Oxford.
Clarendon Press, 1887.
New edition.
8vo.
xii, 515pp, [1]. With 407 woodcut figures in the text. Contemporary dark green calf-backed green cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, very occasional spotting/creasing. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 23899
London.
Hodder and Stoughton, 1913.
First edition.
8vo.
x, 284pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Boards rubbed and marked, some wear/loss to cloth at top edge, some water-staining to endpapers and text block. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 31769
London.
Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]
[12]pp.
[Together with:] The Singing Boys, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] Willing hearts, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] The Young Gardener, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] If I was a lady, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] The donkey-race, and other picture ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25804
[Together with:] The Singing Boys, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] Willing hearts, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] The Young Gardener, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] If I was a lady, and other picture stories. London. Religious Tract Society, [1882-1888]. [12]pp.
[And:] The donkey-race, and other picture ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 25804
Te Amsterdam.
Lodewijk van Es, 1827.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 38pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain green paper wraps. Author and publication date in manuscript to upper wrap, slight wear and soiling. Occasional spots of foxing, ink -stamps of the Royal Meteorological Society to upper wrap and title. Ink inscription to head of title (Presentation?) More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 13430
Bergen.
J. W. Eides Forlag, [1958].
First Norwegian edition.
8vo.
275pp, [1]. Illustrated with 32 pages of monochrome photographs and 16 pages in full colour. Original publisher's red cloth-backed decorated paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, some slight shipping to dustwrapper. Endpapers browned, bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 23431
London.
Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1736.
12mo.
[24], 348pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 10 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. Rubbed, marked, and bumped, upper joint starting, loss to head and foot of spine. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, loss to FFEP. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 28638
Dublin.
William Curry, 1844.
Second edition.
8vo.
vi, 186pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn. Bookseller's ticket of White & Sons, Carmarthen to FEP, occasional spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23281
London.
Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin et al., 1821.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], iii, [3], 74pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Without terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements found in some copies. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed buff wrappers, later inserted into limp drab cards covers, oversewn. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 33784
Oxford.
Printed for J. Parker, 1816.
Fifth edition.
8vo.
200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 21714
Madrid.
Pantaleon Aznar, 1798.
8vo.
[10], xxvi, 250pp, [4]. With a half-title, an engraved title page, an engraved plate, and two terminal leaves of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed, loss to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, without FFEP, inked ownership inscription of T. Beckett to head of half-title, scattered spotting. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 25735
London.
Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 241pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 32279
Paris.
Charles Gosselin, 1829.
First edition in French.
12mo.
In two volumes. [4], 234; [4], 216pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing, FFEP of Vol. I detached. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 25112
Edinburgh.
Adam and Charles Black, 1838.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], 227pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To William Lawson Esq. / From his Scotch Friend / Charles Black / Edinburgh / 9 April 1838'. More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 20254
Glasgow.
Dalross Limited, [1911].
First edition.
8vo.
A presentation copy, bound in one volume. [12], viii, 4-10, [6], 11-1155pp. With an initial catalogue of advertisements and one in-text engraved map. Original publisher's gilt-decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with slight wear to extremities. Spotting and browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 34791
[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
Parisis, [i.e. Paris].
Apud Simonem Benard, 1676.
First Delphine edition.
Quarto.
[24], 350 [i.e. 346], [160]. With terminal blank u4, and engraved frontispiece (by Louis Cossin) and occasional engraved vignette medallions within the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, rubbed, with splitting to joints (although boards remain strongly attached) and bumping to corners. Some browning to endpapers, occasional spotting and marking to text. Edward Gibbon's copy, with his (first) armorial bookplate to FEP, in addition to the inscriptions ... More >
£ 2,500.00
Antiquates Ref. 19470
Lugduni [i.e. Leiden].
Apud Joannem Lertout, 1578.
197ff, [3].
[Bound with:] BARTELON, Pantaleón. Syntaxis latina facili carmine conscripta. Lugduni [i.e. Lyon]. Apud Joannem Lertout, 1578. 159pp.
16mo. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional early manuscript numerals to margins. The Macclesfield copies, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate and typical armorial blind-stamps to title page and first two leaves of text. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31928
[Bound with:] BARTELON, Pantaleón. Syntaxis latina facili carmine conscripta. Lugduni [i.e. Lyon]. Apud Joannem Lertout, 1578. 159pp.
16mo. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional early manuscript numerals to margins. The Macclesfield copies, with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate and typical armorial blind-stamps to title page and first two leaves of text. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31928
[London?].
[s.n.], [1797?]
First edition.
12mo.
80pp. Without half-title. Stitched, as issued. Title page and final leaf browned and dusty, loss to head and foot of both, partial early inked ownership inscription to head of title, several wormtracks running through text block - touching text at times, without loss of sense. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 19689
London.
Printed for T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1795.
First Dunster Edition.
Quarto.
[4], iv, [4], 280pp. With large folding map of the Mediterranean and Middle East as frontispiece. Uncut in recent half calf over marbled boards, contrasting title label, gilt. Very slight rubbing to spine, else a fine copy. A little marginal worming to preliminaries. With attractive contemporary bookplate of S. Harward's Circulating Library, Colonnade Buildings, Cheltenham to FEP, inscribed 'Presented to me by the Editor, C.D.' More >
£ 275.00
Antiquates Ref. 11352
A Amsterdam.
[s.n.], 1775.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, 13-123, [9], 269-276pp. Uncut in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, text-block holding firm by cords. Internally clean and crisp, a very good copy. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 14633
