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Photo of "Wild flowers; or, pastoral and ..."
BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Wild flowers; or, pastoral and local poetry. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. Third edition. 12mo. 12, x, [2], 132pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27715
Photo of "Wild flowers of Pakistan"
NASIR, Yasin J., RAFIQ, Rubina A.. Wild flowers of Pakistan. Karachi. Oxford University Press, 1995. First edition. Quarto. xxxiii, [1], 298pp. With 104 plates of colour photographs. Original publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, short closed tear to foot of dustwrapper spine panel. Ink library 'damaged' stamp to title page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23214
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[MATHEMATICS]. W. H. Theobold's Mid Nineteenth-century Mathematical Workbook. [s.n.] C.1851. Quarto. 53ff. Manuscript on paper. Victorian melange paper backed marbled boards. Rubbed, with some tearing and loss to base of spine. One leav detached, with two more nearly so but just holding. An immaculately presented early-Victorian mathematical workbook, throughout with solved problems under the two headings 'Mental Calculations' and 'Promiscuous Questions', with several problems mentioning the dates 1850/51. Examples include: 'What would a board 16 feet ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 9163
Photo of "Whist: a poem, in twelve ..."
THOMSON, Alexander. Whist: a poem, in twelve cantos. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1792. Second edition. 8vo. 196pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and soiled, spine worn. Early inked ownership inscription of B. M. Murdo to title page, title page shaved at head. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32252
Photo of "Whispers in Bedlam: Three Novellas."
SHAW, Irwin. Whispers in Bedlam: Three Novellas.. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. First edition. 8vo. [viii], 169pp. Original publisher’s plain brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards sharp, internally bright, fresh, and clean. Presentation inscription to Laurence Olivier from Shaw to the front free endpaper: 'To Larry, a small return for a great many evenings - Irwin'. More > £ 130.00 Antiquates Ref. 31183
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MEREDITH, Constance A. [compiler]. Whisperings from the great: An Autograph Birthday Album. London. Henry Frowde, 1906. Quarto. Unpaginated. Two calendar dates to a page with quotations opposite, both with red borders and fleur-de-lis decoration to corners. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, vellum boards, stamped and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and discoloured, corner's bumped. Marbled endpaper, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, partially completed, two charmingly naive watercolour illustrations pasted in. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23357
Photo of "When capital goes on strike"
DAHLBERG, Arthur. When capital goes on strike. New York. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 218pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards a little rubbed, spine faded. Contemporary bookplate of former British prime minister Clement Attlee to front pastedown; loosely inserted is the publisher's subscription postcard. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31817
Photo of "What's in a Word? "
RETY, John. What's in a Word? . London. Hearing Eye, 1996. 8vo. [12pp] A5 staple-bound pamphlet, in the original peach card wraps lettered in black. Smoke damage to wraps, internally bright and clean. Inscribed ‘For John [struck through] For Olwyn’. With an additional poem ‘Sailor Ashore’ added within the text in blue ink, and repeated on a loosely inserted green record card. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; the smoke damage is the result of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29575
Photo of "What is the Soul?"
RUSSELL, Bertrand. What is the Soul?. Girard, Kansas. Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1947]. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's printed orange paper wrappers. Light rubbing and creasing to extremities. Leaves toned and spotted, occasional pencil markings to margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16880
Photo of "What hope for green st?"
HAWKS, Olive. What hope for green st?. London. Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1945]. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped green dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, chipping to edges, losses to spine with some further marks. A note on the front free endpaper in Williamson’s hand: 'I rewrote a rather crude TSS for a newcomer, & I suppose about 60% of this is mine - but not the characters. I did dialogue & improved some ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27240
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KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part I. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

[Together with:] KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part II. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900]. 60pp. iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

8vo. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21269
Photo of "Westminster improvements. A brief account ..."
[BARDWELL, William]. Westminster improvements. A brief account of ancient and modern westminster: with observations on former plans of improvement, and on the objects and prospects of the westminster improvement company, including a statement of the measures now intended to be pursued. London. Smith and Elder, Fraser, Weale, Williams, and Reid, 1839. Second edition. 8vo. 58pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Rubbed and dulled, backstrip worn. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to upper wrapper: 'The Revd. Canon Conway / Rector / from the Author'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28825
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SMITH, Mrs. A. Murray. Westminster abbey. London. Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Quarto. Limited deluxe edition of 250 copies signed by the publisher, of which this is number 108. vii, 147pp, [1]. With 21 colour plates by John Fulleylove. Uncut in original publisher's decorated cream buckram, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23310
Photo of "Wesley and his successors"
[METHODISM]. Wesley and his successors. London. Charles H. Kelly, 1895. Second edition. Quarto. 273pp, [1]. With 107 plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Gilt lettered presentation inscription to FEP: 'Presented to Mr. William Hines on laying a foundation stone of the Wesleyan Methodist School-Chapel, Cauldron Road, Shelton, Hanley. October 5th, 1897'. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28987
Photo of "Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished ..."
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance. London. Chatto and Windus, 1896. First edition. 8vo. [8], 289, [3], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue (dated March, 1896). Title in red and black. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt.Minor shelf-wear. Armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon and booksellers ticket of Gilbert & Field of London to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27464
Photo of "Waverley; or, 'tis sixty years ..."
[SCOTT, Walter]. Waverley; or, 'tis sixty years since. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [4], 358, [2]; [4], 370, [2]; [4], 371pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and bumped. Later armorial bookplates of Serjeantson of Hanlith to all FEPs. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28177