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BUCHAN, John. Poems scots and english. London. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Limited, 1917. First edition. 8vo. 106pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled dark purple cloth boards, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Boards rubbed and marked, corners bumped, spine sunned. Contemporary penciled gift inscription to FFEP, and under an inked ownership signature. Internally bright and clean throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30644
BUCHAN, John. Path of the king. New York. George H. Doran Company, 1921. First American edition. 8vo. vii, [1] 11-290pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards lettered red. Inscribed by Buchan on the FFEP 'Isabel Portman from John Buchan. This specimen of his later and worse manner', dated 1921. Boards a little rubbed and marked, spine slightly sunned. Internally bright and clean save light foxing to pastedowns. Loosely inserted in an invoice for both this and several other Buchan titles from Charles Rare ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30592
WARBURTON, Sir Robert. Eighteen years in the khyber: 1879-1898. London. John Murray, 1900. First edition, second impression. 8vo. [2], 349pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a folding map. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers browned, ink-stamp of A. J. Henderson to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30636
CRABBE, George. The works. London. John Murray, 1823. 8vo. In five volumes. With half-titles. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled crushed green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spines dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 23344
BUCHAN, John. Oliver cromwell. London. Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd, 1934. Fourth impression. Large 8vo. 554pp. With ten maps. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt, all edged trimmed. With the author's gift inscription on the FFEP 'Dr Thomas Martin, with kindest regards. from John Buchan. Oct: 23: 34', and additional pencil notes to front pastedown. Boards a little rubbed and marked, corners bumped, internally bright and clean with all maps listed present. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30589
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. London. Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ee5, short marginal tear to terminal leaf, ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30546
SURTEES, R.S.. 'Plain or Ringlets?'. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition in book form. 8vo. x, 406pp, 12pp adverts. Frontispiece, extra-engraved title and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. A crisp copy, with slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, bruising to head and foot of spine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. With two bookplates to front endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13826
SURTEES, R.S.. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. 8vo. viii, 391pp, [1]. Frontispiece and 23 hand-coloured plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A choice copy. With the bookplate of Robert Stephen Benson to FEP, and some slight marking to endpapers, else fine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 13828
SURTEES, R.S.. 'Ask Mamma;' Or, the Richest Commoner in England. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First edition in book form. 8vo. xii, 412pp. Frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. Some slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, small chip at foot of spine, splitting to head and foot of spine, hinges split and straining, holding by cords only. Preserved in a cloth chemise and slip-case. With two bookplates to front endpapers (including the gilt-stamped red morocco example of Sir Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn, Keswick) More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13827
CROFT, William. Musica sacra: or, Select anthems in score, Consisting of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Parts: To which is added, The Burial-Service, as it is now occasionally perform'd in Westminster-Abbey. London. Printed for and sold by John Walsh, [1724-25] Second edition. Folio. Two volumes bound as one. [6], 184; [6], 155pp, [1]. Vol. I with letterpress title page and preliminaries, except for the dedication leaf which, with the remainder, is engraved; Vol. II has letterpress title page and dedication leaf, the remainder being engraved. Some ink annotations to the tables of anthems.

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£ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 26394
CORNARIUS, Janus. Constantini caesaris selectarum praeceptionum de agricultura libri VI = ginti. Iano Cornario Medico interprete. Lugundi [i.e. Lyon]. Seb. Gryphium, 1541. 8vo. 150, 153-154, 151-349pp, [16]. Leaf K4 misbound. Later gilt-tooled diced russia, all edges red. Rubbed, joints starting, some scoring to boards; but an attractive copy. Endpapers browned, ink-stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust to FEP, contemporary ownership inscription to title page: 'Johannis Alardi x Armcoruf(?) / Gronopol. 1544. empts.' marginal worm- track throughout the majority of text-block, closed tear to lower corner of final leaf ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19652
BAKER, Hatty. Women in the ministry. London. C. W. Daniel, 1911. First edition. 8vo. 66pp, [14]. With a half-title and seven final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly sunned, some loss to spine, wrapper held to text-block by lower panel only. Very occasional inked and pencilled highlighting/deletion. Loosely inserted, a crisp single leaf handbill, printed on one side only, advertising the International Suffrage Shop, London, a a 'unique establishment' styled 'The Only Feminist Bookshop', stocking books 'dealing with ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20004
[PSALMS]. Les pseaumes traduits sur l'hebreu... Paris. Chez Charles Osmont, 1739. Nouvelle edition. 12mo. lxxii, 502pp. Near contemporary blind-tooled light brown morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed.Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30407
FULANAIN. Haji rikkan: marsh arab. London. Chatto & Windus, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 288pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, a further 11 photographic plates, and a sketch map. Original publisher's light blue cloth, ruled and lettered in black to spine. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30401
GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. The vicar of wakefield, a tale. Gainsborough. Stereotyped for, and printed and sold by, Henry Mozley, 1812. Stereotype edition. 12mo. [4], 199pp, [1]. With eight plates. Later gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Alfred Jerome Brown to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30400
TERENCE. Publii terentii afri comoediae. Birminghamiae [i.e. Birmingham]. Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772. 12mo. [2], 307pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Rubbed, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers, Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30405
PRESCOTT, H. F. M.. Once to sinai: The further pilgrimage of Friar Felix Fabri. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 310pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further seven photographic plates, and seven maps and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spin sunned, cocked. Scattered spotting. Ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30406