redgrave. Boards slightly bumped, wrapper torn and faded without major loss. Internally bright and clean, decorative endpapers showing warfare scenes from the London Illustrated News. Annotated throughout by Henry Williamson with his reactions to the text. Some passages marked in red pencil, highlighting his true feelings about the Holocaust, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28115
Photo of "Carl and anna"
FRANK, Leonhard. Carl and anna. London. Peter davies, 1929. First edition in English. 8vo. 117pp [3], including two pages of publisher's advertising. Original publisher's tan cloth boards stamped in (now faded) gilt, with the tan dustwrapper printed in black. Minor shelf-wear, chipping to edges, browned to spine with some further marks. Henry Inscribed by the translator to FFEP 'With every good wish to Henry Williamson from Cyrus Brooks'. A short annotation in Williamson's hand compares the final line of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27249
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. London. The Beaumont Press, 1929. First edition. 8vo. 96pp, [8]. Original publisher's decorated paper of rifles and ploughshares over quarter buckram, designed by Randolph Schwabe along with the title page. Title lettered in gilt. Bottom and fore-edge uncut, though a little foxed. Wear to all edges, minor bumping to corners, with a few marks and darkening to the spine. Internally bright and clean. Numbered '146' of 400. From the recently dispersed Williamson family ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27918
Photo of "Poems on several occasions"
[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718. First subscriber's edition. Folio. Large paper copy. [42], 506pp, [6]. Printed on fine paper with the Strasbourg Arms watermark of a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield. With a list of subscribers, an engraved frontispiece, and numerous engraved vignettes/initials. Contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn. Recent book-label of Peter Scupham to FEP, offsetting to title page, damp-staining to foot of text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27449
Photo of "The london venture"
ARLEN, MICHAEL [Dikran Kouyoumdjian]. The london venture. London. William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. 8vo. 177pp, [12]. With drawings throughout by Michel Sevier. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered and decorated in white, with the monochrome dustwrapper including Mr Heinemann's advertising to rear panel. Some toning throughout, otherwise clean. P. 19 erratum remains present. With the ownership inscription of Henry Williamson dated 1920, and a few passages marked in pencil throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27925
Photo of "Fusilier bluff"
BLUFF, FUSILIER [C. E. Colwyn]. Fusilier bluff. London. Geoffrey Bles, 1934. First edition. 8vo. 283pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped white dust wrapper decorated red, lettered black. Top edge yellow, bottom edge uncut. Minor shelf-wear, wrapper worn and toned. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to endpapers. With the review slip, and a T.L.S. to Williamson dated 27th April 1934, advising Mr. Lakin of Geoffrey Bles publishers has requested to send ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27159
Photo of "The stream way"
LAMPLUGH, Lois . The stream way. London. Golden Galley Press Limited, 1948. First edition. 8vo. 137pp, with 9 original full colour lithographs. Original publisher's pale cloth boards lettered in brown, with the unclipped green decorative dust wrapper. Internally bright and clean. Corners bumped, spine a trifle cocked, wrapper slightly worn and marked. Inscribed to Henry Williamson from the author on the half-title. A.LS. from the author to Williamson loosely inserted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28337
Photo of "Letters That have lately appeared ..."
PETER THE HERMIT [i.e. LEFROY, Christopher Edward]. Letters That have lately appeared in the Oxford and Cambridge Papers, under different Signatures, on the crusade of the Nineteenth Century; collected and re-published, and addressed to the right hon. lord grenville... London. Published by J. Richardson...and Hatchard, 1812. First edition. 8vo. viii, 120pp. Title in red and black. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, chipping to edges, loss to spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28284
Photo of "Thoughts upon the means of ..."
CLERKE, William, Revd. Sir . Thoughts upon the means of preserving the health of the poor, by prevention and suppression of epidemic fevers. Addressed to the inhabitants of the town of manchester, and of the several populous trading towns surrounding and connected with it. London. Printed for J. Johnson...And J. Edwards, 1790. First edition. 8vo. 27pp, [1]. Modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Very minor shelf-wear. Single early manuscript correction to p.11 More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28737
Photo of "Seasonable Reflections On the late ..."
AN ENGLISH MERCHANT RESIDING AT LEGHORN. Seasonable Reflections On the late convention, Concluded The 3d of May last, between the Courts of Vienna and Turin, for Partitioning between them the Territories belonging to the Republic of Genoa; especially shewing the injurious Consequence to the British Trade, should Savona and Final be annexed, in Virtue of any future General Peace, to the Dominions of the House of Savoy, In a letter from an English merchant residing at Leghorn, to his Correspondent at London. London. Printed for M. Cooper, [1747]. First edition. 8vo. 47pp, [1]. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Small paper flaw to imprint. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26635