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KINGSTON, W[illiam] H[enry] G[iles]. The boy's own book of boats. Including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world. London. Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 224, 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, dulled. Ticket to FEP of Jennett & Co., booksellers of Stockton-on-Tees, contemporary ownership inscription to FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34235
HOWITT, William. The boy's country-book: being the real life of a country boy, written by himself; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. Second edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xi, [1], 308pp. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Without half-title. Handsomely bound by Potter and Sons of York in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, short tears to upper margins of leaves S7 and S8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23401
DOUGLAS, Sir George. The border breed: georgics & pastorals & other poems. London. The St. Catherine Press, 1909. First edition. Quarto. 134pp. Title printed in red and black. With a coloured frontispiece and one further coloured plate. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32387
FREMANTLE, T. F. The book of the rifle. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 544, 32pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further 54 photographic plates, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leave, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32086
HARDING, Mrs. Edward. The book of the peony. Philadelphia and London. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917. First edition. Quarto. 259pp, [1]. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, 40 further illustrated plates, of which some chromolithograph, some engraved, and some photographic, and one engraved map. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth boards, pictorial paper label pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with bumping to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34564
[CHARLES I]. The Book of Sports, Set Forth by King Charles I. (For Compiling of which, Arch-Bishop Laud was Beheaded.). London. Printed in the Year M.DC.XXXIII. by Robert Barker...and now Reprinted in the Year 1709. and Sold by J. Baker 16pp. ESTC N2726.

[Bound with:] [WARD, Edward]. Honesty in Distress; but Reliev'd by No party. A Tragedy, As it is Acted on the Stage, &c. London. Printed and Sold by Hen Hills, 1708. 15pp, [1]. ESTC N7236.

[And:] [WINCHILSEA, Anne Finch, Countess of,]. The spleen, A Pindarique ode. By a lady. Together with A Prospect of death: A Pindarique essay. London. Printed and Sold by ... More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 18773
[PATRICK], Symon. The book of psalms paraphras'd; with Arguments to each Psalm. London. Printed by J. H. for L. Meredith, 1691. Second edition. 8vo. In two parts. [24], 716pp, [4]. With and engraved portrait frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. 'The book of Psalms paraphras’d...Part II' has a separate dated title page; register and pagination are continuous.Contemporary speckled calf, later rebacked, later contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, worm-track to foot of lower joint. Recent book-label of Peter A. Croft to recto of FFEP, early inked ownership inscription ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27511
[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer... London. Printed by the Assigns of His Majesty's Printer, and of Henry Hills, decease'd, 1731. 12mo. Unpaginated. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep. Extremities heavily worn, joints split, loss to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, contemporary armorial bookplate to FEP and inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf of Cosmo George, Duke of Gordon. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24973
[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to The Church of England; with notes upon the epistles, gospels, and psalms, By a Member of the Established Church. London. Sold by Otridge and Son et al., 1813. First edition. 8vo. xxvi, 482pp. Printed in double columns. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board 'Wm. Vavasour', A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, newspaper clipping pasted to FEP, extracts of devotional verse in manuscript to blank fly-leaves, later newspaper clippings relating to the Vavasour family to front blank fly- leaf, very occasional light spotting, terminal ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30910
[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer, And administration of the sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of The Church of England: Together with the psalter or psalms of david... Oxford. Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1772. Quarto. [416]pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, 'William Crosbie Esq. Mayor. 1776' stamped in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and discoloured, loss to gilt tooling, joints worn. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp but for tear to margin of K2. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 15188
[LITURGY - English]. The book of Common-Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments; And other Parts of Divine Service For the Use of the Church of Scotland... Edinburgh. Printed by James Watson, 1712. 8vo. [30], 308, [2], 309-429pp, [1]. Title page in red and black. Leaf B1 is a cancellans with 'nople asure' in line eight of text corrected to 'no pleasure'. Some copies have both states of B1, the present copy does not. Handsomely bound in later richly gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Elaborate brocade endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Maitland Dundrennan to FEP, internally clean ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23533
[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of The Church of England: together with the psalter or psalms of david, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. Cambridge. Printed by C. J. Clay, at the University Press, [s.d., c.1863] 8vo. [968]pp. Printed in red and black. Contemporary blind-stamped red calf, lettered in gilt to spine, with the supralibros of Emily Susan Caulfield to upper board. A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper board sunned. Inked ownership inscription of Emily Susan Lonsdale dated 1874 to head of title. Light scuffing to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34603
[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland: together with the psalter or psalms of david, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.. Oxford. Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1869. 16mo. [544]pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled, blind-ruled black morocco, gilt letters 'H. L.' to upper board. Gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, with surface wear to head and foot of spine. Spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34662
[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1830. 8vo. Unpaginated.

[Bound with]: BRADY, N & TATE, N. A New Edition of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1818. Unpaginated.

8vo. [1]. Contemporary blind-stamped burgundy straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lighlty rubbed and marked. Inked gift inscription addressed to Robert Williams from his 'affectionate Grandmother', Jane Williams to head ... More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34099
[CHRISTIANITY], [ANGLICAN CHURCH]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and W. Dawson, Printers to the University, 1795. Unpaginated. ESTC T504813.

[Bound with]: A New Edition of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches. London. Printed by S. Brooke, 1793. 237pp, [4]. ESTC T87368.

8vo. [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to edges and joints, spine dulled and creased. Inked ownership inscription of Robert Williams, Bridehead, 36 Grosvenor Square to FEP. Very occasional ... More >
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34094
[LONDON]. The Book of Coach-Rates; or Hackney-Coach Directory. Describing Above Four Thousand fares within the Cities of London and Westminster, and Limits of the Bills of Mortality; The Price of Each Fare being annexed; and the Exact Distance specified, according to an Accurate Measurement of the Ground. Alphabetically disposed... London. Printed for the Editior; and Sold by W. Owen et al., 1762. First edition. xii, 118pp. Without terminal blank leaf. ESTC N32380.

[Bound after:] [HENRY, David]. An Historical Description of the tower of london, and its curiosities... London. Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, 1778. iv, [1], 6-71pp, [1]. ESTC T86735.

[And:] [HENRY, David]. An historical description of St. paul's cathedral... London. Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, 1777. iv, 56pp. ESTC T102526.

[And:] [HENRY, David]. An ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 14205
HALL, S. C. [editor]. The book of british ballads. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Folio. vii, [1], 440pp, [2]. With an engraved title page and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. text within engraved border. Bound by J. W. Mason & Son in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, bookbinder's ticket to FEP, blind-stamp of bookseller C. W. Holdich of Hull to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28915
GAULTIER, Bon [editor]. The book of ballads. London. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1845. 16mo. [10], 152pp. With a chromolithographed frontispiece, an additional chromolithographed title page, and numerous illustrations in the text by Alfred Crowquill. Handsomely bound by Ramage of London in contemporary gilt-tooled crushed brown morocco, A.E.G. Original publisher's upper cover bound in. A trifle rubbed. Later book-label of J. C. Bolton to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32932
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