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Photo of "Edward Marsh: Patron of the ..."
HASSALL, Christopher. Edward Marsh: Patron of the Arts: A Biography. [London]. Longmans, [1959]. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 732pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, and a further 14 photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, slight chipping/marking to dustwrapper. Internally clean and crisp. From the reference library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26303
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POUND, Ezra. Patria mia and the treatise on harmony. London. Peter Owen, [1962]. First U.K. edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. Original publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper a trifle sunned. Endpapers browned. From the library, though not identified as such, of English Movement poet and literary critic Donald Davie (1922-1995). More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26322
Photo of "The Letters of T. E. ..."
LAWRENCE, T. E.. The Letters of T. E. Lawrence. London. Jonathan Cape, 1938. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 896pp. With 16 black and white plates and two folding maps. Original publisher's tan buckram, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped, short closed tear to head of upper panel, spine chipped and soiled. Inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26336
Photo of "The Vicar of Wakefield"
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Macmillan & Co., 1891. Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 305pp, [7]. With a frontispiece and a plethora of illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27086
Photo of "Palestine Exploration Fund Annual No. ..."
HARDING, G. Lankester. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual No. VI: Four Tomb Groups from Jordan. [London]. Published by Order of the Committee, 1953. First edition. Folio. xi, [1], 72pp, [4]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher’s printed light blue wrappers. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. From the reference library of the late Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017), the authorised biographer of Lawrence, with his distinctive inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27190
Photo of "The Vicar of Wakefield"
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Ernest Nister, [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. 224pp. With five heliogravure plates and numerous illustrations in the text by H. M. Paget. Original publisher's decorative green cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27296
Photo of "Shanty the blacksmith. A tale ..."
SHERWOOD, Mrs.. Shanty the blacksmith. A tale of other times. London. Darton and Clark, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 180pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and coloured engraved general title for Darton's Juvenile Library (not called for by Darton). Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting, a trifle cocked. Without FFEP, spotting to frontispiece and engraved title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27582
Photo of "History of banking in Scotland"
KERR, Andrew William. History of banking in Scotland. London. Adam and Charles Black, 1902. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, 348, 6pp. With a half-title and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'W. R. Stall, Manager, Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27643
Photo of "The eve of the conquest, ..."
TAYLOR, Henry. The eve of the conquest, and other poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1847. First edition. 8vo. 8, [10], 90pp, [4]. With an initial publisher's catalogue and a final leaf of advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27697
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ROGERS, Samuel. Poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1839. 8vo. [8], viii, 311pp, [1]. With a half-title and an 8pp publisher's catalogue tipped-in to front pastedown. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Very minor shelf-wear, top-edge a trifle dusty. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'George Farmer / Purchased at Penbryn sale April 28th / 1858', short tear to head of leaf O1, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27710
Photo of "La religieuse"
DIDEROT, [Denis]. La religieuse. Paris. P. Arnould, [1886]. 16mo. [2], 412pp. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate by P. Kauffmann. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, later bookplate of E. L. Allhusen to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27833
Photo of "The life and voyages of ..."
IRVING, Washington. The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. London. John Murray, 1831. 8vo. xi, [1], 354pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved folding maps. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, brown calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27837