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ANDERSON, William. Blanche the huguenot. A Tale. London. Nathaniel Cooke, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 303pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates by G. and W. L. Thomas. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Minor shelf-wear. Blind-stamp of booksellers S. & C. Turtle to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27708

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GROSSI, Tommaso. Marco visconti: storia del trecento cavata dalle cronache di quel secolo e racconta. Parigi [i.e. Paris]. Baudry, 1835. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 283, [1]; [4], 260pp. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-ruled cats-paw half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27839

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[SOUTHEY, Robert]. Wat tyler; a dramatic poem...With a Preface suitable to recent circumstances. London. Printed for W. Hone, 1817. New edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 60pp. With a half-tile. Uncut in contemporary two-tone paper boards. Rubbed, joints split, surface loss to spine. Ink-stamp of William Stark and recent book-label of Anne and F. G. Reiner to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27921

MOORE, [Thomas]. Moore's irish melodies. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. New edition. Quarto. iv, 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and decorative borders and Illustrations after Daniel Maclise to every page of the main body of text (excluding preface, index etc.) engraved by F. P. Becker. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy morocco, 'VIOLET' stamped in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27914

GARNETT, Richard. Essays of an ex-librarian. London. William Heinemann, 1901. First edition. 8vo. viii, 359pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27905

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[MUSÉE CENTRAL DES ARTS]. Notice des statues, bustes, bas-reliefs, et autres objets composant la Galerie des Antiques de musee central des arts, ouverie pour la premiere fois le dix-huit Brumaire an 9. Paris. De l'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [s.d., c. 1810] 12mo. [2], 107pp, [1]. Later green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28048

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[JERUSALEM]. [Caption title:] Jerusalem map 1952. [Jerusalem]. [Jahshan Bros.], [1952]. Dimensions 480 x 660 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Pasted into original publisher’s pictorial powder blue wrappers. A trifle creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28029

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[BABYLON]. [Drop-head title:] Plan of the ruins of the city of babylon. [London?]. Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F., [1918]. Dimensions 320 x 410 mm. Single sheet, printed on one side only. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Spotted, two small holes. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28026

FOSTER, William. The truth will out or the yolk laid on the right shoulders. London. Frederick Warne & Co., [s.d., c. 1920] Oblong 8vo. 16pp. With an engraved colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text by Foster. Original publisher’s pictorial paper boards. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25141

LINDSAY, James. Sermons on various subjects. London. Printed for Richard and Arthur Taylor...for R. Hunter, 1818. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 488pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, brown calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, marked, and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28080

GRESWELL, Rev. William. A popular view of the correspondency between the mosaic ritual and the facts and doctrines of the christian religion. In nine discourses. Oxford. Printed by S. Collingwood...for J. G. and F. Rivington, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, 221pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue buckram, printed paper lettering-piece to spine, Rubbed and bumped, lettering-piece worn. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28074

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LENOTRE, G[eorges]. Le vrai chevalier de maison-rouge a. d. j. gonzze de rougeville 1761-1814 d'apres des documents inedits. Paris. Librairie Academique Didier, Perrin et Cie., 1905. 8vo. [2], 327pp, [5]. Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's printed powder-blue wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed.Marbled endpapers, blind-stamp of John Fowles to front blank fly-leaf, leaves browned, one leaf detached and chipped at margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28110

JAMES, G[eorge] P[ayne] R[ainsford]. The robber. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1838. 8vo. [2], 370pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled endpapers, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Upper hinge exposed, early armorial bookplate and recent book-label of Iain J. A. S. Woolley to FEP, slight loss to head of dedication leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28091

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SIM, Frances M. Robert Browning (Mystic and Artist). London. The Golden Vista Press, [1931]. First edition. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28101

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FABRE, [Francois-Xavier]. Lettres inedites du baron fabre d'alfieri et de la comtesse d'albany publiees sur les manuscrits autographes par s. leotard. Clermont-l'Herault. Saturnin Leotard, 1884. First edition. 8vo. 37pp, [3]. Later decorated paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece. Original publisher's printed salmon wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28222

[PATMORE, Peter George]. Rejected articles. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 8vo. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities worn, loss to spine. Pencilled ownership inscription of William St. Clair to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28214

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JAHN, Otto. Vasenbilder. I. Orestes in Delphi. II. Theseus und der Minotaurus. III. Dionysos und sein Thiasos. IV. Diomedes und Helena. V. Poseidon und Amymone. Hamburg. Perthes-Besser & Mauke, 1839. Quarto. 40pp. With four engraved folding plates. Later marbled paper boards, contemporary printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Leaves browned and spotted, chipping/short tears to plates at margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28226

LE CARRE, John. The Night Manager. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 443pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. Flat signed by the author to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28379

[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713. 12mo. [28], 248pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent book-label of David Stather to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of 'Will. Morrice' to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28490

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COWPER, W[illiam]. The life and whimsical adventures of john gilpin, citizen and linen-draper. To which is added, His Journey to Edmonton. London. Printed by T. Maiden, [1805]. 12mo. 35pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece: 'Sarah Stevens / Wycombe Bucks / 1806', dust-soiled, small worm-track running through text-block - touching text at times, without loss of sense. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28641