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Photo of "King edward the seventh"
MAGNUS, Philip. King edward the seventh. [London]. John Murray, [1964]. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 528pp. With numerous photographic plates and two folding genealogical tables. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, light blue cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32969
Photo of "The home of mankind: the ..."
VAN LOON, Hendrik Willem. The home of mankind: the story of the world we live in. London. George G. Harrap & Company, 1933. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 506pp. Numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's decorative green clot. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, marked. Presentation copy, inked illustration and inscription to recto of FFEP: 'The will to live / Hendrik Willem van Loon / Madras (?)'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20896
Photo of "The fall of jerusalem: a ..."
MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. The fall of jerusalem: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1825. New edition. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 167pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33045
Photo of "Xenophontos Apomnemoneumata. xenophontis memorabilia. Cum ..."
XENOPHON. Xenophontos Apomnemoneumata. xenophontis memorabilia. Cum apologia socratis eidem auctori vulgo adscripta. Ex recensione schneideri ejusdem notis instruxit, et doctorum annotationibus aliorum auxit robertus young. Glasguae [i.e. Glasgow]. Ex prelo Academico, typis et cura andreae & Joannis M. Duncan, 1826. 8vo. vii, [1], 327pp, [1]. First two words of title transliterated from the Greek. Attractively bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges.A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33048
Photo of "Belshazzar: a dramatic poem"
MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. Belshazzar: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1822. First edition. 8vo. iv, 162pp, [2]. Contemporary panelled calf, richly tool in gilt and blind, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, some surface loss, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33054
Photo of "H. S. Mauberley"
POUND, Ezra. H. S. Mauberley. Milano [i.e. Milan]. All'Insega del Pesce d'Oro, [1959]. 8vo. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 218. 57pp, [2]. Illustration to upper wrapper and two plates of illustrations by Jean Cocteau. With three plates Parallel English and Italian text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33023
Photo of "The greatest plague of life ..."
ONE WHO HAS BEEN "ALMOST WORRIED TO DEATH". The greatest plague of life or the adventures of a lady in search of a good servant. Edited by the brothers mayhew. London. George Routledge and Sons, [1892]. 12mo. [2], 285pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved vignette to title, and a further 11 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33040
Photo of "Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty""
[GRIMM, Brothers]. [CORNER, Julia]. Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty". [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1882]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [65]ff, ruled, with text to rectos only. With [2]ff printed programme for the performance bound in at front. Contemporary black morocco, gilt, titled to upper board. Marbled endpapers, edges red. A handsome copy with only slight rubbing to extremities. Inscribed 'Edwardus R from Il Maestro, Signor Watson, in remembrance of the pleasant hours spent in the preparation and performance of "The Sleeping ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21669
Photo of "Traditions of lancashire"
ROBY, J. Traditions of lancashire. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. x, [2], 329, [1]; [4], 330pp, [2]. With additional engraved title pages to each volume and a further 12 plates. Bound by Henry Sotheran & Co. in contemporary blind-tooled green half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. Rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, binder's tickets to FEPs, offsetting, scattered spotting. Armorial bookplates of Conservative politician Sir Mervyn Lloyd Peel (1856-1929) to FEPs, with his inked ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32998
Photo of "AEI. Arabia Egypt India: a ..."
BURTON, Isabel. AEI. Arabia Egypt India: a narrative of travel. London and Belfast. William Mullan and Son, 1879. First edition. 8vo. viii, 488pp. With twelve engraved plates, two engraved coloured maps (one folding), and two engraved illustrations in the text. Modern gilt-tooled red morocco-backed red cloth boards. Paper repairs to verso of folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30124
Photo of "Souvenirs du mexique 1864-1867"
SMISSEN, [Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves] Baron van der. Souvenirs du mexique 1864-1867. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. J. Lebegue & Cie., [1892]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 232pp. With three folding coloured maps. Contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, later bookplate of Joseph M. Gleason to recto of FFEP, short tear to one map at gutter. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31053
Photo of "The great metropolis. Second series"
[GRANT, James]. The great metropolis. Second series. London. Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [1], 312; iv, 324pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32925
Photo of "The pictorial history of the ..."
[REDDING, Cyrus]. The pictorial history of the county of lancaster: with one hundred and seventy illustrations and a map.. London. George Routledge, 1844. First edition. 8vo. [4], 238, xlviii pp. With an engraved folding map and 170 engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Conservative politician Sir Mervyn Lloyd Peel (1856-1929) to FEP, blind-stamp of Manchester-based bookseller Simms to FFEP, map foxed, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33000
Photo of "The traveller, the deserted village, ..."
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The traveller, the deserted village, and Other Poems. London. Printed for John Sharpe...by C. Whttingham, 1819. 12mo. 166pp. With an additional engraved title-page and five engraved plates by Richard Westall. Handsomely bound in contemporary black morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Slightest of rubbing to joints. Armorial bookplate of 'Jasper More' to FEP, plates a trifle browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15357
Photo of "Poems. Second series"
ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems. Second series. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. v, [3], 210, vi, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Ticket of Westerton's Library of London to FEP, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32991
Photo of "Select scotish ballads"
[PINKERTON, John]. Select scotish ballads. London. Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1783. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. lxvi [i.e. lxvii], [1], 159, [1]; xli, [1], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards, joints starting. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, without FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32987