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DE SELINCOURT, E.. English poets and the national ideal. London. Oxford university press, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [1], 119pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in guilt to spine. Some fading to spine, discolouration to endpapers. With inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Stopford A. Brooke, with Grateful memories of Four Winds. from the writer. Sept 1915.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32047
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GILES, James. English parsing; comprising the rules of syntax, exemplified by appropriate lessons under each rule. With an index, containing all the parts of speech in the different lessons unparsed. For the use of schools, private teachers, and elder students. London. Thomas Allman and Son, 1854. New edition. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-120pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine rubbed, some discolouration. Contemporary ink inscription to head of title-page, slight tear to C8 - just clipping text, small hole to text of C10 - with slight loss of sense. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 16412
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NAPIER, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William. English battles and sieges in the peninsula. London. John Murray, 1879. New edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 469pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16490
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BYRON, Gordon George, Lord. English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire. London. Printed for James Cawthorn, 1809. Second edition. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 85pp, [1]. Without half-title or terminal advertisement leaf. Contemporary calf, gilt, marbled edges. Rubbed, with some loss to head of sunned spine. Occasional spot of light soiling. Inscribed in ink to verso of FFEP; 'W. Williams Wynn' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 13445
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BYRON, Lord [George Gordon]. English bards and scotch reviewers; a satire. Ode to the land of gaul. - Sketch from private life. - Windsor poetics, etc. Paris. Published by Galignani, 1821. Fourth edition. 8vo. 8, [6], 82pp. With an initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's marbled paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and creased, loss to spine and lettering-piece. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29550
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WARD, Thomas. England's reformation, from the time of king henry the eighth to the end of oates's plot: a poem, in four cantos. Dublin. Published by James Duffy, 1841. 12mo. 427pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title page browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32291
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DRAYTON, Michael. England's Heroical Epistles, written In Imitation of the Stile and Manner of Ovid's Epistles: with annotations of The Chronicle History. London. Printed for S. Smethwick, [c.1695]. 8vo. [8], 225pp, [1]. Without frontispiece. Recent calf-backed decorated paper boards, gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Ink inscriptions to title, browning to all leaves, occasional spots of dust-soiling and light marginal damp-staining, loss of characters 'h' and 'i' of 'white' on p.199. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 13209
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[SWITZERLAND]. Engelberg. [Zurich]. [Kilchberg], [s.d., c. 1930] Oblong 8vo. [16] leaves. 32 photographic illustrations. Stapled into original publisher’s pictorial buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Two leaves detached. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28005
Photo of "Enchiridion of fortification, or A ..."
[STONE, Nicholas]. Enchiridion of fortification, or A handfull of knowledge in Martiall affaires. Demonstrating both by Rule, and Figure, (as well Mathematically) by exact Calculations, as Practically) to fortify any Body, either Regular, or Irregular... London. Printed by M. F. for Richard Royston, [1645]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 70pp, [16]. With an additional etched title page and 20 etched folding plates. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, later recased with new fly-leaves, with several plates and quires protruding from page-edges. Worn, and rather scruffily repaired to head of cracked spine. Pastedowns sprung, margins shaved, occasional slight loss to text (without loss of sense), numerous plates with naive paper repairs to verso. Recently dispersed from the ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22735
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MORE, Henry. Enchiridion ethicum, Praecipua moralis philosophiae rudimenta Complectens, Illustrata ut plurimum Veterum Monumentis, & ad Probitatem Vitae perpetuo accommodata. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis & impensis J. Downing, 1711. Fourth edition. 8vo. xlii, [8], 318, 86pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a terminal publisher's advertisement leaf. Contemporary panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, earlier bookplate of the Parochial Library of Flookborough, Lancaster, to verso of title-page, frontispiece a trifle shaved at head, small paper flaw to text of leaf O2 (without loss of sense). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16542
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PRATT, Mr [Samuel Jackson]. Emma corbett. London. Printed for T. Beckett, 1789. Ninth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [3], vi-viii, 264; 259pp, [1]. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece (each engraved after works by Angelica Kauffman) to each volume. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf. Without lettering-pieces. Rubbed, joints split, spines dulled. Short tear and slight loss to leading edge of leaf E10 of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates of George Jacob Bosanquet to both FEPs, ticket of bookseller T. Hookham of New ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32557
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MORRELLET, [André]. Eloges de madame geoffrin... Paris. H. Nicolle, Librairie Stéréotype, 1812. 8vo. [4], xxiv, 282pp, [2]. With a half-title. Contemporary mottled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting green calf lettering-piece, carmine edges. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist, and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34173
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[BON MOTS]. Elite des bons mots et des pensees choisies, Recueillies avec soin des plus celebres Auteurs, & principalement des Livres en ana. A Amsterdam. Chez Jaques Desbordes, 1706. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 492, [6]; [2], 476pp. Titlepages in red and black. With three final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, some marking and discolouration, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEPs, occasional spotting. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 19498
Photo of "Elephants and Ethnologists"
SMITH, G. Elliot. Elephants and Ethnologists. London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1924. First edition. Quarto. viii, 135pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece, a further 52 plates, and nine illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed drab paper boards. Extremities rubbed. Occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23385
Photo of "Elenchus religionis papisticæ. In quo ..."
BASTWICK, John. Elenchus religionis papisticæ. In quo probatur: Neque Apostolicam, Neque Catholicam, Imo neque Romanam esse. Londini [i.e. London]. Excusum per Gulielmum Ionis, 1627. Edition secunda [i.e. second edition]. 8vo. [8], 259pp, [1]. Later panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Light marginal dampstaining to foot of text-block, manuscript index to verso of title page referencing the occasional Latin annotations in an early hand. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 28357