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OLIPHANT, [Margaret], Mrs.. The Makers of Venice: doges, conquerors, painters, and men of letters. London. Macmillan and Co., 1887. First edition. 8vo. xii, 390pp. With a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, and 21 illustrations in the text by R. R. Holmes. Bound by Riviere in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Light shelf-wear, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to front blank fly-leaf, occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23213
[BARNARD, Alfred]. The maltings, great grimsby. [Excerpted from Noted Breweries of Great Britain & Ireland]. [London]. [s.n., Joseph Causton & Sons], [s.d., c.1890s] Quarto. 40pp. With reproductions of 12 line drawings and a single photographic illustration. Finely bound in publisher's full calf, gilt, with elaborate titling design from the original work featuring on the upper board, above the lettering 'The Maltings, Great Grimsby'. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Slightest of rubbing to extremities, else a crisp copy. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 14139
[MANCHESTER IRIS]. The manchester iris: a literary and scientific Miscellany, published weekly in the years 1822 & 1823. In two volumes. Manchester. Printed and Published by Henry Smith, St. Ann's Square, 1822. Quarto. Two volumes bound in one. [2], 2, 166, [169]-384;[2], ii, 420pp (with pp389-420 from Vol II misbound at end of Vol I.). Lacking a single leaf (pp.167-8) from Vol I. With an engraved sheet of music ('O Speak not to Me', Air by S. Smith) to Vol I, another Handels 'Angels ever bright and fair' to Vol II, and two single (including 'The Rose-Bud of ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 33192
LAWSON, John. The maniac, with other poems. London. Printed for Samuel Lawson, 1821. 12mo. [4], ii, 95pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, later naively rebacked in cloth. Extremities worn and marked. Hinges exposed, later book-label of Robert Barr and partially erased ownership inscription to FEP, foxed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21862
[PAUL, John Dean, Sir]. The man of ton, a satire. London. Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. 8vo. [4], 112, 8pp. With four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's drab wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn, loss to spine, contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18025
[BRITISH ARMY]. The manual and platoon exercise &c. &c. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1804. 8vo. 18pp, [2]. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Extremities marked and worn, substantial loss to spine. Early martial inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30687
THESIGER, Wilfred. The marsh arabs. London. Longmans, green & co ltd , 1964. First edition. 8vo. 242pp, [14]. With 109 black and white photographic illustrations, and three maps. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt and black, with the photographic dustwrapper. Some edgewear, with the bookplate of Richard Calvert Williamson. Inscribed to Henry Williamson by his wife 'To my darling husband on his birthday, August 1964, with all my love. Anne.' followed by a transcription of At the Wedding March by ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27253
READE, William Winwood. The martyrdom of man. London. Trubner & Co., 1872. First edition. 8vo. viii, 544pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, early bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20639
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The masque of anarchy. A Poem...A type-fac-smiile reprint of The Original Edition, first published (together with a Preface by Leigh Hunt) in 1832. Edited by thomas j. wise. [London]. Published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1892. 12mo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xix, [1], xxx, 47pp. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed green paper boards. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33079
[THE MASQUERADE]. The masquerade. A Collection of new enigmas, Logogriphs, Charades, Rebusses, Queries and Transpositions. Vol. I [-IV]. [Southampton and London]. Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, & published by G. & T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, & J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road, [1797-1800] 12mo. Four volumes (of five, all published) bound as one. 74; 64, [18]; 76, [6]; [2], 76pp, [8]. Title pages engraved. With a folding table to Vol. IV. Contemporary gilt-tooled half- calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, upper board detached, lower joint split. Without free-endpapers, terminal leaf of Vol. IV working loose. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33762
[TOLAND, John]. The memorial of the State of England, In Vindication of the queen, the church, and the Administration: design'd To rectify the mutual Mistakes of Protestants, And to unite their Affections in Defence of our Religion and Liberty. London. Printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1705. First edition. Quarto. [2], 104pp. Modern green cloth-backed combed marbled paper boards, the fore- and lower edges uncut. Labels of the General Theological Seminary Library to pastedowns, paper repair to verso of title page at lower corner. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34162
CARPENTER, William B. The microscope and its revelations. London. John Churchill, 1857. Second edition. 8vo. 719pp, [1]. With 370 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Hinges exposed, near contemporary ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30627
HOLLOWAY, W[illiam]. The minor minstrel; or, poetical pieces, chiefly familiar and descriptive. London. Printed for W. Suttaby et al., 1808. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 182pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split, some chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, heavy offset mark to pp.161-175, likely the result of flower pressing. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'To Mr. Hersee, / ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28389
BEATTIE, James. The minstrel; or, the progress of genius: and Other Poems. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1827. 12mo. xiv, 176pp. With an additional engraved title page and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP, pencilled annotations to front blank fly-leaves, occasional inked highlighting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21569