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GOETHE, [Johann Wolfgang von]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Faustus: from the german of goethe...with portrait of the author; and An Appendix containing the may-day night scene translated by percy bysshe shelley. London. Edward Lumley, 1832. New edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 79pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece (misbound after the title) and a further 27 engraved plates (several displaced). Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting.

William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and a note in his hand to recto of FFEP: 'The translation by PBS of the May Day Night Scene ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27628
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[KENNEDY, Grace]. Father clement; a roman catholic story. Edinburgh. Published by William Oliphant, 1824. Second edition. 12mo in 6s. [3], 6-370pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain green morocco, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, ink gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16518
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[KENNEDY, Grace]. Father clement: a roman catholic story.. Edinburgh. 1824, 1824. Second edition. 8vo. 370pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece. Finely bound in blind-stamped, richly gilt-tooled contemporary calf. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with slight surface wear to joints. Browning to initial leaves, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34439
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SOTHEBY, William. Farewell to italy, and occasional poems. London. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1818. First edition. Quarto. [4], 65pp, [3]. With terminal blank. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Wrappers rubbed, marked and creased, with some loss and tearing. Light marking and spotting to endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed 'The Author to Mr Chinnery. In memory of many many most delightful hours enjoyed at Gillwell. Lower Grosvenor St. 13. May 2d 1818' to blank fly-leaf opposite title. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 27373
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[HALLECK, Fitz-Greene]. Fanny, with other poems. New York. Harper and Brothers, 1839. 12mo. 130pp, [2]. With an engraved title page. Original publisher's blind-ruled brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked. Decorated endpapers, later armorial bookplate (designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour) of Owen Franklin Aldis to FEP, presentation plate of Yale University Library (dated 1911) to REP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21770
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[MARSHALL, George]. [PALINURUS]. Familiar letters, from an elder to a younger brother, serving for his freedom in the trinity-house, newcastle upon tyne. Newcastle. Printed for the author, by I. Dinsdale, 1785. First edition. 8vo. [2], 188pp, [2]. With a half-title. Contemporary reverse calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, without upper board, with loss to spine and splitting to lower joint. Tear without loss to D1. Presentation copy, inscribed 'The Gift of George Marshall (the Author) to Thomas Collin April 20th 1787'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22575
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STRADA, Famiano. Famiani stradæ prolusiones academicæ. Oxonii, [i.e. Oxford]. E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Jac. Fletcher Bibliopolæ, 1745. 8vo. [12], 325pp, [21]. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, later red paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Pastedowns sprung, early manuscript bibliographical note to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23315
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ANDERSEN, Hans. Fairy tales. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. Quarto. 197pp, [1]. With a colour tipped-in frontispiece, a further 11 tipped-in plates, and numerous illustrations in the text by Kay Nielsen. Original publisher's pictorial blue cloth. Rubbed, upper board heavily marked, spine sunned, cocked. Decorated endpapers, early inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33063
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BATES, H. E.. Fair stood the wind for france. London. Michael Joseph Limited, 1944. First edition. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with the A. E. Barlow dustwrapper. Spine cocked and faded with other markings, with some wear and staining to wrapper, with old repairs to verso. Pencil inscription '[heart] for Precious May' and underneath in ink '& also a word from the author: in memory of a very happy evening in July 1950,. H. E. Bates.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26592
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OWEN, James G.. Faire Lyonesse A Guide to the isles of scilly. [Bideford]. [Coles & Owen], [1897]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 16, [4], 17-32, [4], 33-48, [4], 49-64 [2], 65-97pp, [1]. With a large folding map of the Scilly Isles, 14 photographs, and numerous engraved illustrations by S. Thomas in the text. Unpaginated advertisement leaves bound sporadically in the text. Original publisher's green printed paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, significant loss to head and foot of spine. Slight spotting to title and index. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33456
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[JOHNNY GILPIN]. Fairburn's Edition of Johnny Gilpin's diverting journey to ware. London. Printed and Published by John Fairburn, [s.d., c.1830s] 8vo. 13pp, [3]. Wrappers included in pagination. With eight hand-coloured engraved illustrations in the text. Oversewn in original publisher's yellow wrappers, hand-coloured pictorial title label pasted to upper wrapper. Extremities worn, marked, dust-soiled, and creased, loss to spine, short tears to both wrappers, slight loss to lower corner of upper wrapper. Some spotting internally. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23415
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SOCIUS. Facetiae cantabrigiensis: consisting of anecdotes, smart sayings, satirics, retorts, &c. by or relating to Celebrated Cantabs. London. Charles Mason, 1836. Third edition, considerably enlarged. 8vo. viii, 286, 2pp. With an enrgraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, marked, and heavily sunned, head of spine chipped, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, ticket of booksellers May of Taunton and recent bookplate of John Fowles to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32386
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HONE, William. Facetiae and miscellanies. London. Published for William Hone, by Hunt and Clarke, 1827. Second edition. 8vo. In 14 parts, The political house that Jack built (1821, 53rd ed.), The man in the moon (1820, 25th ed.), The Queen's matrimonial ladder (1820, 44th ed.), In Parliament. Dropt clauses out of the bill, against the Queen (s.d.), "Non mi ricordo!" (1820, 31st ed.), The form of prayer (1820, 5th ed. 1820), political showman--at home! (1821, 16th ed.), The right divine of kings to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26362
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LE GRAND, M.. Fabliaux or tales, abridged from french manuscripts of the xiith and xiiith centuries by mr. le grand. selected and translated into english verse. With a preface and notes [-Vol. II]. London. Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare-Press. Sold by R. Faulder, New Bond-Street. 1796-1800 First edition. Quarto. In two volumes. [4], xxxvii, [3], 280; [2], 340pp. With 52 woodcut vignettes. Exquisitely bound in beautifully gilt- and blind-tooled near contemporary black morocco; with five sets of double raised bands to spine, a gilt fillet encloses an elaborate blind- stamped design, A.E.G. brown silk moire endpapers. With the lightest of shelf-wear, corners a trifle bumped, else a fine set. Circular book labels of Eric ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20834
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BARBAZAN, [Etienne]. Fabliaux et contes des poetes francois des XI, XII, XIII, XIV et XVe siecles, tires des meilleurs auteurs. A Paris. Chez B. Waree, 1808. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. In four volumes. [4], xxi, [1], 465, [1]; [4], xiv, 467, [1]; [4], xxxii, 514; xvi, 521pp, [3]. With half-titles and a suite of three engraved plates to each volume.

[Bound uniformly with:] MEON, [Dominique Martin]. Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inedits, des poetes francais des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVe siecles... A Paris. Chez Chasseriau, 1823. First edition. In two volumes. viii, 500, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20270