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HAZLITT, William. Liber amoris; Or, the new pygmalion. London. Printed for John Hunt, 1823. First edition. 8vo. [6], 192pp. With an engraved title page. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Slightly marked, joints cracked, small worm-track to lower joint. Armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt and book-label of Bent Juel-Jensen to FEP. Browning to endpapers, spotting to title and advertisement leaf.
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£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29118
WALLACE, Lew. Ben-hur: A Tale of the Christ. (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Reviews Office". [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 68pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34292
BARNES, William. Poems, partly of rural life, (In national English.). London. J. R. Smith, 1846. First edition. 8vo. vii, 144pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and edges sunned, lettering-piece chipped. Book- label of Simon Nowell-Smith to FEP, tipped-in autograph of the author to title. Light dust- soiling to endpapers, short marginal tear to initial leaf of text. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32143
CARTER, Matt[hew]. Honor rediviuus [sic] or An analysis of Honor and Armory. London. Printed for Henry Heringman, 1660. 8vo. [10], 256, 247-251pp, [3]. With an engraved title page, seven engraved plates, and numerous woodcut illustrations (arms) in the text. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, later rebacked and recornered. Boards rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Frederick J. O. Montagu (of Lynford Hall, County Norfolk) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33348
BARNES, William. Poems of rural life, in the Dorset Dialect: with a dissertation and glossary.. London & Dorchester. John Russell Smith, 1844. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 373pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine, joints split at head, lettering-piece heavily worn. Book-labels of Alan Lubbock and Arthur Hull to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32144
DICKENS, Charles. Pictures from italy. London. Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 269pp, [1]. With an engraved title vignette and three further vignettes in the text by Samuel Palmer. Without terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy fine-diaper cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, small chip to spine, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30818
IRVING, Washington. Old christmas. London. Macmillan & Co, 1882. Fourth edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 165pp,[1]. With half-title and a decorated, tinted title page. Richly illustrated by R. Calcott, with 8 engraved plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Spotting to blank fly-leaves and half-title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34288
ELIOT, George. Silas marner: the weaver of raveloe. Edinburgh & London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. 8vo. [4], 364pp. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and boards sunned. Bookseller's ticket of Thomas Peake of Newcastle to REP. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30732
AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and sensibility. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1890?] 8vo. 379pp, [5]. With engraved frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head and foot of spine. Ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. Contemporary inked ownership inscription dated 'Oxford. 1890' to head of title; manuscript list of the novel's Dashwood family to verso of RFEP. Endpapers browned, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28647
DICKENS, Charles. The cricket on the hearth. A fairy tale of home. London. Printed and published for the author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 174pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30824
DICKENS, Charles. The chimes: A Goblin Story. London. Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Ticket of booksellers Grant, Milliken & Bolton of Dublin and later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30823
DICKENS, Charles. The battle of life. A Love Story. London. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 175pp, [3]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of J. Booker to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30822
[GLAZIER, Richard]. The Architectural Treatment of the fire-place and its accessories. [Manchester?]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Folio. Manuscript on paper. [35]ff. With numerous pen and ink illustrations in the text and four contemporary photographs, depicting Tattershall Castle and its fireplaces, pasted in. Contemporary dark green cloth. Rubbed and marked. Later ownership inscription and manuscript note - attributing the manuscript to Richard Glazier - to FFEP, two leaves detached, occasional spotting. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20249
PUGIN, Augustus Welby N. AYLING, Stephen. Photographs from Sketches by Augustus Welby N Pugin By Stephen Ayling. London. Published by S. Ayling, 1865. First edition. Folio. In two volumes. With half-titles, a mounted albumen frontispiece to Vol. I., chromolithographic title pages, chromolithographic dedication leaf, 4pp indexes, and 500 albumen prints mounted two per leaf, numbered in manuscript. Original publisher's dark brown morocco-backed brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spines, gilt monograms to upper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership inscription of P. A. Robson and later bookseller's typed ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30180
KEATS, John. The poetical works of john keats. London. Macmillan and Co., 1914. Golden treasury edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 284pp. With half-title. Finely bound by Truslove and Hanson of Sloane Street in contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-calf, blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Browning to edges of endpapers. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25815
HORNE, R[ichard] H[engist]. Ballad romances. London. Charles Ollier, 1846. First edition. 8vo. [4], 248pp. Bound by F. Bedford (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-ruled green half-morocco, marbled boards. T.E.G., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25071
CORY, William Johnson . Ionica. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First edition. 8vo. iv, 116pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Some ink-scuffing to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18244
LAMB, Charles and Mary. The works in prose and verse of charles and mary lamb. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [1908]. Oxford edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xlvii, [1], 863pp, [1]; xii, 857pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece of Charles Lamb to both volumes. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-calf, contrasting tan morocco lettering-pieces, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, edges of boards and spines sunned. Sir Anthony Eden's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEPs of each volume, and his inked ownership inscriptions dated February ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29835
VERTUE, George. Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions, From the Elaborate Works of Thomas Simon... [London]. Invented and Published by Geo: Vertue, 1753. First edition. Quarto. [4], 3, [1], iv, 68pp. With 38 engraved plates. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, later rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Hinges exposed, adhesive residue to FEP, scattered spotting. Inscribed 'James Vertue' to head of title page, later manuscript inscription to RFEP: 'Presentation copy, first impress'. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27537