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[CHILTON, George?]. [Manuscript diary of a European grand tour]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1821-23] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [190] leaves, versos blank. Contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, marbled edges. Extremities lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, from the recently dispersed library of Kentish bibliophile Charles Benson (1933-2017), with his bookplate to FEP, pencilled annotation of later owner to verso of FFEP commenting that bookseller John Maggs had stated that the diary came from the library of Holland House, internally clean and ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 18403
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REYNOLDS, Frederick. A Playwright's Adventures. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1831. First edition. 12mo. [4], 356pp. Numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's black half-calf, drab paper boards, lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed. Foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23303
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LAWRENCE, T. E.. The letters of T. E. Lawrence. New York. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. First American edition. 8vo. 896pp. With 16 halftone illustrations, seven linecuts, and four maps. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper spine panel sunned with some loss to head and foot, corners clipped. Leaves toned, ink-stamp of inspector of Army Air Forces, Lloyd E. Brown (not to be confused with Lloyd D. Brown) to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23378
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TOMLINSON, H. M.. All our yesterdays. London. William Heinemann, 1930. 8vo. Limited edition, number 219 of 1025 copies signed by the author. [8], 539pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece from a drawing by Percy Smith. Original publisher's oatmeal buckram, stamped and lettered in gilt, T.E.G., cloth covered slipcase. Spine sunned, slipcase lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, else internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23382
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SPARLING, H. Halliday. The Kelmscott Press and William Morris. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], With a photographic frontispiece and a further 16 photographic plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece, dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper spotted, chipped, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23373
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LINDSAY, David. A Voyage to Arcturus. New York. The Macmillan Company, 1963. First American edition. 8vo. x, [2], 244pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, ruled in white, pictorial dustwrapper. Some minor chipping to dustwrapper, else fine. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23380
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FROST, Robert. Complete poems. London. Jonathan Cape, [1951]. 8vo. 494pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and marked. Lightly foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23375
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SMITH, G. Elliot. Elephants and Ethnologists. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition. Quarto. viii, 135pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece, a further 52 plates, and nine illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed drab paper boards. Extremities rubbed. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23385
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FOSTER, J[ohn] W[ells]. Pre-historic races of the United States of America. Chicago. S. C. Griggs and Company, 1873. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 415pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and 71 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green buckram, ruled in black, stamped and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Lightly spotted. Bookplate and ownership inscription of Nathaniel Seymour Thomas to FEP and title page respectively. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23392
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NICOLAS, Nicholas Harris. A history of the royal navy, from the earliest times to the wars of the french revolution. London. Richard Bentley, 1847. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxv, [3], 469, [1]; viii, 534pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Titles in red and black. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned. Armorial bookplates of Tollemache to both FEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FFEP of Vol. I. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20618
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COOPER, J[ames] Fenimore. The history of the navy of the United States. London. Richard Bentley, 1839. First British edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxxv, xii, 456; xii, 558pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and a trifle marked, spines sunned, corners bumped. Near contemporary inked gift inscriptions to FFEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21953
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[HUGHES, Mary]. [Drop-head title]. The Apprehending and Taking of the Female Robber, mary hughes, alias King, alias Atkinson, alias Evans, in the City of Bath, for Robbing Mrs Whitcomb, at the Boar's Head, Bristol, of Two Hundred Guineas, and a Bank Note value Twenty Pounds. Newcastle. M. Angus & Son, Printers, [s.d., c1800?] Dimensions 194 x 296mm. Single leaf broadside, printed on recto only in two columns. Edges uncut, with some marking, spotting and marginal loss, slight surface loss/tear to verso. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23226
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MARTINEAU, Harriet. Illustrations of political economy. No. I. Life in the wilds. A tale. London. Charles Fox, 1832. Third edition. xx, 124pp.

[Together with:] MARTINEAU, Harriet. Illustrations of political economy. No. II. The hill and the valley. A Tale. London. Charles Fox, 1832. Third edition. [4], 140pp.

[And:] MARTINEAU, Harriet. Illustrations of political economy. No. III. Brooke and Brooke Farm. A Tale. London. Charles Fox, 1833. Third edition. [4], 139pp, [1].

[And:] MARTINEAU, Harriet. Illustrations of political economy. No. IV. Demerara. A Tale. London. Charles ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 21061