Sydney.
Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 227pp, [1]. With a colour portrait frontispiece and a further six black and white illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. Label of the Book Lovers' Library, Melbourne to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 21495
Oxford.
Clarendon Press, [1990].
New edition.
8vo.
xl, 154pp. With a black and white photographic frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Some marking to top-edge, else clean and crisp, a very good copy. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 21457
[Bristol].
Printed at the Bristol Mirror Office by John Taylor, [1840].
Dimensions 170 x 210 mm.
Single leaf handbill, edges uncut. Very slightly creased. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 21424
Alnwick.
Printed by M. Smith, [s.d., c.1882]
Dimensions 290 x 440 mm.
Single leaf broadside. Lightly creased, very short tear to one edge, central horizontal fold. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 21433
London.
Printed by T. Maiden, for J. Asperne, [1803].
Dimensions 260 x 430 mm.
Single leaf broadside. Central horizontal fold, creased, chipping to edges, several paper repairs to verso. More >
£ 350.00
Antiquates Ref. 17456
Devizes & Swindon.
Coulton, Printer, [s.d., c.1810]
Dimensions 180 x 220 mm.
Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Clean and crisp, partially legible blind-stamp to head - incorporating the name 'BATH'. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 21429
[Valetta].
[s.n.], [s.d.]
Dimensions 210 x 310 mm.
Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. several horizontal folds, lightly creased, manuscript title to verso. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 21437
[London].
Wood, Printer, [s.d., c.1820]
Dimensions 230 x 280 mm.
Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Horizontal folds, lightly creased, one edge soiled. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 20723
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [1867].
Dimensions 180 x 230 mm.
Single leaf handbill. A trifle toned, three very short tears to margins. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 21278
[s.i., Dewsbury?].
[s.n., Mr Sykes?, 1778]
Dimensions 165 x 160mm.
Single leaf handbill. Fore- and gutter margin edges uncut. Creased, with some marginal tearing, marking and early manuscript notes to verso. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 21439
London.
Henry G. Bohn, 1846.
Fifth edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. xxxi, [1], 502; [2], 540pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and one further engraved plate. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled turquoise morocco, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, gilt device with motto 'Sunt sua praemia laudi' to boards, marbled edges. Marbled endpapers, slight foxing to plates, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 300.00
Antiquates Ref. 15149
Napoli [i.e. Naples].
Da' Torchi di Agnelo Nobile, 1823.
8vo.
xx, 133pp, [3]. Uncut in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle marked, loss to head and foot of spine. Lightly foxed internally. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title by translator Thomas James Mathias; 'Dall' Autore'. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 16128
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [1769].
Folio.
Manuscript on paper. [40] leaves. Contemporary drab paper wrappers. Extremities rubbed and marked. First half of text-block detached from binding, occasional spotting/chipping to margins, two leaves excised, substantial loss to one (blank) leaf. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 13995
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d.]
Quarto.
Manuscript on paper. [50]ff. Illustrated with several hand-drawn diagrams. Contemporary marbled paper wrapper. Extremities chipped, rubbed and marked. Very occasional short marginal tears, else internally clean and crisp.
Incipit: 'Utesilios cabello, e modo de o preparas & Para farer obras de cabello saio precisos diverso utensilios de que vou farer descripcao.'
Explicit: 'Sendo o tecido dos arcos se lhe metlem os moldes que divem seer ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14073
Incipit: 'Utesilios cabello, e modo de o preparas & Para farer obras de cabello saio precisos diverso utensilios de que vou farer descripcao.'
Explicit: 'Sendo o tecido dos arcos se lhe metlem os moldes que divem seer ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14073
[St. Petersburg and London].
[s.n.], 1856-58
Folio.
Manuscript on paper. 52ff, the remainder unused. Contemporary red sheep, ruled in gilt and lettered 'COMPTE GENERAL' to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. Some rubbing to spine, extremities, small hole to upper joint.
[With: Three others manuscript notebooks, related, including one in a contemporary Russian binding with cyrillic lettering] More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14084
[With: Three others manuscript notebooks, related, including one in a contemporary Russian binding with cyrillic lettering] More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14084
Olispone, [i.e. Lisbon].
Typographia regia, et privilegio, 1784.
Folio.
[30], 672pp, cxlvi, [10], 58. Several engraved devotional images within pagination. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, marbled endpapers and gilt gauffered edges, yellow metal clasps. Rubbed, small incision to lower joint, paper label to upper board. Tears to FFEP, occasional marginal loss/tearing, some occasional marking. More >
£ 1,750.00
Antiquates Ref. 14409
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [s.d., c.1905]
8vo.
Manuscript on paper. Three volumes; two in contemporary gilt-ruled red morocco, marbled edges (predominantly filled, the second with numerous leaves excised); the third, black half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges (with many leaves unused). Extremities a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Bookplates of John Walker Ford to FEPs of both full-calf volumes. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 14484
[s.l.].
[s.n.], [c.1840].
Quarto.
[36]ff and three inserted notes, remaining leaves blank. Finely bound in full red morocco, boards gilt with triple fillet, flat-spine in five compartments with central star-burst tool to each. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities. More >
£ 350.00
Antiquates Ref. 10216
[s.n.] C.1851.
Quarto.
53ff. Manuscript on paper. Victorian melange paper backed marbled boards. Rubbed, with some tearing and loss to base of spine. One leav detached, with two more nearly so but just holding. An immaculately presented early-Victorian mathematical workbook, throughout with solved problems under the two headings 'Mental Calculations' and 'Promiscuous Questions', with several problems mentioning the dates 1850/51. Examples include: 'What would a board 16 feet ... More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 9163
[s.n.].
1861.
Quarto.
44ff. Manuscript on paper. Victorian melange paper backed marbled boards. Inscribed to FEP 'Joseph White's Book, July 15th 1861'. Amongst a wealth of purely numerical calculations under the headings 'Simple Rules' and 'Compound Rules', some 16 pages of problems are solved. Examples include: 'A man born in the year 1750 when will be 21 years of age', 'There are two numbers the least whereof is ... More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 9162
