London.
Chatto & Windus, 1954.
First edition.
8vo.
187pp, [3]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped, lower joint split, a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Bryan Matheson / with all good wishes / from / Compton Mackenzie'. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 24918
London.
Chatto & Windus, 1951.
First edition.
8vo.
Volume I only. xxiv, 623pp, [1]. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William Slim, to recto of FFEP. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 25945
Edinburgh.
Printed by J. Hay & Co., 1818.
First edition.
8vo.
iv, [1], 6-68pp. Uncut and unopened, stitched, as issued. Inked annotation to head of title, title and p.68 a trifle dust-soiled, some creasing, occasional light spotting. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 18969
Edinburgh.
Printed for John Anderson, Jun., 1822.
First edition.
8vo.
vii, [1], 317, [5], 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern navy half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers, contemporary gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, very occasional manuscript corrections to text, scattered spotting. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 33286
Edinburgh.
Laing and Forbes, 1836.
First edition?.
Quarto.
xii, 213pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final errata leaf. Recent brown cloth-backed blue paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Closed tears to foot of leaf B4 (touching text without loss), scattered foxing. Inked ownership inscription and pencilled note of Andrew Jervise to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 23520
Edinburgh.
Co-operative Printing Company Limited, 1884.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 88pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, ink-stamps of Newbattle Abbey College to FEP, FFEP, and verso of title page. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23300
London.
Edward Bull, 1842.
New edition, revised.
8vo.
lxxvi, 228pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Foyles booksellers ticket pasted to FEP, receipt from the same loosely inserted, upper hinge partially exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 23938
London.
George Routledge and Sons, 1881.
8vo.
iv, 538pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further eight engraved plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, lightly foxed. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 23122
London.
Printed for J. Murray, 1782.
First edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. xxiii, [1], 482; [xi, [1], 503pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, spines dulled and marked. Armorial bookplate of John Bateman to FEP of Vol. I, leaf Dd3 of Vol. I detached, slight loss to lower corner of leaf F1, Vol. II, short horizontal tear to lower margin of terminal leaf of text. More >
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref. 25980
[s.i.].
[s.n.], 1550, [i.e. c. 1610-39]
Quarto.
8, 320, [4], 106, [16], 280, 152, 158pp. Contemporary blind- ruled sprinkled calf, recently rebacked. Boards heavily rubbed. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 34463
[Verona].
Stampato per I Cento Amici del Libro, 1957.
Quarto.
Limited edition of 120 copies. 98pp, [4]. With seven full-page lithographed illustrations in the text by Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra (1890-1971). Original publisher's limp cream paper boards, lettered in red, glassine wrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, loss to spine of wrapper. Internally immaculate. Signed by Sanminiatelli on the colophon. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 27820
In Vinegia [i.e. Venice].
Domenico Giglio, 1554.
12mo.
157 [i.e. 257]ff, [1]. Nineteenth-century calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, remnants of bookplate to FEP, small marginal holes to title page and initial leaf of text, light damp-staining to head of initial gathering, scattered spotting. More >
£ 850.00
Antiquates Ref. 27821
Glasgow.
[W. Blackie] , 1866.
First edition.
Quarto.
[10], 182pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved colour frontispiece and 74 illustrations depicting the seals of Glasgow. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Light scattered spotting and occasional marking throughout. Inked ownership inscription of 'Macgeorge' to FFEP, and presentation inscription 'to John Macgeorge with affte. regards from A Macgeorge'. More >
£ 85.00
Antiquates Ref. 33541
London.
Printed and published by J. Smith, [1832].
First edition.
8vo.
8, 72pp. With a folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a further four folding lithographed colour plates, and an engraved folding plan. Original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, marked, and bumped, early inked ownership inscription to upper board, corners exposed. Offsetting to title page, scattered spotting. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 22765
Edinburgh.
Printed by George Ramsay and Co. for the author, 1809.
First edition.
12mo in 6s.
viii, 157pp, [1], [14]. With a list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering- piece to spine. Slightly rubbed, chipping to joints. Recent book- label of J. O. Edwards to FEP. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 23819
Glasgow.
Printed at the Stanhope Press Office, 1830.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 13pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Recent green cloth-backed buff paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of J. L. Weir to FEP, lightly damp-stained. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 25877
London.
Printed for W. Strahan et al., 1772.
First edition.
Quarto.
[4], iii, [13], 660pp. With half-title. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Small marginal worm-trail throughout a majority of the text-block - in no instance touching text, occasional browning and spotting. More >
£ 275.00
Antiquates Ref. 12394
London.
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1839.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, 332pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive-green cloth, lettered in gilt. Later recased, new endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, sunned. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 31419
Napoli [i.e. Naples].
Nella Calcografia di Guis. Girard, [s.d., c.1820]
Oblong quarto.
With five engraved title pages. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed and bumped, some surface loss. Scattered foxing, very occasional light damp-staining, small paper repair to blank verso of pone leaf. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 25588
London.
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863.
New edition.
8vo.
[5], viii-xvi, 538pp. Without half-title. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, richly gilt-tooled red diced calf, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, prize-plate to FEP, scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 28261
