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Photo of "Sesame and lilies"
RUSKIN, John. Sesame and lilies. London. George Allen, 1892. Thirteenth edition in original form. 8vo. xi, [1], 180pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, later inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28919
Photo of "Lewesdon hill: a poem"
CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912
Photo of "Shelley memorials: from authentic sources. ..."
SHELLEY, Lady [Jane]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Shelley memorials: from authentic sources. Edited by Lady Shelley. With, now first printed, an essay on Christianity, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London. Henry S. King & Co., 1875. Third edition. 8vo. x, [2], 290, [2], 35pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28906
Photo of "A memoir of zerah colburn; ..."
COLBURN, Zerah. A memoir of zerah colburn; written by himself. Containing an account of the first discovery of his remarkable powers...with his peculiar methods of calculation. Springfield [Massachusetts]. Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1833. First edition. 12mo. vii, [2], 10-104 [i.e. 204]pp. Without frontispiece. Contemporary speckled sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Housed in recent custom cloth clamshell case. Rubbed, corners bumped. Recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28961
Photo of "Fables...With the Life of the ..."
GAY, John. Fables...With the Life of the Author. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1808. 12mo. xvi, 228pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to blank front endpapers, slight loss to margins of leaf EE1. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29017
Photo of "San Francisco Destroyed"
[SAN FRANCISCO]. San Francisco Destroyed. Milwaukee. C. N. Caspar Co., [1906]. Oblong 8vo. [24] leaves. Original publisher's brown wrappers, lettered and decorated in gilt and black. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24161
Photo of "Theodore Essays on T. F. ..."
BRAYBROOKE, Neville, et al. . Theodore Essays on T. F. Powys. . Kent. Saint Albert's Press, 1964. Limited first edition 87/450. 8vo. 74pp, [14]. Original publisher's printed cream wrappers lettered in red, with corresponding unclipped dustwrapper, a little marked and stained. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With a ballpoint inscription from the Sewell 'amico dilecto Henrico Williamson d. d. compilator - f. Brocardus Sewell, O. Carm. 15.iv.1964'.' More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28297
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. Norwich, Norfolk. Gliddon Books, 1987. First Gliddon Books edition. 8vo. xx, [2], 13-182pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. With eight photographic illustrations. A little spotting to the wrapper, otherwise clean. With the initials of Williamson's son Richard (RLCW) on the title page. From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28300
Photo of "Arabia no Rorensu"
WILSON, Jeremy [Keisaburo Yamaguchi]. Arabia no Rorensu. Japan. Shinshokan, 1989. First Japanese edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's white laminated boards, lettered in blue with the contrasting spine, monochrome portrait of Lawrence to the rear board. With the photographic dustwrapper and the additional British Airways orange advertising band. From the family library of Henry Williamson, now dispersed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28301
Photo of "The works of Samuel Taylor ..."
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, prose and verse. Complete in one volume.. Philadelphia. Thomas Cowperthwait & Co, 1840. 8vo. [6], xvi, 546pp, [4]. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled full calf, morocco lettering-piece. Contemporary inscription to FEP 'Samuel Jones'. Moderate wear to board edges and spine. Marbled end-papers and edges, although substantial surface wear to edges. Heavy spotting on frontispiece, does not obscure engraving. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29202
Photo of "The Book of Ballads"
GAULTIER, Bon [i.e. AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. MARTIN, Theodore].. The Book of Ballads. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. Eleventh edition. 8vo. [1], v, [3], 256pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Moderate wear to spine and very slight bumping to corners. Heavy spotting to front and rear end-papers, but none to text. Contemporary ink inscription R. D. Hamilton (?) to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29212
Photo of "Lectures on the English comic ..."
HAZLITT, William. Lectures on the English comic writers. London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1819. First edition. 8vo. [4], 343pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, recently rebacked in calf, contrasting calf lettering-pieces. Board rubbed and marked. Recent typed booksellers description and bookplate of Dennis Douglas to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29245
Photo of "The pitman's pay, and other ..."
WILSON, Thomas. The pitman's pay, and other poems. Gateshead. William Douglas, 1843. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, [4], 168pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, early pencilled gift inscription to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29247
Photo of "The poetical works.."
WORDSWORTH, William. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 8vo. xxxii, 986pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, ruled in gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29603